Chapter 6537 Priceless Treasure

Chapter 6537 Priceless Treasure
When Huangfu Song came out from Yuan Tan's side and came to Severus' side, he thought of all the possibilities, but had never thought about the situation he was facing now.

Of the three demands put forward by Yuan Tan, he originally thought that only one was likely to be achieved, which was an eagle emblem. After all, legally speaking, the Duke of a border county should have an eagle emblem, and then rely on this eagle emblem to form an Eagle Emblem Corps, and then add several auxiliary corps to expand it into the Duke's Guard Corps.

Of course, if he was unlucky, it was possible that Huangfu Song would not agree to any of his requests. After all, that was Severus, a Roman emperor who did not look very arrogant, but when he was overbearing, even Huangfu Song felt under a lot of pressure.

After all, no matter how reasonable Yuan Tan's request is, considering the current situation, it is fine if Severus does not want to agree. Both the referee and the players are Romans, and this is no laughing matter.

However, in fact, Severus calmly listened to the three requests made by Huangfu Song on behalf of Yuan Tan, and then gave a positive response. At this moment, Severus's face showed no joy or anger.

"Although I don't know what our Duke Augustus is thinking, three requests are not too many, but according to the rules, we need to reject at least one. While showing our sincerity, we must also demonstrate our rules." Severus said in front of Perennis and Huangfu Song with no joy or sadness.

Huangfu Song was slightly stunned when he heard this. Such good conditions made Huangfu Song numb. Severus actually said directly that three requests were not too many and he only needed to reject one.

Not to mention rejecting only one, to be honest, in Huangfu Song's view, agreeing to only one was a good thing. At least it was not a complete rejection, and Yuan Tan would be relatively more accepting of it.

Considering that at least two have passed, the Eagle Emblem should be obtained. Thinking about it again, the effect of the Eagle Emblem is indeed a good thing. It is the embodiment of belief and will, and can export treasures with different blessings. Moreover, with the Eagle Emblem, the secret technique of mind link can also be used.

Overall, it is a huge benefit anyway.

Therefore, the only thing the Roman Empire can rely on at present is Sicily, which belongs to the Claudius family, and the newly acquired grain-producing areas of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers.

"Inquisitor, you need to believe in Rome. Even if we give it to him, he won't dare. He wants sincerity, and I will give him sincerity." Severus looked at Perennis and said calmly.

"Your Majesty, is this really necessary?" Perennis restrained his previous dissolute look and said solemnly.

"Why not?" Severus looked at Perennis calmly and said, "Since our Roman Duke Augustus needs us to show our sincerity, why don't we show it to him? Isn't this also an option?"

"Tell him that in ten years we Rome will take back that ray of imperial will." Severus looked indifferently at Huangfu Song who left with that ray of light, and Huangfu Song didn't want to stay here at all. What the hell was this?

Perennis sighed upon hearing this, and then a ray of light appeared in front of Huangfu Song. In this ray of light, Huangfu Song vaguely saw the evolution of Rome from monarchy to republic, and then to empire. He saw countless people of noble character and lofty ideals in the Roman Empire fighting for this country, and saw the scene where three hundred senators sacrificed their homes and massacred Carthage for their country.

Huangfu Song suddenly turned his head to look at Severus, while Severus just sat quietly on the high seat, looking at Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song, who had experienced several dynasties of waste, realized for the first time what it meant to be an emperor.

Although compared to Egypt and the North African region close to the Mediterranean Sea, which has rivers as well as a favorable climate, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers running north and south only have abundant rainfall and distinct four seasons, but it is at least equivalent to the Heluo region of the Han Dynasty.

The grain output of this place is not inferior to that of Egypt and North Africa. It's just that Rome and Parthia each shared the land in half. Whoever farmed here would be robbed, and if they couldn't rob, the land would be burned. As a result, the Mesopotamian region, the cradle of ancient civilization, failed to effectively realize its value in the previous few hundred years.

