Vol 2 Chapter 2412: Wishful Cicero

 Chapter 2412 The Wishful Cicero

Chapter 2408: Wishful Cicero

Wang Jian gave Yue Yun and others a reassuring look, which made Yue Yun and Xue Dingshan overjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhengchun called their names. Apparently it was their turn to go out and receive the canonization.

Yue Yun was promoted from a partial general to a titled general.

Xue Dingshan was promoted from captain to general.

Both of them have been promoted two levels in a row, but Yue Yun is still one level higher than Xue Dingshan.

 Generals such as Mi Houwang, Chen Dao and Chen Tang have also been promoted, at least to one level.

As for the founding princes such as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Gao Shun, their titles and official positions were not low, so their promotions were naturally not large. However, their food estates increased by one thousand to three thousand. Ranging from a thousand.

Lu Bu and Zhao Yun both reached the level of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households.

 After the canonization, Ying Hao announced in public that generals such as Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Huang Zhong no longer need to return to Yingzhou.

Now that the situation in Yingzhou has been decided, there is no need for so many strong generals to guard it. If they continue to stay in Yingzhou, it is a waste of talents. It is better to transfer them back to the country.

However, Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun still have to go back. After all, one of them is the governor of Yingzhou and the other is the commander of the Dragon Cavalry Army. At present, Yingzhou cannot do without them.

 After some thought, Ying Hao decided to transfer generals such as Long Yang, Meng Yi, Ren Bi, Ying Hua, and Ying Qian to replace Lu Bu and other generals to guard Yingzhou.

 Zhao Yun, Long Yang, and Mi Houwang, with these three gods of war, plus Zhou Yu and Qin Zheng, as well as 80,000 elites and hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops, are enough to ensure that Yingzhou is as stable as Mount Tai.

“Your Majesty, Cicero, the envoy of the Roman Empire, has been waiting outside the palace for a long time.” Zhang Yi, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, stood up and said.

"Um."

Ying Hao nodded and said calmly: "Let him come in."

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 “Your Majesty has a decree to announce the presence of the Roman envoy.”

The guards shouted loudly, one by one, until they reached the waiting place where Cicero was a thousand meters away.

 Looking at this person's transmission posture, the corners of Cicero's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

He knew that the etiquette in Qin was more complicated than that in Rome, but he didn't expect that the ostentation would be so grand. He can only say that it is worthy of being a big country in the East.

Seeing that Cicero did not move, Chen Pingping pointed in the direction of the main hall and said calmly: "Roman envoy, please, please, we can't keep the Holy Father waiting for a long time."

"okay."

 Cicero looked at the guards on both sides as he walked, and saw that everyone had a solemn expression, wearing heavy armor and holding a sharp knife, but they did not even move.

 “Elite in a hundred battles.”

 Cicero gave four words of evaluation in his heart, then shook his head, and strode into the hall without thinking too much.

As soon as he walked in, the eyes of all the officials in the palace were focused on him.

Cicero was not afraid of the stage. He smiled lightly, knelt down and saluted, saying: "Cicero, the envoy from the far western Roman Empire, greets His Majesty the Great Emperor of Qin."

 “The envoy is exempt from courtesy.” Ying Hao said calmly.

 “Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor.”

Ying Hao didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point: "The envoy traveled thousands of miles and came to the Central Plains from the far west. Why?"

Cicero couldn't help but be startled, why didn't the emperor play his cards according to the routine? He was going to praise an opponent's achievements first, but how could he flatter him after doing so.

If you directly ask for the Holy Sword without any preparation, the possibility of success is obviously low.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, this is how it is. There is a fugitive in Rome who not only plotted to rebel, but also stole the national treasure, the Holy Sword. After his failure, he fled to the East.

This holy sword is of great significance to Rome and must not be left outside. Therefore, the great Roman emperor asked me to go to your country as an envoy in the hope of bringing the holy sword back. "

As soon as Cicero finished speaking, Ying Hao laughed and said to him: "Marquis Phoenix, the Roman envoy said that you are a fugitive and you have stolen Rome's national treasure. Do you have anything to say?"

Arthur stood up and said coldly: "Rome has always been shameless and good at confusing right and wrong. In the end, I will have nothing to say."

Cicero didn’t understand the meaning of these two idioms, but when he saw Arthur, he suddenly looked surprised and asked with some uncertainty: "Are you Arthur Pendragon?"

 “Cicero, why, don’t you recognize me?” Arthur said coldly.

