Molested Zulong at the beginning

Bai Su said: "After returning to the Central Plains, the rewards that should be given will not be less than a penny. As for why I restrain you, it is not because of human rights, morality or other reasons."

"It's because the efficiency of robbing is really too slow. Even if you rob with all your might, how much you can rob is just the way thieves do it."

"Moreover, once the action is too much, it will make the sky || angry and resentful, and it will be easy for the originally loose Roman alliance to unite together and deal with us."

"Although it is easy to win them with our strength, it is too troublesome to fight one after another."

"Really smart people don't need to do it themselves, but go all the way into the city of Rome, forcing the Roman emperor to sign some trade treaties that are beneficial to us."

"We turned the Roman emperor into a marionette, and in the name of taking the emperor to order the princes, we turned the mobilization system of the entire country and controlled their ports, customs, and taxation systems."

"In this way, not only will we earn more money, we will have a better reputation, and the states across Rome will not have any resistance to us. After the slaves are freed, these slaves will also regard us as the savior."

"And we hid behind the Roman emperor and dispatched officials from the Central Plains to manage some important channels in Rome, controlling the food, prices, commodities, trade, and taxation of the entire Rome."

"Even if the people of Rome are angry, they only hate Nero, and they can't see us hiding behind the scenes. This is the way of wise people."

After all, he looked at Zhang Han with a bit of resentment, apparently disliking her for being too short-sighted.

After Zhang Han heard Bai Su's plan, he couldn't help but gasped.

I have to say that in terms of means, I am still ruthless as an adult.

She just wanted to snatch some property to reward the soldiers after breaking the city, but what Bai Su wanted was to steal the country and hold the financial lifeline of the entire Rome in his hands.

She swallowed nervously, and asked tentatively: "The general understands, are we going to attack Rome now?"

Bai Su glanced at the exhausted soldiers around him, and said, "After a day of hard work, the soldiers are also tired. Let's rest for a while, organize supplies, and at the same time send envoys to the city of Rome to propose conditions."

Zhang Han was stunned: "What are the conditions, do you want Rome to cede the land?"

Bai Su shook his head slightly: "This place is too far away from our Central Plains. Even if we cede the land, we can't move a large number of people here. Instead of forcefully occupying an enclave and causing a huge financial burden every year, it's better to directly use economic terror. Exploitation is the main thing.”

"Let some Nero cede the important ports along the Maritime Silk Road, let us station troops here and have the power to enforce the law."

"Rome is fully open to free trade. The customs are managed by officials dispatched by us from the Central Plains. As for taxes, they can be divided [-]-[-]."

"At the same time, I asked the Roman emperor to abolish slavery, so that these people can have a certain income every month by growing cotton, grain, and spices, so that they can come to buy the cotton clothes, cotton boots, porcelain, and tea produced in our Central Plains..."

Zhang Han looked a little surprised, and couldn't help but said, "The conditions proposed by your lord are not very strict."

Bai Su couldn't help smiling: "Of course, my pursuit is sustainable fishing. I plunder a lot of wealth in a short period of time. If I can't maintain it, it doesn't make any sense."

"The only way is for the people in Rome to maintain a barely able to live, not to be unable to live and then revolt, not to be poor, but not to be rich, and to work for the people of the Central Plains day after day."

"They grow an acre of cotton and sell it for ten yuan. We use a catty of cotton to make a cotton coat and sell it for twenty yuan."

"As long as we can maintain such a trade relationship between Rome and the Central Plains for a long time, that's enough."

"When the whole of Rome starts to plant cotton or some kind of crops, as long as we refuse to buy their things, there will be financial problems in Rome, farmers will not be able to survive, and they will riot."

"In the future, no matter who will inherit the position of Roman Emperor, they will need to rely on the support of our Central Plains to ensure that there will be no problems in the country."

"In this way, we only need 1000 people, or even a few hundred people, to secretly control a country..."

Zhang Han nodded lightly, cupped his hands and said, "The general understands, I will send an envoy to Rome to deliver a letter to Nero."

Chapter 470: Measuring the Material Power of Rome and Gathering the Love of Great Xia

Roman palace.

Nero was wearing a gorgeous red dress, sitting on the throne, gently shaking the wine in the wine cup, and dragging his cheeks with his white hands.

She was looking at the musician playing the piano below with great interest, with a relaxed look on her face.

There is no worry about the war in the distance.

After all, the elite soldiers of the empire were stationed there, and they were commanded by veterans who had fought for many years. It was not easy to deal with an army of tens of thousands of Siris.

Just when her fingers followed the rhythm of the piano, she gently shook the wine cup in her hand.

A woman in sacrificial attire walked in quickly.

