Chapter 131 The loot-sharing conference of the female thieves
Chapter 131 The spoils-sharing meeting among female thieves
Listening to Catherine's explanations, Lorraine gradually gained a rough understanding of the empire across the sea.
The Almohad Empire is located on the southern shore of the vast Madidome Sea and at the northernmost point of the Scorching Land. It has a population of 87 million and an area of 10 million square kilometers.
It has a very long history and can even be traced back to the original Holy War period.
Back then, when the human world was about to perish, it was they who dispatched a large army in time to fight side by side with the Ruman people and the human coalition forces from other countries. In the end, they defeated the demon and undead coalition forces and drove them underground.
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The two countries were once extremely friendly and even had marriages with each other.
But later, about two hundred years ago, the Almohad Empire experienced a violent political turmoil, which led to the rise and fall of dynasties. However, the royal blood of the Ruman Empire has been passed down, which is inevitable.
As a result, the relationship between the two countries has gradually drifted apart.
This is because every time there is a coup, the first unlucky person must be His Majesty the Emperor, who has his butt on the dragon throne. And due to the marriage relationship, the royal family of the Ruman Empire will inevitably be involved with the previous Emperor Almohad.
in law.
I remember back then, when the wife of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ruman Empire heard that her brother was beheaded by a gang of mobs with sorghum seeds on their heads and yellow teeth, and then he was put on the top of a bamboo pole and exposed to the sun for three days.
He passed out. After waking up, he ran to the Imperial Council and cried and made a fuss. He tried his best to make the Ruman Empire raise troops to take revenge.
When His Majesty the Emperor saw that his brother-in-law had been hanged, of course Long Yan was overjoyed and felt extremely happy. However, it was okay for him to hide in a corner and be secretly happy about this kind of thing, but he could not take pleasure in others' misfortune.
Put it on your face.
In addition, his wife was making a lot of noise at home, so the old man had no choice but to send a team of envoys and ran to Almohad to express his condolences to the usurping general who had just put his butt on the throne.
The Ruman Empire strongly condemned and was indignant.
It stands to reason that what Ru Man did was pretty good.
As long as the brother of Almohad who just ascended the throne has a little wink, he can just say a few slogans about the king's ignorance, the people's livelihood is in dire straits, the gods are angry, and the people are angry.
It's my turn. I can just brush this matter off. But the newly appointed chairman and CEO started his career ruthlessly and is a ruthless character.
His old man has just become the emperor, and he is squatting on the throne, rubbing his athlete's foot and picking his nose, while he is passionately concerned about the poor spiritual life of the beauties in the harem. Where are you having fun?
But he came over, not only did he not say congratulations to his eldest brother for getting rich, but he also came over to point fingers and accuse him of not doing what he did. This was too embarrassing for him.
The old man was immediately furious, tied up the members of the envoy, and then cut off the heads of all the unlucky children at the entrance of the palace very neatly.
This big mouth slapped the peace-loving Ruman people in the face, making them so dizzy that they couldn't even find Bei.
We are all high-level hooligans, so we should act like high-level hooligans, serve champagne every day, play with BMWs, have fun, and then discuss together important issues such as how to suck more blood from dead people.
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However, the other party has no awareness of being a high-level gangster and is still in the low-level stage of a street gangster playing with a knife and killing people everywhere. This is too unsavory.
So Ruman's Emperor, Catherine's great-great...grandfather, found out that the other party's new chief executive was so disrespectful. He was immediately furious and sent his own double-flowered red stick with tens of thousands of subordinates.
Armed with a knife, he then went on an expedition across the sea.
The two gangs started working like this.
During these two hundred years, everyone fought and fought, winning and losing, but the blood feud in the middle became bigger and bigger.
Later, the Almohad Empire produced a talented and famous general, Amol Haddou. Twelve years ago, he mobilized 50,000 troops and invaded the empire, burning every inch of land in the southern part of the empire.
The empire's 170,000-strong crusade force was repeatedly defeated and fled. At one point, they even sent their troops to the north, and the vanguard almost reached the gates of Ruman City.
Some soldiers swore that they had seen the spiers of the temples in Ruman City. But they had only reached this far.
Because during this crisis, Archduke Julius rose like a comet and displayed his military talents.
He first planned on the Eastern Front and defeated the invading army of the Parthian Empire who wanted to come over to take advantage of it. Then he personally led the 200,000 troops mobilized from the Eastern and Northern Fronts and returned to the country to fight with tens of thousands of troops.
The force of thunder came over heavily.
Seeing that the situation was not right, General Hardou immediately made a decisive decision. He led his own legion, fought and retreated with the Archduke's army, and finally successfully retreated to the empire's northernmost stronghold on the Madidome Sea. There was only a few miles between them.
The wide Bodores Strait is far away from the Imperial Legion.
