After dawn, Irina's work of persuading Alexius did not go smoothly.
She rushed out of the room where Alexius was detained angrily.
Since Liang Zhenwu brought dozens of people from Qin's Trading Company, After the guards arrived, there were enough people to guard the manor.
Liang Zhen Wu specially arranged for eight people to be divided into two shifts to take turns guarding Alexius.
The team doctor of the escort team also came to treat Alexius's eye injuries.
Although his eyes could no longer regain their brightness, he was very grateful to Irene.
Na is still useful, and of course Irina cannot let his injuries worsen and die.
Last night, there was almost no rest during the day, and another tossing at night.
Zhao Ziliang only slept for an hour before getting up at dawn.
He stretched out on the lawn of the manor for an hour.
"Master, let's have breakfast."
Irina came over with some bread and a glass of milk on a tray, her face still looked a little ugly.
In order to facilitate the address, according to Zhao Ziliang's request, Irina changed her name to call him Young Master.
Zhao Ziliang glanced at the food on the tray and asked, "Just give me this food.
How long can I drink the milk after it has been stored?"
She said: "The bread was just made by the chef in the manor, and the milk was just squeezed from the cow.
They are all fresh."
Zhao Ziliang exhaled a breath of turbid air and returned it to his original state.
He walked over, picked up the cup, took a sip, and said, "Well, not bad, it's fresh."
Taking the tray and putting it on the table next to him, Zhao Ziliang picked up a piece of bread and put it in his mouth.
He saw that Irina was in a bad mood, and knew that she failed to convince Alexius, so he asked: " Why, Alexius refused to obey even if he died?"
Irina sat down opposite him and said angrily: "Well, it seems that I can only follow what you said and use his wife and children to threaten him and coerce him.
Lend me a person and I will write a letter to him."
Send it to my cronies and ask them to find a way to kidnap Alexius’ wife and children.”
Zhao Ziliang gnawed on the bread and said, "I can lend you the person, but even so, I'm afraid it's too late.
Alexius must return to his mansion in the city today, otherwise his disappearance will cause an uproar." , the government will definitely send someone to investigate, which is not good for you if you want to use him to go undercover with Constantine."
Irina's beautiful eyebrows frowned, "What should we do?
Why don't you send some people over to find a way to kidnap Alexius' wife and children?"
Zhao Ziliang stopped and looked at Irina and said: "It is not an easy task to kidnap Alexius's wife, children and children.
It requires a lot of people and careful planning.
This is not difficult for me. , but this doesn’t seem to be in our previous transactions.
I can help you do this, but you have to pay the corresponding price.
So, do you need to make another transaction with me?”
Irina decided after only a short period of consideration, "What price do I need to pay?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "To be honest, I don't think you have anything you can use to make trouble now, so you'd better think about it yourself.
Is there anything I can value?"
Irina thought for a while and said: "When I contact my cronies, I will give you one hundred thousand gold coins or I have two manors in the suburbs, which are only bigger than this one.
You can choose one of the manors as your reward." " Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said, "Do you think I will be short of money?"
Irina was furious, stood up and shouted: "You, a grown man, just negotiate terms with me for such a trivial matter, do you think it's appropriate?
What if you do me a little favor?"
Zhao Ziliang drank a bowl of milk and put down the cup.
He looked at Irina and said seriously: "Irina, you said it yourself.
We don't talk about feelings, we only talk about transactions.
I have always respected your choice, so please respect me.
We It would be a bit unclear if feelings were involved in the transaction.
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That’s just the way I am.
If it really Once I have a relationship, I will be responsible for the relationship.
But judging from the current situation of you and me, it seems that it is not suitable for a relationship.
I don’t want my person to leave and my heart to stay here.
Some inexplicable feelings are It’s a very torturous thing, so it’s better for us to be more pure, what do you think?”
Irina sat on the chair frustrated and sighed: "Okay, tell me what you want."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Give me a copy of every book in the Royal Library.
I think this is not difficult for you."
Irina asked doubtfully: "What do you want with such books?
Although the Royal Library is not open to the public, for the sake of cultural exchanges between the empire and other countries, countries are allowed to purchase transcripts of some books.
If you, the Western Qin State, want The transcripts of these books can be directly used by diplomats to negotiate with the relevant government agencies of our country."
Zhao Ziliang said: "I like to read books.
You are right about what you just said.
However, some books in your Royal Library, some orphan books in the library, and ancient books involving secretaries are prohibited from being borrowed and copied by outsiders.
Even senior officials are prohibited from borrowing or copying.
Most of the ministers and the royal family have no right to borrow it.
