Three Kingdoms King of the North

The reason why Han Zhan remembers Commodore’s history so clearly is because he has seen a movie based on Commodore. This movie, which was listed as one of the top ten banned films, restored Commodore’s life to a great extent .

Commodus was finally killed in the gladiator's barracks by Letus, the chief of the Guards who launched a coup d'état, on December 192, 12 AD, which led to the end of the prosperous Antony dynasty.

"Antonio, I'm asking you." Han Zhan counted the time silently in his heart. Commodus should have died by now, so he asked Antonio tentatively, "How long have you been away from Rome?"

"Five years!" Antonio stretched out his five fingers and said, "Five years ago, I received His Majesty's order to come to the far east to meet the great emperor of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, the guide took me to your capital. Chang'an and Luoyang found that the cities there were dilapidated, and after many inquiries, they found out that the capital had been moved to here, and it took another three months on the road."

"Antonio, the Marquis doesn't care what purpose you came to see the emperor for." Han Zhan looked at Antonio and asked, "But if when you finish your mission here and return to Rome, you find that the emperor has changed. What to do there?"

Chapter 536 Unfathomable

"No way," Antonio was taken aback by Han Zhan's assumption.However, after a brief panic, he retorted: "Master Anyang Hou, I think the situation you mentioned does not exist."

Han Zhan didn't expect that the other party would question his statement, so he asked casually, "Why?"

"Lord Marquis!" Antonio said plausibly after addressing Han Zhan according to the Roman habit, "Our Majesty Commodus is young and strong, and he can rule for at least 30 years.

You might say, what if someone rebels?You don't have to worry about this, the elite guards under his command are enough to crush any rebellious army and maintain the stability of the empire. "

If Han Zhan didn't know the real history, maybe he would really agree with Antonio's statement. After all, it is normal for an emperor who can win the support of the army and the people to rule a country for a long time.

Antonio told everyone about the series of achievements that Commodus had made after he came to the throne. Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others listened with great interest, but Han Zhan was absent-minded.He didn't know if the emperor of Rome changed, whether he would still recognize the various agreements owed to the big man.

Thinking about it this way, Han Zhan became less interested in whether to trade with the Roman Empire.He didn't want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to organize a huge caravan to go to the distant Roman Empire.

Maybe it will take two or three years for the caravan to reach the distant Rome.Severus, the founder of the Severus Dynasty, would kill the merchants in the caravan and take all the goods for himself.Even if I get the news at that time, I can only stare blankly. I can't travel thousands of miles to work on expeditions for hundreds of businessmen, right?

After Antonio finished speaking, Han Zhan said absent-mindedly, "Antonio, I will take you to attack Miansheng tomorrow. After you go to the posthouse tonight, remember to take a shower and change clothes." The reason why Han Zhan said this was because the Romans Although he likes to take a bath, his body odor is still a bit heavy. If he is allowed to go to the temple like this to face the Holy Spirit and smoke Emperor Han Xian to a good or bad state, whose responsibility will be at that time.

After chatting for a while, Han Zhan saw the meal time, so he called Rob and asked him to arrange a banquet to entertain Antonio from afar.Considering that Antonio came from the West, which mainly eats meat, Han Zhan also specially ordered Rob to prepare a roast leg of lamb for him.

After the banquet, Han Zhan glanced at Antonio from time to time, wanting to see how he ate.But what happened next surprised him a little, because Antonio not only didn't use the chopsticks on the table, nor did he take out any knife and fork, but directly used a small knife that he carried with him to cut the leg of lamb The meat is cut off, and then inserted into the mouth with the tip of the knife.

After Han Zhan looked at it for a while, he couldn't help but asked Antonio: "Antonio, when you eat meat, do you always cut the meat with a knife, and then eat it with the tip of the knife?"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, we usually eat like this."

"Why don't you use a fork?"

"Fork?!" Hearing the word Han Zhan said, Antonio showed a confused expression on his face, and after a long time, he asked cautiously: "Master Marquis, can I ask, what is a fork? "

This question stopped Han Zhan.

In his mind, Europeans seem to have been using knives and forks since ancient times.But judging from Antonio's reaction, he doesn't seem to know what a fork is.It seems that the fork has not yet come out in this dynasty.

Seeing Antonio looking at him expectantly, hoping to get the answer he wanted from him, Han Zhan thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "Antonio, don't you think you should use something when cutting lamb? To fix the leg of lamb?"

Antonio waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and immediately raised his left hand, and replied, "Master Marquis, didn't you see just now that when I was cutting mutton, I used my left hand to hold the leg of mutton so that it could be cut during the cutting process?" , won't move around."

"Antonio, the method you mentioned can indeed fix the leg of lamb." Han Zhan said calmly, "But have you ever thought about it? After you eat like this, your left hand will be full of oil. If you can't find water How do you wash your hands?"

Han Zhan's words made Antonio ponder.After a long time, he asked, "Dear Marquis, do you have any good ideas?"

Han Zhan split the chopsticks in two and held one in each hand.He pressed down the mutton on the plate with the chopsticks of his left hand, then raised the chopsticks of his right hand, and said to Antonio: "Antonio, for example, the chopsticks in my hand are the small knife you usually use, and are responsible for cutting meat. of."

