After a word of destroying the world, some people's hands couldn't help but fall to the ground. They saw that the queen had three eyes, two eyes of a normal person, and a picture in the middle of her forehead. Such a dress was not available in the world, and everyone was still wondering, but they didn't expect that the look in the middle could destroy the world.

While waiting at Aragankuran, Lu Zhuo met Queen Pandiya, and on the way north of Aragankuran Port, he met King Zhuoluo. The kings of both countries were hostile to the Mauryan King, but did not prevent Lu Zhu from going to Fahrenheit. When Yi looked at Kaga, Kaga made a gesture of worshiping the sky with both hands, indicating that he swears in the name of God, and his words were not false.

"This Indian state affairs are not related to us." The shock on Lu Zhuo's face disappeared for a while. This was not a big deal. It was just that the prince imprisoned his grandfather. It was obvious that the political situation in India was unstable, and there would be a dispute over the throne after the death of the Mauryan King.

During his time in Pandiya, Lu Zhuo was treated as a courtesy of Queen Pandiya. Queen Pandiya once suggested that the Chu merchant ships could dock at the port of Aragankulan in the future and trade here. The Zhulu merchant ships and Pandiya merchant ships could help the Chu merchant ships transport rice, wheat, cotton, cotton, sesame oil and all the goods needed by the Chu merchant ships.

Under normal circumstances, long-distance trade is a gem, Lu Li, a cargo with light weight and high value, but because the West Coast of India has always been out of trade with the Persian Gulf, Lu Zhuo's request to purchase rice, wheat, cotton, and cotton did not surprise the Panthians. Because they had been doing this low-value goods for hundreds of years. Since the merchants of Chu did not dislike this low-value goods and were not afraid that they occupied the precious tonnage of merchant ships, they certainly would not dislike them.

Pandiya's merchants once tried hard to let Lu Zhuo understand one truth: although rice, wheat, cotton, and cotton are all produced in India, the cost of buying these goods directly from India, plus tariffs is much higher than purchasing them at the port of Aragorn Kuran. The same is true for selling goods. The goods entering the Peacock Empire have to pay one-third of the value of the goods as tolls (i.e., tariffs, but silk only need to pay one-tenth of the value), and export goods have to pay one-quarter to one-fifth of the value of the goods as tolls.

Most of the goods in Aragankulan were smuggled, not only smuggling, but also evaded one-quarter of the domestic transaction tax. Lu Zhuo heard that he did not believe it, but according to Xiong Jing's arrangement, he had to go to Fahrenheit to see the Peacock King. If the price of purchasing directly in India is higher than that of Aragankulan Port, then after he returned to China, he would naturally suggest that domestic merchant ships stop at Aragankulan Port to purchase.

Price is a consideration, while the political stability of the Peacock Empire is another consideration. Once a country has a dispute over the throne, even if it does not decline, it is likely to go into chaos. Chu is preparing for war, and preparing for war requires a large amount of food and fodder. If India is really involved in war, it is not good news for Chu.

The Shangui slowly moved forward under the towing of the Indian ship. At this time, the lookout hand on the mast plate had already seen the narrow Fahrenheit City by the river. Lu Zhuo also picked up the Lu Li mirror. A small city in the sight stood on the west bank of the Ganges River. Seeing that the city was only three meters high, he immediately felt that the capital was too small and too short. When the Shangui turned a corner and saw the side of the Fahrenheit City, he realized that the city was not small, it was just too narrow.

"India has arrived, India has arrived." The sailors on the deck cheered. After six months of sailing, the Mountain Ghost finally arrived at the destination.

Fahrenheit City is getting closer and closer. An Indian ship covered with gold foil outside the pier came out to greet him. When the Mountain Ghost fell to the anchor and threw cables, Prince Ermoti suddenly appeared on the pier, which immediately caused a wave of fluctuations among the crowd. Although Ermoti was the prince, he had actually ruled as the Mauryan King, and personally went out to welcome him to show the empire's importance to the envoys of Chuni.

The drums were ringing, and several golden plates were presented. In addition to the flowers, Lu Li's mirror, there were also gold boxes, gold bottles, and neatly folded white cotton cloth. The Indian ministers used their actions to show that this was a bathing bath, and Lu Zhuo happily accepted it. When he finished washing and was about to get off the boat, another person came up from the dock. After two translations, the documentary said: "The Prince Ermo asked to board the boat and watch."

The Shangui is the third ship of Shaosiming class, the smallest among the Chu sea boats. However, even such a small boat, Ermoti was still shocked by its hugeness and strength. The Indian ship is extremely simple, and the hull is either bonded by sugar fibers or rope tying. According to the Roman historian Pliny, the largest Indian ship is only 75 tons. Although this does not conform to the facts, the mortise and joint (connection) and seam process determine that it is difficult for Indian ships to build very large.

This is true for Indian ships and Persian ships, all of which are sutured ships. Until the Middle Ages Arabs, Sinbada's sailing in "One Thousand and One Nights" was still sutured ships (the entire ship did not use a single iron nail, and was sewn with a coconut brown rope that lasted 640 kilometers).

