"In the name of Zeus, Chuni must perish!" Aristotle IV looked hideous, and the blood vessels in his forehead burst out. Months of anger had made him scream, but as a courtier, he could not be too presumptuous in front of King Theodorus II. This contradiction made him even more anxious, and he seemed to have incarnated as Achilles.

"Bachelor, I don't think so." The chubby Theodorus II was drinking Cypriot wine, and his expression was like that of a lake in spring compared to Aristotle IV, who was covered in fire. "The Sogdians believe that the arrows belonged to the Chenni, that the Qini had intercepted their caravan, and that ......" Theodorus II continued, drinking the wine from the silver cup, "slew our warriors, Dicayópoli, and the poor soldiers. ”

"No, Your Majesty. These are all lies, and the Chuni and Zhaoni people premeditated all this. Aristotle IV had already preconceived notions, and he would not forget the words of the cavalry general who pursued him and Zaras until his death. Upon his return to Bactria, he questioned at least ten Sogdiana merchants, all of whom said that it was a Chuni language meaning 'the enemy cavalry had fled'.

"Bachelor, we can't do anything." Theodotus II had long heard of Aristotle IV's evidence, but the Sogdiana merchants provided new evidence of the feathers of the arrows. After the last merchants returned to Maracanda before the onset of winter, evidence of missing weapons and armor of the caravan was found in the territory of Zhoni.

These evidences are contradictory and do not point clearly, but on the whole, the majority of the Sogdianas believe that the Cheni did this, as they could not obtain the Chuni armor, nor did they want to see the Chuni get the Sogdiana noble horses, and the Chenni, who were allied with the Chuni, had no incentive to do such a thing; The Greeks, on the other hand, mostly believed that Dicaeupoli had his head cut off by a Zhoni soldier at the behest of Zuni and buried in a place where no one could find him.

East Asia was thousands of miles away, and it was impossible for Bactria to send troops to retaliate. In addition, because of Seleucus's trade with Chuni, at the same time that they obtained huge iron weapons and armor, the commercial tax also rose sharply. Perhaps Seleucus II would soon send his large army to attack Bactria.

Discouraged by the words 'nothing can be done' from Diodotus II, Aristotle IV continued: "In view of the situation facing the kingdom, we must send a second caravan as soon as possible to bring back more weapons and armor. ”

"Your Majesty, this is impossible! You can't do that. "Aristotle IV did not expect the king to think like this. He suddenly remembered a suggestion from the governor Eutydemos.

"We have to do this, Bachelor. Otherwise, the kingdom will cease to exist. Theodorus II emphasized. We also need to meet with the Pani as soon as possible, and we will be able to defend Bactria only by uniting the Pani of Parthia. ”

Theodorus II's honesty chilled Aristotle IV, who had been full of hope before he came. He had been a teacher of Theodorus II, but this teacher-student relationship was not enough to convince Theodorus II to send an army to launch an army similar to that of Alexander the Great in East Asia.

This is what Aristotle IV really hoped in his heart. However, there are no more Alexandrian-like heroes in the whole known world, and all kings are like jackals that are messed up after the death of a lion, vying for the prey left behind by the lion. Only Chuni was like Macedonia a hundred years ago, with a young king determined to conquer the known world, a group of nobles who swore allegiance to him, a workshop that smoked day and night to make countless weapons and armor, and a huge ship that could connect the whole world......

Returning to the familiar city of Maracanda, Riaristotle IV looked back on the course of the year and finally found the reason for his hatred of Chuni, to be exact, it was not hatred at all, it was a fear. The known world is weakening at a rate that is visible to the naked eye, and they no longer have the ambitions of the time of Alexander the Great, but are descending into increasing cannibalism.

It would be a tragedy for all (Greek) people if the East Asian world invaded the known world by sea ships. They already had Nissama and noble horses, they had indestructible armor, light but extremely sharp weapons, and the most terrible thing was that they had a population of more than 30 million, which was twice the population of the entire Persian Empire, five times the population of the Greek peninsula, and fifteen times the population of the Macedonian kingdom.

Thinking of those yellow people pouring into the known world like a sea boat tide, thinking that people under the Qin law could only live like cattle, thinking that the great Greek civilization was about to be trampled by the humblest Orientals, Aristotle IV would even wake up in his sleep.

"In the name of Zeus, Chuni must be destroyed!" When he withdrew from the royal court, Aristotle IV recited this sentence in his heart. He quickly found someone who had been waiting for a long time and said solemnly, "I agree." I will pledge my allegiance to the new king. ”

"Bachelor?" Not everyone in the city of Bactra wanted a new king, and Aristotle IV's reply was surprising.