After comparing a meat-cutting posture, he continued: "The chopsticks held in my left hand are like a fork. After eating, put the food in your mouth with a fork so you don't get your hands dirty."

Not only did Antonio understand Han Zhan's in-depth explanation, but even Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others suddenly realized it.

Antonio tentatively asked: "Master Marquis, I already know the purpose of the fork, but what shape should the fork be?"

"You should know the trident in Poseidon's hand, right?"

"I know I know." Antonio nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at rice, and replied: "Poseidon is the sea god in Greek legend, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus, the god of horses, the brother of Zeus, the legend In it he gave man the first horse, and his mount was a golden chariot driven by a white horse..."

Guo Jia and Xun Yu could understand every word Antonio said, but when put together, they were at a loss. It was the first time they had heard of Greece, Olympus, and Zeus. I don't know what it is.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.A thought popped up in their hearts at the same time: "My lord is really unfathomable. He actually knows so much about the Great Qin Kingdom, which is tens of thousands of miles away."

After sending Antonio away, Xun Yu asked Han Zhan for instructions: "My lord, I will invite the envoy of the Great Qin Kingdom to meet His Majesty tomorrow. If Your Majesty asks whether we should do business with the Great Qin Kingdom, how should I reply?"

"Business is of course a good thing." Han Zhan shook his head and said, "But Daqin is too far away from us, and it takes at least several years for caravans to come and go. If the monarch of the country covets our goods, he will kill us Merchants, we can only do nothing. We can’t just go on an expedition tens of thousands of miles for the sake of hundreds of merchants.”

After listening to Han Zhan's words, Xun Yu nodded slightly, and said thoughtfully: "My lord's words are very true. Fanbang seems to be capricious. It seems that this matter needs to be discussed in the long term."

"My lord!" Guo Jia waited for Xun Yu to finish speaking, and asked tentatively, "I wonder if my lord would like to go to court together tomorrow?"

"No need." Han Zhan knew very well in his heart that if he appeared in the court hall, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty might be on his back.Instead of embarrassing everyone, it's better to find some reason to avoid it: "This Marquis intends to go to the suburbs to inspect the interrogation platform tomorrow, so I won't go to the face-to-face pilgrimage."

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Chapter 537 Unexpected Gains

"My lord!" Chen Dao came in from the outside and reported to Han Zhan, "How should I deal with the gift brought by the Great Qin envoy?"

Han Zhan ordered casually: "Send it to the backyard and hand it over to the housekeeper."

Chen Dao agreed, turned around and planned to leave.

But Han Zhan became very interested in Antonio's gift, so he stopped him and asked, "Where is his gift list? Show it to Ben Hou."

The gift list was quickly placed in front of Han Zhan. He opened it and browsed carefully. There were nothing more than gold and silver jewellery, rare birds and animals, spices, and bamboo cloth.

Seeing the bamboo cloth, Han Zhan raised his head and asked Guo Jia who was sitting beside him, "Military Master, do you know what bamboo cloth is?"

"Bamboo cloth, as the name suggests, is a kind of cloth made of bamboo." Guo Jia replied: "Bamboo cloth is soft and strong. The clothes made of bamboo cloth feel extremely cool in summer, while they are fluffy and warm in winter and spring."

"Feng Xiao, according to what you said, this bamboo cloth is a good thing." Han Zhan thought to himself, originally planned to distribute all the things Antonio sent to his subordinates, but since the bamboo cloth is a good thing, Of course I have to keep it for myself.Thinking of this, he told Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, send someone to send the bamboo cloth to the backyard later."

After ordering Chen Dao, Han Zhan continued to look down, wanting to see if there was anything else good.Canned wine is not attractive to Han Zhan, but it can be rewarded to Guo Jia who likes fine wine.

At the end of the gift list, there is a bag of seeds.

seed? !When Han Zhan saw what was written on it, he couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that this Antonio is really interesting, and he even gave away the seeds as gifts.

Out of curiosity, he called Chen Dao to him and said to him, "Shuzhi, go and show me the seeds on the gift list."

Chen Dao quickly agreed, and went outside the hall to pick up the seeds on the gift list.

With little effort, Chen Dao walked in carrying a cloth bag.According to Han Zhan's analysis from his walking posture, this bag of seeds is not heavy, and it weighs about [-] catties.

After the cloth bag was placed on the table, Xun Yu and Guo Jia also came over to see what kind of good things Antonio gave, but Han Zhan was able to see it for himself.

After the cloth bag was opened, there were several small cloth bags inside.

Han Zhan took out a small cloth bag, untied the rope tied to the mouth, and took out a handful of small off-white seeds from it.Before Han Zhan could figure out what it was, Xun Yu who was beside him said firstly, "My lord, I recognize this thing. It's the seed of courgette. It has the functions of supplementing calcium, setting bones, strengthening bones, and strengthening the body."

cucumber?The name of the seed that Xun Yu mentioned made Han Zhan stunned for a moment, but he soon remembered that the so-called pickled cucumber was actually the cucumber familiar to later generations. It was introduced into China during the Han Dynasty, but due to its low popularity , so the number of people he knew was limited, and it was not widely known by people at that time until the Jin Dynasty.