Silde took the snacks handed over by Bai Dong, and ate and drank in big mouthfuls, acting like a greedy child, completely different from his previous image.

Since his mother passed away, he vowed to be a strong man because he was proud enough, because he had novel knowledge and a broader worldview that no one in the world did not have. This battle would definitely fail, but he knew how cruel the world was. Rights were not obtained through begging, but through his own efforts.

He read every letter from Bai Dong shot onto the city wall. He almost couldn't help but want to meet Bai Zi a few times, but the knowledge he got from his mother told him that it was the best time! He had to show a better side in order to make Bai Zi look at him differently and strive for the greatest benefit.

When he came to see Bai Dong this time, Silde was originally planning to surprise the famous Bai Zi and let him take him to meet Ying Quliang willingly in order to fight for the best interests of the Xijia family; to fulfill his mother's instructions, return to the beautiful West, and get the knowledge and wisdom he should have obtained in Luke'ang Academy, Xijia is his greatest trump card.

In order to prepare for this day, he was studying hard every moment, seizing every opportunity to establish prestige among the warriors and slaves of Xijia. On the day Wei Yang attacked the city in a large scale, he could have gathered the warriors and slaves of Xijia faster, but he deliberately delayed the time, in order to stage a "Jedi Counterattack" at a critical moment and establish the highest authority in Xijia!

During the eight-day offensive and defensive battle, there was no mistake in his command. Now the Xijia soldiers and slaves were all his leader. He could open the city to surrender to Lao Qin with just one word, even if the remaining Xijia direct descendants would lose their heads. But when he felt that the time had come and played himself as a calm and powerful young hero to negotiate with Bai Dong, he found that the secret that he had kept for more than ten years was nothing in front of others. He just took a few light words and pulled off his bottom~pants...

‘If you can’t be a strong negotiator, just be a naive child, so that your enemies will be relaxed’

The sweet pastry of the Bai family satisfyed Silde. He is now an innocent boy. While eating good things he had never seen before, his eyes were spinning around, thinking about how to cheat Bai Dong for the greatest benefit.

Now Sika is his capital, and the more power he retains, the more likely he will fulfill his promise to his mother - "When the sun shines over the Aegean Sea, he will return to his hometown like the heroic Odysseus." However, Odysseus relies on the mercy of the gods, but he does not need anyone's mercy, but only relies on his own strength!

The 'good boy' Silde seemed to be completely guided by Bai Dong, eating exquisite snacks greedily. He began to tell his mother's past experience... What surprised Bai Dong and Nie Zhu was that this was actually a beautiful love story, but like many love stories, its ending was not perfect, and it was a bit incredible.

Silde's mother was named Henna, a healthy and lively beautiful girl with brown-red hair. She was the youngest daughter of the Athenian consul. She was born wise and good at painting, poetry and music, which made all men under the age of fifty in Athens deeply fascinated by it...

As if to prove this, Silde hummed the song his mother taught him, which was said to have been created by her mother and had strong Western classical musical qualities.

When Henna was twenty years old, her father chose the son of the chief general as her fiancé among countless suitors; but Henna fell in love with her handsome guard, so the two brave young people staged a "elopement" scene...

The guard was a capable young man. When he ran away with Henna, he actually brought his fifty-man guard. Unfortunately, he forgot that this was an era of frequent wars. Soon after leaving Athens, they met the army of Adaxerxes II. The handsome guard failed to stage the myth of the three hundred heroes of Sparta. The two hundred Persian soldiers made him give up love and slipped away like a rabbit, leaving behind the stunned Henna.

Henna, who was depressed, took the initiative to enter the Persians' team. Her calmness and aristocratic temperament immediately attracted the attention of the Persians, and she quickly judged her identity from what she carried with her.

If it was Persia during the reign of Xerxes I, she would definitely receive a higher courtesy. Her father only had ten thousand gold coins. The Persians would escort her back to China. Unfortunately, the Persian Empire had declined from prosperity and the country was in chaos. The centralized system became nameless. The governors of various provinces became small warlords. The Persian army that captured Henna was exactly a chaotic army that had just failed in the Battle of Hippo. They secretly brought Henna to Central Asia, locked her in a dungeon, and just wanted to find an opportunity to sell for a good price.

Perhaps because of the buyer, Henna spent thirty days in the dungeon, a Persian army of 100 people began to escort her to the east. Henna didn't know where she was going to be sent, but she had lost even the most precious love. Even these Persians sent her to the mythical underworld.

It is obvious that her buyer is in China, but this mysterious buyer seems to have no fate with His Highness Henna. When the Persians were about to enter China, countless Qiang soldiers appeared. They killed all the Persians and were preparing to send this beautiful female devil to the tent and offer them to their Baishi God. Fortunately, the money seemed to be more powerful than the Baishi God. Xiqimu, who happened to be the one who was in the same situation, took a look at Henna at a glance, and then bought her with a hundred Qin rounds of money.

What Bai Dong was most curious about the whole story was the "buyer" of China. The Chinese in this era should have no idea about the distant West. Could it be that they had contact with the Persian Empire at this time? There seems to be no such record in later history books, but since he came to this era, there is time to verify it.

After telling the story of her mother, Silde looked at Bai Dong with a gaze: "I am a poor child whom I have never seen even my grandfather. When my mother passed away, I promised her that she would definitely return to Greece. But to do this, I need the help of Xijia, so...you will definitely help me, right?"

"You kid, don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me. In order to establish absolute prestige in the Xijia family, how many Xijia people actually died because of you, but now they say they want to save the Xijia family? What I can promise you is to change the killing of the nine clans to the three clans of the Yi family, so that many of the children of the Xijia family can be protected, although not all."

"There are still two thousand elite soldiers and tens of thousands of slaves in Xijia. If you want to attack for a strong force, you will have to sacrifice at least more than five thousand people..."

Silde carefully bargained: "My demands are not high. If Qin promised to kill only the direct descendants of Xijia, I would open the city to surrender."

"Even if you agree to your request, Qin will take back the fiefdom of the Xi family, deprive the title of the Xi family, and demote all the children of the Xi family to common people. Do you think that just such a Xi family can help you return to Athens? It's so naive. Even the Xi family in its prime will be difficult to do it, unless the emperor is willing to use the whole country to help you, do you think this is possible?"

Bai Dong smiled and looked at the boy: "But if I were given ten years, I might be able to help you. But I am a very selfish person. You have no relatives and no reason, why should I help you?"

Silde turned his big, bright eyes, stared at Bai Dong for a long time, and suddenly stood up respectfully: "Please teach me sir!" This mixed-race boy was quite good at learning Chinese etiquette.

"Forget the beautiful country that your mother calls me for the time being, that's just her wishful thinking. The Aegean Sea actually has wind and waves, and the Greek city-states are even more insecure. Even if you go back, 90% of them may die in the war. Be my student first, and I will send you back at the right time, or can we still see Mr. Aristotle you admire?"

Bai Dong smiled and patted his shoulder: "As for Xijia, I will try to go to Junqian to plead with you and protect all the disciples of the side branches. With their support, those remaining children of the direct line should not be able to make any trouble."

"Silder has met Mr."

Before Bai Dong finished speaking, Silde had already knelt respectfully in front of him and gave the ceremony of apprenticeship.

PS:Ps: Thanks to the brothers 'Monkeys' for their generous rewards:)
Chapter completed!