"Achaemenid kingdom, pay tribute: 100 stone of gold, 10 camels, 200 stone of spices, 10 jars of wine, 10 beauties, 1 white elephant......

"The Qiang Kingdom offered tribute: 1,000 pieces of cashmere, some ambergris, a cart of jade, and 100 stones of spices......

"Loulan Kingdom offered tribute: a pair of crystal mica, agate beads, ten ostriches, and a pair of chain mail......

"The country of Qiuci offered tribute: a horse of sweat and blood, a pair of fire beads, 100 yaks, 100 stones of spices, and 10 jars of wine......

"Dawan Kingdom offered two horses of sweat and blood, a beauty, and a hundred slaves......

Standing on the side of the Majesty's platform, holding the gift list, the CRRC government ordered the rubber slippery, and read out the Western countries that entered the dynasty for the monarchs and ministers of the Wu State, and the tribute to Qingji.

For the small countries of Fanbang in the West, these tributes for themselves are well known.

These tributes are not precious, and they are not cheap.

The main thing is to see whether it is scarce or not.

As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive.

Some items are not available in the Central Plains, and if they are sold to the Central Plains, Wu Guo will naturally be able to make a lot of money.

Most of the items paid tribute to Wu by the countries of the Western Regions were local customs.

This time, there are many countries in the Western Regions that came to worship Wu.

Qingji refers to these countries of the Western Regions as "the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, namely: Wuqiang, Loulan (Shanshan), Jimo, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Ronglu, Humi, Qule, Khotan, Pishan, Wujiao, Xiye, Zihe, Puli, Yinai, Wulei, Nandou, Dawan, Taohuai, Xiuxun, Poison Donation, Shache, Shule, Yutou, Gumo, Wensu, Qiuzi, Yuli, Weixu, Yanqi, Gushi, Moshan, Zai, Huhu, Quli, and Wulei.

Of the thirty-six kingdoms, some were nomadic tribes, and the other was a kingdom of cities.

The Western Regions is located on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, and the western edge belongs to the Aryans.

The eastern and northern states of the Tarim Basin belonged to the Tocharian people.

The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions are actually just an approximate number.

This time, those who came to pay tribute to Wu included the Persians and the 36 countries of the Western Regions, a total of 55 countries.

According to Judy, the caravan of Wu traveled tens of thousands of miles, passing through hundreds of small countries, tribes, and cities, and focused on Macedonia......

Within four years, Wu's caravans had certainly visited so many countries.

However, only 55 countries came to worship the kingdom of Wu......

They have all realized that this Great Wu Kingdom is an incomparably powerful country!

Not to mention the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persians, the rest of the states were small, with populations ranging from tens of thousands to thousands......

However, for Wu and Qingji, it is already the time for all countries to come to court.

These envoys and caravans from Western countries rushed into Wu under the guise of worshipping Wu in the name of worshipping Wu State, what is the reason?

It's not hard to guess that Qing Ji -

Have trade relations!

Right!

After seeing the huge profit margins of paper, ceramics, tea, silk and other items in the West, they really wanted to do business and trade with Wu.

After all, Wu is not strong enough to force Western countries to submit with its own strength!

"Your Excellency King Wu, the contempt is the envoy of the Achaemenid kingdom, Mueller......

At this time, a middle-aged man with a high nose bridge, deep-set eye sockets, a rather tall figure, and a beard stood up and made a chest hug salute towards Qingji on the throne.

While Mueller spoke, Judy, who was already proficient in Persian, sat aside and translated for Qingji.

"I have heard that the state of Wu generally returns the favor to the countries that worship. This gift is reciprocated, so why not discount it and use the currency of Wu as a return gift?"

After Judy's translation, Qingji also understood the meaning of Müller's words.

Just as Qingji expected, the Persians, as well as these small states that came to worship Wu, were all under the idea of bartering......

Discounted?

Qingji thought about it for a moment and felt that it was harmless.

After all, the purpose of Qingji to open up the Silk Road is not only to make money, but also to let the Chinese people open their eyes to the world.

These Westerners can be said to have fallen into the eyes of money!

"Quasi-play."

Qingji replied lightly with two words.

"Thank you, Your Excellency King Wu!"

After receiving Qingji's reply, Mueller was satisfied.

This kind of trade is actually a win-win outcome.

Sending caravans to the West again for trade was not ordinarily difficult for Wu State.

If Westerners could take the initiative to offer such a precious item as Qingji, wouldn't it save a lot of freight?

Of course, the principle that scarcity is precious remains the same.

Mueller paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled slightly: "Your Excellency King Wu, I have heard that Wu has many wise people, who are far-sighted and well-informed......

"The contemptible people have a problem, I don't know if the wise man of the Wu Kingdom can solve the puzzle?"

Hearing this, Qingji narrowed his eyes.

Is Muller making things difficult?

However, Qingji is not afraid of this.

After all, in addition to Qingji, above the court of Wu State, Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu, Kong Qiu and others, which one is not a wise man?

"Oh, I don't know what kind of problem Mr. has, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Dare to ask Your Excellency the Honorable King Wu, is this world where people are located? Is it Fang?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji replied: "The way of heaven is round, the way of the earth is square, and the law of the saints is the law, so it is called "the world".

"I Wu people believe that the way of heaven is round, and the essence runs up and down, and the circumference is complex, and there is nothing left......

Madame Judy, who was sitting on the side, was speechless.

Qingji spoke in such a crepe manner, which really made her difficult to translate!

Fortunately, Judy is not unable to simplify and then translate it for Müller.

"Heaven is Lord, earth is secondary, heaven is yang, earth is yin. The two sensed each other and gave birth to all things in heaven and earth."

Hearing this, Mueller was deeply puzzled, and asked curiously, "So, does Your Excellency King Wu think that the sky is round?"

"Not really."

Qingji shook his head and said, "My ancestors in China had the doctrine of "the sky is round and the earth is round", but it is only used for philosophy, not practice."

"The ancients called the undivided state of heaven and earth and the beginning of chaos as Taiji, and Taiji gave birth to two instruments, which drew yin and yang, and separated heaven and earth."

"They called the vast universe of many stars 'heaven' and the earth on which they lived, because the sun and moon and other celestial bodies move endlessly in cycles."

"It's like a closed circle with no beginning and no end. But the earth is quietly there to carry the world, just as a square object is still and stable, so the concept of "the sky is round and the earth is round" was born......

The round sky and the place are just a concept, not a real proof that the world is "square".