As Xiong Jing relays, the cost of maintaining a cavalry was staggering, and according to the Macedonian system, the number of cavalry was generally between 15 and 20 percent of the infantry, so the Seleucid Empire, founded by Seleucus I, the commander of Alexander's Silver Shield, did not have many cavalry.

War horses are important weapons of the military state, and they were sold to the state of Chu because the state of Chu and Seleucus were separated by more than a thousand panisans, let alone border. Seleucus needed about 50,000 sets of Chu armor and 50,000 sets of Chu iron weapons (the spearhead of the sarissa spear was made of iron, but it was only iron), so he agreed to sell about 5,000 Nissahorses. As for the sixteen stallions, they were 'exchanged' by unloading five thousand sets of armor at Wolbray Harbour without negotiating a price between the two sides.

The exodus of stallions was not a major event, before this Greek states, the S斯基tics (Sarmatians), and Parthians had bought, captured, and even stolen Nissahorse stallions, and the sweaty Pegasus recovered by Emperor Wu of Han also had Nissama blood. It would take decades for sixteen stallions to breed a sufficient number of horses if they were to maintain their bloodlines rather than crossbreed, and Silanus believed that the people of Chu would not wait decades to form their own companion cavalry.

Ten sets of armor and ten sets of blades, according to the price, is fifteen gold, and they must be delivered to Wubrai Harbour in person, and the price will be at least tripled. It's just that according to the cost, a set of ring armor that can be completed in thirty man-hours is less than a hundred dollars, which is only two and a half drachmas, and the price of the giant blade is more expensive, but it is not so expensive.

After Silanus made his request, Xiong Jing chuckled and shook his head. Compared with the kingdoms of the world, even if Seleucus and Ptolemy claimed to be empires, they actually did not have a short army. The total number of Seleucids is a great army of more than 100,000, and it will not exceed 200,000. And not every soldier has to be armoured, after 50,000 sets of armor and blades are sold, Seleucus will not have any arms business in the future.

He got up politely, and in Silanus's surprise, he exited the bright hall and entered the inner room. Of course, the ministers who sat with him understood what Xiong Jing meant, and after explaining that it was inconvenient for the king to negotiate the price, so as not to be contaminated with the anger of the merchants, they began to push down the price vigorously.

The courtiers worked, and Xiong Jing's western room, which was bent on trading war horses, couldn't sit still, and finally walked to Ruoying Palace.

"Queen Mother, this is the cotton cloth that Brother Wang said?"

"This cotton cloth seems to be softer than the cheekcloth......"

"This rouge is good, very red, very red......"

In the west room of Ruoying Palace, Indian muslins, agate, gemstones, pearls, Persian rouge, jewelry, and gold drinking vessels were all presented, and the concubines and princesses of the palaces were also invited here by Concubine Zhao. The reward is deserved, and in addition to the reward, Concubine Zhao also boasts: the sea boat built by her son can really connect to the west of Central Continent, which is something that has never been done before.

The jade concubines and princesses have seen a lot, and the cotton cloth is indeed the first time to see it, and there is nothing new in touching it, but the Persian rouge and foundation are different from those in Huaxia, and some princesses have carefully smeared them on their faces.

"The king." Xiong Jing didn't need to be notified in advance when he entered Ruoying Palace, and when he was about to arrive in the west room, the temple shouted. Concubine Zhao and the concubines were nothing, only the princesses were giggling, and a few of them wore white foundation and rouge on their faces.

"The child visits the queen mother." Xiong Jing only saluted Concubine Zhao, and the rest saluted him.

"This face ......" Mi Xuan's face was white and red on one side, and when she saw Xiong Jinglai, she wanted to erase it, but she didn't wipe it clean and wipe the flowers. As soon as Xiong Jing asked, everyone laughed after seeing it, and Concubine Zhao couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile: "The person who is going to get married, or ......."

