After punishing the mayor and the five patriarchs, tonight's dinner party can be regarded as officially begins, and the protagonists of tonight are naturally Li Zhi and Constans II.

Just now, Constans II personally said that he would treat Li Zhi like him, so his courtiers naturally complied with it.

The Byzantines are still very enthusiastic, of course, the premise is that you have the same status as them, a nobleman will not be enthusiastic about a commoner, this principle is common everywhere, and Byzantium is no exception.

The six women of Li Zhi quickly chatted with the women of Constans II, and they also generously gave some perfumes and jewelry, which naturally made the women ecstatic.

The queen of Constans II opened the perfume and sprayed some on her body, and suddenly a fragrance permeated the hall, so that the ministers who smelled the smell of this perfume frequently looked at this side, and even Constans II, who was drinking, smelled it, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What kind of smell is this, the queen, it's really fragrant, this fragrance is simply intoxicating." ”

"This is the perfume that these six sisters gave us."

Perfume was naturally available in Byzantium, and in other parts of the Middle and Far East, as well as in China, people have long learned to use the fragrance of spices to achieve the pursuit of beauty. By 1500 BC, the use of perfume had become more common, and Cleopatra often used 15 different scents of perfume and oil for bathing and even soaking her sails. The ancient Romans liked to apply perfume everywhere, on horses, and even in the mortar used to build walls.

In ancient Egypt, it was illegal not to wear perfume in a public place. When the ancient Egyptians died, they wrapped their bodies in spices to keep them alive (dried mummies). Ancient Greek women also sprinkled perfume on religious ceremonies. The Arabs created a religious ritual that used perfume. It was their use of exotic spices that established their place in the development of perfume in the centuries that followed.

The countries where perfume first originated are: Egypt, India, Rome, Greece, Persia and other ancient civilizations. The Crusades of the 11th century brought splendid oriental civilization to Europe. With the continuous strengthening of trade between the East and the West, perfume is a popular product gradually accepted by Europeans. However, the reason for the popularity of perfume in France is entirely for the purpose of covering up the ugliness.

The origin of perfume fully illustrates that it is human nature to love beauty, and it is not about race and ethnicity, but about the pursuit of beautiful things.

Constans II felt that Li Zhi was becoming more and more mysterious, and he was able to get so many good things, first weapons, then sea ships, and now the appearance of perfumes, and I don't know how many unknown secrets he hid on his body.

However, he didn't have any crooked thoughts, since he recognized Li Zhi as his friend, then he was sincere to his friend.

Towards the end of the dinner, Constans II motioned for everyone to be quiet, he had something to say.

"Today, the gates of my Constantinople suddenly collapsed, and you must have heard about it."

Everyone nodded, they were all in the upper echelons of the Byzantine Empire, and the big events that happened in Constantinople naturally couldn't be hidden from them, not to mention that this matter had also spread among the commoners.

"Do you know what caused this?"

Not so many people know about this, only a few generals.

Constans II continued: "This is the destruction caused by my brother Richmond with a weapon which we have not seen before, the most indestructible weapon in the world, and with which I am sure that the Arabs will tremble before us. ”

"Therefore, I decided to buy this batch of weapons from the Li Zhi brothers to arm the army of my empire, and the power of these weapons has also been seen by the Minister of State, you can ask the Minister of State."

Prime Minister Miuka stood up and said with a smile: "Yes, I have seen the power of this weapon with my own eyes, with this weapon, as His Majesty said, the Arabs will no longer be a threat to my empire, and the territory lost by the empire can be completely recaptured." ”

It was not only in the interest of Constans II and the empire to regain lost territory, but also to the nobles of their ranks, since only the larger the empire, the more land and business they could own.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Roosevelt was the first to stand up and said to Constans II, "Your Majesty, can you show us this weapon?" ”

He was the great steward in charge of the imperial finances, and even the small treasury of Constants II was in charge of him, so he was very cautious about the use of every money, and it was naturally a reflection of his responsibility to ask such a question.

Constans II looked at Li Zhi, what his intention was, Li Zhi naturally understood very well.

So a machine gun appeared in his hand, and he held the machine gun tightly in both hands and fired at a window of the palace, and after the gunshot, the whole hall became silent, which was naturally because of the shocking scene in front of him.

They saw that the window had become a, and the wind was blowing in from the window, and they were jaw-dropping by the destructive force, and it was all just happening in the blink of an eye.

Li Zhi began to popularize science to the Byzantine ministers for free: "This is a completely new weapon, it is called a machine gun. Machine guns, also known as machine guns, are usually equipped with bipods and can be mounted on tripods or fixed gun mounts in order to meet the stable needs of continuous shooting, mainly firing rifle bullets or larger caliber (12.7mm/14.5mm) bullets, which can shoot quickly and continuously, with strafing as the main attack method, and killing and injuring the opponent's vital force through dense bullet rain. A machine gun consists of a gun body, a gun carriage, or a gun mount. ”

Li Zhi divided the machine gun by dividing it by two, so that they could better know what the gun body and gun carriage were, as for those abstract concepts they didn't understand, it was not Li Zhi's concern, he was only responsible for telling them the information in his mind.

"Machine guns can be divided into light machine guns, general-purpose machine guns, and heavy machine guns. The main purpose of the light machine gun is to provide fire support to infantry units within 500 meters, is equipped with a bipod, and can be carried by individual combatants. The general-purpose machine gun combines the portability of a light machine gun with the sustained firepower of a medium machine gun. Due to the use of chain feeding (some models can be used for both chains and magazines), the continuous fire ability is higher than that of early light machine guns; Some models can quickly change the barrel in order to maintain continuous firing capability. The heavy machine gun was equipped with a heavy stationary tripod ••••••"

A set of theories came out of Li Zhi's mouth, and the Byzantine monarchs and ministers were all bored by Li Zhi, although they didn't understand, but they had a feeling of not being clear.

(End of chapter)