For Liu Bei's daily life demonstrated by Zhang Rang, many of the details Liu Bei also knew for the first time.

According to Zhang Rang's arrangement, first of all, after Liu Bei woke up in the morning, there was a special person to serve Liu Bei to dress and wash, and the clothes he wore were all precious and high-end Shu brocade weaving, from head to toe, all of them were woven with Shu brocade, and Shu brocade was full of dragons.

Then comes the washing session.

Because Liu Bei attaches great importance to the cleaning of the face and teeth, he made a toothbrush specially used for brushing his teeth, which is made of bristles and ivory, the material is very difficult to find, the production process is very difficult, and the precious fine salt specially made is used as the material for brushing the teeth, which is used to clean the teeth, two to three times a day.

After washing, it was the breakfast session, and Zhang Rang specially arranged a table of exquisite breakfast meals for the kings to watch, so that they could see what Liu Bei was eating.

They have never seen pasta, fried eggs they have never seen, fried rice they have never seen, all kinds of fried foods and steamed foods that they have never seen.

"Your Majesty once said that the plan of the day lies in the morning, so Your Majesty gets up early, has 36 meals, 12 drinks, and 6 porridge dishes, all of which are served in gold and silver bowls, and a special person tests the poison and presents it to Your Majesty, every day, do not slack off."

The kings were envious and amazed, and praised Liu Bei for being worthy of being the son of Han Tian, and his life was so exquisite, which was really eye-opening for them.

Then in the morning, in addition to dealing with official business, Liu Bei also had to drink tea and eat refreshments.

Zhang Rang specially made green tea and black tea, two teas that have not yet been popularized and are still in mass production experiments, for them to drink, and also took out specially made small desserts for them to taste, telling them that this is a top luxury that only the Han Tianzi and the royal family can enjoy.

Because of the difficulty of production and low production, this is an absolute royal tribute, and it is impossible for ordinary people to encounter it unless the emperor rewards it.

After that, it's time for lunch.

"Lunch, is also a meal that His Majesty attaches great importance to, there must be nine hundred and eighty-one meals, poultry meat, animal meat, birds, sea fish, mountain delicacies are indispensable, the five flavors are complete, Your Majesty lives in it, savor every day is so, and a shortage of one day is categorically not allowed."

While Zhang Rang introduced them to the meals, he also introduced them to Liu Bei's daily habits of enjoying these meals - of course, some so-called habits that Liu Bei himself did not know, or, most likely, Liu Hong's previous habits.

Finally, there is dinner, 8864 meals, less than noon, but more exquisite, less oil and meat seasoning, multiple ingredients and flavors.

Zhang Rang also pointed out that some of the ingredients used in the meals are top-quality ingredients that can only be produced on the seashore of the Han Dynasty and the land of smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and are not available in other places.

In order to keep these ingredients fresh and delivered to Liu Bei's table as quickly as possible, the Dahan transfer system was under tremendous pressure, and basically came at an expedited speed of six hundred miles.

In order to let Liu Bei eat fresh ingredients, Dahan did whatever it takes.

The kings of the small country were again amazed and envious, especially the kings of Qiuzi and Wusun, and their eyes were even more envious.

They chased after Zhang Rang to ask for more details, and they couldn't wait for Zhang Rang to tell them the order in which Liu Bei tasted these foods, as if they could completely imitate Liu Bei's living habits if they knew this, and then go back to China to pretend to be forced.

They did think so, they did plan to completely learn Liu Bei's living habits, and then go back and pretend to be forced.

Among the countries of the Western Regions, there are also large and small, some rich, and some poor.

For example, the kingdom of Qiuzi and Wusun is very large, and the kings enjoy the worship of their people, and their families are rich, and they are definitely worthy of such enjoyment on the economic basis, at least they themselves think so.

Seeing Liu Bei's exquisite life, they yearned for it incomparably, and felt that this was the demeanor of a king, and this was the life that a king should enjoy-

What kind of pride and ambition is it to raise the power of a country and only to be luxurious for one person?

