God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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For the seven nobles of the Parthian Empire, the weakening of the royal family's power is indeed a good thing.

Restraining the royal family from becoming stronger is a serious matter, and even paying some price for it is acceptable.

And based on what we have learned about the Roman Empire during this period, if such a large amount of silk were to enter the Roman Empire, it might actually buy Vologases V a longer time.

If the Roman Empire did not come to ask for money this year, how could they use the apparent reasons to further weaken the royal power?
Therefore, the Roman Empire must not give up the opportunity to make money this year and continue to give Vologases V some breathing time.

Vologases V, who has the righteousness and the support of the people, is already a very difficult person to deal with. If they give him more time, he might be able to revive the Parthian royal family, which is not what they want to see.

The patriarch of the Sulen family, who had already made up his mind, looked at Kekel Sulen who was standing in the house. This young man in their family was also the commander of one of their family's two elite troops - the Sulen Light Cavalry.

Compared with other armored cavalry, light cavalry is obviously more suitable for performing such plundering and attacking missions.

And not using armored cavalry can be considered a bottom line.

After all, they meet each other every day. They are just simply unhappy with the royal family and dissatisfied with the interests and status enjoyed by the royal family. They have not yet intended to kill them completely.

After all, in the current Parthian Empire, there are only one or two families that actually own armored cavalry corps.

The combat effectiveness of the armored cavalry is among the best in the entire Parthia, and they are a very prestigious existence.

If it's not a war of attrition and life and death, how could such a trump card be used?
Even a fool would know that it was them who did it by sending out such an obviously different army on their territory.

But it’s different with light cavalry. Which household doesn’t have a light cavalry unit?
"Keker, I believe you have received the intelligence this time. Find a way to destroy the enemy and then intercept all the supplies..." The patriarch of the Su Lun family turned his head to look at the young man and said confidently.

"Is it really a good idea for us to intercept the supplies? If we forcefully take them, everyone will know that it was us who did it. And with such a huge amount of silk, besides the royal family, we will probably also offend the Roman Empire. Although the Roman Empire has been abiding by the rules in recent years, given their madness for silk, I don't think such rules can restrain their reason..." Kekel was very rational in this regard. He calculated the situation and analyzed the pros and cons.

According to his calculations, the profits gained from forcibly taking this batch of goods would be far from enough to pay the price. If it was just to disgust the royal family, there would be no need to make such a big fuss and bear such a price.

After all, the seven nobles are not united. If they bear such a price to weaken the royal family, the other nobles will be happier.

Wouldn’t that mean their family’s hundreds of years of business would be in vain?
"So, when I asked you to intercept all the supplies, it was not to swallow up all the supplies, nor to take away all the silk..." The patriarch of the Su Lun family heard such an answer and doubts, nodded with satisfaction, and gave serious instructions.

Their family itself had a large stock of silk, so it was naturally impossible for them to swallow such a huge amount of silk as inventory.

On the one hand, they simply cannot use it all up, and on the other hand, silk is real hard currency, something that is truly more valuable than gold. If it remains in their hands, it will be exposed sooner or later, and then all their tricks will only make it more obvious.

"What does the patriarch mean?" Keker immediately lowered his head and asked seriously.

"In the process of defeating the enemy, these silks will surely be lost. If we are unlucky, we may not get any silk at all. This is a very normal thing. The royal family has made such a choice, and naturally they will have corresponding awareness. Therefore, we must get as much silk as possible, or at least know the specific amount of silk..." The patriarch of the Su Lun family explained his plan carefully.

As long as they knew the specific amount of silk, they could transport the corresponding amount of silk to the Roman Empire intact.

"Transport it to the Roman Empire? Then what's the point of our robbing? Is it just to turn these silks into money?" This time, Kekel was really confused.

In terms of wealth alone, their family's wealth is not small at all. It can even be said that it is more than enough to buy this batch of silk at a real price with only the liquid reserve money.

"No, no matter how much is lost, the silk we send to the Roman Empire must be one part real and nine parts fake. At least the quantity must meet and correspond to the amount provided by the royal family..." When the patriarch of the Sulen family said these words, there was a chill in his eyes.

As long as they got their hands on the silk, they would replace the real ones with fake ones, and then have their assassins buried among the royal family act as transporters for the Parthian royal family and go to the Roman Empire to trade.

At that time, in order to verify this batch of goods, the Roman Empire would certainly inspect the silk, and naturally be able to find out whether it was real or fake.

Once they discovered that there were fakes among them and realized that the Parthian Empire had deceived the Roman Empire, they would naturally become furious and carry out the announcement they had previously made.

At that time, like in previous years, the Roman Empire's extortion activities will continue as usual, continuously weakening Vologases V.

All they need to do is stand aside, enjoying the benefits brought by the huge silk industry while keeping themselves out of the incident.

Vologases V knew that this was wrong, but in that situation, even if he really explained it, the Roman Empire would probably not listen to him.

Even if the Roman Empire was really convinced, what would it matter?
Surrendering to the Roman Empire was enough to weaken Vologases V's popularity and reputation among the people and return to his previous state.

The more you explain, the more your reputation will drop, and it will never be as prosperous as it is now.

"I understand, Chief. I will prepare the army and carry out all this!" After this explanation, Keker also understood all this and immediately turned around and prepared to continue.

"Wait..." The patriarch of the Sulen family called out to Kekel, and then said with a little pride, "Don't lead your own legion, just take an ordinary archer cavalry and disguise them as Roman legion. After all, the Romans don't have elite short bow light cavalry..." (End of this chapter)