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Han people value friendship, friends are one of the five Lun, the Romans also value friendship, even on top of family affection, the Romans may not recognize their sons, may not leave property to their sons in the will, but they attach great importance to friends, and it is not uncommon to share a part of the inheritance to friends. Of course, this refers to those real friends, not the kind of friends who call friends in name, but in fact use each other and are ready to attack each other.www.biquge.info

Momia looked at Alexander's eyes seriously, and sighed silently, a little worried. From Alexander's eyes, it could be seen that he seemed to have regarded Sun Shao as the kind of friend who could entrust the future. Admittedly, Sun Shao was a very righteous man, at least on the surface, and many people were willing to associate with him, but Alexander probably forgot that Sun Shao was first the king of Yue, and then he could be a friend. They are political rivals who take advantage of each other first, and then it is possible to talk about friendship, and there is usually no real friendship between political opponents.

"Alexander ......"

Alexander seemed to know what Momia was trying to say, and he held up a finger in front of Momia's full lips: "Mother, I know the proportions, I will not forget that I am the emperor of Rome, and he is the king of the Yue Kingdom, but I want to be his friend, at least until I defeat the Sassanids, I will treat him as a true friend." ”

"Alas—" Momia sighed silently and nodded, but the melancholy in her eyes did not dissipate, but became a little more complicated, she lowered her head, avoided Alexander's inquiring gaze, and forced a smile: "Alexander, you have grown up. ”

A smug smile crossed Alexander's lips, but he didn't pay attention to the complicated emotions in Momia's eyes, he let go of Momia, walked to the tall window, and opened his arms, as if to embrace the blue sky and the vast empire, full of pride.

"Mother, do you think I've grown up too?"

Momia frowned, the smile on her face froze for a moment, and soon regained a faint smile: "Alexander, of course you have grown up, this time the four countries negotiation, your strain was handled very well, I am very satisfied." It's just that I want to remind you that Ardashir is not a man who is easily manipulated by others, he will definitely attack at the right time, as long as you can resist his attack, then the alliance of the four kings can really succeed, and at that time, you will be a real Roman emperor. ”

Alexander paused for a moment, then slowly turned around and stared at Momia's delicate face with a calm smile on his face: "Mother, when do you think Ardashir will attack?" ”

…… Tessie locks down the city.

Standing in front of a large map with his hands behind his back, motionless as a stone sculpture, Shapur and his brothers stood at the bottom of the steps, holding their breath and looking up at Ardashir's tall back.

"Shapur, when do you say it's time to attack?" Ardashir suddenly lifted his snort, turned and glanced at his sons, and finally fell on Shapur's body. Shapur is his most valued son, and he is already the self-evident successor, no matter what other sons think, but in the face of Shapur's ability and achievements, they can only swallow their anger.

"If it's just against the Kushan, we can conquer them at any time, if it's against Rome, we also have enough initiative, it's up to us when to attack, and the weak Romans can't take the initiative except for defense." Shapur frowned, rubbing the thick beard under his chin, and the worry in his eyes was undisguised: "It's just that now, I don't think it's a good time, and besides, we don't have the certainty of victory." ”

"The brave Shapur also had times of cowardice?" Alpha sneered, squinted his eyes and glanced at Shapur, he is also the bravest of Ardashir's sons, with outstanding achievements, he has always been dissatisfied with Shapur's status, and feels that his father Ardashir is biased, and intends to give Shapur more opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and suppress others, especially him Alpha.

Ardashir glanced at him, and quietly withdrew his gaze to Shapur.

Shapur smiled slightly: "It's not that I'm cowardly, it's just that I don't think there is a chance of victory." ”

Alpha sneered, "Did you feel confident of victory in battles before?" But we fought the Romans twice in a row, and both were victorious and then defeated. Did you only count the beginning, but not the end? ”

Shapur shook his head, still calm: "Fighting a war is a very complicated matter, even if you can win, you may not be able to win, and if you may lose, you may not necessarily lose." But in general, if you rush into war before you start a war because there are major problems that have not been resolved, and you rely on the blessing of Ahura for victory, but you don't try to think about it, I think it is a risk, an abuse of the Welling of Alah, and a disrespect to Ahura. ”

Alpha opened his mouth, speechless, blushing, and lowered his head.

"Why do you think you can't win? Is it because of the shortage of weapons? Ardashir asked quietly.

