board computer sounded. - Danger on the right on a board the wandering black hole. - We leave to the left. - Melor ran fingers over the hologram. The starprobe vehicle moved, hardly loading considerably grew. Stars instantly blurred as drops on glass. Then the ship braked. The boy academician chilly ordered: - The necessary asteroid before us seems. It is time to land. The celestial body was the big sizes. If to take terrestrial analogs that, perhaps, about Mercury. The remains of the atmosphere raised dirty-violet clouds, they were turned in fancy tornadoes. - The asteroid is uninhabited? - With interrogative intonation prnbsp; oiznes unruly Melor. Time answered with aplomb: - For us everything is manned. - Also added - Yes of course, here very cold temperature a little distinguishable from absolute zero. The boy academician rationally noticed: - But also at such temperature various life forms can meet. Time frowned: - There was an observing station earlier, and we found nothing. Melor moved with a nose which at it was extended as if a trunk: - And carefully investigated? Here gave a vote Siclass="underline" - Well of course. Directed works the Reason Wave, and it does everything accurately. Time giggled: - Well, if the Reason Wave, then I am quiet. Landing took place softly, high-rise steep slopes remained at the edges and smoothly dispersed in the parties. At the bottom of gorges liquid air - oxygen, nitrogen and even hydrogen lapped. - All to put on Giperkostyuma with protection. - Melor moved the screen. - Everything seems quietly. They without effort passed through a ship board. The eternal boy Volya remained to protect a starprobe vehicle. Other five, having stretched hands, soared over a surface - chose the place of landing. At this moment the alarm signal began to squeak - on plazmo-computers the red bulb was lit. The boy academician was surprised: - This is strange, the huge asteroid is stable. What's the matter. - Let's themselves cover with an invisible camouflage. - A reasonable ogolets Oleg Rybachenko offered. - Perhaps, it is also right. - Petro Poroshenko highlighted an inscription on a computer bracelet. - The starprobe vehicle of an unknown design approaches an asteroid. - The computer began to squeak. - And this is already interesting. It is better to hide and observe. - Melor kept calm. Brave travelers hid in a peshcherka and gravioskaner included. Their ship however, was so perfect that completely merged with the rock. - We now as a pangolin in an ambush. - Said Sil. . HEAD? 10 Abner the first half of day was carried in turn on Petk and Vask's shoulders. Then the stony road terminated, and boys slaves embroidered on the Balkan way which is laid out by an equal tile. Knyazhich willingly got down from the boy lackey's shoulder. And so to itself the back stayed all. The brought-down soles already began to hem though to go still bolnovato, but on a gladenky plitochka is quite tolerant. Knyazhich walked and admiring the Balkan beauty thought. To what the Pallada is changeable and whimsical. He is now a half-naked slave who limps on the brought-down legs, and with the connected hands moves in the southern direction. It is interesting that his notable peers thought having seen Abner in only one dirty, a loincloth? For certain would begin to laugh and point a finger at the princely son. Here so the fate wheel spins! In the evening Abner did not pobrezgat stale flat cake and date any more. Soles burned, and the boy-knyazhich at first cooled them in a streamlet, and then lifted up above that blood rushed back. The continuous course of game ached of several o'clock. Slave... It now only the barefoot, unfortunate slave whom the lash at any time can burn. Abner fell asleep... To it something absolutely inconceivable seemed in a dream, and it is even difficult to call it a fasmogoriya; The first high stone walls of Tsargrad - Constantinople arrived. Then followed the whole cavalcade, impressive and magnificent palaces and buildings, the greatest and magnificent city of the Middle Ages. Especially brightly hundreds of gold domes of orthodox churches shone on the sun. Even great Kiev was not as magnificent as this tsar of all grad. The picture showed the past, there was a summer and everything blossomed, palm trees, lianas, oaks, maples and silver fir-trees everything mixed up in the exotic city. The ports of Tsargrad were overflowed with vessels, the colourful ships filled harbor. Some of them were huge, the boards sheathed by iron from each party one hundred oarsmen. Heavy soldiers to them semicircular boards stuck out on each side, on a nose the established catapults and pipes for the Greek fire. Warships romeev big - dromona, less skendiya covered a way to harbor and the first stage to the passage Bosphorus. The first grand duke of Russia Oleg will give the order to future time to a half of the Russian fleet, from small castles to stick to the coast and to set the ships on wheels. Having bypassed terrible Byzantine fleet by land, the Russian soldiers under the screen of night struck from the back. In near