"The first idea is that as a victor you should have the spoils of war, and the crown is the best spoil. Together with the water bottle that the Saracen Kingdom had pledged to the Sassanid Kingdom a few years ago, it was hoped that it could be exchanged for five hundred horses and two hundred horses of silk, and that they would be of the highest quality. ”

Heracle made this condition, and Li Daozong almost opened his mouth to agree.

Just seven hundred pieces of silk, you add one more zero, even if Li Daozong spends his own money to buy it back and give it to the Tang Emperor, he is willing to do a hundred.

But Li Daozong still asked: "Then what is the second thought?" ”

Heraclius nodded: "The second idea is to help the Senate train a thousand-strong Senate Knights and equip it with high-quality equipment." ”

It's too cheap, Li Daozong can't help but want to agree.

However, Li Daozong endured it, he was thinking about what the third idea would be, no matter what the conditions were, there was nothing wrong with listening to it.

Heraclius continued: "The third idea is that with 50,000 slaves, 50,000 gold, 10,000 horses, plus a crown and an Aquarius, we want to recapture the city of Odysssos, hoping to get the help of the Tang fleet. ”

After finishing speaking, Heracle looked at Li Daozong, waiting for an answer.

Heraclius is waiting for Li Daozong's choice, to see which one Li Daozong will choose, and he can also use this to see the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards Rome.

Li Daozong took a sip of wine slowly, and his eyes instantly became sharp.

"Your Majesty, I have a proposal."

"Please."

Heraclius was also a little excited in his heart at this time, and he saw the change in Li Daozong's eyes.

"First of all, I need enough intelligence about this city. Secondly, I intend to agree to all three of your conditions, for the sake of our friendship, a little more gold is not a problem, and eventually we will hand over that city to Your Majesty. ”

Li Daozong only said to pay, but did not ask for it.

In Li Daozong's eyes, those tens of thousands of gold coins were far less valuable than 10,000 high-quality Arabian horses.

An Arabian horse in the Tang Dynasty, a high-quality Arabian horse in Chang'an has long exceeded the value of a thousand guan, and a hundred horses must have exceeded the value of fifty thousand Roman gold coins.

So gold coins, is a minor problem.

Heraclius, of course, understood that Li Daozong would meet all the conditions, and directly stated that he would capture that very important port to the Roman Empire.

The simplest way to put it is that the Roman Empire needed a markup.

Odyssos also had another Slavic name, Wabuye, which was later called Varna in modern times. In the 7th century, the Eastern Roman Empire was lost here several times, attacked several times by the Slavs, and seized several times.

The threat to the Eastern Romans was particularly great and affected their interests in the North.

Heraclius suddenly looked around, the patriarchs were all crazy about horse racing, screaming for their bets, no one noticed them, Heraclius approached Li Daozong and whispered: "I promise another crown, an imperial power, and three very meaningful treasures." ”

"Crown?" Li Daozong was a little puzzled, with his knowledge of the Mediterranean, the only thing that could be called the crown of the Roman emperor was the crown. Who else is eligible to wear a crown? Even if it was an old Roman crown, Heraclius could not have taken it out as a gift.

Heraclius nodded confidently: "It's not a real crown, but it's equivalent to a crown." It's beautifully crafted and has been passed down for many years, I'll do the math. ”

After careful calculation, Heracle told Li Daozong: "Two hundred and forty-three years, this is the original Roman emperor ordered someone to make it, and the process of making it alone took two years, but to get this crown, I need a little help from the Tang Dynasty, and I need a perfect plan." ”

"Who's?"

Li Daozong had a feeling that this was not a simple incident, it should be a transaction, and a transaction that was enough to affect the situation in the Mediterranean.

Heraclius did not say any more, but told Li Daozong: "I write a letter, this letter represents my sincerity, and I also hope to get the support of the Tang Empire." ”

"Okay." Although Li Daozong didn't understand what was happening, he was really moved by Heraclius's reaction.

It doesn't matter what the horse race is, Li Daozong and Heraclius are both pondering in their own ways, and it is obvious that they both have their own careful thoughts.

Heraclius was the Eastern Roman Emperor, to be precise, he was very similar to Li Shimin.

Heraclius the elder renounced his allegiance to the former Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas and formed a rebel army, and the young Heraclius created a new dynasty and succeeded the Eastern Roman Empire as Roman Emperor.

Historically, he was known as Heraclius I of Byzantium, the first emperor of the Heraclius dynasty.

He was a pure Hellenistic nobleman who believed in the goddess of victory in his inner world.

Therefore, he had an idea to use the hands of the Tang Empire to help him eliminate a potential threat, and he even knew that this threat of mine had a huge treasure trove, and there were countless gold in the treasure trove.

What Li Daozong thought was that the Tang Dynasty did not need territory in the Mediterranean, but what the Tang Dynasty needed was trade, wealth, and the spread of civilization. It's okay to fight a war once in a while, and Liu Mu's sentence Li Daozong agrees that war is just an extension of politics.

A meaningless war is not beneficial to Datang at all.

That night, Li Daozong received a letter, which was written on the finest snow paper of the Tang Dynasty, and it was in duplicate. One is in Chinese, and the other is in aristocratic ancient Greek.

Li Daozong wrote the letter three times, and he knew all the words on it, but he couldn't understand the meaning.

It's just attacking a palm-sized country, China, what is it worth caring about as the emperors of two great empires.

Li Daozong took the letter and showed it to Liu Ruyu, but Liu Ruyu didn't understand it at all.

"In this case, I sent someone to negotiate with the Roman Senate on the original conditions, and after the New Year there will be a big purchase, and Madame will definitely be busy. There's still a lot of finishing work to be done on the Saracen Kingdom's side, and I'm going to have to keep it busy. So this letter was sent to Willow to see what he thought, and if he didn't understand it, let him write to the saint. ”

Li Daozong also put forward this idea when he had no choice.

Liu Ruyu expressed her support.

It is said that it has been a month since Willow received the letter, and Woodwally brought it to him on the return trip.

The Tang Dynasty is gathering the Five Route Army, and the Six Edicts are also forming a temporary alliance, and they are preparing to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

The six edicts were willing to accept the canonization of the Central Plains purely for a tribute and dozens of times the reward.

For so many years, who has really conquered the Nanban with poor mountains and bad waters.

Shu Han?

That's just a story, and it's a conspiracy.