Kang Jing was taken aback, and hurriedly fell to the ground, repeatedly protruding his head: "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not deceive the heart. If anyone wants to be disadvantageous to the Queen Mother, the minister will be the first to fight him!"
All the officials knelt down together, all with pious faces, making the same vows as Kang Jing.
These people are all the nobles of Kangju. In their eyes, Sister Kleia was originally just a slave. In order to maintain peace, she could naturally make sacrifices.
Liu Xin also understands their thoughts. As long as they respect the mother and son of Ban Tuoer, Liu Xin will not embarrass them. He just nodded gently and said, "Get up all. I tell you one thing. Ju is also close to each other, how can we say that the whip is beyond reach? Don’t worry, there is a big man, no one can bully Kang Ju! Get rid of those Parthian messengers, let them tell Aldaban, the Queen Mother Kang Ju immediately It's his birthday, and ask him to send his daughter here as a congratulatory gift to the Queen Mother!"
Kang Jing and the others still didn't believe it. There was a Dawan between Dahan and Kangju, and Dawan was also a stronger existence than Kangju. These Parthian messengers brought news that Dawan had already fought against the big man, which made them feel terrified. However, listening to Liu Xin's meaning, it seemed that the big man had already destroyed Dawan.
But Ban Thiouer was very angry, and said angrily: "What are you doing on your knees! Get up, a bunch of hopeless things! Tell you, there is no more Dawan country from now on, Dawan has been completely incorporated into Dahan's territory! You still use it! Are you afraid of Parthia?"
In fact, when he left Beitian at noon today, Ban Thiouer already knew the news. However, she was anxious to meet Liu Xin, and she had not had time to report the situation to her ministers.
That night, Liu Xin stayed at the Kangju Palace, and the ministers of Kangju also learned about the secret relationship between Liu Xin and Ban Thie. Of course, they also knew that it took only one day for the big man to completely wipe out Dawan. Country. These Kangju nobles are now both respectful and afraid of Liu Xin. What they respect is that with the patron of Dahan, they will no longer have to worry about the threat of Parthia in the future. They are afraid that one day Kangju will also fall. The same fate as Dawan.
The same idea also existed in Ban Thiauer's mind. After *** entertainment, Ban Taoer lay in Liu Xin's arms and asked quietly: "The Han people have a story called "Fake Tufaguo". Now if you want to go west to Daqin, will you be like Dawan? Take the opportunity to destroy our Kangju?"
Liu Xin said sternly, "I already feel that I owe a lot to your mother and son. Kangju is your own family business, so why would I rob it?"
Seeing Liu Xin's dignified face, Ban Taoer couldn't help but laughed, and said, "Okay, don't be so serious, can you still trust you if people make fun of you?"
Liu Xin shook his head and said, "You reprimanded them at the gate of the city today. You said too much. I am worried that they will not be able to stand it, so I rise up to resist."
"What are you afraid of? Fist in my hand!" Bantuier said nonchalantly, "Besides, don't you still have you? It really doesn't work, our mother and son will go to Chang'an to join you, I'm afraid you won't recognize our mother and son by then. ."
Liu Xin said joyfully: "Really, I can't ask for it."
But Ban Thiouer said: "If I went to Chang'an with you, would it still be me? I won't go anywhere, as long as you have our mother and son in your heart."
As he spoke, the sky was already bright. Ban Taoer was tired and didn't know when he fell asleep. But Liu Xin couldn't sleep. He got up in his clothes and looked at Dongfang silently.
This time it was originally a dispute between Dahan and Daqin, and it had nothing to do with surrounding countries. Da Qin wantonly slaughtered the Han merchants. As the emperor, of course he had to slay his master and plead for justice for his people. It is unrealistic to say that there is no relationship at all. When the Han army goes northward, it will always travel through these countries.
But some things that happened one after another revealed a faint trace of conspiracy. Mozhiti has always been friendly with the big man, but was suddenly overthrown. The new Atike puts on a posture to cut off relations with the big man. Caracalla offered to marry Aldaban's daughter at this time, and Aldaban put pressure on Kangju by asking Kleia sisters, together with Wusun and Guishuang's recent changes. All these are intertwined, indicating that there is a huge trap waiting for Liu Xin in the future.
Fortunately, Liu Xin's actions were fast enough and the methods were fierce enough to destroy Dawan within a day, ensuring smooth flow between the Uzbeli Fortress and the Dahan Concession in Parthia. Otherwise, someone would really cut off the way of retreat. may.
Today's Da Qin is no longer the era of Putimius, who only knew to conquer the world by force. Caracalla also knew how to use the tactics of vertical and horizontal tactics, so Liu Xin had to re-examine this powerful opponent.
