The Claudius family’s Hundred Horse Chestnut Tree can produce chestnuts containing life essence. This is spread all over the world. Long before the Lord of All Spirits appeared, the only plant with separated inner energy in the human world was Claudius.
The Hundred Horse Chestnut Tree of the Us family.
As a plant, it is normal for it to bear fruit. However, plants whose inner Qi is separated from the body are ignorant and ignorant, so it is very logical to bear fruit with life essence at the level of refining Qi into Gang.
But if I remember correctly, I can only get five or six hundred of these things in a year. The rest are fruits that contain the essence of heaven and earth. Although they are also very good treasures, they contain more.
Chestnuts of life essence are too far behind.
Therefore, in the early days, such things rarely went abroad. After all, there were only five or six hundred of these things, which were not enough for the Romans themselves.
However, this year Rome actually came up with five or six hundred, which was very surprising. However, Chen Xi did not explore why Rome was like this. The other party was willing to provide prizes, and they were participating in the Han Dynasty. So the Han Dynasty was completely
Acceptable.
"Isn't there a riot in Rome? They sent tens of thousands of top cadres here, are they afraid that their own death will not be miserable enough?" Jia Xu raised his eyebrows and asked with a bit of weirdness, the benefits are benefits, you guys
Don’t you think about the issues behind this matter?
"Think about it. The problem is that tens of thousands of people come to the Central Plains. It has no impact on us. Whether they come to compete or to collect information, it doesn't matter even if they come to make a living." Fazheng replied very calmly, "For us, it doesn't matter.
Words will not have much impact. Even if it is to collect intelligence, with the current level of information disclosure between us and Rome, the other party can only collect it. If they are willing to pay five hundred big chestnuts, it is better than giving nothing, which is a bit
So, can we still stop the Romans?"
It can't be stopped, the Han Dynasty and Rome are in a state of mutual trust, and have a policy of mutual disclosure of information, so there are quite a lot of Romans hanging around in the Han Dynasty, and there are quite a lot of Han brothers hanging around in Rome, too much.
If so, there would be thousands of Romans in Chang'an City now.
When these people came to the Han Dynasty, they did not see Rome giving them five hundred rare treasures. The Han Dynasty also allowed these Romans to wander around. As long as they did not violate laws and disciplines, the treatment enjoyed by the Romans was no different from that of the Han Dynasty.
There is a difference, so for Fazheng, even if the Romans stuffed five hundred rare treasures with them, even if they had any extra thoughts, it wouldn't be that important. You were going to let the Romans come anyway.
The other party said they were coming to participate in the competition, but no one came. Five hundred rare treasures were lost in vain, and the Han Dynasty suffered no loss. After all, as long as they did not participate in the competition, the Romans would still come, so why bother to stop the other party and ask whether they had it or not.
"It's not a problem." Chen Xi nodded after hearing this. What Jia Xu said makes sense. If Roma is willing to pay to participate in the competition, there must be a problem. But Fazheng's explanation is also correct. I
No matter what problems he has, he is not here to stir up Han Dynasty, so let him do whatever he wants.
"It doesn't matter to me what Rome has in mind. We will just strengthen security inspections at that time. As long as there is no violation of law or discipline, will what they do have any real impact on us?" Fazheng looked at Jia Xu indifferently and asked.
.
"Indeed, Xiaozhi is right about this." Li Youyou nodded and said, "We don't need to worry about these, we just need to manage the Romans who come. As long as they don't break the law and discipline, they will be friends from afar.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s the audience or not.”
"Speaking of which, what's going on in Rome recently?" Chen Xi saw everyone reaching an agreement, then turned to look at Mi Zhu, who had just returned, and then looked at Guo Jia and asked curiously.
"If you want to talk about this, I have a lot to say. Recently, the Roman Empire has taken the initiative to send me information. They even sent me a copy of the issues and approval plans of their Senate, and even took the initiative to invite us to attend the meeting.
The Italian ambassador went to attend the Senate meeting and said he was enjoying the treatment of an honorary senator." Guo Jia looked at Chen Xi with a somewhat demented expression and said.
