The world is so dangerous, we must be tolerant in our hearts, and tolerance breeds virtue; Good is always strong, evil is always weak, and tolerance has a permanent reward for good. It is more pathetic to hurt others than to be hurt, and to tolerate those who do evil is good for every fate.

- Boethius (a rare encyclopedic thinker in Europe)

Whether or not the Augustan family was carefully selected cannon fodder by the anti-Hannibal organization could not change the essence of the Augustan family's true strength; Therefore, Hanno Jr.'s mission to the Augustus family also needs to be carefully prepared. In addition to some of the necessary staffing, the anti-Hannibal organization provided the mission with a considerable number of young aristocratic men and women; Its role is not just as simple as accompanying little Hanno on his mission.

The nature of this mission determined that it was impossible for Hanno Jr. to use the banner of the Kingdom of Carthage openly, even the slightest intention of the mission could not be leaked out; Otherwise, would Hannibal, who was already in charge of all the Carthaginian lands, allow such a thing to happen? I am afraid that Hanno the Younger will be executed by Hannibal before he leaves the city of Carthage.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the mission could be completed smoothly, little Hanno went out to sea by boat in the name of going out to sea to hunt fish; Naturally, a large number of young aristocratic men and women were the sons and daughters of little Hanno who went out to sea to hunt fish. Of course, they are also from the families of members of the anti-Hannibal group, so they will naturally keep everything that happens next a secret.

Moreover, Hannibal behaved in such a sloppy manner; Although I hate it in my heart, I will not stop it on the surface. For in Hannibal's view, such a life of luxury and decay was too normal for the young nobles of the Carthaginian land; Coupled with little Hanno's special status, Hannibal would not stop this.

Although the defeat and death of the consul Hanno had nothing to do with Hannibal; However, Hannibal still apologized to the family of the consul Hanno, after all, Hanno was dead. This is the key reason why Hannibal did not react to Hanno Jr.'s previous criticism when he returned to Carthage.

In addition, Hannibal even ordered his generals and soldiers not to embarrass the Hanno family for any reason, which can be regarded as Hannibal's benevolence and righteousness; In this respect, Hannibal is indeed not a successful politician, but he is definitely a real man with affection, righteousness, flesh and blood!

With Hannibal's deliberate care, little Hanno and the children of the nobility wanted to go wherever they wanted in Carthage; Coupled with the fact that the anti-Hannibal organization basically represents the entire Carthaginian Senate forces, the actions of Hanno Jr. and others are naturally more like a fish in water.

After successfully leaving the city of Carthage, Hanno the Younger and his party went straight to the port of Carthage; It is inevitable that there will be some ups and downs and oppression of the people along the way, but these are all used to hide people's ears, not the real purpose of Little Hanno and his party.

After several days of traveling, little Hanno and his party finally boarded a merchant ship that the Senate had prepared for a long time; Then, the merchant ship slowly sailed out to sea, escorted by the Carthage Native Fleet. With the status of Little Hanno and others, as well as the family forces behind him, it is more real to have the Carthage Earth Fleet to escort them; Otherwise, it won't be like a real gentleman!

Of course, the Carthage Native Fleet, which was in charge of escorting the ship, did not know what the noble sons and daughters of this merchant ship were doing at sea; They really thought that Little Hanno and the others were here to go out to sea to hunt fish! The mission of Hanno Jr. and others was the most secret existence of the anti-Hannibal organization, and naturally it was impossible for the noisy fleet to know about it.

In fact, the anti-Hannibal organization had already arranged a plan for the golden cicada to get out of its shell; Therefore, after the boat taken by Little Hanno and others went to sea, Little Hanno and his party immediately began to shrink into the boat and no longer showed up. After three days of wandering, just as the fleet was idle, a convoy of merchant ships from the port of Carthage met the Carthaginian fleet.

The size of the merchant fleet was not very large, with only a few merchant ships; But three of these merchant ships were exactly the same as the ships of Hanno Jr. and others. Moreover, many people in the fleet turned out to be acquaintances of little Hanno; So little Hanno took the initiative to invite all the ships of the fleet to cruise with his own ship.

Later, Hanno Jr. uncharacteristically held a grand banquet at sea in his own name; All the fleet ships were dispensed with enough liquor that even the lowliest sailors could get a glass of inferior ale. After a night of hustle and bustle at sea, the flotilla quickly left the sea where the fleet was located in the hazy mist the next morning.

