The two sides had been discussing how to carry out cultural and artistic exchanges, as well as how to conduct commercial and trade exchanges, and the ministers expressed their opinions on behalf of their own countries.

In the banquet hall, Belus and Qin Dong had a good conversation, and while Qin Dong was happy, Belus asked: "Your Royal Highness the Regent, I don't know if I should say a word or not!" ”

"Oh, His Royal Highness the Prince has something to say!" Qin Dong chewed a piece of beef and said with a smile.

"This ......," Belus looked at the attendants around him, and there was no answer. Qin Dong knew what he meant, and waved his hand to let the waiters retreat.

Belus then said: "Your Highness, I have heard that your country's Lujia Dadanyu, Breda, Attila Dadanyu, etc. have all made great military exploits, which have terrified the people of all ethnic groups in Obaro, and the army of the Xiongnu Empire has been looking forward to the wind everywhere it goes, but since the death of Attila Dadanyu, there are no outstanding talents in your country, doesn't Your Highness want to follow the example of the sages and be a king whose merits surpass those of his predecessors?" ”

Qin Dong's face changed when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" Please be clear! ”

Belus smiled, took a sip of the wine glass and put it down before saying: "Your Highness can become the regent of the Hun Empire in just a few years from a slave, it can be seen that Your Highness's wisdom and martial arts are very comparable, even if many emperors are inferior to Your Highness, with the wisdom of Your Highness, of course, it is not difficult to see that Obaro is already in chaos, and the once powerful Western Roman Empire is now mired in civil strife, and the decree is not working." The military force was weak, with constant harassment by the Vandals on the southern coast and riots by barbarians on the northern border. The powerful empire of the past has long lost its former prestige, there is no need to be afraid, between the princes, His Royal Highness is now facing similar problems to the Western Roman Empire, but His Royal Highness has a very big advantage, that is, the Xiongnu Empire can maintain political clarity and prosperity in commerce and trade within the scope of His Royal Highness's control, and His Royal Highness wants to fully control all the territory within the scope of the Xiongnu Empire. I'm afraid it's not an easy thing to do, and it will have to be a war to make those who don't want to surrender bow their heads, so far. The Xiongnu Empire was bound to suffer a great loss of vitality, and if His Highness did not want such a thing to happen, there was another way to go, and that was to transform the main internal conflict into the outside. Your Highness can order all the princes to jointly send troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire in the name of your country's Dashan Yu. Nowadays, only the Eastern Roman Empire can be your opponent, other small tribal countries are not worthy at all, even if they win, there is no oil and water, and there is also no prestige, but winning the Eastern Roman Empire is different, the Eastern Roman Empire has a huge territory and a prosperous economy, but there is nothing commendable militarily. If Your Highness can defeat the Eastern Roman Empire, then who among the princes of your country will not obey His Highness's orders? ”

Okay. It turns out that the real purpose is to be a lobbyist! Qin Dong was very comfortable at first by Belus's sycophants, and he almost got dizzy, but when Belus said his true purpose, he woke up, it turned out that Belus's real purpose was to let him send troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire.

Not to mention that Qin Dong has a secret alliance with Leo I, even if he doesn't, he will not be at the mercy and bewitchment of others to casually send troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire, now the situation in the country is not very good, the princes of all parties are in their own ways, nominally belonging to the Xiongnu Empire, on the surface they are submissive to the royal court, in fact, they have a heart of disobedience in secret, and the internal problems have not been solved and they go to the outside world, isn't this self-defeating? There is a saying in later generations: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside!" It is most appropriate here, but on the contrary, "unanimity with the outside" does not apply, because there is no enemy outside for the time being.

After listening to Belus, Qin Dong nodded with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Prince's analysis is very good, but it's a pity that the place where this king and the royal court can control and order for the time being is too small, and the military and financial aspects are very tight, so they really can't withstand the big consumption, and the new royal court has just been established in Saidika, and there are still many things to do on the part of this king and the royal court, to maintain the stability of the regime, to maintain the prosperity of the local economy, for the outside, it is really lacking!" ”

Qin Dong didn't say anything to death, but he just said that the troops and finances could not support large-scale battles, but these words were different in Belus's ears, and he immediately said: "Your Highness actually doesn't have to worry at all, my country and the Eastern Roman Empire have always been at odds, if Your Highness sends troops to the Eastern Roman Empire, my country is willing to send 300,000 troops to attack from the eastern border, echoing your country's army in the western Thrace region, this prince can conclude that the Eastern Roman Empire can be defeated in less than three months!" ”

Qin Dong almost laughed out loud when he heard Belus's words, and sent 300,000 troops? Can you still draw 300,000 troops from home? Qin Dong was surprised: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, as far as this king knows, your country seems to have a very bad relationship with the country of Hatda, I heard that the king of your country has been at war with the country of Hatda almost all the year round when he is the king, and both sides have their own victories and defeats, this king doubts that your country can still transfer 100,000 horses from the country, your country is at war with the country of Hatda in the east, and now you want to start a war with the Eastern Roman Empire in the west, what does your country want to do?" Fighting on two fronts is a taboo for soldiers, isn't your country afraid of dragging itself down? ”

In fact, Qin Dong knew very well in his heart that the relationship between the Persian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire had always been very bad, and now there was another disgusting country, and there was a strong enemy in the east and west, and the Sassanid Dynasty was already very difficult to deal with a disgusting country, and there were often conflicts on the western border.

