The brand new ballroom is brightly lit and bustling with people. Barcellus has not held a large ball since the second half of last year, and the big nobles also know that they are annoying, and they also dare not do anything to attract hatred. At this time, the summer harvest was over, and the Eastern Roman court announced the grain harvest, and announced that each soldier could get five catties of caramel per month, and his family could get another two catties.

The order was communicated to the legionnaires and their families as much as possible through the Legion's recipe, and the Legion, who had been worried about it, finally settled down and did not have to worry about the Legion's rebellion, and Baseleus, who had no worries about the Legion's rebellion, invited all the nobles of the country to come to the big ball. It was too hot during the day for Sheila to attend the afternoon activities. When the carriage stopped at the entrance of the ball, there was only a dazzling sunset in the sky. The three-story building in front of it was brightly lit and looked brighter than the sunset. This building has just been completed, and it fully reflects the style of the Great Song Dynasty. It's just one word, big.

The upper echelons of Eastern Rome did not dare to build at this time, and the office of the province of Europa in Constantinople was no longer concerned. A large number of new buildings were erected in the planned area, and the Grand Hotel was the first to be completed, so it was only natural that Barcellus had to be invited to the first ball to be respected.

Following the strict checks of the Janissaries and the ceremonial officers along the road illuminated by the gas lamps, Sheila followed the courtyard road to the entrance of the banquet hall. Despite her inner preparations, Sheila was surrounded by a group of enthusiastic aristocrats when she entered. Everyone asks questions, and they all revolve around the caramel that has been in the limelight recently. Sheila was thinking about how to get the guys to focus on how to farm, when the crowd parted, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer walked in through the passage and said to Sheila, "Follow me." There are a few VIPs who want to meet you. ”

Sheila followed the minister out of the crowd, and saw the diplomat of Da Song Mu standing next to the buffet table, and next to it were several blonde and blue-eyed barbarians. Since Roman times, if you want to distinguish between the Romans, the Roman allies, and the barbarians, you can clearly distinguish them just by looking at the color of their coats. From Italy to the Anatolian Peninsula, most of them are of Semitic descent, with black hair and black eyes, and a darker complexion.

Looking at Prosecutor Song Mu beside the Semu people, he saw that her skin was fair, and her white was red. This vibrant color is very different from the pale complexion of the Color-eyed Man. Seeing Sheila stop to watch, the Chancellor of the Exchequer urged: "These are the nobles of France, England and the Holy Universe. They said they had heard of you a long time ago and wanted to meet you. ”

"I don't like those people." Sheila said bluntly.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was stunned, he could understand this simple feeling. Western Rome first fell into the hands of the barbarians, and then Eastern Rome was also ravaged several times by the barbarian crusades, and once destroyed the country. Sheila, of course, didn't want to see these people.

And it was the allies who saved the Eastern Rome with almost black hair and black eyes, from the Mongols to the Great Song Dynasty. Although the allies from the East are not really black-haired, but a dark brown that is almost black. The Eastern Romans didn't care about this. This is a tiny fraction of the gap between the Romans and the Savages.

"It's good to see each other." The Chancellor of the Exchequer persuaded.

"What do they see me doing? Want to buy caramel? Sheila asked, a little dismissive.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said: "They are here to show respect to Baseleus. For their part, they wanted to ask Baseleus to help them on the pilgrimage. ”

"Then you should ask the Mongols." Sheila laughed. At this time, the Holy Land of Jerusalem was in the hands of the Mongols, and it was not the turn of the Eastern Roman Empire to get involved in this matter.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer lamented: "It's complicated. The court felt that since they came, they had to be polite. Let's go meet us. ”

The meeting was as boring as expected, and several of the nobles did not know Latin at all, and their translations spoke Latin with accents from the northern barbarian regions. Sheila felt that the accent of these people was not as good as that of the diplomats of the Great Song Mu, at least they spoke Latin with phonetic transcription. The accent is sparse again, and the general direction is correct. And Da Song's soft Latin accent sounds cute and comfortable, at least that's what Sheila thinks.

The nobles of the color eyes said things like long-admiring the daimyo, and Sheila didn't care at all. If she could, she would like not to deal with barbarians for the rest of her life. When the nobles finally met with the female diplomats of the Great Song Dynasty and the female senators of the Eastern Romans, the Chancellor of the Exchequer chatted with them again. The nobleman asked again: "Your Excellency, both Eastern Rome and Western Rome are Catholics, why can't they join forces with us to deal with the Yuan Kingdom?" ”

When the Chancellor of the Exchequer heard this, he just wanted to slap the mouth of these people, and then he remembered the parishioners. When they robbed Constantinople, they didn't remember that they were all Catholics. Thinking about this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer asked, "I wonder how the Crusaders are doing in Poland?" ”

The Yuan State had no dealings with the Quartet Alliance during this time, and the Eastern Romans were too lazy to take care of the Yuan Kingdom. Very little is known about the war that broke out in the Polish region.

