Set sail again, the three children also have some understanding of the sea route, not as curious as the first time, because it is a return trip, so there are some places that do not need to be bothered, such as the barren and unlikable tyrant.

Huadu's merchant fleet is suitable for ocean shipping, skipping a few places in the middle, and it does not affect the itinerary, as long as the general direction is good. It didn't take long for the fleet to arrive at the Sea of the Two Moons. The Sea of the Two Moons is a land shrouded in divine grace, and basically every city-state is blessed by one or more gods. When she came here before, Ji Ya had been guided by Hena, the princess of Xiana City, and it can be said that many of Ji Ya's practical experience was opened by Princess Hena.

Qu Zhengyin looked at the huge statue in the distance and said, "It's good that there is a truce now, otherwise we would really have to walk around here." ”

Ji Ya hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Qu Zhengyin explained: "After the caravan left last year, in just a month's effort, the city of Sidor started a war against the city of Xiana, and this battle was fought for more than nine months, and the total strength of both sides reached 110,000, almost all the city-states of the Sea of the Two Moons were involved. ”

In the last interaction, Ji Ya and Princess Hena communicated the most about the cultivation of swordsmanship, and Princess Hena would choose Kou Xueying to talk about other national events. However, out of concern, Ji Ya still asked a few more words.

Since the Sea of the Two Moons is a city-state, basically a large city is considered a country, with a large area of land under its jurisdiction, as well as many towns and villages. There are also some small towns around large cities. The city of Siana was one of the most powerful city-states and the only place where caravans could stay. There are enough deep-water ports to stop an entire fleet. As a result, Siana amassed a huge amount of money and power, and also gained the support of the surrounding city-states.

On the other hand, the other city of Sidore, also has the status of overlord, but they rely on force. Under the leadership of King Citis, he continued to attack the surrounding city-states, destroying the cities and destroying the country if he was unwilling to submit, and providing a large amount of money and food every year for those who were willing to submit, making the already weak small country even worse.

It can be said that with Sidol, let alone eating meat, he can't even drink soup. It is far less than the win-win cooperation and common prosperity of Xiana. However, Stole could not change at all, its geographical location was not enough for a large number of merchant ships to stay, and there was no special industry.

Here in the Sea of Two Moons, as long as there are tens of thousands of soldiers, it can be said to be the overlord level. There is no militia or auxiliaries here. As long as it is a soldier, it is a real fighter. In this way, it is not easy to train and maintain a soldier, and the trade in Siana City is so prosperous, and the gold coins are piled up in every warehouse, but it can only support 8,000 soldiers. And for the city of Thor to maintain 20,000 soldiers, there is no other way than to continue to expand and make the small country supplied. Once the plundering stops, there is a high probability that the whole country will starve to death.

War between the two sides was inevitable, and each side had many allies, and after a few months, although the city of Thor was superior in terms of troops, and they were all veterans of a hundred battles. However, Ciana City, which had abundant warehouses and was on the defensive side, had the upper hand. After nearly a year of expeditions, the small countries of the Storr Coalition were nearly crumbled, the fields were barren, the trade routes were interrupted, the casualties were heavy but the results were nothing, and gradually the hearts of the people were scattered.

The merchants of the Great Zhou have also been observing the war, and if something is wrong, they may choose to withdraw, and maybe they will have the opportunity to have a relationship with this side in the future, but if the city is broken at the moment, the biggest possibility is that it will be looted by the Sidol people. The shrewd merchants of the Great Zhou had dealings with almost every city-state in the Sea of the Two Moons, and the Xianna were better suited for business and preferred to be content with the status quo. In contrast, the people of Siduoer think more about buying and selling, but about robbing.

If it weren't for the news from the Great Zhou merchants three months ago, saying that the two sides had decided to cease fighting, it would not be certain whether the fleet would stay this time.

Ji Ya was surprised, "What?

Qu Zhengyin nodded: "It is because of this that the two sides have the possibility of peace talks." After nearly a year of war, both sides may not be able to hold on, needless to say, the logistics are basically gone, and Siana is a little better, but if the war continues, not to mention anything else, our fleet alone will change its course, and the sea trade will have to be suspended for a year, and this loss is huge, you can't even imagine. ”

However, the two sides used a big war of more than 100,000 people, and it can't be said to stop, otherwise it is not easy to explain to each other to the allies, marriage is the easiest and most effective way, although Citis is brutal, but I have to admit that he is now the number one hero of the Sea of Two Moons, which is enough to match Princess Hena.

The original marriage of the two overlords can be regarded as a strong alliance, and after seeing the strength of the soldiers of Sidor City, the nobles of Sianna City also feel that it is very cost-effective to have so many warriors by paying a princess, and from now on, Siana's money and food plus Sidol's warriors, not to mention the Sea of the Two Moons, it is not impossible to dominate the 36 countries of the South China Sea.

Ji Ya probably understood, for the sake of the country, I am afraid that I will have to sacrifice the happiness of Princess Hena's life, thinking of herself, if it wasn't for the master to bring her out of the palace, what would be the fate of herself? I'm afraid it's not much better than the current Princess Hena.

Anyway, Princess Hena is kind to herself, and this time she has to thank her in person, Ziyun and Haole did not follow a few girls into the palace last time, so they don't know the reason very well, since the senior sister is going, they don't stop it.

Not far from the sea, a mountain peak was carved into a god, holding a torch in one hand, showing well-suited muscles, a short sword and a bow and arrow box pinned to his waist, and a longbow behind his back. The bearded cheeks meet the sea breeze, and his eyes stare into the distance. Passing under the statue, you will reach the deep-water harbor of the city of Siana.

