Chapter 30 Exclusion

Axum City in May was very lively, and the small country suddenly became the center of the world. At the beginning of the year, the Roman emperor Alexander? Quintus, the special envoy of Seviru? Seviru and the guard general Maximus rushed to Axum and announced to Varag, the king of Axum, that his kingdom is no longer a province of Rome from now on, but belongs to the great Yue, and ordered him to prepare, because the great Roman emperor and the equally great king of Yue will carry out history in the city of Axum. The surname meeting, and more importantly, the special envoys of King Sassan and King Guishuang will also come here to discuss the situation in the world. The city of Axum will be the first meeting between the four empires in the world and will be permanently recorded in the annals of history.

Within a few months, the city of Axum became a place of attention for the world. The Romans ordered Wallag to build four large barracks outside the city for the garrison of the four kings who came to participate in the alliance. Although Varag was still King Axum, he could no longer live in the palace, because it would be the leader of the king of Yue. He must vacate the earth for the arrival of the king of Yue.

On the first day of May, King Sassan's messenger Prince Shapur and King Guishuang's messenger Ma Ming arrived in Axum. On the third day, the Roman emperor Alexander? Seviru went to the city of Axum under the protection of 30,000 guards. On the fourth day, Sun Shao's ship, the king of Yue, arrived at the bay of Aramas outside the city of Axum, led by Quintus, with Varag, Shapur and Ma Ming to the shore to meet him.

As soon as he saw the huge ship by the sea, Quintus smiled. After several twists and turns, he finally invited Sun Shao to meet with Axum and Alexander. Although the meeting was late in May, the news was very shocking to the Sassanians. After the delay during the meeting period, the Sassanid had doubts about the sincerity of the king of Vietnam and the Roman alliance. Ardahir, who had rested for more than a year, launched another attack on Rome. He defeated the Romans in the battle of Asia Minor and attacked until Nisibi, forcing Alexander's mother and son to fight in person again. Fang had a bloody battle in Nisibi. Ardahir, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, made Alexander unable to fight back. At this time, the king of Yue sent the news of Alexander's meeting with Alexander in Axum to Nisibi. When Aldahir saw that he could not attack the city in a short time, he simply closed it and negotiated with Alexander on the battlefield. Alexander, who was about to collapse, took another breath. Now looking at the huge cargo ships and thinking that it was full of materials funded by Vietnam to Rome, Quintus couldn't help but be happy.

He glanced at Shapur, and Shapur was also laughing, but in Quintus's opinion, he laughed a little fake and reluctantly. Shapur is the son of Aldahir. In the battlefield of Nisibi, he was a brave general, but now, as the envoy of Aldahir, he is going to negotiate with Rome and Vietnam, and his mood is not ordinary.

Shapur felt Quintus's eyes, and inadvertently picked the corners of his mouth hidden in his beard. He yawned to Quintus with a smile on his face. Quintus smiled, nodded back, and nodded to Ma Ming, who had always folded his hands. Ma Ming, the messenger of King Guishuang, is a master of Buddhism with profound Buddhist attainment. He came to Aksumu this time. His main task was to unite Rome and Vietnam to jointly suppress the attack of the Sassanids.

"Two special envoys, let's meet the King of Yue together." Quintus laughed.

Shapur and others hurried up, walked side by side with Quintus, and stood respectfully on the dock.

After a while, the huge ship of Sun Shao, the king of Yue, stopped a hundred steps off the shore. The sailors threw two huge iron strokes into the water under the command of the ship order of the watchtower and hit several people high columns of water. Then, a medium-sized warship sailed to the side and came down from the ship with a general with fiery red leather armor beside him. He supported The knife stood firmly in the bow of the boat and drove straight to the shore. After landing, he strode over to Quintus with a smile. He arched his hand and smiled from afar and said, "Qin Jun, are you all right?"

Quintus quickly replied in Chinese, "General Zhou, I haven't seen you for months. You are more powerful."