Belus didn't expect Qin Dong to know so much about the relationship between the Persian Empire and the Hinda Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire, so when Qin Dong finished speaking, he didn't know how to respond for a while.

However, Belus reacted quickly, he knew that if he wanted Qin Dong to send troops, it would definitely not work without paying a little price, he stretched out five fingers and said: "Your Highness, my country is willing to send troops of 5,000 catties of gold to ask Your Highness to send troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

It's not that the Sassanid Dynasty has no money, it's just that the common people don't have money, and the money is gathered in the hands of the royal family and nobles, but the old white surname has to bear heavy taxes, so when Belus said that he would take 5,000 catties of gold to ask Qin Dong to send troops, Qin Dong did not express surprise, he did not speak.

Seeing Qin Dong's hesitation, Belus thought that Qin Dong disliked him for giving less, so he hurriedly said: "Eight thousand catties of gold, Your Highness, my country is willing to take out eight thousand catties of gold, no matter how much it is, it won't be able to take it out!" Please ask Your Highness to help with this no matter what! ”

Qin Dong waved his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not a matter of more money and less money, this matter needs to be considered by this king, and now I can't give His Highness an answer, if His Royal Highness is not in a hurry to go, you can stay in Saidika for a while, and when this king thinks about it, he will send someone to inform His Highness!" ”

Belus also knew that this kind of thing was not a sentence or two, and it could be decided after one or two negotiations, so he was not in a hurry, since Qin Dong said so, he also agreed to come down the slope.

After sending Belus and his party out of the regent palace in the afternoon, Qin Dong found Liu San and whispered a few words in his ear, and Liu San agreed to leave after hearing it.

That night, Priests, the chief envoy of the Eastern Roman Empire, urgently asked to see Qin Dong outside the regent's palace, and Qin Dong knew that he had made the plan work, so he immediately asked Priests to be invited.

After seeing Qin Dong, Priests saluted and said, "Meet His Royal Highness the Honorable Regent, it is really helpless to come to disturb His Highness's rest so late, and please don't blame Your Highness!" ”

Qin Dong nodded, stretched out his hand to ask Priests to sit down, and after the two sides were seated, Qin Dong asked, "I don't know what His Excellency the Ambassador came to see this king late at night?" ”

Priests immediately said: "Your Highness, your subordinates have heard that there is an envoy from the Sassanid Dynasty in Persia, and they have come to persuade Your Highness to send troops to attack our country?" ”

Qin Dong was surprised: "How did Your Excellency the Ambassador know about this?" ”

"As an envoy of a country, of course the minister has his own news channels, and how the minister got the news is no longer the point. The point is, what is His Highness's attitude towards this matter? His Royal Highness is a wise and wise person, and he should have seen clearly and understood this little trick of the Sassanid Dynasty a long time ago, the wolf ambition of the Persian king, he fought with the disgusting people in the east, and wanted to provoke a war on the border of our country in the west, my emperor and the people are peace-loving, and they are unwilling to have another dispute with the Sassanid Dynasty, but the Sassanid Dynasty has repeatedly violated our border, and this time they actually came up with a means to buy His Highness with gold to achieve the purpose of killing people with a knife, which is really hateful, Your Highness, don't fall for them! ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, they are willing to give 10,000 pounds of gold!" ”

The meaning is obvious, I can't do without the money that people send to the door, if you don't want me to beat you with their money, then should you take out more money than them?

Priests is a sane person, after listening to Qin Dong's words, he didn't think that Qin Dong was greedy, but thought that it was normal, after all, this involved national interests, what is the act of greed for money for the sake of national interests? He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, our country will give 12,000 pounds of gold, and I only ask Your Highness to give priority to the harmonious diplomatic relations between our two countries, and not to agree to the request of the Persians!" ”

Qin Dong said with a smile: "What Your Excellency the Ambassador said is that although I, Qin Dong, like money, I don't want any money, I will never accept this kind of money that hurts the friendly relations between our two countries, and I don't want your country's money, but I heard that your country's sea ship construction technology is good, and this king hopes to get your country's technology for building sea ships and 3,000 shipbuilders and 200 sailor instructors, I don't know if Your Excellency the Ambassador can call the shots!" (To be continued......)