Chapter 1342: Baths of Caracalla
Emperor Wude decreed that LV brand women's products were sold nationwide.
The Datang Royal Chamber of Commerce is all over the country, and in just half a month, the inland states of Datang have begun to sell in an all-round way.
Sold in their own country, it is naturally good quality and low price.
On this day, the Royal Chamber of Commerce in the capital head office.
Xiao Erliu laughed and hung out the model picture. I saw that the model on it was charming, wearing stockings and a fierce cover.
Due to the integration of various ethnic groups in the Tang Dynasty, many ethnic minorities are very liberal in their clothing. Therefore, the thinking of the people of Datang is not as conservative as before.
This is amazing, as soon as it was hung out, it attracted groups of men to watch.
As soon as the men inquired, they were even more surprised and flocked into the store. This kind of clothing must be bought, and it must be a boundless pleasure to go back and wear it for his wife and concubine.
It's only been half an hour, and it's become a crazy rush. In an hour, the first shipments nationwide were sold out.
At first, the women were embarrassed to try on and choose in person, but the girls of ethnic minorities did not have so many constraints, and under their leadership, the women went out of the house and entered the store to choose.
Soon, Emperor Wude became a great saint in the hearts of men and a male god in the hearts of women.
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Although it was sold in the mainland of Datang, Li Yi did not intend to stop his original plan.
The great Emperor Wude, the "father of commerce" Li Yi, once said: "Women are the most crazy shopping species, as long as they arouse their desires, they will not notice it when they spend all their husband's savings!" ”
With this belief, agents at all levels of the Datang Royal Chamber of Commerce, loaded with boatloads of LV Ms. products, came to Rome.
When the merchants of the Tang Dynasty came to Rome, it was already the middle of winter with snow in the interior of the Tang Dynasty. Once in the Mediterranean, however, the crew changed into summer costumes.
The climate of Rome is different from that of the Tang Dynasty, but is in the rare range of the Mediterranean climate, which is characterized by hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters. It is precisely because it is not cold all year round, and it is not hot all year round, so the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians have few clothes on their bodies. Men have to be bare-backed, and women are bare-chested.
According to the Peace of Seleucia, Tang merchants enjoyed many privileges in Rome. Therefore, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty smoothly entered the city of Rome and began to do business.
Among the many merchants, Chen Wu is undoubtedly very outstanding, as the eldest son of Cao Cao, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, Cao Ang did not die early in this time and space. After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, Cao Cao did not let Cao Ang join the army and politics, but took on the responsibility of running the Cao family chamber of commerce.
Cao Ang took over a square near the center of the city. He has a store in the busiest neighborhood of Rome, but it is better to promote new products in the square.
As Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang must be able to get some special care, including becoming the top agent of the Tang Royal Chamber of Commerce. In response to the open atmosphere of men and women in Rome, Li Yi has formulated a set of sales plans, and only top agents can get the plan.
First of all, Cao Ang built a one-meter-high platform in the square, T-shaped, and behind the word is the backstage. Subsequently, many Roman beauties from high-end establishments, who were worth a lot of money, continued to arrive.
These beauties only received Roman nobles on weekdays, and commoners were rarely seen. When I entered the backstage, the news immediately spread, and immediately a large number of people came to watch.
After that, Chen Wu Cao Ang sent a propagandist to publicize that these beauties were about to display Datang's new products.
"What's the situation?"
"Look at the post, model fashion show!"
"Hey, that's clothes, what kind of product is it, and so many beauties are invited?"
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Tens of thousands of Romans poured into the square, surrounded by water, all to come and see.
Cao Ang sat high on the rostrum, and the steward on the side said respectfully: "Young master, your plan is really wonderful, with these beautiful displays, these Roman men are not crazy." ”
Cao Ang smiled slightly, bowed to the sky, and said: "Don't dare to be greedy for the merit of heaven for yourself, this model fashion show is really the emperor's plan." Only our top agents can get this plan. ”
The steward sighed and said: "The emperor really deserves to be the father of our Tang Dynasty's business." ”
Cao Ang laughed and said, "It's right to do business with the emperor's Royal Chamber of Commerce. can't embarrass our emperor, if you don't fight for 10 million, you will never go. ”
"Hey, when is it, don't start showing yet!"
"Let's get started!"
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The Romans couldn't wait to see the beauties and called out one by one.
"So, let's get started." Cao Ang said confidently.
Later, the steward announced the start of the press conference, and when the first beauty in black stockings walked out, the Roman Forum, which can accommodate 50,000 people, fell silent as deathly as melodious music.
In the history of the world, the first T-catwalk began, which came from the planning of Emperor Wude Li Yi and went down in history.
