Vincenzo seemed very strange at this moment. He originally thought that the Yao Mozi in Africa was caused by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. After all, this circle is so small. It was not their tenth knight who caused it. I am afraid that they are qualified to take the blame. There is only Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
However, now Vincenzo noticed that the Xiliang Cavalry was heading towards the position he observed from another direction. As for running away after finishing the work, it was not that Vincenzo looked down on Li Jue and others, but that I can honestly say that the Xiliang Cavalry is really unworthy.
Why can the Tenth Knight led by Vincenzo become the largest evil force in Africa? Is it because the Tenth Knight is stronger?
In fact, it is not the case. Even if the Tenth Knight is slightly stronger than the cavalry headquarters led by San Sha, its strength is limited. There is no such a gap in the power structure. What really makes the gap between the two sides wider is mobility.
After the Xiliang cavalry discovered the birth of a certain evil god force, Vincenzo immediately went to cut off the beard. What is high-end? This is high-end, simple, rough and unpretentious.
The three fools had nothing to do against Vincenzo. If other opponents dared to steal the things from the three fools, the three fools would do it directly. After all, the nature of banditry is not a joke, but if it were the tenth knight, there would be nothing he could do. He was so powerful. In essence, they can only target opponents weaker than them.
The tenth knight's tortoise punch is still very intimidating. When everyone is equally strong, there is a basis for sitting and talking. As for the three stupid eyesight, Vincenzo has this capital, and he is not as bragging as other opponents. It's different from the situation of exploding and being hammered to death on the battlefield. The tenth knight can stand upright against the Xiliang cavalry.
This is the qualification, so you grab mine and I grab yours. These are the rules of the game.
Therefore, Vincenzo discovered that the Xiliang cavalry were also rushing here, and immediately stopped panicking. Since it was not Li Jue and others who caused it, Vincenzo didn't mind waiting for Li Jue and the others here, and then compete with them. With a quick speed, he snatched the things away from the three fools.
In a fight, they may not be able to win very neatly, but if they run away, the Tenth Knight has absolute confidence in facing the Xiliang cavalry, so they are prepared to use their face to deal damage.
So after half a day, after Vincenzo had even boiled the tea, the Xiliang Cavalry appeared on the horizon like a tank, and drove from the horizon to the tenth knight. It was time for a cup of tea. .
"Isn't this Marquis Chiyang?" Wenqin Leo even changed the tea before Li Jue and others came over with a dark face.
Li Jue was not afraid of fighting, but Vincent Leo's lack of fighting made Li Jue very disgusted.
"I'm getting ready to leave Africa. Don't get in the way." Li Jue looked at Vincenzo holding the silver teapot and suspected that he had made it on the spot, and his mood became even worse.
"I didn't expect Marquis Chiyang to leave now." Vincenzo laughed, "I thought there was no place in Rome that didn't provide good hospitality."
"I'm tired of playing, and I'm going to find a place to rest. I'll go south to the southernmost part of Africa, and then cross the sea to another continent. You Romans are awesome, I won't accept it." Li Jue said with a rare compliment. Although this man is a robber , but this person recognizes the reality that strength maintains dignity.
The Tenth Knight has enough strength, and he also has the huge power of the Roman Empire behind him, so Li Jue is free and easy to win or lose, and he can also follow the rules. If it were replaced with other things, Li Jue would directly run over him. He only has enough huge size and Only tyrannical strength can make Li Jue sit down and talk.
"Ah, that's it. Why don't we prepare a ship for you?" Vincenzo heard the sincerity in Li Jue's voice, and all the little things before him were instantly forgotten.
As long as Li Jue and others do not cause trouble, they will still be allies of the Roman Empire. Their tyrannical strength is the most basic support for maintaining fairness in exchanges between countries.
The Roman Empire recognized Li Jue's strength, and reluctantly recognized Li Jue's status as a border Duke. Of course, Rome recognized the border Dukes of the Han Dynasty. So far, it has recognized Yuan Tan, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou. Added together, they can barely count as a Duke of Border County.
As for the Yuan family, they were beaten, but the Roman Empire still recognized the opponent's strength.
"If there's a big ship, I'll take it." Li Jue's majesty was instantly forgotten, and he once again turned into his previous image of being generous.
"We are also studying seventh-generation ships here, but they haven't been developed yet, so if you want to leave, we can lend you two sixth-generation ships. Of course, you have to pay them back." Vincenzo said with a smile, If Li Jue wants to leave, Roma is certainly willing to show enough magnanimity.
"Forget it, you have to pay for the boat, so let's not go." Li Jue decisively refused.
"Don't you have a lot of silk and so on? Aren't the transactions with Tacito very smooth?" Vincenzo looked at Li Jue with dissatisfaction and said, "Our Tenth Knight also collects a lot of silk and is currently expanding silk channels. How about it?"
