Because it took some time to receive foreign guests, Li Su left Zhuge's family to stay in the mansion that night. Anyway, there were enough rooms for such a large Governor's Mansion, and I would go back tomorrow after the Spring Festival.

Originally, Li Su should have greeted the guests' female family during the dinner, and asked Huang Yueying, Zhen Rong and Xiaoqiao and the others politely, saying "Thank you for your hard work, comrades", but since you have drunk too much, these procedures have been saved.

When I woke up the next morning, I ran around the yard and stretched my muscles and bones. After breakfast, the maid cooked tea for Li Su. This was Li Su's routine before work in the morning. I took a nap and took a while to get rid of the cat.

However, because I gained a lot of unknown experiences yesterday, Li Su's time to digest food this morning was not spared. Zhuge Liang took a lot of notes to ask him questions, all about the science, military and history of the Western Regions.

Li Su was eloquent during the talks yesterday, as if he knew everything, and also explained his source of knowledge as ancient books provided by visitors from Western Regions collected by universities and libraries in Lanzhou.

But Zhuge Liang hasn't read any of them yet. Can this prevent people like Zhuge Liang from worrying about their craving for knowledge?

Mr. Li finished his banquet and had drunk too much and rested, Zhuge Liang did not rest. He even found a new official in Luoyang Lantai overnight to confirm how many Western Region books had been sent from Lanzhou and how the translation progress was.

Then Zhuge Liang used his power to transfer all the things he needed first, and said that he would copy one more copy of the clerk in his mansion and return it immediately.

When Zhuge Liang entered the officialdom five years ago, he was the Lingtai Order of the Liu Xie court and was in charge of the "Publishing Bureau", so he certainly had the right to speak in this system.

Later, he was promoted and transferred by himself. After Liu Bei became emperor, the new Grand Historian, Lingtai Ling and other official positions were all the ministers and officials around Zhuge Liang back then. So to put it bluntly, the officials in the entire publishing and media system of the imperial court are Zhuge Liang's original direct subordinates.

After reading it for a night, Zhuge Liang finally found two translated books, one is Euclid's "The Geometric Origin", the other is Plato's "The Ideal Country", and the other is Plato's several unrefined "Law" and "Politics".

Other scholars have not read any of them, and they have not obtained many original works, and the parts that have been read are actually not very reliable and elegant. After all, there is too much difference between Eastern and Western terms.

For Plato's "Meeting Drinks" and other reviewers did not let him go after reading some of the overviews, which was because the cultural differences seemed too filthy. There are many such examples.

(Note: Plato's "Meeting and Drinking" talks about a lot of "spiritual love". The "platonic" we often talk about today actually comes from this, but most people misuse it.

The Plato's chapter on Drinking begins with the things that happened between the same-sex people of philosophers before and after, and no women participated in it at first. So don't use this word when pretending to be literary and artistic in the future.)

Zhuge Liang read some casually, some thoughts were too different, and some things were the same, just to understand what foreigners thought.

Unfortunately, no historical works were found, which made Zhuge Liang unable to fully understand the real information. It may also be that these historical books were too large, and none of the Western Regions merchants who brought the books in the first two batches of Western Regions did not bring such large numbers.

Zhuge Liang came to Li Su to ask for a book list, and by the way, I would like to confirm where Master Li's extra knowledge really looks.

...

Li Su also knows the consequences of his performance yesterday.

He knew that Zhuge Liang was not that easy to fool, but he didn't want to explain much, so he drank tea while pointing out a clear way to Zhuge Liang to divert Zhuge Liang's attention:

"These things are found in the history books of the Greeks and Romans. Greece was an earlier civilization than Rome. Plato, the author of "The Ideal Country" you found, was from Greece.

I had summoned several merchants from Lanzhou and asked many brief histories of the Western Regions. They were all oral outlines, and they might not be correct. But I left a few titles for me.

Let me list you: Greece, Herodotus, "History", Rome, Titus Levi, "History of Rome". However, these two books were relatively early, and Levi was also a person during the founding monarch of the Roman Empire.

The history of the Roman dynasty, especially the so-called Five Sages of Emperors, was not found in Li Wei's "History of Rome". Instead, I would like to take a look at Tacitus's "Chronicles" and you can go to the first few emperors of the Five Sages of Emperors.

By comparing Li Wei and Tacitus, we can also know that the history of the Western Regions is also divided into chronological forms such as "Book of Han" and "Chronicles of Han". Li Wei is not a strict chronological form, but it is also a narrative that ensures the integrity of the event. Only when Tacitus began to have strict records of the chronological dates of the Emperor."

