Macrinus asked Hanako to grit his teeth - he was ruthless, but he had to take into account the situation in front of him, after all, he was not in the right position, and there were more than 400,000 troops in peace and the Han army, plus millions of young people who burned and looted everywhere in the country, this is really a big problem.

Macrinus and his son Diadumenian, after muttering behind closed doors for a long time, decided to keep the emperor's position first, and then stabilize the foreign enemy at the expense of land reparations, so as to free up their hands to deal with hostile forces at home.

The general policy was decided, and Macrinus sent his confidant Charles as an envoy to find a way to make the coalition retreat at all costs. Charles, as a Roman, couldn't help frowning at the emperor's words, when did the Roman state have such a low stature? It's always been Rome that bullies others. Charles was reluctant to do one hundred and twenty in his heart, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so he came to see Cao Cao and Jiang Wei.

Cao Cao and Jiang Wei discussed it in advance, and told Charles directly: "I can't be the master of this matter, you Rome want to talk, and your envoy should go to Babylon City to find our emperor of the Han Kingdom." ”

When Jiang Wei also said this, Charles said: "Your Excellency General, as far as I know, the people you led are all soldiers of His Majesty Vologis VI. ”

Jiang Wei glared and shouted, "Then let me ask you, will it be a Persian or a Han Chinese?" ”

Charles said: "Of course you are a Han man, but you represent Vologis VI. ”

Jiang Wei shouted impatiently: "If you want to say so, then don't talk about peace, Lao Tzu will raise troops to attack Thrace first, and then take Macedonia." ”

Charles was breathless for a long time by Jiang Wei's words, and the co-authors didn't bird themselves at all, it seems that Vologis, a stupid person, is too weak and incompetent, and his own people have been controlled by the Han people. Looking at the arrogant Jiang Wei, Charles weighed it for a long time, and had no choice but to say: "Your Excellency, General, don't be angry, I will hurry to Babylon City to see His Majesty the Emperor of your country." After I left, I hope the general will not use his sword and soldiers. ”

Jiang Wei sneered: "It is limited to one month, if the peace talks fail after one month, Lao Tzu will immediately send troops to attack Thrace." ”

Charles had no choice but to take the envoys and rush to Babylon day and night. Lydia is more than 2,000 miles away from the city of Babylon, and Charles arrived in seven days.

When he came to the city of Babylon, Charles ignored his fatigue and directly asked to see Liu Ze, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Liu Ze has already received the news of the visit of the Roman envoys, and he has been thinking about how to negotiate with the Romans in the past few days, Macrinus is eager to stabilize the throne, and he will definitely be willing to pay a greater price to let the coalition troops retreat.

Charles came to the main hall accompanied by Liu Ye, and Liu Ze was holding a book in his hand and reading it with relish. Liu Ye smiled and said to Charles: "Mr. Envoy, this is my Emperor of the Han Dynasty." ”

Charles hurriedly took off his hat and saluted, and said loudly: "Charles, the envoy of the Great Roman, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. ”

Liu Ze seemed to have been immersed in the book, as if he hadn't heard Charles's words, and sat still. Charles looked at Liu Ye embarrassedly, and Liu Ye whispered: "Your Excellency, please wait a while, and wait until our emperor finishes reading." ”

Charles ran over to beg for help, where did he dare to make a sound again, his sad eyes and nose looked at his heart, and he prayed vigorously that the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom would finish reading the book in his hand a little earlier.

Liu Ze looked at it for a long time, looked up suddenly, saw Liu Ye, and said with a smile: "When did Ziyang arrive?" Why can't you tell me about it? ”

Liu Ye said: "Your Majesty, the minister has just arrived. The man beside me is the Roman envoy, Mr. Charles. With that, he hugged Charles with his hand.

Charles hurriedly repeated what he had just said aloud, Liu Ze and the others spoke, and said with a smile: "Your envoy is not in Rome, thousands of miles away, and he came to Babylon City, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Charles despised the Emperor of the Han Dynasty in his heart, and ran to Babylon with me, because he was full of food. Thinking about this, Charles organized the language and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, my Majesty the Emperor of Rome, Makrinus, is cordially greetings to you, and I ask you to withdraw the soldiers and horses on the border of our country. “

Liu Ze stared at Charles for a long time and said, "Don't you have anything else to say?" ”

Charles said: "Of course, our country will make some compensation appropriately. ”

"Hahaha," Liu Ze said with a laugh in the sky: "Appropriate compensation?" The coalition army is 400,000 and has spent countless amounts of grain and grass, so can I just make them withdraw with a word of appropriate compensation? Someone, send the Roman envoy out of the city. ”

Charles was stunned, the emperor of the Han Kingdom was still in a hurry, and when he saw the guards in the palace walking towards him, he hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, if you have any requirements, you can say it, as long as it is reasonable, I will agree to it all." ”

Liu Ze said: "Really? ”

Charles nodded hurriedly. Liu Ze said: "Okay, I want Rome to cede Macedonia, Greece, Thrace, Libya and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean, and these places belong to my Han, and at the same time Rome will compensate my Han 300,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 catties of grain." ”

Liu Ye secretly gave a thumbs up next to him, our emperor is ruthless enough. When Charles heard that the land was ceded, his heart twitched, and then he heard that there were not only land, but also so many things, his heart was so blocked that he was about to pull it directly, and he looked at Liu Ze's lips opening and closing, although in just a few seconds, in Charles's opinion, it was longer than a year.

Finally, seeing Liu Ze close his mouth, Charles muttered and said, "Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, your request is a little... That's a bit excessive, could it be a little less? ”

Liu Ze was just about to stare at him, but Liu Ye pulled Charles and whispered: "Your envoy, how does the combat power of the Persian army compare with your country?" ”

Charles said: "Definitely stronger than the Persian army. ”

Liu Ye said: "Your envoy is a little sorry for this, as far as I know, Persia and Rome have been at war for many years, it seems that Rome has not bargained for anything in Persia, right?" ”

Later Rome was so strong that it encompassed all the lands along the Mediterranean coast, and gradually expanded eastward, seizing the Armenian region. Since Ardashir, the Sassanid rulers have no choice but to watch the Romans run rampant in the Persian lands.

Charles, as a Roman envoy, was quite clear about domestic affairs, and knew that Liu Ye was right, so he forcibly defended: "The population of my Roman country is more than 60 million, far exceeding that of Persia, and my country's slaves often fight with fierce beasts, and their combat power is absolutely amazing. ”

Liu Ye said: "If you still want to argue and annoy our emperor, it is not a matter of 400,000 allied troops attacking Rome. You probably don't know, right? Tianzhu and Guishan have already surrendered to our country, and our emperor will ascend to the heights, and an army of five million can be formed in an instant. If it really came to that point, would the Roman state be able to resist? ”

The more Charles listened, the more shocked he became, he was just calculating the situation in Persia, forgetting that the Han Kingdom had conquered so many places, and if there were really five million troops entering Rome, Macrinus's just ascended the throne of emperor would not be able to be kept immediately, no, that situation must not be allowed to happen.

Charles gritted his teeth and said, "On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Roman, I agree to the request of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom. ”

Liu Ze said: "Noble envoy, there are a few incidental little things, I haven't said it yet. ”