"That guy is a Norman!"

"What the hell is going on?"

"That Norman seems to be going to the palace, is he a Norman messenger?" The Greeks looked at the backs of the Normans and talked about it.

"Barbarians, get out of Constantinople!"

Of course, there are also people who shout slogans like this, in order to show their patriotism and bravery, and even some people pick up the stones on the ground and throw them over, but if they are serious, they really don't dare to come forward and beat people, after all, Foster is also accompanied by two Norman servants with big shoulders and round waists, and they are fully armed.

On the tower of the gates of the Imperial Palace of Constantinople, Basil II, who watched Foster leave, turned to the general Ellius, who was standing behind him, and asked:

"What do you think?"

"What is Your Majesty referring to?"

"Normans, of course! What should we do with them? ”

"Didn't Your Majesty make a full set of plans before this?" Ellius continued to pretend to be stupid, much to the displeasure of Basil II.

"I do have a plan, but you should have heard a sentence, the plan can't catch up with the change, just like now, my original plan was that after defeating the infidels, it would be best for the evil barrier to have some troops left, control a part of the land in the east and east, and then I will lead the army over and crush these northerners in one go, but I didn't expect that the evil obstacle to be so useless, the army of tens of thousands of people was actually beaten to pieces in a battle, and only a few hundred people escaped back in the end, if it weren't for her dead mother's sake, I really want to ......"

Basil II became more and more angry, but in the end he did not continue, of course, even if he did, it was nothing, and Elius had planned from the beginning, his eyes wandering, looking left and right, as if he had not heard at all.

"Cunning fellow!" Basil II cursed secretly.

Careful!

Minzhe protects himself!

At least in the eyes of Basil II, he was the smartest of the generals.

Aetius is such a person, his desire for power is very weak, he has a feeling of getting by, and never takes the initiative to seize power, Basil II sometimes annoys this guy's lack of progress, but more often because of Aetius's character, he took the initiative to hand over responsibility and power to him, and Aetius gradually became Basil II's most trusted person, in charge of the intelligence system of the Eastern Roman Empire, as Basil II's deputy, often accompanied by expeditions.

"Well, General! I'd like to hear your opinion on the strategy of the Normans. ”

"That's right, Your Majesty!"

How could Aetius not understand Basil II's words, and he was looking left and right before, in fact, he was just buying himself time to sort out the words, which Basil II asked clearly, and Etius quickly replied:

"Your Majesty must have been tormented by whether to make war or peace with the Normans. War! We have just defeated the Turks, and although we have gained a part of the land and the war reparations of the Turks, the actual strength of the empire is still quite depleted, and it will not be a good thing for our country to win or lose in a war with the Normans. ”

"But if we don't go to war with the Normans, let them continue south, occupy the Crimean peninsula, and attack the empire itself through the Black Sea, it will be an absolute nightmare for our country."

At that time, all the Romans will complain about our policy, the Normans themselves have a strong fleet, which will hold back a large part of our sea power, and then we will not have the energy to fight the Catholic heretics, Egyptians, and Barbary pagan pirates in the Mediterranean, which will be even more devastating for the Empire. ”

Speaking of this, Basil II was a little excited: "Indeed, it is all the fault of that evil obstacle, I should not have believed her in the first place, all plans have been disrupted by her, Aetius, what is your proposal?" Is it war? Yes, more than any other potential danger, the Normans were the heart of the Eastern Roman Empire today. ”

"Nope! Your Majesty, this is not the case. ”

Aetius shook his head and said: "The situation in the empire is not good now, in the Iberian region, our army has been defeated to those Spaniards many times in a row, maybe the situation will be improved after Bailey evacuates the general to that area, but in this way, we will lose a strong general in Asia Minor." ”

"The Turks have been defeated by me!" Basil II said.

