"Your Majesty Jindila, what are you waiting for?"
In the king's castle, Dagobert I from the Kingdom of Burgundy said impatiently: "We have been here for many days, but you don't want us to see your collection of Tang porcelain first?"
Jindila smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness Dagobert, isn't it true that Heraclius of Byzantium has not arrived yet?"
"Hmph!" Dagobert snorted dissatisfied: "That arrogant guy Heraclius will come to this banquet?"
All the kings and nobles who had received Jindila's invitation were basically here. The only one absent was Heraclius, the king of the Byzantine Empire.
"Heraclius was so lucky. He was beaten to Constantinople by the Arab Empire. Unexpectedly, a Tang Dynasty appeared at this time and destroyed the Arab Empire!"
"No, otherwise we really don't know if we would be able to see Heraclius!!"
None of the people here have a very good relationship with Heraclius or the Byzantine Empire.
Especially the Frankish Kingdom. After they were defeated by the Byzantine Empire in 554 AD, the Byzantine Empire's national power could be said to have reached its peak.
Had it not been for the emergence of a powerful Arab empire in the south, the Byzantine Empire would certainly not have stopped expanding westward.
But on the other hand, it is because the powerful Byzantine Empire has been resisting a more powerful Arab Empire that these countries can live in peace.
Therefore, their feelings towards the Byzantine Empire are still very complicated. They probably love and hate them at the same time! !
Of course Jindila knew that the Byzantine Empire did not have a very good relationship with the countries next to it, but that was why he invited them here.
His birthday party is fake, and it is true that he wants to take the opportunity to auction things.
In addition to the two precious pieces of Tang Dynasty porcelain brought by Fabialo, he also took out a batch of treasures he had collected, intending to sell them all at a good price this time.
If everyone here is hello, I am hello, and everyone is hello, then this thing cannot be sold at a high price.
On the contrary, if you bring several conflicting people together, you can get them to raise each other's prices.
This is what Fabialo taught him, so now he values Fabialo more and more.
Listening to the other kings talking about it, Jindila quickly reassured: "Don't panic, everyone. My birthday is on November 11th. Isn't it only three days away? I will definitely let everyone see my collection of porcelain by then. !”
At this time, a guard came to report: "Your Majesty, His Highness Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire has arrived."
"Oh? Here?" Jindila didn't expect that the other party would arrive while she was talking to him.
"Everyone, wait a moment, I'm going to greet His Highness Heraclius." Jindila said.
They are all the masters of a country, so they must have the necessary respect. When these kings arrive, he will personally greet them. Of course, he cannot favor one over the other, otherwise he may even provoke a war.
"Let's go together too!" Dagobert I also stood up and said: "I want to see why Emperor Heraclius is so busy. This time has arrived."
The other kings also wanted to join in the fun, so Jindila took the kings next to her outside the castle.
Heraclius's fleet looked very gorgeous, full of Macedonian characteristics.
Seeing Jindila coming out to greet him, Heraclius also got out of the carriage, but when he got out of the car, he was followed by someone. "Your Highness Heraclius, welcome to the Kingdom of Visigoth!" After Jindila said hello to Heraclius, she looked at the people around him with some confusion and asked: "Who is this??"
Those who can ride with Heraclius and get off the bus together will definitely have a high status.
"This is a businessman from the Tang Dynasty. I heard that two pieces of precious porcelain from the Tang Dynasty will be auctioned after His Majesty Jindila's birthday party, and he is very interested. At the same time, he also brought two pieces of Tang Dynasty porcelain, hoping to It’s time to participate in His Majesty’s auction together!”
Jindila's heart skipped a beat, she didn't expect that a Datang businessman actually came!
This Datang businessman must be more familiar with Datang porcelain than them. Now that his cowhide has been blown out, it can be said that he has to shoot the arrow.
We can't just seal the mouths of the people in the city at this time, right? If the Tang Dynasty businessman exposes his lies, he will be really shameless.
But at this time, I could only bite the bullet. Jindila smiled awkwardly and said to the people around Heraclius: "Welcome, Your Excellency, the businessman from the Tang Dynasty!"
Although the other party was just a businessman, they did not dare to take it lightly. I heard that the cause of the war between the Arab Empire and the Tang Empire was because the Arab Empire massacred a merchant caravan of the Tang Empire, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire powerful Arab Empire. .
"You're welcome! You can call me Li!!" Li Zhi said with a strange pronunciation.
He was just an ordinary businessman in the Tang Dynasty, who went to the Arabian Empire with the Merchant Federation to buy trophies.
However, he is very talented in languages. After arriving here for a few months, he gradually became able to speak some local languages.
He was also very courageous. Relying on his talent, he began to venture through Eastern Europe where bandits were infested, and brought some goods brought from the Tang Dynasty to Byzantium.
Within half a year, he was able to communicate with the locals without any barriers. Not only did the goods he brought sell for high prices, he also became a guest of King Heraclius.
Even in this auction, because I heard that the finale of Jindila's auction was exquisite porcelain from the Tang Dynasty, I brought him here.
As the king of the Byzantine Empire, Heraclius certainly had a lot of money, but he was not the kind of person who was stupid and had a lot of money.
Naturally, Jindila cannot be fooled.
When they entered the city just now, their people heard various rumors in the city, which Li Zhi scoffed at.
What heavenly fire fired porcelain? How could the Tang Dynasty have such a thing, and it is even more impossible to say that it was something used by His Majesty.
How could something used by His Majesty spread to such a distant place?
After giving Heraclius a brief explanation, Heraclius decided that this was a scam by Kindila.
Of course, he didn't mean to expose the other person, he just wanted to see how others were fooled without knowing it.
Dagobert I knew that these people did not like him, and he happened to not like these people either.
So it’s not a bad idea to take this opportunity to see these people’s jokes.
What's more, he also brought the precious porcelain and silk from the Tang Dynasty that Li Zhong sold to him, and he could sell them at a good price at Jindila's auction.
The Arab Empire that threatened him before was defeated by a more powerful Tang Empire. Could he not be on guard?
Naturally, a lot of money is needed to expand armaments.
Only fools like Dagobert I would indulge in those luxury goods.