Zhou Yin laughed and said politely, and then looked at the other three people. First, he nodded and then said, "Please ask Qin Jun to introduce for me."

Quintus laughed and said, "It's my pleasure. General Zhou, this is Prince Shapur. He is the special envoy of the King of Sassan and the most heroic prince of the King of Sassan.

Zhou Yin heard what Kuntus meant and looked at Shapur. He saw that he had a long and thin face, two thick eyebrows, deep eyes, and his eyes looked particularly deep. His whole body was very calm, and he was not easy to be with at a glance. He bowed his hand and saluted: "It turned out to be Prince Shapur. I've been looking forward to him for a long time."

Shapur stroked his chest with his hand and saluted him, but smiled and said in a stiff Chinese words, "Shapur is just an ordinary prince of Sassan. He dares not be praised by Lord Quintus. General Zhou doesn't need to be polite."

His Chinese is not very standard. The pronunciation of the word "Zhou" is like "uncle". Zhou Yin wanted to laugh when he heard it and thought, "When did I have a nephew?" The girl has been in the palace for several years, and there is no news now, but it is really a little abrupt to have such a big nephew out of thin air. He was funny in his heart, but his eyes lit up: "Can the prince also speak my Chinese?"

"Yes, you want to do business with Han people. If you know Chinese, you can pay less for translation." Shapur smiled faintly: "You Han people have a saying that if you know him, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles."

Zhou Yin laughed and said, "The prince is modest. I think Qin Jun just said it right. The prince can use the art of war in business. I'm afraid that doing business is as smart as using soldiers. If there is a chance, I will ask for advice in the future.

"I dare not, I will accompany you at any time." Shapur didn't give in.

Quintus was overtious. As soon as the Sasands and Yue people met, they competed with each other, which was beneficial to Rome. He looked at it quietly for a moment, and then pointed to Warage and introduced, "This is Warage, King Axum, General Zhou. You will be the same minister in the same hall in the future."

Varage's eyebrows shrugged, and then bowed in front of Zhou Yin, but his Chinese is much more proficient than Shapur: "Wallage welcomes the king to the small city, and Aksum will always remember today's glory."

Zhou Yin took a look at the black Wallag. Fortunately, there were many black people in the special pastoral city. He didn't seem so rude, but somehow, he always felt that Wallag's expression was a little unnatural. However, on a third thought, he was originally a free king, but now he has been given to Yue as a gift by the Romans. It is normal to feel a little uncomfortable.

"This Ma Ming, the special envoy of the Noble Frost King, is a righteous person."

Zhou Yin quickly put his hands together, saluted Ma Ming, and said a few polite words. Then he said, "The king has arrived. The 10,000 guards with him went ashore first. Please don't panic."

Quintus and others quickly nodded and agreed. Zhou Yin turned around and nodded to the captain behind him. The captain raised the colorful flag in his hand and waved it a few times. The guards leaned over the ten buildings next to the king's ship in an orderly manner. They were divided into two rows, connecting the head and tail, and lined up in two bridges to the coast. Then, the two teams of silent soldiers fished along the two bridges. As soon as they landed, they lined up two long lines on the shore, the outermost one. Facing the outside, although there were tens of thousands of people, none of them spoke, only neat footsteps, and even the sound of weapons touching each other was rarely heard.

Shapur's eyes narrowed and praised: "It's really an elite."

Zhou Yin glanced at him and said with a modest smile, "I'm ashamed that I can't compare with Sassan's Imous Army."

Shapur was stunned. The main force of the Sassanians is the cavalry. The infantry and chariots only play an auxiliary role. The force that determines the surname is heavy cavalry and light cavalry, and the strongest of them is 10,000 heavy cavalry, mainly composed of noble children, all of which are heavy armored spears. Every battle is the absolute main force. If there are casualties, it is immediately replenished, and the number of 10,000 at all times. Therefore, it is also known as the Undead Army and the Immortal Army. Shapur saw that Zhou Yin claimed to be insufficient compared with the Changsheng Army, and he was a little proud, but then he was a little vigilant. Zhou Yin knew about the Imation Army, but it was the first time he knew that the Guards of the King of Yue were also so strong. From the perspective of knowing the other, Sassan had already lost.

