Chapter 365: The New Mayor of Constantinople
Mekniejelina this woman is too windy. It's a mess, even a strong man like Qin Dong is a little unbearable, and after being tired of this woman day and night for half a month, a team of people came from Saidika, and the person who came reported to Qin Dong that Martha was going to give birth in about half a month, Qin Dong then remembered, and couldn't help but secretly blame himself for forgetting about his wife's imminent birth.
In addition to bringing this news, the messenger also brought news from the Panjonian side, after receiving his order, Lored immediately led the cavalry to pursue the Epidics, although he did not catch up with the main force of the Gerpids, so that Aldaric led the main force to protect the people through the gap and join the Ostrogoths, but he still intercepted the 15,000 people who had been captured a few years ago, these people had no horses, all on foot, guarded by the two thousand Lipid cavalry, the speed was not fast, and they fell at the back of the entire migratory crowd, That's why they were caught up by Lored, but the number of people is not as large as it was at the beginning, more than 2,000 people have died in the past few years, and there are more than 12,000 people left, and now these people are being sent back to Saidika by Lored, and they are on their way to Saidika.
Qin Dong is worried that he can't get rid of Meknejie Lina's pestering and lust. A woman with an extremely strong desire, now with such an excuse that could be used as a cover-up, Qin Dong decided to immediately let people pack up and leave for Saidika.
The citizens of Constantinople settled down, and the whole of Constantinople was considered to have entered a stable position, and the people expressed their support for the rule of Qin Dong to a great extent, at least under the rule of Qin Dong was much more comfortable than the rule of any Roman emperor. There were no more taxes and servitude, and there were no slaves, and the former slaves were now freedmen. The only thing that has not changed in the social class is that there are still nobles, but in Constantinople, the nobles of the former Eastern Empire have now become commoners, and they can no longer support slaves and dead soldiers, and after the slaves become free people, rich families must pay salaries if they want to hire commoners to work for themselves, and they can no longer scold as they used to. Slaves were killed and taken alive.
The people can settle down, Qin Dong is the most assured, as long as the citizens in the city do not react excessively. He was not at all worried that Constantinople would not be able to hold it. Before leaving Constantinople, Qin Dong felt that he had to find a steady defender for Constantinople, and he must be good at defending the city.
Thinking about it, only Ma Li is the most suitable now. Qin Dong immediately wrote down the order to mobilize the army and sent someone to Ma Li in Edirne. He immediately handed over military affairs to his deputies after receiving the order, and came to Constantinople with the escort battalion.
Two days later, Ma Li came to Constantinople with his escort battalion, and immediately entered the city in front of Qin Dong after placing the escort battalion.
"Meet the King!"
Qin Dong beckoned: "Get up, sit!" ”
"King Xie!"
After both of them sat down, Qin Dong saw Ma Li sitting on the bench with half of his buttocks, and smiled in his heart, it seemed that his status was getting higher and higher. The people below also feel that they can't be too casual with themselves, no wonder others say that the height is too cold.
I sighed in my heart. He shook off these thoughts and said: "This transfer of you is to make you the military governor of Thrace Province and Constantinople, sitting in Constantinople, the main task is to prevent the army of the Eastern Empire from coming, after this war, we have obtained the Thrace Province and Constantinople This land, we need time to digest, and with our current strength, there is no strength left to attack again, so the task at this stage is to stabilize and consolidate our rule here." Your duties can only be on the military side, and as for the political affairs of the Thracian province and Constantinople, the king has his own arrangements! ”
Ma Li stood up and said loudly, "Yes, King! ”
Regarding the candidate for the governor of Thrace, Qin Dong decided to transfer a person from the administrative department under the regent's palace, and the candidate for mayor of Constantinople was selected from those original officials of the Eastern Empire, thinking about it, he decided to let Meknejielina serve as the mayor of Constantinople, this woman likes to play politics, full of energy, she only had a noble title and no official position before, but she was like a fish in water in the officialdom of Constantinople, which shows that her long-sleeved and good dancing ability is very good, At the same time, because she is a woman, men will not have a sense of rejection of her, and the fact that she is a woman can resolve the unhappiness of the officials of the former Eastern Empire with the Huns' rule of Constantinople
After thinking about this clearly, Qin Dong immediately sent someone to find Meknejie Lina to tell her of her decision, this woman didn't expect Qin Dong to let herself be the mayor of Constantinople, in addition to the huge surprise, she also realized that she had to make a choice, if she promised Qin Dong to be the mayor of Constantinople, then she must keep a certain distance from other men in the future, and lose her loneliness while gaining power, because Qin Dong may not tolerate her openly messing around with other men in the position of mayor, If she hadn't been the mayor of Constantinople, she would have been able to move between the upper class of Constantinople and the powerful and the rich, but then she could only watch the huge power pass by her.
