After hearing Lu Ning's words, Smith was shocked in his heart. He only heard him say, "My respectful friend, you even know Hadrian's Palace and the Pantheon. It is really incredible that we have books on "Ten Books of Architecture" in Rome. Hadrian's Palace and the Pantheon are the pride of us Romans. It is the most majestic and beautiful building in the world. It is the symbol of our Sma."

Lu Ning looked at the surprised Smith and said, "My respectful friend, these things and books won't make things difficult for you. I think if you are really a powerful slave owner businessman, you should be able to do it, otherwise it will be difficult to say." Lu Ning used a small verbal excitement to Smith, but I wonder if it would have any effect on him.

Smith was stunned for a moment and laughed, and said to Lu Ning: "Of course not, but my respected friend. Books like "Ten Books of Architecture" are very expensive. They can be built and masters who design buildings like Hadrian's Palace and Pantheon will also spend a lot of effort. I just don't know what price my respected friend can offer? If you can sell a reasonable price, then any books and masters can help you get it, otherwise I can only say sorry."

After hearing this, Lu Ning burst into laughter. His grandmother's, this foreigner is just direct. This is a good thing for Lu Ning. Lu Ning is also used to this negotiation method, which makes it more convenient to negotiate. Lu Ning smiled and said to Smith: "My dear friend, just offer your price. I think there will be a tacit understanding between us."

After hearing this, Smith also laughed happily and said, "My respected friend, two thousand gold coins per book like "Ten Books of Architecture", like building and designing the Pantheon, and Hadrian's Palace, each gets one thousand gold coins. Others, such as technicians, craftsmen, skilled workers, doctors, painters, and craftsmen and technicians from all walks of life, are the same as one hundred gold coins. If you are not even a little short, what will happen to us when we meet people and things, my respected friend."

It's too outrageous! This devil guy is not going to kill Lu Ning hard? Then Lu Ning won't become a pig, what a joke, you really treat Lu Ning as a fool, Lu Ning shook his head and said to Smith: "My respectful friend, books like "Ten Books of Architecture" are 600 gold coins per set, and other technical books are 200 gold coins, such as construction and design of Hadrian's Palace and the Pantheon. Each master craftsman like technicians, craftsmen, skilled workers, doctors, painters, and craftsmen and technicians from all walks of life, the worst is to meet people and things behind the scenes. This is the final price I gave. My respectful friend, I think you should accept it, you should have a lot of gold coins to earn."

After hearing this, Smith laughed happily. When Lu Ning saw his expression, he knew that he had been plotted against by this ghost again. Smith picked up the wine glass and said to Lu Ning: "My respectful friend, let's have a happy cooperation, cheers."

Lu Ning also knew that he had already said that he could only suffer a loss, and it was not easy to turn a blind eye. He had to pick up the glass and clink the glass and fuck Smith, and then said, "Let's cooperate happily."

Smith smiled, and he continued to say to Lu Ning: "My respectful friend, besides what I said just now, is there anything else that I can help you? I am very happy to serve you."

You are willing to serve me, you are serving gold coins, would you be so concerned if there is no high return, but Lu Ning still smiled and said, "My respectful friend, what I want most is that what I just told you is that I need all kinds of talents with skills, of course, good talents, no matter which talent, there are also various books and various technical materials. Of course, if possible, I also want a few very excellent centurions in the Roman army, especially those who are well-educated and very outstanding. "

After hearing this, Smith said, "My dear friend, what do you need our centurion in the Roman army to do?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning laughed and said, "My respectful Mr. Smith, please don't be too careful. I just want them to help me train my own guards so that I will be safer when I go out, and there is no other meaning."

After hearing this, Smith finally fell into his heart, and then said to Lu Ning: "My dear friend, how much more time do you plan to stay in Fars Province this time?"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "My dear friend, I probably will be around 30 or 40 days. But in a year, my merchant ship will come here. If you can't organize this time, you can organize it in advance and trade it with you after my merchant ship arrives. In this way, you have plenty of time to do things and people I need."

Smith said: "My dear friend, then I can see how much you need to help you organize in the past few days. If you can't organize it now, I will give it to your dear friend when you come next time."

Lu Ning said: "Thank you, my respected friend. I hope that the cooperation between us will begin from now on, and I hope that we can continue to cooperate for a long time. As long as you have money to make money, I am very happy."