Li Su directly gave him three books, so Zhuge Liang stopped getting entangled, but just asked about the general lessons of Western dynasties and the rise and fall of governance, chaos, rise and fall.

After chatting for a while, the maid from outside the yard came to report that Dian Wei, who was serving as a guard and arresting people yesterday, had something to ask for a meeting.

Li Su remembered that after the meeting yesterday, the guards in the mansion controlled Valerieus, the Roman nobleman who lied and boasted and deceived Sikong, and then took him down to question him.

After all, the other party is a foreigner and it is not considered a serious crime, so the punishment must not be used indiscriminately, so the foreigner will not dare to come and offer advice in the future. Li Su is very civilized, so he just asked someone to detain him for one day and ask for some information.

After all, a Roman noble must also know many contemporary Roman political details that are not written in history books. If these things are recorded, they may be useful, and there is no cost.

Even in a civilized country in later generations, the Criminal Procedure Law also allows for 12 hours of summons without reason, and the case is complicated and can be summoned for 24 hours without evidence. The Public Security Administration Punishment Law also allows for 8 hours of unreasonable verification and inquiries, and 24 hours of case is complicated and inquiries.

(So ​​if you get into some trouble in the future, don’t learn to say “I have the right to see my lawyer first” as soon as you start. If you want to remain silent, you have to stay for eight hours first. People don’t let you see a lawyer on the first day. This is legal, it’s more patient than you, and you haven’t reached the subsequent procedures.

This doesn’t require you to understand the law. You all know the old fried dough sticks who have entered. Therefore, many old fried dough sticks in the detention centers pretend to be dead for eight hours. They can lie down if they can, and they can’t lie down if they can.

After 8 hours of public security or 12 hours of criminal law, materials must be added to the full 24 hours. People who handle the case will also be annoyed. Many small disputes that were just a punch or two were not injured, so they locked up and calmed down for eight hours and settled themselves and quit the case.)

During the Han Dynasty, Li Su deducted some information from a bragging man for a day and a night, which was completely reasonable.

Dian Wei came to report now, could he ask about something valuable? Dian Wei didn't need to do this kind of thing himself, but he has been idle for Li Su for many years. The salary of officials has been rising, but the nature of his work is unshakable.

Li Su asked a few questions kindly, and Dian Wei also took a few pages of the clerk's transcripts to Li Su. Li Su glanced at him and found that there were still many secrets of the Roman court struggles. In recent years, it seemed that Valerieus had indeed come into contact with many senior officials.

The tactical characteristics of some of the Romans' combat are also valuable and can be learned from and criticized. This kind of intelligence was rarely obtained in the Han court. But in general, there is almost no direct use of the information.

However, while Dian Wei handed over the record, he also stood there and did not leave, as if there was still news to be reported verbally.

Li Su also noticed: "What? Are there any other discoveries outside of the transcript?"

Dian Wei: "After we were detained yesterday, the servants brought by Valerieus seemed to be dissatisfied with protecting the Lord. I followed your instructions and tried not to hurt anyone. Please ask Huan Gong Cao to take Titus and Tongzhi out to explain, saying that he was detained for a few days to show punishment, and he would release him if he figured it out."

Li Su: "Didn't fight? Didn't you kill anyone?"

Dian Wei: "No, after they got the explanation, they also dispersed according to the law. A few pushes would not hurt people. However, I found that there were some masters in Valerieus's subordinates, and there were many death soldiers in the rest.

Later, when Valerieus was interrogated in the middle of the night, he specifically interrogated this question. He also honestly said that they had their own customs in Roman countries, and they made people fight for life and enjoy it for the powerful and powerful to enjoy it. In fact, those fighting were really a life-threatening person.

Those dead soldiers were selected from the life-threatening soldiers raised by his family and Emperor Commod. Therefore, my subordinates came to ask, since these Yin-Carrying Dead soldiers came to the territory of the Han Dynasty, should they be in charge of the matter..."

Li Su nodded: "A Roman gladiator, I know. If you encounter such a foreigner in a metropolis like Luoyang, you must register and find out whereabouts. After all, it is a danger. However, most of them are used as guards and left Rome, so what else can you do to fight?"

After setting the tone first, Li Su remembered to capture a detail in Dian Wei's words just now, and asked with interest: "Hey? You just said that there are some experts in it, I wonder how better than you?"

Dian Wei was also honest: "Yesterday you didn't let people kill at will, so you couldn't see your true skills. I guess if you fight directly in battle, you'll hit you with one blow. Then the most powerful gladiator around Valerieus is not my opponent.

