Of course, in fact, Basil II also felt that Ellius had some truth in what he said. At the beginning, the Norman envoy was left aside and not summoned, and it was indeed because he didn't know how to deal with it, so he wanted to think about it first and then talk about the conditions. Of course, it was more that Basil II wanted to make the Norman understand a truth.

Rome is Rome, and don't think that if you win once or twice by chance, you can even do something. Barbarians are barbarians after all, and it would be nice to keep their duty and let the Romans despise them.

That's right, that's what it means. Although the times are progressing little by little. But the Romans still looked at things the same way as before. Stick in the mud. Although various new forces are constantly rising on this continent, they are scrambling to show their presence. But the Romans still stubbornly believed that these were just barbarians. It's just a small obstacle for a while. The world still belongs to the Romans after all. Long live the Romans!

That's it.

That night, the eunuch who received the edict in the embassy said proudly: "Do you understand? Your Majesty the Emperor has given you a gift that you can go to the palace tomorrow during the day." Afterwards, the diplomat Foster seemed to understand better why his lord had told him to "be a little more humble."

The Romans, or other similar peoples, ate this set.

"I see. Foster chuckled, then pulled out an emerald ring and slipped it into the eunuch's hand. made the eunuch's old face smile like a chrysanthemum.

"Your Majesty has not been in a very good mood lately. Wait a little longer. Also, those aristocratic lords don't really want to fight, but they talk more than anyone else. How to solve the problem, you should think about it more. "The old eunuch is short of manpower, so naturally he has to say a few more words. Foster frowned, and his heart would be. He instructed his attendants to send him out. I started to prepare the wording for the next day's speech.

At the same time, farther north, in the city of Kiev, a dinner party had just ended, and Egil, who was supported by Sonia, walked to a place where there was no one and stood firmly, and when Sonia looked over again, she found that her lord seemed to have nothing to do. With a whole cloak, he snapped his fingers and summoned the maid, drank orange juice on the rocks, and wiped his face with a towel and there was nothing.

Looking at Sonya's bewildered appearance, Egil sighed a little in his heart and said: This kid is really honest. "If I hadn't said that, those guys would have drunk me until I got alcoholism." Those damn Rus. ”

"I see. Sonia suddenly realized. Egil couldn't help but repeat what he thought in his heart: this kid is too honest......

So Egil gently stroked Sonya's head and said nothing, and at the same time contacted his cheap sister Orulai, and then asked, "Is there any exchange in the system for taking medicine that can make people smart?"

"If there's something that's convenient, I'd like it too. Aurora replied, "But there are a lot of poisons that make people stupid." ”

“...... That's not necessary. Egil was a little speechless, but after thinking about it for two seconds, he changed his words: "Well, are there no other side effects other than being stupid?"

"There are a few varieties - the one you are talking about is the superlative. ”

"Understood. Hearing Aurora say this, Egil took it to heart. After that, he took Sonia back to his study - Egil had been working very hard lately, eating and drinking with a group of Rus' nobles during the day to win their support, and working at night, sleeping less than four hours a day. I'm so busy that I don't even have time for ML.

But Egil never tires of it.

Egil felt very fulfilled.

Looking at the bill income in October, it has entered the figure of 500,000 in a dignified manner. Among the scientific research institutes, flammable fuel greases similar to Greek fire and Nafa fire have also been developed. At the same time, sociology and economics have also made great progress. The conditions for the emancipation of the serfs, which Egil had planned all along, were ripe...... As a next step, Egil plans to open up a large number of state farms in Eastern Europe. Through the policy of emancipating serfs, he attracted serfs from Europe and even the whole world to flee to his territory and become his agricultural workers. With such a plan, you can develop as soon as possible and stabilize your territory. ,

"Three years, well, three years...... I will spend three years reorganizing internal affairs and training a new army, and when the time comes, I will have an elite army of 100,000 that has been reorganized through the sergeant reform regulations. After that, it went west to Europe, south to Rome, and then to the whole of Europe, including North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Minor...... It's all in my bag. Alexander, Solomon, what is that, how do you deserve to be compared to me?"