"General Zhou is modest and has his own strengths." Shapur covered it up.

When Zhou Yin was about to speak, Yu An held the sword and trotted all the way over. He stood in front of Zhou Yin and made a military salute: "General, General Ding, please take all the messengers to welcome the king."

"I know." Zhou Yin answered and turned around and motioned to Quintus and others. Quintus and others did not dare to neglect and followed Zhou Yin forward. Lang Zhongling Ding stood with his hands behind his hands, looked up and down at Quintus and others, and turned around and left with no expression on his face. Quintus and others followed up and went straight to the seaside. At this time, the ten tower boats were already leaning together, and a passage was paved with thick wooden boards on the two adjacent ships, and there was a big red carpet on it. The boat from the sea to a hundred steps away seemed to have built an overpass out of thin air.

While sighing about the extravagance, he carefully walked through this passage. He was very worried. After all, he knew that the sea was below, not the ground. But as soon as he walked up, he found that the temporary road was basically no different from the field except that it was slightly shaken by the sea breeze.

The four messengers under the leadership of Zhou Yin walked all the way to Sun Shao's king's ship. Sun Shao wore a crown, a big red Xiangben special king's robe, and a jade belt around his waist. The gold belt hook was inlaid with a piece of cyan jade, shining in the sun, with soft light flowing all over his body. Qin Sai held the Han Festival given by the emperor, and Guan Xing held the axe given by the emperor in his hand. He stood on both sides behind Sun Shao. Although more than a hundred of his faces were different, they were extremely handsome officials and maids of honor holding all kinds of utensils and lined up in turn.

Sun Shao sat on the red sandalwood back ring-shaped high-footed couch, motionless like a mountain, and looked at Kuntus and others majestically. Quintus caught up with a few steps and turned over and fell down: "The Roman emperor's messenger Quintus? Seviru met with His Royal Highness the King of Yue.

"Qin Jun, have you always been well?" Sun Shao smiled and said, "Your emperor is not in a hurry, is he?"

Quintus hurriedly smiled and said, "Although our emperor only arrived yesterday, he was already a little impatient to see His Highness."

"Hahahaha..." Sun Shao laughed and said, "I'm ashamed. I'm late. When I see your majesty, we'll just wait a few more days."

Quintus nodded with a smile, and then let it aside, Shapur and others came forward in turn. Perhaps after seeing the majesty of King Yue, Shapur no longer had the arrogance on the shore. He came forward respectfully and then stepped aside. Ma Ming came forward and was about to kneel down, but Sun Shao raised his hand. Zhou Yin immediately stepped forward to hold Ma Ming and prevent him from kneeling down.

"It is said that the Venerable has a relationship with the Venerable Dragon Tree?"

Ma Ming nodded: "As the king expected, when I was young, I traveled to Ceylon and once discussed the essence of Buddha with the Venerable Dragon Tree."

"The Venerable Longshu is my foreign friend. Since you know him, you are also my friend. Just follow the rules of your Buddhism, and don't follow the etiquette of us common people. Sun Shao said generously.

Although Ceylon is now a Sinhalese world and mainly believes in Brahmanism, Buddhism has a considerable foundation in Ceylon before. After Nimar regained Ceylon with the help of Sun Shao, he once wanted to drive Buddhism out of Ceylon and change all the Buddhist temples into Brahman's sacrifices. He has been preaching in Ceylon for many years. Therefore, he rushed to the special pastoral city to ask Sun Shao for help. He introduced the teachings of Buddhism and the difference from Brahmanism in detail to Sun Shao, and corrected many of Sun Shao's specious concepts. Although Sun Shao did not agree to his mission in Funan, he helped him say hello to Nimar, asking Nimar not to kill them all. At the same time, he also funded Longshu to promote Buddhism in Tianzhu mainland. Long Shu also became Sun Shao's foreign friends.

