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Volume 2 Chapter 13 The Envoy¡¯s Observations (3)

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    When was the last time you suffered a loss?  Eumenes looked up at the sky at 45 degrees, carefully recalled and searched the deepest part of his memory, and finally came to the conclusion that he had not suffered such a big loss for at least more than 20 years When he was young, in his father's generation  Under the tutelage of Dundun, he had very sharp eyes, because at that time, he had a nickname, called Eagle Eye Merchant, which means the merchant who can see the most accurate price of goods.  Who knows, twenty years later this year, I will be defeated by my own greed.  ¡°Perhaps it was the new things along the way that kept destroying my defenses, causing me to finally lose myself completely in those spices and incense, but there seemed to be no need to regret it too much. ????????????? Just make less money Well, it inevitably feels a bit like cutting flesh on the body It really hurts.  After resting for a day at the inn, Eumenes had no idea how different the services and equipment of a capital-level inn were. What he hopes most now is to meet the emperor of the Han Empire as soon as possible, and then exchange state information with each other.  The letter allowed the two countries to successfully establish diplomatic relations.  Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he finally came to the court. This was his first time to go to the court, or in other words, it should be the first time he was lucky enough to enter the court in the Han Dynasty.  But when he finished his salute, he looked at His Majesty the Emperor and was stunned for three seconds.  Without him, the emperor was too young, looking only about sixteen or seventeen years old. Eumenes even suspected that the emperor in front of him might not be the emperor, but the crown prince. Yes, maybe he himself was sick in bed.  , could not go to court early, so he began to push the prince to the throne.  "The poor Emperor of the Han Dynasty has finally built such a prosperous empire, but he is bedridden. If he is not good, he may die forever.  "You are the envoy of the Roman Empire." Liu Ming looked at the envoy who was obviously Jewish.  "Your Highness the Crown Prince" Eumenes bowed humbly and was about to nod in recognition.  But he didn't expect a shout to come from next to him: "Wangzhi, why are you talking to your majesty? Look clearly, the person in front of you is the founding emperor of our Han Empire." Eumenes paid a little attention, and the speaker was a  Civil servant, but what he cared about was not who spoke, but what was said. He heard it clearly, so he couldn't believe it even more.  The man in front of you is the founding emperor. He looks to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. According to the establishment process of the Han Dynasty, he must have started leading troops to fight at the age of one.  God, Eumenes began to wonder if he had heard some myth.  "Okay, envoy from Rome, I just look a little younger on the outside, but I'm actually over thirty." Liu Ming laughed, but in formal meetings, he still used 'I'.  Since the Qin Dynasty, I have been the exclusive self-title of the emperor. On ordinary occasions, even at court gatherings, Liu Ming will call himself "I". Only in formal occasions, or when the man's face and honor are concerned, he will change it back.  "The foreign ministers are blind, but I still hope that your majesty will atone for their sins." Eumenes was also a bachelor and directly admitted his mistake.  Since others have admitted their mistakes, there is nothing to blame them for, otherwise it would appear to be stingy.  "Okay, those who don't know are not guilty. Tell me, why did you come all the way from a foreign country to our Han Empire this time?" Liu Ming naturally knew what he was here for, but the procedure was like this, so he could only ask that  .  "There is the Roman Empire, dominating the Mediterranean, and the continent of Europe is the back garden of my Roman Empire. In terms of the size of the land, it may not be inferior to the Han Empire. Of course, I am not here to show off. I just hope that everyone in the Han Empire will be more interested in it."  The situation in our country can be understood more intuitively," Eumenes said proudly.  "I know that the Roman Empire was indeed a very vast empire, but the total population was only 50 million, and most of them were concentrated in the Mediterranean area. The other places were bitter and cold places, and most of the people still lived a life of eating hair and drinking blood.  , I don¡¯t even know how to use fire,¡± Liu Ming said angrily.  "Um His Majesty the Emperor has personally been to my Roman Empire." Eumenes was depressed, how did the Emperor know the true situation of his country.  "How do I know? Just leave it alone. What I want to ask is, what exactly are you here to do?" Liu Ming directly motioned to Eumenes to get to the point.  "Under the order of the Roman Emperor, the foreign ministers specially brought a batch of specialties from the Roman Empire as gifts and traveled thousands of miles to the Han Empire. I hope that both sides can establish diplomatic relations on an equal footing. In terms of trade, I hope that the Han Empire can pay more attention to us.  ¡± Eumenes was simply direct.Get to the point.  "What is favor, and to what extent should we favor you? Furthermore, we favor your Roman Empire, how can you favor us." Liu Ming pointed out the problem very directly.  "This" Eumenes was a little embarrassed.  When it comes to food, the food here is much better than in the Roman Empire. When it comes to utensils, it goes without saying, especially glass, which was originally unique. Now that the Han Empire has appeared, what can I use as a bargaining chip?  As a businessman, or at least a messenger with a business background, he understands that if the transaction is not equal, the transaction itself has no possibility of existence.  When it comes to trading, no one in this world is a fool.  "I heard that the Library of Alexandria has collected many ancient classics, many of which are even very rare It's not that troublesome. I just need you to give us a copy of these classics in Chinese, and that's it.  As long as I am still there and as long as the Han Empire is still there, the trade between the two countries will not be interrupted." Seeing his hesitation, Liu Ming simply gave his price.  He also accidentally knew about the existence of the Library of Alexandria, thanks to the prisoners of the Food Country. This neighboring country naturally knew what his neighbors had. Of course, he used the system to investigate the history of the library later.  It can be regarded as an extra golden finger I won't go into details for now.  Of course, this is not because of envy, so I want to understand, to understand, just to know where the most valuable things of my neighbors are, so that when the national power increases, I can grab them back.  ??Be it the Roman Empire, the Dashi Kingdom or the Kushan Empire these days, or even all countries except China, they are all robber countries.  Or to put it further, except for China, which country does not have a bandit mentality in its bones.  But, is this China's honor or China's sorrow "Your Majesty, although I don't know how you heard about that library, the foreign minister must solemnly tell you that it is the most essence of my Roman Empire.  It is our most precious collection. You know, even if our people want to read it, there are great restrictions. We value these books more than our lives. So, in fact, I really hope that we can.  Establish a friendly diplomatic relationship, but if the bargaining chip Your Majesty needs is thatthen the foreign minister is powerless" It can be seen that Eumenes is actually very moved, but he knows that the Library of Alexandria is very important to Rome.  The importance of the empire, so it can only be given up.  Now Liu Ming was very unhappy. The library would have been burned down in the third century AD, no more than a hundred years ago. He just wanted to take a copy of it and take a look while it was not burned down.  Let's see if there is anything we can learn from the ancient cultural situation in the West, and by the way, help them preserve these masterpieces Look at their virtues.  "That's the only thing that attracts me about the Roman Empire. Besides, we only need to copy one copy, not take it away. Besides, we in China are also a nation that loves cultural exchanges. If you copy the books for us, we will naturally give you a batch as gifts.  Our collection of books is for you. "That's what I mean. If you agree, the Roman Empire will get a good trading partner, and I can appropriately reduce the price of goods for a few years. If you don't agree, then I have to say sorry."  Liu Ming shrugged.  He didn¡¯t mean not to say no, but if he didn¡¯t agree, he would just kill him and grab it. If the front was too long, he wouldn¡¯t care about it at that time.  "This this matter is of great importance. The foreign minister cannot make a decision. The specific situation needs to be approved by His Majesty the Emperor before it can be carried out. Otherwise, the foreign minister should first send someone back to ask His Majesty what he means." Eumenes  Also hesitant.  "Go ahead, I hope to get a reply from your emperor as soon as possible." Liu Ming waved his hand and motioned for him to step back.  The first meeting between the Roman Empire and the Han Empire ended in this way.
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