While Guo Kang was hesitating, Queen Elizabeth and the Cao Xun couple seemed to have finished their discussion. She smiled and nodded, looked at Guo Kang and Theodora again, and then stood up.
Then, she looked at Cao Jian again, as if she thought she should take care of the young man's efforts, and pulled her seat back a little.
"Thank you General Cao and Mrs. Elena for your hospitality. Let's get down to business." She didn't seem to be very good at making this kind of speech. She just said a simple polite word, didn't even bother to give a background introduction, and just dropped the topic directly. Guo Kang said: "Constantine, you go ahead."
Fortunately, everyone was used to her style, so they didn't say anything. They just looked at Guo Kang naturally, ready to hear what he had to say.
Guo Kang himself was prepared, but Theodora shook her head at him and motioned for him to wait.
Although he didn't know what she wanted to say, Guo Kang didn't care and nodded.
So Theodora stood up and began to speak like a speech. She talked for a while about the importance of Egypt to Rome in history, discussing how Rome's rule there was legitimate and how reasonable it was to regain the lost territory. After that, he began to praise the Cao family for their contribution to Rome, hoping that they would continue to play the role of the country's pillars in the future.
She seemed to have deliberately made her speech very lengthy, and did not stop until everyone had almost finished eating.
Cao Zhonglin and Cao Jian's father and son behaved quite normally, and they must have been used to this kind of thing for a long time. The three old people were a little uncomfortable with it. Queen Elizabeth took the lead and started to yawn, and looked at Guo Kang in confusion, as if she didn't understand why Theodora was asked to say this.
At this time, Theodora ended her long speech, greeted everyone in turn, and then sat down.
"Just get to the point." She whispered to Guo Kang.
Guo Kang thought for a while and probably understood what she meant.
He stood up and was about to speak, but Theodora pushed him and told him to go to the middle of the living room. Guo Kang had no choice but to stand there and glance at everyone.
They cheered up slightly and looked at him with a little anticipation and curiosity.
"I compiled historical data and found that the ancients had made many attempts. So, I summarized three solutions to deal with the Egyptian problem. One is the easiest to understand, one is the simplest, and the other is the most troublesome and laborious. Which one do you want to hear first?" he asked directly.
The Queen Mother looked at him with interest, and then at Cao Xun and his wife. Cao Xun looked at Mrs. Elena.
"Let's start with the simplest one." Mrs. Elena said: "What is that?"
"Kill all the local people, and then move the population over." Guo Kang said a method that he was sure all Slavs could understand: "This method can be effective in some places in a short period of time."
"Is this method reliable..." Queen Elizabeth obviously didn't believe it.
"Are we prepared to establish long-term rule here?" Guo Kang asked.
"If you go on an expedition, of course you should hope to rule for a long time." Mrs. Elena also said.
"Then it's unreliable." Guo Kang shook his head: "The efficiency of this method is very low. The premise of using it is that the local area is very backward, has no effective resistance, and lacks use value. It will not hurt if it is destroyed."
"In addition, our own side must also be very backward. Because forced migration of people consumes a lot of money, it will cause great damage to manpower and production. As long as our own side is too backward, these manpower are not very valuable in the first place, and we don't care about the loss. Only then will they be inclined towards this complete replacement plan, otherwise it will be a loss-making business.”
"Neither of the two conditions can be met in Egypt." Theodora said cooperatively: "The local people have a very high level of technology, and it has always been a prosperous place since ancient times. So the first point invalid."
"We ourselves are not backward. And our population has always been relatively insufficient. In Romania, there are still many areas that need to be developed. In this case, it is a big waste to move our people out. "
"In other words, this is no longer suitable for a wealthy place?" the Queen Mother concluded.
"Yes, either change the method, or throw away these places quickly." Guo Kang nodded: "Because there is also a self-contradictory problem: this kind of 'worthless' manpower must have very poor combat effectiveness, and can only be used in extreme situations. Bullying people in a barren, sparsely populated place cannot stand in a slightly better place.”
"If your abilities are too bad and you only know this kind of plan, you can only become the Caesar of the wilderness and swamp."
After hearing this, no one expressed any objection. After all, as long as there is a choice, no one wants to be the king of bad land. Egypt is such a good place, of course there is no need to consider it.
"What about the second, easiest way?" the Queen Mother asked again.
"Some Siris scholars believe that a person's destiny is destined and his achievements are determined by his birth. This concept is called 'luck'." Guo Kang introduced.
"They believe that Heavenly Father will favor certain people in particular, giving them extraordinary 'luck'. They are destined to be Maliks and Sultans from birth, and they can achieve great things, and no mortal power can stop them."
"Is there such a thing?" At this time, Theodora felt strange.
"Of course." Guo Kang nodded: "Malik is called 'king' in Chinese, which roughly means the king of Europe. Sudan means 'power' and 'judgment' in Arabic, and in Chinese it means 'overlord'" '."
"Everyone used to call the Mamluk rulers of Egypt Sultan, but their official title was actually 'Malik'." He introduced.
"So, if a person is destined to rule Egypt, then he has the 'luck' to become Malik and Sultan. In Chinese, it is called the 'qi of the king'."
"We select a person with a 'tyrannical spirit' and throw him into Egypt. Then Heavenly Father will bless him and let the Mamluk emirs worship him and conquer Egypt at once."
"Isn't this really a joke?" Cao Xun looked at the Queen Mother helplessly and said with a wry smile.
"People in Seris really believe this?" Mrs. Elena looked at Cao Xun in surprise, then turned to Guo Kang: "What... is the logic in this? How are they going to do it?"
"I don't know either." Guo Kang spread his hands and said, "How to do it specifically... Anyway, after the aura of overlord is released, Heavenly Father will be responsible for the specific steps, so we don't have to think about it."
"..."
"Don't look at me." Cao Xun, who had never spoken much, had no choice but to explain to his wife: "There is indeed a saying in history. The imperial courts of all generations will also promote the statement of destiny. But this statement...he is just a statement... …”
"Actually, the Seris people do believe it." Guo Kang added for him: "But there is a process problem here, that is, everyone basically claims that they have believed it long ago after this person has really become Malik and Sultan. So, I really don’t know how the process was verified.”
"Of course, it's not impossible." After looking at the crowd, he also laughed: "Although I can't find Dahan at the moment, Tuhuan Taiji is still in Dadu. I'll find a face-to-face person and take a look. With his face, could he be the Egyptian Malik?"
"You consider this a plan?" Theodora couldn't laugh or cry: "This is too out of tune. You are trying to force the 'three strategies' together."
"I just said it was the simplest, but I didn't guarantee that it would be in tune." Guo Kang defended tactfully: "You just said that you can directly solve the problem with 'Wang Ba Qi'. Isn't it simple?"
Theodora was speechless for a moment.
After thinking about it, Wang Ba Qi can indeed sew...
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