Compared with the traditional nautical kingdoms such as Jielingjia, Juluo, Zheluo and Pandiya in the south, although the Peacock Empire had a decent navy, the actual ships were just some weakened versions of old-style large-wing warships. With the combat effectiveness of these warships, the Chu merchant fleet could completely rush around the coast of India.

"Please ask the prince to take his seat." Xiong Jing set out to explain in detail to Lu Zhuo: First, in navigation technology, second, sailing and cable technology, and third, the construction technology of the sea boat itself. If the Indian prince wants to board the boat, he can only accept it.

The trestle was already set up, and when Ermoti came up, Lu Zhuo led everyone to bow to him. According to the Chinese standards, Prince Ermoti was a standard barbarian. He was about thirty years old and was wearing a tight-fitting dress made of cotton cloth that Indians often wore, and a delicate embroidered brocade draped over his shoulders. According to the judgment of the silk merchants under the city order, this was a piece of Wenxiu produced in Chu State, with a white deer-skin shoe under his feet.

These are what Lu Zhuo and others could understand, but they couldn't understand them. The earrings on Ermoti's ears, the marks in the middle of his eyebrows, the eye sockets with ointment, touched the vermilion lips, and the white lead powder on his face. The short hair was floating, and the beard was decorated without any confusion. The makeup made the prince look like a palace temple man. The nobles with Chinese men liked their male favorites to dress like women, but their dense beards showed that this person was not a temple man.

Smelling the perfume smell on Ermoti, Lu Zhuo and others' first reaction was strange. However, in Ermoti's entourage, the envoys of Chuni were a little disappointed. Chuni is a huge kingdom, but why are the envoys of the country not fair in their skin? Isn't it only white people who can build a great country?

In the case of Gentile diplomacy, India can't help but bring the caste system into its own perception. Persia, Egypt, and Seleucid, which were originally white in the West. Human history was deeply influenced by the primitive Indo-Europeans near the Caspian Sea (because of the head of state, the Aryans were renamed the primitive Indo-Europeans after World War II).

The original Indo-Europeans entered Europe, were called Greeks in Southeast Europe, Latins in Italy (the Romans belonged to one of them), Celtics in Western Europe, and Germans in Northern Europe (the ancestor of modern Westerners); the original Indo-Europeans entered Asia, were called Hittites and Ryudians in Asia Minor, and were called Medes and Persians in Iranian Plateau. In India, due to race differences, it became the root of the caste system. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas were both primitive Indo-Europeans, and Shudras (local natives) may be Tamils ​​or Sinhalese (the two may have the same origin).

Just as the Zhou people replaced the Shang Dynasty and became the ruler of China, the Shang and Zhou culture (the script of the Shang people, the rituals and music of the Zhou people) influenced the Chinese countries, and the various civilizations developed by the primitive Indo-Europeans who entered the Eurasian continent from the grasslands have certain similarities, such as the similar shapes of gods and the worship of cows.

These primitive Indo-European descendants who called themselves Indians, naturally they could not feel the intimacy of facing the Greek, Persia, Egypt, and Seleucid envoys. And Lu Zhuo was also a Yue people, the Yue people south of the Yangtze River, the Dongyi people north of the Yangtze River (Shanghai) and the Zhou people north of the Yangtze River (including the Chu people before the migration south), these three types of people occupied the East Asian world. Among them, the Zhou people were the least, the fertile Central Plains, the Dongyi people were the most in the Bohai Rim, and the Yue people in the southern mountainous areas were only more than the Zhou people.

If we use India to understand East Asia, the Zhou people were the primitive Indo-Europeans, the Dongyi people were the Tu people of India, and the Yue people were the Sinhalese. A dark-faced envoy like Lu Zhuo made Prince Ermoti feel uneasy, and he was worried that he would meet a Shudra.

After two translations, the clerk said: "The prince's words, is the doctor a noble person? Is there a noble person in Chu?"

"Haha." Lu Zhuo couldn't help laughing, "The nobles and common people should not be confused. Zhuo's ancestor was a general of Yue Kingdom, so how could he be a common people? The ancestor of the king of Chu began with Emperor Yan and was a descendant of Zhurong. He married the daughter of Shang King Pan Geng in the Shang Dynasty and was as noble as the people of Zhou. His bloodline has been passed down for more than two thousand years. How can he say there is no noble person?"

Lu Zhuo tied his hair and had a high crown, a black suit and a sword hanging on his waist. Although his skin was dark, his demeanor was completely a noble style. When he smiled and showed his neat white teeth, Ermoti believed that he was a nobleman. When the general translation translated Chu into Greek and then from Greek to Sanskrit, he immediately smiled at Lu Zhuo and began to visit the mountain ghost name.

It is the most difficult and longest flight from Panyu to the Strait of Malacca. It is only a few days' journey from Panyu to the mouth of the Strait and to the Sinhalla. In addition, it is a new ship, and the mountain ghost does not have the usual wet and stench of the sea boats. The sailors are in very good spirits. When they see Ermoti, they bow and bow.
Chapter completed!