Now is not an ancient matriarchal society, the status of women in most countries is very low, although some relatively enlightened countries do not discriminate against women, but there are really few countries in the world that allow women to be officials.
The social status of women in Rome is neither good nor bad, and the general social environment does not discriminate against women too much, but many jobs are limited to women's participation, such as the fact that women are not allowed to be officials.
Helena didn't know the bottom of Roman society, what she did know was that no woman in Rome had become an official, and women had always been dependent on men, and only if the men they were attached to were willing to obey could they have a voice.
The women on the Sassanid side are worse than the Romans, especially in recent decades, the Persians have repeatedly carried out reforms, not any political changes or changes, but repeated suppression of women's social status, and Persian women who have no social status have been falling into the abyss of pets or domestic animals.
Some countries have at least female chiefs, queens or something, as the world's two self-proclaimed civilizations, Rome and Sassanid are inferior to some tribes in treating women, so there is no need to surprise those princesses, including Helena, who are surprised to see that there are female high-ranking officials in the Han Empire.
"Can I ask" Nikar is very young, only fifteen years old this year, but according to the social customs of the Han family or Persia, fifteen years old is the age of marriage.
She asked with some caution, "How big is your official position?"
Nikal asked the question that everyone wanted to ask, but it was a warning from Yena.
Zhuo Xiang glanced back at Nikal, not as annoyed or anything as the princesses thought, and replied with a smile: "This official has two official positions, one is Da Changqiu, and the other is Diao Chan. ” Da Changqiu is the person in charge of the official family used by the queen, so he also serves as the official position of Diao Chan.
Diao Chan is not the Diao Chan of the Four Beauties, but is actually an official position responsible for managing the hats and costumes in the palace.
Therefore, the name of the beautiful woman in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was not called "Diao Chan", her real name was Ren Hongchang.
"Da Changqiu" Helena can understand Chinese, and she also specializes in understanding the official positions of the Han Empire, and she is instantly impressed by Zhuo Xiang.
She lowered her voice and said to Helena, "She is the spokesperson of the Empress, and we need to please her." ” As for what Diao Chan is, Helena is completely incomprehensible.
Ye Na and Nikal also made a decision in an instant, even if they couldn't please Zhuo Xiang, they definitely couldn't have a bad relationship with her.
The other princesses who couldn't understand Chinese, in addition to being at a loss, were confused, and repeatedly ordered to decide to learn Chinese well.
Da Changqiu was an official position in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was generally held by eunuchs.
However, Liu Yan has decided not to choose eunuchs anymore, and there is nothing wrong with Zhuo Xiang serving as Da Changqiu.
From entering the palace to coming to the harem area, it took them nearly an hour just to walk, and after the bell rang, it took about half an hour to come to the Jiaofang Palace.
Jiaofang Hall is also a continuation of the palace name of the Western Han Dynasty, and its function has not changed, that is, it is a place for the queen to live.
"It took us so long just to travel, you can imagine how big the palace city of the Han Empire was" Ye Na compared, even if she didn't go all over the palace, and came to the conclusion that the palace city of the Han Empire must be more than five sizes of the Sassanid palace: "If we were chosen, we would live here." ” Along the way, Nikar saw so many magnificent buildings, and also read the woods and the rest of the landscape, and said wistfully, "The environment here is far more magnificent than I imagined." ” Every girl imagines her married life when she reaches the age of marriage.
For today's women, it is never up to them to choose what kind of person to marry, they will construct a favorite man in their imagination, and then imagine what kind of environment that man will live in, and what kind of person will be in the family at the same time.
Liu Yan has reached all the imagination of these princesses for men, and even far exceeds their expectations.
They had already imagined a place to live in a more likely direction, but they had come to see how little their imagination was in the first place.
Entering the Jiaofang Palace, the main hall is very traditional with multiple wooden structures, and there is hardly any masonry and mud visible, and they are guided by Zhuo Xiang to enter the passage of the side hall.
