India is a country without rituals. The prince Ermoti invited Lu Zhu and others to have a banquet several times, which was very inconsistent with the Chinese etiquette, especially when they actually ate with their hands. In China, banquets are a very important part of rituals, including nine tripods and eight guis of the emperor, seven tripods and six guis of the princes, five tripods and four guis of the doctor, three tripods and one gui of the Yuanshi. Use a dagger to carry meat, use a spoon to get soup, use a bucket to get wine, use a knife to cut meat, and there are also pods and other food utensils. How can you grab food directly with your hands?

Barbarians! Indians wearing gold and silver were suddenly despised by everyone; Ermoti was puzzled by Lu Zhuo's meal pomp, and could not imagine why the problem that could be solved with one hand had to come up with so many tools.

Different customs and beliefs also have many different beliefs. Lu Zhuo is a Yue person, and Yue person worships the God of Lei; Captain Shen Yinshang is a Chu person, and the people worships the God of Taiyi; Ermoti is a Buddhist, according to the precepts, does not kill, does not steal, does not commit adultery, does not lie, does not drink alcohol, and only eats vegetarian food.

Although there are such differences, the two sides are two major countries that are thousands of miles apart and have no interests. India does not have the overall war idea of ​​"One or two gold is born in the country, and twelve stones of millet die outside the country". The 35:1 gold-silver price comparison is to attract more gold to flow into India. It is good for a large amount of rice and cotton. India is not short of food and cotton.

Therefore, both sides had a great time talking. Ermoti agreed with Lu Zhuo's proposal to buy land in Fahrenheit to build an embassy and establish a trading post in Sisupalgarh, the port of Jielingjia. It was just as a reciprocity. Ermoti hoped that when the sea boat returned to Chu, Indian envoys would also go there. If possible, the envoys would stay in Chu like Lu Zhuo.

It is normal for other countries to send envoys to Chu State. Lu Zhuo did not object. He just had many envoys to Chu State before the monsoon turned. If the envoys of Pandiya and the envoys of the Juluo Kingdom were smooth, there should be envoys of the Seleucid Empire. He was very worried that the envoys of Pandiya and Juluo countries would have conflicts with the envoys of Indian envoys.

Lu Zhuo had a lot of communication with Ermoti. The merchants of Shi Lingbuji and his subordinates went out of the palace and market from time to time. They were inquiring more and more things, and they knew more and more. They felt that it was necessary to trade with India. On this day, in the market, a group of people crowded among the crowd to watch the sale. A soldier with a head wrapped in cotton cloth and a colorful beard dyed in colorful hands raised his hands to everyone and shouted: "Ninety-five Pana? Ninety-five Pana? Ninety-five Pana?"

While watching everyone, he shouted the price. After three times, no one bids again. He finally pointed to the string guard who stood beside Buji and bid for 95 silver panas, nodded and said, "Ninety-five pana, the deal is completed."

Xianwei is also one of the merchants traveling here. Others pay attention to rice, cotton, Langya (agent), orbs and other goods in the market. From the day he arrived at the market, he only paid attention to one type of goods: slaves.

In China, a slave (to be precise, it should be a slave) is often more than 10,000 yuan in market price. However, in India, a strong male slave only sells seventy to eighty silver pants. Female slaves are more expensive because female slaves can give birth to small slaves, usually around one hundred pa. One silver pants is equal to thirty-three Chu coins, which means that male slaves are between two thousand three hundred and two thousand six hundred yuan, while female slaves need three thousand yuan.

This price is only a fraction of the price of Chinese slaves. About five Indian female slaves are equal to one Chinese female slave. And the most important thing is: the number of Indian slaves is sufficient, and the number is large and the number is better.

Xianwei was the retainer of Xiandui, and Xiandui was the Ziqian family (wealth loan shark). There were two main sources of Chinese slaves, one was prisoners of war and the other was debtors. Therefore, the Xian family was very knowledgeable about slave business. After several wars in the six Kanto countries, Qin liked to behead rather than sell slaves, so the higher the slave price.

If Indian slaves can be loaded into the beams one by one, each person can earn at least one gold, and one ship can earn four or five hundred gold, and you can earn a Taotie in two times. The profit of selling silk and other goods is very high, but that is coming; instead of filling rice and cotton when you go back, you are worse than filling Indian female slaves.

The young female slave was brought over, and the string guard habitually checked the teeth. Seeing this, the seller was worried that he was not satisfied and shouted loudly from the side: "Kumari! Kumari!"

"Ziwei really wants to sell slaves?" Bai De looked at him with a little puzzled understanding.

"The price here is low, why not sell it?" The String Guard expressed satisfaction with the health of the female slave and asked the entourage to pay the buyer ninety-five silver pana.

"This..." Bai De was also a little confused about this. He always felt that the Indian barbarian taste was very strong.

"The girl is good at dancing here. If she sells her to the Nvlu to promote excellence, she can get ten gold and twenty gold. If she gives it to the king, her profit will be even greater." After all, she came from Daliang together, and the secret guard whispered in a low voice, and then pointed to the female slave and said, "This is Kumarie."

Kumari is a Sanskrit word, and it means virginity when used in female slaves. The concept of virginity was not available in China at this time. The Strange Guard spent a lot of effort to learn how to distinguish and choose virginity from Indians. He believed that once Kumari's concept was promoted in China, those nobles would definitely accept it first.

The four words "Salute to the King" shocked Bai De'. He slapped his head hard, but why didn't he think about it? Indian women are good at dancing, and their dance is different from China. Everything is fresh. What a profit it would be to buy some Indian beauties to the top.

