The north wind blowing from Siberia whistles in the city of Marahanda. Every winter, it is cold here. This bone-breaking cold always makes the Greeks who settled here miss the warm Aegean Sea. As the most profound scholar in Sogdiana and even the entire Baccritian Kingdom, the conscientious Aristotle IV braved the cold and worked hard.

In the tower house illuminated by the oil lamp, in the curtain made of Egyptian linen, he was holding a young girl. The girl had a leather collar tied to her neck, and the strap on the collar was pulled into the palm of her hand by Aristotle IV. It was like riding a horse, and he would pull the strap every few times and pull the head of the girl in the cusp back and lift it up high.

Rational thinking is the specialty of the Greeks, and sexual abuse is also true. In many people's eyes, this is not a shame. Some kings even cast the **** pictures on silver coins. For Aristotle IV, whenever he was very irritated, he would find a girl to work hard. When all this was over, he entered the sage mode and not only relaxed, but also problems that he could not think about were solved easily.

‘Bang bang-’ Before everything was over, someone knocked outside the door, and Aristotle IV had no time to pay attention to the servants outside.

"Bang, bang--" The knocking sound was even louder, and the servant's voice sounded outside the door, but his voice was intermittent. Aristotle IV, who was sprinting, was finally disturbed. He had to put on a transparent Indian robe and opened the door angrily.

"Slender man! What's the matter of disturbing me at this time?" Swallowed on the servant's face, but it was not the servant outside the door. Decaiopolis was standing outside the door. His eyes inadvertently peeked into the room and saw the girl's naked back. The women on Aristotle IV's bed were the best choices. Decaiopolis finally turned his eyes away and said, "Latest report: The envoy of Seleucid arrived at Chuni by boat."

"What?" Aristotle IV was covering the door to death, and he was shocked when he heard Dekeopolis' words.

"This is impossible. This is impossible." He said twice. The most profound scholar knows that the most eastern ocean in the world is in India. From the Indian Ocean, you can return to Persia and even the Red Sea, but you will definitely not reach Chuni.

"No. The envoy has arrived at Ying, the capital of Chuni." Dikeopolis, who could not see the naked girl, was a little disappointed. "Your Excellency the Governor needs you to go to the chamber immediately."

"Now?" Aristotle IV, who had not yet entered the sage mode, was a little reluctant, and his mind was still full of desire.

"You can..." Dikeopolis smiled with a deep meaning, "but not too long. Tonight, His Excellency the Governor will go to Bactra (the capital of Bactra, now Balch, Afghanistan)."

After saying that, Dekeopolis bowed and left, and the door closed again. After a long time, Aristotle IV, who had finally become a wise man, appeared in the chamber of the Governor's House.

Governor Euthidemus was the first person to hear the news that Seleucid envoy arrived at Chuni. The pigeon nest was set up in the courtyard of the Governor's house. The news about Chuni was originally handled by Aristotle IV, but when the clerk saw this terrible news, he had to notify the Governor Euthidemus in advance.

Although they were both Greeks, Seleucid was from the Kingdom of Baquetria. Last time, the Seleucid army was approaching the border, King Diodotus II even formed an alliance with the barbarians on the grassland. The importance of Chunitel is self-evident. It was originally just a unique thing in Baquetria, but now the Seleucid Empire also has it.

"The Chuni found a new way." After reading the text in the letter quietly, Aristotle IV was not worried, but excited, excited for all mankind. The distant East finally connected to the known world and was about to become a part of the entire Greek world. "I must tell this great thing to all Greece..."

"No, no." He stopped Aristotle IV, who was excited, and Euthidmus said: "Seleucus is about to obtain the armor and weapons of the Chuni people, and a large amount of Chuni iron. We... we must stop this."

"This is impossible." Aristotle IV suppressed his excitement. He knew the world map well and knew that the Kingdom of Baktria could not do anything. "This cannot be done. We can't even go to the Kingdom of Chuni. Nisama is the best horse in the known world, and even the Sogdian horse cannot be compared with him. In order to get Nisama, the Chunis would definitely agree to all the requests of the Seleucid envoys. According to Wuji's previous report, there were only ponies in the whole East."

"If I order the Sogdians to sell their horses, before the Seleucid Nesama was transported to the Kingdom of Chuni..." Before Aristotle IV came to the Governor's Palace, Euthidemus had discussed many countermeasures, and forcing the Sogdians to sell blood horses was one of them.

