Saint Qin Batu

For a moment, Ornos couldn't help but start to wonder if he didn't express his meaning clearly.

Soon, the morning time passed.Although the first meeting between the two parties did not cause any unpleasantness, it did not achieve the desired effect.

Ornos returned to the inn where he had arranged to stay in a sullen mood, but as soon as he entered the house, the silk all over the floor almost blinded his eyes.

"Is this a little gift from the Prime Minister?" Ornos was a little out of his head.

Of course, in fact, although there are a lot of these silks, they are not worth mentioning to the high-level officials of Qin State.Even the most lowly bureaucrats can do it.

It's just that Li Si, as an envoy, preached to the upper echelons of Rome how precious silk was more than once, which made Ornos have the previous idea.

However, how could Ying Zheng not know this.Is it just that simple to reward Ornos with so many gifts, and only silk?

Ornos is the eyes of Rome. Although his main purpose is to complete the business with Daqin, he will definitely bring everything he saw along the way back to China.

What Yingzheng has to do is to let Ornos bring Daqin's "goodwill" back.It is even more important that Ornos unknowingly become the mouthpiece of Qin in the Senate because of these precious gifts.

Cannibalism is short-mouthed and short-handed, this is true whether it is the East or the West.

In the next few days, everything seemed to go smoothly beyond Ornos' imagination.

Not only did His Majesty the emperor agree to do business, but the ministers who seemed to dislike him before also began to have close contact with him.

Looking at the crowded posthouse, Ornos nodded secretly.The trace of doubt in my heart also disappeared.

In his opinion, it was obvious that the ministers of Qin State were finally convinced by his price.Moreover, how could anyone in this world not like money?

A few months later, when he left, he received a reward from Ying Zheng, and even stated that it was his personal property. Ornos can also be said to have returned with a full reward.

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466章 靡靡罗马

On the vast sea, ships with black flags fluttered, sailing without wind.

On each ship, the soldiers of the Qin Army dressed in black armor and holding long spears stared sternly at the coast that was getting closer and closer.

Five or six years have passed since the Qin State entered into business with Rome.

Qin's silk was extremely popular in Rome, but in comparison, the things that Rome could exchange with Qin were a little pitiful.

On the whole, it can be said that the wealth of Rome is flowing towards Qin.

However, in this day and age, no one has been able to notice the trade deficit.Even the members of the Senate only paid attention to the wealth in their hands.

After all, the silk trade in the Qin State would more or less go through their hands before being sold to those nobles.One can imagine how much they earn.

Moreover, relying on a person like Ying Zheng who has the experience of later generations, together with Ji Hao and other monks, in just a few months, Qin State even charted a route from Songhai to Africa.

With the help of the Gongshu family and the Mohist's mechanism, within a few years, almost all the ships on the sea were going back and forth between Qin and Rome.

The emergence of HNA made it easier for Qin to transport silk and other items to the west, but the price did not decrease much.

"This canal must be built. Do you know how much wealth it will bring us?"

In the senate, the elders who had received many benefits from the state of Qin pointed at the consul and scolded angrily.

"Then how much manpower and material resources will be spent!" The consul was not weak, and directly retorted.

"How can those lowly slaves compare to fine silk?"

"Then we can't build the canal and let the Qin people make money!"

"Qin will also provide money, but we will provide people more, just some lowly slaves!"

The voices of both parties echoed in the huge Roman court.Whether it is the Senate side or the consul, neither side shows any signs of letting go.

But among the quarreling crowd, there was an oriental old man who seemed to be five or sixty years old, sitting silently on the spot, without any intention of interrupting.

"Mr. Li, your eloquence is good, you should speak up!"

At this time, an angry middle-aged man sat down next to Li Si, with a bit of flattery.

As the current agent of the empire in Rome, Li Si not only successfully opened the last trace of Rome's defense against Qin, but also infiltrated into the Senate, occupying a very special seat.

Faced with the elder's suggestion, Li Si shook his head.

However, immediately afterwards, Li Si stood up, smiling, and said in fluent Roman: "Building a canal in Suez will benefit both Rome and Great Qin. Since the consul thinks the cost is too high, then I will Suggest to Lord Wu An to fund more property."

Li Si's words made everyone slightly taken aback, but soon, a trace of joy could not help but flash across everyone's faces.

Both Li Si and the rest of the Senate knew that the reason why the consul was unwilling to let go was that in the final analysis, he still felt that he was not good.

As for the manpower in his mouth, hehe, how could the Roman Republic, which was in slavery, care about the lives of a few slaves.

If it's dead, grab it again.

Sure enough, the consul who had received Li Si's guarantee reluctantly agreed to Li Si's suggestion after hesitating.

After leaving the gate of the Roman court, both the members of the Senate and the consuls were satisfied.

Take what you need and benefit together.

Rome under the republic system can be said to be the product of family interests.As long as it can satisfy one's own interests, who will take care of the rest?

Li Si, who slowly walked out of the palace, narrowed his eyes slightly with a trace of disdain.

Merchants value profits over the country. Li Si, one of the representatives of the Legalists, although he is far away from the political center of the Qin State, his thoughts have not changed.

Even seeing the child's play voting system in the Roman court further strengthened his legalist thinking.At the same time, he despises businessmen even more.

Li Si, who used to be the left prime minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, understood what it means to cultivate people's strength.However, the slavery of the Roman Republic did not care about this.

In order to make up the number of slaves, the consul, who held most of the military power, ordered the main force of Rome originally stationed in Ctesiphon to retreat to Africa and mainland Europe to start north-south.

At this time, most of them were Celts and Germans in a tribal state, as well as many African tribes.

Even, many of the Romans ruled often rebelled, and tens of thousands of people in the former resting city became slaves.

All in all, when they gathered on the coast of the Red Sea, there were already nearly 30 people.

Of course, when preparing for these, as a consul, it is naturally impossible to let go of the opportunity to take advantage of Qin and the Senate.

After Qin State paid a lot of wealth, the construction of the Suez Canal finally started.

Year after year, the nobles in the city of Rome wore more and more exquisite silk clothes, watched the blood in the Colosseum, and enjoyed their prosperous years.

However, on the shore of the Red Sea, countless dead bones almost filled up the canal that was originally dug.