It’s not that Cicero couldn’t recognize Arthur, it’s that when Arthur was forced to leave Europe, he was still a sixteen-year-old girl. He was only 1.54 meters tall, and his appearance was a bit immature, and he was flat-chested. A tomboy look.

Now Arthur is twenty-five years old, and his height has grown to 1.8 meters. After losing his youthfulness, his appearance is becoming more mature.

Have blond hair shawl, **** and long legs, a curvy figure, a handsome figure, mature and sexy, charming and attractive.

The current Arthur is completely different from the one in Cicero's impression, which is why he didn't recognize him.

Cicero knew that Arthur had become the general of the Qin Dynasty, but he did not expect that Arthur's status in the Qin Dynasty was so high.

There are hundreds of officials in the Qin Palace, but there is only one foreigner named Arthur, and she is also a woman. This does not explain her status.

Cicero secretly thought something was wrong and said quickly: "Arthur, for the sake of the Qin Dynasty, Rome can not pursue the crimes you have committed, but you must hand over the Holy Sword. It does not belong to you." ”

"What a joke, if the Holy Sword doesn't belong to me, does it belong to Rome? Besides, the Holy Sword is the Holy Sword of Britain, so what does it have to do with you, Rome?"

“Why doesn’t it matter? Britain is now a province of Rome. Since the Holy Sword belongs to Britain, it naturally also belongs to Rome.”

"Humph, Rome launched an unjust war and forcibly annexed Britain. The British people will never succumb to your tyranny, and they will expel Rome sooner or later." Arthur said angrily.

Cicero showed a smile of success and said: "In that case, you also admit that Britain is now a province of the Roman Empire, and the Holy Sword is naturally a Roman thing."

"you…"

Arthur showed an ugly look. Unknowingly, he fell into Cicero's language trap, and for a while he didn't know how to refute.

At this moment, Ying Hao from above said: "The envoy is wrong. Britain is still not a province of Rome. I believe the envoy should know clearly in his heart."

Cicero was startled when he heard this. Then he looked at Ying Hao's eyes full of teasing, and his heart suddenly surged. How can it be?

 How could he know?

The Roman Empire dispatched 600,000 troops to attack Macedonia, but was defeated by Alexander. After that, it fell into fragments, and among the independent provinces was Britain.

This is something everyone knows in the West, but obviously no one in the East thousands of miles away knows this.

 But the emperor of Qin knew this. What does this mean?

 It shows that the emperor of Qin actually noticed Europe thousands of miles away, and even sent people there to collect intelligence about Europe.

At this thought, Cicero felt a chill running down his spine, and the image of Ying Hao in his mind became increasingly unpredictable.

Ying Hao naturally did not send anyone to Rome. The reason why he knew the situation in Rome was only because of the system's world map function.

 As long as the world map function is available, Ying Hao can understand the global situation even without leaving home.

Not only Cicero, but also Arthur and Jia Xu were also filled with shock at this time.

Arthur was shocked that Britain could become independent on its own.

Jia Xu, who was in charge of the intelligence department, was shocked that in addition to the Black Ice Platform, His Majesty also had other intelligence agencies secretly. Otherwise, how could he possibly know the intelligence of Rome thousands of miles away.

 But why did His Majesty hide it from everyone and set up a new intelligence agency outside the Black Ice Platform? Don't you have complete trust in his uncle?

Thinking of this, Jia Xu raised his head and glanced at Ying Hao, only to find that Ying Hao was also looking at him. He was immediately frightened and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly. His forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

At this moment, Jia Xu's brain was running wildly, and he finally concluded that the emperor did not distrust him, but habitually had reservations about everyone. This was the emperor's mind.

This made Jia Xu feel happy, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness. His nephew was no longer the nephew he once was, but now he was the Holy Lord Mingjun whose heart was deeper than the sea.

At this time, Ying Hao was expressionless on the surface, but full of doubts in his heart.

He just glanced at Jia Xu out of habit, why did he scare this old guy so much that he was covered in cold sweat?

What on earth is this old guy thinking about?

 Are you tired of calculating this and that every day?

Ying Hao was speechless at Jia Xu's reaction, but he didn't say much and then looked at Cicero.

"Your Majesty, Phoenix Marquis has done great service to the Qin Dynasty. The holy sword you mentioned is her personal property. If she is unwilling to hand it over to you, I will never force her to hand it over."