A few years ago, after Rome defeated Parthia and occupied the entire Mesopotamian region, Ganasis began to seriously reclaim the Mesopotamian region. It was not until last year, after the redivision of the eastern border counties was completed, that the significance of the Mesopotamian region as Rome's new granary was gradually released.

Huangfu Song's right eyelid began to twitch involuntarily. He had never thought of such a situation. Rome actually dared, actually dared!
"The Yuan family has the ability to destroy a trace of the empire's will." Huangfu Song said carefully and respectfully. He met two characters today. He used to think that they were just okay, but today he finally realized that these two are indeed heroes of the time. They are so powerful.

There is no way. The locust plague is indeed very serious. To put it bluntly, the three major grain-producing areas of the Roman Empire are Egypt, North Africa, and Sicily. Egypt and North Africa have now been killed by billions of locusts, and will be killed by tens of billions and hundreds of billions of locusts in the future. It is definitely doomed and there is no hope for anything.

Huangfu Song, a political fence-sitter, didn't dare to say anything at this time. He began to reflect on himself and wondered if he had offended these two guys. He was convinced. When nothing happened, these two were just ordinary people. But when something happened, these two...

Huangfu Song couldn't help but shudder. He already understood what was in front of him.

In other words, no matter how miserable the eastern border counties are, at least they have half of the Heluo grain-producing area to eat.

You don't have to give me the right to seal and refute. If you want ten years of stability, I will give you ten years. After ten years, I will take back that trace of imperial will. Moreover, the Roman Empire has the right to seal and refute. Now, Ganasis, the Duke of the Eastern Border County, is showing the Roman Parliament what the right to seal and refute is.

"Being able and being brave are two different things." Severus said calmly, "Just give this to Duke Augustus and ask them to prepare for the coronation ceremony. Roman Emperor Severus will crown him personally, so let him be prepared. I don't want to see any omissions in the ceremony, as that would be disrespectful to the Roman Empire. Emperor Huangfu, what do you think?"

The Heluo region in the Central Plains is undoubtedly a grain-producing area in these days, and it belongs to the real core. Its output is indeed not as good as those of the most amazing grain-producing areas in the world, but it is still top-notch. What's more, even if the most amazing grain-producing areas in the world are now being beaten by locusts, the area around the Two Rivers at least still has a way to survive. Even if the locusts really break out, it is basically impossible for the upper reaches of the Two Rivers to encounter a locust plague.

Perennis looked gloomy. He lowered his head and thought for a few words, then looked at Severus.

"Perennis." Severus looked at Perennis and said.

Huangfu Song glanced at Perennis. This guy wouldn't think he could convince Severus, that was nonsense.

After realizing this, the Roman Senate naturally urged Ganasis to harvest the grain and transport it to Italy for distribution.

This is where the problem lies. From the perspective of the country, this idea is indeed correct, but Ganasis has considered it twice from the perspective of the country in the past two years. This is the third time. Ganasis asks, are you, the Senate, bullying honest people?

In particular, I sent a deputy marquis to inquire and found out that the grain allocated to the Eastern Border Counties was as high as 80% of the total grain output of the Eastern Border Counties. Where did this rule come from? I'm going to fight you, stupid Italian Roman Parliament, bullying me because the Duke did not attend the meeting - I will not accept any meeting involving the Eastern Border Counties Agreement without the participation of me, the Duke of Eastern Border, Ganasis!

What is a duke? This is the duke.

Even Ganasis made his remarks very clear. I suspect that Duke Nigel, the Governor of the Atlantic, who is currently in Italy acting as the First Citizen, is targeting our eastern border counties. I want fairness and justice, and I want to review this meeting!