"Uh-huh!" Seeing that everyone was laughing at herself, Mi Xuan was ashamed, flicked her sleeves, kicked the maid, and blamed: "It's all you!" ”

"Why doesn't the king pay attention to government affairs today?" Concubine Zhao only looked at her son. Every time she sees her son, she feels happy, and her only worry is her son's marriage. If you don't marry the princess of Qi and don't want to marry the princess of Zhao, it is estimated that you really want to marry that son-in-law Mi Xuan.

Concubine Zhao was against her son's idea, not because of her age or surname, but because of her identity. If the king of a country marries a son-in-law, how can he accept the princess of another country as a concubine in the future? If you don't accept princesses from other countries as concubines, how can you maintain diplomatic relations between countries? In particular, the son-in-law is said to have been married to the king of Qin and became the concubine of the king of Qin, how can a concubine be the queen of Chu?

Besides, the son-in-law is in the Qin Palace thousands of miles away, not to mention marrying, even if she can't grab it, her son can't keep waiting, right? Every time he goes on an expedition, his son takes the lead, and in case of ......, although the son is blessed by the order of the great priest, he must also give birth to an heir as soon as possible, so as not to have no successor to the throne.

Concubine Zhao's gaze was just a blink, and her heavy thoughts were fleeting. While Xiong Jing was answering, the temple people shouted outside: "The Queen Mother, the King, and the wife of the nobleman are here." ”

The things brought back by the fleet are to be rewarded by the concubines and princesses in the palace, and the nobles and honorables outside the palace who are subordinate to the Yingshi must also be rewarded, and there are also vassals of the palace, these people must be rewarded. Concubine Zhao, as the queen mother and mother of Chu State, naturally had to assume the functions of the Women's Federation in the future. The goods moved by Haizhou arrived in Yingdu yesterday, and they were divided by Wang Yin last night, and they were rewarded to the nobleman's wife today.

The nobleman's wife didn't have to avoid suspicion when she saw Xiong Jing, he wanted to avoid suspicion, and Mi Xuan, who wiped off the rouge foundation, also grabbed him, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Wang knows that more than 20 people are pregnant with heirs." ”

Mi Xuan has grown up, and she speaks and exhales with orchid fragrance, which makes people smell very good. The more than 20 people she said were the thirty-three Lu Libottles that Xiang Chao sent to Chu State on a sweaty horse half a year ago. Conception is a mysterious thing in this era, and women have to worship the young priest in order to have children.

Artificial insemination like a horse subverted the cognition of the Chu people, those nobles and honorable people have died in battle, and their wives and concubines can still conceive their children after their deaths, normal people can't understand. It's just that the Chu people believe in witches, and the king is spiritual, since this matter was arranged by the king, there is nothing to doubt. So there is an additional statue of worship in the Shao Si Ming Temple: Xiang Chao who rode on a horse to send off his heirs.

The wives of a noble man met the queen mother and the king, and the big-bellied Mipishuang wore bow clothes and stood in the forefront.

Like the courtiers, the wives of nobles also have clothes, and there are three main types of clothes: bow clothes, exhibition clothes, and edge clothes. The color of the bow clothes is mulberry yellow, symbolizing the origin of mulberry leaves, and it is only worn in the silkworm ceremony; The clothes are white, and they are only worn when they meet the king or guests; The color of the clothes is black, this is the home clothes, and the Yan Ju only wears them when he sleeps. Mipi came to her dressed in a bow because her husband had been killed in battle.

"Excuse me." Concubine Zhao looked at the noble wives in front of her, and her eyes finally fell on Mi Pishuang, she stepped forward and pulled Mi Pishuang to her seat and sat down, and said to the left and right temples: "Those who are pregnant are given to sit." ”

"How are these days?" Concubine Zhao lovingly stroked Mi Pishuang's back and asked softly.

