Chapter 561 A pure person
Cleopatra rolled out of the blanket.
Her exaggerated Venus makeup during the day had been changed, without applying makeup, her hair was decorated with braids and draped with gold foil. Her body under the sari cloak was very little dressed. She was calm and looked left and right in Ren Hong's room with her hands behind her back, her eyes falling on the Egypt map that the swordsman was quickly rolling up.
In addition to being shocked, the personal guard and the minor official left the room with tactful tactfully as General Ren nodded.
Assassination? I don’t know who stabs tonight.
When they left, they laughed and said that they would not be able to hide what happened tonight. They would have a good show when they returned to the body.
Ren Hong seemed to have expected this drama, threw away the dog-tail grass that was teasing the cat in his hand, invited the queen to sit down, looking at her smooth shoulders:
"Isn't the queen cold?"
He was still thinking about how to communicate with the two of them without translation, and it depends on their body. He never thought that Cleopatra was fluent in Chinese as soon as he opened his mouth.
"It was because of the cold that I sent a blanket to the general..."
"And I'm in the blanket."
She put her hands on her chest, her eyes full of seduction: "One person is cold, two people are not cold. I believe this is the same in Seris and Egypt."
He speaks Chinese very well. Legend has it that the Queen is a genius of language. Not only does she know Greek and Roman, but she is also one of the few people in the Ptolemy family who fluently speak Egyptian.
The queen picked up the wine pot very skillfully, poured purple-red wine and handed it to Ren Hong. Her eyes were filled with the affectionateness she deliberately pretended to be. Since the queen's pomp could not intimidate General Ren, what about the little girl who admired him? People of General Ren's age are most likely to be interested in young girls.
Don't ask her how she knows.
And now Ren Hong did not drive her out directly, which means there is a chance.
The queen must know what General Ren wants. Since he doesn't speak easily during the day, it will be easy to ask when the girl wraps her neck around the man's neck and acts coquettishly after sex.
This is the simplest and rough way for the two to go from strangers to familiarity. The queen has no time to play the game of guessing and guessing. She has a smile on her face and approaches General Ren step by step. She wants to take control.
Ren Hong sighed: "The Queen comes to visit late at night. Do you want to know the purpose of my visit to Egypt? Well, let's make it open and explain it to the Queen."
So easy? Then you should talk about it earlier!
The queen nodded, but listened to Ren Hong, "I want a posture."
Bah, I was talking nonsense, but fortunately the queen didn't understand, Ren Hong Xiu said: "I want knowledge!"
"Knowledge?" The queen was stunned.
"It's a book."
Ren Hongdao: "I heard that there is a large library in Alexandria. Over the past three hundred years, the Ptolemy kings have collected almost all the books in the world, with hundreds of thousands of volumes of books. I want all of these books, whether they are papyrus or parchment!"
Of course the Queen knew the Great Library. Before she ascended the throne, she had wandered there many times. This library was the founding king of the dynasty, built by Ptolemy I's "Savior". The purpose of construction was to "collect books from all over the world."
If you want to ask why Ptolemy I, one of the successors, attached so much importance to knowledge, because he was Alexander's companion and Aristotle's disciple, and wanted to realize his teacher's dream of summarizing world knowledge.
Ptolemy II and III inherited this great ideal, and tried every means to collect books from Athens, Greece and other places, and ordered every ship entering the port of Alexandria to be immediately included in the library as long as the books are found, regardless of nationality.
Homer's epics, Greek dramas, Euclid's Geometric Origins, and even manuscripts by Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, and even manuscripts, history, medicine, geography, astronomy, philosophy, all-inclusive and all-inclusive.
Greek, ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, and the crystallization of wisdom from the entire Western world have almost been condensed in this library, which is a perfect "stone from other mountains".
However, with the decline of Ptolemy's national strength and the chaos of internal affairs, the legacy of ancestors was forgotten. Several Ptolemy kings were ignorant people and were no longer concerned about collecting books.
Who would have thought that in the far east, there was a book lover who was the same as Ptolemy I. In order to gain knowledge, he crossed an ocean and launched a war against another continent's countries!
Compared to Chongguan Yiyi's anger, which is romantic?
The queen's mouth opened slightly, a little unbelievable, but this was the only reason that could explain the unusual behavior of the Seris. In her eyes, General Ren became even more mysterious.
Of course, after following the unique knowledge of the East and the West and making the decision to "start a war for knowledge", General Ren Hong was already a pure person, a person who had lost his low-level interest!
Ren Hong spread his hands and began to say nonsense again: "So the Queen."
"I don't have to fight with King Ptolemy at all."
"The messenger has gone to the south and negotiated with Theodotus. I only need to show the strength of the Han army, make King Ptolemy feel threatened, and then force him to hand over the books. I believe that King Ptolemy is very clear about which country or book."
Cleopatra heard Ren Hong’s implication: Once the agreement is reached, Ptolemy XIII will hand over the books, and Ren Hong will hand over her! Isn’t this a perfect deal?
This was the result that the queen had never thought of, but she immediately stroked her stomach and burst into laughter.
"General Ren overestimates my brother."
