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Chapter 1587 Agreement

"Your Majesty, do you want to go and call everyone back?"

A knight asked.

"Forget it, don't go and spoil their fun. It's rare for them to be so happy!"

Baldwin IV spoke up. He knew how to win people over. This time, he brought his confidants with him. There was no need to let his subordinates think that he was a harsh king.

Around the campfire, everyone was laughing together. Although they belonged to two different worlds, alcohol could make the gap disappear. After drinking, everyone was like a brother and said anything. Of course, everyone had the same habit. After drinking too much, they liked to brag, and the more they boasted, the more outrageous they became.

Sun Lei did not go to the campfire, but stayed in the tent. If he went there, he was afraid that the people on the opposite side would become restrained.

"Your Majesty, let's have a midnight snack!"

Hu Sanniang came over with a plate containing a few side dishes and a pot of wine. She knew that Sun Lei had not eaten enough in the afternoon, and the food from the foreign race did not look tasty.

"Forget about the wine."

Sun Lei waved his hand and said that Lu Zhishen and his men were going to gather intelligence, so drinking was understandable, but they still had to abide by military regulations.

"Our stir-fried dishes are still the best. The taste is second to none! Those Western barbarians eat raw meat and drink blood. They don't even roast the meat, and sprinkle so many spices on it..."

Sun Lei started complaining while eating, saying that the West can be said to be a food desert, and there is nothing to eat no matter how hard you look.

"That's what barbarians are like! I miss Brother Wu's pancakes, they are so fragrant and crispy!"

Hu Sanniang also smiled and said that the most common things she had seen after traveling west were various kinds of baked cakes, but without exception, they were all so hard that they could be used as shields. They were not delicious at all and could knock out your teeth.

"Deal with things here as soon as possible and go back to Liangshan to enjoy life!"

Sun Lei nodded.

The bonfire party lasted until late at night, and everyone returned to the camp drunk.

Baldwin IV originally wanted to return to Jerusalem earlier, but his generals were all drunk, so he could only rest for one more day.

Baldwin IV took a pill last night. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but I felt very good today.

"Come on, follow me to the beach!"

Baldwin IV spoke to several knights and said that he also wanted to go out and see the scenery.

As soon as he arrived at the Caspian Sea, Baldwin IV heard a burst of women's laughter.

"Yeah, woman!"

Baldwin IV looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Sun Lei playing with a slim woman on the beach.

Baldwin IV is only seventeen years old this year, which should be the best time of his life, but the leprosy forces him to live under a mask and he cannot play like his peers.

"Hey, are you here to play too?"

Sun Lei asked casually as he looked at Baldwin IV who was slowly approaching.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood!"

Baldwin IV bowed slightly to Sun Lei before speaking. He was a nobleman and paid great attention to etiquette.

"It's autumn now, and the weather isn't that hot anymore, so it's a good time to come over and have some fun."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Actually, you don't need to wrap yourself up so tightly. It's not good for your illness!"

Sun Lei said as he looked at Baldwin IV who was wrapped like a mummy.

"My illness is so terrible that it's hard to show to others. If I don't do this, I'm afraid it will scare people!"

Baldwin IV shook his head slightly. Every time he looked in the mirror, he would feel irritated. Sun Lei came to the beach and sat on a lounge chair under a parasol. Hu Sanniang immediately brought him iced juice.

"sit down!"

Sun Lei looked at Baldwin IV and invited him, pointing to a lounge chair downwind.

Hu Sanniang had already placed some iced juice on the small table next to the recliner, and even inserted a reed stick as a straw.

"Your Majesty, who is this female general?"

Baldwin IV saw Hu Sanniang sitting next to Sun Lei and asked in confusion, "In the West, maids are not qualified to sit next to their masters."

"This is my wife, and she is also a general in my army!"

Sun Lei said.

"So it's the imperial concubine! How disrespectful!"

Baldwin IV bowed to Hu Sanniang again before sitting down. Looking at the juice with ice cubes suspended in it, he was a little surprised.

  Although it's already autumn, the temperature hasn't dropped much. Where did the ice come from? How can there be ice in the middle of winter? There can't be an ice cellar here!

When Baldwin IV saw the straw, he knew he didn't need to take off his mask, so he picked up the juice and started drinking.

"Your Majesty, I want to sign an agreement with you!"

Baldwin IV drank some juice and felt refreshed, but he quickly recovered and looked at Sun Lei and spoke.

"Agreement? What agreement?"

Sun Lei looked at Baldwin IV with some surprise and asked.

"An agreement for our Kingdom of Jerusalem and the State of Qi to become an alliance. Our two countries will always have peace!"

Baldwin IV spoke.

Sun Lei laughed when he heard this, but he just drank the juice and didn't answer.

"Your Majesty, do you have any dissatisfaction? You can raise it and we can discuss it."

Seeing that Sun Lei did not reply, Baldwin IV quickly spoke.

  Last night, Baldwin IV spent the whole night thinking about how to deal with the westward expansion of the State of Qi. If one day the State of Qi destroyed the Arabs and bordered Jerusalem, what would they do?

Finally, Baldwin IV came up with the idea of ​​an alliance agreement. Although the agreement was not binding, there would be a glimmer of hope if it was signed.

"Honestly, there is nothing to discuss with you. Your kingdom is too small. If this small area is considered a kingdom, I would have tens of thousands of kings under my command!"

  Sun Lei shook his head. His current territory covered almost the entire Asian continent. What qualifications did a small Kingdom of Jerusalem have to sign an agreement with him?

Baldwin IV was a little shocked. He knew that Qi's territory was large, but he didn't expect it to be so large. If calculated in this way, he was really not qualified to sign the agreement.

"Are you worried that I might do something to you in the future?"

Sun Lei looked at Baldwin IV and asked.

"Your Majesty, your East is prosperous and we can live in peace. Why do you have to come to the West to kill us?"

  Baldwin IV looked at Sun Lei in confusion and asked, he really didn't understand why Sun Lei went on such an expedition, just for land? What was the value of these barren deserts?

"Live in peace? Haha!"

Sun Lei sneered. Now that the East is strong and the West is weak, these people say they want to live in peace. If the situation turns around, these foreigners will rob without hesitation.

"If you are smart, you should see everything clearly and surrender early. Submitting to our Qi State is the best choice!"

"I'm not trying to scare you! Even if I don't conquer your kingdom, the Arabs will conquer it sooner or later."

"You do have some abilities. As long as you are alive, Saladin will not be able to succeed. But how many years can you live? Even with medicine? Ten years? Twenty years? Thirty years? What about after you die?"

Sun Lei looked at Baldwin IV and spoke.

Baldwin IV did not answer, and he could not answer. His kingdom was indeed in crisis. In the early years, it was fine with the support of the empire and the church, but in recent years the support has been greatly reduced, and they can only maintain it with difficulty.