Afterwards, Lu Ning asked Zhou Taimitian and his soldiers to guard the battleship. Lu Ning, led by Du's helper, went to Dian Wei, Guo Jia, Wei Yan and more than 100 guards to visit the Persepolis Palace ruins in Persia. The weather was very hot. Lu Ning and others rode Arab war horses all the way. Lu Ning and others finally saw the Persepolis Palace ruins burned by Alexander in Macedonia. It was more than 500 years old. When Lu Ning looked at the scale of the Persepolis Palace ruins, it was really shocking. It was unimaginable that such a huge building could be built more than 2,500 years ago. It can be seen how powerful the Achaemenid Empire was at that time and how high the building level was. That was

It took thousands of very outstanding architects, engineers, and various types of craftsmen to complete it for decades. This is a rare miracle in the world and a miracle of mankind. It is a pity that it was destroyed by Alexander in the end. What an excellent palace. If it was left to this day, it would definitely be a miracle of the world. Even after Guo Jia saw the pillars and ruins left behind, he lamented the strength of the Achaemenid Empire at that time. If there was no strong national strength and insufficient economic strength, it would be impossible to imagine that it would take too much people and financial resources to complete such a magnificent building.

While visiting, Lu Ning said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, have you seen that such a powerful country? If there is no good policy continuation, it will be conquered by other countries in many years. Look at how powerful the Achaemenid Empire was at that time, but due to various reasons, this is the final outcome. Until now, Persia has not really stood up and breathed. If my Han people still haven't woken up and are still criticizing strange and persevering tricks all day long, and if there is no sense of crisis, then it will not be far from the day of destruction."

After hearing this, Guo Jia said in a heavy mood: "Lord, I really didn't expect Persia to be so powerful more than 500 years ago. When I saw their buildings, I realized that we were all frogs in the well. Their construction level was much higher than that of our great men. Many of their skills were much more advanced than ours. If we were still like the sour and corrupt scholars in the lord's mouth, then our nation was really finished and we should really wake up. Otherwise, Persia would be our predecessor. Such a powerful country finally fell to such a level, which really made us think deeply."

Lu Ning smiled and said, "I told you before that the world outside is big. If we don't go out, we will see that we are actually frogs in the well. Now the sour scholars of the Han Dynasty and corrupt scholars are too arrogant. The high-ranking officials in the court only know how to be greedy for comfort. It is true that civil officials are greedy and military officers are afraid of death. Do you think that the nation still has hope? Does the country still have hope? A country must have civil officials not be greedy and military generals not afraid of death, so that there will be hope. If we don't work hard to improve the literary style of our Han people.

To improve quality, national rejuvenation is just empty talk. Only when the people have culture and knowledge can they not be deceived by officials and emperors at all levels. Only when the people have ideas and ideas can the country have hope and national rejuvenation is possible. We must follow the path of education and prosperity. We must also strive to improve the status and treatment of craftsmen from all walks of life. Only in this way can our economy succeed and our national strength be enhanced. Otherwise, it will be nonsense and lies."

Guo Jia said: "Lord, this time I came to Fars Province to buy craftsmen and books, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning laughed. You Guo Jia has just reported it now. Is it a little late? Lu Ning looked at him and said, "Yes, Fengxiao, I don't have time to go to the Roman Empire, otherwise we will buy too many good things and great craftsmen. If we go to Rome, it will take too long. With Guan Ning and Boda, they said that we are returning in about a year, so we can't go anymore, for fear of Bingzhou. Otherwise, if you take Fengxiao to Rome to take a look, you will know what kind of building is called magnificent. There are Pantheons and Hadrian's Palace, which is truly magnificent. Only Rome is so powerful and rich. The gold coins flowing out of the Romans purchase things from outside are as high as 10 million, which is 100 million. That is the amount that our Han Dynasty could not reach for more than ten years."

Guo Jia said, "When I saw the wealth of Fars, I knew that our great man was actually very poor, and I also knew why the lord had always advocated external conquests and was not interested in the lords fighting for hegemony. The princes in my great Han territory should wake up, but this is just our one-sided idea. They cannot understand the lord's mind. They are all planning for themselves. Even if Yuan Shao was destroyed by our army, he is the descendant of the three kings of four generations. His original knowledge should be very broad, but he is still blinded by personal selfish interests. If the lord wants to truly change people's thoughts, his ideas cannot be done in a short period of time. It will take a long time, and it may take several generations to achieve results."
Chapter completed!