Cicero was immediately anxious when he heard this. The main purpose of his trip was the Holy Sword. If he could not bring back the Holy Sword, his mission would fail, so he quickly said:

“Your Majesty the Emperor, the Holy Sword is of extraordinary significance to Rome, just like the Tai’a Sword and Xuanyuan Sword of the Qin Dynasty.

Can your Majesty tolerate national weapons such as the Xuanyuan Sword being lost outside? "

Ying Hao opened his mouth and said without even thinking, "Of course not."

“The same goes for Rome. If Your Majesty does not return the Holy Sword, Rome will not give up.”

Hearing this, Ying Hao's expression suddenly changed, and Prime Minister Wang Meng also stood up and scolded: "Envoy, please pay attention to your words. Are you threatening our country, Da Qin?"

 Cicero was shocked by Ying Hao's aura. He felt that Ying Hao above him was getting taller and taller, and he was getting smaller and smaller. He suppressed the fear in his heart and gritted his teeth and said: "Don't dare."

"Envoy, do you know that not long ago, the Japanese country in the east of the Central Plains was conquered across the sea by the Qin Dynasty because it offended me. In only three months, three million of the seven million soldiers and civilians of the Japanese country were killed. And the Japanese country has become the Yingzhou of our Great Qin."

"What?"

Cicero exclaimed, did the Qin Dynasty actually have the military power to cross the sea and wipe out a country with seven million people? Even Rome in its heyday couldn't do it.

Rome did forcibly annex Britain overseas, but it lasted for more than ten years. On the other hand, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Japanese country which was not inferior to Britain in three months. It was obvious that the navy was much stronger than Rome.

“Do you really think that I don’t know what’s going on in Rome even though I’m far away in the Central Plains?”

With that said, Ying Hao ordered the system in his mind, turned on the world map function, and said while looking at the map: "After the disastrous defeat of Macedonia, Rome has been torn apart, and various heroes have joined together.

Province of Egypt, Province of Britain, Province of Belgian Gaul, Province of Lyon Gaul, Province of Narbonne Gaul, Province of Upper Germania, Province of Lower Germania, Province of Severus, Province of Pannonia, Twenty-five provinces including the province of Rhaedia have declared independence, and there are still a large number of provinces preparing for independence.

At its peak, Rome had fifty-one provinces, but today only twenty-six remain.

Rome, like the Han Dynasty, is on the verge of collapse. Your emperor doesn't think about how to save the country, but he goes to great lengths to get a sword, even threatening the Qin Dynasty thousands of miles away?

 Let me tell you, I am not afraid even of Rome in its heyday, let alone a Rome that is about to collapse? "

As soon as Ying Hao said these words, Cicero was immediately frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

How is it possible, how could the emperor of Qin know such a great deal about Rome?

When he set out from Rome, the number of independent Roman provinces had only reached twenty-two. How come there are now twenty-five?

Cicero naturally would not think that Ying Hao was lying to him. After all, the first twenty-two Ying Hao's words were correct. It should be that after he left, three more provinces became independent.

As for why Ying Hao knows this, it must be that Da Qin has an intelligence network in the west and transmits the intelligence back through more advanced communication capabilities.

"Ying Hao is worthy of being the man who established the Qin Dynasty from scratch, the most powerful force in the East. If His Majesty Severus could be like him, the Roman Empire would not be torn apart." Cicero thought to himself.

“Your Majesty, please calm down. I have no intention of threatening you, but the Holy Sword is of great significance to Rome. Even if the Roman Empire falls into civil strife and is unable to recover the Holy Sword, the people of the Holy See will not give up.”

 “The Holy See?”

Ying Hao showed doubts, while Arthur's face changed drastically, and he explained: "Everyone in the West believes in God, and the Holy See is the most influential existence besides the Roman Empire.

Although Rome is a monarchy, even the emperor must be recognized by the Pope before he can be crowned emperor. "

“Isn’t this just like the Shinto religion of Japan?” Zhou Yu interjected.

“Yes, but the Western Holy See has a profound foundation, and the number of strong people is much more than that of Shintoism. Most of the famous strong people in the West are from the Holy See.

Moreover, many people in the Holy See are very extreme. They regard all other faiths as heretics. They have formed crusaders, launched many wars to destroy countries, and eliminated different faiths. All countries that believe in God responded and sent troops to cooperate. "

“What, launching a war to destroy the country just because of different beliefs?”

Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan and many other people exclaimed. They really couldn't understand why they would destroy other countries and cause the death of hundreds of thousands or millions of people just because of their different beliefs. What is the purpose of this?

If this were in the Central Plains, it would clearly be a cult!

 (End of this chapter)