Mubatik shrugged his nose as soon as he entered the hall, he smelled the herb frying milk and the wine-stuffed lamb liver, it was wonderful, the pure vanilla must have come from distant Greece, otherwise its fragrance would not be so lingering; And the fine sheep liver, must be the little goats produced in the upper reaches of the Mulgab River, these sheep eat the tenderest grass by the river, drink the sweet water of the Murghab River, the meat is very tender, the liver taken from their bodies is very valuable, if it is transported to Lydia, it will be ten times more expensive, even for the Cambyses family in its heyday, it is an absolute luxury, Mubarak remembers that the old master Arnoldsen Cambyses loved to eat this kind of sheep liver.

Under the light of the lamp pool burning with the finest sesame oil, Mubarak saw at a glance Mogina, who was circling among the nobles, smiling like silver bells from time to time, and also saw Mu Xijing, who had a sharp and well-mannered eye, and Nie Zhu, a one-armed man with eyes like a falcon; Mogina wore a goose-yellow silk robe today, and a string of pearl necklaces the size of a dragon's eye hung on her snow-white neck, just like all the female nobles of Lydia, with bare feet and calves, so that the eyes of all male nobles followed her feet, and Mubarak was also carefully observing Mogina's jade feet, but he didn't have any. Unlike the Persian nobles of pure blood, Mogina's index fingers are longer than the thumbs, which looks a little abrupt, but Mubatik nodded, and Mogina's toes were exactly the same as the woman named Metena, remembering that the old master once used poetry to praise the woman's jade feet, saying that whenever she tasted her food toes, she would think of her mother's 'Rufang'

Mubatik's appearance made the hall fall silent, and the eyes of all the nobles were on the great butler of the House of Cambyses; Don't think that Arnolds* Cambyses was poisoned by Bagoas and the Cambyses family would lose power, and even the powerful Bagoas would explain Arnoldson's death with the term 'violent death due to illness', and after his death. The Cambyses family remained the first-class nobility of the Persian Empire, with royal blood and could be the governor of the province of Lydia for generations, after the death of Arnosen. His son, Mogina's half-brother, succeeded as governor of Lydia, but the new governor named Arnoldson Clide Sarak Cambyses was not very lucky. Soon after taking over, the Persian Empire was in civil strife, although Kodoman succeeded in purging Bagoas and his power, but also plunged the Persian Empire into a long period of chaos, coupled with the rise of the Greek city-states and the Roman Republic in the west, the rule of the Persian Empire became more and more crumbling, and Lydia, which was adjacent to the Mediterranean coast, bore the brunt. In order to maintain their rule, they had to hire a large number of private soldiers, and the Cambyses family was in a very bad financial situation right now, fortunately in the Persian Empire and not in Greece, otherwise the Cambyses family would have become the highest ranking bankrupt nobles in Persia

Sarak's mother Sarah was one hundred and twenty unhappy about Mogina, a child of the family who suddenly fell from the sky to Lydia, and if Sarak had not been a kind person who valued family affection, perhaps the private soldiers of the family in Cambyses would have killed Mukapoulus's hotel and cut off Mogina's head; In fact, Sara had already sent her own trusted killers, but unfortunately they met the killers among the killers, and the loyal fighter Nie Zhu, who had been waiting by the side of the goddess Mogina, cut off the heads of these guys with just one hand. They were also handed over to the patrol soldiers of Lydia, and an enraged Sara broke several fine porcelain dishes from Oriental China, and then was distressed again.

Huaxia's fine porcelain has secretly invaded Central and Western Asia under the intentions of several major trading companies such as the Bai family, the Fan family, the Xu family, and the Gan family. In addition to bringing large quantities of expensive Oriental porcelain, tea, silk, and paper, the caravans on camels and donkeys also brought back large quantities of gold, silver, spices, and wool from Central and Western Asia. In any country, the nobles who can become the superior are not fools, they will always know to throw an olive branch full of goodwill at the right time, leaving a sunny road for themselves to advance and retreat

Because of the appearance of Bai Dong, the Silk Road was at least two hundred years ahead of historical records, and even the Cambyses family living in Far Western Asia could not resist the temptation of these good things. And what about Mogina? If it's just the widow of a wolf bèi who has returned, then you don't need Sara to do it. Mubatik can make this 'bastard~bastard' of the Cambyses family disappear into the world silently, but Mogina is too rich to describe her high profile with a lot of money. Since she came to the Lydian Cambyses house, she was waiting for her to take the initiative to vote, and the family that took the initiative at that time could thoroughly figure out her true intentions and then make the most correct response, but they just didn't come, but kept entertaining guests in the hotel of Mukapoulus, and invited them with the highest specifications for nearly a month, which made the Cambyses family restless, and even a little panicked.

