Silk cloth is not the most expensive cloth in Zhuxia, but a considerable number of formal wear used fabrics are silk silk, especially the more formal occasions, the clothes worn are basically made of silk silk.
For example, the official robe, after the Western Han Dynasty, silk was uniformly used as the fabric of the official robe, and the official robe made of other fabrics was basically not seen.
Silk was another currency for a long time in Zhuxia, and in many cases it was far more popular than copper coins, so the word "wealth silk" appeared when Zhuxia described wealth.
The Romans were extremely impressed by the silk produced in Zhuxia, and Shu brocade was added later.
They had never seen such a fabric as silk silk, especially the silk cloth was quite plain, and they really didn't understand what Wang Meng meant by giving Helena a set of silk silk.
Julian's reaction will be so big, because he knows more about the inside story, so he has more associations.
Among all the normal gifts, an abnormal set of clothing appeared.
If it shouldn't have been done without special intentions, Julian's first reaction was that the abnormal often meant the unusual.
The unusual appearance of such an occasion must have a special significance.
Helena went down to change her clothes at the behest of Constantius II.
After she changed her clothes and reappeared, everyone saw that the main body was red, with complex patterns and trims, and the overall look was not simple at all.
Hanfu has always been elegant and generous, and it is indispensable to have iconic long sleeves to support elegance, and at the same time, the Han women's clothing also has the characteristics of cinching the waist, the skirt falls directly to the bare feet and presents a flared shape, and the back skirt has a tail.
But if you are tall and not too fat, you can definitely show a good figure by wearing Han women's clothes.
Helena's figure is not tall at all, compared to Helena, who is almost one meter and seven heads, her height is only one meter five or six.
However, she is only fifteen years old this year, and it stands to reason that she will grow taller, and it is estimated that she will be at least 1.6 meters tall before she stops developing.
It seems that there is no jeweled set of clothes to wear on Helena's body, and the choice of materials is restrained and there is no precious jewelry to support, which should have looked simple to ordinary, but when people with normal aesthetics look at it, they don't know why they see how to say it is solemn and atmospheric "The beauty of the costume is called the flower" is not just a white talk, thousands of years of repeated reform, Zhuxia's clothing has been evolving, especially the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty under the momentum of the Heavenly Dynasty has carried out a major reform, at least the upper class of clothing is developing in the direction of the atmosphere, and any country and nation in the same period is really too backward in terms of the beauty of clothing.
Rome, which is also a world power, has been extremely simple from the beginning, that is, a group robe, and if you insist on adding some decorations, it is nothing more than starting with some small jewelry, such as headdresses and ribbons, and there will be no more aesthetic development.
Helena felt very cramped by the eyes of the audience, almost didn't know how to take a step, her limbs looked obviously stiff, including her and the maid didn't know how to wear Hanfu, and some of the accessories were obviously worn wrongly, for example, the jade pendant that should have been used to press the skirt became a necklace, and the matching ribbon was put aside in the Roman way to become a ribbon style, but these mistakes did not prevent the atmosphere of the clothing at all.
The personnel of the Han envoys tended to wear military uniforms, which were the clothes reformed from the Hufu cavalry and archery, and did not wear "traditional clothing" on any occasion.
It's like this because I'm in a foreign country, and I've encountered something bad when I come, thinking that I might start working at any time, so naturally how convenient and how to come.
It has to be said that Zhuxia's "traditional clothing" is really not suitable for fighting, just the long sleeves and wide sleeves need to be rolled up before the fight, and the clothes are not close at all except the waist, on the contrary, there is a tendency to loosen, and then it is that the long skirts of men and women are too obstructive during the fight.
The same is the system of skirts, and the skirts worn by men of all ethnic groups in Europa are generally not more than the knees, and even have obvious high slits.
Of course, this is to prevent the skirt from becoming a drag, and under the premise that there is no habit of wearing underwear, the picture that hinders weathering can occur at any time when the wind is stronger.
What kind of clothing to wear has an essential relationship with national habits.
For example, nomads are actually the type of trousers, that is, they often need to ride horses, wearing skirts is to rub the crotch and thighs directly against the horse's back, naturally to get out pants to wear, at least with a layer of protection, the skin does not need to directly rub against the horse's back.
Looking at the farming people again, the early wearing of skirts is because many people may not ride a horse once in their lives, and there is no need to use their brains to protect them without friction, such as the Zhao State during the Warring States Period, which gave priority to learning from the Hu people to ride a horse alone, and didn't there be a reform of the Hu costume riding and archery on the clothing "Seris is truly a country that produces silk, really" Gallus was simply envious and jealous: "Rich" Not counting the previous gifts, the total value of this gift alone was more than three million gold coins, which was about a quarter of the total tax revenue generated by all the provinces of Rome combined.
Rome had quite a number of provinces, but not all the taxes paid to the central government, and it is recorded that the largest amount of total tax revenue in Rome was 138 million ceths, that is, 13,800,000 gold gold coins.
A hundred Seth retreats are one gold Auray coin.
The main reason is that the appearance of Shu brocade is too shocking, and the price is infinitely raised, in fact, even if it is the most precious Shu brocade used in materials, the production price is only a thousand gold coins.
Of course, the price of the same thing must be different in different places.
For example, for a pearl, a good pearl is at most ten gold coins on the Han side, and a hundred gold coins on the Roman side.
There is also such an object as jade, a good jade pendant can be worth 10,000 gold in the Han Kingdom, but in Rome it may not even be sold for ten gold coins.
