"The whip sounds loudly, the wheels roll, the horses kick and jump, and the swords and soldiers compete for the first place." - "The Book of Na Hong" describes the assault of the ancient Assyrian chariot.

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"Why not, anyway, Pompei must place many pirates in your country. The position of the Kingdom of Ubertnia in Roman law is between the socii and the surrender dediticii. Adiana, you have no independent diplomatic power, and you must accept the supervision of the city of Rome, imitate the Roman city-state to establish the Curia Senate, the citizens' congress and officials, and also provide blood taxes (assisted army and navy) for Rome. All you can do now is to turn the unfavorable situation into favorable. Since Pompei is willing to migrate the pirates, you should take advantage of the advantages of resettling the pirates, absorb them into the Curia and the army, and enrich your strength." Karabis said.

At this time, the princess sitting next to Karabis looked at him and whispered, "It's okay, I still have the dream of reviving the empire." Then she coughed twice seriously, quietly grabbed Karabis's hand, and said in a particularly gentle tone that was particularly gentle compared to before: "Let me entertain you in Ubertnia for a midsummer. I am very familiar with it. It is a new city built by my father during his lifetime. Under the Anatolian mountains in the inland, there are rivers and salt lakes, palaces and yards. The scenery is very steep and beautiful. Although the Romans had looted it before, the main building is still there, and I can entertain you with the money given by Pompey."

"You say this, as if I was squandering money like soil." Karabis smiled, stretched his legs, and half leaned against the wall and deck comfortably. Adiana closed her eyes and laid on his knees. The two of them quietly listened to the drum beats and trumpets of the paddlers, and the sound of the dark tide of the sea. It is rare to enjoy such a simple and peaceful time at this moment.

"Hey, do you know why my father built Ubertnia? Because the alpine lagoon Hatusa is the real cemetery of our Mitra family."

"You mean the royal cemetery of Sinop..."

"It's just a temple for priests' activities and people's admiration. We buried the fake body there, and then brought the pottery urns with the bones of my father and brother. We placed it on the lakeside of the Hatusha Plateau, where there was a sacred field, the sacred land of the Mitra family. Don't go back to Rome for the time being? We're spending this rare summer on the cool plateau, with only the two of us, no throne, and the struggle is messy - by the way, I'll teach you how to ride a horse?" Adiana's long eyelashes shook gently, and he clasped Karabis's hand with his bracelet and placed it on his cheek, "Or, we can raft on the salt lake with picnic and drink."

"I'm not qualified to enjoy these. Maybe I'll have to leave in half a month."

"Karabis, are you going to be king when you are so diligent?" A shadow of cloud swept across Adianna's fair face.

"To live and make your loved ones live better in this world, when it comes to this, I once said that I would give you a thousand tarants, right?"

Adiana laughed and turned her face toward Karabis's chest, "Maybe you can serve in my palace for fifty years to compensate for this money."

"No, come with me."

In the bottom cabin of the white sailboat, Karabis pulled the princess down slowly from the narrow ladder. Then Adianna saw at the end of the opposite bottom cabin, there was a space with an iron fence, with some gray jars inside. Karabis walked there, moved the fence away, and raised his hands, "Now you know, when you negotiated with me on this boat, why did I delay so long when I went to find food? I just took you ashore and hit the crossbow to the ground, and why I went to Korkis. I must insist on repairing the white sailboat and riding it. This iron fence was added by me, and I never allowed the paddlers and craftsmen to get here."

Adianna's body trembled, she pointed to the dusty jars and said in a silence: "You mean..."

"Yes, you are so spoiled, Adianna, so the right to discover these things belongs to me, because I am the first person to collect food for you on this ship to feed you." Karabis unveiled one of the citrus jars that had been marked, and opened the dusty cover. From the hay and flax inside, he took out one agate-inlaid gin wine glass after another, a total of twelve. Then he took out another citrus jar and took out at least four from the inside. It is worth a precious ice wine vessel of Tarent, followed by a small statue of rhino horns, ivory and pure gold for drinking, scepters, daggers, diamond-covered bridles, and boxed boxes of musk bags and agarwood... "These things are worth at least **Battalent, the gift is your father, the right to discover, and the ownership belongs to Adiana, Queen Ubertnia." Karabis made an invitation politely.

Adiana threw herself into his arms and almost knocked him down, "Stay here and be the king of Ubertnia!"

"I don't need to repeat the impossible thing for the third time. Adianna, protect and develop your country well. The current situation is most suitable for you. You will never be restrained anymore, and you don't need to live under the huge shadow of your father. Maybe three or five years later, will you still fight with me?"

When the white sailboat was docked at the port of Sinop, Adiana held an ivory-inlaid scepter and sat on the eight-pillar sedan chair carried by thirty-two people. Behind it was a team of hundreds of people, including pirates, carrying boxes and pottery jars. People and chiefs from all over the capital, Zhaluo wielded the flowers in his hands and bowed to the princess. They still admired the authority of the Queen's princess. Even though the family had lost its power, "The war was over, and the Mitra family accepted peace, but I have to admit that the Bendu Empire had failed and perished, it It has been divided, and the cloak of Alexander the Great is now the master of the Romans, the great General Pompeii. Our kingdom has now become a Roman province like Bitinia and Cappadocia. But the glory of the family will continue in the hands of me, Adiana, in the hands of the wind and snow and the howling wind of the Eubertnian Kingdom. As for you, please enjoy this hard-won peace slowly and for a long time. Please do not talk about war anymore. Now I just want to bury my father's body." Adiana held the gorgeous scepter and kept talking.

The fake body of Ubert, who pretended to be Mitradati, was placed in the coffin on a starry night, under the guidance of the priest, placed on the temple of the Sinop Palace, and was arranged alongside the coffins of other Bendu kings. This was also something Pompei allowed. Adiana, who walked out of the temple, looked at the palace with only ruins, with only the ruins left. The stars in summer were laid up and down the entire night sky, and several lonely pillars stood in her perspective like silhouettes. From the hills of the temple, only the lighthouses by the sea and the lonely fishing fires in the distance, and the roar of the sea tides colliding with the causeway.
Chapter completed!