I had only one request: "Aristotle IV knew what he was talking about, and although he had heard about the rebellion, he never expected it to come so quickly." The visitor looked at Aristotle IV in bewilderment, and only listened to him: "Destroy Chuni." ”

The world of scholars is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and no one has agreed. He had no right to agree, so he could only tell him on his behalf. However, rebellions always preceded official answers, and that night a fire broke out in the palace, and after a night of horror, the governor of Sogdiana, Eutydemus, proclaimed himself king. When Aristotle IV entered the palace to meet the new king, an unexpected person stood by the new king: the Seleucid envoy Silanus.

"Bachelor, I will build an academy in Bactria, an academy to be managed by you......" The audience is a sign of submission, and the submission of Aristotle IV is very important to the new king Eutydemus, who desperately needs someone to justify his rebellion.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity, but I feel I have more important things to do." Aristotle IV, who saw Siranus, instantly knew who was supporting the rebellion, and why Dicayópoli was always mysterious when he was in the capital of Chuni. Etidemus persuaded Seleucus II that the two countries would take aim at the Panis who occupied the Parthian province.

"I couldn't agree more." Eutidemus did not confess as frankly as Theodotus II, "but this will need to be after our conquest of the Panis." At that time, I will make a great expedition to conquer the whole East under my feet. ”

"Your Majesty, the Pani are our enemies, and the Chuni are not now." Silanus emphasized this.

"The Pani are just barbarians, but Chuni is a civilization." Aristotle IV said. "I think anyone who is a Greek can feel the threat of the Chuni. They have everything we have, a huge population, a huge army......"

Silanus lived longer than Aristotle IV, and when he heard Aristotle IV enumerate all the threats from Chuni, he did not deny it, but he just added: "Bachelor, maybe Chuni will be our enemy in the near future, but at least not now. Seleucus and Chuni are in a trade ......"

"As a result of the trade, Seleucid gold and silver were brought into Chuni by boatload!" Aristotle IV repeated what he had said to Silanus when he was in Shouying, "The result of trade is that we are getting poorer and poorer!" The result of trade is ......"

"Bachelor, I still have important matters to discuss with the envoys." Aristotle IV became more and more agitated as he spoke, but as he questioned him repeatedly, Euttidemus spoke that he needed to make a final agreement with Silanus immediately, or he would die in his bed like Theodotus II.

"Please allow Your Majesty to send me as an envoy to Qinni." Aristotle IV wanted to leave, but he remembered that Chenni's envoys were now in Bhaktra, so he said so.

For Ganro and Meng Yi, the journey to a country outside of Kyushu was an extremely arduous journey, especially through desert areas. As a result of the sandstorm, half of the mission died due to lack of water. Fortunately, relying on the intermittent oases and large and small cities in the desert, it took them two years to cross the green mountains and reach Bactria west of the Kunlun Mountains.

Just as Aristotle IV wrote "Journey to the East", Ganro was also documenting his westward journeys along the way, especially the coup d'état last night. The original king had no interest in selling Ryoma, but now that he has a new king, maybe things will take a turn for the better.

However, there are two insurmountable problems in any transit mission: first: the two sides must communicate through two Rong interpreters; Second, from Xianyang through Longyou County of Di Daoyi (now Lintao County, Gansu Province), that is, the westernmost point of the Great Wall of Qin, it will take 10,000 li to Bactria, and it will take two years each way.

"Shangqing, Bai Di people are visiting." Meng Yi's message came from outside the house.

"Bai Di people are visiting?" Gan Luo quickly put away the pen and ink and Chu paper, although Qin and Chu had banned the purchase of Chu paper after the Qin and Chu conflicts, but Gan Luo still brought a lot. "Hurry up."

He said as he stepped into the atrium. Unlike the atrium of the Chinese world, the atrium of Greek architecture is actually a garden in the middle of a house, and the garden must be connected to the house on one side by a stone colonnade, and in the garden is a pool of flowers and water, and some fish are kept in the pool.

Gan Luo and Meng Yi beside him walked along the gate facing the garden, and saw an old Greek man with a high forehead walking towards him, surrounded by servants, and after crossing the pool, the old man stopped, and bowed to himself with his hands folded in front of him. Gan Luo's head boomed, and he only waited for Meng Yi's whispered reminder before he solemnly returned the salute to this person.