The situation in Persia was now very delicate, and the governors and nobles of the provinces were watching and watching, and had not yet made up their minds whether to throw themselves into the arms of Abu Hassan or to fall under the pomegranate skirt of Mogina; However, Susa's remnants of Kodoman had waved the banner of China, welcoming Sielder and some of his Yongyi cavalry into the political, economic, and cultural center of the Persian Empire. (Previous chapter confusing Kodoman with Xerxes III, revised)

According to Bai Dong's plan, Pang Juan's army will be secretly transferred to the vicinity of the Istanbul Strait, this famous general on land will try to practice water warfare, and his soldiers will also take off their thick armor to learn water nature, and complete the gorgeous transformation from landlubber to water duck as soon as possible; Sun Bin returned to Lao Qin and continued to complete his military theory research, and the real ones who stayed in Persia were the two young officers of Gongzi and Syrd, and the young officers of Gongzi would become the highest military governor of Qin in Persia, on the one hand, he controlled Abu Hasan and Mogina, and dealt with possible changes in Persia at any time, and on the other hand, he suppressed Syald as a murderous crazy boy with a dual identity of a son and a senior. This kid was originally a good chess player, but he always had a feeling of being out of control, and he was too murderous, like a devil, if it wasn't for the army of young officials to suppress him, Bai Dong was really afraid that he would go out of the sky.

Such an arrangement is not only practical, but also reassuring to Yingquliang; Persia now has two 'puppet government ~ government' in the secret competition, the military power is also firmly in the hands of the young official, Pang Juan's 30,000 Wei soldiers can only learn to swim honestly on the western coast, there is no chance of rebellion; Pang Juan has long been homeless, where can he go if he rebels against Lao Qin? What's more, all the logistical supplies of the 30,000-strong army have to be allocated by the young officer, and the job bowl is controlled. What kind of hero has to become a good white rabbit. How can Pang Juan be an exception?

The Istanbul Strait is not far from Lydia. But Mogina still doesn't have the courage to show favor to Pang Juan, not to mention that she is now busy lifting the pomegranate skirt every day ~ to lure those wavering Persian nobles, where will there be any extraneous branches? Otherwise, even if Bai Dong is not annoyed, the young officer of the son will dare to cut off her head! The young official who studied in Fengming Academy for two years is not the stupid big man who only chased Bai Dong's ass and called 'Brother Bai', but now he has already transformed into a general with strong control over both rigidity and softness, and even Qin Guan's assistant who has been praised by Sun Bin, otherwise where would Bai Dong rest assured that Persia would be handed over to him?

Syald was transferred to Susa, but it was out of the meaning of Yingquliang. Originally, in Bai Dong's opinion, Abu Hassan's blood and influence in the Persian royal family surpassed Mogina, a woman with half Greek blood, so in the early days of Mogina's attempt to control the province of Lydia. He then ordered Siald to lead some of the Yongyi Elite cavalry to assist him, and soon helped Mogina gain control of Lydia and was ready to compete with Abu Hassan. However, when the two 'puppet governments ~ power' of Lydia and Hua Thorn Zimo entered the stage of confrontation and began the competition to pull the head, Abu Hassan, who was closer to China with his back to Buzhou Mountain, gradually gained an advantage, and the number of Persian nobles who invested in him far exceeded that of Mogina, and the army soon expanded to 30,000 people, far exceeding Mojina's power. Abu Hassan was obviously more capable than Bai Dong expected, and in order to balance the forces of the two sides, Bai Dong intended to let Sylde continue to garrison Lydia, but he did not want Yingqu Liang to write the letter himself. Ordered Syrode to lead his army back east to receive Susa, who was already waving the flag. You don't have to compete with Mogina and Abu Hassan.

Since Yingquliang has a life, Bai Dong naturally doesn't have much to say, at least this second brother still supports his proposal of 'using razing to control raze', but he is a little biased towards Abu Hassan's development and secretly suppresses Mojina's development; Maybe it's because Mogina has lived in the Bai family for a long time, and she has too deep the brand of the Bai family? This can't be blamed on the second brother, since ancient times, he is not as smart as a king, otherwise he will not even know how to die, this has nothing to do with brotherhood, the friendship between brothers and the relationship between kings and ministers is about power and strategy, which is originally the same truth for thousands of years.

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The famous Allica oil well was far from being excavated, and the current Susa was unpolluted by the industrial age, and was still a beautiful city with blue skies, beautiful glazed bricks and colorful tents; The Persian aristocracy who lived here had an unbelievable habit of living, and their favorite thing to do was to set up huge tents in the magnificent palaces full of Babylonian style, which were cool in winter and warm in summer. On the contrary, ordinary civilians prefer to live in houses, and some civilians with good economic conditions will run to the famous Persian royal road every time they save some money, where there are many hotels, and you can eat the most delicious food for only one silver coin, drink wine that has been cellared for more than three years, and slaves from all over the world for him to choose from, and the female slaves from the banks of the Nile are among the best, they have ivory-like skin and blue eyes, and their tits ~ and buttocks are extremely fat, The waist is thin and can be held with only one hand, which is simply a gift from the gods to the Persians.

The Persian Imperial Road, which had been built since the time of Darius, was in the heyday of the Persian Empire, which was gradually declining. This 5,000-mile-long imperial road is truly a miracle in the history of human architecture, starting from Susa, going west to the Tigris River, passing through Syria and Asia Minor, and finally reaching Ephesus on the Aegean coast.

Just as darkness is always hidden under the sun, the establishment of this royal road was originally born out of the slave economy, a large number of slaves were transported from Europe and Africa across the Mediterranean, after many selections and selections, and finally the best of them were transported to Susa through this royal road for the purchase of the nobles and wealthy commoners here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that half of the royal road was built by slave traders.

On both sides of the royal road on the outskirts of Susa, there are several famous hotels, the biggest feature of these hotels is not the wine and food, but the slave shop built next to the hotel, every noon, there will be a carriage full of slaves to come here, the slave traders will make the slaves stand in a row on the auction table, take off their shirts to reveal or strong or snow-white pink milk ~ children, break their mouths to reveal snow-white teeth, and then sell them like peddling goods, each time as long as the gong sounds, Buyers who eat and drink to their heart's content will happily stand by the auction hall and compete for bids, where strong male slaves and beautiful female slaves are the most sought-after goods, often fetching two or three large riuks.

The Ronke Hotel has the largest store nearby, every three days in the middle of the first month and the end of the month, there will be a large number of new slaves transported here, all of them are the best goods, Susa's highest slave auction price several times was auctioned from here, today is the first of the month, there will be the top slaves transported to the place as usual, so before noon, there are dozens of big buyers who are ready to buy slaves next to the store, there are almost no civilians, all of them are nobles with status. The more turbulent Persia is today, the more prosperous the slave trade becomes, the small nobles have to buy slaves to curry favor with the big nobles, and the big nobles also need high-quality slaves to curry favor with those who may hold the power of the empire in the future, and even several provincial governors are also looking for the best slaves, ready to give them to the 'new riches of the Chinese Celestial Empire' like Gongzi Shaoguan and Syald, and now the price of top slaves has been speculated to three times the previous price, which has made the common people out of reach.

"Mu Xijing, you are a smart person, do you know why Bai Dong did this? My mentor is a world-famous Baizi, who is well-known for his kindness and kindness, and I only killed a few people in Mulu City, so he came to reprimand me, and even refused to let Cao'er marry me. But he ordered the five major trading companies of the Bai family, the Fan family, the Xu family, the Gan family, and the Du family to buy a large number of slaves in Persia, and forcibly pushed the price of slaves by three times. (To be continued......)

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