I, Altria, only want to rule China.

"Okay, go meet your mother. She must miss you a lot." Leah touched Long Luxin's head with a fatherly look.

Long Luxin looked at Leah's approaching face and nodded with a slightly red face.

After Long Luxin left, Leah also took care of government affairs.

Just because Nanali and the others left doesn't mean Leah can relax.

In fact, in order to trick Nanali and the others, Leah has accumulated too many things to deal with during this period of time, and is even busier than before.

On the other side, two of the three kind-hearted people that Leah originally thought had already returned did not return immediately, but stayed in Guangzhou for a few days.

At this moment, the two were chatting in a teahouse.

As we all know, Rome and Sassanid Persia fought a war for hundreds of years. The hatred between the two can be said to be like that between the Han Dynasty and the Huns.

It can be said that the two sides have always disliked each other and both hope that the other will die soon.

According to common sense, with the relationship between the two countries at this point, they can definitely be considered mortal enemies, and there is no possibility for the two to sit together peacefully.

However, the magical reality never goes according to common sense. Nanali and Leo II actually sat down calmly and even drank tea while waiting for the food to be served.

Of course, the two of them were here because they must have something to discuss, so they both cherished every minute and every second of their time here. Even when they were sitting in a restaurant in Guangzhou drinking tea and waiting for their meals, they did not forget to study the situation in Western Europe.

Leo II was the first to say, "I plan to buy some books in Guangzhou, and by the way, I will also invite a few interpreters who understand our Roman language to come back."

Nanali glanced at Leo II and said, "Ignorant people always use endless words to show their stupidity, but smart people have already taken practical actions."

Leo II was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Nanali shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's nothing special. I have already sent people to find interpreters, and then let these interpreters help me translate the books about state governance in China. In addition, I also plan to invite a few Chinese chefs to Persia."

Leo II's face suddenly turned dark, and he said unhappily:

"Your Majesty Nanali, have you forgotten that we are allies of the Five Great Good Men? Even if you don't want to remind me to buy books from the Wu Kingdom, you should remind me to hire a chef from the Wu Kingdom."

Nanali laughed and said sarcastically, "Actually, I didn't expect you to be so stupid that you even need someone to remind you of such a simple thing."

It's no wonder that Nanali mocked her. After all, the hatred between the two sides is not so easy to resolve.

After mocking Leo II, Nanali changed the subject and said, "But you are right. I will remember to remind you if there is anything in the future."

Leo II snorted coldly and said, "Then I really thank you."

"You're welcome. Who makes us all five good people?"

Nanali thought to herself: Do you really think I don't know? As soon as you arrived in Guangzhou, you sent someone to invite an interpreter, and then you bought a lot of books from Wu. By the way, you also wanted to use a high salary to invite a chef from Wu to go back to Rome with you. Why didn't you remind me? Now you are showing off to me?

After a crazy mockery in her heart, Nanali finally said, "You know, Persia and Wu are each other's most loyal allies, so before we left Chang'an, I had a private meeting with the Emperor of Wu."

Leo II's heart tightened, but his face looked nonchalant. He said "oh" and said casually, "The Empress of Wu invited you to dinner again?"

Nunnally nodded first, then smiled smugly and said, "How could it be possible that we just had a meal alone?"

Seeing that Leo II did not ask further questions, Nanali could not help but feel a little bored and said, "His Majesty Arthur invited me to have a meal alone and talked to me about the situation in Western Europe."

Hearing this, Leo II became even more nervous.

As we all know, if there are fools in the world, then Sassanid Persia must be among them. If there are bootlickers in the world, then Sassanid Persia must be the one to kneel down first.

Judging from the IQ of this stupid woman, Nanali, the Empress of Wu would sell out their entire Western Europe without hesitation in exchange for a meal and a few promises.

Although Persia is not considered Western Europe, the Sassanid Empire had much more dealings with Western Europe than with China.

Because Persia was deeply influenced by the culture of Western Europe, although Sassanid Persia was not considered a Western European country in terms of geographical location, its culture was not much different from that of Western Europe. Excluding geographical reasons, it is not wrong to say that it was a country ruled by Western Europeans.

Of course, according to modern geographical terms, neither Persia nor Rome is actually considered Western Europe. They should be called Central Asia and West Asia. The real European regions are actually places like Frank and Britain.

But in the eyes of our ancestors, except for our great China, people from other regions are just barbarians, all of the same kind!

When Leo II thought about the fact that the Empress of Wu invited Nanali to a banquet alone but did not invite him alone, he could not help but feel jealous.

Obviously, Rome can also sell Western Europe, is it just because you are all women?

It is said that the Empress of Wu Kingdom likes women. The bitch Nanali must have seduced the Empress of Wu Kingdom and climbed into her bed, otherwise how could she be treated so well?!

Why am I not a woman?

After a cold snort, Leo II suppressed his displeasure and asked, "And then?"

"Ah." Nanali sighed in a pretentious manner and said, "I have to admit that His Majesty Arthur is indeed the greatest emperor I have ever seen, and the kindest emperor. At the same time, he is also an emperor with great personal charm."