So they really wanted to be able to learn Liu Bei's way of life in an all-round way, so they did not hesitate to introduce a lot of things that they couldn't produce at all, and even in order to maintain such a life, even if they were fully imported, no matter how big the cost was, they would not hesitate.

Others don't say it, even the Dumiao prince of Moshan Kingdom, who has just returned to the country, is crowded in the crowd with red eyes and asks Zhang Rang some details of Liu Bei's life.

He didn't seem to care at all whether his newly restored, still dilapidated country could support such a luxurious "imported life".

So according to the previous plan, Zhang Rang introduced stir-fried dishes, fried dishes, and all kinds of "innovative" court dishes to them, and then told them about some serious innovations in the Han Empire over the years.

When introducing, Zhang Rang also specially pointed out that Liu Bei's clothes from daily clothes to office clothes are all woven from Shu brocade, and the bed utensils are all specially made special Shu brocade production lines, and the entire production line only produces special utensils for him.

In daily life, Liu Bei also wears gold and silver, and does his best to do extravagant things, bringing the noodles to the top.

After that, Zhang Rang said no more, and waited for the kings themselves to make a series of requests.

Not to mention anything else, just some necessary kitchenware and condiments, which they can't produce anyway, let alone Shu brocade, a serious top luxury product.

Want such a "luxurious" life?

Want to eat such delicious food every day?

Do you want to live the same good life as Liu Bei?

Then you really have to get ready.

So, the money came.

Later that day, Liu Bei stayed in his study, listening to Zhang Rang's report, and the smile on his face never stopped.

"King Qiuzi and King Wusun were the most excited, and they were the first to propose to buy the utensils in the palace, and the old slave told them that these items were expensive, and it was extremely difficult to manufacture, and even the Han Dynasty could only use them by the royal family, and if they wanted to order, it might be really troublesome, but they directly said that money was not a problem.

When the old slave heard it, it was good, so he told them what the specific price was, they didn't care about such a price at all, and directly said that from beginning to end, they wanted everything they could buy, whether it was kitchen utensils, condiments, tea, His Majesty's favorite drink, or Shu brocade, they all wanted it. ”

Zhang Rang said with a smile: "I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is better at getting these people to take out money than you, and all they take out is a lot of money." ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he shook his head with a smile.

"Where is this? Lao Zhang, you wait, the things that these kings personally buy are just small heads, very small heads, real big heads, and they will only appear after these kings go back, and their magnates there will only appear after they know about it, and at that time, there should be many magnates from the Western Regions who want to come to Dahan to buy our things. ”

Zhang Rang nodded, and then, a little worried.

"But it's really expensive, the old slaves are all according to your requirements, and the price is twenty or thirty times higher, and a mouthful of the kind of special iron pot that we specially sent to Rinan County is directly fifty times the price, so there shouldn't be many people who will buy it, right?"

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive at all, you have to believe that those people are really rich, and for the sake of power and interests, as well as face, they will be willing to pay more and more money."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "When these kings go back with things, the first thing they have to do is to show off, and after showing off, the magnates over there will definitely follow, whether it is for face or to please their king."

The so-called upward and downward effect, such a thing is not at all the turn of the common people to do, their powerful and wealthy businessmen will definitely do their best to make their lives closer to us, in order to prove their status and power.

And then it's good, we can sell more things, they can buy more things that we want to sell to them, and then their lives will become more and more extravagant, more and more refined.

Moreover, this will let their people know that only our things are the best things, only our lives are the best lives, and they will envy, yearn and respect the Han from top to bottom.

They will regard everything in the Han Dynasty as extremely noble, even if it is just chopsticks, spoons, dishes, these normal things, in their eyes, are the symbols of the Han Dynasty, the symbol of power, and the symbol of civilization. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"At that time, it is the time when we can really annex the Western Regions and take the Western Regions into our pockets, at that time, we don't even need to use much force from the army, and there will even be many more people in the Western Regions who take the initiative to join the Han, because they don't want to continue their original life, and they yearn for the Han Dynasty incomparably."

