Molested Zulong at the beginning

From nervousness at the beginning, to astonishment, her face was full of disbelief at the end.

"What... what."

"how can that be!!!"

A group of ministers in the court were also full of astonishment at this time.

Judging from the news from the front line, it seems that the army of the Maurya Dynasty was defeated by the Xia army, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were routed.

Even the [-] elephant cavalry, which they placed high hopes on, disappeared in this battle.

This made the officials present pale one by one.

I thought that the Maurya Dynasty would send 40 troops to fight a beautiful offensive, completely expel the Xia army, retake Bactria, and then expand the territory.

Unexpectedly, this offensive war will become a battle to protect the capital to protect the country.

"This...what should we do? Once Xia's army marches south, how should we resist it?"

"How about sending an envoy to apologize. In order to send a precious gift, we will bribe the commander of the Xia army to make them retreat."

"How could Xia Jun agree? Back then we killed their envoy and humiliated their envoy. How can Xia Jun retreat so easily now?"

"Then what do you say, let the Xia army come here? You must know that the city-state of your Fei Shamido family is in the north. If you want to be beaten, you will be beaten first."

"..."

Above the court, there was endless debate for a while, and they couldn't come up with an idea for a long time.

At this time, Naga, the chariot king who had been silent all this time, said, "While defending, we sent envoys to ask Xia Jun for peace. How about sending gold, silver, and silk?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and all looked at the young girl on the throne.

I saw her wearing a white gauze dress, sitting on the throne, with white wrists and gold rings on her ankles, giving people an exotic feeling.

A head of black hair fluttered, revealing a fair and pretty face. She bit her red lips lightly. Although her expression was very nervous, her eyes were indeed very determined.

A group of ministers in the Ming and Ming Dynasties were all flustered, but this young girl, who was only as old as a cardamom, was able to maintain such a calm look.

This made everyone startled for a moment, and thought to themselves, is this still the weak and incompetent Son of Heaven?

One of the ministers stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty wants to send gold, silver, and silk to bribe the commander of the Xia army to make them retreat, but the Xia army is coming so fiercely, how can you give up so easily?"

The chariot king Naga bit her red lips lightly, and said in a low voice: "Simply sending gold, silver, money and silk is definitely useless. It is only useful if you insist on defending and seek peace at the same time."

The minister looked stunned for a moment: "The king means..."

The chariot king Naga said: "After a while, it will be the season of heavy rain. At that time, the weather will be cold and humid, and malaria will be rampant. Even our local people, every year, many people are infected with malaria and become weak. It’s Xia Jun who came from afar.”

"As long as we work hard to defend, the Xia army will not be able to attack Huashi City in a short period of time. At the same time, we will send envoys to send gold, silver, and silk to give the Xia army an excuse to seek peace and retreat."

"Maybe, Xia Jun may have agreed to our terms."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and after contemplating for a moment, they realized that this was really the case.

After all, if you want to negotiate, you can't just rely on begging for mercy. You need to let Xia Jun know that their Maurya Dynasty also has backbone, and they can't eat it in a short time. Only then can negotiations be possible.

Now, although the Peacock Dynasty has been defeated, people are panicked and dare not make an enemy of Xia Jun.

But if you switch to guarding the territory, it will be different.

After all, this is the lifeblood of the city lords everywhere. In terms of defending their one-acre three-point land, these city-states that usually have no combat effectiveness immediately seem to have changed.

Everyone nodded: "Okay, I will stick to preparing for the battle."

The chariot king Naga heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had no objection, a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his fair forehead, obviously under great pressure.

What she was most worried about just now was that a group of ministers in the court were frightened by Xia Jun. In order to defend their territory, these powerful landlords decided to sell her as a monarch.

Cut off her head and present it to Xia Jun as a gift, and then welcome the new owner into the city.

Although I don't know if this method of suing for peace can stop Xia Jun, at least her life is saved for the time being.

Next, we can only take one step at a time.

