People at that time didn't have much awareness of equality, let alone facing the behemoth of the Han Dynasty. Mozhiti didn't even think about asking for equal treatment. Mozhiti picked up the two "Treaty of Shule" written in two languages in front of him. After a quick look, there was nothing different from what we just discussed. He couldn't help but nodded and stretched out his hand to the attendant. The attendant quickly handed over a pen. Liu Xin's eyes lit up when he saw it.
In fact, it was not a pen but a thick goose feather. Liu Xin finally understood how Ma Yun wrote those delicate characters.
Mo Zhiti picked up a quill brush and signed his name on both documents, then handed the documents to Liu Xin. These two documents were originally arranged by Liu Xin. Naturally, they were nothing to look at. He picked up a brush and started to flutter. write your name
Another guard held up a piece of seal pad and a jade seal. This was Liu Xin's private seal, not the imperial seal. Liu Xin picked up the jade seal and solemnly stamped it behind his name before handing one of the documents to Mo. mentioned
Mozhiti took the document in his hand and read it for a long time. Suddenly he made a move that made everyone stunned. He stretched out his right hand and pressed lightly on the ink pad box, and then pressed the hand covered with ink pad on his own. There is a bright red palm print left on the document behind the name [
Liu Xin took Mo Zhiti's palm-printed document and felt as if Yang Bailao had betrayed Xi'er. It took a long time to recover, but the first unequal treaty in the history of the Han Dynasty was finally officially signed. Of course, this inequality was for foreign countries. For the big man, there is no loss at all.
The treaty had been signed, and the horses and women who were paying tribute also paid tribute to Kemo Zhiti, but showed no intention of leaving. Liu Xin was surprised and suddenly understood and asked with a smile: "Mo Zhiti, do you still want some reward?"
Mozhiti's face felt slightly warm, but he couldn't tell because of his dark skin. When he left for Shule this time, Mozhiti also did some homework and learned that every time he paid tribute to the Han Dynasty in the past, he would receive a heavy reward from the Han Dynasty. However, Liu Xin did not make any move. Instead, she asked him directly. How could he not blush? Mo Zhiti was stunned for a moment and then said: "I have heard for a long time that the silk and porcelain of the Han Dynasty are the most precious treasures in the world. I hope you can reward me with one or two." This thing used to write treaties is very strange. Can you reward me with some?"
Since ancient times, emperors of all dynasties have had a good reputation. If all nations come to court, it will be a rare and prosperous time. Foreign envoys who pay tribute must be given generous gifts. Often the tribute is not worth a few pennies, but the return gift is worth a hundred times, a thousand times. In later generations, there will be more shrewd people. Foreign monarchs and ministers defrauded the imperial court of property under the pretense of paying tribute.
Liu Xin is a person who pays attention to practical benefits and naturally will not allow this to happen. In his plan, he will not only reward these foreign envoys with a penny of property, but will not even prepare a decent banquet. Of course, as a foreign envoy, I have a dedicated post house to accommodate a few simple meals.
Hearing that Mo Zhiti couldn't wait to ask for the reward, Liu Xin laughed and waved his hand and said: "The paper used to write the treaty is called Xiang paper. It is the national treasure of my great Han Dynasty and cannot be handed over to you easily. As for silk and porcelain, they are now on Shule Street." If you want more, you can buy it yourself."
Mo Zhiti didn't expect Liu Xin to be so stingy, but the thing was in Liu Xin's hands and Liu Xin was unwilling to give it to him. There was nothing he could do about it. However, Han people are not the only ones in the world who value face, and Mo Zhiti had just become the King of Dayuan, so he couldn't lose it. If you lose face and go back empty-handed, you will definitely be laughed at by the Dawan nobles.
Yansai realized what was going on and quietly whispered a few words to Mo Zhiti before he bowed and left.
After leaving Shule Palace, Mozhiti and Yansai quietly came to the street with a few cronies. Sure enough, they saw many shops selling silk and porcelain from the Han Dynasty. Since the civil strife of the Han Dynasty, the trade routes were cut off, which has been rarely seen in Dawan. Silk, let alone porcelain
Mozhiti was dazzled by what he saw, but he had no time to choose carefully. He hurriedly visited a few shops and bought two pairs of white porcelain vases and ten pieces of silk. When he came, he brought three thousand taels of silver with him, which was intended to be used to marry Liu Xin. As a result, I couldn't use my cronies, so I could buy some silk and porcelain back home.
It's just that the two pairs of white porcelain vases were expensive and the ten pieces of fine silk were all he had, and all his money was spent in no time.
