Chapter 3368 Ambition
"Eat with peace of mind. Marquis Cang came back from the south and sent a car to Weiyang Palace. As for meat, the tiger that was killed in Shanglinyuan before was also cultivated by Marquis Cang. Although it cannot be eaten every day, it is still fine every few days." Liu Tong held the bowl and ate lunch while saying to Bai Qi.
"If you feel uneasy, you can lead the team to Shanglinyuan to fight tigers. I wonder if there is something wrong with Shanglinyuan. The number of tigers is increasing." After Liu Tong took a few bites of food, he took the initiative to hand him a step. In fact, Liu Tong also had some doubts whether this was Han Xin himself. He was not so rigid before.
"Shanglinyuan, I can't go too far, but tigers, no problem." Bai Qi said calmly, then went to the table and picked up his own food. I don't know if it was because of the essence of heaven and earth, or the taste was so good. Anyway, Bai Qi was very delicious.
On the Chang'an Station, Beigui Shang had not arrived, and the envoy who changed shifts in Rome had already arrived, which was Annaus Anthony who had advised Niger and his friend Modistenus. However, what was more amazing was that this guy actually brought a child less than ten years old with him.
"I will be stationed in the Han Dynasty as an envoy in the next year." Annaus said with a smile to the Rome stationed in Chang'an. He was a good-natured nobleman, of course he was also considered a nobleman who had experienced hardships, so he was very calm in treating people and things.
"Elder, the Han Dynasty will celebrate the New Year's Day soon. We have prepared jewelry for the eldest princess. Please check it out." The attendant handed the gift list to Annaus, preparing to bring the silk he bought this year back to Rome after the beginning of spring.
Rome has always called Liu Tong the Great Princess because of translation issues. Because the Roman imperial system is a strange complex, everyone is a citizen. The so-called emperor is actually just a matter of citizenship. The Han Dynasty always calls the Great Princess, and Rome has always regarded the Great Princess as the honorary title of the first citizen of the Han Dynasty.
Just like the first citizen of Rome, sometimes called Caesar or Augustus, this is a kind of honor, and there is no big problem with the translation of the eldest princess when she was disassembled. Therefore, Rome has always regarded Liu Tong as the first citizen, the system of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers as the Senate meeting, and the Grand Court meeting as the meeting of 300 people...
However, with such a straightforward way of understanding, both sides actually met the brain circuit after twisting and twisting. Then during the New Year Festival, Rome would give Liu Tong a lot of things.
Anyway, with the Mediterranean backed, pearls are not worth anything at all, and jade was considered to have never existed before Rome met the Han Dynasty. Of course, the Han Dynasty's gift to Rome was just like that in the Han Dynasty, porcelain and silk were all made of their own, but both sides were very satisfied.
"The main thing is gold and jade, and what is this jade tripod? Just roll the beads and you can't help, is there anything else?" Annaus asked casually. As a great nobleman and the only descendant of the three giants Anthony, after Commod ascended to heaven and his father was rehabilitated, Annaus took back most of his property, so in his opinion, these things were a little less.
"Actually, the most precious thing is this jade tripod. This is a treasure made of large pieces of jade we dug out in the Spanish mine. I personally found the merchants in the Han Dynasty. This is an extremely precious treasure, and in their words it is priceless." The attendant said a little embarrassedly. It was not that he did not prepare more gifts, but that this gift that they thought was very ordinary, and that was extremely precious in the Han Dynasty.
Jade itself is a treasure, and the jade that can be used to carve large jade tripods is even more rare. In addition, the amazing sculpture level of Rome, according to a certain tripod in the Han Dynasty, one big, two small and three jade tripods were carved out with such a large piece of jade.
These three jade tripods are small enough to be called rare treasures, while the large ones are called priceless by the staff identified by the Chamber of Commerce, because the Han Dynasty has never dug out such a large jade, and the Romans' top carving technology is worthless.
However, for Rome itself, they had no jade culture. They felt that they had created a high-end stone carving and gave it to others, and the other party was very satisfied.
Pompianus's recent business with the Han Dynasty is this way. Although I can't understand why this thing is so precious, I can make it even more precious for you. Let's see the amazing carving technology in Rome.
The Han Dynasty lost, and then Pompianus set up a group of professionals to carve seals in Midiya. The ancient Chinese had a very unsolvable habit of carving jade seals. With this business, Pompianus opened a sculpture workshop in Midiya, the business will be scheduled for next year.
Then Chen Xi began to sell high-end printing and dyeing silk to customize it for Roman nobles. The Romans really couldn't beat the Han Dynasty. The printing and dyeing level of China was unsolvable in this era.
Most people in both countries don’t know about these things, at most they were surprised by the large number of very exquisite treasures flowing from the Han Dynasty and Rome.
Although each company complains in private that the business opposite is really easy to do, it is really good brother, and it is really a pleasure to sell the added value.
Anyway, we in Rome do not play luxury goods like gold, stone and jade...
Anyway, our Han Dynasty would not have the idea of being extravagant about silk...
So Rome and the Han Dynasty had a great time having a good time, and they all felt that they were good brothers on the other side, and Chen Xi was too lazy to care before he had dealt with Kushan. Anyway, it was not a big deal, and the Han Dynasty would not lose.
"Is that true?" Annaus asked the attendant to carry the jade tripod up and looked up for a long time, but he could not see the reason why this thing was worthless. However, the attendant had been here for more than a year and had also tried to discuss it with professionals from the chamber of commerce. I think it was not a big problem.
"There is a feeling of metal." Odenatus, the less than ten-year-old child brought from Rome, looked at it for a while. It was obviously ordinary jade, but with extremely exquisite sculpture techniques, the light reflected the light and formed a layer of metal-specific texture on the jade tripod.
