Randy didn't answer her question directly, but looked the princess up and down.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Lilianu?"

"That's right! It's Hongu! ”

"What a rude guy......" Randy thought to himself when he saw that the other party didn't show any friendly behavior at all.

In fact, Lilianu is not as arrogant as Randy thinks, the reason why she faces Randy like this is because Her Royal Highness the princess has too strong hostility towards the Norman Empire, a country that is expanding too rapidly, so when facing Randy, Lilianu will subconsciously regard the other party as an enemy, rather than an ally, and it is understandable that she has a bad attitude.

"Greetings, Your Royal Highness Princess of the Roman Empire." Randy nodded to Lilianu, making Lilianu a little embarrassed, after all, her previous attitude was too stiff.

"Greetings, Norman Emperor Caesar." Lilianu had to make up a courtesy, and like Randy, she just nodded.

"Then your Majesty may explain to me, and to all the Greeks present, your point of view, right? What exactly do you think Constantinople is better? Or is Krakow better? ”

"You have some difficulties with strong men, Your Highness Princess, is this how Rome treats its allies and guests? Forcing each other to compare who is better between their capital and Constantinople? Do you want me to say what you hear against my will, so as to satisfy my vanity? Or do you want me to say something that goes against you, so that you will be dissatisfied, so that disputes will arise and even damage the relationship between the two countries? ”

Randy's remarks made the Greeks around him blush, some ashamed of the absurdity of what they had done, while many more complained that their princess had lost face to the Empire, or that the Norman Emperor had insulted the great Roman Empire.

"It's not as you think, or maybe Caesar you're too obsessed, it's just a joke, a casual topic that friends can exchange with, it's not as serious as Your Majesty said, and it won't hurt the relationship between the two countries."

At this moment, Lilianu had a different mind, secretly lamenting that the other party's words were convenient, ruthless, and indeed worthy of her reputation, and at the same time reaffirmed that she was right to regard the Norman Empire as the number one enemy of the Eastern Roman Empire, and at the same time had a sense of mission to give up on me, and after a little thought, she blocked Randy's words, stating that this matter was not as serious as Randy imagined, and in turn, she blamed Randy for making too much fuss and put the blame on Randy.

"Alright! All right! Since Her Royal Highness the Princess said so, then I said, since it is a small talk between friends, if there is something wrong, Your Highness please don't care. ”

"Speaking of which, the Norman Empire was founded only five years ago, and it was only two years before the occupation of Eastern Europe and the unification of the Rus' peoples, and two years ago the capital of our country was still in Gothenburg in Northland, not Krakow, which at that time was just a small city with a population of less than 100,000 and an area of several square kilometers."

At this point, Randy shifted to Constantinople.

"And what about the new city of Rome? Since the establishment of Constantine the Great, to Theodosius the Great and expanded again, the Roman descendants of many monarchs continue to build, so far it has been hundreds of years, the Roman Empire is known as the first power in Europe, its political, cultural, military, economic center is all in Constantinople, Thrace can be called the heart of the empire. ”

"The former was only two years old, and the other has a centuries-old heritage, and you are not confident, to compare Constantinople with Krakow, which is what I said before, it is difficult for a strong man."

"So your Majesty thinks Krakow is inferior to Constantinople?"

"Perhaps, but it doesn't matter to me, and even if Constantinople is better than Krakow, what does it represent? Ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a wonderful thing to have a capital city like no other in the world, but is this the end of it? I don't think so, I'm a Norman, I'm the emperor of the Normans, so naturally I'm going to use the Norman Empire as an example, so you might as well listen to it. ”

"Why did my empire, which rose from the coldest, most boring, and most barren country in the north, expanded its territory and conquered countless countries and territories, and within two years had a capital that made Constantinople more than anyone worry about bringing it down? This is because of the enterprising spirit of the empire, this positive spirit, throughout the empire of all the people, the empire's soldiers to expand the territory, the empire's farmers to work hard, the empire's craftsmen to work hard, the empire's technicians brainstorming, the empire's priests are extremely pious, the empire's thriving posture, is the empire's most valuable wealth, the empire's people's spirit, is the most worthy of praise. ”

"It is gratifying to have a splendid city like no other in the world, but if you are immersed in the inherent glory like this, spend the most time remembering the glory of your ancestors, and the greatest goal is only to repeat what your ancestors have accomplished, in order to defend their own dignity, to defend their former glory, to defend ancient traditions, what will be the final fate of the country?"