No joke, this really made Guo Jia crazy. When Wu Yan sent the information to Guo Jia as an envoy, Guo Jia was a little stunned, but then Guo Jia realized that the Duke of the Eastern European Border County had formed a
Tuan was quarreling with people in the Senate, and it would not be a problem at all for two Han Dynasty ambassadors to participate in political affairs as honorary senators or something like that.
Anyway, I have let myself go, and I can go further on the road of letting myself go. After all, most of the issues discussed in the Senate are important if they are important, or not important. If you really want to decide on national affairs,
Some people in the Senate have almost finalized the open and closed meetings, so it is better to be more generous and directly let the envoys of the Han Dynasty come to observe as honorary senators.
All in all, the intelligence on Rome has been quite easy to collect recently, but the Romans have been quite outrageous.
"Ah, can Wu Yan actually listen in the Senate?" Chen Xi turned to look at Li You with a bit of surprise, while Li You had an expressionless face.
"Yes, and because of this, we have a relatively accurate understanding of the current situation in Rome." Guo Jia raised his index finger and said seriously, "And among these data, there is a very counter-intuitive thing that belongs to us.
No one expected it.”
"What's going on?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
"If Rome's food can be distributed stably and on demand, combined with the fish and meat caught in the Mediterranean, it can barely survive until the autumn harvest." Zhuge Liang answered on Guo Jia's behalf. Guo Jia was slightly startled when he heard this and couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang.
"I haven't looked at your information. Unless you show it to us, we won't touch it. I still have a sense of confidentiality. I just guessed it." Zhuge Liang said calmly, "
I might have guessed this when we encountered the locust plague."
"That's not right. The lower reaches of Rome's Egyptian grain-producing areas and the two rivers' grain-producing areas are all exhausted. How can there be barely enough food and grass?" Fazheng asked with doubts.
"Because the Claudius family has grain reserves, and Rome itself also has certain grain reserves. Especially after the thunderstorm over Cao Sikong the year before last, Pompianus took back the grain produced by the Claudius family.
Land, and last year was the first year after the grain-producing land was recovered, a large amount of grain will be stored." Zhuge Liang gave a brief explanation.
"So theoretically speaking, the core area of Rome should have a large amount of grain stored in the past year. According to the scale of Rome's grain-producing areas, and the improved seeds and intensive cultivation that Annaus learned from the Han Dynasty and promoted in Rome,
Rome's food and grass can barely satisfy it." Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Xi, these things were taught to him by Chen Xi to evaluate the country's stability and organizational strength.
"Can you satisfy 80%?" Chen Xi asked with a bit of curiosity. He understood this, but he really didn't pay attention to it this time. Zhuge Liang said it before he remembered it.
"Well, it should be able to meet 80% of the needs." Zhuge Liang nodded.
"Then it will be over as usual." Chen Xi sighed and said.
Although theoretically speaking, if everyone eats 80%, they will definitely not die. Everyone can successfully survive this difficult period and survive until the new food comes from Eastern Europe. In fact, this is not the calculation, even in China.
In years of calamity, the concentration of power can still allow some people to maintain a level of luxury.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What is important is how the food reserves in the hands of the Claudius family can be distributed fairly to the Romans. It does not require everyone to have a balanced 80%, as long as everyone has 50%
, Rome will not explode.
The question is, did the Romans have this level? No!
Not to mention Rome, during the epidemic two years ago, Shanghai really had no shortage of food! As a result, it was impossible to get food.
The existence of food and the availability of food are two different issues!
What's more, this is still the 21st century, an era when the logistics industry is extremely developed and social organizations can actually penetrate into the grassroots streets. It is still like this for you. In the third century, it would be basically complete.
"Rome's inland sea shipping industry is actually quite developed. In theory, it should be able to transport food to all places." Zhuge Liang frowned and said, "The situation shouldn't be as bad as you think. Italy's control over the entire Rome
The control ability is still barely enough.”
In Zhuge Liang's view, Rome still has almost 80% of the food on hand, and the Senate has been thinking of ways to solve the problem, and there are bathtubs that can continuously transport food. In theory, it should not be as Chen Xi said
, just finish it off.
There is definitely a gap, and there must be a group of people who are extravagant, but generally speaking, as long as it can be distributed, it won't really explode like this.
