In the big tent.

Antonic whispered to Pang Tong: "Your envoy, be careful of that old fellow. With this old guy sowing discord, it is difficult for my country and your country to have a stable day. ”

Pang Tong nodded approvingly, and said: "As long as the peace talks are successful, Emperor Hongwu will be happy, and as soon as this military division plays, he will immediately kill his nine clans." ”

"Your honor, the family token of this patriarch has been lost!"

Pang Tong said with a smile: "After the peace talks, naturally go all out to help the patriarch find it." ”

Antonic nodded and saluted, "Then, let's start formal negotiations." ”

Pang Tong smiled in his heart, and said in his heart that this was yesterday's ploy that had worked. thought to himself: "It's still the emperor's clever plan that deceived Lu Xun back then." Today, with a little flexibility, the Roman senator was tricked in. ”

Pang Tong said with concern: "Since your envoy is sincere in negotiating, this military division must also apologize for yesterday's incident." Otherwise, why don't you take a break and talk about it in the future? ”

Antonic looked at the sneering old Jia Xu on the side, and his heart trembled. waved his hand again and again, and said in his heart that the family token on my side is gone, and you use it to deceive, and my family is not protected. So he made up his mind to come out with the whole result today.

"Let's rest." Jia Xu said.

Anthony shook his head for a while, "I'm not tired, I'm not tired, I'll talk about it now." ”

So Pang Tong released the imprisoned Roman soldiers and returned to his camp.

Half an hour later, Antonic and the other Romans changed their suits, and then came to the negotiation site between the two military camps, and set up a round table unique to Rome. Just wait for the round table here.

Shaoqing, Jia Xu and Pang Tong brought people here. The two of them saw that Antonic had no soldiers with them. Joy in my heart. It seems that the ploy has been a great success, and this grand veteran is sincerely preparing for peace talks. Thereupon. Jia Xu and Pang Tong also let the soldiers return, and there were only Gan Ning and Tai Shici by their side.

The two sides exchanged courtesies. Then we officially entered the rhythm of negotiations.

Antonique, Caesar, and Pompey all have no family tokens, and the Qin people here take them to the mainland, which is treason for the three of them, and it is difficult to argue. They are still loyal to the empire, on the one hand, they are afraid that they will be framed, and on the other hand, they are afraid that Lao Jia Xu's poisonous plan will succeed. If the Great Qin army really attacked the city of Rome, it would not be as simple as ceding a few places.

Therefore, Antonic made a concession and promised to pay compensation for the cession of land. But in numbers. Begin to get into serious negotiations.

The Sabbath region was divided into eight provinces, and Daqin had one, and at this time Rome was asked to cede seven, which was unacceptable to Rome. As a result, Antonic asked Pang Tong to reduce the number.

I saw Pang Tong call his big hand on the map of the resting area, and every time he pointed out a province, Antonic nodded with a pale face. Every time Antonic nodded weakly, it represented hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, and it belonged to the Great Qin Empire.

Pang Tong knew that he couldn't push too hard. "Persia, Sestan, and Getrosia belong to my Great Qin, and you and I will divide the resting areas equally."

In this matter, Daqin was greatly advantaged by Rome, and Pang Tong's side was nine out of ten. And Antonic is worried here. It is necessary to communicate with the triumphant Emperor Severus.

As Caesar was preparing to leave for Rome, he received news that the Great Qin Expeditionary Fleet had left the port of Persia. Caesar was shocked and said that he was going to attack Rome. I'm going to run to the front, if not. The family is not protected.

Caesar traveled day and night and returned to Rome.

The Triumphant Emperor Severus heard that the negotiations had failed. also gave people three provinces, and a slap slapped Caesar away.

Caesar didn't dare to cry out in pain, and stated sharply, "If the Great Qin fleet enters the Mediterranean, it will be even more unfavorable to the Roman Empire." The prestige of the royal family, in particular, is bound to bring about a national crisis. The ministers agreed for the sake of Rome and the royal family. He didn't dare to say anything about losing the family token, lest he be considered coerced by Severus.

When the Triumphant Emperor Severus heard this, he began to really think. The rest area is only a few provinces on the border, and if the Great Qin fleet ravages the Mediterranean, it will be no less than a robber breaking into the bedroom. When the time comes, it must be a nationwide upheaval, which is extremely detrimental to one's rule.

Caesar said, "Your Majesty, you can exchange the land of rest for peace." There are constant rebellions in the Sabbath, and the rebels always kill our Roman citizens. I, the Roman people, have long hated the Sabbath area, and for the sake of peace and the stable life of the Roman people, I will not say anything if I send this area out. ”

"Throw the rebellious province of Yan Zòng to Great Qin as a burden, let Great Qin fall into the suppression of the rebellion, and constantly consume Great Qin's national strength."

Cutting off land is a dishonorable thing, but cutting out such land can suppress the people's discontent to the lowest point, which is tolerable for the empire. Moreover, it can also give Daqin a burden.

In the end, in order to avoid a full-scale war with Great Qin, the Triumphant Emperor agreed with great difficulty. After Caesar left, an enraged Severus drove all his attendants out. According to the later recollections of the guards, the roar in the palace rang out all night, and the next day the main hall of the Roman palace had to be renovated.

