Sweep the World

"Is this Serris?" Olus Sykestus Cicero didn't know what it was like: "The Serris we saw with our own eyes is very different from the rumors."

In fact, the Central Plains dynasty that the Romans knew were basically second-hand, third-hand... and even a few hands. After getting some information, they added their own imagination, thinking either in a better direction or in a worse direction. , That's basically a behavior that people who haven't witnessed with their own eyes will do.

The Central Plains dynasty imagined by most Romans should be that anyone can wear silk and can pick up gold everywhere on the road. The eye must be full of Qionglou Yuyu, representing the extreme wealth of the world. This part of the Romans would imagine the Central Plains dynasty in this way, simply because silk was too expensive after it was introduced to Rome, and subconsciously believed that the country that could produce silk should be rich, and because of distance produced beauty.

The most representative thing is that a businessman named Marco Polo did not actually go deep into the Central Plains. He came to the East for a trip. He didn’t know whether he was kneeling and licking completely or he was sinister with his heart. Anyway, he wrote Marco Polo. Travel Notes.

In that book "Marco Polo's Travels", there is a country in the East where the ground is paved with gold. The rivers there are not water but milk. Everyone can afford to wear silk and anyone can eat it. Treasures of mountains and seas.

Marco Polo was a figure in the Meng Yuan period. If he had ever arrived in the Central Plains, it was also under the rule of the Yuan Yuan. Meng Yuan divided people into four classes. The first class is of course the Mongols. The following is Semu Chinese, Han Chinese, Southern Chinese. He happened to be the second level of the Meng Yuan four-class system.

If you really go to the Central Plains, Marco Polo will naturally receive various preferential treatments, but you can never see gold all over the ground, and you can't see the good life of most people. It should be to see the eyes of Cang Yi after the war, after all, Mongolia The constant invasion of people from the south brings endless destruction and killing.

Regardless of whether Marco Polo has actually been to the East or not, his "Marco Polo's Travels" has given the West an endless longing for the East. You may not think how strong the most eastern country is, but I think that the eastern country is extremely rich. I don’t know how many generations of people have fantasized about the wealth of the eastern country, or how many people want to find the "legendary country" that has made an unimaginable contribution to Europa's voyage.

For example, Columbus was originally trying to find the "legendary country", but by accident, he found America. This blunder is the beginning of the white-skinned race to dominate the earth. They have developed and accumulated their own sailing skills in the constant robbery, plundering endless wealth and species from everywhere, "bandit" culture Also began to penetrate into the bone marrow.

Of course Olus Syxtus Cicero has never seen "Marco Polo's Travels", but like many people who have never been to the east of the world, he is unfamiliar with the distant country at the same time, more or less Will carry longing. He saw the wealth of this country in the Yangtze River Basin, which was more or less in line with his imagination of this country, but everything changed as he went north.

A country that has just stopped fighting will definitely not lack the destructiveness that the war has just stopped, and the trauma of war can be seen everywhere. How can such a country see wealth?

It is true that Han is not very rich now, and even in some respects most areas are still quite poor, which is different in their imagination.

From Jiankang to Guanzhong, you need to walk thousands of miles inland. Oulus Syxtus Cicero has fully seen the vast territory of Han, because Han is vigorously building from Jiankang to Guanzhong. On the national highway, you can see a large number of people working almost everywhere, and they have an impression of "this country is large in population" along the way.

Construction means vigor. A country that is building vigorously is more than vigorous. It means that this country has emerged from the trauma of war and is beginning to work towards the good life it has hoped for.

They went all the way from Jiankang to Guanzhong, and then to the old and new Chang'an. No one can deny the greatness of this eastern country, that is, the Han country can organize the cooperative labor of millions of people, and it can maintain a good order even with a large number of people. . To be honest, not any country can organize millions of people to work together. There are so many people who have the ability to organize. Usually, a country with so many people does not have that kind of organizational power.

