After staying in Napoca for five days, Zhao Ziliang and his party, accompanied by Gray Lin, headed to Budapest, which is the royal court of the Avar Khanate.
Four hundred years ago, the Huns set up their royal court in Budapest.
After the fall of the Huns, the Gepids occupied this place for a hundred years and also set it up as their royal tent.
Under the leadership of the people, they then migrated all the way from the east and entered the Pannonian Plain.
Together with the Lombards, they attacked the Gepids from the east and north.
The Gepids soon disappeared in the long river of history.
During the period, the Avars monopolized the Pannonian Plain and established the Avars Khanate with Budapest as its royal court, while its allies, the Lombards, had to go south to find a place to live.
They crossed the Alps and invaded northern Italy.
The region and long-term occupation disillusioned Emperor Justinian's thirty-year dream of restoring the Roman Empire's heyday, and they established the Lombard Kingdom in northern Italy.
The Avars were another barbarian tribe after the Huns who migrated from the Mobei grasslands in the east and caused great disasters on the European continent.
They have lived in the Pannonian Plain for nearly two hundred years.
Over the past two hundred years, they have continued to The civilized countries and barbarian tribes that sent troops to plunder the surrounding areas still maintained their own traditional beliefs and customs and had not been penetrated by Western Christianity.
Until this time, most of them still lived in tents without any military defense measures.
For the barbarians, their natural enemies are civilized countries.
In these hundreds of years, the Eastern Roman Empire was the most civilized country in the Western world.
Therefore, the Eastern Roman Empire also became the biggest enemy of the Avars.
The Avars often The rate of their Khan king Under their leadership, they coerced the Slavs and Bulgars in the Balkans to invade Serbia, Macedonia and Thrace in the Eastern Roman Empire.
They united with the Persian Empire in the East and even reached the city of Constantinople and almost broke through.
This majestic city.
The current Khan of the Avars is called Tutun.
He is a middle-aged man who is nearly forty years old.
His comfortable life and frequent internal strife have caused the Avars to lose the opportunity to expand externally.
In the past half century, the Avars have People gradually lost their bloodiness and strong combat effectiveness.
Until in recent years, the Frankish people in the west The small-scale invasion of the border areas shattered Tutun's dream.
Tutun wanted to restore the glory of its ancestors and reorganize its armaments, but it seemed that it was too late.
The current Frankish Kingdom was no longer living in Gaul.
A small tribe, it has grown into a powerful kingdom.
"Oh, my lovely niece, I heard that your father sent someone to tell you that you strayed into the territory of the Bulgars while hunting and were captured by them.
I was sad for a long time after I got the news.
I thought I would never see you again.
I can’t see you anymore."
Tutun came forward very excitedly after seeing Grayling and said.
Grayling said: "It's really a sin to make the Khan worry.
Let me introduce to you.
This is Wang Laoer, a guest from the East.
He is a businessman.
I was sold by slave traders all the way to Constantinople." , it was Wang Laoer who saved me.
With their care and protection along the way, I was able to return to King Avar Khan safely.
They were preparing to do business along the way and headed west.
I escorted them to Budapest on my father's order.
Then we have to go to the Frankish Kingdom.”
Tutun looked at Zhao Ziliang and others with a smile on his face.
Zhao Ziliang clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Greetings to the Khan.
I hope our arrival will not disturb the lives of the Avars."
Tutun said: "You and your servants are very welcome, my Eastern friends.
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I don't know what you and your caravan have brought."
Zhao Ziliang introduced: "My caravan has brought oriental silk, brocade, exquisite porcelain, precious paper and sharp swords, many oriental specialties.
I believe you and your leaders and generals will like these things." " Tutun was very happy: "Oh, really?
I have always heard that Eastern silk and brocade are very smooth and soft when worn on the body, just like a girl's skin.
I really can't wait, please" Zhao Ziliang and others immediately walked into his royal tent in Budapest with Tumen.
The goods brought by the caravan were greatly liked by the Avars, and the transaction between the two parties was smooth and pleasant.
The Avars were very wealthy.
During the two hundred years since they entered the Pannonian Plain, they had been plundering all over the place and accumulated a large amount of gold and silver.
They were very generous in transactions, and all transactions were paid with real gold and silver. , Zhao Ziliang can be said to have made a lot of money this time.
The next day, Zhao Ziliang brought Zhang Huchen and two guards to the king's tent again to ask for Tutun.
He cupped his fists and said, "Dear King Khan, I have a special gift for you.
I hope you like it."
Tutun laughed when he heard this and said, "I wonder what gift Brother Wang has for me?"
Zhao Ziliang waved back, and a guard brought a tray covered with yellow cloth, "Please accept it, Khan" A maid next to Tutun came forward to take the tray and delivered it to him.
Another maid came over and uncovered the yellow cloth covering the tray.
There was an exquisite sheathed dagger placed on the tray.
The dagger was inlaid with three gems.
Tutun fell in love with it at first sight.
He picked up the dagger with one hand and pulled out the dagger with the other hand.
A ray of cold light suddenly appeared, making Tutun narrow his eyes involuntarily.
