Eagle Byzantium

The chief patron laughed, and now the Greek princess and all the female officials, including the arrogant gray-haired girl just now, clapped their hands with satisfaction, "That's very appropriate, Golden Conch Shell."

At this time, a foreign-looking man with tanned skin respectfully handed a dinner plate to Hercules: the exquisite Persian-patterned pottery plate was filled with this kind of shelled millet. Like snow particles and pearls, it is steaming and filled with a refreshing fragrance, which touches the nostrils of Hercules.

On the left side of the plate, there is a small green glass open bottle with dark red viscous condiments inside. There is also a hard brown wood dagger from Seleucia, with a long handle facing the young messenger from Marash.

Hercules' fingers trembled a little and he reached for the rice dagger.

"Use this dew mixed with meat and fish, and eat it directly with the freshly dried and milled rice. It's delicious." Gawain suggested with a smile while sitting on a stool.

In order to show his diplomatic sincerity, Hercules finally complied with the invitation of the patron. When he ate this extremely fresh food combination, he felt that his entire lips, teeth, esophagus and stomach were filled with a ball of wonderful heat. It was shrouded, and all the senses were like singing a long hymn in front of the church altar.

The dark-skinned alien, dressed similar to a farmer, smiled a little proudly when he saw his expression of suffering.

Then came the patron saint, Princess Caesar, and all kinds of female officials all laughing happily.

Even little Helena, who was lying on Caesar's knee, was drooling and staring with big eyes, and started laughing heartily.

After a while, the female officer and the servants set up a small tent with a colorful curtain to cover the wind, because Anna, who felt lazy and heavy, wanted to rest. Gawain and Hercules came to the citrus orchard with quiet scenery at the foot of the mountain, and discussed diplomatic matters while walking. The patron casually took two hard branches and handed one to Hercules. Holding a stick by himself, he stood easily on the hillside, holding his waist with one hand, staring at the "golden conch shell" and the blue ocean in the distance.

"I am willing to release all the Armenian armed groups in the east of Fanka City, give them freedom, give them fields, and give them livestock, medicine and crop seeds." Amidst the sounds of Lin Tao and waves, Gao Wen's brown hair was gently tossed by the wind Yes, I put this forward very sincerely and straightforwardly. Then he raised the hard branch and pointed at Heracles, "In addition, four trading centers were set up on the border between the two sides. Grain, livestock, wool, honey, etc. can be freely exchanged to meet the needs of the people of the two countries. The worst peace is more valuable than the best war."

"Can Marash's Chamber of Commerce be allowed to settle in Tarsus City?"

Gawain smiled and politely shrugged his shoulders and said "Welcome" in Greek.

"Aren't the people who are not afraid of the armed group fleeing across the border into our country?" Hercules felt that the atmosphere of the conversation with the patron was extremely relaxed and pleasant, and since the doubts in his mind had not been resolved before, he boldly raised this question.

As a result, the other party smiled more confidently. He pointed to the scenery below, "Young man, do you know how many times the benefits of planting this kind of crop are compared to a simple wheat field? It is two to three times, and the manpower is more economical. I am going to take over Come down and plant it all over Tarsus, then along the shores of Zephyrim, then Seleucia, Alamein , Alanya to Ataliya. By then, the whole country will be full of golden conch shells and golden terraces. But did you know that just the previous year, my rice farm suffered from a plague? One person died, and the whole village and farmland were burned down. But I didn’t give in to fate at all, and now I succeeded.”

"Yes, I praise your will." Hercules didn't know whether Gawain's words were showing off or had some hidden meaning, so he adopted cautious diplomatic language.

"The next step is to move towards greater success..." Gawain suddenly said this, and then he raised his finger to signal the young man in front of him to pay attention. He took out a cloth bag from his clothes and untied it. Mouth - Hercules saw that inside were clusters of dark blue crushed ore, which looked very beautiful, like real gems, "What is this?"

Of course Hercules shook his head.

"It's called blue vitriol, and it's a by-product of copper mines. It's found in large quantities in caves in the Trudos Mountains of Cyprus. In the past, local people rarely cared about it after acquiring copper mines, but recently in Seleucid A female doctor at the West Asia University Hospital accidentally discovered that copper sulfate has miraculous effects. She can grind it (copper sulfate) into powder and mix it into a liquid and sow it into rice fields and vineyards, which can eliminate many diseases and plagues. As long as this kind of thing is used in large quantities, the resistance to promoting rice cultivation in Tarsus will be greatly reduced." Gawain pinched the blue crystal with his fingers, "So young man, your previous answer must be that I am a person. Such a great ruler cannot be so flattering, and I tell you now, Stephen Gawain is a man who pays attention to foundation and methods, and what I say will always match what I do.”

This sentence made Hercules admire and feel embarrassed at the same time.

Although he didn't notice, the gray-haired girl following them turned her back and made a disdainful vomiting expression.

"Here I will expand a large new port, which can not only berth ships from all over the world, but also sell all kinds of goods from all over Tarsus." Gawain pointed to the swamp and reed wasteland on the east side of the "Golden Conch Shell" and announced his grand new plan, "Then Tarsus will become the largest transit station connecting the Levant and Anatolia, and will revive its former prosperity. By the way, Hercules, this place will be called 'New City of St. Paul'. It will include three large urban areas and a palace area, and will be connected to the old city of Tarsus with a developed river transportation and irrigation system. A third wall will be built, and three gates and avenues will be set up to lead to the Cilicia Gate, Lamas Coast Road and Adana respectively. At that time, my old center Seleucia will become an arsenal and a large hospital tourist attraction, and all the best soldiers, merchants, craftsmen, priests and officials will gather here, surrounding the palace city, with their own houses."

Interesting, really interesting. Hercules' forehead was covered with sweat. He felt that Gawain in front of him was really a charming person. Why didn't he realize that he was such a keen and novel king before? The golden rice, the blue crystal pills, and the towering new port plan, each one was so dazzling and incredible, but it seemed that it would definitely be realized in the hands of this Gawain.

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But he would not easily accept and obey. Although the topic was getting more and more away from "the peace negotiations between Marash and Tarsus", Hercules still raised a new question, "How are you going to remove the silt here? I'm sorry that the amount of work is beyond my imagination."