Facts have proved that the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty have designed a new style of short sword, and the stabbing is more powerful.

And from the level of steelmaking, not to mention the Tang Dynasty after Liumu, even the former Sui had already thrown off a few streets of the Roman Empire.

The difference in equipment can be seen clearly even by people who have not been on the battlefield in person.

Then change to a bow and crossbow.

The Great Steel Shield of the Tang Dynasty completely ignored the Roman bow.

The crossbow of the Tang Dynasty was only cast twice, and it was listed as a forbidden item by the Roman emperor, and no Roman was allowed to possess such a weapon, and each of these weapons had to be recorded, and it was limited to the use of the main army in the fierce battle in the great battlefield.

The terrifying Tang crossbow shot through two goats in leather armor at a distance of ten paces, and such a terrifying weapon made the Eastern Roman Emperor feel terrified.

The thousand steel crossbows that were given to the Kabaddi became the Emperor's weapons.

As for the cost, Dun Xiaoke will not ask, it is a matter between the Roman emperor and the Kabaddi family.

The day after the banquet, the Eastern Roman Emperor once again hosted a banquet for Dun Xiaoke, and this time there were no other people at the banquet, only the Eastern Roman Emperor and Dun Xiaoke.

"A brave man from the East, I heard that you are also a general."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor. I have been fighting with my emperor for many years......" Dun Xiaoke briefly talked about his military history.

This is not an ordinary general, and capturing Dou Jiande alive is one of the first achievements.

won the Tiger Prison Pass, and he was one of the few people who made great contributions.

After chatting for a while, the Eastern Roman Emperor asked the crucial question: "How much money does it cost to have such equipment, not counting a steel crossbow?" ”

"I don't know how much to charge Bishop Kabaddi, but there's an element of friendship in that. Based on my understanding of these armaments, it is 5,500 coins based on the coins of our Datang. But it's a long way to get here, and the freight accounts for almost half of the value of the equipment. ”

The Eastern Roman Emperor asked again: "Well, if you look at the coins here, how do you calculate them?" ”

"Kiaore, seven. This is calculated according to the price of rice and other basic living expenses, I prefer to exchange goods for goods, some goods may not be very expensive here, but when it comes to our Datang, it is worth more money, such a transaction is good for both parties. ”

"Yes."

In fact, the Eastern Roman Emperor was already tempted to buy money for only seven gold coins. Not much!

Dun Xiaoke also sent someone to calculate, this way of trading with coins is considered inappropriate, it is more cost-effective to exchange goods for goods, and it is useless to take back the coins here to Datang.

The average person here earns almost two or three dinars a month, twenty-five dinars and one ore.

In Datang, the inferior people here earn too little.

Another reason for the reluctance to trade coins for them was that, according to Oscarbadi, silver coins in the Roman Empire were getting worse and less silver.

During the Western Roman Empire, coins with a silver content of less than five percent appeared.

There's nothing negotiable, that's a tacit understanding.

A day later, the self-proclaimed Caesar emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire made a promise that the royal family would pay for anything he bought in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Caesar at this time a title, his name was Heraclius, created an era of Byzantium.

It can also be regarded as the most bitter era, since he picked up a sword before he ascended the throne, and has been fighting. The east of the empire fought with the Persians, the Lombards and the Slavs in the west, until the last day of their lives. And then his children and grandchildren are still fighting. Calling himself Caesar is more of a meaning than a name.

After that, silk, pearls, precious porcelain, fairy tea and other precious items have a maximum limit on a year-by-year basis, and the people's biological resources can be unlimited, such as linen cloth and the like.

Every year when it snows, the settlement is settled, and the part that cannot be replenished by the goods of the Eastern Roman Empire is paid for by gold, silver, precious stones, etc. If the Tang Empire's goods were insufficient, the Eastern Roman Empire's Senate would put forward a list, and the Tang Empire would make up for it with the goods.

In the spring of the following year, the difference will be made up, and the total settlement will still be made when it snows.

Then, before this winter, the Roman Empire sent an official envoy, and in the spring of the following year, the Tang Empire will send a formal envoy to come.

The exchange of cultural classics can be formally negotiated upon the visit of the mission.

After leaving the palace, the next day Dun Xiaoke signed a trade contract in both Chinese and ancient Greek at the Senate.

Dun Xiaoke stood at the door of the Senate with the contract, and ordered in a cold voice: "Everyone obeys the order, start a large purchase according to the list, and ...... unlimited amounts"

"Order!"

The official deal between the East and the West began with this contract.

The whole of Constantine went crazy.

Five days later, the whole Greek city went crazy.

Ten days later, Alexandria went mad.

Fifteen days later, the entire Eastern Roman Empire was in a frenzy. Because there is a group of people who are on a buying spree, they seem to have endless amounts of money.

Heraclius looked at the scroll in his hand in the palace and wondered if he had made a mistake.

"They want a million aces of hundreds of palm fruits?"

After a thousand years, it will be the ounce.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"What's the use of this thing?"

"I don't know, I heard that there are certain kinds of useful ones, but they don't know exactly what kind of use, and they don't know what the useful ones are, they only know that they buy a lot of them, and go back and try them one by one. Look at this ......"

Another list.

"Ten million olives, ten million dates, five million figs. These Tang people are crazy, what are they buying so much for? ”

"Your Majesty, all they bought were dried fruits, and I heard that there are many people in the country of the Tang people who like strange fruits after they go back."

Immediately afterwards, a description of Hangzhou, Chang'an and other cities in the Tang Dynasty from Louus, as well as Oscar Badi's letter to the Holy See, were sent to Heraclius.

"Good paper, add such paper purchases to the purchase list."

After reading these two descriptions, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire fell silent. Oscar Badi's letter is about the civilization of the Tang Dynasty, while Luus is writing about the experience of an ordinary person.

The Eastern Roman Emperor sighed: "The Tang Dynasty is very powerful, their elite soldiers are all dressed in armor made of stainless steel, and the fierce enemy does not need to dodge, relying on strong strength to advance all the way." The Tang Dynasty is a unified empire after the chaos that the land has experienced, and its emperor is a very great emperor. ”

The clerk listened without saying a word, and his task was only to listen and deliver the message.

"Chang'an City, which is greater than the former Roman city, has a population of millions, gathers people from all over the world, and countless Persian merchants, but there are not many people from my Eastern Rome."