Zhang Rang listened to everything Liu Bei said, and just smiled.

A few years ago, he would have felt shocked, and felt that Liu Bei's thoughts were far higher than normal people could imagine.

But now, he is used to it, he is used to Liu Bei's self-confidence and determination to control everything in his hands with superb means and super strength.

So he just smiled.

"Your Majesty is wise and far-sighted, the small countries in the Western Regions are simply paper paste in front of Your Majesty, no matter how many people and soldiers and horses they have, as long as Your Majesty wants to, tomorrow, they will change their country name and become a county of the Han Dynasty."

"It's not that exaggerated, but that's pretty much it."

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang with a smile: "Lao Zhang, you also did a good job this time, accompanied me to act, but made these dirt buns really believe that I live like this, and I did a good job." ”

As soon as he heard Liu Bei's praise, Zhang Rang's old face immediately laughed out of folds.

"It is the honor of the old slave to do things for His Majesty!"

"Ah, always pick nice words to me, in the long run, I'm afraid I'm going to become mediocre."

Liu Bei put down the tea bowl, walked up to Zhang Rang and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't you dare to continue to hold me like this in the future, if I am held up by you, you will be miserable." ”

"It's nothing at all, Your Majesty is by no means the kind of person who would indulge in compliments."

Zhang Rang smiled: "You can obviously live such a life, but you will never go, such a self-disciplined person is really the only one seen in the life of the old slave, so the old slave can praise you to the fullest, and you will not worry about losing your heart." ”

"You old slave, you really pick and choose the good ones to listen to me, hahahahaha!"

Liu Bei didn't say anything more, just laughed.

Of course, this sounds good, but Zhang Rang said this, somewhat sincerely, and he really felt that Liu Bei was not the kind of superior who would indulge in sycophants, if so, he would not have been able to come to this day, because from the moment he became the inheritor of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zuo family, he had been surrounded by all kinds of good words.

As long as he has a little bit of slackness, he can't go today, but he has withstood all kinds of good words, step by step to today, on the day he ascended the throne, Zhang Rang knew that nothing could shake Liu Bei's will, his will was as tough as steel after the sixth technological reform.

After being the emperor for so long, Liu Bei's life is still similar to the past, although it is not as frugal as Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, but it is also the level of a normal rich man, and the people who can live this kind of life in the entire Han Dynasty are available in every county, and it is indeed a good life, but it is definitely not to the point of wearing gold and silver.

Especially Shu brocade, Liu Bei didn't need it at all, he felt that the general silk produced in other places was also very useful, and the clothes made were also very comfortable to wear, so Shu brocade was rarely seen in the court.

In Liu Bei's place, the greater significance of the production of Shu brocade is to sell it to earn money, and it exists as a national symbol and fist product.

In order to advertise and open up sales channels for Shu brocade, this time Liu Bei deliberately engaged in a few underwear, outerwear, and dresses made by Shu brocade, and put them on as a model, and achieved very good results.

The kings of the Western Regions were crazy about this, even if the price of Shu brocade was more expensive than gold here in Luoyang, but they still placed orders for more than 1,000 horses, and King Wusun and King Qiuzi were more like engaging in an arms race, and one person placed an order for 100 horses.

Such a large order cannot be received at any time, which also made Liu Bei realize the wealth of the ruling class of the countries in the Western Regions.

A small country is a small country with a small population and a small population, but on the Silk Road, how could these rulers and their officials be poor?

One race is rich!

He planned to spend a little time to defeat all the local products of the Western Regions, so that the goods of the Han Empire could fully enter the markets of these small countries, and then strive for the most favorable tariff treatment.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to completely exempt them from tariffs, and before annexation, they must be given a little benefit, and they will be treated as piggy banks, and it does not matter if they give a little.

But.

The market has to be all open.

(End of chapter)