The current population of Wu State, the ten counties of Wu State, add up to more than 4 million, which is a conservative estimate.

If you add one more Jing country, it may exceed six million.

But compared with the Persian Empire, which had a population of more than 10 million, it was far behind, about three times worse.

According to Qingji's estimates, the total population of all the Chinese vassal states is more than 10 million, and it will not exceed 20 million people.

"This Achaemenid Empire, really has such a huge territory and so many people?"

"Shhh It's amazing! How many countries are there in the world? ”

"Sitting in a well and watching the sky, I really sat in a well and watched the sky before, I only thought that the Chinese countries were 'the world', and I never thought that there was such a big country in the far west."

For the other small countries on the map, the ministers didn't care.

The only thing they paid attention to was the so-called "Achaemenid Empire".

In the past, the Chinese people thought that they lived in the world, that is, "the world", the four directions Yidi, Ru Mao drank blood, and ate the ancient.

The Chinese people have the power to open up to the outside world, but they think that the land of the four directions is all barbarian land, barren land, and it is time-consuming and laborious to rule those places, and it is really worth the loss.

It is precisely because there is no goal of external development that the vassal states will choose to fight separately and attack each other.

In the Xia and Shang dynasties, as well as the Western Zhou Dynasty, the co-owners of the world would divide their sons and brothers, or heroes to establish a country in remote places, and then forge ahead in all directions.

This is "under the whole world, it is not the king's land." On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister"!

The existence of the Achaemenid Empire is undoubtedly a big surprise.

Kong Qiu asked curiously, "Great King, that Achaemenid Empire must be very rich, right?" ”

"Riches can't be said."

Qingji shook his head and said, "The specific situation is unknown. ”

"It is said that Lao Tzu once went to the Achaemenid Empire, please introduce Lao Tzu to the second and third sons!"

Lao Tzu, who was ranked as the secretary, was sitting among the ministers at this time.

Hearing Qingji call his name, Lao Tzu immediately stood up, saluted Qingji on the platform, and then politely bowed to the ministers and doctors.

For the strange Achaemenid Empire, the ministers and doctors of the Wu State were very interested.

"The second and third sons, the old man once went to the Achaemenid Empire and lived there for three years."

Lao Tzu actually lived in the Achaemenid Empire for three years?

Including Qingji, the ministers of Wu were all surprised.

However, it seems not surprising that Lao Tzu rode a green ox out of the customs in the past, and has not been heard from for more than ten years, and has lived in one place for three years.

"This country, established for about 200 years, after more than ten generations of unremitting efforts, pioneering and enterprising, finally in the past few decades, completed the rise, creating the current Achaemenid Empire ......"

Qing Ji knows a little about this matter.

The Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus II, but he was not the founder of the Achaemenid tribe.

Around 705 BC, two hundred years ago, the Persian tribal leader Achaemenes founded the Kingdom of Persia.

He was the first official king of the Persians, the Yin Lang people.

Lao Tzu said: "The Persians had a prosperous business, mainly animal husbandry and agriculture. ”

"This country has a large territory, many ethnic groups, and a large population, but many small states have only been conquered by the Persians, and I am afraid that it is difficult to really integrate ......"

Under the introduction of Lao Tzu, including Qingji, the ministers and doctors of Wu had a preliminary understanding of this Achaemenid Empire.

And Qingji, at this time, also said his purpose.

"The second and third sons, the widow means, is to establish a road to the west, to the Achaemenid Empire, or even more west, to trade with Westerners, and to make profits from it."

"I don't know what the second and third sons think, what?"

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

"The king, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

Dazai Jiran was the first to stand up and retort: "My Wu country is now very rich. ”

"Looking at the kingdom of heaven and earth, only the kingdom of Qi and the kingdom of Jin can be compared with my kingdom of Wu, and there is really no need for the king to take the risk of sending a caravan to a place tens of thousands of miles away to do business with Westerners."

"Please King Mingjian!"

Hearing this, Qingji just frowned and was noncommittal.

The servant Shen Xi followed and said, "The king, the minister thinks that what Dazai said is very true!" ”

"My country of Wu is now full of treasury and rich family, why risk my life and go to the extreme west to trade?"

"It's not worth it!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The ministers of the old clan such as Lili and Hu Yong all stood up to admonish.

Qingji still didn't speak.

Seeing this, Bo Yan, who was good at figuring out Qingji's thoughts, immediately held a tooth wat in his hand, came to the bottom of His Majesty's platform and said angrily: "King, the minister thinks that my Wu State should trade with the West!" ”

"How big is the world?"

"In the past, I Chinese people only thought that all directions were barbarian land in the south and north, but I never thought that there was such a powerful country as the Achaemenid Empire in the west."

"Porcelain, tea, silk and other items unique to China are not available and cannot be produced in the West."

"If you can sell those goods to the West, do the second and third sons know how much money they will make?"

“……”

The ministers and doctors all shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

Bo Yan secretly calculated it, and said loudly: "If a piece of silk from my Wu Kingdom is sold to Qin State, I can earn two thousand to three thousand yuan, and the profit is about two or three times. ”

"If a piece of silk is sold to the Achaemenid Empire, or even further away, it is at least equivalent to 10,000 or even 30,000 yuan!"

"How much profit is more than ten times?"

"This ......"

The ministers all stared, looking like they were seeing a ghost.

Qingji smiled knowingly.

According to Bo Biao, this is actually a conservative estimate.

Ten times the profit?

Joke!

Silk, tea, porcelain, are all unique things in China, specialty!

This is tens of thousands of miles, and ten times the profit is still too low.

At least dozens of times the profit!

What do second-hand dealers rely on to make money?

Difference!

Second-tier dealers are actually middlemen.

From Wu to the Achaemenid Empire, and even further west to Athens, Macedonia, and the Celts, the journey was long and difficult, and the merchants must have to sell it for a high price.

As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive.

The merchants of Wu want to sell cheaply, and I am afraid that the Western nobles who are buyers will not agree!

After knowing that doing business with Westerners might make huge profits and make a lot of money, Dazai Jiran and others hesitated for a moment, and then agreed.

After all, no one will dislike having a lot of money in their pockets.

What's more, Wu Guo is only relatively wealthy, and there are actually a lot of places to spend money.

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