Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

"Excuse me, Your Excellency." After Zhu nodded, Annaus bowed and saluted, and then handed over a jade seal from a Roman sculptor.

Zhu looked at the delicate, warm and bloody bloodstone seal, and was a little dazed. Are all the Romans so generous? This thing is not ordinary expensive, its material itself is enough to be called top-notch, and although the carving technique is similar to that of the Central Plains, but the technique has a sense of shortcut, which is already the seal of the best.

In fact, how should I put it, when Anaus came here, he took a lot of these things. After all, it is like silk from the Central Plains. Rome is full of sculptors. The hobby of the Romans is sculpture. The average level of professional sculptors is higher than that of the Han Dynasty. This side is higher.

As for jade, China has been digging jade everywhere since the Stone Age. Even if there is high-quality jade, the proportion is not so high. Rome only mined jade mines after contacting the Han Dynasty two years ago, and it was naturally generous. .

But Zhu finally accepted it, because Annaus asked if he could meet the teacher of Mengxue Teaching, and other teachers also gave a copy.

After all, even though Rome doesn’t have this name, it has the same stuff, so Annaeus brought several seals with him when he came, as long as he can put Odenatus in the school and let him have less work , There are not many bundles that should be given.

So Zhu accepted this thing, and said that when Teacher Mengxue came tomorrow, he would accompany him there, just in time to meet and inform him about the situation.

After Anaus left, Zhu looked at the winter sun passing through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him, and looked at the delicate and moist seal that showed a sense of vitality under the sun, and he was amazed. With a clearer understanding.

In fact, Annaeus and Odenatus were surprised by the cloak that Zhu was wearing at this time. It was obviously pure white, but when they turned their backs to the sun, the sense of seven-colored glazes appeared on it. However, Zhu, who was used to wearing silk of this level, didn't feel it at all.

"The Marquis of the Han Dynasty is really a luxury. That kind of silk has not been dyed at all, but it is still dazzling." When Annaeus left with Odenatus, he said with admiration.

"How much is that outfit?" Odenatus looked at the clothes on his body, and suddenly he was not so smug, "I feel like I haven't seen it before."

"That's tribute-grade silk. We haven't even encountered top-grade silk before, and tribute-grade silk can't be bought even if you want to buy it in Chang'an." The best tailors in the world only have fourth-grade silk, and fifth-grade silk is not in circulation, and it is all in the hands of the nobles of the Han Dynasty."

Even if there is tribute-level silk, how hard is it to sell it in Chang'an's tailor-made clothing workshop? Although Liu Tong keeps a blind eye to the tribute output that the major families withhold, but you are blatantly selling it in Chang'an City. If you sell this thing, will the face of the Han Dynasty still be lost, and the majesty of the emperor still be there? Therefore, this kind of thing is not in circulation on the surface.

Of course, the major families have their own channels, such as the Wu family in Shu, and the Yuan family in Runan directly have this kind of weaver girl in their own family, and those who cook can only go through the channel to buy some clothes for themselves every year.

This kind of thing is mainly used to make crown clothes. Generally, after you canonize a prince, you will give a set of ready-made ones. After that, you can do it yourself. Those who can get into the prince can get this kind of thing no matter what.

Rome is miserable, you can’t buy it, there is none in the world anyway, the best is the fourth-level top quality, if the Romans saw this kind of thing before, they would be crazy about it, but now they have seen better, top quality Silk is naturally less fragrant.

"New Year's gifts and rebates are actually the only way we can get this kind of silk. It seems that the annual output of this kind of thing is not high." The attendant explained helplessly.

This is also the reason why the New Year's gifts that Rome prepared for the Han Dynasty are of extremely terrible quality in the eyes of the Han Dynasty. There is no shortage of rare treasures in Rome, 300 pieces of tribute, and 2,000 pieces of top-quality silk. Rome is happy, and the Han Dynasty is also happy.

Therefore, in the past two years, Liu Tong has been responsible for preparing gifts for Rome. If the silk is produced from internal funds, all kinds of jewelry in Rome's return gifts will also return to internal funds. Chen Xi wants to go to Liu Tong to collect taxes. Yes, the eldest princess has to pay taxes.

