"We Romans have deeply felt the sincerity of the Han Dynasty. May our friendship last forever!" Herodian stood up directly and said with great excitement.
As a truly capable Roman senator, this guy has a very long-term vision. Unlike Serali, a young man who is still fixated on silk, for him, the long-term benefits of the cement formula are no less than silk.
Changes in the speed of material transfer can alleviate the current financial problems of Rome to a great extent. As for the cost of road construction, Rome has a large number of barbarians and slaves that can be used, and road construction has no cost at all.
Therefore, Herodian was overjoyed when he confirmed that the other party had indeed come up with the cement formula as part of the alliance. This was indeed full of sincerity.
"Stop, you don't think we are giving you the secret recipe directly." Jian Yong saw Herodian's eyes shining and immediately poured a basin of cold water on him.
"Although I really hope so, this kind of thing..." Herodian said with a sigh. Jian Yong thought that the other party had understood what he meant, but Herodian suddenly changed the subject, "You Han people can't directly
Give it to us? The friendship between Han and Luo will last forever!"
"..." The corner of Jian Yong's mouth twitched, are you very happy now?
"Ahem, you're joking, I'm mentally prepared." Herodian suppressed the smile on his face and said, "If you are willing to sell to us, we are already very satisfied, but if it is too expensive, our finances have been a bit tight recently.
nervous."
Jian Yong looked at Herodian. He could guarantee that from the moment he confirmed that the Han Dynasty was indeed going to sell the cement formula to Rome, all of Herodian's expressions, whether they were excited, excited, sighing, or asking questions, were all fake.
All the expressions and expressions were actually prepared for the final purchase of the Han Dynasty cement formula.
"Herodian, please give me a real price. You should understand how valuable this thing is. It can be said that except for our Han Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible for other countries to come up with formulas for sale. Moreover, the current situation here is really not very good.
It's easy to talk, just forget about the two boxes of gold coins." Jian Yong didn't have as many scenes as Herodian, but he was almost hit the nail on the head.
"Well, what you said made me a little confused about how to speak." Herodian looked hesitant after hearing this, and this time he was really hesitant.
There is no way, the Han Dynasty's sincerity is just like Herodian said, they Rome has received it, and then it depends on Rome's sincerity in return to the Han Dynasty.
Herodian estimated that under the current situation, he could get it at a not too high price, but this price represented Rome's sincerity, which was very important.
It is precisely because the Romans used concrete that they understood how much trouble and worry it saves. If roads could be built with it, it would be enough to solve many problems for Rome. It can be said that the Han Dynasty took this thing out.
, is enough to represent the sincerity of the Han Dynasty.
In this way, Rome could no longer mess around like it did before, giving the Han Dynasty some things it didn't want, such as the land east of Media. It had to give some things that were real even in their country.
It's a precious thing, otherwise, if someone finds out in the future, the friendship between the two parties will really end here.
"Once we get one hundred boxes of gold coins, we will only use them for our own use and will not spread the word." Herodian said slowly after thinking for a long time.
Herodian gave a fair price. Although he wanted to give it a higher price, Rome did have some financial problems. One hundred boxes of gold coins was already his upper limit. If he paid more, he would have to find a way to get money from somewhere.
[Looking back, I think I need to go to the Senate to raise some money. When I get the formula, I can divide it into areas so that those who pay can build roads and collect tolls. Well, forget it, I’ll wait until I get the secret formula back.
Encourage Pompianus to kill the businessmen who sneaked into the Senate.] Herodian thought with malice that this guy was not a purely good person.
[When the time comes, your Majesty will probably demolish Anxi too, take the army back, and kill the businessmen who sneaked into the Senate, which will not cause any turmoil.] Herodian thought fiercely.
"One hundred boxes of gold coins..." Jian Yong was obviously hesitant. The price was only half of what Chen Xi asked for. Although it was acceptable to Jian Yong, since Chen Xi had his own way, he could not ask for a random price.
His tone is generally very bad.
"Let me give you a bottom line. This price is the upper limit of what we can pay you directly. Your treasury will not reserve so much funds. If you want more, we will need to deal with some fixed assets.
." When Herodian saw Jian Yong's expression, he knew that the price was a bit low. In fact, he also knew that the price was low.
Jian Yong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. After a while, he asked, "You don't have any money in your treasury. You shouldn't. It's such a big empire."