"It's not." Shapur shook his head, "We haven't been short of weapons yet, but I'm worried about King Yue." He traveled thousands of miles away and sat in Axum in person, is it really because he covets Axum's coffee? In order to protect their trade routes, he sent two fleets, and also co-opted the Arabs, and in real terms, nearly half of the money he earned from Rome or Sassanid was spent on these two items, and the actual income did not increase compared to before, but on the contrary, it may have decreased a little, so what did he for? I think he's uniting the Romans, the Kushans, and the Arabs against us Sasanians. With the help of the Yue people, whether it is Rome, Kushan, or Arabs, their strength has increased, but our Sassanid has encountered a lot of trouble, if this situation is allowed to develop, Sassanid will inevitably be weakened, and in the end there will be no strength to compete with him, so he can only accept his exploitation, just like the current Rome and Kushan. ”

"So, you think you should attack as soon as possible?" Ardashir interjected.

"Yes, but there's another problem." Shapur nodded solemnly: "On the whole, the sooner we attack, the better it will be for us, but from another point of view, it is not a favorable time to launch an attack now. The Four-Nation Alliance has just been completed, and many people do not want war, if we Sassanids attack first, then we will definitely be surrounded by others, and those people will turn their backs on us, although my Sassanids are brave and good at fighting, but it is never wise to be outnumbered, so it is not a good idea to attack hastily. ”

"Do you have any good ideas?" Ardashir smiled and glanced at his sons. Those few people had different looks, but they all shook their heads in unison, they were a little confused by Shapur's words, they wanted to fight, but they couldn't fight, so should they fight or not? Ardashir finally looked at Shapur's face again, but Shapur smiled slightly: "Then create some trouble, let others attack us first, and then we will fight back, as long as we stabilize the other two for some time, so that we can calmly defeat one." ”

Ardashir laughed: "Then who to pick first?" ”

"Guishuang!" Shapur said without thinking: "Kushan is the weakest and easiest to defeat, and if you defeat Kushan, you can obtain iron and alleviate the crisis of weapons." We attacked with all our troops, and if the Romans were restless, it gave us an excuse. ”

"What about Yue Guo?" Alpha is a puzzled question.

Shapur waved his hand and said disdainfully: "There are only sailors in the Yue Kingdom, they can only support Rome and Kushan in terms of materials, and it is impossible for them to personally send troops to participate in the war, if they dare to go ashore to participate in the war, it will be better, we can just defeat them on the shore, so as not to bother to fight them at sea." What we have to do is to defeat the Kushans before they react, solve our worries, and at the same time give a warning to those who think that they have a backer to have a relationship with the Yue Kingdom, on land, or the world of our Sassanid Iron Horsemen, let him put away his heart to intervene here. ”

Ardashir nodded with satisfaction, and after a while, he said: "It is said that in addition to the Yue Kingdom, the Han Kingdom also has His Majesty the Emperor, as well as the Wei Kingdom, the Wu Kingdom, and the Shu Kingdom, and we should also send people to see what the Han Kingdom is like." Only by knowing the other can we win all battles. ”

"Father is wise." Shapur replied.

…… The capital of Wu was built in Ye, and the lieutenant colonel was written in Lu Yifu.

Lu Yi stroked the neatly groomed short beard under his chin, his thin face was a little suspicious, and a little worried, and glanced at a brocade box on the case from time to time, and in the brocade box were some flowers with branches attached, although the flowers had dried up, but they could still see the beauty of the freshness.

"This is the Forget-me-Forget Grass? Does it mean that its beauty can relieve people's worries? Lu Yi stroked his beard and looked vigilantly at the businessman with a professional smile on his face, he didn't know what this businessman suddenly came to the door for, but he had to say that if the worry-forgetting grass in front of him was really effective, it was his Lu Yi's chance to make a fortune.

Sun Quan has been having a headache lately.

After Sun Deng has died, many people think that Sun Deng will re-enter the sight of Sun Quan's choice to succeed him, after all, in addition to Sun Deng, Sun Quan's eldest son Sun He is only twelve years old now, and the crown prince Sun Deng is quietly burning porcelain in Yuzhang, except for asking An Shu every month, he basically doesn't ask about political affairs, Sun Quan just wants to abolish his position as the crown prince, and he can't find any excuse, but Lu Yi understands that as long as Sun Quan has the slightest possibility, he will not let Sun Deng come to Jianye to continue to be his successor. Sun Quan found it hard to believe that Sun Deng would not be concerned about this experience, and he did not want Sun Deng to take back everything he has now after succeeding to the throne. More importantly, although Sun Quan often has some minor problems now, he believes that he will definitely live for another ten or twenty years, and have enough time to elect another successor, and there is no need to pin his hopes on Sun Deng.

