Until the sun rises high in the sky, no one has collected the corpses of city guards in the streets and alleys of Lagata.
Citizens are hiding at home and dare not go out.
People can only secretly open windows or doors, leaving a gap to watch. , no one dared to go to the corpse and look at it.
There was not a single person on the street, except for a few wild dogs occasionally sniffing the smell of blood on the ground.
The bustling and bustling scenes of the past, with people and cars coming and going, were completely gone.
At this time, Lagata Business District is like a dead city.
A large ship stopped at a pier on the shore of the Golden Horn waterway, and a carriage got off the ship.
This humble carriage was actually escorted by a dozen warriors with swords.
There was not a single person on the pier.
When the ship docked, the boatmen on the ship tied the cables to the pier themselves.
But then the boatmen were frightened by the situation in the pier and fell down, waiting for the grooms to drive the horses and pull the carriages ashore.
Entering the pier, they saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the open space of the pier.
These corpses were wearing the standard leather armor of the City Guards.
Some swords and guns were scattered on the ground.
Blood flowed all over the ground and turned reddish brown.
The carriage stopped, and Irina asked: "Why did it stop?"
The groom in front said: "Madam, there are more than a dozen corpses of city guard soldiers in front of us."
Tarasius opened the curtains of the car, and Irina saw through the car window more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground.
These corpses were scattered widely.
It seemed that most of them were killed during the escape. , it was obvious that these people were killed from the beginning.
Irina's face was terrifyingly gloomy, and she asked in a deep voice: "Tarrasius, were these city guards killed by Zhao Ziliang's people?
How many people did he have in total?
How many city guards did Lagata have?"
How many of his people have such strong combat power?
Didn't you say that he had less than fifty people left in the end?
After another two hours of fighting, these people were able to kill all the city guards of Lagata."
Tarasius said: "Your Majesty, there are more than a thousand city guards here.
Maybe you won't believe that Zhao Ziliang can kill so many city guards with the fifty men he has left.
In fact, I don't either.
I believe it, but this is a fact.
Many citizens hiding at home saw it last night."
The carriage walked out of the pier and walked along the riverside street towards the Qin's Trading Company office.
Along the way, the corpses of the city guards lying on the ground could be seen from time to time.
Irina's face became increasingly ugly.
At this moment, she felt something strange.
The dignity of the Roman Empire was insulted and trampled upon as never before.
"This person went too far.
He slaughtered our patrol soldiers without any scruples.
Do you really think we are easy to bully?"
Irina's face turned livid with anger, and she clenched her fists with both hands.
Tarasius said quickly: "Your Majesty, the situation is stronger than the people.
We were at fault first.
Of course they are using the topic to vent their anger.
We are going to reach an understanding with Zhao Ziliang this time, not to find trouble.
Your Majesty, please exercise restraint when you go there.
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If you fall out, I can't guarantee your Majesty's safety."
Irina gritted her teeth and said: "We are actually threatened by others in our own land, and we have to humble ourselves to seek peace."
"There is no way.
If the empire is stronger than the Western Qin Kingdom, do you think Zhao Ziliang dares to openly kill our city guards in Constantinople?
He did it clearly knowing that we don't dare to do anything to him, and even if we don't care Even if we gather all the people to attack him, we are not completely sure that we can keep him.
Your Majesty may not know yet, but he is not only a king and a general, but also a king.
And he is also a cultivator, a cultivator with unfathomable combat power.
As long as such a cultivator wants to leave, almost no one can keep him.
If he escapes back to the Western Qin Kingdom, what awaits us will be the menacing Xi Qin Kingdom.
The Qin army has invaded.
This has already happened.
All we can do now is to calm down the matter.
If it were you in his place, I'm afraid you would be safe."
Irina was silent for a while and asked: "What if he holds on to this matter?"
Tarasius said: "Your Majesty, he is not entirely justified in this matter.
At least in the massacre of our city guard soldiers, he is unjust.
This is our land after all, and he is an outsider.
No matter how reasonable he is, he cannot massacre our city guards.
As long as His Majesty holds on to this matter, he will have to give in."
The corpses and blood in Qin's Commercial Bank office have been cleaned up.
The ground inside and outside the courtyard is wet, but the temperature is high now, and the ground has dried before noon.
In the lobby, Bulgar businessman Tramcz said to Zhao Ziliang with an apologetic look: "Brother Wang, it's all my fault that this happened.
If I hadn't sold that batch of goods to you, if I hadn't entrusted you with the purchase, Goods, this thing wouldn't have happened, and you wouldn't have lost so many brothers.
I'm really ashamed of you."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Brother Tramtz, I can't blame you for this.
Since we are doing business with you, we are already prepared to compete with our opponents.