Zhao Ziliang said: "Khan, this short sword was forged by the most skilled swordsmith in the Western Qin Kingdom in three years.
It is extremely tough and can cut iron like mud.
Just the three gems on the scabbard are worth a fortune. " Tutun didn't care much about the gems on the scabbard.
He had countless gold, silver and jewelry in his treasure house.
What he was curious about was the sharpness of the dagger.
He raised his head and asked: "You said it is extremely sharp?
"Iron is like clay."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Yes, Khan, you can bring any weapon and chop it with it.
As long as it has the slightest chip, I will give you ten more pieces of silk."
Tutun was greatly excited and immediately shouted: "Come here, call all the generals, tribal leaders and ministers, and prepare three of the sharpest weapons.
I want to test the sharpness of this dagger myself." " "Yes, King Khan" Not long after, some ministers, nobles and generals arrived one after another.
They heard that Zhao Ziliang, an Eastern businessman, gave the Khan a weapon and threatened that no weapon in the Avar Khanate could match its sharpness.
I had to test it myself.
All of these people were very angry.
They clearly looked down upon the Avar Khanate for not having precious swords and sharp weapons.
Princess Graylin is also here.
She is the fiancée of the youngest son of King Tutun Khan.
She has been obsessed with her fiancé these days.
She came immediately after hearing the news.
She walked to Zhao Ziliang and asked in a low voice Said: "What's going on?
This joke can't be made casually.
Your behavior has insulted all Avars."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said, "Don't worry."
Almost all the people who had been notified arrived.
Tutun stood up from the throne and said: "Today, this guest from the East gave Ben Khan a gift, which is a dagger.
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He said that this dagger can cut iron as hard as clay and is sharp.
Incomparable, so this Khan sent someone to ask you to come over and see how sharp this dagger is.
Come and bring the weapon to test the sword."
The three waiters brought a scimitar made by the Avars themselves, a big sword produced in the Eastern Roman Empire and a Damascus scimitar.
In addition to the scimitar forged by the Avars themselves, the big sword and the Damascus scimitar were The knives were snatched from the Eastern Roman Empire many years ago.
Now that Damascus has become the land of the Western Qin, it is no longer easy to see authentic Damascus scimitars.
Tutun picked up the scimitar made by the Avars, and then asked a waiter to hold the dagger given to him by Zhao Ziliang.
The two stood face to face.
Tumen raised his sword and slashed at the dagger.
He only heard a click, and he The scimitar in his hand broke into two pieces, and the other half fell to the ground with a clang.
Tutun looked at the neat cuts on the broken end of the half-cut scimitar, and suddenly took a breath, and suddenly felt happy.
He dropped the half-cut scimitar, picked up the big sword again and slashed at the short sword.
Everyone They all stared wide-eyed, hoping that Tumen would cut off the dagger with a sword, but contrary to expectations, it was still the big sword in Tutun's hand that was broken this time.
The neat and smooth fracture made everyone's expressions change.
Looking at the dagger with no chip on the edge, everyone's eyes in the big tent were full of eagerness and desire.
There is only the last Damascus scimitar left.
Tutun is the owner of this Damascus scimitar.
It was snatched from the hands of a noble general when his ancestors led his people to attack the Eastern Roman Empire more than a hundred years ago. , this knife killed many Avar warriors and cut off many weapons at that time.
At this time, Zhao Ziliang said: "King Khan, this dagger also has a special function.
I hope I can demonstrate this function to you in person.
Please allow me."
Someone immediately objected: "No, who knows if you have good intentions or not.
If you have weapons in your hands, it will pose a threat to King Khan, and we will never agree."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "King Tutun Khan is a descendant of the great Boyan Khan.
His ancestors' blood flows in his body.
He is born to be a brave and fearless warrior.
How can he be afraid of me, a businessman?
And there are so many warriors in this big tent." , even if I hold a weapon, I cannot threaten or harm King Khan."
There was a lot of discussion in the big tent.
Tumen immediately waved his hand and said: "I promise you, come and give him the dagger."
Zhao Ziliang took the dagger and pulled hard on the spherical guard with his left hand.
The spherical guard instantly rotated at high speed and said to Tutun: "King Khan, please" "Ha!"
Tutun shouted loudly, and slashed his head with the Damascus scimitar in his hand.
Zhao Ziliang raised the short sword and put it on his head.
With a "dang" sound, Tutun took two steps back with the scimitar before standing still, while Zhao Ziliang also pretended to be pretentious.
He took two steps back.
Someone next to him immediately shouted: "Look, the scimitar in King Khan's hand is not damaged at all."
Tutun looked down and then looked up at Zhao Ziliang, "Brother Wang, it seems that this short sword can't cut everything."
Before Tutun finished speaking, he saw the Damascus scimitar in his hand instantly shattered into countless pieces and hung on the ground, leaving only a handle.
Tutun was stunned: "This" Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "King Khan, this is a special function of this dagger I mentioned.
As long as you push the circular guard with your hand and let it rotate quickly, the dagger can shatter the enemy's weapons."
Tutun was immediately overjoyed.
He quickly grabbed the dagger from Zhao Ziliang's hand and shouted as if he couldn't put it down: "Good, good treasure, good treasure":