Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 909
Liu Mu said again: "I should suggest to you, Your Majesty, to repair the ancient Suez Canal immediately. At least it will allow large ships to pass through. I am willing to invest in this canal."

"I will give you a large enough piece of land, and you will pay half of the funds."

Heraclius had no money, and the Eastern Roman Empire did not have enough funds. At this time, the Suez Canal mentioned by Heraclius and Willow and the modern one are completely two canals.

The modern one runs north-south and exits at Port Said.

At this time, Liumu told Chirac that it was repaired before BC, then used several times, and was abandoned several times. Now the river is connected, but there are many parts with too much silt, stones and the like, which can only be used to keep the bottom of the punt. pass.

This river runs from east to west, and its starting point is different from the modern one. It just starts from the province of Suez and digs a canal to the Nile River, and then borrows the Nile River to Port Rashid, Alexandria.

"Okay, do you want gold and silver, or weapons, ordnance, wound medicine, or spices?"

"Weapon, I also hope that you will put an end to the plague. I want to fight the Alvas and the Slavs." Heraclius is a military genius. He knows exactly what Eastern Rome needs most right now, which is more taxes. More slaves, more people, more resources.

The main body of his empire is in the Balkan Peninsula, that is, the eastern Mediterranean.

Siniandi is very good at seizing opportunities, although he is only a short-lived king in history, and his career as a king will end in two years, of course, this is the case in real history.

None of the next two kings of the Visigothic kingdom lived a year in their position.

Siniandi said at this time: "I will offer [-], not [-] soldiers to help you."

"Very good." Heraclius was satisfied with this answer.

But he still did not make a commitment to the spice trade, but said: "Why don't we hold a banquet in Constantine, in the style of the royal banquet of the Tang Empire."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Constantine is your capital. I personally think that the Roman royal banquet should be implemented. As for the Tang-style royal banquet, you can change it to another city. We are guests and cannot take away the style of the Roman Empire."

Willow's suggestion adopted by Heraclius: "I admire your wisdom, so which city is more suitable, how about the old Roman city?"

"How about the city of Athens?"

"Then the city of Athens."

The choice of this location is not important to Heraclius, what is important is the significance of the duke's coming to the Eastern Roman Empire.As for the small fortress of Ceuta, it can only be regarded as a dessert after a meal.

After all, the center of gravity of Heraclius' empire was in the eastern Mediterranean, and he didn't care much about the old Roman city.

The area where the old city of Rome is located is now nominally under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire, but in fact it is ruled by princes from all over the country. There is a powerful character who wants to unify and become self-reliant. It is estimated that it will take decades.

In the evening, Liumu and Dugu Lanruo returned to the boat.

Even if the fortress castle has been renovated, it still has an unpleasant smell in Liu Mu's eyes.

In the bedroom on the boat, Dugu Lanruo asked Liu Mu: "Athens is the capital of ancient Greece, right?"

"Yes, there is a place worth visiting there, called the Parthenon Temple, dedicated to the Goddess of War, Athena. In the Mediterranean Sea, there are at least a hundred places to visit, and you can have fun. Then Well, let's split up and let all the noble ladies here see what is luxury and what is luxury."

"Then what kind of goods does your husband plan to let the Mediterranean people buy from Datang?"

Liu Mu looked proud: "Of course it is war. Whoever they like to fight will fight to the death, and whoever likes war will continue to wage war. They just provide weapons to me, and of course there are finished medicine powders, pills and the like."

"The most profitable things in this world are armaments, perfumes for women, clothing materials, scented washes, etc. Then there are medicines."

The theory that Liu Mu instilled in Dugu Lanruo has gradually taken effect.

Dugu Lanruo secretly calculated that Liumu's profit from selling a ship of ordnance was worth as much as a year's hard work of weaving linen in a large workshop in Cixi.Silk and pearls require special items, and the price will definitely drop in the future. Even so, the profits of silk perverts are not as high as ordnance.

Of course, Liu Mu has not mentioned the fourth and fifth items, and there is something hidden.

Late at night, the Roman Emperor Heraclius, who lived in the guest room of the fortress, took out a small willow box that was quietly given to him. After opening the box, it contained two porcelain vases, one in the shape of a dragon and the other in the shape of a phoenix.

Heraclius certainly didn't know the names of these two beasts, but he could tell who the bottle was for.

Heraclius did not understand the words written on the two bottles.

On the dragon-shaped bottle it is written that the golden gun will not fall, and on the phoenix-shaped bottle it is written that the seedlings are happy for rain.

What is the most profitable, under the ordnance is this kind of hidden secret goods. This is the product that Liu Mu asked the Medical Sacred Hall to research with all his strength as early as three years ago.

In the eyes of those famous doctors in the Medical Sacred Hall, Europeans who can grind ancient corpses into powder for use are probably very resistant to medicines, so they can use some strong medicines, and they can use strong medicines.

Liumu would like to name the bottle of Hanmiao Xiyu, I love Yiyichai, but unfortunately Liumu does not have the right to name it.

It was late at night, and Liu Mu stood at the bow of the boat looking at the moonlight, and listening to the sounds of the night by the way.

Dugu Lanruo wakes up after sleeping and sees that Liu Mu is not in the house, puts on her clothes and walks to the bow, but sees Liu Mu looking at the castle from a distance.

"Husband, what are you looking at?"

"A firewood!"

Dugu Lanruo realized after a moment of astonishment, covered her mouth and almost laughed out loud.

Liu Mu is very serious: "Ordinary merchants do ordinary goods and transactions, and some goods cannot be traded through ordinary merchants. The only shortcoming of my Tang Dynasty is that the population is too small. The small number makes people feel uncomfortable. A sense of powerlessness.”

"Is there a small number of people?" Dugu Lanruo objected to Liu Mu's statement: "Since the eighth year of Wude until now, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Households in six years, the population of the original Tang Dynasty has increased by more than 400 million newborns. .”

"I know that the lowest birth rate has reached 37 per thousand per year, and the highest has reached 42 per thousand. But the total population base is too small, and this growth is still too slow."

When Liu Mu spoke, he took out a beautiful silver box, swipe his fingers, flip it through, and after smelling it, he looked at Dugu Lanruo, and closed the silver cigar box again.

"I heard that there is a strange effect?" Dugu Lanruo pointed to the small box in Liu Mu's hand.

Liu Mu didn't answer in a hurry, he still had some feeling of future generations, he would probably be scolded to death if he smoked in front of his wife, and then it would be miserable.

(End of this chapter)