The queen said: "Dramak gold coins have two sides. My family's blood-related marriage is like a tossing a coin. The child born is genius and stupid. My brother unfortunately threw it on the back."
As for her, of course she is a genius who throws the front.
She was not defeated by her younger brother, but lost to the ministers who had controlled the country when her father was alive. They only needed puppets to expel her who was unwilling to cooperate.
But now, the Queen wants to emphasize the power and ignorance of Ptolemy XIII.
"He is just a naughty boy who has not grown up. He makes decisions not based on the situation, but on his own happiness and anger."
"He may refuse to let your conditions, and General Akiras has an army of tens of thousands of people, and he is more inclined to fight."
The queen clenched her fists: "War is inevitable, and I can help the general win it."
"The books in the big library have hundreds of thousands of volumes, and they need to be transported by camels and carriages for a few days before they can be transported. The general wants to take them away. He must first go through the water and then cross the eastern desert to the port of the Red Sea, which requires a lot of ships and human livestock. You need a trusted pharaoh to sit in Alexandria to ensure safety, rather than a child who may tear up peace at any time."
Her voice was tempted by the female: "General Ren, my brother can only give you a book at most."
"And I can also give you a lot of gifts."
As he said that, he began to untidy his silk gauze dress and said good things to take off! Ren Hong stopped her: "Please respect yourself, Queen."
How could Cleopatra understand this word? She took off her clothes lightly, looked up at General Ren and said, "It's not just me, but my dowry, the complete upper and lower Egypt."
Ren Hong was a little impure, and he looked up and down, but he was still a little moved. At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh that being young is good...
Wait, the queen proposed to him?
Cleopatra made up his mind: "Didn't the general say that Ceris has no co-governor and deputy king? You who conquered India and your reputation spread throughout Egypt, Greece, Parthia and Rome are just mere generals?"
"The gods owe you a crown!"
"Marry me." She stretched out her arms and showed her body confidently.
"The general can become my co-governor, king, god of Egypt!"
And she will also become the queen of India. What a wonderful political marriage, each of which will take what you want, and then be almost gone through the sea, each of whom will play with it.
As a Ptolemy Egyptian tradition, as a single queen, she should find a husband and make him the king of co-governance. Cleopatra's sister, Berneki IV, ruled alone during the expulsion of the flute player. Her courtiers forced her to marry Seleucid King Seleucid VII, but her bride strangled Seleucid VII to death...
Of course, General Ren didn't know about this.
But the names of kings and the temptation in front of him did not permeate Ren Hong's mind. He sighed and picked up the queen's tulle and draped it on her shoulders. This was undoubtedly another blow to the queen's self-confidence.
"I have a wife and I am also a queen." So, after marrying Wusun Xiao Kunmi, he is really considered a "co-governor of Xiwusun Kingdom"!
"I have children and grandchildren, and I am waiting for me to go back in India. This trip to Egypt is just a trip."
The implication is that at most an old man seeks excitement for one-night stand. If he wants him to be responsible, then forget it.
"Besides, India and Bactricia are already rich and vast enough, and I don't need to go so far to seek territory and people."
After taking the book, he patted his butt and left. Whoever wants to keep it, he won't keep it anyway.
"As for the throne, the queen probably doesn't know that the emperor of the Han Dynasty will add me sooner or later." Ren Hong was very convinced of this. In ten years, the old rules of "Guanxi cannot be granted a marquis" were useless, and he had dozens of "Guanxi Marquis" under his command.
The ancestral system of "not the king of Liu's family" will sooner or later disappear, and the situation is stronger than others, but Ren Hongning would rather not receive the imperial edict from the court, and he knew what that meant.
Either he died or Liu Xun died.
So Ren Hong did not care about the crown of Egypt at all.
Cleopatra's tears were about to come out, she lowered her head, feeling a little desperate, knowing that she had made a mistake again.
"I should give my body first and then negotiate the conditions. After a man and a woman have sex, she will not be so calm and rational."
The queen's eyes flashed with light, thinking about the next countermeasures. The General Ren in front of her was definitely not the kind of person who was confused by being seduced by women.
"but……"
Ren Hong has given the Queen enough blow to see her rack her brains and put down her dignity, while he firmly controls the dominance. Now, it's time to give her some hope.
He also understood that the safest way to collect books in Alexandria was to defeat the city and support a pro-Han Pharaoh after the death.
The real powerful enemy of the Han army was the Romans who would soon end the civil war. Once they were dragged to Caesar, things would probably be ruined. The expedition of the Protectorate of the Son-Pirate was a wave, but the Romans continued to flow.
So Ren Hongdao: "If we can guarantee that the letter will be shipped out intact, let the Queen become the pharaoh of Egypt, let the Protectorate have one more ally, and the Han Dynasty will have one more tribute country in Haixi, it would be better?"
Ren Hong raised the wine and handed it to the queen.
"Listen."
Cleopatra raised her head obediently, feeling pitiful, she put down the queen's dignity and leaned in front of General Ren. Perhaps this was what he wanted.
Ren Hong did tick her hair like a kitten.
"If the Queen can promise my conditions."
"Then tonight, I'm happy to make a deal with the Queen!"
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Chapter completed!