"Governor General, what we need to figure out is that we have no way to tell the Chuni people now that we are going to sell the Sogdian horses they have always wanted to buy," said Aristotle IV. "It is very likely that when the caravan transported the Sogdian horses to the Chuni country, King Chuni had agreed to the request of the Seleucid envoy."

"You can go back on your word if you promise," Dikeopolis interjected. "It may take several years to transport horses from sea, and it only takes one year for the Sogdians caravan to arrive in Chuni."

"I still don't agree with this method. According to the report," Aristotle IV recalled a little: "The King of Chuni paid great attention to his promise. If he promised the Seleucid envoy, he would not repent. And it was very dangerous to transport thousands of tall Sogdiana horses from the grassland to the east."

More than ninety years ago, Alexander stopped at Sogdiana, and more than ninety years later, the Greeks still stopped at Sogdiana.

"But what should we always do?" Euthidmus clenched his fists and had to put them down. If possible, he wanted to teach the Chounis some unforgettable lessons.

"The only way is to buy back more Chuni armor and Chuni swords." The hard work just now was not in vain. Aristotle IV is now very clear-headed. "As soon as possible, we must do it as soon as possible!"

"Will Seleucus make the Chuni..." Euthidmus couldn't believe it, but it was completely possible.

"Those damn merchants! Those ignorant barbarians!" Euthidmus cursed the Sogdians with the same swearing. Chuni, a country so far away from Bactricia, would not cause any harm to Bactricia.

"What should we do?" asked Dekeopolis.

"Sell Sogdianamar to the Chunis." Aristotle IV said. "And as much as possible, the Chuni armor, the Chuni sword, and the Chuni iron. We must also send envoys to Parthia immediately and tell them that the Seleucid army will attack Parthia soon, best," Aristotle IV suddenly hesitated, but he still suggested: "...It is best to sell some Chuni armor to Parthia. This does not require too many, three hundred sets or five hundred sets. The best weapon of Chuni is the Chuni sword, and the Chuni-style Sarisha spear."

"I will never sell armor to the Panis." Euthidmus disagreed with Aristotle IV's proposal. Since Diodotus II signed an agreement with the Panis, the Greeks in the country have increasingly opposed this agreement. "But I will ask the Sogdians to sell their horses to Chuni, but I don't know how these horses can get there safely. There are many robbers on the grassland. Should we send troops across the Sir and into the Sakha territory?"

"The merchants of Sogdiana always have their own ways. Your Excellency," reminded Aristotle IV. "This may be our only chance. The Chunis could reach India and Seleucid through the ocean, and Bactricia was isolated. In the Aegean Sea, no one would be stupid enough to traffic in a carriage, and only use ships. Perhaps in another ten years, the trade routes to the East would disappear, and the silks of the Chunis and the Chunis would be transported from the sea to India and Seleucid..."

Originally, only armor and weapons were mentioned, but under the description of Aristotle IV, Baqutria lost not only these, but also beautiful silk. Moreover, if the silk from the East could be transported directly from the sea to the Seleucid, then the goods from the Seleucid would also be transported directly from the sea to the East.

The entire known world of lapis lazuli is produced in Baktria. Although Seleucid prohibits the merchants of Sogdiana from entering their country, merchants can reach the Black Sea from the north and then to Greece from the Black Sea. The trade of the Kingdom of Baktria will be depressed by the loss of the East, but it is only depressed. Lapis lazuli, Siberian gold, amber, fur, and many Indian products will be transported to all parties through the kingdom.

However, although Aristotle IV accurately judged the consequences of the East connecting West Asia from the sea, he had never seen the merchant ships of Chu, nor did he see Wu Ji's second letter. He just judged the correct direction and did not judge the correct degree.

In this era, most of the Mediterranean merchant ships had coastal routes. Four or five hundred tons of Chu merchant ships crossing the ocean, and they could travel to and from India and Seleucid in one year. In ten years, India would not have any cargo to the north. Because traveling south from the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf, or bypassing the Cape of Good Hope from the Dahracles to enter the Mediterranean, it would be easier and cheaper than transporting to West Asia by land, and the Eastern Mediterranean. The only thing left in Baktria is probably only lapis lazuli and Siberian specialties.
Chapter completed!