It was just a turn, but they were so surprised by what they saw in front of them that they stopped in place.
I don't know where the corridor leads, but it is a brilliant color, the floor is covered with blankets full of auspicious patterns, and the left and right sides and the top are painted walls made of glass.
There is a special word to describe it, and that is carved beams and paintings.
However, the corridor made of glass is illuminated by the light, which makes people look at the visual impact of being in the kingdom of God.
There are many curtains in the corridor, which look like they are made of small green gems strung with red strings In fact, there is no mistake in calling it a gemstone, but that small one small one is actually jadeite.
The already gorgeous corridor, and the brilliance of those gems, make people feel the extreme luxury.
The Han Empire conquered the Indochina Peninsula and discovered too many jadeite mines, in order not to impact the market, it controlled the release of jadeite to the market.
If there is too much of a thing, it is not worth much, and the drapes made of jadeite would be extravagant in the old concept, but for the amount of jadeite owned by the Han Empire, their value was not ridiculously high.
Speaking of glass, if you make fully transparent glass according to Liu Yan's requirements, the colorful glass in the corridor is actually a failure that has not handled the metal bubbles well.
The point is that these exotic princesses don't know that they are completely shocked by the scene in front of them.
"It's really" Helena's face was sluggish: "It's so beautiful" Scientific research has shown that women are far more sensitive to color than men, and women's love for gemstones is also an instinct, they do not know that glass is a product, but as a huge gemstone piled up or cut into the left and right sides and the top of the painting wall, look at the eyes brilliantly.
"Too rich" Helena was sure of the fact that the treasures of this corridor alone would have driven countless Romans crazy: "It must be worth more than a hundred high-class estates" The construction of a high-class manor in Rome, not counting the luxuries, but the buildings and gardens, pools and other facilities, probably cost about 5,000 gold coins.
One hundred high-class manors is five hundred thousand gold coins An imperceptible disdain flashed across Zhuo Xiang's face.
She's one of the people who knows where all the items in this corridor come from, and to put it bluntly, it doesn't cost much.
Of course, that's not surprising to those in the know.
For example, the princesses don't know the source of the items in the corridor, they will think that they are treasures, then most people will also think that they are treasures, and since they do, they think that even a stone will be overvalued, and valuable things are always priced by people.
There were now a considerable number of crooked nuts in the land of the Han Empire, and the commodity they most wanted to purchase when they came to the Han Empire was silk.
Later, crooked nuts discovered the value of tea, and tea became a sought-after commodity.
Porcelain was the third valuable commodity discovered, but it was not as traded as silk and tea.
If there are any other products that are also sought after by crooked nuts, a small number of glass products put on the market are also one of them, small area mirrors, colorful glass pieces, and glass products of various shapes.
Nowadays, the value of glass products far exceeds that of silk, tea, and porcelain, and individual glass products have even been sold for tens of thousands of gold coins, which is one of the fist products of the Han Empire.
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In line with the principle of rare goods, the number of glass products put on the market is very rare, not only the crooked nuts are sought after, but the Han people are actually chasing.
Liu Yan will not have any conscience disturbance for the crooked nuts, and he will not have any apologies for the Han people who have enough wealth to buy glass products.
Setting such a high price for glass products is not something that ordinary people can afford, so it will not be able to trap ordinary people.
I don't know how many corridors and passages they passed, the princesses who came here for the first time couldn't tell the difference between the east and the west, they saw too many things along the way, and once again determined that the wealth of the Han Empire was at least a confirmation that the royal family had amazing wealth.
"Princess, please wait here."
Zhuo Xiang introduced them to the buildings in the palace along the way, and also said some etiquette rules: "There will be a common name later, please enter immediately when you call your name."
I'm sure you already know what happened after that. ” The princess, who could understand Chinese, immediately saluted Zhuo Xiang and said that she understood.
