I, Altria, only want to rule China.

"And the Emperor of Wu already has a queen, and only one, without even a concubine. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Ruby asked doubtfully. Isn't it normal for His Majesty to have three wives and four concubines?

"This is of course because Her Majesty the Queen and her Queen are very loving, and no one else can get in between them," Rowling said directly.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Ruby said with some dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, I'll just say it directly." Luo Lin sighed helplessly.

"In Wu State, women's purity is very important. The woman that the emperor of Wu State wants to marry must have a clean family background, a dignified appearance, a good figure, and be well-educated and well-mannered. These are just the most basic requirements. May I ask, Archduchess of Austria, which of these do you meet?"

"Put away your terribly stupid thoughts, be a noble lady, go shopping, and buy things. Don't think about these things that you shouldn't think about. Otherwise, you will really bring disaster to Sassanid Persia and all of Western Europe!"

......

While Rowlin was worrying about Ruby's IQ, Leah and a group of ministers were looking at the news about the Sassanid Persian tour group and were blushing at Rowlin's constant bragging about the Wu Kingdom.

Liya knocked on the table and began to teach the ministers in the court of Wu State: "The training of the first generation of Sassanid warriors has been very successful so far. Next, we must increase our efforts and strive to turn the 100 Sassanid students into Sassanid warriors."

"Of course, in terms of status, these 200 Sassanid Persian students and dozens of nobles cannot be compared with Grand Secretary Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot. Therefore, we still have to try to turn them into braggarts as well."

"The Ministry of Revenue should prepare a budget and allocate a sum of money specifically for this matter. The Sassanid Persian version of the Wuguo Newspaper should also be prepared."

At this point, Leah looked at Alice and said, "We are doing this for the sake of the common people of Sassanid Persia, so that they can live a good life like the people of Wu State as soon as possible. This is a great cause. Why are you blushing there, Alice?"

After hearing what Leah said, Alice's face turned even redder. After all, her country was praised like that, and only His Majesty remained calm.

Alice quickly shook her hand: "No, sister, I just feel that the weather is too hot now, it's just too hot."

Anyway, it’s impossible to blush.

Besides, what was wrong with what Rowling said?

It is true that our Wu country has been working hard to promote the popularization of schools and libraries, right? Although many cities have not yet been able to fully popularize schools.

The government of our Wu State is indeed supposed to serve the people, although there are still many areas where it is not done well enough.

As for the steam locomotive, our Wu Kingdom did produce one, although there were only a dozen or so of them.

Thinking of this, Alice felt the temperature in the room return to normal.

After Liya finished talking about Alice, she continued:

"It doesn't matter whether other people believe it or not, as long as the nobles in Western Europe believe it. Anyway, the right to speak in Sassanid Persia has always been in the hands of the nobles. As long as they believe it, the common people will naturally believe it too."

"Each department should do their own work and remember to arrange the staff. If you need to take the Sassanid nobles to visit the shooting range, do so. If you need to take the ladies shopping, do so. After all, it's their own money. And how are the preparations for the Zhou Li going?"

Liu Taifu replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured. All the Confucian etiquette and manners have been prepared. It is guaranteed to be complicated enough so that people can tell at a glance that it is for the nobility only."

Chapter 165: Liya: Then turn them into Jingwu people!

Liya hummed, and continued, "Remember to arrange for them to learn the Four Books and Five Classics at the Ministry of Education. Try to reduce the number of subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry, but don't eliminate them completely. Also, try to arrange more theoretical courses and Confucianism courses for them."

In Liya's opinion, although you can learn some things from me, it is wishful thinking to want to learn everything.

At this point, Liya turned her gaze to Xiao Ranhe again: "Also, find a way to buy or adopt some orphans from Western Europe, train them to become our people, and then slowly understand those countries."

In the plan that Leah made for the Wu Kingdom, if the Wu Kingdom wants to maintain its position as the strongest country in the future, it will need to continuously cultivate various talents, among which these martial arts boasters will be given priority training.

Once other countries want to harm Wu Country in the future, these Wu-boosting elements will become a knife in their hands, stabbing the people of those countries, and the same is true for spies!

The others nodded at the plan Leah had made.

What Leah and the others could not have imagined was that before the plan was fully launched, Rowling, the cousin of the Queen of Sassanid Persia, turned out to be a militarist who brought his own food, and his condition was serious.

Luo Lin's flattery of Wu Guo was so intense that even Leah blushed secretly.

A lot of the information that Luo Lin obtained was from reading relevant news in the Wuguo Newspaper. But in fact, these were all what Liya wanted the civilians to see, so they could see them.

Moreover, the route that Rowling and his companions are currently taking was also specially arranged for them by Leah, so that they can only see the prosperous places in Wu State and not the dark and poor places.

But Leah didn't expect that before seeing these things, Rowling had already lay down on the stretcher himself.

Judging from Rowling's symptoms, there may be a large number of Jingwu fans similar to Rowling throughout Western Europe. The family represented by the Sassanid Queen is likely to be the main force of Jingwu fans in Western Europe.

At this moment, Leah had no idea that Queen Nanali of Sassanid Persia had already launched a military campaign in the country in order to consolidate her power.