Only a handful of people in the royal family can read it, let alone copy it.
I know that the owner of the royal library is your maternal uncle.
This matter should be important to you.
Not difficult” Irina quickly shook her head and said: "No, there are a lot of secrets related to the empire.
I can promise you that as long as they don't involve the secrets of the empire, I can ask them to give you a copy."
Zhao Ziliang said: "How can a library have secrets related to the empire?
The most important secrets in it only record some legends about gods and demons."
What Zhao Ziliang said is true, but it does not tell the whole story.
In addition to recording these, the Royal Library of the Eastern Roman Empire also has many technical books and drawings, such as the raw materials and production of Greek fire.
Craftsmanship, naval ship drawings, smelting process technology, etc.
As the empress dowager, Irina has been in charge of the Eastern Roman Empire for many years, but she has no time to go to the Royal Library and has never found anyone to know about the situation in the library.
Therefore, she does not know much about the Royal Library, but She felt that since Zhao Ziliang had proposed the conditions for this transaction, there must be something in the Royal Library that he valued and was important.
Irina was a little hesitant.
She didn't know what Zhao Ziliang was looking for.
She had to get transcripts of every book in the library.
What was the value of these secrets?
If she agreed to trade with Zhao Ziliang, then this transaction would be Are you at a disadvantage?
Seeing Irina's hesitation, Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Forget it, I think you also have a common problem among women, worrying about gains and losses.
Let's just forget about it.
Just pretend that I didn't say it.
You can do anything else yourself.
Find a way" Irina was so forced by Zhao Ziliang that she didn't care about anything at the moment.
She gritted her teeth and said: "Okay, I promise you."
Zhao Ziliang nodded: "That's right.
Since you have agreed, then the deal has been reached.
Now it has officially entered the transaction completion period.
I will send people to get Alexius's wife, children, and children, and you must get the royal family within three months."
Transcripts of all the books in the library were sent to the official residence of the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty to Liu Chongwen.
No book should be left out, otherwise I will count you as having failed to fulfill the transaction promise.
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When the time comes, I will let you know the consequences of violating the transaction promise.
Is it a problem?"
Irina said seriously: "Don't look down on me, okay?
I am also a king who has been in charge of a huge empire."
"Very good."
Zhao Ziliang crossed his legs and said, "I have thought about this matter.
Instead of sending people to kidnap people, we might as well take Alexius directly to his home in the city, as long as his wife, children and children show up.
In front of us, if we control them calmly, then they will have scruples and dare not speak out and then I will send people to contact your cronies and ask them to send people to replace all the guards and maid slaves in Alexius's house.
They will all be replaced by your people.
As long as his family is in your hands, you will Don’t worry about him betraying you and it won’t attract other people’s attention.
The only people who know about it are you, him and your cronies.”
Irina considered the plan carefully and nodded: "This seems to be a good idea."
Zhao Ziliang said: "If you have no other opinions, just follow this method.
I will get the others ready, and I will take Alexius back to the city in an hour."
"good" Golden Palace.
Constantine was enjoying the coolness in the side hall, eating watermelon chilled with ice cubes taken out from the basement.
This thing was regarded as an artifact to escape the summer heat in this era.
A maid on the left and right sides kept fanning him with a fan. wind.
A black eunuch walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the ministers are all ready in the main hall, waiting for you to discuss matters."
Constantine, who was well aware of the cruelty of court struggles, did not trust the white eunuchs.
On the contrary, these black eunuchs were all slaves, with a pure and honest nature and no scheming.
Therefore, they were trusted by Constantine.
Now under Constantine Most of the eunuchs serving Tan Ding were black eunuchs.
The white eunuchs were all driven to do chores and be responsible for some peripheral affairs of the palace.
Constantine dropped a piece of watermelon rind, and the maid next to him immediately wiped his mouth with a towel.
He asked: "Is Alexius here?"
The black eunuch said: "He hasn't come yet.
If your Majesty, your Majesty, makes a decree, your humble servant will immediately send someone to tell him to come."
Constantine thought to himself that Alexius has not been here for the past few days.
He must be in a bad mood because he has lost his power, and he is afraid that I will attack him.
His behavior is normal.
But Alexius is still useful to me.
He is the backbone of the opposition to my mother and the vanguard of the attack on the rear party.
Moreover, he still has many old troops in Asia Minor.
I still need him to fight against the rear party forces.
Thinking of this, Constantine ordered: "Well, go to the home of General Alexius and ask him to come to the Council Palace to attend the meeting."
"Yes, Your Majesty":