The great lord guarantor laughed, and now the Greek princess and all the female officials, including the gray-haired girl who was still arrogant just now, also slapped their palms with satisfaction, "It's very appropriate, Golden Snail Shell." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

At this time, a tanned-skinned man of an alien race respectfully handed a dinner plate to Hercules: a delicate Persian-patterned pottery plate was piled with this kind of shelled grain, like snow grains and pearls, steaming, filled with a refreshing fragrance, which touched Hercules's nose.

On the left side of the plate, there is a small green glass open bottle with a dark red viscous condiment. There is also a rice dagger made of hard brown wood from Seleucia, with a long handle pointed at the young messenger from Marassy.

Hercules' fingers twitched a little, and he reached for the dagger.

"The dew mixed with this meat and fish is eaten directly with freshly dried and milled rice, and it is delicious." Gawain sat on a stool and suggested with a smile.

In order to show diplomatic sincerity, Hercules finally complied with the invitation of the patron, and when he ate this combination of food, he felt that his lips, teeth, esophagus, and stomach pouch were enveloped in a beautiful heat, and all the senses sang a long hymn in unison as if they were in front of the altar of a church.

The dark-skinned alien, dressed like a farmer, laughed a little smugly at the sight of his unbearable appearance.

Then the chief patron, Princess Caesar, and all kinds of female officials laughed happily.

Even little Helena, who was lying on Caesar's lap, was drooling and staring at her big eyes, and laughed heartily as she struggled.

A moment later, the female officers and the servants set up a small tent to shade the wind, for Anna, who felt lazy and heavy, was about to rest. Gawain and Hercules came to the secluded citrus orchard at the foot of the mountain, discussing diplomatic matters as they walked, and the great guarantor took two hard branches very casually, one handed to Hercules, and one of his own staff, standing easily on the hillside, holding his waist with one hand, staring at the "golden snail shell" and the blue ocean in the distance.

"I am willing to release all the Armenian armed regiments in the east of Vanka, give them freedom, give them fields, and give them livestock, medicine and crop seeds." In the sound of Lin Tao and the waves, Gawain's brown hair was gently stirred by the wind, and he proposed this forgiveness plan with sincerity and straightforwardness, and then he raised a hard branch and pointed at Hercules, "In addition, four trade fields will be set up on the border between the two sides, and grain, livestock, wool, honey, etc. can be freely exchanged to meet the needs of the people of the two countries." The worst of peace is also worth more than the best war. ”

"Can the Chamber of Commerce in Marash be allowed to settle in Tarsus?"

Gawain smiled and shrugged his shoulders politely, saying "Welcome" in Greek.

"Aren't you afraid that the people of the armed groups will cross the border and flee into our country?" Hercules felt that the atmosphere of the conversation with the great patron was unusually lighthearted, and since the doubts in his heart had not been resolved, he boldly raised the question.

As a result, the other party smiled more confidently, and he pointed to the scenery below, "Young man, do you know that the benefits of planting this crop are several times higher than that of a simple wheat field?" Two or three times as much, and more labor-saving, I am going to plant it all over Tarsus, then along Zephilim, then Seleucia, Alaman, Alanya, and now Atalia. When the time comes, the whole kingdom of my country will be full of golden snail shells and golden terraces. But you know what? Just the year before, my rice farm had been hit by a plague, killing a quarter of the people and burning the whole farm and all the farmland. But I did not give in to fate at all, and now I succeeded. ”

"Yes, praise your will." Hercules did not know whether Gawain was showing off or was a mystery, so he resorted to cautious diplomatic rhetoric.

"The next step is to greater success......" Gawain suddenly answered, and then he raised his hand to signal the young man in front of him to pay attention, only to see him take out a cloth bag from his clothes and untie it—Hercules saw that inside were dark blue clumps of crushed ore, which looked beautiful, like real gems, "What is this?" ”

Hercules, of course, shook his head.

"It's called alum, and it's a by-product of copper ore, which is abundant in caves in the Trudos Mountains of Cyprus. In the past, the locals seldom cared about copper ore after they got it, but recently, a female physician at the Seleucian Hospital discovered that it had a miraculous effect, that is, it (copper sulfate) was ground into powder and mixed into a liquid, which was sown in rice fields and vineyards, which could eliminate many diseases and plagues. As long as this stuff is used in large quantities, there will be much less resistance to the promotion of rice cultivation in the country of Tarsus. Gawain's fingers pinched the blue crystal, "So, young man, your previous answer must have been to think that I am a ruler who is happy to achieve great things, so you are so flattering." And I'm telling you now, Stephen. Gawain is a man who pays attention to the foundation and method, and what I say is always in line with what I do. ”

This sentence made Hercules admire and be embarrassed at the same time.

Although he didn't notice, the gray-haired girl who followed them turned her back to make a disdainful vomit expression.

"Here I'm going to open a large new port that will not only be able to dock ships from all over the world, but also sell all kinds of goods from all over Tarsus." Gawain pointed to the swamps and reed wastelands on the east side of the "Golden Conch Shell", and announced his grand new plan, "Then Tarsus will become the largest transit point connecting the Levant and Anatolia, and will restore its former prosperity." By the way, Hercules will be called the 'New City of St. Paul', which will contain three large districts and a palace district, and will be connected to the old city of Tarsus with a well-developed river transport and irrigation system, and a third wall will be built, with three gates and avenues leading to the Cilician Gate, the Ramas Shore, and the Adana. My old center, Seleucia, will be transformed into an ordnance base and a great hospital for sightseeing, where all the best soldiers, merchants, craftsmen, priests, and officials will gather and have their own mansions around Miyagi. ”

It's fun, it's really fun. Sweat was faintly pouring from Hercules' forehead, he felt that Gawain in front of him was really a charming person, why hadn't he found out that he was such a determined and novel king before? The golden rice, the blue spar pills, and the majestic Xingang plan are all so dazzling and incredible, but it seems that in the hands of this Gawain, they will definitely be realized.

But he wouldn't be so easily recognizable, and although the topic was becoming more and more distant from the "peace negotiations between Marash and Tarsus", Hercules raised a new question, "How do you clear the mud from here?" I'm sorry that this is more than I imagined. ”