"You see, Queen Mother Irina is in trouble.
There is no one she can trust around her.
Even if there is someone she can trust, she does not have enough force to protect her.
As her friend, I feel that I cannot stand by and watch.
Today Irina Na asked for my help and asked me to lend her a loyal and powerful guard.
You know that as a friend, I cannot refuse such a request.
After thinking about it, you are the most suitable one.
Do you agree?"
Bart thought for a while and said: "As a soldier loyal to you, your orders are the guideline for all my actions."
Zhao Ziliang nodded with satisfaction, reached out and patted Bart on the shoulder: "Okay, from now on, you will protect Irina's safety.
You can recruit some soldiers to train them.
Specifically, you obey Irina's orders, and her The order is my order.
The term of the order I give you is ten years.
During these ten years, you must protect her safety with your life.
After ten years, you will return to the Holy Mountain Castle."
"Yes, my Majesty, Bart will resolutely implement your order, protect the safety of the Queen Mother Irina from now on, and return to the Holy Mountain Castle in ten years."
Zhao Ziliang turned to Irina and said: "Bart is left to you.
He is not a slave, he is a free man, and a trustworthy warrior.
You can use the warrior's force, but you cannot tarnish the warrior's glory."
Irina nodded, looked at Bart, and said, "My safety will be left to you."
Bart pressed his sword and bowed: "I am willing to serve you."
Zhao Ziliang watched Bart escort Irina into the Hagia Sophia but did not leave immediately.
He walked around with his hands behind his back until Irina stood at the top of the church and waved to him, with a young man standing next to him.
The old clergyman and Bart, he turned and left.
In the church, Thalassius whispered: "Your Majesty, he is gone."
Irina closed her eyes, and after a while she opened them and turned to Bart: "Bart, I want to talk to the archbishop alone for a while, can you wait outside?"
Bart lowered his head, bowed and walked away.
Thalassius bent down and saluted Irina, "Your Majesty, ever since I heard that Ferlandrius led troops to break into the Holy Apostles Cathedral and Your Majesty escaped under the protection of the guards, I have been extremely anxious until It was only after dawn that I received the news that His Majesty had taken refuge in the residence of the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty, and I felt relieved.
However, the next morning I went to the envoy's residence to see His Majesty, but was Liu Chongwen blocked the way, and I felt relieved again.
I was worried about what the people of Western Qin might do to you.
I have sent people to keep an eye on you at the envoy's residence these two days, hoping that you would see your figure, but you have never been seen.
Your news: Many incidents have occurred in the city in the past few days, causing people to panic.
I was really worried about your accident.
Now that I see that you are safe and sound, I feel relieved."
Irina said: "I have made you worry.
I came here and want to stay here for a while.
Can you arrange it?"
Tarasius hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, of course it's okay for you to live here, but after all, people come and go here.
I'm worried that someone will recognize you if the emperor knows that you are here."
Irina smiled and said: "Constantine probably didn't know I was here.
I came out in disguise that day.
The person watching probably didn't recognize me.
He thought I was still hiding in the envoy's residence.
The reason why I came Here, just because there are so many people here, who would think that I would hide here?"
Tarasius thought for a while and nodded: "What you said makes sense.
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I will send someone to make arrangements right now."
"Wait a minute."
Irina stopped Tarasius, thought for a while and said, "I have been around Zhao Ziliang these days, and I have not found him doing anything detrimental to our country, but his identity is there, and he is born He is destined to be our enemy.
Just because he has not done anything detrimental to us now does not mean that he will not do it in the future.
This person is too dangerous.
If I were still in power now, I would never let him go and let him stay here forever.
Even with the Western Qin Kingdom I wouldn't hesitate to start a full-scale war.
I've been trying to keep an eye on him these past few days, but he always finds excuses to push me away.
Write down where you go, who you meet, and what you do.
Remember, the people around him are very powerful, so don’t get too close.
I don’t want him to know that I am sending people to follow him, which will cause harm between us.
The deterioration of the relationship is very dangerous for me at this time."
"Yes, I understand" The next morning, Zhao Ziliang had just gotten up when he heard Zhang Bi coming to report: "Your Majesty, a Bulgar businessman from Trams wants to see you and says he has made an appointment with you."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "I didn't expect this guy to be so persistent.