At the same time, Hanno the Younger and some of the core nobles of the anti-Hannibal group members also took the opportunity to come to a merchant ship similar to their own; As for the remaining noble men and women, their task was to remain on the boat and hide their eyes. In order to make this scene perfect, there are even some impostors on the boat who are similar to Little Hanno and others to replace Little Hanno and others.

After leaving his ship, little Hanno sailed with the fleet in the direction of Sardinia; After the absence of the escort of the fleet, Little Hanno and others are still relatively uneasy about sailing at sea, after all, the prestige of the Mediterranean pirates is not blown, and Little Hanno and others are naturally quite afraid of these terrifying pirates.

Thankfully, after the co-optation and suppression of the Augustan family, as well as the co-optation of Sulla and Pompey; In the Mediterranean now, pirates are relatively rare. But in general, there is still no shortage of pirates who want to fish in the water and empty gloves white wolves; It can only be said that little Hanno and the others were lucky and did not encounter these pirates.

The more you sail in the direction of Sardinia, the safer the fleet of little Hanno and others becomes; You must know that the powerful navy of the Augustus family can be regarded as the number one in the entire Mediterranean Sea. Coupled with the Augustan family's harsh crackdown on pirates, how could there be a large-scale pirate force in the waters off Sardinia?

If it was the luck of Little Hanno and the others that they didn't encounter pirates, then everything that happened next was enough to make Little Hanno's blood surging, and also made the other people and nobles and young people who accompanied him stunned!

It turned out that after receiving Oscar's order, Nams immediately sent a large fleet to meet Hanno Jr. in the direction of his fleet; This massive fleet is not just nominally large, but actually large. A fleet of twenty two-lined battleships and ten three-lined battleships is extremely huge!

When this fleet appeared in the field of vision of Little Hanno and others, everyone was shocked; After all, these young nobles had never seen a fleet of this size with their own eyes, and the size of the Carthaginian fleet was even more different from this, which was enough to shock these Carthaginian nobles who had never seen the grand sails of the navy in front of them.

After that, these thirty warships from the Augustan family surrounded the fleets of Hanno the Younger; In order to avoid misunderstanding, Little Hanno immediately ordered the captain standing beside him to reveal his identity to the powerful fleet of the Augustus family.

However, before the hurried captain could give the order to his standard-bearer, all the warships of the Augustan family were simultaneously called, "The Augustus family warmly welcomes the visit of His Excellency Tari Hanno of the Hanno family, and hereby expresses the highest respect to His Excellency Tari Hanno!" "The flag!

Thirty warships waved the same flag at the same time, which still looked very imposing from the perspective of Little Hanno and others; It's a pity that these Carthaginian nobles can't understand the flag language on the sea at all. However, just because they can't see it doesn't mean that the captain can't understand it either; After carefully reading and understanding the flag of the Augustus family fleet, the captain's face also appeared a strange red!

How many years has this been unseen? In recent decades, how could a Carthaginian ship, having lost its position as the hegemon of the Mediterranean, ever been treated with such courtesy?! The excited captain held back the excitement in his heart, and immediately told the flag of the Augustus family warship to the little Hanno and the others who were still unknown.

When the other nobles heard the captain's translation, they just looked at little Hanno in disbelief; Little Hanno himself, on the other hand, felt a sense of satisfaction and vanity from head to toe at the same time, as if he was really superior to anyone else on this ship, and was the master of these thirty warships!

The greetings to the fleet soon ended as the fleet continued to move, but the effects could not be dissipated for a long time; Both the young aristocrats and little Hanno himself were immersed in the special treatment that had been given to them. It's just that the nobles wondered why little Hanno was so courteous to the House of Augustus; And little Hanno himself felt fluttering!

But it's far from over here; After the fleet of little Hanno and others returned to the civilian port of Sardinia under the escort of the Augustus family fleet, as soon as they got off the ship, little Hanno and his party saw a thousand shield cavalry and a thousand Spartan heavy infantry lined up in a neat formation in the port.

The long-shield cavalry in white clothes and white armor and white horses and the Spartan heavy infantry in red clothes and red shields and red crowns formed a sharp contrast, and the powerful momentum and neat formation of the two troops made all the members of the mission from Carthage feel inexplicably afraid. However, before the fear of these people could be put down, the two thousand soldiers bowed to little Hanno at the same time, and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the visit of His Excellency Hanno!" ”

This time, the two thousand soldiers did not have the elaborate welcome speech prepared by the naval fleet, but the chanting of the 2,000 people in unison still made all the members of the Carthaginian mission feel inexplicably excited. It's just that everyone's eyes are more complicated when they look at Little Hanno, and Little Hanno himself is even more proud! (To be continued.) )