"That's right! But they still have a lot of strength, especially in recent times when they have found good foreign reinforcements. ”

"Is it a Cuman? Isn't this information a bit outdated? ”

"Nope! Not Cumans! It's the Egyptians! The pagans of Egypt, under the command of their leader Saladin, had captured Jerusalem. ”

Hearing this, Basil II immediately scolded: "Those useless Franks, since the death of the leper, seem to have no way to fight. ”

"Your Majesty, we must take into account what we should do if the Turks and Egyptians unite to attack Asia Minor? Shouldn't we send a better general to replace the incompetent people in that military district? I'm sorry to forgive me for this unreasonable statement, but the truth is that according to the intelligence, your newly appointed governor of Asia Minor has no merits worth mentioning during his tenure other than the looting of the people's fat and the people's ointment, and the abduction of the people's daughters. ”

"I know! But there are only a few useful generals in the empire, and the territory of the empire is so large that there are simply not enough manpower. Or Aetius, you want to get this governorship? But if I go to war with the Normans, I will need you more here. ”

Aetius shook his head: "That's not the case, Your Majesty, I just want to remind Your Majesty of this problem, the problem of the lack of imperial generals is indeed very difficult to handle, in fact, Your Majesty should have a few candidates in mind." ”

"Do you mean the obstacle? Absolutely not! "Basil II's first thought was of his own daughter, but she was also the first to deny her own daughter, and since she had suffered defeat at the hands of the Normans and had fled back in disgrace, she had been shut up and thought about by herself, as if she had not been born of her own daughter, but of a scourge.

"Nope! The subordinate refers to General Narcis! Aetius hurriedly explained.

"Narciss......" Basil II frowned, but felt that what Aetius said was not unreasonable, and there were only a few famous generals in the Eastern Roman Empire who wrenched their fingers, either him or him.

"But Narcissus has also failed in the past, causing the empire to suffer heavy losses!"

"I think Your Majesty should know that the Normans are not so easy to deal with, Randy von Hoffmann is an extremely terrifying enemy, and Narsis has done everything in his might."

Hearing Aetius say this, Basil II pondered for a moment and said, "All right! I will give him another chance, and I will make an order to make him the general of the garrison of Trebizond. ”

Aetius was finally relieved when he heard this, although the position of this garrison general was pitiful compared to the power of the local governor, but it also meant that Narcis could return to politics, and he was worthy of his heavy gift.

At this time, Basil II then asked: "But after talking about it for a long time, you have not yet answered the question I want you to answer, whether the Normans fought or made peace?" ”

Aetius chuckled, "Why didn't Your Majesty see the messenger of the Normans?" What about thinking about it later? ”

Basil II was stunned for a moment, and snorted coldly: "If you say it, you don't say it!" ”

Then he turned away, leaving Aetius alone, chuckled at the back of his monarch, and followed.

Of course, in fact, Basil II also felt that what Erius said was reasonable, and he put aside the Norman envoy from summoning him at the beginning, indeed because he didn't know how to deal with it, and wanted to think about it in advance and then negotiate the conditions, but it was more that Basil II wanted the Norman to understand a truth.

Rome is Rome! Don't be lucky enough to win once or twice by chance, barbarians are barbarians after all, just keep your duty and don't let the Romans despise them.

Although the times are progressing little by little, the Romans still look at the problem with the old eyes and stick to the rules, although the new forces on this continent are rising, scrambling to show their own sense of existence, but the Romans still stubbornly believe that these are just barbarians, just a small obstacle for a while, this world still belongs to the Romans after all, long live the Romans!

That night, the eunuch in charge of the decree said proudly, "Do you understand? His Majesty the Emperor has given you the grace that you can go to the palace tomorrow during the day. ”

At this point, the diplomat Foster finally understood what Randy meant, and why he told him to be a little more humble.

That's what the Romans eat!

"I see!" Foster casually took out an emerald ring and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand, making the eunuch's old face smile like a chrysanthemum.

"Your Majesty has not been in a very good mood recently, take care of it a little more, and besides, those nobles actually don't want to fight, but they think more than anyone else, how to solve it, and the noble envoy thinks about it more."