At this point, the Thirteenth Ra War came to an end.
It's just that both sides have different opinions about the outcome of this war.
The governments of the two countries launched their own propaganda machines, invited countless experts to call the beasts, and wrote countless papers. They all shamelessly claimed that their achievements were brilliant and that they were the real winners.
But to be fair, General Hadou defeated the 170,000 imperial elites with a weak force of 50,000. It looked really awesome to the extreme, but he did not achieve his strategic goal - to obtain any Madi.
Foothold on the northern shore of the Sea of Dom.
Although Archduke Julius drove away the invaders, in the face of the general, he had to mobilize the elite troops on the Eastern Front. Moreover, because the war took place in his own country, the empire itself suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, neither of them can be considered a winner, but neither can be considered a loser. It can only be a tie.
It was precisely because there were so many old and new grudges mixed in that when the motion to ask Catherine to marry was put forward. Faced with the pressure from the church, she ran away immediately without saying a word.
There are many ways to express one's protest. Moreover, along the way, it has also received strong support from nobles at all levels, large, medium and small.
And even within the church, there are not without opposition voices. Because although religion has no national boundaries, people who believe in religion do have national boundaries.
Everyone has been fighting with Almohad for so many years, and no one can stand it when he suddenly wants to turn his enemies into friends.
"It's a pity that despite the support of the immortal general Amor and Hadou, this country is already in ruins." Catherine sighed and made her final evaluation.
She sat slantedly on the sofa, elegantly playing with a string of pearl necklaces in her delicate hands. The pearls were round and smooth, extremely beautiful. What was even more rare was that all the beads were the same size. You could tell at a glance.
Extraordinary value.
Lorraine looked at the necklace in her hand, then turned around and looked around.
I saw that the big box sent by Gondolas had been opened, and the treasures inside were shining brightly under the magic light.
And everyone here is holding a precious metal product or gem in their hands. They are all beaming with joy. It is like a gathering of bandits to share the spoils.
Catherine picked up something indifferently, looked at it twice, and then threw it aside.
Adele carefully selected the decorations one by one, then carried them on her body to compare them twice, and then threw them away casually.
Lorena took her cane and rummaged around inside the box, trying to find a few magic gems, but there were already several of the same items in her hand.
Vera is worthy of half of the dragon genes in her body.
She happily put the remaining things, all those things that could reflect the light, into her arms, and from time to time she gently rubbed them with her delicate and smooth face. It looked like this, only in the
Maybe she would let go when I asked her to eat.
Lorraine looked at the beautiful faces of those girls under the jeweled robes, sighed in her heart, and then silently corrected: Okay. These are a group of beautiful female bandits.
Spoils sharing meeting.
He thought for a moment and pretended not to see...well, he didn't see Leo struggling to lift a large piece of gold in his hand, and then using all his strength, he pointed at a sparkling diamond on the floor.
Smash it hard.
Lorraine stretched out her hand and took out a blue gem from the box. She sat on the sofa and admired the light, watching the light turn into dreamlike and magnificent colors under the refraction of the gem.
He couldn't help but sigh softly and said: "Anyway, the gift given by His Highness the Prince is quite expensive. It is really generous."
Catherine glanced at him in astonishment and said, "Do you think this was paid out of the prince's own pocket?"
Lorraine couldn't help but blinked in surprise and looked at Catherine without saying a word.
Catherine smiled slightly and said: "Look carefully, a lot of things here are stolen goods. Because Almohad faces the sea and his back to the land, he started a business without capital, but he is a veteran. I think it is about
A lot of merchant ships were robbed by them, right?"
As she spoke, she enthusiastically picked up a ring and examined it under the light. Then she seemed to have found something and cheered softly.
She leaned on her delicate body and leaned towards Lorraine, then pointed to the coat of arms engraved on it and said: "Look at this, this is the coat of arms of the Parthian Empire. Only they can use bows, arrows and curved arrows."
The sword serves as a heraldry.”
Lorraine raised his eyes and took a look, and sure enough he found a pattern carved on the inside of the ring.
Catherine sneered twice, threw the ring aside, and then continued: "The Almohads are getting worse and worse. Now they not only buy and sell people, but also rob merchant ships, making them notorious internationally. It seems that they also know that if they don’t pretend to be nouveau riche and spend money like land and deal with people, no one will care about them.”
She paused and then added: "You know? When they do things, they don't talk about right or wrong, but first distinguish the difference between themselves and outsiders. Then they favor their own people and attack outsiders."
Lorraine was stunned for a moment.
He thought about it seriously and then asked: "Isn't this what everyone does?"
Catherine shrugged her shoulders indifferently and said: "But because of years of robbery and plunder, they can't even distinguish the most basic good and evil, right and wrong. And how can they distinguish between themselves and outsiders so clearly? .Son, daughter, brother, sister, cousin, own race, foreign race, which of these is considered one’s own, and which one is considered an outsider?
