Chapter 654 9.77

Chapter 654 77

His Highness Gu Huaian.

If I heard correctly, do you want your adjutant to enter the Colosseum and fight side by side with Red Blood Dove?

That's what it means.

Did I hear that correctly? !

Shang Junzi understood Latin and nodded slightly.

"Haha, sir."

"You have to know that first of all, you are the king's envoy and the person in charge of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty in Constantinople."

"To say something that shouldn't be said, your status is even higher than that of many princes!"

The royal family got so excited after watching the show that they jumped into the arena and fought with slaves with swords. It did happen. But having said that, the Mikhail family is flourishing, and the death of a few insignificant princes will have no impact on the rule of the empire."

But what if something unexpected happens to you two?

I, as a businessman, cannot bear this responsibility.

From the appearance, it is not difficult to see that the dark-brown Segal is not a Roman with pure blood. He started out as a humble gladiator, and was able to achieve the title of gladiator lord at the age of forty, becoming one of the four resident lords of the Colosseum. This was definitely not something he could accomplish by relying on his well-developed limbs. .

The more civilized a country is, the more complex the various hidden rules embedded in the upper class become.

Sehgal naturally understands the powerful relationship.

The "Anshi Rebellion" that occurred 60 years ago caused Datang to lose one-third of its territory and more than half of its army. However, just 60 years later, the Legalist school once again integrated the kingdom on the verge of collapse, and even created a "Yuanhe Zhongxing" situation.

If this trend develops, they will regain all their lost territory within 50 years, and I am afraid that by then a more powerful kingdom will appear in the east.

Sehgal will definitely not be offended by this kind of character.

However, Gu Huaian also had his own persistence.

Gladiator lords are generally characters who understand both black and white, and whose hands and eyes are open to the sky in the underground world. Hypocrisy and subterfuge have extremely limited effectiveness when dealing with this group of people.

Instead of doing that, tell the truth.

"Mingren don't tell secrets. Boss Sehgal invited us into the house early in the morning and dismissed all the servants. This is a rare trust."

So in front of our friends, we will also give you some solid information.

Indeed, as you might think, Shang Junzi did not enter the arena for fame and fortune. Compared with fame and fortune, we have more important things to do.

We're going to kill someone.

Segal's eyes immediately narrowed into slits.

He understood what Gu Huaian really wanted to express.

**

Thirteen years ago, the Viking Lord Loki Starago privately revealed the disguise of the Lizard Man in Paris in front of millions of mortals.

From that day on, the existence of the Illuminati was not a secret unknown to the nobles of the Western Continent.

The Byzantine Empire, which relied on merchants to build its country, was the absolute center of the Western Continent. As merchants continue to come and go, a large amount of information will spontaneously gather into the city. For the Romans, few secrets in the world can escape their eyes.

After the Legalist school came to power, the Illuminati Lizardmen were being wiped out on a large scale.

Segal has been aware of this in recent years.

On the other side, Prince Dorantel, who had just stuffed his warriors into the gladiatorial arena, had long been rumored in Constantinople that this man had been hanging out with the Illuminati Lizardmen.

Some rumors spread from within the palace claiming that Prince Darantel was actually dead long ago.

Now wearing his skin is an Illuminati lizardman, all with the tacit approval of the Mikhail family.

Because the Illuminati itself also has huge financial resources and powerful connections all over the world.

Segal doesn't know whether the rumor is true or not, but he is certain that it is not groundless.

The Byzantine Empire was different from most other countries of the same era.

In other regimes of imperial dictatorship, the king's orders cannot be questioned. Once any political party is regarded as an enemy by the royal power, it will immediately be boycotted by the entire country.

This did not work in the Byzantine Empire.

Because there is a Senate in the empire that is above the power of the king. The 220 members of parliament from all walks of life sitting in the Senate are the real masters of this kingdom.

230 years ago, a brutal war broke out between the Arab Empire and the Byzantine Kingdom over the ownership of the Egyptian province.

More than 100,000 Roman soldiers died in this war.

However, as the war progressed, the blacksmith shops in the streets of "Forge Gate" and "Steel Gate" were brightly lit day and night, and they were forging horse armor and weapons all night long. The red steel was soaked in cold water and loaded onto a carriage before it was completely cooled, ready to be transported to Jerusalem.

The Roman army was fighting bloody battles in the front, but the citizens in the rear were working overtime to make weapons for the enemy.

This kind of behavior that could trigger a riot would be considered treason in any country.

Only in the Byzantine Empire was it a matter of course.

No one objected, no one even protested.

the reason is simple.

The arms trade was an important pillar industry of the Byzantine Empire, accounting for a quarter of the kingdom's taxes.

These taxes will be used for military construction, urban management, citizen medical care, education and other aspects.

The Arab Empire under the control of the Abbas family is the largest customer for purchasing weapons. Boycotting trade is equivalent to throwing gold and silver that could easily be put into your pocket into the sea.

The Romans, who built their country on merchants, would definitely not agree to such a thing.

They were used to eating bread and grilled meat for three meals a day.

It was impossible for a mere battle to cut off trade.

Even though they knew that these weapons would chop off their compatriots' heads, the parliamentarians would try every means to put pressure on the king to maintain the interests of their businesses.

The Arab Empire was the biggest threat to the Byzantine Empire, and Roman citizens were still so tolerant of the Abbasid Dynasty across the sea.

They would not have too much guard against the Illuminati.

It is true that the lizards killed humans and then put on human skins. It is indeed bloody and cruel to say that.

But first of all, they didn't kill me.

Secondly, these guys are rich enough to rival a country. They hide in the power class of various countries. The decisions they can make and the social resources they can mobilize are no less than any emperor of a big country.

Why should they be turned away when they can bring so many benefits?

As a vested interest in a commercial society, Segar himself does not understand, but he can agree with it.

The Western Roman Empire, which followed traditional concepts, relied on military force to build a country, and worshipped the gods of Olympus, has long since perished.

The reason why the Byzantine Empire, which inherited the Roman mantle, was able to achieve its current status and make Constantinople the absolute core of the Western Continent was because of the tolerance of "benefiting everything" in the merchant spirit.

Of course, this is a nice way of saying it.

To put it more bluntly, it is blinded by money and makes money at the expense of life.

As long as it is not me who dies, everything has nothing to do with me.