If the Triumphant Emperor knew that the Hongwu Emperor did not plan to start a full-scale war with Rome at present, it was estimated that the main hall of the Roman palace would need to be renovated again.

However, this was a great victory for the Great Qin's diplomatic negotiations, and the Great Qin exerted more pressure on Rome, which led Rome to make a wrong judgment.

January later, the round table.

Pang Tong and Jia Xule sat on the east side, and Antonique, Caesar, and Pompey sat on the west side with pale faces. Although the two sides reached an agreement on the cession of land, they quarreled again over the compensation.

Lao Jia twisted his beard and said, "Elder, since you have an objection to the indemnity, it is better to cede the province of Babylon to us in this way." We don't want to pay compensation, what? ”

"What!" Antonic's faces changed dramatically.

Caesar and Pompey, who came from the "Glory Bloodline", turned white and stood up angrily, "Babylon will never give it to you, and giving you Persia is already the limit." Don't get an inch! ”

From ancient times to the present, many civilizations have emerged, but only Greece, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Rome and China can become great civilizations. At present, ancient India, which has not yet spread Buddhism throughout Asia, has to stand aside.

Dominating an ancient civilization is the true glory of a country. Therefore, the Romans gave up Persia to the limit, and it was absolutely not allowed, and ancient Babylon was also ceded. Moreover, Great Qin has Babylon, and Great Qin's power can extend to the Mediterranean coast, which Rome must not see.

Pang Tong slapped the table, "Add another three million taels of gold, if not, don't talk about it." ”

Lao Jia Xu became a peacemaker again, and said with a smile: "If not, wait a few more days ......." ”

At this time, a Roman envoy broke in and whispered to Antonic: "Great Elder, the big thing is not good, the Great Qin fleet has already passed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait!" ”

Antonik's face changed greatly, the Great Qin fleet must not enter the Mediterranean, and if it enters the Mediterranean, it will definitely be a full-scale war. If they don't, the angry people will overthrow Severus's rule. If the fight starts, Severus is not ready, and if he is defeated, he will also be overthrown.

So, Antonic agreed to Pang Tong's final request to add an additional three million taels of gold as compensation.

Subsequently, the two sides negotiated, and Antonic backed down, and on the second day, a well-written treaty was signed, known as the Persian Gulf Treaty.

The content of the treaty was very favorable to Great Qin, and the land ceded by Rome to Great Qin was very vast, far more than what Emperor Hongwu had instructed Jia Xu and Pang Tong.

There were four copies of the treaty, one in Chinese, one in Roman, and two in Greek.

Pang Tong and Jia Xu signed with a stroke of the pen, and Antonic signed with great difficulty.

There are 10 articles in the Persian Gulf Treaty between Great Qin and Rome, the main contents of which are: First, the end of the war was announced, and the relations between the two countries entered a state of peace from a state of war.

Second: open borders. Rome reopened its borders to Great Qin, allowing its citizens to enter and leave freely and enjoy the treatment of Roman citizens.

Third: indemnity. Rome paid an indemnity of 8 million taels of gold to Great Qin.

Fourth: Cutting the land. Rome ceded the provinces of Persia, Geterosia, and Sestan to Great Qin.

Fifth: Great Qin merchants could trade freely within Rome, import and export taxes, and Rome needed to negotiate with Great Qin.

Historians say that the Persian Gulf Treaty was the first unequal treaty imposed on the Roman Empire and its people by the Great Qin Empire. The Great Qin Empire forced Rome to accept its unjust demands by the threat of force, and for the first time, the sovereignty of the Roman Empire was trampled on from the East.

For thousands of years, Rome conquered Greece, Egypt, Babylon, etc., but it was the first time that the land was ceded to others.

For the first time in the millennium, Rome gave others a huge amount of compensation.

The trade policy formulated by Great Qin led Great Qin to start a frenzied trade plundering of Rome in an unequal exchange. The huge amount of compensation increased the financial burden of Rome, and Rome had to transfer these burdens to the commoners and slaves, which further intensified the social contradictions in Rome and buried huge hidden dangers.

Many firsts, the millennial dimming of Roman glory and brilliance, began with the Persian Gulf Treaty.

Due to Emperor Hongwu's careful planning, Jia Xu and Pang Tong were very effective, and all parties went all out, which led to the "Persian Gulf Treaty", which was very beneficial to Great Qin.

Rome's huge compensation made the Great Qin court have an extra huge amount of money, and it is not a problem to develop the country.

The total area of land ceded by Rome to Daqin amounted to more than one million square kilometers, which was larger than that of the later northeast.

This treaty was the first unequal treaty with a foreign country in the history of China, which dealt a heavy blow to the thousand-year-old Roman Empire, and the West did not dare to face the East for a while. Emperor Hongwu was extremely a courtier, greatly reinvigorating the country's prestige and extraterritorial, and the millennium Chinese dynasties were not visible.

However, Rome suffered a big loss, but there were small moves. Rome began to privately drive the Sabbatarians to the three Persian provinces, and Rome wanted to throw these troublesome foreigners, who were always in rebellion, to Hongwu the Great. (To be continued......)