"I am the Emperor of the Norman Empire, I have the most industrious workers and farmers, the most warlike generals and soldiers, my empire is striding forward, even if it suffers setbacks, even if Krakow is destroyed, but as long as this enterprising spirit remains, the empire will continue to advance, and there will be more than one more Krakow or a comparable capital, a more ornate and stronger city, but what if the Eastern Romans lose Constantinople, or even if Constantinople is captured? What will be the fate of the Empire? ”

Randy sprinkled a large rhetoric, summing up the achievements of the Norman Empire to the enterprising spirit, and the Greek spirit to conservatism and tradition, so that the comparison between the two directly concludes that although the Norman capital was not as good as Constantinople, the Norman Empire was rising and had a promising future, while the Eastern Roman Empire was prosperous and declining, and the future was bleak.

"Hooray! Long live His Majesty Emperor Randy! Long live the Norman Empire! The six thousand five hundred Janissaries cheered loudly, and their voices resounded through the sky, which contrasted the silence of the surrounding Greeks even more.

"That's right! When the Roman Empire was able to develop from a worthless city-state on the Apennine Peninsula to a huge empire across the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, and turned the Mediterranean Sea into an inland lake, it didn't rely on this positive and enterprising spirit? In the end, the destruction of Rome was precisely because of the loss of this spirit, from the aristocracy to the commoners all decayed and degenerate, and did not want to forge ahead, and then look at the present, the Romans thought the most, indeed to restore the original glory, to defend the glory of Rome, to maintain the traditional status of Rome, but no one ever thought of creating a better and more majestic grand occasion than then. ”

Opposite Randy, who was also speechless, was Princess Lilianu!

Lilianu looked at Randy's radiant appearance at this time, listening to the heartfelt cheers of the Norman Praetorian Guard, she was a little intoxicated for a while, and she had mixed feelings in her heart, staring at Randy with her eyes silent, Randy seemed to be aware of Lilianu's burning gaze, and turned her eyes to look at Lilianu.

The two of them looked a little warm like this, which made Artoria in the back want to rush forward several times.

The two looked at each other for nearly five minutes, and finally Her Highness Lilianu laughed as well.

"Tonight, the palace of Constantine has a banquet for distinguished guests, and your majesty should not be late." With that, Lilianu turned around and left.

"What a beauty!" Randy muttered quietly, turned back to his ranks, and continued to slowly advance in the direction of Constantinople, after the Norman Janissaries, the Black Dragon Knights of Brandenburg, the Hessian Praetorian Guards, and the Swiss mercenary troops of Burgundy also caused some admiration, even more than the Normans.

This is not to say that the Greeks lack the heart and feel that the elite Praetorian Guard of the Norman Empire is not as good as these second-rate troops, but before that, there was a lot of communication between the Greeks and the Normans, walking the caravans between the Balkans and Krakow, and the merchant ships traveling between Kherson and Constantinople, usually able to transport a large amount of news back together with Norman goods, so in the feeling of the Greeks, the Norman Empire is a relatively civilized and powerful one of the barbarians, so after seeing the military might of the Norman Empire today, It's beyond imagination, but it's acceptable.

But when Brandenburg, Hesse, Burgundy, these small second-rate countries that had never heard of it, also showed up in front of the Greeks with such elite troops, these Greeks would naturally be surprised, when did those Germanic and Gaulic barbarians actually have such a powerful army? Isn't dirty, chaotic, and disobedient to orders a common trait of these barbarian armies? When did the world become so different?

Then someone remembered what the Norman Caesar had said before......

"The words of the Barbarian Emperor...... There is some truth to this, and perhaps the Eastern Roman Empire should also revise its politics and policies. ”

Randy enters Constantinople with the Praetorian Guard, along with a small number of elite troops from the other six monarchs.

As for ordinary ordinary soldiers, they could only be stationed in makeshift barracks outside the city.

However, even so, many Greeks, especially the senators of the Senate, were dissatisfied, and the troops of various countries entering Constantinople combined exceeded 10,000 people, which made many people feel uneasy.

"They are barbarians, they are barbarians' army, and what if they make trouble in Constantinople? Your Highness, your approach is so unreliable. ”

"Pay attention to your words, the other party is not the barbarian you imagined, but from another civilized country, although the level of civilization may be lower than that of Rome, but we should also give them full respect, which is the basis of mutual communication."