"Hey, it's true." Modistenus said after looking at the jade tripod, "it's like this that it makes me feel like a metal."
"Then let it go. Send the gift list to the Han Dynasty's Great Honglu. Go to the Han Dynasty's Grand Court during the New Year Festival. Odenatus, stay at the post station, don't run around, and go back after spring." Annaus stared at Odenatus and said.
"I won't go back. I want to take a good look at this capital of gold and silk. The city here is really tall, taller than our Roman city. And do you see those two palaces? They are almost as tall as a mountain!" Odenatus said, pointing to the perfect palace in Mingtang. The height of 96 meters and the foundation can be seen outside Chang'an City.
"Your family will definitely be very worried." Modestinus also persuaded that this child was a great nobleman of Palmyra and had a deep connection with the Anthony family, so this group of people were very persuasive.
"No, I left them with letters when I left. Besides, I often ran away from home, but this time I came out far away." Odenatus explained clearly, "Maybe my family didn't take the initiative to look for me until last month, but they could no longer catch up with me at that time."
In fact, Odenatus's guess was completely correct. Because he ran away from home too many times and was precocious, his family was used to Odenatus going out for a while and came back after spending money. Therefore, they all thought that this time was the same. As a result, Odenatus directly intervened in the envoy team, and with the cover of the translator, the group of people discovered it halfway.
It was too late for his father to discover the letters left by his son.
"I've been walking around this country, and I've barely learned how to speak along the way." Odenatus said proudly with three points. This guy is a real genius.
Annaus held his forehead and wanted to hit the child.
"Give me some money from the Han Dynasty, I'll go to Chang'an City." Odenatus reached out and said, and Annaus helped arrange a servant and followed him to Chang'an.
Odenatus entered Chang'an with a face that was no different from the Han people. Under the protection of his servants, he would have entered Chang'an under the protection of his servants. If he didn't speak, he would be almost no different from ordinary Han nobles. Odenatus's purpose was very clear. He went to the two large palaces under construction to see, but after walking for a quarter of an hour, he couldn't see any changes in the two palaces.
"This is too big, too prosperous." Odenatus looked around in disbelief. For the first time, he deeply realized how big the new Chang'an City was.
"Go here, Odenatus, if you want to go to the palace, you can just take a bus. The city is very large, with a population of 500,000." The attendant may have understood the child's idea, so he pointed to the station sign.
At this time, the carriage formed by Yiji happened to pass by. The attendant pulled Odenatus, who seemed to have seen a novelty, and got on the carriage directly. If the carriage in the carriage city is all two bronzes.
There is no way, the purchasing power of Wuzhu coins is actually quite strong, so when you buy needles and threads, the Wuzhu coins will be a little big. So Chen Xi was forced to release copper as a supplementary coin, a kind of money that looks like iron sheets of copper plated, which is mainly used to ride a car and buy needles and threads.
After getting off the bus, Odenatus stood at the palace gate and looked at the huge palace that was still being built. He felt the gap between Rome and the Han Dynasty for the first time, and once again determined that he had traveled thousands of miles. He would never see such a wonder in Rome.
"It's really high." Odenatus's eyes showed a little shock, "Can I go in and take a look?"
"This is OK, but the construction has not yet been completed and has not been opened yet." The attendant nodded and replied. These two palaces were indeed built for Liu Tong, but Chen Xi still suggested to Liu Tong that the two palaces should be opened. After all, the same high Mingtang was built during the Tang Dynasty, except for a specific period, but also at other times.
"I decided that I will stay in the Han Dynasty until I am a grown-up!" Odenatus said excitedly. What was really fun in Rome, and the Han Dynasty just arrived and saw such a wonder, which had a great impact on Odenatus.
"Sorry, I'm going to send you back in the beginning of spring." The attendant said decisively.
"Tsk, that guy Annaus is really timid." Odenatus said childishly, but he knew very well that if Annaus wanted to send him back, he would not refuse.
"It's so good, it's really powerful." Odenatus looked at the two giant palaces with emotion. This was the most beautiful artificial wonder he had ever seen.
"Well, the Han Dynasty is very powerful." The attendant did not reject this fact. After staying in the Han Dynasty for a year, he clearly felt the power of the extreme Eastern Empire.
"I will build Rome to such a beautiful future. I want to become the Roman emperor!" Odenatus said solemnly, and the servant was shocked, and then smiled. It was just a child's delusion, just like when he was a child, he thought that he would one day bring a crown.
However, the attendant did not know that Odenatus was not joking, but was really preparing to implement this ideal.
If Odenatus gave up the crown for his family in official history, in the darkest era of Rome, he defeated the Sassanian Persian Emperor Shapur, recaptured the Mesopotamian Basin, suppressed the eastern provinces of Rome, and besieged the Persian capital Tessifon under the bombing of the famous Sassanian Persian generals, and drove the Persians out of the Mesopotamian Basin to maintain the integrity of the Roman territory.
Then in this life, this guy really became interested in the position of the first citizen of Rome.
"I'm leaving, go back and study hard. If you want to be a first citizen, do you have to understand the art of war? If I try to learn something, I might succeed. I'm so smart, there should be no problem." Odenatus said embarrassing words in a narcissistic way.
"Ah, who is the most powerful of our Roman military strategy?" Odenatus asked while walking. He felt that if he wanted to learn, he could learn the most. How could a person as smart as himself learn with ordinary people?
"Caesar." said the attendant respectfully, then looked at Odenatus and said, "If you are really good, maybe Caesar will give you some advice on your relationship with the Anthony family."
The servant smiled and regarded Odenatus's words as a joke. However, he did not know that this child, who was regarded as a young man's dream, really stood in front of Caesar soon after, and asked for advice openly.
Chapter completed!