Different ethnic groups have different preferences for treasures, and one of the more obvious differences is that the Han people are actually not interested in gemstones, and the problem is that quite a few peoples, including the Romans and Persians, are extremely obsessed with gemstones.
I have repeatedly seen the generosity of the Han people, and I don't know how many people have begun to imagine what kind of country the Far East is, inevitably because they feel that they can pick up money everywhere, and the life of the aristocracy is based on the wine pond and meat forest as the basic condition, and the place where they live should be paved with gold bricks.
There is really such a country where the upper-class aristocracy has such a way of life, but it is not the Han Kingdom, it takes place in the Asan Continent, especially the extreme love of using gold to show their nobility.
"If you can invade Seris," Gallus thought to himself, not only drooling, but also his face became hideous: "How much benefit can I grab?"
Paul Levitan subconsciously wanted to stay away from Gallus.
The Han people came to Rome and casually spilled millions of gold coins as gifts, which is enough to prove the wealth of the Han people, an extremely rich country at least represents a strong national strength, and then briefly recall the news sent back by Cicero, the Han people in the East are easy to destroy everyone and whoever, and it is definitely not a country that is only rich but weak.
The problem now is that the Han people can reach Rome directly by sea, but the Roman ships can't even get out of the Mediterranean, and the idea of robbing the Han people just turns around in their minds, and to say it is to show their idiotic attributes.
"Really, it's time to develop real warships."
Gallus looked at Flavis Valentinianus and said with extreme seriousness: "At this point, the Valentinianus family has an advantage. ” Valentinenianus was the most important of the many Roman families to develop ships, with a large shipbuilding industry, such as now providing three-tenths of the ships sold in the whole of Rome, but because the Romans did not pay attention to the rest of the sea except the Mediterranean, the Valentinianus family has never thought of marching into the sea beyond the Mediterranean.
"The development of ocean-going vessels is the trend of the future."
Flavis Valentinianus was already doing it, and even the men sent to the Gupta dynasty had already set out, in order to learn from the Gupta dynasty: "But that will take time. ” "We can work together."
Gallus was not pleading, he was simply demanding: "I will give people or money in exchange for shares." ” Flavis Valentinianus readily agreed, knowing that he could not eat alone in the development of ocean-going ships, and the only way to eat alone was to be attacked by a crowd.
Now there is nothing wrong with saying that the shares are at all.
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Not only is it very suitable in Eurobati, but there is nothing wrong with it in Zhuxiati, but the word "part" is used in Zhuxia.
On the other side, Constantius II was communicating with Julian about marriage.
Not long after the two had just communicated, Helena came up, and the three of them lowered their voices, and everyone's facial expressions were constantly changing, as if they were arguing about something.
"It can only be me, and it must be me," Helena had stressed more than a dozen times in a short period of time: "I am the only one in the royal family who is an adult, especially with a wealth of skills to please men."
Whether it's for Rome or for the royal family, you need to please the son of Seris.
Helena is a person like her, how to please the son of Seris?"
Constantius II actually agreed with Helena's argument, which was directly related to the social environment of Rome, and wives who did not know how to please their husbands were of no use to Roman men.
In his eyes, Helena is an autistic person with almost no social interaction, weak personality and not good at communication, and he really doesn't think Helena can win any benefits for Rome, let alone for the royal family.
"They are the Serisians," Julian said bitterly, but he could only continue to reason: "Seris has its own national customs, and all indications show that the Seris are really different from us. ” "If I'm talking about fidelity after marriage, I don't have a problem."
Helena swore that "even if the Son of Seris can only me once a year, or even if he doesn't do it, I don't have any problems" The fierce Helena completely made Julian's chest tight, so he didn't believe that Helena had no problem, and even this was the biggest problem.
"There are indeed such worries."
Constantius II pondered: "According to legend, the Son of Seris was able to legally have thousands of wives" Thousands of wives were unbelievable to the Romans.
The law of the Romans allowed only one wife, but a person with a little status who did not have some lovers, even if he added a female slave, could not really be thousands of sexual partners.
"I'm charismatic, and I'm more confident that the Celestial Son of Seris will be completely infatuated with me."
Helena said and straightened her full chest: "As long as I go to Seris, I will definitely be able to conceive a baby in a short time."
A baby with Roman royal and cyrian royal blood, you know what that means."
Constantius II was still very confident in Helena's charm, and compared to Helena, who was stiffened by everyone at first glance, he had no confidence in the latter.
"Originally, I should have proposed the marriage" Constantius II had a relaxed smile on his face: "Despite the flaws, this time Julian did a pretty good job, and even let the Han envoy give priority." ” Whoever proposes the marriage, the passive party must have more advantages, especially the marriage between countries.
Julian couldn't say anything but give an embarrassed smile.
"I heard that Shapur shamelessly chose his youngest and most beautiful daughter, and chose three granddaughters," Constantius II did not say about the noble women of the appendages: "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time. ” Very subtle, but Constantius II has made the meaning very clear, for the sake of insurance, Rome can not be stingy in such a matter, he has no suitable granddaughter to choose, but a little guess can also think that the Roman nobles who do not know how many are happy to choose their daughters to go to the Han Kingdom.
Since Constantius II is about to "hemorrhage", one more Helena is not too much, and even choosing Helena as the official marriage candidate, Helena becomes a reserve candidate or a subsidiary, there is no problem at all.
What he cares about is what kind of benefits this marriage can bring.
"So decide," thought Constantius II, and said to Julian, "since you are so zealous, you will be the envoy." ” Julian agreed without hesitation.
"Also," said Constantius II, rightly speaking, "friendship is two-fold.
Since we marry so many women, should Seris also choose women to marry in Rome":