Silk cloth is not the most precious among the fabrics of various dynasties, but a considerable number of formal clothes are made of silk. Especially on more formal occasions, clothes are basically made of silk and silk.
Like official robes, after the Western Han Dynasty, silk and silk were used as official robes. Basically, official robes made of other fabrics could not be seen.
Silk was another currency in Zhuxia for a long time, and even more popular than copper money in many times. Therefore, the word "wealth and silk" appeared when Zhuxia described wealth.
The Romans were extremely impressed by the silk produced in Zhuxia, followed by Shu brocade. They have never seen such a cloth as silk, especially when they look at silk, it seems quite simple. They really don't understand what Wang Meng specially sent Helena a suit made of silk.
Julian's reaction would be so great that he knew more about the inside story and had more associations.
In all the normal gifts, there is an abnormal set of clothes. If there is no special intention, it should not appear at all. Julian's first reaction is that abnormality often represents abnormality. Such an occasion is unusual and must have special significance.
Helena went down to change her clothes at the sign of Constantius II. After she changed her clothes and reappeared, everyone saw that her body was mainly red, with complex patterns and edges. It didn't look simple at all.
Han clothes always pay attention to elegance. It is indispensable that the iconic long sleeves support elegance. At the same time, Han women's clothes also have the feature of closing the waist. The skirt directly falls on the bare foot and presents a trumpet shape, and the back skirt has a tail. If you are tall and not too fat, you can definitely show a good figure in Hanjia women's clothes.
Helena is not tall at all. Compared with Helena, who is almost one meter seven heads, her height is only one meter five or six. However, she is only 15 years old. According to the truth, she will grow taller again. It is estimated that she will be at least 1.6 meters tall before she stops developing.
It seems that a suit of clothes without any jewels is worn on Helena. The materials are restrained and there is no support from precious jewelry. It should have been simple to ordinary. However, when people with normal aesthetics look at it, they don't know why they see it... How to say? Is solemn and atmosphere!
The sentence "the beauty of clothes is the beauty of China" is not just in vain. After thousands of years of repeated reform, the clothing of Zhuxia has been evolving, especially under the momentum of the Heavenly Kingdom in the western and Eastern Han Dynasties. At least the clothing of the upper layer is developing in the direction of atmosphere. Any country and nation in the same period really lags behind too much in the beauty of clothing.
Rome, which is also a world power, has very simple clothes from the beginning, that is, a group robe. If they insist on adding some decorations, they just start with some small jewelry, such as headwear and ribbons, there will be no more aesthetic development.
Helena felt very cramped when the whole audience looked at her. She almost didn't know how to walk. Her limbs looked very stiff. She and her maid didn't know how to wear Han clothes. There were obvious mistakes in the wearing of some ornaments, such as the jade pendant that should have been used to press the skirt became a necklace, The matching ribbons are put on one side in a Roman way, which has become a ribbon style, but these mistakes do not hinder the atmosphere of clothing support at all.
The personnel of the Han diplomatic corps tend to wear military clothes and strong clothes. In short, they are the clothes reformed from Hufu, riding and shooting, and do not wear "traditional clothes" on any occasion. In this way, I was in a foreign country. I encountered bad thoughts when I came. I thought that I might start work at any time. Naturally, how convenient it is.
It should be said that Zhuxia's "traditional clothes" are really not suitable for fighting. Long sleeves and wide sleeves alone need to be rolled up before fighting. The clothes are not close to the body except the waist. On the contrary, they tend to be loose. In addition, the long skirts of men and women are too inconvenient during fighting.
It is the same skirt system. The skirts worn by men of all ethnic groups in Europe are generally below the knee, and even have obvious high slits. Of course, this is to prevent skirts from becoming a drag. Without the habit of wearing underwear, the picture that hinders weathering will occur at any time when the wind is a little stronger.
What kind of clothes to wear has an essential relationship with national habits.
For example, nomads are actually the type of trousers. They often need to ride horses. Wearing skirts means that their crotch and thigh directly rub against the horse's back. Naturally, they need to make pants to wear. At least with a layer of protection, their skin does not need to rub directly against the horse's back.
Let's look at the farming people. In the early stage, many people wore skirts because they might not ride a horse once in their life. Without the trouble of friction, they don't need to use their brains to protect. For example, in the Warring States period, Zhao gave priority to learning from the Hu people to ride a horse alone. Didn't it come to a reform of Hu clothes, riding and shooting on clothes?
"Cyrus is really worthy of being a country producing silk. It's really..." gallus was envious and jealous: "money!"
Not counting the previous gifts, the total value of this gift is more than 3 million gold coins, which is about a quarter of the total tax revenue of all Roman provinces.
There are quite a few provinces in Rome, but the taxes paid are not all given to the central government. It is recorded that when the total tax amount in Rome was the largest, it reached 138 million sestertius, that is, 13.8 million orei gold coins. A hundred sestertius is an aureus.
The main reason is that the appearance of Shu Brocade is too shocking, and the price is infinitely raised. In fact, even the most precious Shu Brocade using materials costs 1000 gold coins.
Of course, the price of the same thing in different places must be different. For example, for such a thing as pearls, the best pearls in the Han country can only be ten gold coins at most, and in Rome, it may be a hundred gold coins to start. There is also jade. A good jade pendant can be worth ten thousand gold in the Han Dynasty, but it may not be able to sell ten gold coins in Rome.