Concubine Zhao, the wife of more than 20 artificially conceived nobles, has always been concerned, according to the court decision of the doctors of the Zheng Dynasty: if these wives and concubines can really give birth to the heirs of the nobles who died in battle, then this kind of system must be established in the whole army, including the common people, and the soldiers must also enjoy this treatment.

"Empress Dowager Xie, the minister is very good." Mi Pishuang lowered her head, she was a lot fatter than before, and her face was round and red. The girl's habits have not gone, and she does not feel how pitiful her husband is to die in battle, let alone that she is pregnant with her husband's heir.

"Did you kick you?" Mi Xuan leaned her face, wanting to touch Mi Pishuang's stomach but didn't dare to touch it.

"Hmm. Kick the minister. Seeing that Xiong Jing was also looking at him, he lowered his head again.

"That's supposed to be a boy." Xiong Jing interjected, he was glad that his subordinates did not have an heir.

"Since you are a boy, you dare to ask the king to give him a name." Mi Pi married Qu's family, and Qu's noble wives were numerous, and several smart and experienced people hurriedly begged Xiong Jing for his name. Concubine Zhao glanced at her son reproachfully: If you are born a boy, it will be fine, if it is a girl......

"This ......" Xiong Jing didn't expect to take a name after talking too much, and the name is not something that can be taken casually. It's just that the whole house looked at him, and he smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said: "Qu Guo died for the great victory, and his heir should be named Zijie." ”

"Zijie?" Including Mi Pishuang, everyone was overjoyed after reciting it, and worshipped: "This name is auspicious, thank you!" ”

The Qu clan was named by the king himself, and the rest of the clans were envious, but fortunately, Xiong Jing racked his brains to take out a name and said: "The rest of the children are all given names by Buyu." ”

"Wait for the king." A full house of female voices. After that, it was the reward hosted by Concubine Zhao. The wives of nobles all have ranks, doctors, sergeants, sergeants, and corporals. Even the corporal was given a very rich reward, a hundred horses of fine Indian muslin, and a few buckets of agate, precious stones, pearls, and several stones of Indian spices, and finally some gold and silverware, jewelry, and powder.

India and Persia, which have been chattering for several years, were finally truly displayed in front of everyone, the nobles were rewarded, and the common people saw Indian cotton cloth, as well as Indian cotton, which can be made into bedclothes, cotton clothes, cold and warm, lighter and cheaper than sheep fur. There are more Indian beauties who can dance exotic dances, and many nobles are willing to see and kiss each other.

The entire Yingdu, and even the entire Chu State, were talking about the west of Zhongzhou. For overseas trade, almost everyone has an optimistic attitude, Xiong Jing's words a few years ago appeared on the Dachu news, Xizhou Longma, Nanzhou Jinshi, Dongzhou Sangu, these things will soon be transported into Yingdu one by one by sea boats.

Some people are happy, some people are unhappy. It is the most unhappy of all the unhappy people. Although he was unable to steal the secret of the iron smelting, he at least made efforts to maintain good relations between Bactria and the Chu State, and the Chu State finally agreed that the Iron Armor would be sold to Bactria without restrictions.

However, the Seleucid envoys came. If the state of Chu agreed to sell the armor to Seleucus, Bactria would not only have no advantage, but would therefore be at an absolute disadvantage - the caravan of Hu Tanshao would transport thousands of sets of armor at a time, and it would take two years to make a round trip; The sea boat of the state of Chu could transport tens of thousands of sets of armor at a time, and it only took a few months to arrive in Seleucus. If Seleucus were to make another expedition to the east, Bactria's army would have been defeated.

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To make it clear: the author has always believed that the Chinese civilization was a civilization that grew independently, and it was not until the later integration of Buddhism that it became exotic; The author has always believed that the Silk Road existed in ancient times and enabled the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations, but the main technologies of the East were not produced because of this exchange.

In addition, two articles will be uploaded to the Q group (if they can be found), although the author does not agree with the views of the article.