In response to this situation, the always helpful Liya immediately decided to increase the dosage for Luo Lin and the international students who came to Wuguo to study.

Apart from anything else, just the fancy etiquette and manners can definitely make these Persian nobles feel what "face" means.

The nobles of Western Europe like to compete with each other. Once the nobles of Sassanid Persia come up with high-end etiquette and manners like the Wu Kingdom, what will the nobles of the Roman Empire think?

As nobles, they have fiefs, money and time. What else can they do if not mess around with these boring things?

We must have someone arrange it, and arrange it for these Persians immediately!

.....·

Luo Lin not only arranged for himself to be put on a stretcher, but also wanted to stay in the ICU for a while. Every time he arrived at a city in Wu State, Luo Lin would take the nobles of Sassanid Persia to go shopping crazily.

In order to allow these "country bumpkins" to "see the world" in Wu State, Luo Lin even made a special application to Wu State, requesting that Wu State allow him to take Sassanid nobles and international students to the countryside of Wu State to see what life is like for the people of Wu State.

Then, these Sassanid nobles and international students became "country bumpkins".

"How could Wu State have so many people?"

“How can you plan the fields so neatly?”

“Is it possible to build a canal next to every field?”

"God, how many water canal vehicles did Wu State make? Why are there so many of them next to the wells in these villages?"

Just as the group of bumpkins were amazed, Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot looked at each other and both saw through each other's thoughts.

Whether it was Grand Secretary Holbach or Grand Secretary Diderot, although both of them were absolute fans of the Sassanid Empire, they were different from those Sassanid nobles who stood on the side of the royal family or capital. Both of them knew that they were Sassanids first and fans of the Sassanid Empire second.

If the situation in Wu State was only slightly better than that in their country, the two of them would still be staunch fans of Jingwu and work hard to promote Wu State's system to Western Europe.

However, Wu State's overtaking behavior made Grand Secretary Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot feel deeply threatened, even though this powerful Wu State was "Sassanid Persia's best ally in the Far East."

Of course, it was impossible to directly let the Sassanid Empire turn against its ally, the Wu State. After all, having a powerful ally was a good thing for the Sassanid Empire.

After secretly sighing, Grand Secretary Holbach could only helplessly say: "What we can do now is to urge Luo Lin to speed up and try to get those 200 students to study in Wuguo's schools as soon as possible, so that there will be a chance."

Grand Secretary Diderot also sighed and said, "Yes, this is almost the only way at the moment. After all, we originally wanted to push Sassanid Persia to learn from Wu State. Although there are some unexpected things now, the overall idea is not a problem."

It has to be admitted that Rowling, who took the initiative to walk into the ICU, set a good example for the Sassanid nobles. The remaining more than 200 Sassanid nobles and international students voluntarily sat on wheelchairs, and some even took the initiative to get on stretchers.

For example, Archduchess Ruby of Austria, the younger sister of Her Majesty the Queen of Sassanid Persia.

If a normal person were to come here, he would probably be looked down upon if he took the initiative to exchange land, and he would also be looked down upon if he took the initiative to seek marriage. I guess a normal person would feel embarrassed.

But Ruby did not feel embarrassed. Instead, she felt that the Wu Kingdom and the Queen were truly noble, a thousand or ten thousand times nobler than those country bumpkins in Western Europe.

Grand Duchess Ruby has even taken the initiative to learn the etiquette and knowledge of the Wu Kingdom.

Rowling was frightened by Ruby's madness.

For what they saw and heard along the way, nobles like Rollin only saw what was advanced and civilized, while people like Holbach and Diderot saw the potential threat of Wu to Sassanid Persia and even the whole of Western Europe.

it's fine.

Even though Holbach and Diderot are still wary of the Wu State, once their mental defenses are completely broken, they will become even more fanatical than Rollin.

Coincidentally, Leah is very confident about the current Wu State and is not afraid that Holbach and Diderot will despair.

If railroads are not enough, then add artillery, and if artillery is not enough, then add newer and more advanced things, such as airplanes!

She believed that within the next ten years or so, Wu State would definitely be able to produce its first airplane.

Then completely break through their psychological defenses

Chapter 166: Joining Wu State Citizenship

In fact, the psychological defenses of Holbach and Diderot had almost collapsed.

Every time they passed a village or a county, Holbach and Diderot would suffer a blow. When a group of Sassanid nobles arrived in Chang'an, Holbach and Diderot, like other Sassanid nobles, thought they had arrived in heaven.

I saw trees, flowers and plants planted on both sides of the moat outside Chang'an City. The water of the river was clear, and the surface and base of the city wall were very clean.

However, the moat in their own country was full of feces and sewage. The fish and shrimp in the river had long died, the water had become sticky, and the walls and bases of the city walls were piled with feces.

Because the people of Central Europe were "romantic by nature" and were not used to using feces as fertilizer, and had developed the habit of not liking to take a bath. Nobles could at least have a "private room" in the castle, but ordinary civilians were used to dumping feces directly on the street.

Of course, the royal family soon realized this problem and enacted laws to make the residents under their rule realize that they are good citizens and should develop good hygiene habits.