"After the banquet, she told me how to govern a country well. For example, reducing taxes and levies, getting along with the people, giving free rein to people's opinions, and reducing construction projects."

"In fact, I have heard these truths before, such as Grand Secretary Holbach and Grand Secretary Dirode. They have said these things before, but the same truths, when spoken by the Emperor of Wu, are more convincing than those grand secretaries."

Leo II felt even more unhappy. He snorted again and said, "I admit that Her Majesty the Empress of Wu is very good at governing the country, but I don't think you can learn her way of governing the country."

Chapter 225: Wu State's Licking Dog

Nanali took a sip of tea and said with some pride: "At least I have solved the problem of Sassanid Persia's fiscal deficit."

"Hmm?" Leo II looked at Nanali with some doubt. Is this girl so capable? She can even solve financial problems. You know, Rome has always been troubled by financial problems.

"I used the treasury income of Sassanid Persia as collateral to borrow 1 billion dragon yuan, or 100 million taels of silver, from Wu State to purchase Wu State's muskets and cannons. Before the money is repaid, I want to see if anyone dares to touch a hair of Sassanid Persia."

"What do you mean?" Leo II was even more puzzled. You borrowed money from Wu State. What does it have to do with who touches your hair? And your financial problem is borrowing money? Don't you still have to pay it back?

Nanali rolled her eyes, looked at Leo II and sighed, "I told you you're stupid, but you still don't believe me. Think about it, if Sassanid Persia hadn't paid back the money owed to Wu State and was accidentally destroyed one day, who would pay back the money owed to Wu State? Would the person who destroyed Persia pay it back?"

Leo II was speechless for a moment.

Nanali is such a shameless woman. It's like if someone owes you 100 million, would you hope he dies? Of course he can only die after the money is paid back. Before the money is paid back, he will never let you die!

Therefore, before paying off the debt owed to Wu State, the Sassanid Empire would definitely not fall before Wu State.

When Leo II thought of this, he felt even more upset.

This is one step slow, and then one step slow, until in the end, even eating shit can't catch up with the hot shit!

After cursing Nanali in his heart, Leo II said with a dark face: "Then what do you say about our sending troops to India, and how do we divide the territory?"

After thinking about it, he decided to change the subject.

"This is easy. Persia and India are the closest to each other, so I want the Indian part. You can discuss the rest with Frank."

Nanali dipped her hand in some tea, roughly drew the map of India, and then marked off the area closest to her.

Leo II took a look, felt there was no problem, and nodded.

After seeing Leo II nod his head in agreement, Nanali thought for a moment and said, "By the way, as for Clovis I, should you send someone to inform him, or should I send someone to inform him?"

Leo II laughed and asked, "Why should we inform Clovis I?"

"what?"

Seeing Nanali's puzzled look, Leo II slowly explained: "There are five great good men in the United Nations, and among these five good men there are strong and weak ones. Do you admit this?"

Nanali nodded and said, "Of course, Wu is the strongest, followed by your Rome and our Sassanid Persia, Frank is second, and finally Britain, the weakest among the five good peoples."

Of course, Britain is only temporarily at the bottom. Neither Nanali nor Sassanid Persia underestimates Britain. Just because Britain is the daughter of the Wu Kingdom, Britain will definitely not always be at the bottom.

Leo II hummed and said, "So, the current situation is that Wu State has secured the first seat, and our two families are competing for the second seat. If we inform Clovis I, wouldn't that give him another chance? If they become more powerful, would he still be willing to sit on the fourth seat?

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The Franks split from the Western Roman Empire, so Leo certainly didn't want them to become too strong in the future. It was just a matter of conquering India, so the two families were enough.

The fewer people there are, the more benefits they gain.

Nanali thought about it and felt that if she became powerful, she would definitely not be willing to let someone sit in front of her, so she could not give Clovis I the opportunity to become stronger no matter what.

So it would be good to let him sit obediently in the fourth chair. If the envoy of this country had not proposed a United Nations model, Nunnally and Leo II would not even want to bring Clovis I to play together.

"But what excuse should we use?" Leo II thought with a frown.

When sending troops to a country, one always needs an excuse. After all, these five good men are under the slogan of peace and fraternity. If they send troops casually, it will give people an excuse, which will not look good.

Nanali thought for a moment and said, "We only need to bring up the strange racial system of the country of Tianzhu. It actually divides people into different classes. Isn't this a very good excuse? It fits the principle of equality and fraternity of our five great good men!"

Leo looked at this woman with some surprise and found that since she was able to become the queen of Sassanid Persia, it seemed that she was not an easy person to deal with.

The most important thing is that this woman is very shameless. Although she is one of the five great good people, this woman licks the female emperor of Wu State everywhere. She puts Wu State first in everything and doesn't give others any chance to show off. She perfectly interprets how many ways there are to write the word "dog licker".

After a long silence, Leo II finally couldn't help but ask tentatively: "If, I mean if, if Wu State and Western Europe have a conflict, or Wu State wants to march into Western Europe, what are you going to do?"