You go ahead.
I'll wash up and go over."
"yes" The docks and ports on both sides of the Golden Horn Bay are a very beautiful scenery.
Merchant ships come and go frequently here, and the daily cargo throughput is an astonishing number.
At the same time, this is also the most vulnerable location to be attacked by foreign enemies.
As long as it can pass through the blockade of the sea-blocking iron chain, warships can sail into the Golden Horn.
However, they must first deal with the naval fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire.
If they are blocked In the Golden Horn, the fun is great.
This is a strategic location, and he had never taken the time before.
Now that he has time, Zhao Ziliang naturally wants to check out both sides of the Golden Horn Bay and have some fun.
Tramtz asked Zhao Ziliang for help, so he naturally accompanied him all the way, and they ended up shopping all morning.
At noon, Tramtz invited him to a tavern by the dock for dinner, and in the afternoon he went to the dock warehouse to inspect the goods.
Zhao Ziliang took Qin Zipeng, the shopkeeper of Qin's caravan, around the warehouse and asked: "We are doing a big business, and we don't want to calculate the price of a piece of skin or a pound of wool with you.
What do you plan to do with all these goods?"
How much does it sell for?”
Tramtz was obviously prepared.
He said: "I have more than two hundred fine fox skins, three leopard skins, more than five hundred wolf skins, and more than four hundred deer skins; as well as antelope horns, More than 400 pairs of antlers each, 85,000 sheepskins, and cowhide Twenty-three thousand sheets, two hundred bags of wool, and dried sheep whips, bull whips, and deer whips.
More than five thousand deputy kings and brothers are heroic people.
We men on the Bulgar grassland are also heroic people.
I am not either.
Quote a high price, this batch of goods totals twelve thousand gold dollars."
Zhao Ziliang didn't understand the market conditions of these goods.
He turned to Qin Zipeng and asked: "What do you think?"
Qin Zipeng whispered in Zhao Ziliang's ear: "This batch of goods is good.
I made a rough estimate.
The market price of this batch of goods should be between 13,000 gold yuan and 15,000 gold yuan.
He did not take advantage of us.
It can be said to be the lowest price.
It is July now.
If the price of this batch of goods is more than doubled in two months, I think this price is very good."
"Yeah."
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Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to Tramtz: "Okay, just follow the price mentioned by the Tramtz brothers.
Pay the deposit today, and I will send someone to move the goods tomorrow.
Come then, Manager Qin, give me money" Qin Zipeng took out a stack of gold tickets, counted out one thousand gold yuan and handed it to Tramzi.
After taking it, Tramzi looked at it and said with a smile on his face: "That's right, I'll have someone write a note.
You can tell me tomorrow."
Bring someone here with the papers, I'll wait for you here, what do you think?"
Zhao Ziliang had no objection and agreed: "Okay."
After leaving the dock, Qin Zipeng was a little puzzled and asked: "The quality of this batch of goods is indeed very good.
I really don't understand why this batch of goods cannot be sold here."
Zhao Ziliang said: "This is not surprising.
In the end, among all the merchants in Constantinople, the local merchants are the most powerful.
And the Eastern Roman Empire and the Bulgar Khanate are feuding.
It is normal for the local merchants to suppress Tramci. , as long as they let it out, how can foreign merchants dare to buy his goods?
Even if they accept his goods, can they be shipped out?
The relationship between local merchants and local government It can be said that it is so complicated that as long as he shouts a little louder, he will be detained without even getting out of the Golden Horn.
He is already very abiding by the rules without using official force to check this batch of goods.
I guess it is the local businessman who wants to force him to be humble.
He was unwilling to deal with it at a low price, but he was unwilling to do so.
After all, the value of this batch of goods was huge.
If it hadn't been a desperate situation, he would have refused to deal with it at a low price."
Qin Zipeng was a little worried, "If it's as you guessed, then aren't we trying to intercept Hu?
After receiving the news, those local businessmen are afraid they won't let us go.
When they use official relations, our goods will still not be shipped."
If you leave the Golden Horn, you will be in big trouble."
Zhao Ziliang's eyes widened: "They dare to say that this batch of goods does not contain any contraband.