If she couldn't stop Xia Jun, she could also send an envoy and take advantage of the opportunity of writing a letter to seek peace, bypassing the sight of these Brahmin nobles in the court, and sending the letter directly to the commander of Xia Jun.

If these people want to betray her, then she will take the initiative to be the leader and surrender to Commander Xia Jun.

After all, a former monarch of the Peacock Dynasty is somewhat valuable. Even if Xia Jun forces her to abdicate, she can at least guarantee her personal safety and become a rich man.

In this way, she can finally be trapped in the small hall without being watched, and she can step out of the palace to have a look at the scenery outside.

......

......

Night falls.

Xia Jun's big tent, all the soldiers went to rest one after another.

In the commander's camp, the lights were brightly lit.

I saw Bai Su sitting in front of the desk, looking nervously at the golden turntable in front of him. Finally, after a long time, it was time to draw the lottery again.

I don't know what good things I can get this time.

After spinning for a long time, the golden turntable slowly stopped.

"Ding, get a bottle of never-fading ink."

Bai Su looked at the small ink bottle in his hand, he couldn't laugh or cry on his face.

Sure enough, he was still as lucky as ever, with very few useful things, and most of them were such useless things.

What's the use of this permanent ink.

After all, using this thing to write memorials on rice paper is no different from ordinary ink.

Unless this ink is not used for writing on paper, but used elsewhere, where can it be used for writing?

Just when Bai Su stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Whoa."

The big tent was opened, and a slim figure walked in.

Bai Su looked up, and saw a woman with blond wavy long hair biting her vermilion lips, looking at him nervously with a pair of blue eyes.

If not the queen of Bactria, who else.

Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, she couldn't help showing a friendly smile, and her vermilion lips parted slightly: "My lord..."

Bai Su was stunned: "So it's Her Lady Queen, I don't know why it's so late, why did you come to see me?"

"I have some things about myself, I want to ask the adults for advice..."

Queen Bactria lowered the curtain and walked towards Bai Su, with a faint scent of flowers.

She seemed to have just taken a shower, neatly dressed, a strand of golden wavy hair was stuck to her side face by residual water stains, and she looked graceful and luxurious.

The moonlight is soft and the candles are flickering.

The exotic beauty was sitting in front of her. Against the background of the fire, the light shadows danced on her beautiful cheeks, exuding a different kind of temptation, which made people lose their minds for a while.

Chapter 410 The Sixth Look at the Sincerity of Her Majesty the Queen

Bai Su glanced at the blond lady in front of her, and couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what your Majesty the Queen wants to ask me for coming here so late?"

Queen Bactria bit her vermilion lip lightly with her bright teeth, her expression a little nervous.

She hesitated for a moment, and looked closely at Bai Su with a pair of azure blue eyes: "I want to ask, what is your plan in the future, will you demote us into slaves together?"

Bai Su glanced at her curiously: "Why do you think so?"

After being silent for a while, Queen Bactria said, "Because that's what Macedonia did back then."

At the beginning, Alexander led the Macedonian army and came all the way to the east. A large part of the empire's finances depended on business and slave trade.

Today, they are similar in Bactria. Except for migrating from Greece together and a few people as citizens, most of the people in the country are slaves.

There is no difference between status and livestock, and they can be bought and sold with each other.

She was very worried that the descendants of this group of Greeks would also be deprived of their national qualifications by Bai Su, and they would become slaves of Daxia ever since.

Bai Su couldn't help sneering: "Don't compare us with you, we in the Central Plains proposed the abolition of slaves thousands of years ago, when King Zhou of Shang was in power."

"Now my Great Xia is under the leadership of His Majesty the First Emperor, and the world is unified. There are no slaves in the Central Plains, and there are only unified Great Xia people."

Queen Bactria couldn't help being stunned, and murmured: "I never thought that Daxia, far in the east, would be so civilized."

Bai Su nodded solemnly: "That's natural. My Great Xia is a country of etiquette. Since ancient times, I have paid attention to convincing people with reason. How could I do such a barbaric act."