In the end, he can only follow this principle and deal with his brothers together with his son. Then he will deal with his cousins with his brothers. Then he will deal with his own tribe with his cousins. Finally, he will deal with his own people. The tribesmen work together to deal with people of other tribes.”
She turned her head and said calmly: "In the end, this situation can only be a continuous assassination of hatred. We have to beware of poisonous arrows shot from the dark at all times. Who else dares to walk with a chest held high?" Who can walk under the sun with their chest held high and not be afraid of risking their lives?"
Lorraine couldn't help but fell silent.
Catherine raised her delicate chin, pointing to the box of jewelry, and then said coldly and disdainfully: "Take this box of jewelry as an example. On the surface, it looks like jewels and unparalleled luxury. But if you look closely, you will see that this box of jewelry is Everything inside is stained with blood and bones."
After hearing this, Lorraine couldn't help but let out a disgusted "Eh", and hurriedly put the gem aside, and then rubbed his hands on his clothes twice. At this time, he also understood that these things must also be those people. They were snatched on the road, otherwise it wouldn't be so messy. Rings, necklaces, gems, etc. are piled together in a mess.
Luolina saw the gem, then raised her head and said, "This sapphire is quite good. It is a very good magic storage container. Do you want it? If not, it belongs to me."
As he said that, he picked up the sapphire, breathed on it, then wiped it carefully twice with his silk handkerchief, looked at the light carefully, and then placed it beside him with satisfaction. .
Lorraine glanced at her and reminded her with some malice: "Maybe someone's blood has been spilled on this gem. It's very possible that someone has died because of it. Aren't you afraid?"
Lorena looked at him strangely and said calmly: "The death of a few people is not a big deal. In the past and today, there is no famous gem with human lives piled on it. The 'light' in the Vatican Cathedral of the Holy See The blood piled on top of the mountain can drown the entire earth. But if you ask, which woman doesn't want it?"
Lorraine immediately closed her mouth tightly.
Think about it, even though these women are usually weak and indifferent, when they see a little rabbit, lamb or something injured, they burst into tears, overflowing with love, and feel extremely distressed.
But in reality, they are vicious at heart.
As soon as something gets into their hands, the source of the disaster is sure to be wiped out.
The skins of animals with gorgeous fur, like foxes, after being caught and stripped off, are all covered on their bodies in the end? I have never seen them afraid.
Even the Tibetan antelope is about to become extinct? Isn’t it because women like to make shawls made of its fur?
Lorena didn't know what was going through Lorraine's mind.
She looked into the box and saw that except for these ten or so items, it had already reached the bottom. Then she sighed with regret and said: "That damn miser. He just gave away this one."
Box. It’s so stingy.”
Lorraine looked at her in surprise and said, "With such a box full of things, you are still saying you are stingy?"
Luo Linna said matter-of-factly: "That's not true. I heard that my family members who run boats at sea said that they can get three times as much stuff with one business."
She thought for a while, and then murmured: "Maybe later, when I am short of money, I should also go to the sea to see it?"
Lorraine trembled immediately, looked at each other with Catherine, and then all looked at Lorena in silence.
Luolina saw everyone's eyes and understood immediately.
She smiled and said, "Do you think I meant going to the sea to rob?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, she then said: "Don't worry. I didn't mean that. What I said is that they run ships on the sea. As long as the goods are transported properly, they can make so much in one trip. And the most important thing is that they are running ships at sea.
Yes, you can conduct transactions there without paying taxes."
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief.
Catherine's gray eyes rolled, her delicate hands coated with bright red cardamom raised her orchid fingers, and then gently covered her cherry lips, and laughed lightly. She said: "Lolina, in fact, you should blame Lorraine for this matter.
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"Huh?" Lorraine was immediately startled and said hurriedly: "This... what does this have to do with me?"
Catherine smiled and said: "If you didn't intercede for that dead fat baron named so-and-so, you would have let those people chop off his head. From the perspective of the Almohad people, this is the only way to get it."
You need to be ruthless to be considered a hero. They will give you a lot of jewelry to befriend you. If not, you are not one.
So, after you intercede on behalf of the baron, they will give you a gift by telling the fate of that damn fat man, and of course they will not bring out another box of gifts."
Lorraine suddenly understood, and then she realized that the prince had been observing the expressions of people like him at that time. It turned out that he was watching this situation, and then decided how generous he should be when giving gifts.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Those bastards are quite good at looking at what is served."
At this time, Adele saw that she had finished dividing the spoils, and clapped her hands easily, then rolled her eyes, walked over with light steps.
She came to Lorraine's side, then raised her legs and sat on the armrest of Lorraine's sofa. She smiled softly and asked: "Lorraine, you don't have to think about it anymore. Let's find a way to put Xi