After careful consideration, Meknezylina decided to agree to Qin Dong as mayor of Constantinople, and she was really reluctant to give up the right to get it, even though she had to pay the price of her freedom.
While the two were talking, the secretary walked in and saluted: "King Qiqi, the Eastern Roman Empire has sent an envoy to meet the king and beg for peace!" ”
"Oh?" Qin Dong stood up a little unexpectedly, during this time he had been thinking that the Eastern Empire might not be able to bear the fact that the Thracian province and the capital Constantinople were captured, and it was likely that a large army would come to attack, but he didn't expect Leo I to send someone to negotiate peace.
Whether it is a real peace or a fake peace, Qin Dong does not know, but since the Eastern Empire has sent people, no matter how you say it, you have to meet to see who is coming this time, he asked: "Do you know who the people sent by the Eastern Empire this time are?" ”
The secretary said: "I heard that it is headed by the chief consul Priests, as for the other people who are accompanying them, it is not clear, their ships are now moored in the open waters of the Sea of Marmara, and a small boat has been sent to deliver the message in advance, if we agree to them to go ashore, the big ship of the emissary of the Eastern Empire will row over!" ”
"Priests? Why did Leo send this guy over again, isn't there anyone else in the Eastern Empire who can use it? "Qin Dong really doesn't have much interest in this guy Priests, think about what kind of character a person can be a historian will be, his temper is stinky and hard, and he doesn't know how to be flexible at all, and it is really a crime to negotiate with such a person.
Negotiations still have to be carried out, not only does the Eastern Empire want to negotiate, but he also needs to negotiate so that the entire empire can enter a period of stability and develop strength, and after thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "Leo has sent the chief consul to negotiate, and the reception on our side can't be too shabby, you go and tell the prince to let him receive Priests, place this guy and the casual people, and then wait for the king's instructions!" ”
"Yes, my lord," the secretary saluted, and withdrew.
After the secretary left, Meknezylina smiled and said: "My dear, you said that Leo, the emperor, has done enough to make a shit, after Marcian died, this fat man came to Pulkaria like a fly smelling stinky meat, and finally defeated many opponents and successfully became Pulkaria's husband, but he licked the woman's ass every day like a male pet, and finally survived until the woman died, and it was not a few days before he was driven to Ankara like a lost dog, Turning a blind eye to the loss of the Thracian province and Constantinople! ”
Qin Dong shook his head and smiled: "He didn't turn a blind eye, Leo is still very capable, he has endured it for so many years, do you think he is really the character of this wretch?" He can't bear it, what can he do if he can't bear it? He was just a governor at the beginning, and do you know how difficult it is to ascend directly to the emperor's throne as a governor? He was able to decide to break with our country and order to restrict the sale of strategic materials to our country, which shows that this person still has a sense of crisis and certain ambitions, but he is too anxious, in recent years, the Eastern Empire itself has been full of rebellions, coupled with the continuous harassment of the Persians in the east, which has brought a great burden to the Eastern Empire, and he broke with our country without handling these things well.
This negotiation is very important, and we don't know where Leo's bottom line is, I think so, I won't announce the appointment of you as the mayor of Constantinople for the time being, you go and contact Priests first, see if you can find out where their bottom line is, he doesn't know that you are actually the mayor of Constantinople, he will definitely not be wary of you, you have to secretly contact him as a former count of the Eastern Empire."
Meknejielina's eyes fluttered, and she smiled: "Understood, are you using a beauty trick?" ”
"Hey, you even know the beauty trick? Yes, it's a bit of a bit of knowledge, how did you know about the beauty plan? ”
"I have a few rolls of Oriental bamboo slips at home, and I used to learn some Oriental characters from a merchant from the East, so I learned to read them!"
It turns out that this is the case, Qin Dong understands, this woman is so long-sleeved and good at dancing, it is probably because she understands the true meaning of the beauty scheme, so she has given full play to her advantages to the extreme, so that she can mix like a fish in water in the upper class society of Constantinople. (To be continued......)