"You have eaten so much silk, why do you keep buying it?" Li Jue looked at Vincenzo speechlessly and said, "You have almost eaten half of our Han Dynasty's share."
"Aren't you all eating up the jade mines here?" Vincenzo said indifferently. He had discovered before that silk was not a necessity in the Han Dynasty, but in Rome, where silk was not produced, the Mediterranean climate , silk became a necessity.
"The silks here are all given by others. The climate in Congling is not suitable, so I didn't do this." Li Jue turned down Vincenzo with a ghostly expression, "But if you have a good one, As for jade or seal stone, I can give you some tribute-level silk. The annual output of this kind of stuff is almost fixed."
The Central Plains culture has a strong pursuit of jade, and it also has a very high demand for things like seals. Even though Li Jue and Guo Bang are almost like bandits, they still like jade and seal stones, which are considered to be the Central Plains people. One of the common problems.
"Tsk, there is no other way. There is no such thing in my fiefdom, and it is not produced in the tax-controlled province. If you need that kind of thing, you can contact Tacitodo." Vincenzo said about the tribute. He is very interested in silk at this level, but he has no choice. He has no materials that can be exchanged. Although the tenth knight's fiefdom and tax-free province are not small, they are not productive.
Of course, to be precise, it is not that there is no production at all, but that the quality of the products produced is not good.
At present, the highest-grade seal stone produced in Rome is the cinnabar bloodstone produced in the Spanish province. The quality is extremely high, and the Han family can collect it without limit. It is clear that the Han family is short of money, but the Han family is still collecting without limit. Of course, the local government of the Central Plains is also Unlimited collection.
In the past, Rome was mainly used to refine mercury, and this is how it was done historically. Almaden in Spain was once the largest mercury producer in the world, and even accounted for more than 45% of the world's mercury production at one time, and this place was used to refine mercury. The method of mercury is to smelt cinnabar bloodstone containing chalcedony and ordinary ores together...
This method has been used in Rome for hundreds of years. The Romans had been doing this until they encountered the Han Dynasty who had unlimited access to such top-grade seal stones. Until a few years ago, the Han Dynasty discovered that Rome was so wasteful of natural resources, and Pompianus hurriedly took care of it. The mercury smelting plant.
After all, the price given by the Han Dynasty was too high. Not only was the price of this seal stone said to contain chalcedony high, but it was also unlimited. Although Pompianus did not understand why the price was so high, this did not hinder Pompianus. Exchanging this for silk, after all, trade balance is beneficial to both parties.
This is also the reason why the Ninth Spanish Legion has changed its horses three times in the past few years. Who made the Spanish province the traditional fiefdom and tax-owning province of the Ninth Spanish Legion? Even if Pompianus had the intention to confiscate it directly, it would be more or less You have to pay attention to your eating habits.
So as of now, the Ninth Spanish Legion is definitely the richest among all the Eagle Flag Legions, but the money did not fall into the hands of the soldiers of the Ninth Spanish Legion, but was transferred away by the country. This is also the case in Tacito recently. The reason for the quarrel in the Senate.
After all, everyone knows that the Spanish region is the traditional fiefdom of the Ninth Spanish Legion. It has been divided for almost hundreds of years. I used to make some money by selling mercury, but now I have new income. As a result, there is too much money, which is not good. What's the point of giving points to the Ninth Army?
This is why the Ninth Spanish Legion is neither in Eastern Europe nor North Africa, because Tacito did not know how much money it was until this year.
More importantly, the cinnabar mine in the Almaden area of the Spanish province has been closed down until the 21st century in official history. It was still closed due to environmental pollution. Now it is considered a seal stone. Tacito has already They started to lead people to make a scene in the Senate.
Of course, this matter is not easy to deal with. Pompianus is too dark. More than 70% of the silk imported from the Han Dynasty every year is paid for with cinnabar bloodstone produced in Spain.
You must know that the current trade balance between Rome and the Han Dynasty mainly relies on seal stones, rosin resin, natural amber, olive oil, dried fruits, topaz, storax, vanilla, etc., which are basically just-necessary items. The demand for these things is extremely ridiculous. .
Among them, seal stones were basically a hard currency for the Han Dynasty just like silk was for Rome. Chen Xi said it was forbidden, but in fact it was just like Rome saying it was forbidden to buy silk. In fact, when he received news that it was for sale, he would run away secretly. Go and receive the goods.
Therefore, this incident caused some turmoil within Rome, because the amount involved was so large that the senators in the Senate did not dare to say that it was returned to Ninth Spain.
More than 70% of the entire silk consumption in Rome was paid to the Han Dynasty using some kind of ore from the Spanish provinces. If this was converted into money, it would cost him his life.
Therefore, the Senate knew that Pompianus had violated the law and did not stand on the side of Ninth Spain.
