Chapter 26 Li Bida Trojan Horse (2)
This wave of people who came in were the top painters from various cities collected by Adianna. They walked into the palace and began to use paints and various means to paint the "legacy" of that era. There were Cretan-style people-crow juggling competitions, Asian Minor-style landscape paintings, and Egyptian-style portraits of figures. In short, everything must be perfect. In the acropolis of the palace, near a room outside, Li Bida also asked the soldiers to dig a long secret passage, put lights on it, threw down weapons, jewelry, etc. in the room, and asked the painter to paint the scene of "Aeneas Escape" that was well-known to the Romans on the wall, "because this is the tunnel he ran out."
Just after the painter and slave workers came in, Li Bida and Adiana heard the cheers outside the city, swaying layer by layer like the waves of the ocean. Adiana said excitedly, "The final finishing work is here."
So, with the guards, they walked through the block of "Troy City" and walked to Scan Gate. Gate was waving flags in front of them. Pope and the technicians were lying on the city gate and tower to command. A Trojan horse of the same size as the legendary size, with various colored ornaments and flowers, and many wheels were placed below, and slowly pushed to the city gate. "This is the end of the entire project!" Li Bida shouted excitedly, and walked to the front of the Trojan horse. Then Gate stepped forward and bowed, inviting the capital legal officer to test the reliability of the Trojan horse.
"Where is the secret door? Where is the secret door?" Li Bida asked this question first.
Gable walked to the place where the "abdomen" and "buttocks" of the Trojan horse intersected, and it was covered by a huge "pony tail" made of leather and cashmere strips, which was very difficult to detect. Then Gable pulled it with his hand, and a piece of the wooden board there was missing. Then, through the lever machinery, it turned out that a small ladder that overlapped appeared. Adianna volunteered to follow the ladder and climbed up. After a while, he said, "It can indeed accommodate half a hundred-man soldiers inside."
"Very good, transport it to the middle of the Scan Gate!" Li Bida was very satisfied with Gabe's design and work, and ordered the Egyptian engineering director to reward two thousand drakma silver coins. Then when the Trojan Gate came to the Scan Gate, Pope immediately came down with the rest of the soldiers, poured tinder oil again, burned the "room" of the block, and removed the bronze gate and placed it aside. Because according to the epic description, because the Trojan Gate presented by the Mycenaeans was too large, the Trojans were forced to demolish the city gate and transported it in. Then the Mycenaeans, who were lurking in the horse's belly, took the opportunity to fight out in the darkness and seized and destroyed the ancient city.
After nightfall, Libida ordered all slaves to write quickly. He said: "The origin of ancient Rome, the great and sad Irion (Roman calls Troy Irion) has been successfully excavated by Libidaus, the capital's diaspora, to reappear. Here I discovered the huge Trojan horses used by the Mycenaeans to seize the city, the Scan Gate, the blocks, the weapons workshops and the huge palaces, as well as the rooms and secret passages when Aeneas escaped. Thanks to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, although Heavenly Mother Juno had many tests and hardships on Aeneas' escape, but thanks to the white-armed god, everything has reappeared in Heavenly Mother. In addition, Virgil is revisiting the old place and began to lead the creation of a great epic, about war, fate and ancestors."
The letter was then encapsulated and called the fastest messenger and horse to send it to the distant city of Rome. Li Bida hoped that Caesar could read his achievements before the Wolf-Chasing Festival.
On the other side, Adiana was still standing there in a daze. After seeing Li Bida's orders for the matter, she said to him calmly, "What you just told me quietly is true? Will Caesar die?"
"Yes, so I came to Libida Castle this time. I am not just for the sake of enjoyment with you. The storm will come soon. Karabiya, we are going to fight together again." Libida said, holding the other party's shoulders.
"That's natural, the only thing I should complain about is that you didn't discuss this with me too early." Adiana said happily, "But, however, I need the Kingdom of Bosphorus as a reward for Euergeit."
"Of course there, my Minerva." Libida agreed readily, knowing that Adiana could actually ask for more vital and rich areas such as Macedonia, Peloponnese, or Crete, but she did not. She did not even ask for Bitinia, but just hoped to restore the homeland of the capital to the greatest extent. Since Libida built the castle that guarded the strait in the former Byzantine land, it actually changed her strategy of advancing westward.
"The conditions for the peace agreement have been reached, let's talk about it, what should Ubertnia and the cute bi-eared clay pot be made now?"
"I need you to send Achilles' fleet, take the two Bendu legions sent back by Caesar, quietly send them to Alexander City, waiting for Cleopatra's dispatch." Li Bida's words were astonishing, which made Adianna at a loss. You must know that the war costs of the entire kingdom now were this fleet and two newly formed legions, which required a considerable part of the treasury expenditure. Now the other party actually asked her to hand over these to the other side of the ocean. The Cleopatra's most jealous and suspicious Cleopatra?
Of course, Li Bida saw the other party's reaction, and he explained carefully, "I need a joint military or commercial expedition, but what I can mobilize now is the part of Ubertnia and Egypt."
"Where is the goal of the expedition?" Adianna was puzzled.
"No, to be more precise, it is not about conquering the country in specific military, but about deterrence and control." Li Bida's words made the queen even more confused, but he still said, "Adiana, do you still remember that Crassu's expedition against Parthia was almost wiped out and ended? Yes, that was because I deceived him and bewitched him to seize the road to Seris, the country that produces silk." After saying that, Li Bida touched his hand on the corner of Adiana's silk robe, "Do you know how Seris' silk was produced?"
Adianna thought about it and quoted the common saying of naturalists at that time, "I heard that Cyrius' silk grew on special trees. Whenever the harvest season, women took off the silk, soaked it with water and combed it into strips, and then used a loom to weave it into what I am now."
Li Bida laughed. He knew that in this era, the technology of silkworm making is the biggest secret at the national level. Don’t talk about Xiya, India, Parthia and Roman countries. Even the ancient country of Khotan is not known now, but Li Bida knew it, but he would not say it clearly, because it would inevitably harm the interests of his hometown, the Cerris Empire, and he wanted to change his way. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!