For a while, Egier was very proud and wanted to copy a hand of Qinyuan Spring Snow, but he couldn't rhyme anyway, so he had to give up in the end. And comforted himself: "I am different from those Esby crossing the party who is complacent by plagiarizing celebrity poetry and articles. I'm a good guy with good discipline. After that, he hugged Sonya like this, pressed the female killer against the wall and kissed her......

"Where's the festival?!"

Ignoring his cheap sister's complaints, Egil gently stroked Sonya's long blonde hair before kissing her lips. I guess I can indulge a little bit with a little bit of alcohol. The knights of the guards and the killers next to them left immediately. And keep an eye on the surroundings in case anyone comes......

"Don't ...... like that"

"I said no, but my body was very honest. ”

That's pretty much it. As always, Egil had a very enjoyable evening.

The next day, the diplomat Foster got up early in the morning to tidy up. Like ordinary diplomats, the phrase "you represent not you personally, but the image of the Norman Empire" is always on his lips. Foster was therefore very conscious of his appearance. It seems that dirty, untidy situations are absolutely not allowed. Of course, it is not allowed to look too flashy, or too frivolous. Norman diplomats have always been rigorous, rigid and even slightly stiff – a term that only describes their appearance, of course.

Speaking of which, Foster, who is in his Chinese New Year's Eve this year, also looks like a mature and handsome guy. Angular faces, strong eyes, polite movements, sonorous voices, and a very sexy goatee. Neither men nor women have any bad impressions of such a person.

As before, with the help of a few attendants, he put on a dress with a very many buttons, a white phoenix with silver thread on his chest, put on white gloves, and straightened the collar of the white fox shawl, and examined it again and again in the mirror - after the third check, it was exactly nine o'clock in the morning. So Foster took the letter of the Norman Empire, rode in a very delicate and comfortable carriage, which looked very noble, and walked in the direction of the Grand Palace of Constantine. He was guarded by thirty-six Norman guards in heavily armed armor and armed with axes.

Along the way, the Romans talked a lot, at first they thought it was a great nobleman who went on tour, but later they found out that it was a Norman envoy who went to meet the Roman emperor. couldn't help but be a little stunned, and some people said sourly: "It's just a group of barbarians, and they deserve to ride in such a good carriage." It immediately won the approval of many people. But they were just talking, and the Norman guards with axes the size of human heads would not go up and ask for trouble unless they were dazed.

Foster, who was sitting in the carriage, listened to what the Greeks said outside the carriage, and then pulled the curtains of the car, watched the people outside pointing at the carriage, and couldn't help but snort softly - this also represents the face of the Norman Empire.

"Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed inside the palace. ”

At the palace gates, the Norman convoy was stopped, said the Guards soldiers.

"Yes, we walk. Foster stepped out of the carriage with the help of one of the guards, and then said.

"Hmm. The Eastern Roman Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace gate frowned again: "Your Majesty will only let you see you alone, and these entourages will all stay outside and wait." ”

With that, the Norman guards quit. One by one, they looked at the royal guards with fierce eyes.

"The Greeks that Lao Tzu has slashed on the battlefield are ten times stronger than you! What are you?!" shouted several Normans. The big axe pointed up and down at the head of the Guards: "Do you want to give it a try, is your head hard, or my axe hard?"

"Stop. ”

Several Eastern Roman guards couldn't get off the stage with iron faces, so Foster snorted lightly, stepped forward and said, "Why don't you let us in?"

"The Emperor has summoned you alone!" After the Imperial Guards finished saying this, they added another sentence, which was clever to himself: "Besides, you Normans, who knows what kind of heart An has, what if you want to assassinate you?"

"Yes. Foster said to himself: The flaw is coming. Then he said: "It seems that the emperor of Eastern Rome was timid and pitiful, but it was only a few dozen Normans who frightened him?"

After Forster finished speaking, the Norman guards next to him burst out laughing, making the faces of the Royal Guards even more ugly.

"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll be alone. Foster turned around and commanded, and then deliberately shouted, "And I'm going to be careful." Don't frighten the honorable Roman emperor ......"

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