Now not only the aristocracy of Lydia, but also the commoners knew that the young lady of the Cambyses family had returned, and this young lady Mogina did not return to the family, but kept holding banquets in Mukapoulus, and even the commoners would welcome her; Why didn't the young lady go home? After the death of Lord Arnoldsen, the status of the Cambyses family was not affected in any way, why did her mother leave the family? If it weren't for the captain of the guard who disappeared with them, perhaps this young lady would have become dirt on the outskirts of Lydia, right? It's so funny, the aristocratic lady who has become a rich man is back, and the Cambyses family is going to make a storm! It turns out that the spirit of the eight ~ hexagrams is regardless of the era or race, everyone is talking more and more energetically, and gradually this story has become a different version, at first the protagonists of the story are only Mogina's mother Meterna and Sara, and gradually it has evolved into the story of Lord Arnoldson, Meterna and the chief of the guard, and it is more and more lingering and compassionate

Human beings will always sympathize with the persecuted, and at the same time will worship money, Mogina, the 'poor man' who returned with a lot of money, is undoubtedly the Count of Monte Cristo and Cinderella in this era, and even more interesting to Lydia than the news of Codoman's victory over the Chinese army, and now every day after getting up, the Lydians are the first to inquire about the young lady of the Cambyses family, who has dinner today? Hasn't Lord Salak gone to see his rich sister yet? Oh, if I were a Sarak, I wouldn't hesitate to admit it, and now even a fool knows that the Cambyses family is almost unable to afford to eat lamb liver made in pure wine

Faced with a large portion of fragrant wine stuffed with lamb liver, Mubatik did not hide his love for this food, just like the rough and indulgent Roman nobleman, he ate it all in three bites, then drank a large glass of vanilla fried milk, wiped the wine and food stained on his beard with a tablecloth, and then belched slowly and leisurely observed the young Chinese man named Mu Xijing, who was said to be Miss Mogina's butler.

"Mr. Mubartic, do you still need food?" Mu Xijing asked with a smile, as if he was not facing the noble steward of the Cambyses family, but an old beggar who had not eaten for many days, which made Mubatik very uncomfortable.

"No need young man, food like this Cheng dù is something that no one will eat in Cambyses' house, I'm just out of politeness."

"I believe, but that was the Cambyses family twenty years ago, wasn't it? Now that the Persian Empire is in civil strife, how much more harvest does the Cambyses family have in their territories outside Lydia? Of course, I've heard that the governor of Sarak is doing business, but unfortunately he has to deal with shrewd Greeks and arrogant Romans, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to make money, right? There are also the Greek rebels in Lydia, I heard that they have grown into an army of tens of thousands, if you want to sweep them away, I don't know how many private troops the Cambyses family will mobilize? Ten thousand or twenty thousand? Can the Cambyses family support such a huge military expenditure? ”

"I knew Mogina's return wasn't easy! Say, young man, what is the real purpose of your coming to Lydia this time! Don't sue me for the sake of my family's relatives, this kind of lie will even make children laugh to death when they hear it. ”

Mubatik propped his hands on the dining table, stared at Mu Xijing fiercely in a condescending manner, and then said loudly: "What's more, you are a Chinese!" Enemies of the Persian Empire, tell me what does Miss have to do with the Chinese! ”

"Old man, the army of China is the enemy of the Persian Empire, Miss Mogina and I are just businessmen, look at the silk robe on your body, isn't this a good thing brought by the merchants of China? And these tableware in front of you, aren't they all fine Chinese porcelain? You are an honored guest, which is why Miss Mogina uses them to entertain you, and it would be rude to use those yellow clay-fired utensils."

Mu Xijing lowered his voice, and his voice was full of emotion for a while: "Miss Mogina doesn't miss her family all the time, but she also knows that the family will not accept her lightly, so you can also see that she can only use this kind of extravagant banquet to attract the attention of the family in order to be accepted by the family." Mademoiselle is so nervous to see you coming, that is why she asked me to receive you, but she will soon change into the most grand dress to receive you personally, Mr. Mubatik."

"Alright, well, I hope you're telling the truth."

Mubatik could only nod, if he completely believed Mu Xijing, then he would be an out-and-out fool, but the Cambyses family could no longer allow Mogina to be so high-profile, and they really needed money, and Mogina's wealth could not help but make them happy. (To be continued)

ps: ps: We Xuzhou Earth Evil, I just said that we would not break the change, but I twisted it again and rested for two days

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