Later generations of foreign countries, according to the pronunciation of Chinese models, the word model was spelled with difficulty.
The Roman man's eyes were about to pop out, and soon turned red, flashing with a desire for possession. And the hearts of the Roman women were pounding, and their big eyes were at once charming, and they did not hide their jealousy and desire to dress.
All of the beauties that Cao Ang hired from the high-end establishments in Rome were blonde, charming, and top-notch. Wearing black silk heels again, where have the Romans seen these sexy outfits from later generations, this is amazing, men can't see it at all, and when they see it, they arouse the male ambition buried deep in their genes, and their eyes can't close. Chasing silk legs, and staring at the peak, without blinking for half a day, many people have eye diseases.
However, there is still a need to treat the spread of chicken plague first.
The Roman woman's costume has been undoubtedly revealed in later films and television. Showing thighs, career lines, that's all trivial. The high-leg skirt flies during the walk, and the charm of real stockings is revealed. It just doesn't need to be wrapped in cloth, and the murderous cover is even more ferocious.
At last there was an earth-shattering cry in the square, and the Roman men were almost going crazy, shouting or whistling and rubbing their bodies, their eyes red.
Obviously, the chicken plague is already very serious.
Women love beauty and want to be the center of attention. Obviously, without these clothes, no amount of glamour can be the center of attention. So Roman women were no better. The desire to buy was completely exploded.
After the performance, the chicken plague continued to spread in the city of Rome, and the epidemic was severe. Therefore, the "medical halls" everywhere were full, but the "patients" seeking treatment were surprised to find that the "doctors" did not have Datang products that could treat chicken plague.
It turns out that Datang's new product is too expensive, and the cheapest one costs ten gold coins, which is the best "doctor", and it is also a little painful.
However, there are always doctors who buy new equipment, and as patients lose out, doctors who don't have treatment tools buy them. Even if it is a low-level doctor, he is desperate and borrows money, and he has to buy a pair.
The ladies of all walks of life found that their husbands had not returned at night, and when they inquired, they learned that they had all gone to be cured.
For the sake of her husband's health, as well as her own healing ability, the ladies of Rome flocked to buy it.
Cao Ang took the opportunity to increase the price, and it skyrocketed all the way from ten gold coins to 100 gold coins and a pair of stockings. Three hundred gold coins for a pair of high heels, five hundred gold coins for a lv bag. Even so, the products from Datang are still in short supply.
Cao Ang couldn't help but praise Emperor Wude's two ideas, and said in his heart: "The emperor's heart is accurate when he sees the rich, and if he is willing to spend ten gold coins to buy a pair of socks, he doesn't care if he buys one hundred gold coins." Women are the craziest shopping species. ”
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"Caracalla, buy me a set, don't you always call people Britney? Do you want to grow old with me? A woman of great stature and bewitchment, tired of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, whispered.
"Good!" As the Roman emperor, Caracalla had a lot of money, and said indifferently, "Datang's goods are good, just one piece." ”
The woman was overjoyed, but she didn't let Caracalla go, but pestered him to buy it right away. Promises are useless if they can't be kept.
Caracalla couldn't help it, so he could only take the woman to the shopping mall of the Tang Dynasty merchant, and according to the woman's wishes, all of them came.
When Caracalla saw the woman wearing a bikini, he immediately turned into a beast and threw the woman under him. While exercising, I thought that if I could work with this woman in the bathhouse, wearing these clothes, it would be perfect.
The ancient Romans were very fond of bathing, and it can even be said that many people in the entire nation had a habit of cleanliness. Wherever they went, they took the baths with them, and the remains of the Roman baths can be found in all corners of the Roman world. For this reason, some call them "Romans in the bathroom".
There are three types of Roman baths: hot spring baths, private baths, and public baths. For most ordinary Romans, they could only go to the public baths. During the imperial period, the Romans regarded the construction of public baths as a major event of the same significance as the construction of stadiums and libraries.
Caracalla himself, shortly after his accession to the throne three years earlier, ordered the construction of a large bath in the center of Rome.
Originally, if it weren't for the outbreak of war with the Tang Dynasty and the great defeat, which caused domestic turmoil, this bathhouse should have been completed and put into use next year, that is, in 216 AD.
However, the arrival of Emperor Wude changed the fate of the Romans. Caracalla, in order to quell the civil rebellion and war reparations, did not have enough money to continue building the baths. Thus, although it was the winter of 215 AD, the Baths of Caracalla were still not completed, let alone put into use.
However, after seeing the bikini and other clothing worn by the woman, Caracalla decided that the baths should be completed in the shortest possible time no matter what, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to embezzle military funds to speed up the construction of the Baths of Caracalla.