"It's not that there is no money, it's that guy Pompianus who invests the national fiscal revenue every year and turns it into physical mines, land, handicraft workshops, fisheries, pastures, vineyards, slave plantations, wineries, and weapons preparation factories.
Wait for all this and leave only part of the money." Herodian did not hesitate to tell Jian Yongshi directly about the situation in the Roman Empire.
Jian Yong's heart sank. If Jian Yong still thought that this approach was courting death ten years ago, he should save it like Wen Jing did if he had money.
Chen and Chen are so rich that they are so full that they become corrupt and inedible. This is called wealth. However, in the past ten years, Jian Yong has witnessed the rise of Chen Xi.
Even now, Jian Yong still doesn't understand what Chen Xi does, but Jian Yong knows that Chen Xi's approach is actually very similar to Pompianus' approach.
"Oh, I see, it's the same here." Jian Yong said perfunctorily with a smile.
"The same is true here, so you should be able to understand that this method sometimes makes you very rich, but you can't get it out in a short time." Herodian said with heartache. Although he also understands economics, he really
Don’t understand Pompianus…
"That's true." Jian Yong nodded and said. Turnover is very complicated. Even Chen Xi occasionally has to check and select suitable ones for transfer. It is said that when an emergency happens, Chen Xi will also feel very uncomfortable.
It is said that when selecting, selecting, and checking the growth rate for turnover, Chen Xi himself felt that it was a kind of mental pollution.
"If it was okay before, it's really hard to get it now." Herodian sighed and said, "Why don't you see what else you want or what the conditions are, and we can help you solve it incidentally.
Too much money and Pompianus will go crazy."
"How about adding another condition?" Jian Yong looked at Herodian's expression and nodded. Jia Xu had previously given Jian Yong other possible conditions when he came over.
"What conditions?" Herodian breathed a sigh of relief. If he wanted to increase the number of gold coins, Pompianus would really need to sell his property. Then Pompianus would probably kill him directly.
There are other ways to redeem it.
"It seems that An'an is hopeless. After An'an falls, according to the previous agreement, all the areas east of Media will belong to the Han Dynasty." Jian Yong calmly recounted.
Herodian nodded when he heard this. There is nothing to say. In fact, Rome doesn't even want Media. It has short legs and can't afford it. If it is given to you Han Dynasty, it will be given to you Han Dynasty. It is not my own thing, so I can give it to you casually.
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"We hope that after the war is over, we will work together to build a city in Media as a trade zone. How about joint management?" Jian Yong asked tentatively.
Herodian frowned. This matter had no impact on Herodian. In fact, Rome is now basically sure to kill Anxi and blockade the Zagros Mountains. The east side is basically not needed.
Therefore, for Rome, the millions of square kilometers from the west of Media to Zagros are actually in a semi-abandoned state, and are intended to be used as buffer lines or something.
After all, the Romans had short legs, and the number of citizens in the main body could only account for about one-tenth. The current land was large enough, and naturally they were in a willful state with regard to the land area. However, now Jian Yong means Midi on the dividing line between the two sides.
Asia establishes a free trade area.
If anything, this is indeed a good thing, and it is indeed true for Rome, but the problem is that the borderline that the Romans used to think of was the Zagros Mountains. If a condominium was to be established, Rome would have to send people there.
.
"This is okay." Although Herodian is reluctant to establish a free trade zone on the border between the two sides in theory, the Han Dynasty's approach is indeed correct in Herodian's view. It will be of great benefit to both parties, but
They Romans had short legs.
[By the way, they said it was the Media area, but they didn’t mention the location. When the time comes, they can’t build a city as a condominium near the Zagros Mountains.] Herodian thought silently, not caring about the consequences of doing so.
The Han Dynasty was closer to the Roman border and so on.
[Could this guy have guessed what we want to do?] Jian Yong thought silently when he saw Herodian's expression.
The idea of using the free trade zone as a condominium area was something Jia Xu told Jian Yong. Jia Xu also knew that Rome had some financial problems. After all, he had raised so many soldiers. Jia Xu didn't believe that there was a cheater like Chen Xi in Rome.
guy.
In addition, compared to things like gold coins, Jia Xu likes more honest things, such as land. Although the two sides drew the line to Media, Jia Xu thought about it for a while and thought that he should fool Rome and establish a condominium there.
, in this way, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land can be confused again, and this transaction is still worth doing.
