At that time, people didn't have much sense of equality, not to mention that in the face of the behemoth of the Han Dynasty, Mo Zhiti never thought about asking for any equal treatment. Mo Zhiti picked up the two copies of the "Shule Treaty" written in two languages in front of him, read them in a hurry, and there was no difference from what he had just discussed, so he couldn't help but nod his head and stretched out his hand to his entourage. The attendant hurriedly handed over a pen, and Liu Xin's eyes lit up.

It was actually not a pen, but a thick goose feather, and Liu Xin finally understood how Ma Yun's delicate words were written.

Mo Zhiti picked up the quill pen, brushed the brush, signed his name on both documents, and then handed the documents to Liu Xin. These two documents were originally sorted out by Liu Xin, so naturally there was nothing to look at, he picked up a brush and wrote his name in a flying manner.

There are also guards who have held a handful of seal clay and a jade seal, which is Liu Xin's private seal, not a jade seal of the country. Liu Xin picked up the jade seal and solemnly stamped it behind his name, and then handed one of the documents to Mo Zhiti.

Mozhiti took the document in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly made a move that made everyone jaw-dropping. He stretched out his right hand and pressed it lightly on the clay box, and then pressed the hand stained with clay behind his name, leaving a bright red palm print on the paperwork.

Liu Xin took Mo Zhiti and pressed the paperwork of the palm print, and he didn't feel that Yang Bailao had betrayed Xi'er, and it took a long time to come back to his senses. However, the first unequal treaty in the history of the Han Dynasty was finally officially signed, and of course, this inequality was for foreign countries, but for the Han Dynasty, there was no loss at all.

The treaty had been signed, and the horses and women who had paid the tribute had been collected, but Mozhiti had no intention of leaving. Liu Xin was surprised, suddenly understood, and asked with a smile: "Mozhiti, what reward do you want?" ”

Mozhiti's face was slightly hot, but his skin was dark, but he couldn't see it. When he left for Shule this time, Mo Zhiti also did some homework and learned that every time he paid tribute to the Han in the past, he would be rewarded by Han Yan, but Liu Xin didn't make any moves, but asked bluntly, how could he not make him blush? Mo Zhiti was stunned for a moment, but still said: "This king has long heard that the silk and porcelain of the Han Dynasty are the treasures of the world, and I hope that the adults can reward one or two." And this thing used to write the treaty, which is very peculiar, can you also give some of it? ”

Since ancient times, the emperors of all dynasties have a good face, if there are all countries to come to the court, it is a rare prosperous age, for the tributary foreign envoys to give back 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 were even more shrewd foreign monarchs and ministers who defrauded the court of property in the name of tribute.

Liu Xin is a person who pays attention to affordability, so naturally he will not allow this to happen. In his plan, not only would he not reward these foreign envoys with a penny of money or property, but he would not even prepare a decent banquet. Of course, as a foreign envoy, he has his own special post house to be responsible for reception, and there are still a few light meals.

Hearing that Mozhiti couldn't wait to ask for a reward, Liu Xin laughed, waved his hand, and said: "The paper used to write the treaty is called Xiang paper, which is the national treasure of my Han Dynasty, and it cannot be easily handed over to you. As for silk and porcelain, there are many of them on Shule Street now, so if you want it, you can buy it yourself. ”

Mo Zhiti didn't expect Liu Xin to pick the door like this, but the thing was in Liu Xin's hands, Liu Xin was unwilling to give it to him, and he had no choice. However, in this world, it is not only Han people who value face, and Mo Zhiti has just become the king of Dawan, and he can't lose face, if he goes back empty-handed like this, he will definitely be ridiculed by the nobles of Dawan.

Yan Sai still knew the current affairs, and quietly whispered a few words in Mo Zhiti's ear, and Mo Zhiti bowed down and retired.

After leaving the palace of Shule, Mozhiti and Yansai quietly came to the street with a few cronies, and sure enough, they saw many shops selling silk and porcelain from the Han Dynasty. Since the civil strife of the Han Dynasty and the severance of trade routes, silk has rarely been seen in Dawan, let alone porcelain.

Mozhiti was dazzled, but he didn't have time to pick carefully, so he hurriedly browsed a few shops and bought two pairs of white porcelain vases and ten silk horses. When he came, he brought three thousand taels of silver, which was originally intended to be used to deal with Liu Xin's cronies, but he couldn't use it, so he could buy some silk and porcelain back.

It's just that the price of the two pairs of white porcelain vases is high, and with ten fine silks, he spent all his money at once.

