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No. This is how you should say it:
“I’m going to buy 3 pairs of each different shoe.”
To prepare readers for the difficulty of the days that lay ahead.
China.
The Silk Road is a trading route from the Middle East to China, and the ancient civilizaitons practiced ancestor worship. The Mandate of Heaven dictates that good weather and general prosperity are because of divine approval of the leader of China. If there is famine, invasion, or other natural disasters, it was interpreted as needing a new ruler, aka losing the mandate of heaven.