Obviously, he was talking nonsense.

What kind of state of etiquette is nothing but a lie to fool outsiders.

The reason why slavery in the Central Plains was abolished early is very simple, because martial arts are too abundant.

Since entering the Warring States Period, the Central Plains have fought against each other for hundreds of years, relying on a small number of nobles, after a few fights, all people died, and there were no follow-up talents.

Therefore, countries began to reform one after another, giving civilians meritorious deeds for killing the enemy, increasing officials and ranks, and the ability to control the grassroots of counties and counties is also getting stronger and stronger.

In particular, after Zhengjie unified the world, she implemented a unified prefecture and county system, checked household registration, and counted land, and her control ability became stronger and stronger.

This kind of slavery, which affects the source of soldiers and the efficiency of farming, has gradually disappeared in the long river of history in the Central Plains, and it is naturally a matter of course.

It is naturally impossible for Queen Bactria to know these things. After she heard that slavery had been completely abolished in the Central Plains, she couldn't help but feel incredible.

Looking at the world, no matter whether it is Greece, the Maurya Dynasty, or even Anxi in the west, none of them rely on slave trade to maintain their finances.

After the complete abolition of slaves, Great Xia was still so rich and powerful, it was incredible.

In addition to being surprised, she couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

After all, in this way, she doesn't have to worry about her own citizens being reduced to slaves and being sold as goods with clearly marked prices.

After pondering for a moment, Queen Bactria asked, "What do you want, my lord?"

She is not a fool, there is no free lunch in the world.

If there is no benefit, then why would Bai Su let her and her people go for nothing.

As the queen of a country, she has been in power for eight years. Naturally, she will not be like an innocent girl who believes that Xia Jun came from afar for some righteous slogan.

Bai Su took a sip of his tea, and said with a smile: "As expected of Her Majesty, you are indeed a smart person. My idea is so simple, I hope that Bactria will form a suzerain and vassal relationship with my Great Xia from now on. "

"The local area does not have the right to command soldiers and horses. My Great Xia will station troops here to protect your safety and the right to appoint generals in the court."

"This...how is this possible!!!"

Queen Bactria subconsciously refused.

After all, Daxia stationed troops here, and they themselves did not have the right to mobilize troops and horses. This was like a Valkyrie who took off her armor and put down her sword.

Standing naked in front of each other, if Da Xia wants to bully them, they will have no resistance at all.

What worries her even more is that if even the generals in their court who control the three armies are all appointed by Daxia, then wouldn't she become a marionette completely and let Daxia handle it.

This kind of condition is almost without a doubt the subjugation of the country, so she naturally didn't want to agree easily.

Bai Su raised his eyebrows, not surprised by Queen Bactria's reaction.

After all, anyone with a bit of backbone would not easily agree to such harsh conditions.

Bai Su put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Well, I'm not a villain, I can give you a choice, whether the citizens will be reduced to slaves one after another, or choose to attach themselves to Daxia and give up some sovereignty to live. "

"Between the subjugation of the country and the subjugation of the species, you choose."

As Bai Su's words fell, Queen Bactria's face suddenly turned pale.

She never expected Bai Su's attitude to be so resolute, it simply didn't give her the slightest way out.

Queen Bactria bit her red lips tightly with her bright teeth, and looked at Bai Su pitifully with a pair of blue eyes: "My lord, is there really no room for relaxation?"

Bai Su said with a faint smile, "Do you think you are qualified to negotiate now?"

Queen Bactria's red lips parted slightly, and she wanted to say something, but facing Bai Su's gaze, she felt her mouth dry for a while, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.

After pondering for a long time, she opened her mouth and said, "I... I can agree to Sir's conditions, but can Sir guarantee my safety?"

After all, once the sovereignty is entrusted to her, she will be nothing more than a glamorous vase.

Once Daxia plans to abandon her in the future and support a new monarch, or when domestic rebellions break out and enter the palace, Xia Jun deliberately delays in coming to rescue.

Wouldn't she be dead then?