As Xiong Jing recounted, the cost of maintaining a cavalry was extremely shocking. According to the Macedonian system, the number of cavalry was generally between 15% and 20% of the infantry. Therefore, the Seleucid Empire, founded by Seleucid I, a commander of the Alexander Silver Shield Force, did not have many cavalry.

The war horses were important weapons of the military and the state of China. They were sold to Chu because the state of Chu and Seleucau were more than 1,000 Panisans, and they were not bordered. Seleucau needed about 50,000 sets of Chu's giant armor and 50,000 sets of Chu's giant iron weapons (the spear head of the Sarisha spear is made of iron, but it was just iron), so they agreed to sell about 5,000 Nisama horses. As for the sixteen stallions, they were unleashed without the price. Without the two sides discussing the price, they were "replaced" with 5,000 sets of giant armor in Wublai Port.

The exodus of stallions was not an important matter. Before this, the Skits (Salmatias), and Parthians had purchased, captured, and even stole the Nissa stallions. The bloody horses robbed by Emperor Wu of Han also had Nissa blood. If the sixteen stallions were to maintain their bloodline rather than hybridize, it would take decades to reproduce a sufficient number of war horses. Siranus believed that the Chu people would not wait for decades to form their own companion cavalry.

Ten sets of giant armor and ten sets of giant blades are priced at fifteen hardware, and they have to be delivered to Port Wublai in person, and the price will be at least tripled. Just at the cost, a set of ring armor completed in thirty hours is less than a hundred yuan. This is just two and a half drachmas. The price of giant blades is a little more expensive, but it is not much more expensive.

After Silanus made his request, Xiong Jing chuckled and shook his head. Compared with the countries in the world, even if Seleucus and Ptolemy claim to be empire, they actually did not have many armies. Seleucus had only a hundred thousand troops in total, no more than 200,000. Not every soldier had to be equipped with armor. After the 50,000 sets of giant armored blades were sold, Seleucus would not have any arms business in the future.

He stood up politely, withdrew from the Mingtang in the surprise of Silanus and entered the inner room. The ministers who accompanied him certainly understood Xiong Jing's meaning. After explaining that the king was inconvenient to bargaining in order to avoid being infected with the aura of merchants, they began to suppress the price.

The ministers worked, and Xiong Jingxi, who was determined to trade war horses, couldn't sit still, so they finally walked to Ruoying Palace.

"Mother Queen, is this what Brother Wang said about cotton?"

"This cotton cloth seems to be softer than the cheek cloth..."

"This rouge is very red..."

Ruoying Palace, Indian cotton cloth, agate, gems, pearls, Persian rouge, jewelry, and gold drinkware were all presented, and the concubines and princesses of the palaces were also invited here by Concubine Zhao. The reward was due, and in addition to the reward, Concubine Zhao also boasted: the sea boat made by her son could really connect to the west of Central China, which was a matter of no one before.

I have seen many jade concubines and princesses. It is the first time I have seen cotton cloth, and it is not new to touch it. However, Persian rouge and foundation are different from China. Some princesses have carefully applied them to their faces.

"The king is here." Xiong Jing did not need to inform him in advance when he arrived at the western room. When he was about to arrive in the west, the temple shouted. Concubine Zhao, the concubines were nothing, but the princesses laughed. A few of them had white foundation on their faces and rubbed them with rouge and wiped them quickly.

"The child pays homage to the queen of mother." Xiong Jing only bowed to Concubine Zhao, and all the rest bowed to him.

"This face..." Mi Qi's face was white and red. Seeing Xiong Jing coming to wipe it off, it didn't wipe it clean. When Xiong Jing asked, everyone laughed at him, and Concubine Zhao couldn't help laughing and scolded: "Is the one who is going to get married, or..."

"Yeah!" Seeing that everyone laughed at her, Mi Yu was so embarrassed that she shook her sleeve and kicked the maid who helped her to wipe her face, blaming her, "It's all you! Cumsy."

"Why is the king not taking care of government affairs today?" Concubine Zhao only looked at her son. Every time she saw her son, she felt happy. Her only worry was her son's marriage. She would not marry the princess of Qi and would not want to marry the princess of Zhao. She probably would have to marry that girl, Mi Xuan.

Concubine Zhao was opposed to her son's idea, not her age or surname, but her identity. The king of a country married a daughter, how could he take the princess of another country as his concubine in the future? If he did not take the princess of another country as his concubine, how could he maintain diplomatic relations between various countries? Especially the daughter was said to have become the concubine of the King of Qin as a dowry of Mi Qian. How could a lowly concubine of Qin be the noble queen of Chu?

Furthermore, the female young man was in the Qin Palace thousands of miles away. Even if she didn't want to marry, she couldn't even rob her. She couldn't wait for a while, right? Every time she went on a war, she would lead the way. If..., although her son was blessed by the Grand Secretary, she would have to give birth to children as soon as possible to avoid no successor to the throne.

Concubine Zhao's eyes blinked, and her heavy thoughts were fleeting. While Xiong Jingzheng answered, the temple man shouted outside: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the King, and the noble wife to meet him."

The things brought back by the fleet were the concubines and princesses in the palace, and the nobles and honoraries who belonged to Yingshi outside the palace were also rewarded, and there were also ministers of the palace, and all of them were rewarded. As the queen mother, Zhao Concubine Zhao had to take on the functions of the Women's Federation in the future. The goods carried by the sea boat arrived in Yingdu yesterday, and were paid to the noble wife last night.

