The result was that after the death of the prophet, the cannibals almost started fighting among themselves in order to fight for power.
Fortunately, the important people who followed the prophet were not short-sighted. They knew that the cannibals themselves could not cause chaos.
So everyone elected the people around the prophet as his successors by voting.
This method continued to maintain the cohesion of the Great Eaters, allowing the Great Eater Empire to remain strong after the death of the Prophet.
But the signs of an internal power struggle have begun, which cannot be stopped.
Generally speaking, the Dashi aristocracy was divided into two factions, one headed by the prophet's father-in-law, and the other headed by the prophet's son-in-law.
The struggle between the two factions is still fierce.
Su Chen has also heard about this. In Chinese history books, these two groups of cannibals are often called white-coated cannibals and black-coated cannibals respectively.
The factional fighting in the Great Food Empire also extended to the vassal states below.
As a vassal state of Cannae, the king originally supported the father-in-law of the prophet, so he was called the supporter of the powerful wife clan.
However, the king's brother secretly supported the son-in-law of the prophet, and could be called a supporter of the powerful family members.
A few years before the death of the prophet, the power of the wife family was relatively strong, because the father-in-law of the prophet was the first successor after the death of the prophet.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The prophet's father-in-law was too old. He had been the queen of the Food Industry for several years and then passed away.
The current ruler is the Prophet's son-in-law.
However, the nobles of the wife clan are not weak, not to mention that the prophet's wife is still alive and very young, and it seems that she can live for a long time.
So in general, in the internal power struggle among the cannibal nobles, the son-in-law nobles currently want to have a slight advantage.
This is the inside of the Great Cannibal,
As for the country of Cannae,
Although this vassal state is not big, it has a good geographical location, developed commerce, and is relatively wealthy. It has always been the target of internal competition between the two factions of nobles.
Moreover, the king’s younger brother has always been coveting his elder brother’s throne.
Now seeing that the king's backer had temporarily lost, the prince felt that his opportunity had come.
So he secretly reported to the nobles of Medina that he supported, "Look, if I kill my brother's family, I will become the king, and then the country of Canni will be yours."
Medina immediately recovered: if you have the ability, do it boldly, and I will always look after you.
The prince said again that there was just a little trouble. The king had two children staying in Medina.
The nobles of Medina laughed and said, this is nothing!
So in the country of Cannae, the prince suddenly reported to the Dashi Empire that his brother had secretly communicated with Byzantium, and then killed his relatives out of righteousness, launched a mutiny, and killed his brother and the prince together.
At the same time, in Medina, another group of sons and daughters of the former king of Cannae were also labeled as traitors and executed.
But the old king's children seemed to be smarter and got the news in advance and ran away!
Then he escaped all the way to Su Chen's boat.
…
Elsa's voice became hoarse after she returned from Su Chen's room.
Su Chen asked too detailed questions about the Dashi Kingdom, and she had to put a lot of effort into explaining it clearly.
Early the next morning, when Su Chen got up, he found Xue Rengui looking furtively into his room.
Just go up and give him a kick in the butt: "What are you doing sneaking around so early in the morning?"
Xue Rengui smiled and said: "Commander, where is the princess from a foreign country?"
"What princess?"
Only then did Su Chen realize. No wonder Elsa was so awkward yesterday. It turned out to be this kid's fault.
Su Chen, who was a little annoyed, kicked me again: "What are you thinking about all day long?"
"Pay careful attention to the safety of the fleet. If you continue to think randomly, I will throw you into the sea to feed the fishes!"
Xue Rengui looked aggrieved: It was you who told Elsa to come to your room at night.
I was afraid that you would say I was indifferent, but I finally found such a decent skirt in the cargo box.
After kicking Xue Rengui away, Su Chen thought about Elsa's appearance yesterday.
Not to mention the palace attire on her body, it still has a unique flavor, that figure...
You know, there are some things you shouldn’t think about so early in the morning!
Xue Rengui, you bastard, I’ll deal with you again if I get the chance!
Elsa fell asleep when she came back from Su Chen's place last night and didn't wake up until midnight the next day.
The siblings have long been exhausted from running away for days!
However, it seemed that I had a very strange dream, and I couldn’t remember it clearly after I woke up. Anyway, it contained myself and the Duke of the Tang Dynasty.
When I woke up, I saw that it was almost noon. I quickly got up.
After washing up, I went to find Su Chen to see if there was anything else he wanted to know.
But she was told that Su Chen was busy with important things and asked her to rest on the boat.
A little disappointed, Elsa went back and called Hashim up, and the two talked about the current situation.
Then Elsa, who was a little bored, found a Persian and started learning Chinese!
Su Chen originally planned to ask Elsa and her brother if there was a road from the coast to Medina.
But after thinking about it, I decided to wait until the fleet met before asking again.
Even if Elsa knew the road, someone would have to conduct a survey along the road to determine whether she could march.
The current group of people I don't dare to set foot on the Dashi Peninsula with such arrogance.
In the next two days, Su Chen didn't look for Elsa.
This made Elsa a little panicked. Didn't it mean there were still many things to ask?
Why didn't you ask again?
Don't you believe what I say?
Anxious, Elsa is trying her best to learn some Chinese!
It wasn't until the third day that another large ship suddenly arrived, and Su Chen sent someone to call Elsa and her brother.
Elsa is watching the new big ship from the bow.
This is much larger than a galley sailing in the Mediterranean!
But he was told that he was going to the big ship, and Su Chen was waiting for him on that ship.
The two siblings came to the ship curiously and met Su Chen under the guidance of others.
"Elsa, Hashem, sit down!"
The two siblings came to a large cabin and saw Su Chen sitting on the main seat, with several new faces sitting on both sides, all from the Tang Dynasty.
The guy named Xue Rengui who pretended to be a Hamu man a few days ago was standing behind Su Chen.
It looked like there was a meeting, and I didn't know why I asked my siblings to come.
Su Chen first introduced everyone to each other: "These are two troubled royal families from a vassal country in Dashi!"
"These are some officers from my fleet, Yuchi Baolin, Cheng Chubi..."
Elsa tries to remember everyone's names!
Did he just say fleet?
officer?
Both siblings were stunned!
"Elsa, you two escaped from Medina to the seaside. You should be familiar with the road from the seaside to Medina, right?"
Everyone looked at Elsa and her brother together.
Elsa couldn't help but become nervous: "The road to Medina?"
"I know something. May I ask which one your Excellency the Duke is asking about?"
Su Chen frowned and said, "The shortest and best way."