fight, dromona lost advantage, many of them are simply boarded, also legendary Greek fire did not help, so promptly met in near fight of an urusa. After bloody fight all fleet of Byzantium died, Bosporus gate fell, and boastful Byzantines were forced to agree to shameful capitulation, having paid an enormous tribute. Then the grand duke Prophetic Oleg also took out a throne of the Byzantine emperor. If not a fatal sting Hindu (obviously brought by some overseas magician!) the viper who hid in a horse skull as the nobility there would be no prince Oleg the Russian Genghis Khan. In the centuries which passed since the time of Konstantin, shine of the Byzantine glory slightly grew dull, but the hail still strikes. St. Sophia Cathedral, a real miracle of the world of that time is especially big. Constantinople enormous the peninsula is given in the sea. Very tall white walls from four and hexagonal towers, appear, grow from the rocky granite coast. And the Gold horn is decorated with the giant beacon, at night, shining as forty moon and the fortress palace which is carried away in height. On the left side, on an extremity of the peninsula, over the sea diverse assemblies of palaces of emperors - the Second Rome were seen between harmonous cypresses, they were decorated by numerous fountains and statues of the enormous sizes, especially there are a lot of gilded griffins. All this curled fancy curls. St. Sophia Cathedral seemed, hung in the blue sky, and easy its design was so unusual. And several rows of white walls, according to the legend of Romans Apollo and Poseidon helped to build them. Many Byzantines and on the quiet esteem now the most ancient antique gods. How many tens, and maybe hundreds of thousands of slaves, lay down on buildings, only one God the Lord knows. Far away from palaces the city looked differently, too stone, but more gray, though blossoming. Constructions as if rise on steps, higher and higher. They to last to the horizon, merging with dark-cornflower-blue clouds. The building of the Supreme Court reminds the gold horn topped with a terrible lion's muzzle. In this hour when the sun already jumped a zenith, and slightly weakened the heat, from the uncountable ships which came from all over the world, dumped anchors and vacationers in quiet waters water is not visible. There were vessels which did a long and difficult way by the Russian sea - merchants from the state Shakharmenov, from Shirvan, Baghdad, the ruined Khwarezm, Kashkar and China and many other countries went to them. Were here and from India, Arabia, Egypt from Hansa and Europe. By the ships various voices and diverse languages were heard. Overseas dealers constantly exchanged, bought, sold furiously bargaining. Behind a gold Horn the Coast of Peru turned pale, he reminded slightly embellished hail Vladimir. In places churches and towers rose, the biggest tower of Christ hanged over the sea. And in the distance, in beams of the sun gentle turned blue and cast pearls of the mountain. - Beauty! - The beauty princess Dolgorukaya exclaimed, and rounded cornflower-blue eyes. - What delightful look! But I do not want to admire beauty of Tsargrad, and I want to see the children. The saucer changed the image, having moved to the slave bargaining. The place allocated under a slaveholding market was the extensive and fenced iron fence. Thousands of slaves are brought to all general review. On torzhishche there were representatives of all people from giperboreysky to South African. Here sold also Chinese and Germans and Blacks. In this wild concourse the princess Mirabella hardly could consider the children. They were pressed through together with fifty more many-sided ogolts, both boys, and girls. Generally here Slavs are presented, but there are yellow, narrow-eyed Asians, and black curly Black children. Absolutely golenky the exposed her offsprings, basking in the midday Sun and only knees were greased with chalk, they stood on the podium powdered with canary sand. Continually stones forced to dance, sing, raise them and to twirl sticks. She saw, raised them in the past, and from the moment of separation passed only a few months. Her children three boys and two girls without watching a sad slave fate, were cheerful and vigorously executed the Russian national dance. They slightly dried up and grew thin, skin became covered by good brown suntan, but the look in general was quite healthy and well-groomed - before the bargaining fed not bad. The full goods go better. And mind and feelings of the child are far more elastic, than at the adult. Here they forgot separation and that recently toiled in shackles, from fetters still it is possible to consider hardly noticeable traces on wrists and anklebones. The enormous city, wonderful not that them deafly the farm causes the most live curiosity. And children yell, try to show the ability. Times still pagan and nobody is accustomed to hesitate of the nakedness, or to plunge into sanctimonious ritual. It seems that not slaves it, and children on beach morning performance. However to sell captives as it was not