In fact, Ma Ming knew about this relationship. The reason why Guishuang Wang Bo sent him a monk as a special envoy was that he took a good look at this relationship, but he didn't expect that Sun Shao was so polite to Long Shu that he actually looked at him differently, so he didn't have to find an opportunity to get close to Sun Shao again.

Wallag finally came forward to salute. He is now Sun Shao's minister, and his etiquette is more solemn. He not only knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but also stepped forward on his knees, hugged Sun Shao's feet and kissed him twice. Then he fell on the ground and said in a trembling voice:

"Warager, the king of Aksum, met my king."

I don't know whether he was nervous or something. He was originally fluent in Chinese and was a little vague at this time. Although Sun Shao listened carefully, he still didn't hear it clearly. However, he could also guess what he said. He specially stretched out his hand forward and picked up Varage. Facing Varage's worried eyes, he smiled gently: "How can Shao Hede dare to be the king of King Axum? Although this is the generosity of His Majesty the Roman Emperor, I still deserve it. Varag, I want your children and grandchildren to be King Axum.

Wallague was stunned for a moment and didn't seem to understand. Qin Sai, who stood behind Sun Shao, took a step forward and said it in Chinese and Aksumu respectively. Wallag suddenly became excited, fell on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and kowtowed heavily. Sun Shao smiled and motioned Zhou Yin to help him up. Varage's forehead was red, but fortunately, his skin was dark and he couldn't see it. Shapur, who stood next to him, grinned: "Congratulations, King."

Wallag answered twice, and he was so happy that he couldn't speak.

At this time, Ding Feng asked someone to report that everything was ready, and the king could start at any time. Sun Shao nodded and agreed. Four Han people, four Funan people, four Aryan people, and four Aksum people, a total of sixteen tall and strong men came over with a gorgeously decorated step and knelt down in front of him. Sun Shao got up. Sixteen people raised the step on their shoulders at the same time, along Walk forward on the red carpeted lane. Quintus and others held their breath, arched their hands and followed, step by step.

He stepped ashore and then walked to Aksum City under the escort of Ding Feng and others. At sunset, they arrived at Aksum City, and Alexander, who had received the news, had taken people outside the city to meet him.

Seeing Alexander, Sun Shao's step stopped. He got off the step, stood there with his hands behind his back, and looked at Alexander in the distance. The Seviru family is not pure Romans. They come from North Africa. They are somewhat similar to Varaga and have dark skin, but Alexander's grandmother and mother are real Romans. Alexander combines their blood. They are also beautiful, and their skin is not so dark. On the contrary, they are close to ancient times. Copper color, if it weren't for the natural curl of short black hair, Sun Shao would almost think that this boy was a Han man.

Alexander is 26 years old. After years of training and years of fighting, he looks childish and heroic. However, at this moment, the undisguised envy in his eyes has exposed his youth.

Seeing that Sun Shao did not move there, Alexander hesitated for a moment, lifted his purple dart, and walked to Sun Shao. Just as he took a step, Sun Shao also took a step, released his hands behind his back, and stretched forward. The two quickly walked to the point of face to face and stopped together. Alexander breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hand with a smile on his face, and bowed to the end: "It's Ya who can meet the great King of Yue here. Mount Alexa? Seviru has had a glorious experience in his life.

Sun Shao held his hands gently, then stroked his chest with his hand, and made a Roman salute: "It's also my honor to meet the great Roman emperor here. First of all, I would like to thank His Majesty for his generosity, so that I can drink the high-quality coffee in my territory.

Alexander couldn't help laughing when he heard it. He couldn't help laughing and said happily, "Compared with the generosity of the King of Yue, what I have done is really limited." He squeezed his eyes and smiled, "And I also want to thank King Yue for his next hospitality."

Sun Shao was stunned, and then he remembered that Aksum was now his territory, and Alexander was already a guest like Shapur. He smiled and said, "We are waiting for your majesty at any time. At the same time, please pay tribute to the wise Mrs. Momia. It's my biggest regret that I didn't see the most intelligent Roman goddess this time.