"By the way, this is also thanks to the sharp drop in the number of Han royal families in recent years. In fact, the amount of tribute silk we have received in the past two years has exceeded the amount used by the Han family." The attendant is also very helpless, but this is also in line with Roman Awareness of rare treasures.

"The output is so low?" Odenatus looked at the attendant rather strangely. Although he was still a child, he already had the logic of an adult, so he deeply felt that the output of this thing was too low. It is said that the Han room is so big.

"Yes, it's very low. If the nobles of the Han Dynasty agree to change their clothes, it may not be enough." The attendant said helplessly, "Their only dresses are made of this kind of silk, and ordinary clothes wear this kind of silk." They are all equivalent to the great nobles like Claudius."

"Does that mean we just met a super nobleman?" Odenatus asked curiously, and Anaus was also a little curious.

"That school is the only military school in the Han Dynasty, where generals are trained." The attendant said seriously, and the two suddenly realized.

"Why didn't you report this? Rome should also establish this kind of school." Anaus looked at the attendant and said, "No wonder that nobleman is the vice-principal."

"Well, there was a headmaster before, and now the headmaster is concurrently the eldest princess." The attendant nodded and said, "As for the related matters, I have already sent them to Rome, and His Majesty should have received them, but it will take some time to form them." .”

"Tomorrow, I will take you to meet the teacher. Don't bully other people when you go, and build a good relationship with those people." After Arnaus arrived at his home in Chang'an, he told Odenatus, " But don't be afraid of others bullying you."

"May I take them to Rome?" Odenatus suddenly asked a question that made Annaeus fall silent.

"It's possible, but you can't use coercion." Anaus thought for a while and said. Although Odenatus' idea is bizarre, it is not impossible.

"I'll go and see if there's anything I can watch." Odenatus said with a bit of arrogance, and Anaus sighed, as long as you are happy.

The next day, Liu Tong took a large amount of sauced rabbit meat and went to find Bai Qi.

"Let's go, Zhijinwu, bring some people, and I will take you out today to see all the schools in Chang'an, one by one." Liu Tong, who was followed by a female official and three maids, faced the already empty Weiyang Palace The side hall greeted.

Anyway, Liu Tong's job a few years ago was not to distribute pastries to the elderly, or to visit the young children in the school, or to supervise the pastry shop to make pastries for the New Year's Day. This is a very suitable job for Liu Tong. Every year, Liu Tong will come here Running back and forth.

"Okay." Bai Qi jumped out of the jade seal with Han Xin's face in his face, and Han Xin is still a pile of big scum, the kind who will have to fight for a long time.

When Liu Tong came over with Bai Qi, Si Niang's face was swollen, as if she was angry that Liu Tong didn't take her to find Han Xin just now, but when Liu Tong got closer, she could see clearly that Si Niang tried her best to move her mouth. The contents were swallowed.

"Ah, you stole the sauced rabbit meat I prepared again." Liu Tong looked at a jar that had been opened, and the inner air was separated from the body and heated directly by the magic of immortals, so the sauced rabbit meat exuded a delicious fragrance.

These rabbits were all prepared by Liu Tong yesterday. Although Si Niang was mad at eating the big white rabbits, but Liu Tong himself prepared a lot of rabbit meat for the school.

After all, compared to other large animal breeding, Chen Xi finally found that chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits are the best to breed, especially rabbits. They reproduce really fast, but diseases are a big pitfall. As for the problem of domestication, this problem is not Not too long ago, Chinese people raised rabbits in the pre-Qin period.

What's more, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there happened to be a professional rabbit breeder, and it was the kind that went into the annals of history. The book of the Later Han Dynasty "Guanghan Confucian Shulin, who was the prefect of the East County, Wuchao was in the hall and the beam of the house, and the rabbit was born under the bed", Although this one has already hit the street, his son is still alive.

Ask Liu Yan to raise rabbits, the level is not bad, and the raising is fast. Chen Xi wonders if it is not for large-scale breeding, but there are still some technical problems, so Liu Ru's son can only be raised in Shanglin Garden first, and Shanglin Garden Liu Tong owns half of everything he raises, so Liu Tong now has a lot of rabbits.