Anyway, as soon as the news came back in the past few days, Ganasis was already furious. When the nobles of the eastern provinces saw that the Duke was so powerful, they also resisted madly. There was no other way. 80% of the share was too much. If they didn't turn against each other, what kind of nobles would they be? Damn, I only exploited slaves and paid 90% tax, and I would also give rebates. What do you think of our nobles in the eastern provinces when you come up with 80%! God will punish Italy, set up a new Senate, and ask Emperor Severus to enforce the law fairly!
Severus, who had already received the news, was very helpless. From his point of view, he agreed with the Senate's 80% tax rate on the eastern provinces, which was tantamount to exploitation. After all, the eastern provinces were the only ones with food. He would first harvest some food to let everyone survive, and then eat up the Yuan family.

But considering that Ganasis has had bad luck in recent years, he was involved in the sugar trade, which resulted in the explosion of Cao's sugarcane plantation. He also almost caused a riot when he was migrating from the eastern provinces and exchanging territories. This year, when the eastern provinces finally started to produce grain and his own maltose factory could produce on a large scale, Egypt and North Africa exploded. It is normal for Ganasis, who has been losing money for years, to be so crazy.

There was no way. Those were just small amounts of money from Ganasis. God knows how much he had lost. Fortunately, he was a duke for many years, otherwise he would have exploded long ago.

Considering that Ganasis has always been the duke of the eastern province, where the climate makes it difficult for a locust plague to occur, he may have never seen what a locust plague looks like. He has no idea what it means to be so excited now, so it is normal.

After all, Ganasis has no idea what the current situation in the Senate is. He might even think that it is being manipulated by the stupid Atlantic Governor, Duke Nigel. Show him what it means to severely suppress political enemies.

So it was a bit outrageous. From a certain perspective, this was much more powerful than the right to seal and refute. Not to mention that the edict was sent back, Ganasis sent people to throw the edict back to Italy, indicating that the eastern border counties would not obey the edict. Now Severus was also having a headache.

In fact, there were many senators in the Roman Senate who had not experienced the locust plague, but when hundreds of senators got together and described their experiences, and the top senators all said that this was going to kill Rome, and then they came up with all kinds of radical and outrageous plans, I didn't understand that even if the senators were skeptical, they would not have any objections.

It's different for Ganasis - you are exploiting our eastern provinces, refuse, protest, and fight with force, only struggle can bring fairness!

"Your Majesty, are you really going to give that trace of the imperial will to the other party? If the other party uses some means, we may not be able to respond in time." After Huangfu Song left, Perennis said with a frown.

"Being able to do so doesn't mean I dare to do so. Yuan Tan is not a madman, so what's the use of giving it to him? Ten years later, he has to hold it in both hands and return it to me intact." Severus looked ahead, as if he had foreseen that scene.

"I'm always a little worried." Perennis sighed. He felt a little uncomfortable that the empire's will fell into the hands of the Yuan family.

"As long as there are no problems with us and we remain so powerful, the Yuan family will not and dare not act rashly. Even if that ray of imperial will really falls into the hands of the Yuan family, it is still a question whether they dare to accept it." Severus said with disdain.

"If they answer the call, I think the Yuan family will dare to do it." Virgilio opened the tent and walked in. After all, it was such a big thing, how could Virgilio be completely unaware of it.

"Take it. We need to allocate some manpower to protect it to avoid any accidents." Severus glanced at Virgilio and said.

"Almost, have you already discussed it?" Virgilio asked. He had already learned the whole story from Serrali, and also knew the crisis that Rome was currently facing.

"We've reached an agreement." Perennis nodded. "The next step is to mobilize most of the people back to the mainland for a new round of farming. After that, we should also form a farming corps. It was fine before we encountered this situation, but now that something like this has happened, we also need to invest some manpower and resources in agriculture."

"In the Senate, Annaus has formed a group of ten senators to study the soil and climate in the northern Mediterranean, and has formed a farming corps modeled after the Han Dynasty," Severus explained casually. "The Senate is currently handling these matters, and our family has already begun to gather people and load ships to Eastern Europe."