Alexander smiled, but smiled reluctantly. The two said a few words, and Varag and Quintus came to invite them into the city. Varag had cleaned up his palace for Sun Shao to live in. Sun Shao then invited Alexander and others to enter the city together. They left the army outside the city and brought 2,000 guards into the city to guard his residence. Shapur and others had their own residences, and the people they brought were also responsible for guarding them.

That night, Sun Shao held a banquet at the Axum Palace. The royal chef he brought showed his skills and let Alexander and others taste pure Chinese dishes. The next day, Alexander invited him back to eat the delicious food of the Romans. After hundreds of years of development, although Rome has gradually sunset, it has reached an unprecedented peak in eating and enjoyment. Once upon a time, the simple and hard-working Romans have become synonymous with hedonism. Their famous delicacies made Sun Shao, who had seen the world, feel stunned. The Romans' habit of bathing also reminded Sun Shao of the famous leisure city in his previous life.

After several days of banquets, the four countries began to negotiate. Naturally, such matters should be handed over to the messengers to talk about. Identitys like Sun Shao and Alexander will not sit at the negotiating table. They occasionally meet to tell some stories about the wind and moon, which does not involve the topic.

Alexander heard a lot of Han stories from Quintus. He also tried his best to learn the Han language. Now he can read some simple words, but if he understands those difficult classics, his Chinese level will be overstretched. He was very happy to meet Sun Shao this time. Sun Shao emerged from a repressed identity, which was very similar to his situation. He really hoped to learn something from Sun Shao in order to get rid of the embarrassment of being suppressed by the Sassanians and under the jurisdiction of his mother Momia. The former is easy to do. Sun Shao brought a lot of assistance this time, especially food, which is enough for his 100,000 troops to eat for a year. With Sun Shao's help, he won't have to worry about food when he faces the Sassanians in the future. What he is most concerned about is how the latter has changed from an incompetent puppet role to a real emperor in power.

Sun Shao understood what he meant and told him the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty again. Naturally, he told it more thoroughly than Quintus. Alexander listened with great interest. At that time, it was not enough. When he went back at night, he had to discuss Quintusla, who had been negotiating for another day, in detail. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it was. The whole People become more energetic, and their eyes are bright. He thought about it at night and asked Quintus if he had any questions. Quintus couldn't explain it, so he asked Sun Shao again. Of course, the reason was to invite him to dinner, take a bath, invite you to play and so on.

Just as Sun Shao and Alexander were talking, one night, Shapur suddenly walked into Wallag's palace. Wallagar, who was holding a woman and drinking the wine of Yue, was shocked when he saw Shapur. He immediately pushed the woman away and got up and took Shapur into a secret room. As soon as he entered the door, he First, he closed the door tightly, then frowned and complained, "Prince, why did you come to me?"

"Let me see if you are so drunk by the wine of Vietnam that you don't know who you are." Shapur didn't look at him either. He went to a seat by the wall, took a gold cup, poured out half a bottle of wine he had just taken from Varaga's wine table, and then looked at the exquisite porcelain bottle carefully for a while. His hand was loose, and the porcelain bottle fell to the ground and smashed.

"You?" Wallag shouted in pain, and his hands trembled with anger.

"Yue Guo, just like this bottle, looks exquisite, but in fact it is vulnerable." Shapur squeezed his mouth and looked at Wallague with a disdainful smile.

Varagapi pulled his face with a smile: "I know you Sassanids are awesome, but don't forget that with the help of the Vietnamese, you can't swallow Rome."

"Rome?" Shapur laughed and said with disdain: "Do you think the Romans were still Rome hundreds of years ago? You're right. We can't swallow Rome at present, but we can swallow a Roman emperor and a king of Yue who came all the way to die. He pointed to Warage, "As long as you want, Axum will always be yours, and then send it to Egypt."

(to be continued)