Although the taste of the rabbit is very good, the report from the Yuan family has already arrived in Chang'an, Liu Tong is going to eat the ancient god of breaking the boundary next, and the rabbit will be firewood after raising it, so Liu Tong asked the eunuch to send most of the food to him. The rabbit has been made into sauced rabbit meat, and it is going to be distributed to various schools today.

In Liu Tong's words, children can grow stronger by eating some meat, and pastries are suitable for the elderly.

However, Si Niang opened the jar of rabbit meat packaged in a jar, heated it with magic, and ate a lot of it.

"Ah, ah, how could I raise such a noble concubine like you." Liu Tong had an expression that I was about to be blown out of anger, and Si Niang turned her head to think for a while, and put a piece to Liu Tong's mouth, Liu Tong With a depressed expression, he still swallowed it in one gulp, and after chewing a few mouthfuls, "Well, the taste is okay, but the salt taste is a bit strong, so I can't eat more."

"This is marinated rabbit meat, and it may have been kept for a long time." Bai Qi said flatly. In fact, compared to Han Xin, he looked at Liu Tong with the look of the descendants of the Han court. Bai Qi's approval of Liu Tong The degree is quite high, and the monarch who can urge to distribute food to the people during the New Year's Day is not too bad in Bai Qi's opinion.

"Oh, yes, after all, it takes a long time to eat." Liu Tong looked at the jar of meat and sighed, while Si Niang scratched her hair.

Liu Tong used to think that he was miserable, but after he inherited the throne, he went to see the people, and his misery during Dong Zhuo's rebellion was not at the same level as that of the common people. Her misery was already in the eyes of the common people. An unimaginable standard of living.

Think about the worst time when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to the east, Cao Cao still served meat porridge, and the people at that time might not be able to eat a meal of meat in their entire lives.

"Let's go, let's send this meat away first." Liu Tong sighed while holding the jar. Since when did you worry about the country and the people? In my impression, I have always been a fool before, just live my own life, this position may be really poisonous.

"If students in Chang'an have meat to eat, what about other places?" Bai Qi asked casually.

Liu Tong sighed after hearing the words, "I think I have tried my best, and even if I want to send it to other places, I can't do it. There is not so much meat, and there are only so many rabbits in total. Sending it around Chang'an is the limit. , but I did mention something to Chen Zichuan."

Liu Tong took it for granted that he always found problems and then couldn't solve them. Anyway, I have already told the most capable assistant ministers under him, and it would be best if the assistant ministers can solve them. If they can't solve them, then no The solution, even the most capable auxiliary ministers under me can't solve it, and I can't help it either.

"There are more than a thousand schools in the entire Han Dynasty, which were built by Shangshu Pushe and various merchants. The construction of the school alone cost tens of billions of money." Liu Tong sighed and said, there is only one place in a county. The construction cost of the county school is so high. Including teachers, meals, and accommodation, a huge amount of money is invested every year.

However, at this point, Chen Xi was doing a lot of construction work while fighting abroad, and he couldn't see the slightest turmoil in the country. Many times, Liu Tong felt that if Chen Xi couldn't solve the problems he found, no one would be able to solve this matter. .

"I heard that there are nearly a million troops fighting outside, right?" Bai Qi asked casually.

"Yes, Shangshu Pushe is a god. Since he came to power, I have never heard of a shortage of money in the treasury, nor a shortage of supplies. Most of the time, the performance is to expand the treasury." Liu Tong looked admiring. Said, "So I told Chen Zichuan the question you asked before, if he can't solve it, then there's nothing I can do."

Bai Qi nodded silently, that's right, although Liu Tong's approach is a bit opportunistic, but it is very correct, you can find a professional if you can't figure it out, if the professional can't figure it out, it's useless to worry yourself, and Bai Qi also thinks that Liu Tong You're right, if that uncle can't handle it, then I'm afraid other people can't handle it either.

"You do have the qualifications to be an excellent emperor." Bai Qi said with a sigh, he can worry about the people, and can find someone to ask the method, and implement it, no matter what, he can be regarded as an excellent emperor, and such a simple Conditions, many people can't do it!