possible. Certain the kupchin in the rich crimson dressing gown embroidered by pearls was captiously examined by live goods, forced to open a mouth, felt teeth. - Buy! Zadrebezzhal the seller who is looking like the pirate, in a color turban. Abstruse, voice began to praise highly "goods": - They are healthy, strong and they have excellent teeth. Negatively shook Kupchin the head, roared a baritone: - They are too small! The corsair with a bandage on the left eye, with great feeling said: - It is better for those, you will be able unlike stupid adults to train them to crafts. They are capable and from them the net profit will go. But this argument did not work. Exactly. At first to train, not one year of works, without knowing the end result! The market is also so hammered by excellent adult experts. After the Mongolian attacks, the markets were overflowed with slaves. Kupchina deliberately contemptuously spat and departed, important shaking an impressive stomach. - About! Great Allah! - Prourchal is a pirate, cautiously glancing on marching praetorians. They should unfasten for now a pribytka with gugulkin a nose. - Help to sell these "crucians" though at that price that will pay back expenses! In the head the thought flashed and if not to manage to sell them what it is better - to sell at a loss or just to kill? Gloomy thoughts were interrupted by appearance of one more possible buyer. Externally it looked not especially pretentiously, in leather sandals and a modest tunic. The long curly beard a bast went down on a breast. But many at the sight of it respectfully greeted and gave way. - This is Samuil, the great sculptor and the artist. Were whispered in crowd. Samuil approached a torzhishch, something drew attention of his sharp-sighted eyes. The princess herself attentively peered, having brought closer to the image closely the fresh face, having nearly pierced a nose a saucer. Her average son, Abner on yellow sand removed a twig drawing. The supervisor clicked a lash the tip scratched a bony, chocolate back of the boy, but that did not pay a sting attention to it. The fanatic wanted to add more feasibly, but was stopped by expressive gesture of Samuil. The famous artist came nearer, attentively peering at the image - on sand stiffened and at the same time as if two persons streamed: young men and girls, and the pigeon from above flitted. Graceful figures seemed live with surprisingly accurate portrayal of separate details. Samuil pointed a finger the boy, in thin with fresh the strip which is blown up from blow plechiko: - What is your name child! - The artist asked in pure Russian with soft Latin accent. The boy accurately answered, having straightened a back and trying to show that on his thin hands there are some muscles wildly straining them: - Abner! - And right there recovered. - That is Abner Dolgorukiy! - And so Abner, I take you! - Samuil resolutely said. - How many it costs? The shopkeeper with a grin answered: - Such people worth its weight in gold... Having woken up knyazhich involuntarily shrank though summer night on the Balkans of heat. He felt infinately humiliated. Really it as if some cattle will be exposed on the bargaining. It is necessary to run. However it is easier to tell, than to make. First it vryad will manage to leave far on the legs injured in blood, and secondly they are followed by a leopard who watches closely slaves. After a modest breakfast Abner went the next day. Was ill of course, but the flat white tile is not so painful to legs. Besides color of chalk is not too hot heated. However forces were enough only for a half of day. Then calves at a knyazhich so ached that he asked on backs again. It is good still that two of his age-mates lackeys are specially selected from among the strongest and hardy serf children. Be the coddled Abner one, can and would not reach. Slave transition gradually became routine. Abner quickly became covered by suntan, the injured legs healed as to a dog, and endurance was added every day. Here only very much having felt hungry. Food was poor and once well-fad boy, quickly grew thin. Edges already began to stick out, and skin because of the burned fat to become thinner and thinner. The Balkan way lasted versts three hundred, and then mountains went. And here again for bare, children's feet the real torture. The truth a sole having healed from cuts considerably coarsened and from the fact that knyazhich the specific coefficient of pressure considerably grew thin decreased. But all equally long to go on large gravel and stones Abner for the present could not. Its soles hurt, burst and bled. It was necessary to the even some tempered, local boys not so easily - the coarsened soles strongly burned. Petka and Vaska however suffered, and did not refuse to bring Abner. And itself knyazhich tried as it is possible big, to take place part of a way on foot. They rose above and above to mountains: at night it became cool. Not to freeze boys had to sleep having leaned to each other. First it was opposite to a knyazhich, to touch by a naked body of plebeians. </p>