"The Crusader Knights have achieved great success." The nobleman replied. More than two years ago, the Yuan Kingdom conquered Warsaw, and it looked like it was going to go west. Frightened the entire countries of Western Europe united. The remnants of the Holy See who had fled to the territory of the Teutonic Knights at the time of Boyan's seizure of Italy were re-established in Marienburg. The Teutonic Knights, the Holy Roman Empire, England and France, and the various countries and orders met in Marienburg to rebuild a new crusade with the goal of the Yuan Kingdom. The nobleman proudly told the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "The Knights of the Yuan Kingdom have been defeated by us in Warsaw and have withdrawn from Warsaw. The crusaders are considering an offensive against Kyiv. If the Eastern Rome could launch an attack from the south, it would definitely be able to completely defeat the Yuan Kingdom. ”

The nobles of the color are still talking about this, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has heard it several times. This was not the direction of financial responsibility, so he asked the question arranged for him by the imperial court: "If you want to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, you only have to pay the boat fare to the province of Europa." ”

At present, the overlord of the Eastern Mediterranean is the fleet of the province of Europa, who does not make it difficult to prevent the visit, and provides a lot of shipping services. I don't know what the attitude of the countries and the knights of Western Europe towards the province of Europa. "The Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar have been hoping to reclaim their territory. ”

"Haha." The Chancellor of the Exchequer laughed. It's not polite to laugh like that, but the Chancellor just can't help it. The reason why the Yuan Kingdom got people in the Quadripartite Alliance was because they were not to see them, and if the provinces of Europa asked East and West Rome to participate in the military campaign against the countries of the Eurobis because of the hostility of the various forces in the Europa Division, both the East and West Rome should participate.

Just as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was about to tell the nobles about the Quadripartite Alliance, he heard the nobles speak first, "Your Excellency, do you want to conclude an alliance with the heretics?" ”

Since the nobles of lust have brought humiliation upon themselves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer does not want to coax them. The minister put away his smile and said solemnly: "First, many people in the Yuan Kingdom believe in the Eastern Sect. Second, the Song Kingdom was atheistic, and they were not infidels. Thirdly, the Eastern Romans, Western Rome, the Yuan and the provinces of Europa had concluded a Quadripartite Alliance, and the treaty stipulated that we were obliged to send troops as soon as the Yuan State requested the other three parties to send troops. With the intention of what you have just said, I think I have answered your request. The Eastern Roman Empire would keep its covenants. ”

The Quadripartite alliance is not a secret agreement, but the parties never advertise its military provisions. After all, at the time of the conclusion of the treaty, Mongolia was in its heyday, and both the Yuan Kingdom and the Western Roman Empire were nominally Mongol vassals. But the situation was different, at this time Mongolia no longer had the strength it had back then, and with the killing of Hao Ren, the attitude of the Yuan State and the Western Roman Empire towards Mongolia also changed dramatically. At least the Mongol Great Khan could no longer make the Yuan state serve the Mongols.

The purpose of the previous military content was to prevent the Yuan and Western Roman Empires from participating in a military conflict with the Mongol Empire in the province of Europa. Now it has become the obligation of the Quartet to provide military assistance to the Allied countries.

Shocked by the Chancellor's words, they did not expect things to come to this point, and in a fit of urgency, they asked aloud, "Do you want to rebel against God for yourselves?" ”

This voice is not small, and many nobles next to him have seen it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer felt that he had received enough information, and he was no longer polite, and a long-standing dissatisfaction poured out, "Betraying God? The Holy See had long been excommunicated by the Patriarch of Constantinople. You also elect these blasphemers as popes, and when you die, your souls will suffer forever in hell, including the souls of your ancestors, because of your wickedness, and fall into the hands of the devil to suffer forever! You apostates......"

The Eastern Roman nobleman next to him listened to the Chancellor's fierce words, and was initially surprised, and then nodded sympathetically. The Eastern Romans had long accumulated an untold hatred for the Barbarians, and the Eastern Roman Empire was fully qualified to speak religiously. Crucidian orthodoxy was in Eastern Rome, and the Holy See was just a puppet propped up by the European barbarians, and the Roman priests who licked the barbarians were apostates at all.

Cursed like this, the nobles were furious, and some of them shouted, "I will fight you in a duel!" ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer didn't care about this, and ordered the Guards around him, "Throw them out." ”

At this time, classmate Mu was talking to Hao Kang, who came to the ball, and when they heard the commotion, both of them looked over. Seeing that the Imperial Forest Army pushed and shoved several people out of the field, the two young men didn't care at all. Hao Kang deliberately tilted his head and looked at it for a moment, then smiled: "These people look like dogs." ”

Classmate Mu burst out laughing, there was no room for these people in her eyes. Hao Kang was originally handsome, but he has experienced many hardships for more than a year, and the arrogance of the noble son has been exhausted. At this time, he is sharp and restrained, and he looks more attractive than when he was a teenager. The more I look at it, the more I like it.