She looked at the drunken Nero, and couldn't help but clenched her silver teeth and said, "What time is it, you still have time to drink."

Nero looked at the high priest walking towards him, and couldn't help but smile: "I've been fighting all my life, can't I still enjoy myself, please continue to play music and dance..."

The high priest looked at the dancer who was about to continue dancing, frowned for a while, and scolded: "Get out of here."

The singers and dancers in the hall retreated tremblingly.

Seeing this, Nero couldn't help sighing helplessly.

She sat slumped on the throne, turned her green eyes towards the high priest, and couldn't help but said: "I have already dispatched the elite of Rome to garrison. The city of Rome is as stable as Mount Tai, so why should the high priest be so angry?"

Nero had unprecedented confidence in the strength of the Roman army. After all, there were countless powerful enemies who fell at the feet of the Roman legions, and today must be no exception.

The high priest looked at Nero's indifferent face, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "What if I say that the city we are guarding has fallen?"

Nero looked stunned, and then smiled and said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I have an entire army of 10,000+ stationed there, 10,000+, even if it is a 10,000+ steamed bun, Seris will eat ten thousand About half a month."

"Then Bai Su has less than [-] troops under his command. What can he use to take down my city?"

The high priest sighed bitterly: "The Siris army is really too powerful. They will use a siege machine that is far beyond our range, smashing our solid city walls to pieces."

"Later, we decided to use the way we defeated the Macedonian army back then to fight Serris' army head-on with short swords. Who would have thought that they would use a weapon called a flintlock, and thousands of our soldiers fell in an instant. , can’t even fight back.”

"Under Serris' successive attacks, the city fell after holding on for less than six hours. The Roman coach died in battle, and the army was completely defeated."

"Ceres' army is now advancing towards the city of Rome, and now the city of Rome is in danger..."

Nero listened to the high priest's narration, the smile on his face froze.

Her green eyes were dull for a while, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, and said with a sneer: "You...you must be lying to me, right, how could our invincible Roman army be wiped out."

The high priest sighed weakly, and said with a wry smile, "Then Bai Su specially released some Roman prisoners of war back. If His Majesty doesn't believe it, I'll call him up."

After that, she waved to the guard at the door.

After a moment.

A disheveled, pale-faced Roman soldier walked in, tremblingly bowed his hands to Nero and said, "I have seen Your Majesty."

Nero gritted his teeth tightly and said: "What happened, tell me the story quickly, but if there is a false word, I will have you thrown into the lion's cage."

The soldier didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly told how terrible the Xia army was and how the Roman soldiers were defeated like a mountain.

The whole process is almost verbatim with what the high priest said.

Nero took a staggering step back, sat on the throne in a daze, and said in disbelief: "This...how is this possible!"

After pondering for a moment, the soldier seemed to think of something, and took out a letter from his pocket: "Your Majesty, this is the letter of credence that Naseris' coach Bai Su asked me to give you."

"credentials?"

Nero and the high priest looked at each other. Now that Rome was defeated in the battlefield, Bai Su sent the letter of credence, probably to negotiate terms.

This is good news for them.

After all, Rome itself has little cohesion, and relies entirely on the army and culture to allow various states to provide taxes to the court every year.

Now that the main force of the imperial court has been annihilated, and the strength of the imperial court has plummeted, it is not a matter of whether the major states can come to help, but whether they will obey the orders of the imperial court is another matter.

Once Bai Su led the army to continue the attack and completely smashed the last fig leaf of the Roman court, the entire order established in Rome would probably fall apart.

Under this situation, it is naturally a good choice to bribe the other party by negotiating conditions and giving some property, gold and silver, so that Bai Su can retreat.

But after reading the content of the credentials, the two of them couldn't help but feel disappointed. It would be better to let Siris' army come in.

Free and open trade, lower tariffs, cede ports, let Seris control the shipping channel, this... This is no different from killing them.

In particular, the request to free the slaves directly shook the foundation of Roman rule. If she dared to sign this treaty, the nobles of Rome would want to kill her.

"Snapped!"

The letter of credence was slapped on the table by Nero. She gritted her teeth and said, "I will never agree to such a humiliating and traitorous condition for survival."

The Roman soldier lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The coach of Siris, Bai Su, said that if His Majesty is willing to sign this treaty in Rome, they can help us manage the customs, and the annual tax will be shared with His Majesty fifty-fifty. if……"

Nero's slender willow eyebrows frowned for a while, and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you want to?"

The soldier trembled, and said in a low voice: "Then Bai Su said, if His Majesty is unwilling, then he would not mind leading his horse into Rome, sending you to the guillotine, supporting an obedient new Roman emperor, and beheading him. Or to be a dog, His Majesty can only choose one of the two..."