The noble wife did not need to avoid suspicion when she met Xiong Jing. Mi Yan, who wanted to avoid suspicion, wiped off the rouge foundation, also grabbed him and whispered in his ear: "Brother Wang knows that more than twenty people are pregnant."

Mi Li grew up and spoke and smelled very pleasantly of orchid. The more than 20 people she mentioned were the thirty-three Lu Li bottles that Xiang Chao rode into Chu on a sweat and blood horse half a year ago. Conception was extremely mysterious in this era, and women had to worship Shao Si's life to seek children.

Artificial insemination like a horse subverts the Chu people's cognition. Those nobles and honorary soldiers have already died in battle. After their death, their wives and concubines can still be pregnant with their children. No normal people can understand it. However, the Chu people believe in witches and the king is a spiritual practitioner. Since this matter was arranged by the king, there is nothing to doubt. So there is an additional statue of worship in Shaosiming Temple: Xiang Chao, who rode on a horse to send off his children.

A group of noble wives met the queen mother and the king, and Mi Pishuang, wearing a big belly, stood in front of the front.

Like court officials, the wife of noble people also has clothes. There are three main types of clothes: Ju, show clothes, and fence. Ju, yellow, symbolizes the birth of mulberry leaves and is only worn during silkworm-friendly ceremony; the show clothes are white, only worn when meeting the king or guests; the fence is black, which is the clothes for home, and only worn when Yan Ju, when she is sleeping. Mi Pishuang wears Ju, because her husband has died in battle.

"No gifts." Concubine Zhao looked at the noble wives in front of her, and her eyes finally fell on Mi Pishuang. She stepped forward and pulled Mi Pishuang to her mat to sit down, and then said to the people on the left and right temples: "All pregnant people are given seats."

"How about these days?" Zhao Fei asked softly, caressing Mi Pishuang's back.

More than 20 noble wives and concubines of more than 20 artificially conceived nobles have always been concerned about it. According to the court decision of the officials of the court, if these wives and concubines can really give birth to the descendants of nobles who died, then this system must be established in the entire army, and the common people and soldiers must also enjoy this treatment.

"Mrs. Xie, I'm very nice." Mi Pishuang lowered her head. Compared to before, she had become much fatter and her face was round and red. She had not yet left her habits and did not feel how pitiful she was to her husband's death, let alone she was pregnant with her husband's descendants.

"Have you kicked?" Mi Qi leaned over and wanted to touch Mi Pishuang's belly but didn't dare to touch her.

"Well. I often kicked me." Mi Pishuang also looked at him when she saw Xiong Jing, and lowered her head again.

"That should be a boy." Xiong Jing interrupted, and he was very happy that his subordinates had no successors.

"Since he is a boy, I dare to ask the king to give him a name." Mi Pi married Qu, and Qu's noble wife, and several smart and sophisticated people quickly asked Xiong Jing to give him a name. Concubine Zhao looked at her son with a blame: It would be fine if she was born a boy, but if she was a girl...

"This..." Xiong Jing didn't expect to have to name a little after talking too much. The name was not something that could be picked casually. But the people in the hall looked at him, and he smiled awkwardly before saying, "Qu Guo died for a great victory, and his successor should be named Zijie."

"Zijie?" Everyone, including Mi Pishuang, was overjoyed and said, "This name is great, thank you for yourselves!"

Qu'er was named by the king himself, and the rest of the clans were envious. Fortunately, Xiong Jing racked his brains to take out a name and said, "The rest of them gave birth to children and gave them names."

"I thank the king." The female voice in the hall was full of female voices. Then came the rewards hosted by Concubine Zhao. The noble wives all had ranks, including nobles, senior officials, sergeants, and sergeants. Even the sergeants were rewarded with extremely generous rewards. The best Indian plain cotton cloth was rewarded with hundreds of horses, as well as several buckets of agate, gems, pearls, and Indian spices for counting stones, and finally some gold and silver ware, jewelry and powder.

After talking about India for several years, Persia finally showed itself to everyone. The nobles were rewarded, while the common people saw Indian cotton and Indian cotton. These cottons could be made into bedclothes, cotton coats, which prevent cold and keep warm, and were lighter and cheaper than sheep fur. There were more Indian beauties who could dance foreign dances. Many nobles competed to visit the Nu Lu to seek a look and have a love for their love.

The entire Yingdu and even the entire Chu State were talking about the west of Zhongzhou. Almost everyone was optimistic about overseas trade. Xiong Jing's words a few years ago appeared on the news of the Great Chu. Xiong's dragon horse, Nanzhou Jinshi, and Dongzhou Three Valleys. These things will soon be transported into Yingdu by sea boats one by one.

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However, the envoy of Seleucus came. If the State of Chu also agreed to sell the armor to Seleucus, Bactricia would not only have no advantage, but would be at an absolute disadvantage. Hu Danso's caravan transported up to thousands of armor at a time, which would take two years to travel; the State of Chu could transport tens of thousands of armor at a time, and it would only take a few months to arrive in Seleucus. If Seleucus conquers the east again, Bactricia's army would inevitably be defeated.

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Let me state that the author believes from beginning to end that the Chinese civilization is an independent civilization, and it was not until the later integration of Buddhism was integrated into the country; the author believes from beginning to end that the Silk Road existed in ancient times and allowed the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations, but the main technologies in the East were not produced because of this exchange.
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