If you find a comparison in the army, it is probably similar to Youping (Zhou Tai). However, when both sides hold back and cannot kill people, their moves are fancy and complicated, which makes people dazzling and difficult to guard against. I guess I can only barely deal with him."

Li Su estimated in his mind that the person's real martial arts was between Zhou Tai and Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Using the data analogy in the "Three Kingdoms" game, it is certain that there is a force value of more than 90, but 95 is absolutely not, and it is estimated that it is only 91~93.

However, if we were not dealing with the ever-changing real battlefield fight, but agreed that the one-on-one fights that both sides were prepared and progressed step by step, we would probably have a performance of around 95. If it were purely played in a "exhibition match", we might be stronger.

This is not surprising. After all, although gladiators have to fight for their lives, their work is still martial arts performance. When a person's martial arts value is less than 80, he must first save his life. At this time, he has to use any means to improve his killing skills.

But if the force value is close to 90, it is basically impossible to ensure that you can survive in the gladiator circle. At this time, you have to play well before you become famous, and you have the hope of being rewarded by your master for freedom, or even becoming a superstar.

What if we still pursue the enemy and kill them in one move at once, and they bought tickets to watch the game? We dressed up beautifully and drove a gorgeous carriage to watch the game, and the game ended in one second?

For example, the "fishing net gladiator" that the Romans like very much, and various Qimen weapons all pursue "controlling the enemy as fast as possible, or cutting off the tendons and feet to make the enemy lose the power of counterattack", and then slowly kill with a set of combos.

When Li Su heard that there were experts from the Romans, he couldn't help but feel curious: "Are those people still there? Can you control them and ask them to change their clothes to ask about the situation? Have you ever asked Valerieus what those people originally did?"

Dian Wei: "That's fine. My subordinates are still confident in safety, and they can't bring weapons in. Valerieus also explained truthfully, saying that they are all gladiators, the most powerful and famous, and they were never defeated in Rome, but my subordinates didn't understand these things, and they didn't know how to ask more."

Li Su nodded: "Arranging the guards, taking the other party to take a shower and change clothes first, so as to save some face. It is said that he would be rewarded with him for a few good sets of Shu brocade robes and he would have to change to Shu brocade before he could pay homage to me."

Li Su is already very experienced in how not to hurt people's face and prevent entrapment. After all, I have used the imperial examination room. I will take a shower and change my clothes first, and the clothes I change will be given to you by the government. In this way, no one will feel embarrassed to be searched and will not hurt feelings.

Li Su and Zhuge Liang continued to talk about Western history and knowledge, and Li Su himself changed a set of iron armor, and at the same time he asked the maids in the yard to withdraw and dozens of iron armor guards. Li Su himself also changed a set of lock iron armor worn inside.

In addition, to put it bluntly, since Li Su returned to Luoyang to serve, he has also expanded and updated his guard troops. The main ones are some officers who are qualified to lead troops. They should be released to fight and make contributions, and then absorb young fresh blood into the guard troops.

The expansion of Liu Bei's camp in the past two years was mainly due to Gao Shun's presidency and training, so Li Su also absorbed a group of new selections from Wancheng to stand out.

The Jingzhou Army, especially the Jingbei Army, had just risen in the past two years, naturally fell into Li Su's vision. Liao Hua, Chen Dao, and Zong Yu were discovered by Li Su, and he chose Chen Dao, who was famous for his martial arts, and continued to do his old career in history.

In this way, Zhao Yun and Zhou Tai were released to become generals, and the problem of Dian Wei being left beside Li Su was relieved.

Today, Li Su was preparing to stand on Dian Wei on the left and Chen on the right to meet foreign masters.

After a while, the Roman was brought here. Kong Wu looked powerful, tall and mighty, with a face like a knife, axe and a chisel, and a stern and cold line like a marble statue.

Just like the Agriba statue that undergraduates in art need to learn when they are introductory sketching. It just looks older, at least in their forties. And there are many scars on their faces, which deform the muscles, and some scars even look for deliberate disfigurement.

Li Su suddenly became a little curious. If this person was really a master of such a level, he should go and be a general to fight in all directions. How could a noble like Valerieus, who was originally just one or two city lords, afford to recruit?

Even if you can afford to recruit, you should let him become an officer after the other party rises. There will definitely be other great nobles asking for personal favors. It is probably another strange thing that makes these people wander around together by chance.