The slave business in the palace market is getting more and more exciting. In the chamber, the commemorative gift list that had been inscribed for a long time finally came out. The Minister of Finance, Karilan, read in front of Ermoti and Lu Zhuo: "...Agate 100 Monte, 300 Monte turquoise 500 Monte sapphire 500 Monte, pearl 500 Monte, closed-shelf ginger 100 Monte, sweet rosin 100 Monte, pepper 100 Monte, myrrh resin 100 Monte, three gluten leaves 100 Monte..."

The gifts were all Indian specialties, and besides pearls and jade, there were spices. Lu Zhuo mentioned rice and cotton cloth at all. Until the end, Karilan paused for a moment, glanced at Ermoti, and then said loudly: "... One million rice montes, 500,000 thick cotton cloth each, and one hundred female slaves..."

Monte is a unit of weight, which is about two stones. Montes vary greatly in different places; the unit of cotton is about sixty-sixty-six thousand Chinese horses. Lu Zhuo was very happy to hear that there were one million Montes and two million stones of rice, but when he heard that there were 100 female slaves in the end, he was shocked.

"Entertain..." After reading the ritual list, Lu Zhuo was stunned, and Karelan couldn't help but remind him.

"The prince's affection is so grateful to the King of Chu in the city." Lu Zhuo bowed deeply. The number of gifts returned was completely beyond Lu Zhuo's imagination. He never thought that giving a state gift would make so much money.

"I hope your country can bring more silk, Chuni paper, Lu Li mirror, porcelain, and lacquerware," Ermoti saw Lu Zhuo bow deeply, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. He emphasized: "There are at least ten thousand sets of Chu armor."

"Wi." Lu Zhuo bowed again. The armor is the simplest ring armor. Although India also refines huge iron, it takes ten times the money and time to make a pair of Rohalik (armor made of wire) or Rohapata (iron armor for the whole body) to be ten times more expensive than the ring armor.

"I will send my minister Anazhou to the State of Chu," Ermo asked the departure date of Mingshan Ghost, and let Lu Zhuo retreat.

"The rice is as huge as two million stones, and it takes more than 60 gluttons to transport it." Shen Yinshang and Lu Zhuo visited Ermoti, and he was shocked by the number of gifts he gave. "There are still hundreds of female slaves..."

"What can I do if the prince's gift is given by him?" Lu Zhuo couldn't help but smile bitterly. He never thought that the other party would give him so much gift.

"Why?" Shen Yinshang also breathed a sigh of relief. The profits of trade were completely beyond imagination. Even if Xiong Jing had repeatedly explained, they were still much better than everyone expected.

"Of course, we have to report this matter to the king." Lu Zhuo said. After he turned back to Wuyou Palace, he immediately asked the document to draft the pigeon letter. He really needed to make a comprehensive report on India's affairs.

Under the gaze of the palace spies, the pigeon flew out of the Fahrenheit City and flew to the far east. In Langya Port, the northernmost part of the Chu State, a fleet was ready to go, which was the Blue Ocean Fleet led by Hong Mou.

It was May, and at this time the northeastern wind in the Pacific Ocean had turned to the southwest monsoon. Historically, Spanish sailboat left the Philippines at this time and headed north to 40 degrees north-south latitude at Japan, following the west wind and ocean currents, heading towards the west coast of North America.

Unlike the Indian Ocean route, this is a real trans-ocean sailing, which takes five to seven months. It takes five to seven months to sail on the sea for five to seven months. There is no way to replenish freshwater and food, and there is no island for docking. The hardship can be imagined. Freshwater can easily rot and smelly for such a long time. The vitamin C in canned citrus may be completely decomposed, and hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean...

According to the reminder of the words without long words, the fleet once again improved its navigation plan. Pour fresh water into Chuli without alum - alcohol can prevent fresh water from smelling. In addition, there is a simple solar distiller, which can be used for Luli without plastic; vitamins may decompose, and fruits may rot, bring soybeans; if there is a hurricane, bring more wood and carpenters, and comprehensively strengthen the sea boat...

Everything that can be thought of has been thought of, and everything that can be prepared has been prepared. However, when everything is ready, Captain Hong Mou and Wu Weiheng were not in Langya Port, but in Linzi, Qi.

Thirty thousand Chu troops defeated 230,000 Qi troops and occupied Linzi. The news spread to the world and the countries were shocked. Those who don’t understand said that the Chu army is invincible in the world, but those who truly understand military affairs and the domestic situation of Qi will only say that the Qi State is as good as before, and the formation war will collapse at a touch. To this day, there are few strong troops in the world. If the Chu State had not resurrected in recent years, the Qin army would have only one and a half of the real opponents: one Zhao State and half Wei State.

It is one thing that the Qi army is about to collapse at one touch, but it is another thing that the occupation of Linzi. According to convention, when the capital of a country is defeated by the enemy and the king is captured by the enemy, the country will be destroyed. Qi is a great country in the world, and if the Qi country is destroyed, it will have a great impact on the situation in the world.

Qin hopes that Chu will perish and occupy Qi, so that it will have no time to save Zhao. After Zhao defeated Zhao, the Qin army attacked Qi in the name of restoring Qi, and occupied Qi with half the effort; Zhao's idea is the opposite. If Chu is deeply trapped in Qi, it will definitely not be able to rescue itself, so he hopes that Chu will withdraw its troops;
Chapter completed!