"First of all, is it true that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by insufficient food?" Chen Xi sighed and said, "Droughts do exist, as do floods, but is the overall food of the Han Dynasty really not enough? No,
There may be a gap, but the gap is not exaggerated to that big.”
"The situation of the Han Dynasty at that time was that the internal evils were extremely serious, and it was somewhat difficult to recover. There was actually still food. The fact that a large number of young men could be recruited from various places to quickly encircle and suppress the Yellow Turbans was enough to show that there was a food gap, but it was definitely not big.
, Han Dynasty
The problem at this time is really that the organizational structure has collapsed, and the grassroots has begun to lose control." Zhuge Liang slowly said, "The Roman Empire has not reached this stage yet. After Severus succeeds to the throne, the political situation in Rome will become more stable, and there will be chaos.
, but not too big.”
Chen Xi nodded when he heard this, while the others were thoughtful.
"Actually, there is another point, which is also very important. That is the situation of the Han Dynasty at that time. It was impossible to quickly mobilize food and grass for disaster relief. At that point, even if the local governor had an idea, it would be too late. Unlike Rome, the existence of the Mediterranean made the Senate
The disaster relief over there can be achieved in a very short time." Guo Jia echoed from the side. He and Zhuge Liang agreed that there would definitely be trouble in Rome, but it would not be too exaggerated, and the overall situation should still be stable.
"How should I put it? You have all mentioned the advantages of the Roman Empire in this aspect. Let me talk about a disadvantage. The Roman Empire cannot distribute food and grass." Chen Xi made a judgment that was enough to dumbfound everyone present. Everyone looked at each other in shock.
Although it is surprising, it is understandable that the Roman Empire still had barely enough food and grass for everyone to survive. The explanations of Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia made Jia Xu and others look at Rome twice. What is geographical advantage? This is geographical advantage.
When natural disasters broke out in the Han Dynasty in the early years, it was often too late to save even if you wanted to, because there was no time to transport food and grass. Two months was enough for everything to happen in the area. However, if Rome really wanted to be efficient, from then on
Grain ships departing from Italy can take up to one month.
If it doesn't arrive within a month, it must mean that the other party doesn't want to save you. The Mediterranean Bathtub is so excellent. What is God's reward? This is it.
"Please understand deeply that the Roman Empire was the empire of Roman citizens." Chen Xi sighed, "The social organizational structure of Rome is there. Although taxes are paid by citizens, guess where the citizens' money comes from.
of."
Li You pinched his brows and forgot that Rome had a tax farming system. He just remembered that the opposite country was as top a country as the Han Dynasty, and it was quite powerful. It always used its own power to trap the other side. When Chen Xi said this, Li You
Just reacted.
What is the tax farming system? Let’s briefly describe it. Suppose the Roman government thinks that Rome can collect one billion denarii this year. Excluding tax expenditures, it will be able to collect 800 million. In order to save trouble, the government decided to let the senators and nobles collect taxes.
want
Asking to pay a tax of 800 million, the elders put together a total, everyone divided the area into one, and then collected 800 million for the government, and then the elders divided the areas into small nobles, and the elders could not work in vain, so let's do it, a total of twelve
100 million, distributed to the small nobles.
In the end, it is natural for citizens to exploit non-citizens to pay. After all, this is an indirect tax that can be passed on layer by layer.
In this way, water is naturally pumped out layer by layer, and everyone above the citizen level has benefited, and they are naturally willing to support this system. After all, this is a serious benefit.
The Roman government also knew this, but it didn't care. After all, this clearly highlighted the superiority of the civil system, and the citizens were very satisfied. As for those who were dissatisfied, were barbarians considered human beings? Do they have the right to vote? How dare you criticize us, Rome, if you don't have the right to vote?
The empire's system is looking for death, right?
On the other hand, under the tax farming system, if disaster relief is to be carried out, how to operate it is of course the opposite of the tax farming system. After all, there are ready-made organizations available. If there is no need, do not add entities.
Rome also understands.
What's more, in the current situation, even if the Roman Empire wanted to establish a so-called complete disaster relief organization that could go deep into the grassroots, it would be sheer nonsense and it would not be possible at all.
"In addition, the citizens were also affected by the disaster. If the relief food comes out, they can only take half of it." Chen Xi looked at the others seriously.
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