Egyptian Governor Elius led officials of all sizes at the docks in anticipation of the arrival of the "envoy", while the soldiers all changed into new uniforms, military musicians held musical instruments, and soldiers stood on both sides of the road with weapons in hand.

watched Li Xiang's official ship slowly sail into the port.

Governor Elius waved his right hand.

The military musicians began to play military music.

Opened by the accompanying guards, Li Xiang boarded the dock.

As soon as the "envoy" disembarked, Governor Ellius immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Although Li Xiang didn't know Elius, he recognized his governor's uniform.

Elius saluted Li Xiang first.

Li Xiang immediately returned the gift.

After the "professional" smiling faces and empty and boring greetings in the officialdom, Li Xiang and Elius turned over one after another.

The soldiers opened the way, and Li Xiang, Elius and others followed to the governor's palace.

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Entering Alexandria is like coming to a beautiful and romantic waterfront garden.

The main part of the city is the Imperial City, which is adjacent to the port of Magnus and occupies a third of the city's area.

The Imperial City had the palaces, gardens, botanical and botanical gardens of the former Ptolemaic dynasty, as well as the residences and baths of the court personnel.

Today, the royal palace is the governor's palace of the province of Egypt.

Due to Octavian's special instructions, the Doge's Palace still retains the entire appearance of the former Ptolemaic Palace, except for the "Golden Eagle", which represents Rome at the head of the city.

The Romans believed that the eagle was the "bird of Jupiter" and a symbol of victory, so every time they conquered, they would hang the "golden eagle" at the head of the city, indicating that it had become Roman territory.

In addition to hanging the "Golden Eagle" at the heads of the cities, he also followed the Roman legions to fight in the north and south, expanding the territory.

After Governor Elius and his assistant Gaius accompanied Li Xiang to visit the entire Doge's Palace, it was already evening.

At this time, it was dinner time, and Elius, Gaius, and Li Xiang came to the banquet hall together.

As soon as Li Xiang entered the banquet hall, he was attracted by its ultra-luxurious Greek decoration, which is definitely the most dazzling banquet hall in Rome.

This banquet was specially set up by Governor Elius for Li Xiang to wash the dust, and all the officials above the rank of centurion were waiting in the banquet hall.

Since Li Xianggui is a "special envoy" and a big celebrity around the "emperor", if he is a little lazy, he is afraid that his career will change from now on, anyway, he eats and drinks with public money, even if he exceeds the standard by a hundred times, it is only a trivial matter.

Elius is a person who works hard as an official, so he naturally thinks about some aspects more carefully, such as the selection of ingredients for this banquet, and he has also put some effort into it.

Because he guessed that although Gallic wine and seafood were high-end goods, they should not have much novelty for Li Xiang, so at this banquet, local characteristics must be reflected, and naturally Gallic wine and seafood must not appear.

What is a place?

Egyptian wine and beer are used as a drink, peacock tongue, vulture claws and crocodile eyes are used as appetizers, rhinoceros lips, ostrich necks, leopard tails, elephant trunks, monkey brains, wild boar, hippopotamus meat, lion cubs are the main dishes, and finally python soup is used as a snack.

Fortunately, there were no organizations such as wildlife conservation societies at this time, otherwise the hundreds of officials in this banquet hall would really "not be able to eat and walk around"!

Of course, in addition to the food and wine, there are also Egyptian beauties singing and dancing to help them entertain.

Eating and drinking, Li Xiang still has a soft spot for the beer produced in ancient Egypt, and drank more glasses, maybe the alcohol content in this beer is not high, or because Li Xiang's alcohol is excessive, N more than a glass of beer in the stomach, and I didn't feel much drunk, the biggest feeling is that the bladder is really unbearable, and I went back and forth to the toilet N many times, and people who don't know still think that Li Xiang has kidney loss!

After he was full of wine and food, Elius arranged for Li Xiang to sleep in the "sleeping palace".

The "dormitory" is a veritable dormitory where the pharaohs and queens of the former Ptolemaic dynasty slept.

When you walk into the dormitory, the first impression is that it is spacious, gorgeous and warm.

I don't know if it's because the world-famous "Cleopatra" Cleopatra once slept here, and there was always a faint fragrance that softened the fragrance of exotic flowers and women that filled the entire dormitory.

Although the royal palace of the former Ptolemaic dynasty had become the governor's palace of the Egyptian provinces at this time, for some unknown reason, even the governors of the provinces, who were feudal officials, did not dare to sleep in the palace.

There is a theory that it is haunted, because Antony and Cleopatra may have committed suicide in the dormitory, and every fifteenth full moon night, they will return as ghosts.

There is also an argument that Octavian decreed that the governors of the provinces, especially those of the "Führer-states", should never live beyond their own rank and standards, and that violators would be dismissed from their posts.

Most Egyptians are more pragmatic and prefer the second option.

In any case, the furnishings in the dormitory are the same as they were forty years ago.

Compared with the governor Erius, Li Xiang was much luckier, because as the envoy of the "emperor", he was of course qualified to sleep in the palace.

In the dormitory, where no one has slept in the past forty years, Li Xiang's mood at this time is like entering a museum for the first time in his life, and he is very careful about appreciating all the furnishings in the dormitory.

The thought of being able to sleep in the palace of the pharaohs and queens of the last dynasty of Egypt made Li Xiang feel a little excited and vain in his heart.

The dormitory is not big, it is not small, and there are a lot of furnishings, Li Xiang almost appreciated everything in the dormitory as a cultural relic, so he naturally felt a little tired, and he drank a lot of beer before, so he lazily lay on the soft pillow on the high bed.

I don't know if it's because of the hot weather or because of the effect of alcohol, Li Xiang just feels hot and dry, and he wants to take a shower.

But when you think about it, even in Octavian's house in Rome, you can't take a bath at any time! So, I was going to ask the servants of the Governor's Mansion to help boil some water, and when I was about to speak, I thought again, this day is quite hot anyway, so don't bother people, just take a cold bath, but I don't know if the bathroom has not been used for forty years, can it still be used?

Li Xiang walked into the bathroom in the dormitory and saw that in the center of the bathroom was a white marble bath about 5 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, the pool was already filled with water, and clean bath towels and clothes were neatly placed on the bath table.

Li Xiang thought to himself: It seems that Ellius is also a careful person, and he has already asked the servants to prepare everything, since he is so gracious, don't waste it! So, I took off my clothes and went into the bath.

Li Xiang was lying in the bath, enjoying it, thinking about it, and thinking: If there are a few more palace maids who can rub their backs and massage here, it will really be called 'emperor-level enjoyment'!