"It's rare to have such strong execution ability. The last time we worked together was hundreds of years ago." Virgilio said with a teasing smile on his face. Anyway, he was not responsible for such things and had no ability to be responsible. Their Tenth Knights were positioned as the empire's thugs. For example, this time the Senate's order was for Virgilio to carry the edict to give Ganasis the law.

"The seeds of fast-growing radishes and mushrooms, as well as 102 rice, are ready. Especially Agaricus bisporus, mass production has begun." When Severus said this, he was somewhat relieved. The Romans were still very powerful. At least they did have all kinds of messy technologies.

"Agaricus bisporus?" Virgilio touched his chin. "Let me ask you, does Big Chestnut have the ability to stimulate the growth of fungi? We have combined the debris we picked up from the Lord of All Spirits and the technology we have pieced together into Big Chestnut, allowing it to inherit some of the Lord of All Spirits' abilities."

"It seems so. We have already confirmed that the Lord of All Spirits is a fungus. It is normal that Da Lizi inherited the ability to stimulate the growth of mushrooms." After all, Perennis is a demon master and has some understanding of the skills of the demon race.

After they finished talking, both of them looked at Severus. Severus seemed to be thinking about something. Compared to continuing to study things like neural connection control, it would be more useful to study super fast-growing mushrooms at this time.

"Big Lizi should like this job very much." Severus said so. As for whether he likes it or not, it doesn't matter. As a member of the Claudius family, it is time to fight for the Claudius family dynasty. Go for it.

Poor Big Chestnut, it was just a wave of locusts, and its positioning was directly downgraded from a high-level strategic weapon to the level of farm tools.

Huangfu Song held the light in both hands and walked out of Severus' tent, then put it into his sleeve, just to show respect in front of Severus. It was just the will of the empire. It was not like he had never seen it before. Not to mention just a ray of it, it was dozens of sizes larger than this, the complete will of the empire, Huangfu Song had seen it before.

Carrying the will of the Roman Empire, Huangfu Song did not dare to delay and quickly came to Yuan Tan's camp, which was already full of Yuan's civil and military officials.

"General Huangfu is back." Yuan Tan watched Huangfu Song stand up and salute, with almost no expression of emotion on his face.

"Rome agreed to one or two things." Huangfu Song did not hide it and directly took out the imperial will from his sleeve. It was just a ray of light, but the officers and civil officials present, who were also considered important figures in the Han Empire, all saw different things. There was no doubt that this was indeed the imperial will of Rome.

"His Majesty Severus directly gave an imperial will and said that he would come to ask for it ten years later, so the first point has been fully realized. There is no need to mention the rejection of the third point because Rome does not seem to be ready to take action." Huangfu Song took a few steps forward and stuffed the light directly into Yuan Tan's hand. There was no way around it, this thing was a real hot potato.

If anything goes wrong with this thing in Huangfu Song's hands, he won't be able to explain it even if he has eight mouths.

"It actually gave a hint of imperial will." Yuan Tan's face was filled with astonishment.

This is really weird. When Yuan Tan put forward those three requirements, he was prepared for the possibility that none of them would be met, or that he would get the Eagle Emblem with luck. In the end, he did not get the Eagle Emblem, but got the Imperial Will. How to say it, in terms of value, these two things are almost the same, but this trace of Rome's Imperial Will is really a hot potato.

"But it's good this way." Yuan Tan looked at the light in his hand and let out a breath. This thing is worth learning from. I just don't know if their Yuan family can figure out something from it.

"Now that we have got the things, His Majesty Severus asked the Yuan family to build an altar and conduct the enthronement ceremony." Huangfu Song said with some fatigue. In his opinion, it would be useless for the Yuan family to take such a trace of imperial will. If they returned it, they would feel like they were at a huge loss. But in terms of value, as long as the Roman Empire still existed, it was undoubtedly a priceless treasure.

　Please don’t recommend books to me recently. The author is suffering from backlash and is about to be carried away. It’s so miserable.
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