"Duke Fores, you are so rude!" Queen Irina suddenly turned around, staring at the human beings talking behind her..

Li Ke also turned around and saw Forres standing behind him very handsomely. Although the other party looked very calm, Li Ke saw a faint hostility in the other party's eyes.

"Isn't it? The Marquis of Siro clearly recorded in the book that men in the Tang Dynasty could marry many women?" Forres walked over with a wine glass with a warm smile on his face.

"Your Excellency Da Gong seems to have some understanding of the customs of our Tang Dynasty, but I have to say that your understanding is still too shallow!" Although Li Ke didn't know why Furis showed hostility to him, since they were bullying him, they all

When it came to him, he naturally wouldn't hold it up. Ke Lis was also very angry with this guy who was disrespectful to his master, so he translated Li Ke's words directly without making any modifications.

Hearing Li Ke's counterattack without hesitation, the expression on Forres' face changed. He was about to say something, but then Constance II also walked up and looked at Forres deeply, with a look in his eyes.

With a hint of unhappiness, he immediately swallowed what he wanted to say back into his stomach.

However, Queen Irina hated Foris very much, and the other party offended her noble guest for no reason. Although Foris did not refute again, she still made her very angry, so she said sarcastically:

Your Highness the King of Wu doesn’t have to be angry. Some of the Roman nobles were indeed too self-righteous, thinking that with a beautiful face, you can do whatever you want!”

This is not the first time that Irina has been so tit-for-tat with Forres, but she is so clear in front of Li Ke today, which obviously makes Constance II a little embarrassed, so she also looks at her wife unhappily.

Because of his relationship with Constance II, Furris could not stand the irony of Queen Irina in Rome, but he could not directly attack Irina, so he turned to

Li Ke said coldly: "Oh, since Your Highness, the King of Wu, said that I understand too superficially, I wonder what your Highness have to do with polygamy?"

Li Ke had known that the other party would ask this, so he had prepared an answer. He chuckled and said, "Every custom and system are related to the living environment of the local people, taking Rome and our Central Plains as examples.

Although Rome has been established for nearly a thousand years and has experienced countless wars during this period, it is still much more peaceful than our Central Plains."

When Li Ke said this, his eyes suddenly burst out with a cold light and looked directly at Forres, and said in a heart-warming tone: "In the past thousand years, countless wars have broken out between the inside and outside of our Central Plains. Not to mention anything else, just in the three

In the late Sui Dynasty more than ten years ago, warlords of all sizes and warlords in China fought, and the invasion of the Hu tribe in the north, more than 20 million Han people were killed and injured, and countless young and strong men died in battle. It was this situation that made the country's

Not only is the population declined sharply, but there are also many men and women. If monogamy is implemented, countless young women will not be able to marry. Therefore, the laws of our Tang Dynasty allow men to take concubines."

"More than 20 million!" Queen Irina exclaimed, her face full of shock, and Constance II and Forres also showed unbelievable expressions. The total population of their entire Eastern Roman Empire,

At most, it's just this number, but in a war in the Central Plains, so many people died, which is unimaginable.

Li Ke took a breath, calmed down his excitement, and then smiled at Forres: "In addition, I must correct a great mistake from Your Excellency, our Tang Dynasty men are only allowed to marry one wife, the rest

The one is the concubine. Although the status of these concubines is not as good as that of the wife, they are also protected by the law. The children born can also inherit the family property. If the wife unfortunately dies, the concubine may become the second man.

wife."

"I always thought that the Central Plains was extremely rich. I didn't expect that like our Rome, we would be threatened by war. Moreover, a war would lead to tens of millions of people. For the sake of the development of the country and the inheritance of foreign races, this kind of monogamy and multiple concubines was implemented.

The way is indeed forced." Irina reacted first and said with some emotion.

She was born in a devout Christian aristocratic family. In her concept, God first created a man and a woman, so monogamy is naturally God's original intention, but she never considered the relationship between husband and wife from a political and humanistic perspective.

The essence of this analysis made her feel very novel, and she also felt that the Tang Dynasty prince had a very special perspective on the consideration of the problem.

Forres didn't expect that a problem would trigger such a long discussion by Li Ke, and the perspective of this discussion was novel, which made him not know how to deal with it for a while.