The old eunuch was short of men, so he naturally wanted to say a few more words, and Forster understood it, ordered his retinue to send him out, and began to prepare the wording of the next day's speech.

At the same time, further north, in the city of Kiev......

A dinner party had just ended, and Randy, who was stumbling in pretending to be holding Sonya, stood firm as soon as he walked to a place where no one was.

Seeing Sonya's bewildered look, Randy explained, "If I don't do that, those guys will surely pour me until I get alcoholism, you damn Ross." ”

"I see!" Sonya's sudden realization left Randy speechless for a while.

Randy then returns to his dormitory......

Looking at the bill income in October, it has reached 500,000 in earnest!

The next step is that Randy plans to open up a large number of international farms in Eastern Europe, and through the policy of emancipating serfs, to attract serfs from all over Europe and even the whole world to come to his territory and become his agricultural workers, trying to use such a plan to develop as soon as possible and stabilize his territory.

"Three years! I will spend three years reorganizing internal affairs and training a new army, and then I will have 100,000 elite troops under my command that have been reorganized through military reform regulations, and then I will go west to the European continent and south to Rome, and then the whole of Europe, including North Africa, the Middle East, Asia Minor, will all be in my pocket, Alexander? Solomon? What are they? How can it be compared to me? ”

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The next day, Foster got up early in the morning to tidy up his appearance.

Like ordinary diplomats, the phrase that you represent not you personally, but the image of the Norman Empire is always on your lips, so Foster is very careful about his appearance, as if dirty, untidy such a situation is absolutely not allowed, of course, it is not allowed to look too showy or too frivolous, it is not allowed to exist, Norman diplomats have always been rigorous, rigid, and even slightly stiff, but this statement only describes their appearance.

Speaking of Foster, who is in his Chinese New Year's Eve this year, he looks like a mature and handsome guy, with an angular face, a strong gaze, polite movements, a sonorous voice, and a very sexy goatee, whether male or female, he will not have a bad impression of such a person.

As before, with the help of several attendants, he put on a dress with a lot of buttons, a white phoenix embroidered with silver thread on his chest, put on white gloves and straightened the white fox shawl with a collar, and checked it again and again in the mirror, and after the third inspection, it happened to be nine o'clock in the morning, so Foster took the letter of the Norman Empire, rode in a very delicate and comfortable, very noble carriage, and walked in the direction of the Grand Palace of Constantine, a total of thirty-six fully armed, wearing brand new full-body plate armor, Norman guards armed with axes stood by his side.

Along the way, the Romans talked a lot, at first they thought it was a great nobleman who went out on patrol, but later they found out that it was actually a Norman envoy who wanted to meet the Roman emperor, and they couldn't help but be a little stunned, and some people said sourly: "It's just a group of barbarians, and they deserve to ride in such a good carriage." ”

This sentence was immediately agreed by many people, but it was just talk, looking at those Norman guards with axes as big as human heads, as long as they were not fools, they would not go up and ask for trouble.

Foster, who was sitting in the carriage, listened to the words of the Greeks outside the carriage, opened the curtains and watched the people outside pointing at the carriage, and couldn't help but snort softly, which also represented the face of the Norman Empire.

"Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed inside the palace!"

At the entrance to the palace, the Norman convoy was stopped, said the Guardsmen.

"Yes, let's walk!" Foster, supported by one of the guards, stepped out of the carriage.

The Eastern Roman Imperial Foresters guarding the gate frowned again: "Your Majesty will only let you see you alone, and these entourages will have to wait outside." ”

As soon as he said this, the Norman guards stopped doing it, and looked at the royal guards with fierce looks on their faces.

"The Greeks that Lao Tzu cut on the battlefield are many times stronger than you don't know, what are you?"

Several Normans shouted, and the huge axes were pointed up and down the Kingsman's head: "You want to try your head?" Or is my axe hard? ”

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