Dahan Pirate Air Force

Chapter 256 Wutong Gold

"Don't come here! You come to me every day and stare at the spaceship building site. I'm almost a loser. How dare you belittle me."

"Wangfu...what?...I don't understand. Just tell me how much a boat costs." Alexander finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

"My price is not low. Sulin gave me the price of a ship worth [-] deramak silver coins. I only agreed to give him the number zero."

"What? You mean... you have already made a deal? How is this okay? This is unacceptable to Rome." Alexander became a little angry.

"Don't think that the spaceship is an ordinary commodity. It involves politics, military, and the rise and fall of a country. Have you ever thought about the consequences after the Sulin family obtains such an artifact?"

"I advise you to calm down, my Majesty! No. Zero is just a rudimentary spaceship. It was pieced together by me under unavoidable circumstances. It was originally built just to escape from danger. No matter in terms of speed or luck, There are issues with its strength and sturdiness, and it will require a lot of maintenance in the future. I am not talking to you about the Zero, but the Apostle that can defeat the Sasanian Undead Army alone."

Zhang Bai then described to Alexander how he defeated the then Sasanian prince Shapur on the Parthian front.

Alexander calmed down, but he still felt a little uncomfortable. "I still hope that you cancel the agreement with the Sulin family. The appearance of the spaceship will destabilize the eastern border of Rome. Moreover, the Sulin family is very ambitious and will cause damage to the political map we are constructing. Their head Kelka He is an old fox, he will definitely use the spaceship to seek the throne, and his greed is endless."

"He will get the throne, and you can't stop it." Zhang Bai advised: "All nobles have the innate desire to become rulers, and you can't eliminate it. You can only guide this desire and slowly lead them to the Kingdom of Heaven or In the grave, this is the only way."

"You mean religion and death? But how do you determine that Sulin will get the throne?"

"Both Artaban V and Princess Tolan were survivors of the coup. From the bottom of their hearts, they had great distrust of the nobles, but they had to cooperate with them. And the Peshawar experience In this chaos, all the big families have been wiped out. Based on this alone, I dare to say that Artaban V and Princess Tolan will definitely settle in Peshawar after their marriage. Without our urging, they will regard Peshawar as their capital. The location of the imperial palace." Zhang Bai said.

"I think what you said makes sense, but what does this have to do with the Sulin family?" Alexander asked.

"I have inquired that the place with the largest grain production in the Mesopotamia is Babylonia, which is not too far from Ctesiphon. Its tax revenue accounts for a quarter of the entire empire. It is now under the management of Voggis VI. And this Vogelges VI was the uncle of Artabanus V. He was originally the emperor of Parthia, and was ousted by the army of the former emperor Artabanus IV. And he is still alive now, although he has paid tribute to Parthia. Theia is a vassal, but still holds the title of king of Babylonia."

Alexander nodded slightly.

"So the throne I just mentioned is the throne of the King of Babylonia." Zhang Bai revealed the answer to the mystery.

"If you put it like that, I understand. After Artabanus V established his capital in Peshawar, as the leader of the Ctesiphon nobles, the Sulin family would certainly be able to take advantage of the royal family's eastward movement to seize the rule of Babylonia, so Vogelges VI is in trouble.”

"Yes, and I'm sure that Artabanus V will not care about him at all, and I'm afraid he won't even give a shit about it."

Alexander stood up and paced back and forth, thinking, "So, you mean, Sulin and Vogelges VI will fight to the death?"

"Based on what I know, I think Voggis VI can protect himself with military force alone, but he should not be able to guard against the secret conspiracy of the Sulin family. I think he will fail. At this time, Rome can take the opportunity to act as a mediator Someone can mediate and save the Vogelges family." Zhang Bai suggested.

"In this way, in the future, the internal affairs of the western part of the Parthian Empire in India will be decided by Rome. What's more, what if the Sulin family has a spaceship? Rome can definitely have more and better spaceships. , I promise, except for Zero, I will never sell spaceships to the Sulin family, how about that?"

"That's not enough. You have to promise to only sell spaceships to Rome from now on!"

"How about adding a big man? I still want to go home and have a look! If my family finds out that I only sell spaceships to Rome and not to big men, I will become what people call a traitor."

"I can understand your difficulties, and I can forgive you for making such an unreasonable request, but I still don't agree with you selling the spaceship to any country other than Rome."

"You are too domineering!"

"Don't forget that I am the Roman Emperor! It is my natural right to be domineering."

Zhang Bai was so angry that he had no choice but to compromise. Among Western countries, the only truly wealthy country was Rome. If he lost this market, Zhang Bai would feel very heartbroken. As for the requirement not to sell to the big man, there is still room for negotiation, right? ?

"Then let's do this! How about we set a certain number and sell no more than three spaceships to the Han Dynasty? Now that the Han Dynasty is divided into three parts, I can only sell one to each country on average. Is this okay?"

"Then the price of the spaceship you sell to Rome must not be higher than [-] dramak silver coins."

"Are you trying to steal money? It's only [-] silver coins. Is it a bargain?"

"Then you cancel the deal with the Sulin family."

"Fifty thousand Dramax silver coins a ship, it can't be lower. The spaceship I gave you is the Apostle, which is much larger than the Zero!"

"Give me at least three ships, with a total of [-] deramakes. If you don't agree, I will cancel all our previous agreements, and the Roman army will march into Seleucia."

"You white robber, someone is robbing you -!" Zhang Bai stood up and jumped in a hurry.

You and I went back and forth for a long time, and the final result of the negotiation was: Zhang Bai gave Rome a total of four spaceships including the Apostle, and Rome paid a total of [-] drachmas of silver coins or equivalent gold and silver.

The price has gone up a bit, but there are many additional conditions:

1. One hundred crew members should be trained for free for Rome;

2. Only one Zero can be sold to the Sulin family, and the price must not be less than twice the price given to Rome;

3. It is stipulated that in the future, only up to three spaceships can be sold to the Han countries, and the price cannot be less than twice the price given to Rome;

4. The Roman spaceship was damaged, and Zhang Bai had to guarantee repair;

5. Among the [-] silver coins to be paid for the spaceship, [-] dermagrams must be used to purchase wheat and wine from Rome;

6. Another [-] silver coins must be used to purchase Roman paint, tung oil, and cloth to make airbags for spaceships;

That's not all. In the end, Rome will be given three thousand barrels of hydrogen for free. "We signed an unequal treaty!" The painful Zhang Bai felt like a hardcore traitor just thinking about it.

This Alexander was so shrewd that he actually figured out that the key to the floating spacecraft was hydrogen, which almost scared Zhang Bai to death.If he finds out how to make hydrogen, the spaceship will be ruined.

After all, all you need to get hydrogen is salt water and the humble thunder and lightning technique.