The Byzantines want to use official power to suppress us, and we in Western Qin are also We are not afraid of them.
Didn't they obediently withdraw the official personnel?
They sent mercenaries to deal with us.
We are not at the mercy of others.
If they want to kill us, we also made them pay a heavy price.
Tramtz Brother, if you have goods in the future, you can transport them to our West Qin Sell.
If you want to buy any goods, you can also go to our Western Qin to purchase them.
Our Western Qin’s embargo terms on your Bulgar Khanate are much looser.
We also have a large trade market in the Kerch Port of the Khazar Protectorate. , why don't you go there right now Although Chigang is not as good as Constantinople, our laws in the Western Qin Dynasty protect fair competition.
As long as business activities are conducted within the scope of the law, the government will not interfere in the competition between merchants.
At the same time, it also protects fair competition. legitimate business interests” Tramtz sighed: "Brother Wang, to tell you the truth, I also want to transport the goods to Kerch Port for sale, and then purchase a batch of goods there to return.
However, there are several reasons that prevent me from making the trip.
First of all, there are Pechenegs, Magyars, and Mordovans between our Bulgar Khanate and the Western Qin Kingdom.
These tribes have enmity with us and we have to pass through them.
It is simply impossible to occupy the territory; secondly, we Bulgars are not good at shipbuilding and navigation.
Even if we want to go to Western Qin by sea, there are no ships; thirdly, I have never been to Kerch Port and am not familiar with it.
You know The goods I brought this time are all the property of our clan.
If there is any loss, I don’t know how to face all the clan members."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and admitted that what Tramtz said was a very realistic situation.
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He thought for a while and said: "If you look for deep water to build a seaport on the west coast of the Black Sea, I believe there will be merchants from the Western Qin Dynasty to sail their merchant ships there.
There will even be Western Qin merchants who use ships to help you transport goods, and you only need to pay the shipping fee."
Tramtz said: "It's not that no one has thought this way, but the tribes entrenched on the west coast of the Black Sea are very conservative and exclusive.
They don't want anyone to disturb their lives.
Other tribes in our Bulgar Khanate have repeatedly suggested that their The leader built docks and ports on the seaside, but was resolutely rejected every time.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "So that's the case, but if your goods go by sea, there will be no port where they will dock."
"There is no port, but there are small docks.
Although the Bulgar Khanate was blocked by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was not completely inaccessible to the outside world.
Some bold businessmen bribed the villages near the sea and built several small docks.
"If you can't dock a big ship, you can still dock a small boat.
Our big ship can park in the deep water area and use a small boat to transport the goods ashore.
Although it is more time-consuming and laborious, this is the only way we can do it."
When Tramtz said this, he asked: "I don't know when the batch of goods I need can be completely purchased and when it can be put on the ship."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Don't worry about this.
Since I promised you, I will definitely help you get this done.
All materials can be purchased within two days, loaded on the ship within four days, and can set sail in five days."
Tramcz was overjoyed and stood up and made a Bulgarian courtesy to Zhao Ziliang, "Then everything will be done by Brother Lao Wang."
At this time, Zhang Bi came over and reported: "Sir, Patriarch Tarasius wishes to see you."
Seeing that there were guests coming to visit, Tramcz quickly said to Zhao Ziliang: "Since Brother Wang has guests, I will go away and visit again in two days."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to Zhang Bi: "Send Brother Tramtz off for me."
"yes" Zhang Bi sent Tramci away, and Liang Zhenwu soon led Tarasius and Irina in disguise over, "Sir, the Queen Mother Irina and the Patriarch Tarasius are here."
Zhao Ziliang stood up, and Irina and Tarasius saluted him respectively: "Excuse me."
Zhao Ziliang didn't give them a good look, but he still pointed to the chair next to him: "Sit down."
The three of them sat down respectively.
Zhao Ziliang's eyes swept over the two of them, stopping on Tarasius's face and asked: "I am relatively familiar with the Queen Mother Elena, and I am the first with the Patriarch.
It’s the first time we’ve met or we’ve met before, so there seems to be a familiar feeling.”
Could it be that he discovered something?
Tarasius's heart jumped, and he quickly bowed to Zhao Ziliang: "In my memory, it seems that I have never seen His Majesty the Holy King before.
Maybe all the clergy in the West are dressed like me.
His appearance seems familiar to His Majesty the Holy King."
"Really?
That's probably true."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Then what are you doing here today?"
Tarasius glanced at Irina, and then said to Zhao Ziliang: "His Majesty the Holy King, by the order of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, Tarasius came to see you and discuss with you a proper way to deal with what happened last night."
Zhao Ziliang sneered in his heart and asked, "How are you going to deal with this matter?"
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