As a result, many residents in Central Europe stopped dumping feces on the streets because the stench of the feces would affect the cleanliness of the city. Instead, they began to run to the city walls in groups, standing on the walls and dumping feces outside the city.

In order to solve the threat posed by the dung mountain to the city wall, the royal families came up with a method that could both ensure the safety of the city wall and avoid the need to clean up the dung outside the city. They kept raising the city wall. The original four-meter-high wall was raised to nine meters.

The city wall was raised just to solve the problem of feces. This is absolutely ridiculous.

Therefore, there was no need to enter the inner city of Chang'an. Just by looking at the moat outside the city, Rollin and other Sassanid nobles, Holbach and Diderot could roughly judge the sanitary conditions in the city and came to a conclusion that made them despair.

This is the city that is truly suitable for nobles to live in.

Sassanid Persia? Not even dogs can live there!

The situation in the inner city was exactly as Roland and other Sassanid nobles had guessed.

The streets were cleaner and tidier than those in the cities they passed by on the way, the houses were arranged in an orderly manner, and the people of Wu State were energetic and order-abiding, almost dazzled the eyes of these Sassanid Persian nobles and international students.

The more they watched, the more they became envious of Holbach and Diderot.

Compared with the capital of the Wu State in front of us, Western Europe is like a dirty and messy pigsty.

It is obvious that the capital of Wu State will only get better and better, while the dirty and messy Western Europe will probably continue to be dirty and messy.

Grand Secretary Holbach, who had originally changed from admiring Wu to being on guard, walked forward with the crowd and whispered to Grand Secretary Diderot: "I have long said that the Sassanid Persian government must follow the example of Wu. Now it seems that I was right."

Diderot also said with a sympathetic heart: "Yes, you are right. If we want to make Sassanid Persia better, we must learn from Wu State in all aspects, whether it is their system or their knowledge."

After thinking for a while, Diderot added: "However, it is obviously not enough to just learn the system and knowledge of Wu State. I think we should persuade His Majesty Nanali to send all the troops in the country to Wu State for training."

"You know, the middle and small bourgeoisie have always disliked Her Majesty Nanali. Especially after the destruction of the Rohan family, many nobles have also turned to the middle and small bourgeoisie."

"These damn idiots!"

After cursing bitterly, Diderot could not help but start mocking the Sassanid nobles: "They don't even think about the fact that they are nobles, and those capitalists want to take away their rights from them. How can there be so many idiots in this world!"

It was not until they checked into the hotel and discussed in low voices with Grand Secretary Diderot all the way that Holbach finally remembered something very important.

After finding the officials here through Rollin, Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot could not wait to express their desire to visit the "Wu State Library".

However, the officials of Wu State only agreed to part of the request of Holbach and Diderot: "You can visit the library of Wu State, but only on the first floor of the branch library, which is open to everyone. The second floor and other branches are not allowed to be entered by people other than the nationals of the country."

When the two heard this, they immediately expressed their desire to join the Wu State's nationality.

The officials who had received prior instructions from Leah were well aware of the idea of ​​Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot to obtain citizenship of the Wu State.

These people only say they want to join, but once they have learned all the knowledge, they will immediately leave. It is just a stopgap measure.

Therefore, the officials of Wu State immediately put forward several conditions without any hesitation.

"First of all, Wu State does not recognize dual citizenship. Anyone who wants to join Wu State citizenship must swear allegiance to the Emperor of Wu State and give up their original nationality. Even if Wu State declares war on their mother country, those who join Wu State citizenship must serve Wu State."

"Secondly, you must be able to read and write the language of the Wu Kingdom, be able to recite the Analects, and be familiar with the Rites of Zhou."

“Again, you have to have a skill.”

After hearing the strict conditions set by the officials of the State of Wu, Holbach and Grand Secretary Diderot, who wanted to obtain citizenship of the State of Wu, became withdrawn.

But after becoming autistic, the two began to envy the ordinary people of the Wu State.

According to Luo Lin, the citizens of Wu State not only have the right to freely enter and exit the library and borrow books, but also have the right to be born equal and free.

"The law of Wu State emphasizes that Wu State citizens have the right to say "no" to anyone, as long as it does not violate morality or the law, and their rights are protected by the Wu State emperor, the Wu State army, and the Wu State government."

"Moreover, they gave civilians the opportunity to change their class. As long as they studied, joined the army, or even worked hard, they had the opportunity to change their fate."

At this point, Luo Lin was full of envy: "Those who are born as citizens of Wu State are born with good fortune. Whether they can recite the Analects or understand Zhou Li does not affect the fact that they are citizens of Wu State."

"And those who were not born as citizens of Wu but want to become citizens of Wu must go through many tests."

"Only by becoming a citizen of Wu can you have the rights that Wu citizens have had since the day they were born, such as land allocation, children's schooling, exemption from agricultural taxes, equality at birth, freedom at birth, etc. Only then can you be protected by the Emperor of Wu, the Wu army, and the Wu government."

"God is my witness, being a commoner of Wu State makes me feel much safer than being a noble of Persia."

Chapter 167: Tricking people? Merlin is the best choice