Although I always felt uneasy in my heart, in the end,
After all, there are too many reasons to do it, and the only reason not to do it is uneasiness. If he gives up for such a trivial matter, for Marcus,
Let alone His Majesty Hannibal, he cannot forgive himself. This is simply ridiculous.
Therefore, even though he actually had no bottom at all, and he didn't even think clearly about why he was bottomless - the reasons behind this situation, Marcus still took action.
And soon.
Only half a month later, Marcus once again realized the strange uneasiness in his heart, and this time the feeling was even stronger!
As for why after half a month on my mission, I felt more uneasy and more intense.
The reason is simple, because Marcus was reminded.
This is not a reminder from a specific person, such as the boss Wang Meng who came to Huan Wen to discuss the general trend of the world during the Northern Dynasties in China, but a very simple thing.
My mission was extremely successful!
No, to be precise, it would rather be an extraordinary success, because although the sea route is far away, in just half a month, I have visited several pirate strongholds - of course, they are all small ones among Selis' group.
The stronghold established by my brother is almost as close as those of the native tribes.
Originally, Marcus was inquiring about information from pirates, merchants and other forces on the ocean except the Tang Empire's navy. He even acted very well and pretended to be a "smuggler from Rome" to talk to the Tang Dynasty.
A navy from the empire also inquired about the news.
While inquiring like this, I'm going around looking for people, and then I have to be very persuasive, and maybe I have to meet people's various strange needs. In short, the progress of this work will definitely not be very fast, maybe it won't be good.
Several years of my precious youth—that is, almost all of my youth—had to be devoted to this matter.
result.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. To be precise, only half a month has passed. I have already negotiated three partners - I have only seen three pirate strongholds in total. In the end, each of them agreed to cooperate with Rome.
Cooperation issues!
Of course, these three guys each made different requests. Perhaps the three-person team had different material configurations. One asked him for weapons, one asked him to send a few craftsmen, and the other asked
Do you want to harvest a strange crop? It is said to be called "coffee".
Among these three guys, except for the third one who asked if he wanted to acquire something, the other two settled the matter in almost ten minutes.
Even for the third one, I spent a lot of effort to test it, and it only took half an hour in the end - I thought that this guy was harboring evil intentions, and his hemming and hawing seemed suspicious, but after half an hour,
, and the negotiation was settled smoothly.
This made Marcus feel suspicious involuntarily, and even thought it was too strange, how could it go so smoothly.
Don’t these three guys have their own ideas? After discussing it themselves, these guys accepted the alliance with Rome so easily.
This kind of thing naturally made Marcus suspicious. Maybe these guys simply accepted the instructions from the Tang Empire and came specifically to set a trap for Rome?
This possibility cannot be said to definitely exist, but it can only be said to be extremely possible. If there were no ulterior motives, how could such a big thing as military cooperation be so simple to talk about?
After leaving the third island stronghold in the southeastern sea area, Marcus stood in front of the deck of the ship, frowning and thinking hard. After thinking for a while, Marcus suddenly widened his eyes.
The heart beats rapidly.
It wasn't because Marcus found key evidence that those young collaborators of Selish descent all had problems, or that none of them had problems.
It's because I suddenly realized that I couldn't actually find enough evidence to prove that there was something wrong with the whole thing or that it was okay, and I didn't have a grasp of the situation at all.
In this case, no matter whether you think there is a problem or not, there is actually a problem - even if you happen to guess the correct situation, it is just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. If you dare to do it the second time, you will get it every minute.
It's about your life.
This kind of self-understanding is very difficult for most people. The most difficult thing for people is to admit their own inadequacies. Under normal circumstances, or after you have lost all your hair at an early age, it is difficult to admit your inadequacies.
Not high, but it is very difficult for a young person to realize his shortcomings in a diplomatic mission that is lucrative and significant.
Becoming a diplomat and engaging in alliances can be said to be the fastest way to climb up the ladder for young people, especially those like Marcus who have a somewhat problematic background and have been ambitious since childhood.
Being able to suddenly realize that one's own abilities are insufficient under such circumstances is an extremely rare calmness as long as it is an "era of great conflict" similar to the current situation, no matter in the era of great conflict of any era.
This kind of calmness can even be used as a talent to sell to various forces and monarchs to obtain fame, title, salary and other benefits.
And Marcus.
There is no doubt that it was such a highly talented young man who, once he realized there was a problem with his cognition, immediately ordered the ship to be turned around and returned to America to request an audience with His Majesty Hannibal.
Although nothing has been done yet, only three allies have been negotiated, and only three waves of people have been negotiated. This is undoubtedly a dereliction of duty for Marcus as Rome's top young elite, but at this time Marcus
Instead, he felt more and more calmly that he must immediately turn back and ask His Majesty for instructions.
At present, the regular army of the Tang Empire has begun to enter the Americas on a large scale with countless large merchants!
At this time, how many chances does Rome have to counterattack? Apart from the legendary giant island in the South China Sea, the only option is obviously to find ways to create more allies and at the same time reduce the number of allies of the Tang Empire, so as to affect the balance of power.
!
There must be no accidents in this matter!
at the same time.
"Yes, the giant island in the southern sea in the southeast corner will probably become a critical step. No matter what, we must get in touch with His Majesty as soon as possible."
For Marcus, the sooner he gets in touch with Emperor Hannibal, the better chance he has of actually finding that big island, and the better chance he has of occupying and using it!