After Mozhiti bought the white porcelain and silk, he went straight back to Guishan City without staying in Shule City. After returning to Guishan City, Mozhidi immediately summoned all the nobles of Dawan and bought two pairs of white porcelain vases and ten bolts of silk. Show it to them. Of course, Mozhiti did not say that he bought these things on the streets of Shule City, but that Cheng Liu appreciated the gifts given to him. Anyway, only Yansai and a few close friends knew about this, so there was no need to worry. These nobles would ask Liu Xin face to face to prove that he had actually concealed the truth from those nobles, and Mo Zhiti's reputation in Dawan also increased accordingly, and he finally secured his throne in one fell swoop.
Liu Xin did not put his mind on Mozhiti. Since he did not plan to use troops against Dawan for the time being, there was no need to pay too much attention there. His current focus was on Uzbeli Fortress and Turugelt Fortress. As well as the construction status of these three major projects in Seoul, I will go to the construction site to inspect almost every one or two days.
Under Liu Xin's personal supervision, both Han soldiers, Shule civilians and Dawan prisoners of war were all full of energy. Especially those Dawan prisoners of war, after learning that Seoul was completed, they could return to their hometowns and receive a large sum of money. Fei's wages are so high that he works very hard from dawn to dusk. In just half a month, the three major projects have begun to take shape.
At this time, the first Han caravan from Xiangyang finally arrived in Shule. As early as in Shanshan Kingdom, Liu Xin wrote a letter back to ask Jushou to organize a caravan to come to the Western Regions and relaxed the ban on silk and porcelain. According to the rules of buying and selling, a caravan should have arrived a long time ago. However, it was only today that we saw the first Han caravan, and this caravan was closely related to him.
In fact, it’s no wonder that the trade routes to the Western Regions have been cut off for many years. Even the Liangzhou area has been plagued by banditry. In addition, there have been continuous wars in the north over the years. The real big merchants have concentrated in relatively peaceful places like Jingzhou and Yizhou. It is understandable that these southern caravans are a little worried about the unfamiliar northwest and are unwilling to take risks.
The caravan in front of me is from the Cai family in Xiangyang. As the head of the Cai family, Cai Mao is not willing to take risks like those big families. However, the fate of the Cai family is now firmly tied to Liu Xin. It is because of Liu Xin. The Cai family's property in Jingzhou will prosper. So when Cai Jue returned to her parents' home, Cai Jue finally reluctantly sent out his own caravan.
Liu Xin didn't know the inside story at this time, but he was very happy to see the caravan from the Han Dynasty and personally greeted him out of the palace gate. His face darkened and he shouted: "Cai He, why don't you study hard and come here?" do what"
It turns out that the leader of the Cai family's caravan is actually Cai He. Cai He is Cai Jue's younger brother and one of the first batch of students at Xiangyang Academy. It stands to reason that they will not graduate until next year, and then Liu Xin will arrange them according to the evaluation issued by Cai Yong. Who would have thought that he would find a suitable position in the middle of the Cai family's caravan? Liu Xin would naturally be angry [
Facing Liu Xin's anger, Cai He was startled, but after all, he had studied in Xiangyang Academy for so many years and was no longer the mediocre guy in history. Cai He calmed down and handed over his hands and said: "Please calm down, sister-in-law. Now Xiangyang City is busy with the imperial examination." The examination academy has been closed for many days, so I have time to come to the Western Regions. After all, my sister-in-law told Mr. Guo back then that after reading ten thousand volumes of books, it is better to travel thousands of miles. Little brother, this is the journey of thousands of miles."
Because of reasons from later generations, Liu Xin had never been optimistic about Cai He, his brother-in-law. He originally asked Cai He to go to Xiangyang just to appease the Cai family so that the Cai family could stand firmly on his side. However, he did not expect that after a few years, Cai He would become his brother-in-law. I can actually act neither humble nor arrogant in front of me. It seems that the saying that reading makes people progress is not true at all.
Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Cai He, how is your business here and how is the imperial examination in Xiangyang going?"
Cai He cupped his hands without thinking and said, "Sister-in-law, this business is so hot. If I hadn't insisted on keeping the goods, they would have been sold out in Xicheng. But when I left Xiangyang, the imperial examination had not yet started, so I don't know how it went." Counting the days, it should be within these two days.”
The day was just as Cai He had planned. An unprecedentedly grand imperial examination was being staged in Xiangyang City, thousands of miles away. With the experience of last year, the organization of the imperial examination seemed orderly, and the number of participants was obviously several times more than last year.
All exams are held in Xiangyang Academy, which is why the academy was forced to take an early holiday. Today’s exam is for engineering subjects, which is also the first among the exams for arts, martial arts, and engineering.
The engineering exam is very simple. You only need to present your own works or inventions and have them evaluated by the technicians from the Ministry of Industry. Then you can determine who is the final winner. Of course, these works are not completed by the candidates now, but all the candidates completed half a month ago. They have been gathered at the institute's base in the western suburbs, where their inventions and works are completed by the institute's skilled craftsmen.
So today's exam is just a process of display and evaluation. Even so, the front door of the academy was already crowded with people early in the morning because the person who presided over today's exam was an important figure in Xiangyang City.