Augustus Road

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Hattusa is an extremely wild plateau, with gravel-colored or vermilion-colored cliffs and steep ridges. In the sky, there are only drifting clouds and goshawks passing by. A few hard shrubs or pine trees that do not rely on each other dot this plateau. on top, like black sesame seeds on red tops. Only around the rivers are there vibrant oases, as well as wheat fields and villages built on them. Karabis, who loved traveling in Asia Minor before traveling through time, knew that this was the location of the Hittite capital of the ancient "Iron Empire". Sure enough, on the high ground next to the Great Salt Lake, there was a relic of the Hittite palace, a huge winged palace. The large stone statue with the body of an ox and the head of a man, a totem that symbolizes the soul and the power of death, is scarred by wind and sand and is half-buried in the ground. It silently narrates the glory of thousands of years ago.

As far as the eye can see, the Great Salt Lake looks like extremely huge blue ice crystals. The white clouds are completely reflected on the lake. The sky and the lake are completely integrated. A small boat made of reeds seems to be flying quietly in the sky. Walking through the clouds, in front of Adiana, who was wearing mourning clothes and standing barefoot in the lake, she absorbed more and more salt and gradually sank, with almost no waves, carrying the bones of her father and brother-in-law with her. , submerged into the depths of the lake, there are almost no ripples.

"Do you hate Pompey for taking your crown?" asked Calabis, standing behind Adiana.

"Just kidding, of course he hates it. Although he didn't let me and little Tegre go to the triumphal ceremony as captives, he also gave me the place where the family originated. He even gave me priesthood rights over the ancestors and emperors. It's just a code It all comes down to the same thing. Amphora. I am very happy to become a hero in Eubotia and join forces with you to deal with the common enemy. As for Pompeii, I think that sooner or later, I will take care of my mother's little one. Take the crown from his hands!" Adiana took off her cloak and slowly waded onto the shore full of sharp rocks. "But I also swore to Pompey that he would give me the land. Blood tax and loyalty will reward him. It seems that I will have to come up with a compromise to avoid the embarrassment of betrayal. "

"Very well, I'm very happy that Princess Pontus, no, the current Queen Eubotia is back. However, if one day we are in hostile camps again, what will you do?" Karabis half-joked. said.

Adiana sat on a rock. Several maids tied sandals on her white feet and raised their sharp eyes. Said: "I will not wait for you until the moment when we are hostile again. I will poison you to death at tonight's banquet. My father's letter tells me many ways to prepare poison. Who told you to stubbornly refuse to do so?" For my use, Adiana?”

"What, is there a banquet for me?"

"Yes, didn't I say that on the white sailing ship 'Calabia Ubert'?" Adiana also gave the white sailing ship a nickname, and then she wore mourning robes and met Calabis. Walking towards a protruding rock, an eagle flew right in front of their eyes. The building complex stretching for ten stadias below was the Eubotia built in front of Mithridates VI. The city palace, aqueducts, towers, racetracks, gardens, zoos, etc. are all available, but now all valuable things have been looted by the Romans - Adiana pointed there, Calabis squinted, but Many people were seen continuing to use tools to dismantle bricks, wood, plants and other other things in the palace.

"Adiana, are you exerting the final usefulness of this palace?"

The new queen of Eubotia nodded: "The large bronze statue inside has been melted to make various agricultural tools and utensils. The materials in the palace are used to build colonial settlements for pirates and Jews, as well as to prepare the streets for the outside world. Immediately Some small salt lakes will also be contracted to foreign business groups for a period of ten years. As for my father's inheritance on the Calabria Eubert, half of it will be used to operate the abandoned former royal ranch and introduce fine horse breeds - and also Half of it, do you think it should be given to you to take back to Rome, or should you use the palace's aqueduct to develop fine farming in the river oasis?" Calabis laughed when he heard what the princess said, "Adiana, I am. Not so philistine and short-sighted, I understand - Peloponnese, Athens, and even Rome have been in urgent need of food supplies in recent years, and there is no need to worry about the lack of marketability for what agriculture produces, but you have to be clear about one thing, this Uber. The Kingdom of Tenia has my investment in it, and I will need to pay back in the future.”

"You can ask for your reward now." Adiana looked up and smiled, "Tonight's banquet, we wholeheartedly invite the distinguished Roman knight, the special envoy of the Thirteenth Legion, His Excellency Calabis Cornelius, to attend."

The banquet of Queen Eubetnia began in the afternoon. Adiana did not think it was necessary to repair her father's palace. She ordered that all the natives or immigrants could have a share of the palace complex, and the soldiers and guards did not have to stop them (if it were not for the suppression of the Roman garrison troops who had just withdrawn, the people would have taken action long ago). So the queen's palace was actually in a small and heavily guarded fortress halfway up the Hattusa Mountains. This was the Acropolis built by her father, which was abandoned when the Romans came, but the Romans were too lazy to demolish it, so Adiana chose this place as the palace. In winter, there would definitely be snowstorms here, but Adiana did not care as much as before. She told Carapis that her father's previous flagship was full of golden cabins, precious wine vessels and luxury goods for women, but this did not harm the morale of the army. There are other benefits to be said, so Adiana cut most of the followers and slaves, allowing them to marry freely, and those eunuchs who could not marry freely settled in the kingdom. Now in the queen's bedroom, there are only maids, cooks, guards, and ceremonial personnel who meet daily needs. Until the moment before the banquet, Adiana was still at the desk, flipping through the books about finances and funds, and constantly making instructions on them with a pen. Several hairdressing maids were using irons to smooth out the wrinkles of the queen's dress.

"Hey, that... also quickly arrange it, don't neglect it." Adiana saw the wrinkles and suddenly remembered something, so she hurriedly instructed.

The bronze door was opened, and Carapis strode in. He saw Adiana standing on the terrace, the new Queen of Eubernia, wearing a green slim-fitting dress, her chestnut hair was heated into big curls, tied up with a belt, and draped diagonally on her chest, like a touch of lushness in the wilderness.

"Welcome to my kingdom, please come to the feast, Carapis." Adiana turned around, stretched out her hand, and smiled with pearly teeth. (To be continued...)