Why did the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius invite the Visigothic king by the way?

Of course, it is not to explain that he did not go to Visigothic territory to fight, although he brought out more people, although his own soldiers wore gorgeous armor.

Even at this time, the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius was showing off.

He's still planning to come over and form an alliance.

As for the future, who knows, at least for the time being, an alliance can be formed.

Heraclius, who was fifty-eight years old and had been holding a bowl of beans and meat with his hands for fifty-five years, felt so disgusted when he saw the Visigothic king Siniandi wiping his hands on his clothes.

When the first course, the caviar for flavor, was served, the action of Cinnandi's hand reaching into the bowl made Hiraclius, who had been so caught in this way for fifty-five years, feel sick.

Just as Cinnedy's fingers were about to touch the caviar, he noticed that everyone's eyes were on him.

These glances made the king, who had just sat on the throne, a little uneasy.

At this time, Dugu Lanruo put a few caviar in her mouth with a very small silver spoon, and Queen Martina next to Dugu Lanruo tried her best to learn that kind of elegance, but unfortunately she only studied for about half a year, and she couldn't do the elegance of Dugu Lanruo, who had been trained in strict etiquette since childhood.

Even so, Martina was the envy of the Visigothic queen.

"Andy, that's it." Heraclius was teaching Cinnedi how to use the dazzling knives, forks, and spoons on the table.

"I can make a sound when I drink soup...... Use this fork when eating salads. Also, what is cut in this way and put it in the mouth, not with the mouth to bite......

For the first time in his life, as a king, Sinian began to wonder if he was a nobleman.

For dessert after the meal, the mysterious princess of the Oriental Kingdom didn't stick to the corners of her mouth with even a little cream, but she wiped it all over her face.

Just wiped the corners of his mouth with silk, and instead smeared his face with more cream.

Drinks after meals.

Yanagi claimed: "Men, there is men's tea, and women have women's tea." ”

The tea party is separated, the lady's tea party, the man's tea party.

A large screen separates the tea party from both sides.

At this time, Baron Romeo finally understood why the duke from the mysterious eastern kingdom had eaten nothing at his banquet that day.

Romeo was shocked that the chef of the Oriental country had to distinguish more than a dozen kinds of meat from a cow, and different meats were used to make different delicacies.

Aristocratic ancient Greek is the lingua franca of the Mediterranean, and with a translator who understands aristocratic ancient Greek, it is not a problem for Yanagi to communicate with these people. There are also people in Rome who are learning Chinese, but unfortunately no one has learned it yet.

After the tea party begins, it is cold.

Emperor Heraclius didn't plan to speak first, it was impossible for him to talk about the alliance with the Tang Dynasty here, and he didn't know Liu Mu's speaking habits when he chatted.

Sindiandi gave Baron Romeo a look.

Baron Romeo opened his mouth and said, "Your Excellency, in your country in the East, do nobles usually enjoy such delicious food? ”

"Nope. This is a special recipe for my friend, His Majesty Heraclius, who supported the Roman Empire surrounded by countless powerful enemies, and this is just one page in the recipe. ”

Romeo asked in amazement, "So, what kind of food can you enjoy in your kingdom, Your Excellency?" ”

Before Liu Mu could answer, Heraclius preemptively said: "Oriental cuisine, a real royal banquet requires one hundred and seventy kinds of spices alone, and thousands of varieties of meat, fish, birds, vegetables, and fruits. Because of the friendship of the Tang Empire, every citizen of the new Roman city of Constantine could receive a ration and enough delicious spices every year. ”

"One, one hundred and seventy spices?" Cinnedi is out of the way.

"Spices are a minor issue. As far as the spices recorded in Datang are concerned, there are 46 kinds of spices that are commonly used, and many of them are not commonly used, and the total number of more than 900 kinds is now recorded, which is divided into edible spices, coated spices, smoked spices, gas spices and so on. It is then divided into plant-based flavors, animal-based flavors, and a very small number of natural crystalline flavors. ”

After a brief explanation, Yanagi stopped talking about spices.

Liu Mu's tone changed: "I came here this time, mainly to hear that the Eastern Roman Empire has recently begun to have a plague, this is a terrible thing, I hope to put an end to this terrible thing, for our friendship to make a testimony." ”

Heraclius was like a lightning strike, and he was stunned.

The Eastern Roman Empire did not start to have plagues recently, but it has not been suppressed, and the long war against the Persian Empire has reduced the population of many cities, which has made the treasury empty.

"The taste of this tea is very peculiar." Heraclius didn't say a word about the plague, and he had to talk to Yanagi about these details.

Sinian was also a man who could be crowned king, and he asked tentatively: "The citizens of the Visigothic kingdom also want spices." ”

Yanagi didn't answer, this question wasn't for him in the first place.

Heraclin agreed without the slightest hesitation, and promised to agree, but did not mention how many there would be, so there would be a negotiation process next.

This era, 631 A.D. It was the era when the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire was at its largest, and it can be said that the entire Mediterranean Sea, including part of the Iberian Peninsula, belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire.

To the west, Ceuta was also the land of the Eastern Roman Empire, and Ceuta was an enclave of the Visigothic kingdom.

Willow had chosen this place as a base for his first arrival in the Mediterranean, and Sindiandi was ready to sell the land to Heraclius at an offer.

Suddenly, it occurred to Hiracles how the Dons could have entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Heraclius immediately asked this doubt: "After a big circle, I went around the entire continent of Afriya and came here. ”

The continent of Afrigio is the earliest name in Africa, or the full name, which originated from the name of a goddess worshipped by the Berbers BC.

No one knows the end of the continent of Afriia, and no Mediterranean ship has ever been to West Africa.

It has always been thought that the Mediterranean can only develop Africa in North Africa.

Romantic Casablanca, at this time, there is not even a village. It wasn't until more than 600 years later that a city was founded there by Berbers.

Heraclius asked, "How far?" ”

"It's a long way, it took more than five months." Yanagi didn't tell the truth, but exaggerated the distance infinitely, counting his three months on Socotra Island into it.