The remaining three princesses who could not understand Chinese were ignorant when they saw the two princesses of Rome and the two princesses of Sassanid saluting.
"What does that female official of the Han Empire mean" Ye Na repeated what Zhuo Xiang had just said in Persian, without any misleading, and after translating, she paused before continuing with a smile: "You need to hire a Chinese teacher." ” That is what they say, but even if they can privately hire teachers who are proficient in their own Chinese and Chinese, it is still unknown whether they will be able to enter Miyagi.
Not to mention, they know that there is really no one who understands Chinese in their home country.
"If," Althea showed humility, begging Ye Na, "we would be extremely grateful if you could teach us Chinese." ” Helena, however, spoke before Ye Na spoke, "I know many languages, including Persian and Chinese.
Maybe I can help you. ” Ye Na was smiling all the time, even when Helena actually cut off her beard.
They are all strangers who have come to a strange land, where they may live until they grow old.
After going to a strange land, people will only be divided into locals and outsiders, and it is very understandable for outsiders to hold together.
Their identities are more special, at least before they understand the situation, no one knows what the attitude of the "old people", including the queen, is, it is a very rational choice to take a group to keep warm.
The first person to be known was Ye Na, who was surprised when she heard her name, and glanced at Helena and hurried in.
Helena was completely stunned.
She took it for granted that the first person to enter would be herself, and she really never thought that the queen of the Han Empire would choose a Persian princess.
"Rome has always been stronger than Persia" Helena's face was very unpleasant: "The Han Empire should know this" Helena secretly tugged at Helena's clothes and whispered, "Sister." ” Helena, of course, doesn't have a seizure here, but she's very angry inside.
It didn't take long, about five minutes or so, Ye Na walked out with a blank face.
Before the other princesses could ask anything, the name of another princess came out of it, and it was Helena who was called.
Nikal asked the question everyone wanted to know: "What will it be like when you go in?"
"Ah" Ye Na was still dazed, as if she had not recovered from something: "I didn't see the queen" Helena didn't take long to come out, and when she came out, she simply leaned against the wall and gasped for air, unable to answer Helena's questions at all.
"What the hell is going on" Helena couldn't figure out what happened to the people who went in, and how they couldn't give up after they came out: "Is it terrible?"
The third person named was Nikal, who also stayed for less than five minutes before coming out, again with an indescribable experience inside.
In the face of people who go in and come out in that way, those who have not yet entered will inevitably become apprehensive.
Helena was finally named, and when she entered the temple, her vision was blocked by a landscape, and she turned a corner to see what the hall looked like.
Compared with the magnificence of other places, the hall does not have too many complex colors, and even appears empty, only the crimson floor and carved beams, and most of the places are relatively dim above the light, supporting the dazzling only place with strong light.
Helena's greatest surprise was that there was no one in the hall, and she took a few steps forward, just when she reached a place where the sun was shining and was called to stop, and she stood where she was.
The queen was behind the beaded curtain of Her Majesty, and Helena was standing in the strong light, and could feel that there were quite a few eyes looking at her, because the light was so strong, that there was even a strange feeling that she had been seen through: why no one, I need to stand like this all the time, for how long His Majesty is a step, which is specially used to refer to the steps of the emperor's palace, and the emperor is called His Majesty for this reason.
Except for the voice of Jean standing in place, no one spoke, and the hall was silent.
Standing in the only place where the sun shines, and then being in a quiet space, and at the same time feeling that you are being watched, the feeling is very difficult to describe, anyway, it will not feel better.
Helena, who was in a state of distraction, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she heard someone speak again, and only after she was stunned did she realize that she could leave.
She now finally understood why the person who had just come in was in a trance.
"Cross off her list."
Cui Wan did sit behind the bead curtain and took a closer look at all the foreign princesses who came in, their appearance, figure, and demeanor after they stood up.
Zhuo Xiang silently drew an "X" to Helena's name on the roster.
Another person with an "X" painted is Nikal.
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