Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 795 The real deal

"Hello, my master is a friend of Oscar Buddy. He was entrusted by Oscar Buddy to equip his family troops. By the way, he brought some products from my master's production area here for trading."

"So that's the case. Are those three sets of pearls the treasures of this time?"

Liu Ping shook his head, and asked someone to bring a box. When the box was opened, there were round beads equivalent to [-]mm. These were the treasures traded with the royal family. There were larger ones, but they were also available in very small quantities. Personal product.

The court librarian came before the four elders and said a lot.

It roughly means that this is a fleet from the upper class nobles in the East, and is a friend of the Eastern Roman Empire. His Majesty the Emperor authorized the Senate to trade items that exceed the decree, but it must be recorded in the court.

First of all, these people will be invited to the palace. After the banquet, all the goods will be recorded first, and finally the formal transaction will be done in the name of the country.

But for now, since so many people from the Senate are here, the ones here can naturally be traded.

A balance is placed here, and the purple pearl is traded at a price two hundred times its weight in gold.

Liu Ping didn't say a single word. Basically, he accepted whatever price the elders offered him, and he didn't mean to haggle at all.

This made the elders of the Eastern Roman Empire exclaim again and again, this is friendship.

Guo Xiaoke changed into a formal Tang dress and armor on board, and was about to enter the palace to meet the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The entourage around him has been quoting prices to him.

The more Guo Xiaoke heard it, the more surprised he became, and he asked in a low voice: "This Liu Ping is too cruel, he dared to ask for a price that is two hundred times as heavy as gold, how do these Romans react?"

"General, you may have heard it wrong. This is two hundred times the price quoted by the people here. Our people have never quoted the price from the beginning to the end. The other party has been thanking them all the time, thinking that we value friendship more than money."

"Ah!" Guo Xiaoke felt that his outlook on life had been impacted for the first time.

Golden pearls are not cheap, this thing is ridiculously expensive in Chang'an City, but it is not to the extent that it is calculated by multiplying the weight of gold by hundreds of times.Purple is precious and not expensive, which is a variation of the red pearls in Zhuchi, Halong Bay.

At present, no one buys black pearls in Chang'an, and the quantity is not large.

It was accidentally discovered by the state-owned fleet of Thousand Islands in the south of the island, and the real place of origin has not been found yet, so some high-quality goods were picked and sent here.

Second only to the golden pearls in Chang'an City are dark green and a blue variety of pearls.

Guo Xiaoke hung up his cloak and said with emotion: "No matter, there is no one cart of coins that can't solve it. If it doesn't work, add another cart. If the order continues, no one is allowed to lose my Tang's face on coins. Whoever loses it Ben will consider dumping it on an island on the way back."

"Decree." A herald trotted away.

The soldier who helped Guo Xiaoke put on the armor asked in a low voice: "General, if someone is careless and spends too much, even if you go back and be punished, it's just that it's hard for the fleet to move forward here, and you can't buy what you need. guilt."

"Joke, do you know how much silk is in the boat cabin? The lower seven-color rainbow brocade is three times the weight of gold. This has not reached the upper seven colors. There are still thousands of lake brocades, hundreds of velvets, and golden velvet? Stop, coins are not a problem, Datang's face is more important."

"Yes!"

Worried that the guards would not understand, Guo Xiaoke deliberately explained a few words: "We are here to explore the way. In the future, there will be hundreds of fleets going back and forth here every year. Datang's face is there, so is our face. Here is No matter what you do, it will be smoother, so remember, whoever loses face of my Tang Dynasty, I will throw him to the desert island."

"Yes!"

In the evening, Dun Xiaoke entered the Eastern Roman Palace.

The gift he prepared before the banquet was not pearls, not silk, not porcelain.It's a set of swords and shields.

Liu Mu never believed that the Roman Empire was really the same as in the movie, wearing a bright red silk cloak, full-body iron plate armor, and holding a large red shield, extremely mighty.

In fact, at this time, even the imperial guards could not get this kind of full-body armor.

Many soldiers tied a piece of wood with a rope to their chests. This is the breastplate, and the size of this piece of wood is only a few inches.It can be understood as a square heart goggle.

Willow specially prepared military products for export, which were specially customized according to the equipment style of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Stainless steel with triangular iron ribs, generous shield.Half-body heavy armor, with arms, shoulders, then a short sword, and a spear.

These are what Liu Mu saw in the movie. In real history, the Eastern Roman Empire at this time did not have such gorgeous armor at all.

Dun Xiaoke did not take out such items as the envoy's scepter.

"Your Majesty the Eastern Roman Emperor, please accept my respect. This visit to your country is not an official exchange. It is just a meeting between the respected Bishop Oscar Bardi and my superior, the Duke of the Tang Empire and the husband of the First Princess." It was a personal communication, this was ordered by Bishop Oscar Buddy in my Tang Dynasty, and asked me to bring back the equipment for his family's army."

There are gifts for the Eastern Roman Emperor, but they don't need to be taken out at this time.

Dun Xiaoke only took out a full set of armor.

"Can my soldiers try these weapons?"

"Of course, Your Majesty."

Roman shields at this time were still made of wood, some were inlaid with iron sheets, but most were not.

The Eastern Roman Emperor put forward another idea: "Can you give it a try, your country's weapons?"

"of course can."

Dun Xiaoke had no reason to refuse.

A heavily armed Roman phalanx soldier stood up in full armor. Dun Xiaoke thought for a while, stretched out his hand for a Mo Dao, and swung it with full strength to split a stone pillar in the garden.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I can't test the knife on your soldiers, it will kill the soldiers. This will damage the friendship between the Tang Empire and the Roman Empire."

This knife scared many people.

How could there be such a powerful knife without the superb refining process of steel.

"So, what about this shield?"

Dun Xiaoke asked his subordinates to hold large shields, and then asked a Roman soldier to chop them.This Mo knife is a skill that has been practiced for many years, and it is impossible to split the stone pillar with ten willow wood knives.

Ordinary people use this knife to chop on the large shield with horizontal rib steel bars, and there is only a harsh sound of steel rubbing.

On the contrary, when the soldiers of the Tang army slashed, the wooden shields of the Roman soldiers shattered.

For another shield, the soldiers of the Tang army used the Roman short sword brought from the Tang Dynasty, pierced it and twisted it lightly, and the shield broke again.

Liu Mu has studied the short swords of the Roman legion. In the formation of the square shield, the spear is useful. In the melee, stabbing people through the gaps in the shield is less labor-intensive than chopping, and the efficiency is several times higher.

　Hurry up and come back soon.

　　I'm really sorry, this is barely enough to make up for yesterday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)