Nero's green eyes were full of anger, he gritted his teeth and said: "This Bai Su is too arrogant, I am the emperor of Rome, how dare he treat me like this, quickly summon soldiers and horses from all over the world, we must catch him , I will cut off his head with my own hands."

The soldier smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, you should give up. The white soda was flying the Qing emperor's side to fight back against Rome. After defeating the armies all over Rome, he didn't have the slightest idea of ​​robbing the people and arresting them as slaves."

"I have also had contact with all the nobles in the local area, and I guarantee that I will not be bothered by their interests. I even promised that in the future trade with the Central Plains, I can directly hand over the silk, tea, porcelain and other commodities of the Central Plains to them for sales. The money will be divided into three or seven."

"That's why the nobles from all over the world, not only have no idea of ​​sending troops to the aid of Rome, but also hope that your majesty will die soon, so that they can cooperate with Seris's people to make money."

"Even, some still want to support their own self-respect, so that after your majesty is down, they can take advantage of the military power in their hands and take advantage of it."

Nero's fair and pretty face flushed with anger.

She kicked the table viciously and said out of breath, "Damn it, a bunch of traitors, villains, traitors."

The high priest couldn't help sighing: "It's meaningless to be angry, Your Majesty should think about how to negotiate with that Bai Su, and try to get a better deal in the treaty."

Nero glared at the high priest with a look of embarrassment: "Are you asking me to surrender?"

The high priest smiled wryly and said: "Right now, that's all we can do. Siris' army is unstoppable, and it's impossible to stop it if it's close to our current situation."

"Instead of being sold by those nobles everywhere, it's better for us to go ahead and sell them, measure Rome's material resources, and end the favor with the enemy country."

"At least in this way, Your Majesty, you are still the nominal emperor of Rome, and you can rule the world together with Naceris, together suppress those noble forces in Rome, and maintain the stability of the city of Rome."

"Otherwise, once that Bai Su leads the army to attack, relying on making good friends with nobles from all over the world, and supporting a new emperor, your majesty will lose your value at that time, and you will die..."

Nelu's white teeth clenched his vermilion lips, his face was full of unwillingness.

She knew very well that once she signed this treaty, she would become a laughing stock in the history books, and she would be completely infamous for thousands of years.

But if you don't sign it, you will be completely helpless in the current chaotic situation in Rome.

After all, it is impossible to rely on diplomatic means to restore the unwinnable situation on the battlefield.

The soldier who had been silent for a long time suddenly said, "Maybe there is another solution."

Nero and the high priest were taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "What can I do?"

The Roman soldier said in a low voice: "When the general was in the enemy camp, he once heard something about the commander Bai Su from Serris' soldiers. Less romantic debt."

"If there is a person with a beautiful appearance who uses beauty tricks, maybe he can shake his mind at the negotiating table and win some conditions."

Nero's slender willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and he muttered: "As the saying goes, a hero is saddened by a beautiful woman, no matter how invincible Bai Su is on the battlefield, he will be saddened by the gentleness of a woman. It's just that a man of high position and power like him usually sees I'm afraid there are not ten thousand beauties, but there are eight thousand."

"It's not easy to find a woman with an overpowering appearance, a special identity, who can shake people's minds. Hey, what do you think of me?"

As she spoke, her tone was taken aback.

I saw the two of them staring at her directly, their eyes looked very strange.

Chapter 470 Brothers, take office in Rome

Seeing Nero's puzzled look, the high priest could not help coughing lightly, and said, "Your Majesty, this candidate is far away in the sky, but right in front of you."

"Close in front of you?"

Nero stared blankly, followed the high priest's gaze, and saw a slender and plump figure reflected on the bronze mirror of the table case...

Chapter 480 The Humiliated Treaty of Rome

The style of the city of Rome is very different from that of the Central Plains.

If the palace in Xianyang is based on black, it looks solemn and solemn, full of majesty.

The Roman palace is all white, with circular pillars standing in front of the main hall. The majestic stone buildings and lifelike statues of gods are full of sacredness.

At this moment, Bai Su's army had already surrounded the Roman palace. Seeing the murderous Xia army, the maids inside hid one after another, and the whole palace seemed extremely quiet.

Bai Su was dressed in a white robe, his body was slender, and he looked tall and straight. He had a handsome face. After being baptized in countless battlefields, he carried a faint majesty on his body, which made people dare not look directly at him.

creak.

The door of the main hall slowly opened.

Bai Su followed the trend and saw a woman in sacrificial attire walking out.

She glanced at the generals of the Xia army, and finally fixed on Bai Su, and couldn't help asking: "I am the chief high priest of Rome, and I came to greet you under the order of your majesty. The coach of Siris, Your Highness Bai Su."

Bai Su said, "That's right."