Because the sea trade brought glory to the city of Siana, the whole city-state was still blue, and people wearing blue and white robes could be seen everywhere, and of course there were slaves who only wore a crotch. Merchants and travelers from various city-states also gathered here, and began to negotiate for a little profit. Ji Ya got off the boat and walked directly to the city of Siana towards the palace.

......

For the sea of the two moons of this city and a country, the royal palace is not so tight, although there are guards guarding the door, but as long as they are not slaves, they are qualified to ask to see or visit.

But today it was very strange that the guards heard that they were looking for Princess Hena, and they refused without informing. However, the reason is clear to Ji Ya, before the princess got married, the king had an order to prohibit outsiders from touching the princess.

If it is placed in the Great Zhou, it is possible that the bride will not contact the outside world before leaving the cabinet, but in the sea of the two moons where the people are open, this order is not in line with the customs, Ji Ya has some doubts in her heart, but it is not easy to break through.

Coming to a remote corner, she sneaked into the palace with a few leaps, and there was no one here who was now Ji Ya's opponent.

She had lived in the palace for a while, and it didn't take much effort to get to the palace where Princess Hena lived, and unlike before, there were many guards around here, but it didn't look like she was guarding the princess. Ji Ya went to the balcony outside Princess Hena's dormitory and observed that the princess was the only one in the room.

As she had been a little over a year ago, Princess Hena had long blonde hair, but her leather armor, short skirt, arm and leg guards were gone, and only a long white dress wrapped around her healthy skin.

But unlike the heroic spirit before, Princess Hena now has a sad face, and when she saw that there was no one around, Ji Ya said loudly: "Princess!

Princess Hena was also surprised to see Ji Ya: "Sister Ji Ya, why are you ......" She also knew that this period of time was the date of the merchant ships of the Great Zhou, because of the war before, so they were not able to complete the transaction properly, and the merchants of the Great Zhou did not dare to stay, and now that the war is temporarily suspended, the trade industry should be restored.

As soon as they met, Ji Ya asked, "Princess, what's the matter?" I came to visit you today, but the palace guards didn't let me in, and said that the king's order was that you should not see anyone until you got married. ”

Princess Hena smiled bitterly: "I am under house arrest. ”

"How is this possible?" Ji Ya was surprised, Princess Hena was a famous heroine in Xianna City, even in the patriarchal Sea of the Two Moons, she was a commendable and respected existence, unless it was a great sin like blasphemy, Princess Hena would never suffer this kind of treatment.

Princess Hena sighed, pulled Ji Ya and said, "Come, I'll tell you slowly." ”

As early as the last time the fleet arrived, Princess Hena had already sensed the turbulent undercurrent hidden behind the wealth and tranquility of Xiana City, so she began to prepare early, not only training a group of good soldiers, but also ordering 50,000 ordnance from the craftsmen.

On the other hand, Sitis, the king of the city of Sidor, was also a brutal but strategic man, and he raised an army of 20,000 men and declared war on the city of Sianna in the mode of raising war and vassalizing tribute.

The city of Siana was a formidable city, with not only brave warriors but also reliable allies, and the total strength of the two sides reached 110,000 against Thor and his vassal city-states. Due to the invasion of the city of Sidor, coupled with the main battle of Princess Hena, at the beginning of the war, the Siana Alliance was full of momentum, shared the same enemy, had strong logistics, and occupied the absolute upper hand.

However, as the war continued, the city of Hiana began to weaken after more than half a year, and they were good at collecting money, and they showed a compromise attitude towards the high-intensity combat and the almost cut off trade for most of the year. It can be said that the voice of peace talks began to prevail, and the entire city-state except for Princess Hena was still fighting, and the rest of the people remained silent about the war.

What was missing now was only a reason for an armistice, or a step, and at this moment, the other side put this step over. The two sides have begun to fight on the grounds that the caravans of the city of Thor have been discriminated against and then killed. Now the other party declared that this was a misunderstanding, and began peace talks, and the two sides signed a permanent covenant, and in order to show good faith, the king of the city of Sidor announced that he was willing to marry Princess Siana as his wife.

I have to say that this moved the high-level of Xiana, including the royal family, but it was opposed by Princess Hena, she had already seen that the other party could not hold on, the sea of the two moons is a city-state country, and the war cannot last too long, not to mention that the two sides have invested a lot, Xiana is rich, not only bearing the military expenses of herself, but even her allies. Don't look at these people so distressed, but Princess Hena understands that if she really makes up her mind, it will still take two or three years. The other party is different, if you can't win the battle and grab a handful, once you return without success and miss the spring ploughing, I'm afraid you won't be able to slow down in three or five years. This is especially true for a militaristic city-state like the city of Stor.

This is clear to everyone, so when proposing marriage in Sidor, he also added the hope that Siana would give a large amount of food as a dowry, in the eyes of Xianna's high-level officials, this is not a problem at all, although his side has the upper hand, but the other party's fierce warriors are equally terrifying, if it is not to defend the city but to fight in the field, he is by no means the opponent of the other party. In their opinion, it should be that the Sidors knew that they would not be able to attack for a long time, and their own logistics had bottomed out, so they would make this decision.

If you can solve the problem without fighting a war for a little money, why choose bloodshed? So in a happy and peaceful atmosphere, this seemingly mutually beneficial marriage was finalized. And the only opposition in the court is Princess Hena herself.