After buying white porcelain and silk, Mozhiti did not stay in Shule City for long, and went directly back to Guishan City. After returning to Guishan City, Mozhiti immediately summoned all the nobles of Dawan and showed them two pairs of white porcelain vases and ten silk horses. Of course, Mo Zhiti did not say that he bought these things on the streets of Shule City, but said that they were gifts given to him by Liu Xian. Anyway, only Yan Sai and a few cronies knew about this matter, and there was no need to worry that these nobles would ask Liu Xin for verification in person, and they really concealed it from those nobles, and Mo Zhiti's reputation in Dawan also increased, and he finally sat on his throne in one fell swoop.

Liu Xin didn't put his mind on Mo Zhiti. Since he didn't plan to use troops against Dawan for the time being, there was naturally no need to pay too much attention there. His focus now is on the construction of the Uzberi Fortress, the Tulugert Fortress and the Seoul Fortress, and he visits the construction site almost every day or two.

Under Liu Xin's personal supervision, whether it was the soldiers of the Han army, or the Shule Minfu and Dawan prisoners of war, they were all full of energy. Especially those Dawan prisoners of war, after learning that Seoul was completed, they could return to their hometowns, and they could get a lot of wages, and they got up early and worked hard. 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 when Shanshanguo was in the mud city, Liu Xin wrote a letter back, asking Fu Zhi to organize a caravan to come to the Western Regions, and let go of the regulations on the prohibition of silk and porcelain trading.

In fact, it is no wonder that the trade route to the Western Regions has been cut off for many years, and even the Liangzhou area is rampant. In addition, over the years, there have been successive wars in the north, and the real big merchants have been concentrated in Jingzhou and Yizhou, which are relatively calm, and these southern caravans still have a little worry about the unfamiliar northwest, and it is understandable that they are reluctant to come to take risks.

The caravan in front of him is from the Cai family in Xiangyang. As the head of the Cai family, Cai Mao's thoughts are the same as those of those big families, and he is not willing to take risks. But the fate of the Cai family is now firmly tied to Liu Xin, and it is precisely because of Liu Xin that their Cai family's industry in Jingzhou will flourish. Therefore, when Cai Jue returned to her parents' home, Cai Mao finally reluctantly sent her own caravan.

Liu Xin didn't know the inside story at this time, but he was still very happy to see the caravan from Dahan, and personally greeted him out of the palace gate, his face couldn't help but sink, and he shouted: "Cai He, you don't study hard, what are you doing here!" ”

It turned out that the leader of the Cai family's caravan was actually Cai He. Cai He is Cai Jue's younger brother and one of the first students of Xiangyang Academy, it stands to reason that he will not graduate until next year, and then Liu Xin will arrange suitable positions for them according to the evaluation issued by Cai Yong, who knew that he actually appeared in the middle of the Cai family's caravan, Liu Xin naturally wanted to be angry.

In the face of Liu Xin's anger, although Cai He was taken aback, he had also studied in Xiangyang Academy for so many years, and he was no longer the inactive guy in history. Cai He calmed down, arched his hand and said, "Please calm your anger." Now Xiangyang City is busy with the imperial examination, and the academy has been closed for many days, so the younger brother has time to come to the Western Regions. Besides, didn't my brother-in-law tell Master Guo back then that reading 10,000 books should travel 10,000 miles, and my younger brother is here to travel 10,000 miles. ”

Because of reasons from later generations, Liu Xin has never been optimistic about Cai He's brother-in-law, and he let Cai He go to Xiangyang Academy to study, just to appease the Cai family, so that the Cai family can stand on his side with all his heart. But I didn't expect that after a few years of hard work, Cai He was able to behave neither humbly nor arrogant in front of him, it seems that reading makes people progress, this sentence is not false at all.

Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Cai He, how is your business all the way?" Also, how are the imperial examinations in Xiangyang going? ”

Cai He arched his hand without thinking and said, "Back to my sister-in-law, this business is too hot, if I hadn't insisted on covering the goods, it would have been sold out in Xicheng as early as possible." However, when I left Xiangyang, the imperial examination had not yet started, and I didn't know how it was going. ”

As Cai He calculated, an unprecedented imperial examination was being staged in Xiangyang City, thousands of miles away. With last year's experience, the organization of the imperial examination appeared to be orderly, and the number of participants was significantly several times higher than last year.

All exams are conducted at Xiangyang Academy, which is why the academy was forced to take an early holiday. Today's examination is for engineering, which is also the first of the two examinations of arts, martial arts, and engineering.

The engineering exam is very simple, as long as you come up with your own work or invention, and after the evaluation of those technicians in the Ministry of Engineering, you can determine who is the final winner. Of course, these works are not completed by the candidates now, and as early as half a month ago, all the candidates have been gathered at the base of the institute in the western suburbs, where their inventions and works are completed by the skilled craftsmen of the institute.

Therefore, today's exam is just a process of presentation and evaluation, Rao is so, the front door of the academy is already crowded in the morning. Because it is an important person in Xiangyang City who is presiding over today's exam.