If they dare to detain our goods without reason, we will let them know that we are not so easy to mess with."
One day later, Qin Zipeng brought people and carriages to move the goods, but Zhao Ziliang did not come.
After the transaction was completed, Tramcz pulled Qin Zipeng and asked: "Shopkeeper Qin, why didn't Brother Wang come?
Didn't he tell me yesterday that he would come?"
Qin Zipeng smiled and said: "Our boss has a lot of things to do.
We can't be involved in every business."
Tramtz thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder if Brother Wang will be free tomorrow.
Can I go and visit?"
"That's not good to say" For several days in a row, Tramtz went to Qin's Trading Company to visit Zhao Ziliang every day, but every time Zhao Ziliang stopped.
He visited the inner and outer cities of Constantinople in the past few days, and even took a boat to Went for a walk around the Sea of Marmara.
It wasn't until the fifth day that he came back from outside and heard Zhang Bi report again: "Sir, that Tramtz is here again."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Then let's meet.
He is quite sincere.
Otherwise, he would come here every day.
You go and say hello first, and I will change my clothes and go."
"yes" After a while, Zhao Ziliang came to the lobby.
Tramtz quickly stood up and greeted him according to the etiquette of the Bulgars.
Zhao Ziliang clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I have been busy with other business outside these days, so let the Tramtz brothers run away like this."
Many times, I’m really sorry, please sit down.”
"Thank you very much" After the tea was delivered, Zhao Ziliang asked: "I heard from my subordinates that Brother Tramtz has something to do with me."
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Tramtz said: "Yes, I want to ask Brother Wang for a favor.
Last time I heard that you were planning to go west and pass through the Bulgar Khanate, so I wanted to ask Brother Wang for a favor."
"Please tell me if I can do it" "Brother Wang also knows that we Bulgars and the Eastern Roman Empire are feuding.
It is not easy for me to come to Constantinople this time.
I won't come once in several years.
So I want to buy a batch of goods when I go back this time.
You also know In order to prevent us from becoming too big, the Eastern Roman Empire has embargoed many supplies and goods to us.
Even if we buy them here, they cannot be shipped out, so I would like to ask Brother Wang will help you purchase a batch of goods in your name.
My caravan will go with Brother Wang’s caravan.
I will also ask Brother Wang to help with checkpoints along the way.
Of course, I will bear all the expenses required.
As long as you leave the Eastern Roman Empire, There will be no problem in the Thrace region.
Brother Wang, please be sure to visit my tribe when the time comes.
I will welcome you and your caravan with the most solemn etiquette."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "I wonder what material you want to buy?"
Tramci then took out a list and handed it to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang took it and read it again, raised his head and said: "Many of these materials are embargoed by the Eastern Roman Empire to the Bulgar Khanate.
Even if they are purchased in my name, There is no way to pass the checkpoints along the way to the west.
Think about it, the Eastern Roman garrison at the checkpoints along the way know that I am transported to the Bulgar Khanate.
Will they let me go?
Even if I am from the Western Qin Dynasty, they will not let me go."
Tramtz was a little anxious, "Is there no other way?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to solve.
Just don't take the land route.
Instead, take the water route to ship across the strait and enter the Black Sea.
You first sail north for two days and then turn west."
Tramtz said: "What you said is indeed a good idea, but I don't have a fleet, and I can't transport the goods even if I have them.
The fleets in the Golden Horn, both sides of the strait and the Sea of Marmara are almost all It’s owned by a private trading company.
They can’t help me transport the goods.
Where can I find a fleet?”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Well, since we are already business partners, I will help you find a fleet to help you transport the goods to the coast of the Bulgar Khanate.
As for the freight, you need to pay it. , I will put this cargo on the ship in my name, and I will send people to handle it for you until it enters the Black Sea.
After leaving the strait, the rest is up to you."
Tramz was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Thank you, thank you Brother Wang.
I know that when I meet Brother Wang, I have met a true friend.
Brother Wang must take your caravan to the tribe I go to.
I must be with all the tribes."
The tribesmen thank you, won’t your caravan come with us by sea and land?”
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "I want to visit the Thrace region and walk along the way.
Since I want to go west, how can I not take the journey in Thrace?
As for your tribe, I will definitely take the caravan to visit it
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