"A barbarian is a barbarian, and it will not change for a thousand or ten thousand years, and there is no other way to communicate with them than to conquer them with a sword and discipline them with a leather whip."

"The glory of Rome is not to be blasphemed, today we let the armies of the barbarians enter Constantinople, and tomorrow they will take off the eagle banner of Rome and replace it with the totem of the barbarians."

Some of the patriarchs shouted like this......

"Do you still live hundreds of years ago? You old stubbornness, times have changed, and you are still looking at things with the same eyes as you did hundreds of years ago, and you will lead the empire into the abyss. ”

"Only by abandoning the wisdom and classics handed down by our ancestors will the empire go into the abyss, you are trying, Rome has always been Rome, and can only be Rome, and only by adhering to the dogma and tradition of Rome can the glory and greatness of Rome be maintained."

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The reform and conservative forces in the Roman Empire clashed with each other, from verbal debates to military force, but after nearly 30 minutes, the Senate was in chaos, the senators fought with each other, the young fists, the old crutches, and the fighting was happy, but the surrounding Roman soldiers looked at each other, nose and heart, silent, standstill, only thinking that they were sculptures, and seemed to have experienced many similar incidents.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Emperor Randy, and Randy finally stays in the Grand Palace of Constantinople without any problems.

The scale of the palace was very large, and there were many houses, as for His Majesty the Emperor's army, it was not so well treated, except for the fifty knights of the guard, the personal guard Sonia and the empress Artoria, the rest of the Praetorian Guards were arranged in other military camps in the city.

The kings of several other countries were not so lucky, they were arranged in ordinary inns for foreign envoys, which made these monarchs complain, and later Randy also felt that this was not good, and it would affect the unity of the coalition forces, so he offered to let several national troops live in the palace, or move out by themselves.

In the end, Lilianu had no choice but to let several European princes stay in the Grand Palace, and at the same time asked her nieces to take care of it, not to let people steal the contents of the palace, and when they left, they had to clean the palace where they lived, spray enough perfume, and change all the bedding.

However, no matter how Her Royal Highness the Princess arranges it, this kind of small thing still enhances Randy's image in the hearts of other monarchs of the coalition, and makes others deeply realize that Randy is a very righteous ally who can advance and retreat together, and complains a lot about the Eastern Roman Empire, thinking that the Eastern Roman Empire is indeed a heretical country and will destroy the other party sooner or later.

In the midst of such complaints......

In the midst of the Senate quarrel......

In the lamentation of Greek scholars......

Randy took Artoria's hand and walked slowly into the dinner room.

Randy, who wore a white evening dress elaborate by the royal tailor, looked even more radiant, and just appeared on the stage, he was praised by a large number of Greek nobles and nobles, which also made Artoria feel even more uncomfortable, and her face became more and more ugly.

"Alright, Hani! Laugh a little happier, the happier you are, the more angry other people are, and the more angry you are, the happier they are. ”

If it was on the battlefield now, those Greek noblewomen who might not even be able to kill a chicken would have been frightened to death, but now at the banquet, when it comes to the experience of robbing men, and the means of being jealous in the love field, every noblewoman here has a dozen lovers, much stronger than Artoria, and every well-trained noblewoman is fearless to Artoria's eyes, and even provokes, and responds to Artoria's eyes in a more explicit way, such as pulling the already low chest a little lower, Or wink at Randy......

"He's probably the luckiest man among us......" Behind Randy, Lucived, Duke of Hesse, said to the other men, his voice filled with envy and jealousy for Randy.

"Lucky? I think it's unfortunate! Albrecht, Duke of Brandenburg, chuckled and pointed to Randy's left hand, which was getting tighter and tighter by Artoria and was about to be broken.

"It is said that the British queen's wrist strength is stronger than that of a brown bear, do you dare to bet that our alliance leader will be strangled by his queen at any time."

"I guess they were having sex...... "Duke Henry of Bavaria whispered the answer, causing everyone to laugh.

"No, no, no! A person as smart as him would never have something like this happen, you see, the queen was coaxed quickly, and our alliance leader's talent in this area is still very high. ”

When a few people looked over, they found that as Charlie said, Randy didn't know what to say, which made Artoria smile, and the previous unpleasantness immediately disappeared.

"Very talented ...... indeed"

Ottila, the king of Hungary, was the last to speak: "Let us join in, although we are not as talented as our leader, but we have an advantage over him, and that is that we did not bring our wives with us." ”

(End of chapter)