However, this was only Sun Quan's own plan, and the courtiers did not know too well, Sun Quan was forty-four years old this year, which was already one foot in old age according to his current normal life expectancy, and compared to his brothers, he was already considered to be a high life. The crown prince Sun Deng is twenty-seven years old, and he is about to be the year of his establishment, and it is obviously not suitable for him to burn porcelain in Yuzhang, coupled with the death of Sun Jian last time, when many people slandered Sun Deng, Sun Quan declared that he had never doubted Sun Deng, so many people felt that Sun Quan was waiting for someone to come back, and they kept testing the table, making it difficult for Sun Quan to decide, and for a while I couldn't figure out how many people were invited to Pang, and how many people really thought so, so it was not easy to make a decision.

Lu Yi knew this very well, he stayed by Sun Quan's side every day, knowing that Sun Quan had a lot of headaches for this, and from his own point of view, he didn't have a good impression of the crown prince Sun Deng - Sun Deng trusted those scholars with profound knowledge and family background, and he didn't value capable officials like him, if Sun Deng became the successor, it was certain that his Lu Yi's career would end here.

On the other hand, Sun He's mother, Mrs. Wang, asked people to greet him many times, asking him to say a few kind words in front of Sun Quan, of course, maybe made a promise that once Sun He succeeded to the throne, he would definitely repay him. Lu Yi knew that Mrs. Wang had no backers in the palace, although she had a relationship with Zhuge Jin's father and son, but Zhuge Ke was a close confidant of the crown prince Sun Deng, and he did not have a good impression of Sun He, so although Sun He was the oldest prince after Sun Deng, he did not have much hope, especially after Sun Ba was born, Sun Quan obviously showed a good impression of Sun Ba, which made Mrs. Wang feel even more hopeless.

Lu Yi knew that it was much more useful to help Sun He at this time than to help Sun Quan after he really revealed his intention to make Sun He the crown prince, because he had been paying attention to how to make Sun He win Sun Quan's favor, and now Sun Quan was often upset because of his worries about the prince's affairs, and if he could make him happy, it would be a great achievement.

This forget-you-no-worry grass in front of you may be an opportunity.

Lu Yi has been an official for many years, and he is engaged in confidential and important matters, and he is cautious, and he will not easily trust anyone, let alone a businessman. He looked at the merchant cautiously, hoping to judge from his speech and demeanor the truth of what he said.

The merchant saw Lu Yi's hesitation, he smiled, stood up, and pulled the box in front of him: "This forget-you-forget grass is a rare thing, expensive, and not something that ordinary people can enjoy. If you have any doubts, I can give you three days to think about it, and after three days, if you still can't decide, then I have to find another buyer. Don't hide it from adults, these forgetful grasses have actually been bought, but the price has not been negotiated for a while, so there is no deal. ”

Lu Yi smiled slightly: "Such a box of grass sells for twenty gold, I don't think many people in Jianye will buy it." ”

"Hehe, my lord, this is a rare thing in Rome, mentioned in the poems of the great poet Homer, it is a holy relic that can only be enjoyed by the gods, and how can it be represented by a mere twenty gold?" The merchant smiled calmly, put away the brocade box, arched his hand, and walked away.

Lu Yi sat for a while, got up and returned to the study, took out a letter of "Homer's Epic" from the bookshelf, and carefully flipped through it, and sure enough, he found the content of the forgetfulness grass in it, and there was a note below, detailing the form and function of the forgetfulness grass, which was similar to what the merchant said. Lu Yi closed the book gently, frowned and said to himself: "Since it is such a wonderful thing, why has His Royal Highness King Yue never mentioned it, nor did he let anyone give me a little, is it so rare that His Royal Highness King Yue doesn't know?" He thought for a moment, got up and took out a few volumes of the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", flipped to the Roman part, and looked through the past one by one, but he couldn't help but smile when he didn't find the content of the Forgetting Worries Grass.

"His Royal Highness King Yue is busy with state affairs, and this knowledge is becoming more and more ridiculous."

After two days, Lu Yi sent someone to find the merchant, and after several bargains, he finally bought half a box of forgetfulness grass at the price of eight gold, and then he gave these forgetfulness herbs to Mrs. Wang, who took it in disbelief, and then made a pot of soup according to the recipe attached by the merchant, added some forgetfulness grass, and tasted it himself, and sure enough, he felt delicious and delicious, and drinking it made people feel more energetic, so he was overjoyed and sent it to Sun Quan in person. Sun Quan was a little reluctant at first, but then he couldn't resist Mrs. Wang's insistence, so he reluctantly drank a sip or two, and after tasting it, he was also attracted by the deliciousness of the soup, and praised Mrs. Wang in person for the first time, and Mrs. Wang was so happy that she almost cried.