Different nationalities like different treasures. One more obvious difference is that the Han people are actually lack of interest in gemstones. The problem is that a considerable number of nationalities, including the Romans and Persians, are obsessed with gemstones.
As soon as I saw the generosity of the Han people, I don't know how many people began to imagine what kind of country the distant east is. They had to feel that money could be found everywhere. The aristocratic life was based on wine pools and meat forests, and the place where they lived should be paved with gold bricks.
It's true that the upper class nobles in such a country have such a way of life. It's just that it's not the Han country. It happened in the A3 continent. In particular, they extremely like to use gold to show their nobility.
"If we can invade cyris..." gallus thought, not only drooling, but also his face became ferocious: "how much benefit should we get?"
Paul Leviathan subconsciously wanted to stay away from gallus.
When the Han people come to Rome, they can casually sprinkle millions of gold coins, which is enough to prove the wealth of the Han people. An extremely rich country at least represents a strong national strength. Recall the news from Cicero, the Han people are prone to destroy who in the East. It is definitely not just a rich but a weak country.
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. Just turn the idea of robbing the Han people in your mind. Speaking out is showing your idiot attribute.
"Really, we should develop real warships." Gallus looked at flavis Valentinianus, extremely serious, said: "the valentinianus family has an advantage at this point."
Valentinianus is the family that pays the most attention to ship development among many families in Rome. It has many shipbuilding industries. For example, it now provides three tenths of the ships sold in Rome. However, because the Romans have never paid attention to the rest of the oceans except the Mediterranean, valentinianus family has never thought of marching into the oceans outside the Mediterranean.
"The development of ocean going ships is the future trend." Flavis Valentinianus is already working. Even the personnel sent to the Gupta Dynasty have set out to learn from the Gupta Dynasty: "but it takes time."
"We can cooperate." Gallus is not asking, but is simply demanding: "I give people or money in exchange for shares."
Flavis Valentinianus readily agreed. He knew that he could not eat alone in the development of ocean going ships. The only end of eating alone was to be attacked by a group.
Now say shares? No problem at all. Not only in Europa, but also in Zhuxia, but the word "member" is used in Zhuxia.
On the other side, Constantius II is communicating with Julian about marriage. It was not long after the two had just communicated that Helena came together. The three lowered their voices. Everyone's facial expressions were changing. It seemed that there was a quarrel.
"It can only be me, and it must be me!" Helena has stressed more than ten times in a short period of time: "among the royal family, I am the only adult, especially with rich skills to please men. Whether for Rome or the royal family, I need to please the son of Siris. Who is Helena? How can people like her please the son of Siris?"
Constantius II actually agreed with Helena's argument, which was directly related to the social environment of Rome. A wife who did not know how to please her husband was useless to Roman men. What does he think of Helena? She is an autistic person with almost no social interaction. She is weak and not good at communication. She really doesn't think Helena can win any benefits for Rome, let alone for the royal family.
"They are cyris!" Julian said of suffering, but he could only continue to reason: "cyris has its own national customs, and all kinds of signs show that cyris people are really different from us."
"If it means loyalty after marriage, I have no problem." Helena vowed, "even if the son of Siris can only do me once a year, or even not, I have no problem!"
Helena is so fierce that Julian's chest is completely stuffy. He doesn't believe Helena's so-called no problem. Even this is the biggest problem.
"There is such a worry." Constantius II thought on his face: "it is said that the son of Siris can legally have thousands of wives?"
Thousands of wives! It was incredible for the Romans. The Roman law stipulates that there can only be one wife, but people with a little identity who don't have some lovers, even with female slaves, can't really be thousands of sexual partners.
"I have charm and more confidence. The son of Siris will be completely infatuated with me." Helena straightened her full chest: "as long as you go to cyris, you will be able to have a baby soon. A baby with Roman royal blood and cyris royal blood, you know what it means!"
Constantius II was still very confident in Helena's charm. Compared with Helena, who was stiff at the sight of everyone, he had no confidence in the latter.
"I should have proposed the marriage..." Constantius II had a relaxed smile on his face: "although there are defects, Julian did quite well this time and let Han envoy give priority to it."
Who will propose marriage? The passive party must have more advantages, especially the marriage between countries.
Julian could say nothing but an embarrassing smile.
"I heard that Shapur shamelessly chose his youngest and most beautiful daughter and three granddaughters?" Constantius II did not say about the noble women who had accessories: "I have been thinking about it."
It's very implicit, but Constantius II has made his meaning very clear. For the sake of insurance, Rome can't be stingy on such a thing. He doesn't have a suitable granddaughter to choose, but a little guess can also think that the unknown Roman nobles are happy to choose their daughter to go to the Han country.
Since Constantius II is going to "bleed", there is not much more Helena. Even Helena is selected as a genuine marriage candidate, and Helena becomes a preparatory candidate or subsidiary. There is no problem at all. What he cares about is what benefits the marriage can bring.
"That's it!" Constantius II thought of something and said to Julian, "since you are so enthusiastic, it is up to you to do it."
Julian agreed without hesitation.
"Besides..." Constantius II took it for granted: "friendship is two-sided. Since we have married so many women, should Cyrus choose women to marry in Rome?"