Li Su asked with interest: "You are a slave to the Valeries family, and they are the gladiator for him? Valeries said you have never lost in Rome.

Since we have martial arts, our great Han Dynasty is now in troubled times, so we are willing to serve the court. As long as we explain it truthfully, we may have a chance. Our great Han Dynasty does not want to hold slaves, which is much more civilized than your Rome."

The gladiator replied: "I am not a slave to the Valeries family, and I have been rewarded with freedom long ago. However, when Emperor Commod was killed six years ago, Rome was in chaos.

In particular, Emperor Commod was killed by a wrestler whom he served in the bathroom. The counter-rebels had an excuse to kill all the gladiators raised by the emperor and the queen mother.

Valerieus was also the favorite minister of Emperor Commod. After his death, he returned to his hometown through the Capua Avenue. His family still had territory in Sicily, so there were many merchant ships and warships.

I had to go to Sicily first through him. He was also worried that he would run away in the future. He wanted some people with high martial arts skills to go with him to protect him, so he made me a friend.

All of us have heard of Sikong's wiseness from Manduo and Mr. Rameni, and we will no longer have any intention of deceiving it."

Li Su thought about it and these statements were reasonable: "So, you are also a lucky person to be with Emperor Commod. All these have passed, and you can't go back anyway. What's your name?"

Gladiator: "My name is Martinos, Thracian."

Li Su was stunned for a moment: Martinos?

Isn't this one of the protagonist prototypes in the later Oscar-winning movie "Gladiator", although the plot of the movie is made up (the prototype of that movie was made up by the famous gladiator at that time and the wrestler who assassinated Emperor Commod, two prototypes)

Although the plot of the movie itself cannot be believed at all, after watching the movie in his previous life, Li Su specially learned about the surrounding area on Baidu, so he learned about this person.

The main reason is that his deeds are very gossipy, just like Lao Ai, it is hard to forget it. It is basically considered "Roman Lao Ai".

Li Su coughed lightly: "It turns out it's you, no wonder I didn't dare to report your name at the beginning. The merchants of Anxi, who have sold books in the past two years, have said that you are the head of Queen Mother Fustina."

After the translation, Martinos was shocked, but he didn't expect that his scandal would spread to the Han Dynasty.

He was completely shocked and bowed: "Sikong knew everything, and could actually know about the palace scandal twenty thousand miles away... However, I was forced by Queen Mother Fustina.

The empress dowager is like this. Since Emperor Aurelius's death, her son Emperor Commod succeeded to the throne. She has always been like this for more than ten years...

At the beginning, I just wanted to survive, so I practiced my skills in gladiator. I have been a gladiator for more than ten years. This industry is very difficult. As long as there is no injury, I will at least fight life and death every half month.

Especially after you become famous, you can't rest. Your master will force you to appear and make money for him. Over the past ten years, I have fought more than 300 bloody games, without any defeat, and have all killed my opponents. This is why I have gained the reputation of the number one warrior in Rome. As a result, I was ordered by Queen Mother Fustina to redeem myself as a free citizen. I have no choice..."

The system of gladiators has always been regarded as cruel in the eyes of Easterners. It is mainly because Eastern education's understanding of this thing starts from "The Spartacus Uprising", and what we see is the side that life is worse than death.

But to be honest, if you have high martial arts skills and guarantee that you will never die every time you kill the enemy, you can actually gain both fame and fortune as a gladiator.

After all, this thing is more competitive than all fighting and ball games in later generations. It is natural to bet on life and viewing. The status of Gladiator who wins every battle is definitely higher than that of later generations such as Jordan, James, Beckham, Ronaldo or Tyson.

Martinos is the pinnacle of this field. Because he won three hundred battles, three hundred victories and three hundred kills, he was favored by the Queen Mother to redeem him. It is said that he is not clear about Princess Rukia. The debauchery of the Roman nobles is evident.

In fact, when Commod was alive, he wanted to kill his sister Lukia. But he was still alive and did not take action. After Commod's death, the court became even more chaotic. These people were either killed, and the rest were scattered.

Li Su carefully confirmed the entire situation of these people. There was no other gladiator who had left their names in history anymore. He ordered Dian Wei to arrange it to see if these people were willing to serve, or to wait for Valerieus to release them and leave with the other party.

Of course, Li Su didn't need these Roman warriors to fight him or be a bodyguard. It was so unreliable, and he didn't lack these people.

However, if you can serve as a sparring coach to help Eastern generals understand Western martial arts and combat skills, and as a reserve of knowledge, it will be beneficial without any expense.
Chapter completed!