Mrs. Wang was very grateful to Lu Yi, and specially asked someone to send fifty gold to Lu Yi, and at the same time asked him to buy some more. Lu Yi was also a little overjoyed, he also tried the forget-me-no-worry grass that he had left privately, and he also felt that it was unusually delicious, so he really believed the businessman's words. It's just that when he found the merchant again, the merchant shook his head and said, this time he only brought these, because the source is mysterious, these forgetfulness grass can't be bought on the market at all, whether you can buy it can only depend on luck, and the price is uncertain, if you want to ask for it again, you must pay the full deposit in advance, if the opportunity is good, maybe you can buy some more.

Lu Yi was a little suspicious, so he had to pay ten gold first, and then sent the forgetful grass he had intercepted to Mrs. Wang, telling her that there were only so many now, and the next batch of goods would not be available until at least half a year later, so let her use it leisurely and not use it up all at once.

After Mrs. Wang learned about it, she became more careful, she hid these forget-your-worry grasses in the most secret place, and even Sun He didn't let her know, and only made soup for Sun Quan after a few days. It's just that what she didn't expect was that Sun Quan quickly became obsessed with this soup, praised her for her good craftsmanship, let her make soup every once in a while, and sometimes even rushed to her palace to drink, which made her overjoyed and stressed at the same time, and the consumption rate of forget-me-sis grass greatly exceeded her expectations, but it was over in three months.

Sun Quan drank this soup with forget-forget grass, and then drank other soups always felt that there was no taste, seeing that Mrs. Wang's soup twice in a row did not have that kind of deliciousness, he was a little annoyed, and he never came to Mrs. Wang's palace again, making Mrs. Wang anxious like an ant on a hot pot, so he could only urge Lu Yi to find some more such forget-you-forget grass no matter what.

Lu Yi had no choice but to visit in person, this search, he knew how precious the forgetfulness grass is, the forgetfulness grass is a holy product enjoyed by the nobles in Rome and Sasansan, not only has a miraculous effect, but also is extremely beautiful, but it is very rare, people who have the forgetfulness grass are unwilling to pass on the seeds of the forgetfulness grass, so many people only hear its name, but may not be able to see it, including many businessmen. In the past two years, this forgetfulness grass is even more rare, according to the grapevine, there is a mysterious businessman to the origin of the forgetfulness grass to wrap up, in order to let him monopolize this market, he resorted to various means, several other places with forgetfulness grass have been destroyed, this person's ability is strong, the means are ruthless, it is simply incredible.

When Lu Yi heard this, he was even more anxious, but he was helpless, seeing that a good thing was about to be ruined, he beat his chest, hating himself for not buying all those forget-worry grasses at that time, and for a little profit, he let go of a great opportunity.

Just when Lu Yi was on fire, the merchant appeared again, and he put the remaining half of the box of Forget Worry Grass in front of Lu Yi, and offered twenty gold. Lu Yi knew that he was slaughtered by him, so he had to endure the pain of cutting the meat, but fortunately, in the end, Mrs. Wang would give him more money, and if Sun He made the prince, he didn't know how much his benefits were.

There is a way that if you want to hold a man's heart, you must first hold his stomach, and this truth is an example in ancient and modern times. With this half box of forget-worry grass, Mrs. Wang successfully pulled back Sun Quan's heart, and in just half a year, she became the most favored woman in the palace, not only Queen Xu, who had long been unfavored, was not in her eyes, but even Mrs. Bu, who had always been favored by Sun Quan, could only bow down.

The ministers are all clever people, every time they see Mrs. Wang sitting next to Sun Quan to the banquet, they are still a little surprised, the second time they understand the meaning, many people have changed the direction of the wind, some to Mrs. Wang, some began to pay attention to Sun He, who was only twelve years old, Mrs. Wang not only recovered the investment in buying the Forget Worry Grass, but also made a lot of money, which can be described as fame and fortune.

As she became more and more favored in front of Sun Quan, Mrs. Wang's ambition swelled rapidly, and she began to constantly coquettish in front of Sun Quan, suggesting that Sun Quan would crown her son Sun He, and even hoped that Sun Quan would establish Sun He as the crown prince. After several calming recipes, he didn't get better, and it wasn't until he drank the soup sent by Mrs. Wang again that he miraculously recovered his spirits.

As soon as Mrs. Wang, who was originally a little trembling, saw this result, she immediately knew that she had the upper hand in the contest with Sun Quan, she knew that Sun Quan could not do without the soup she cooked, on the one hand, she carefully apologized to Sun Quan and used more hidden methods to realize her wishes, on the other hand, she hid the matter of Forget Worry Grass more and more secretly.

Under the gentle offensive of Mrs. Wang, Sun Quan's attitude slowly changed, Zhuge Ke saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, and in desperation, he personally rushed to Yuzhang and told Sun Deng about the changes in Sun Quan in the past few months. Sun Deng was silent for a long time, and finally laughed miserably: "Yuan Xun, am I really nowhere to go?" ”

(To be continued)