Nanali asked back, "Do you think it's possible? Before you think about anything, please use your brain to think about whether this question is possible."

Leo II frowned and asked, "Why can't it be established?"

Nanali laughed and said, "A statistic was published in a newspaper in Wu State. Wu State has a population of 3000 million, but its land area is 29 million square kilometers. That means there is only one person for every square kilometers. It is a situation where there are too many people and too little land."

"Let's not consider whether Wu is capable of sending troops to Western Europe for combat, nor the supply problem. Even if Wu is able to march into Western Europe, how can it occupy the land of Western Europe?"

"Also, didn't you notice that even if Wu State wanted to attack Tianzhu, they didn't have the heart to do so? They don't want territory, they just want population."

"Besides, compared to Wu State, Western Europe is the poorest countryside. Do you still expect Wu State to take the initiative to send troops to occupy Western Europe? Do you want Wu State to come to Western Europe to help alleviate poverty? What good things are you thinking of!"

Leo II was choked and speechless, but when he thought about it carefully, what Nanali said was really correct. He now felt a little disgusted with such a poor place as Western Europe, let alone such a rich country as Wu.

After a long silence, Leo II asked again: "Are you really ready to learn all about Wu State? Including the politics and military of Sassanid Persia?"

Chapter 226: The Path of the Aristocratic Families

Nunnally nodded as a matter of course and said, "Of course, it's not shameful to learn from the strong. What's shameful is that you have the opportunity to learn from the strong but you are unwilling to learn."

"In fact, if it were possible to find enough interpreters, I would even offer Chinese language and character courses in Persian schools, so that Persians would have the opportunity to learn Chinese and character from an early age."

Leo II nodded and fell silent again.

Including the imperial court and the army, they all learned from the Wu State in all aspects. Even schools have to offer courses in Chinese language and Chinese characters. This is no longer something that can be described by the word "suck-up". Nanali is simply crazy, completely crazy.

Is she planning to turn Sassanid Persia into a small Wu Kingdom?

Looking at Leo II who fell into silence, Nanali couldn't help feeling a little proud.

What's wrong with copying everything from Wu State?

Compared with everything that existed in Sassanid Persia, Wu's system was more advanced, Wu's army was more capable, Wu's writing was more beautiful, Wu's language was more elegant, and the most advanced knowledge was all written in Chinese characters.

The most advanced technology now is based on the standards of the Wu Kingdom. If the Sassanid Persians did not learn from the Wu Kingdom, would they have to keep those old and decaying things and wait to be swept into the garbage dump of history?

Besides, learning the writing and language of the Wu Kingdom does not mean completely abolishing the writing and language of Sassanid Persia, so Nanali thinks there is no problem.

Leah had no idea what Nanali and Leo II were talking about. She was now thinking about how to deal with some so-called piracy incidents.

That’s right, some of the things developed by the Wu State are being pirated.

Ever since the Wu Kingdom has been investing money in scientific research, with the leadership of the Wu Kingdom's Emperor, Leah, the people of the Wu Kingdom have also gradually begun to pay attention to research and development.

Especially those noble families who lost their land.

There was no shortage of smart people in the aristocratic families. Seeing that the trend of Wu's land being first nationalized and then distributed equally was unstoppable, those aristocratic families readily chose to cut off their arms and survive.

They voluntarily gave up the large tracts of land they owned, instead secured most of their property and invested it in workshops or other businesses.

Then, these noble families were surprised to find that although the workshop was not as stable as the land, the money they earned was no less than that earned by exploiting the peasants.

The only problem was that most of the profits were taken away by the imperial court.

First, there is the issue of taxes.

The Wu court was very ruthless when it came to collecting taxes. It was impossible to drag one's feet like before. Once the tax collectors found out that someone was dragging his feet, the tax commissioner would bring the Jinyiwei to arrest the person and confiscate his property.

Some noble families even secretly mocked the imperial court, claiming that even those who robbed people on the road had to pay taxes honestly to the Wu court.

The government may not be able to find out who is committing highway robbery, but the tax commissioner can definitely find out who is not paying taxes.

In addition to the tax issue, the biggest headache for these families is the patent issue.

How immoral was the Wu State court? They would register patents for any new machinery they developed in advance, and then sell the finished products to the noble families who opened workshops.

They have no choice but to buy it, because the new equipment developed by the Royal Academy often means efficiency and quality. If they don't buy it, someone else will, and they will be the ones who suffer in the end.

But the key is that it's illegal. Not only is the new machine sold at a very high price, but other workshops that use the Royal Academy's patents also have to pay patent fees honestly.

Moreover, the prices are set at the upper limit that most workshop owners can afford.

Then, these noble families also became ruthless.

Why can the imperial court bully the noble families like us? Isn't it because the imperial court has a Royal Academy of Scientific Research, which can always come up with new machines and patents?

Since the imperial court can do it, we, the noble families, can do it too!

Although we can't compare with the Royal Academy in terms of scale, we can just focus on one field, and they can also make money from patents!