Chapter 285: The Prototype of the Silk Road
The defender of Chang'an City immediately notified his family to start collecting silk and other things. The madness of the British envoys had made him realize that this thing would definitely be a hot seller in the future. As long as he was not greedy and stockpiled a little, his family would prosper in the future.
He was a student of Cai Yong, although they were not close students. However, due to the friendship between Guo Hao and Cai Yong, he was sent to Chang'an City to be the city defender after his ability was verified. Both his ability and virtue were recognized.
Moreover, he did not hide it and immediately wrote a letter to Chen Xi. He had to report this kind of trade intelligence.
After receiving the letter, Chen Xi wrote back asking the defenders of Chang'an to cooperate with the counties in Yizhou. Chen Xi was very familiar with this. Isn't this a trade war? Once the silk industry is built here, he can just go to Great Britain and Rome to make money.
The British envoys paid the bill directly with gold and jade. They were indeed wealthy people. Chen Xi would feel that he was unworthy of the world if he did not rip them off.
On the other side, the British envoys have gone crazy. Although they don't know why the Han Empire likes that kind of jade, for them, isn't this a business opportunity? Over there, jade, agate and the like are just stones, while white porcelain and silk are rare treasures.
"As expected of the Han Empire. Damn Kushan, damn Rome, damn Parthia, damn Northern Huns. These guys sold us inferior goods at high prices. They never gave us the real good stuff at all."
Bedivere was almost going crazy. This time he finally realized what a black heart was. Their damn ally actually sold them a piece of silk worth a gold ingot at the price of a box of gold, and it was limited in quantity.
In the Han Empire , they for ten or twenty times the amount of silk and white porcelain.
To be honest, they tolerated the high cost. There was no other way for aristocrats to be considered aristocrats if they didn't wear silk. The weight of silk was as light as a wing, and the touch was so nice that one couldn't let it go. No matter how expensive it was, they tolerated it.
But these bastards didn't sell them good products, but instead sold them inferior products. Bedivere couldn't accept this at all. It was really horrible that the king was wearing inferior products.
"They charge us so much money but don't give us good things. Should we just sell them to the Northern Huns?" Bedivere's deputy shouted excitedly.
They knew with their little brains that what they had in their hands was not the best. No matter how good the silk from the people was, could it be better than the one worn by the emperor?
If the silk sold to them by the surrounding empires were inferior products of grade C, and they had grade B folk goods, and the silk given to them by Ma Chao were grade A treasures, then what kind of silk would the emperor be wearing?
Bedivere stroked the clothes on his body and had already made up his mind. What allies, the Northern Huns? Go to hell. For the sake of my king being able to wear the best silk, you Northern Huns, go to hell!
Everything is for my king!
As one of the twelve knights of the Round Table, he holds enormous power and can make decisions on his own on matters such as forming alliances.
"What are they talking about?" Ma Chao looked helplessly at the envoys who were yelling from time to time, speechless.
The player who served as the translator was helpless. One of the Dragon Group's prohibitions was not to mention the Northern Huns in front of Han officials. If he did, he would have to serve his sentence in Zhaoyu the next day.
"They keep talking about killing the enemy, as if it's about pacifying Rome or something!"
The player acting as the translator whispered to himself that it was fortunate that there were no players in the envoy group, otherwise something big would definitely happen.
As they arrived at the border of Luoyang, the British delegation began to grow silent.
It is no coincidence that they were chosen as the envoys. Every member of the team is not only a knight of the Knights of the Round Table, but also a representative from various aspects. They have to comprehensively assess this country with a powerful legion.
Now, before they entered the imperial capital of Luoyang, they were already shocked by the economy of the Han Dynasty, but when they arrived at the border of Luoyang, they were shocked again.
The land of silk and gold, which is rich in silk and porcelain and linked to legends, is gradually coming into their sight from the legends, and it is terribly prosperous.
The aliens in Great Britain have built Great Britain well, far better than their barbaric past. For this reason, they even reserved two seats for the aliens at the United Empire Round Table to facilitate the reporting of some of the aliens' decisions.
In fact, the foreigners' policies and efficiency were very good, which was a major factor in their increasing confidence in the confrontation with Rome.
The barbarians of Rome were also becoming increasingly shaken. Their ancestral lands were constantly rising, but they had to go to war against their ancestral lands. Many barbarians were caught in a dilemma.
This was also the biggest problem for Rome in the war against Britain. If the Barbarian auxiliary corps could have joined the war, they would never have been so badly beaten by the Barbarians' huge legions.
But they didn't dare use the Roman barbarians to fight Great Britain. Before, a legion had rebelled on the battlefield, which made them so angry that they almost vomited blood.
This is also the reason why Rome has been unable to defeat Great Britain. Rome is confident that if their thirty-three Eagle Flag Legions are deployed in full force, Great Britain will collapse completely in at least one year.
But they cannot do so, as doing so will only cause Rome to fall into the abyss faster.
The ratio of Roman citizens to Roman barbarian citizens has reached an astonishing one to ten. If the barbarians who are not citizens are included, the ratio will be even more outrageous.
If Christianity had not secretly controlled the beliefs of a large number of barbarians, or if Great Britain had incited them, Rome would have split apart directly.
The barbarians had become a huge political problem for Rome, and it was impossible to recognize the barbarian citizens as Roman citizens.
It is even more impossible not to recognize the Roman barbarian citizens as Roman citizens. Once the barbarians riot, the fall of the Roman Empire will be in an instant.
No matter how powerful the Roman legions are, no matter how strong the Eagle Flag Legion is, it would be a huge profit for the barbarians to exchange ten legions for your eagle flag.
This is also the reason why, after receiving the Kushan delegation, Rome insisted on asking the Kushan delegation to provide more support to Parthia. They, Rome, did not lack combat power, but they had the battlefield.
Anyway, no matter how powerful Great Britain is, it cannot defeat Rome. However, Parthia may not even be able to withstand the barbarians. If the Kushans do not give blood transfusion to Parthia, Rome may be destroyed from within.
This can be considered as some limitations of the game system. If you are a strong man, I will give you a circle of enemies, all of whom have a grudge against you.
You, Rome, are strong. I will give you a huge bomb inside. You are unable to use it. What can you do?
In fact, Rome had no way out. Even though the arrival of the foreigners gave them plenty of opportunities to kill the barbarians, there was no battlefield.
The best target, Parthia, could not withstand any attack at all. It only took two hits to reach the imperial city. Rome was also helpless.
