In China's 5,000 years of history, there have been many great inventions, such as the world-renowned ancient four major inventions, these inventions not only facilitate the people's livelihood, promote the development of our country, but also laid the foundation for China's leading position in the world, during the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road, facilitated the exchange of culture and materials between the East and the West, so that Western countries can use the goods made in China, the ancient Roman Empire is one of them.
Since the opening of the Silk Road, a large number of Chinese silks have entered Western countries, and the Romans have been deeply attracted by the silks of the East, so the whole of Rome has set off a silk boom. They regarded wearing silk-made clothes as a status symbol, and the silk boom in ancient Rome led to a massive influx of domestic funds into China, which at one point left Rome's treasury increasingly empty. Julius Caesar at that time was very annoyed by this, and he tried his best to steal Chinese silk technology.
So Julius Caesar sent a team of men to China to steal silk technology. They packed the stolen silkworm pupae into a bamboo pole and successfully brought the technology back to Rome without strict inspection at the level at that time, so what was going on?
The group that was originally sent to China, after coming to China, went through a careful plan, they first investigated the silk production process and the ratio of materials, and after all these understandings, they set their sights on searching for raw materials. With their unremitting efforts, they finally got some silkworm pupae and silkworms. They had thought that they had finally prepared everything and could return to China to do research, but how to cross the border barrier became their final difficulty.
Fortunately, someone in the group thought of a way, and they put silkworms and silkworm pupae into the bamboo and concealed them from the guard in charge of inspection. Afterwards, they traveled west along the Silk Roads, bringing these techniques back to Rome. Under the self-study of the Romans, they soon mastered the silk-making process. This has directly led to a sharp decrease in the demand for Silk in Western countries, and the amount of Silk exported by China to the West has also been greatly reduced, so the loss caused is more than 100 billion.