Constance II was also worried that this issue would lead to Li Ke’s dissatisfaction, so he immediately changed the subject and then said: “The Queen doesn’t know anything. What the King of Wu is talking about is already in the past. Now the Tang Dynasty

It has been reunified and destroyed the very powerful Turkic Empire in the northwest. Its territory is several times larger than when we were the strongest in Rome. It only took decades to think about it.

In awe!"

Li Ke was unwilling to argue with Grand Duke Fores opposite him again. Besides, he had heard of some customs among the Romans. Let's look at Constance II's attitude towards Fores, which made him guess.

, I felt even more chilling in my heart, and I felt that arguing with such a person would probably only reduce my identity, so I followed Constance II's words and said a few words.

Irina heard that it took only a few decades for the Tang Dynasty to expand from unification to expansion, which made her even more curious. Xi Luo's book introduces the most about the customs and customs of the Tang Dynasty, but she doesn't talk much about history.

This is mainly because he himself is not very clear, so Irina took this opportunity to start asking Li Ke about the process of unification of the Tang Dynasty.

For Irina's protection just now, Li Ke's affection for this beautiful queen greatly increased. Therefore, seeing that she was interested in the Tang Dynasty, she immediately started with her grandfather Yang Guang at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and then

Because of war and natural disasters [***], the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty led to great trouble and the people were in great suffering. Later, his grandfather Li Yuan had to rise up in order to make the people, and as a result, the domestic turmoil was quelled in just a few years.

Irina didn't expect that Li Ke's background was so prominent, and her grandfather was both emperors. In other words, he was carrying the royal bloodline of two dynasties, which seemed even more shocking for the Romans who valued bloodline.

Constance II was also very interested in this history of the Tang Dynasty, especially for the current Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. He had always wanted to know more. In the war of unity in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was undoubtedly

The most dazzling star among them, so he slowly started discussing it with Li Ke.

Anyone who knows history knows that Li Shimin's life was originally a legend. He raised an army with his father at the age of 18 and attacked Chang'an the next year. Then in the following years, Li Shimin led a large army to fight in the east and west, and conquered the Tang Dynasty with one hand.

Most of the country. Especially when his son Li Ke said these deeds, they seemed more credible. Even Forres, who had just been troubled by him, listened to him.

Of course, Li Ke will not tell everything, such as the Xuanwu Gate Incident. This kind of thing is also an indelible stain for Li Shimin. Naturally, Li Ke will not promote it everywhere, so when talking about Li Shimin

When he ascended the throne, he just vaguely said that his grandfather gave the throne to his father.

Next was the exciting journey of the Tang Dynasty expansion, especially when Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Turkic army rushed outside Chang'an City. Li Shimin, who had not yet established a stable foothold, made Jie Li Khan dare not enter.

But later, the Tang Dynasty still signed the humiliating Weishui Alliance. As a result, four years later, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to destroy the powerful Eastern Turks in one fell swoop, and then expanded continuously, attacking the northern grasslands and defeating the army, thus laying the foundation for the great

Tang's overlord status.

By telling the deeds of his father Li Shimin, Li Ke let Constance II and Irina know what kind of country the Tang Dynasty was. At the same time, he also promoted the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty's military power to each other, even from the founding of the country to the present.

No country can withstand the attacks of the Tang army.

After hearing Li Ke's words, Constance II also showed a happy expression on his face. After all, they were all ally with the Tang Dynasty, so naturally they hope that the Tang Dynasty would be as powerful as possible. Only in this way can the great cannibals be suppressed.

They dare not act rashly. As for the threat that the Tang Dynasty might have posed to Rome, Constance II was not worried at all, because in his opinion, the Tang Dynasty was too far from Rome, even now, the other party's territory and

Rome is also separated by a vast Black Sea, so as long as Rome does not provoke the Tang Dynasty, there will be no hostile relationship between the two countries.

With the conversation between Li Ke and Constance II, the cocktail party slowly ended, and at this time, people's passion began to fade away. Many people could no longer resist the torture of sleepiness, and began to 30% or 50% of them.

The group said goodbye to Constantine II and Li Ke, and then left the Holy Palace in a carriage. Irina felt that Li Ke had just arrived in Constantinople today and her body also needed rest, so she suggested that the drinks end

Constance II nodded in agreement at the moment.

Although there was a little unhappy with Forres during the period, in general, the banquet still made Li Ke very happy, especially Constance II and Queen Irina were very enthusiastic about him.
Chapter completed!