While Liu Xin was thinking hard about what Caracalla's conspiracy was, there was already a mess in the city of Susa.
Under Liu Xin's heavy pressure, Putimius had to return Taisifeng to Parthia, where it became the capital of Parthia again. But this time, Ardaban did not follow in his father's footsteps, but chose to stay in Susa City.
In the war that ended not long ago, the Han army's devastating attack left a deep impression on Ardaban. He has realized that in order to become the future King of Parthia, having a powerful arm of his own is more important than obtaining the support of his father.
Therefore, when Volojis returned to Taixifeng, Aldaban found a reason to stay in Susa. He knew very well that only when he was out of the sight of Volojis could he do whatever he wanted and develop his strength unscrupulously.
It is not that simple to build an army that is loyal to oneself, and requires strong financial resources as support. Fortunately, the city of Susa was not affected by the war. The local commerce and trade were still developed and provided a lot of tax revenue for Ardaban. This is the reason why Ardaban chose to stay here.
However, it is not enough to have money, but to be able to buy enough armor. Last time, the 300,000 lieutenants who deducted the rent were given to Arshak with 100,000 lieutenants. Volojis himself left 50,000 lieutenants to form a guard. All were given to Aldaban, but he was completely lost in the war.
In desperation, Ardaban sent people to the concession to find Jia Xu, and proposed to collect ten years of rent in advance, which was also deducted by the big man with soldiers. I don't know, Jia Xu refused. If you want a soldier, you can buy it with money. As long as you have money, you can buy as much as you want!
It is not that Ardaban has no money, but his money still needs to be used to recruit soldiers and buy food. If he buys more soldiers, he will be a little stretched.
At this moment, Caracalla suddenly sent an emissary to contact Aldaban, willing to help him free of charge, but also offered a condition that made Aldaban a little embarrassing, that is, Aldaban must marry his daughter Tajina. give him.
Aldaban has two sons and three daughters. Tagina is his youngest daughter, who is only thirteen years old this year. However, although Tagina is only thirteen years old, the alien girl develops early and looks like a slim girl. Coupled with her exquisite face and white skin, she is already famous in Parthia. Little beauty.
Originally, girls married at the age of twelve or thirteen, which is very common in Parthia. It's just that Ardaban loved this little daughter the most, and Caracalla was a few years older than him, so Ardaban didn't agree.
Who knows, Caracalla was determined to marry Tagina, and sent emissaries to urge him several times, and finally gave a confession. If Ardaban refused to agree, he would choose to cooperate with Arshak.
It turned out that when Putimius captured Tessie-Fon a few years ago, not only the concubines and daughters of Volojis, but also the wives and daughters of many Parthian nobles were not spared, among them Al Daban's wives and concubines, as well as his eldest daughter Caroline and second daughter Stacia. When Putimius was rewarding the spoils, Caracalla picked out the sisters.
Caracalla is not short of women, but this pair of foreign royal girls is his favorite. Caracalla attended various banquets and watched gladiatorial competitions. He would take the sisters with him and boast of their beauty to the people around them.
Everyone wants to please Caracalla, and inevitably they will also praise a few words, say something like Parthia is beautiful. Unexpectedly, there was a great Qin noble who was not convinced, and pulled out a new Greek beauty that he had acquired, and compared the pair of sisters.
At this time, the sisters had long forgotten the hatred of subjugation, fearing that they would lose Caracalla’s favor, and even boasted of the beauty of their little sister Tagina in front of Caracalla, saying that there is nothing in the sky and nothing in the earth, just like the world The first beauty. Caracalla was itchy to hear that, I wish I could fly to Parthia now to hug the beauty, so as to save my face. It's just that Daqin and Parthiya have always had a bad relationship, and Tagina is the daughter of Aldaban and the granddaughter of Volojis, and Caracalla can only look forward to sigh.
People are not as good as heaven. In order to deal with the big man, Karakala tried his best to win over all the forces, which naturally included Parthia. He sent three missions to contact Volojis, Arsac and Ardaban respectively. As a result, Volojis was not asking about political affairs for a long time. Arsac was quite disgusted with Daqin, and only Ardaban expressed cooperation. intention. Moreover, Caracalla found that Aldaban urgently needed Da Qin's support, so he offered such a condition and used it as a threat.
Although this trick is not clever, it just hit Aldaban's weakness. His strength was not as good as Arshak. If he loses the support of Caracalla, he will lose and lose, and in this life he will not be able to realize the dream of the King of Parthia. Weighing the pros and cons, Aldaban had to reluctantly agree to marry Tagina to Caracalla who was older than him, and according to Caracalla's instructions, asked Kangju to ask Kleia to be a dowry. In fact, Parthia does not lack dowry women, Caracalla's move is to force Kang Ju to choose a side team.