The higher the status of people, the clearer their understanding of organizational ability. That is the order and the ability to dominate. At this moment, they can organize millions of people to work, and they can mobilize enough people when they need it. Come to be armed. The ruling class sees the country differently from ordinary people. Whether they are rich or not is not the key, but whether the people are willing to obey the state's assignment is the key!

"So when Seres is in ruins, they can still send out troops to fight against the outside world." Olus Sykestus Cicero recalled what he had seen and heard in the Pingman Captain's Department, and added later. One sentence: "Seris people are keen on war. It is from soldiers to civilians who are eager for war."

It’s not wrong to say that. The garrison of the Pingman’s colonel was for war. The domestic soldiers envied their colleagues who could step onto the battlefield and make contributions. The people knew that the reason for fighting outside was to plunder food. Everyone is good, and most people will not reject that kind of war.

The Romans had their own thinking in their contact with the Han. The people they contacted were supporting the war against the Gupta dynasty. They didn't understand the deeper relationship, but were terrified because of the cohesion of the country.

In fact, the former Roman citizens have always supported launching wars abroad, because everyone can get war dividends. However, Rome now hates war more and more, and there is no longer the situation of Roman citizens fully supporting war in the era of the Big Three. It is not the victory that Roman citizens cannot share the dividends of war. It is the victory of Rome's foreign war. The less, the greater the sacrifice, the less the gain.

The Romans became prosperous because of wars, and their territory became wider and wider in constant wars. To say which country was the best in ancient times, it was undoubtedly Rome.

Rome is now in a period of contradictions. On the one hand, because of the ongoing civil war in the country, most Romans have a sense of rejection of the war. On the other hand, they have to face the increasing threat of Persian Sassanids. The Romans are looking for wise leaders to follow, hoping to end the civil war quickly and unify the outside world.

The reason Oulus Syxtus Cicero followed Constantius was not because of anything else. It was because other Insurgents were biting in the country, but Constantius still didn’t. Forget about resisting the Persians. He believes that only a monarch like Constantius who has not forgotten foreign enemies is worthy of following, and only Constantius can restore the glory of Rome.

The current Rome is dealing with the Persian Sassanids with some power. Everyone understands that the divided Rome is not an opponent of the Persian Sassanids at all.

The Romans and Persians did not have the possibility of peaceful coexistence, and even the existence of peace would be quite short-lived. Whether it is Constantius, Constantine (II), or Constantine, they all understand this, but the division of Rome will not end in a peaceful way, which leads to the need for everyone from outside. Boost.

Compared with Constantine and Constantine, the situation of Constantius was worse.

Constantine controlled the Italian peninsula, and North Africa and Egypt were also controlled by Constantine, and he was regarded as the most powerful "prince". What I have to say is that the Italian peninsula has always been the native Romans, not to mention the densest population, there are also many workshops and so on.

Constantine is the Spanish to Gaul part that controls Europa. It is an extremely vast territory. Although it is not comparable to the Italian peninsula, it is really not much worse. He also accepted the advice of his advisers to give preferential treatment to some German and Celtic barbarians. For example, he acquiesced in the establishment of some countries such as Frank, and hoped to unite the barbarians as an aid in the civil war.

The territory controlled by Constantius was the provinces of the east (modern Turkey). Before that, Rome did not pay much attention to this side, and it could not be called any development or development.

In split Rome, the monarchs of the three groups are all heirs of Constantine I. The relationship between the youngest son Constantine and the former two is more complicated. Constantine (II) and Constantius The relationship is really bad.

Olus Syxtus Cicero can bring Frank, Burgundy, and Alemanni to Han, which proves that Constantius and Constantine had exchanges. Their However, there were no people from Constantine (II) in the envoy.

“Of course we don’t want to see Syris and Persia form an alliance to deal with Rome.” Marcus Marca knew that Han had already formed a partial alliance with Persian Sassan: “I hope that the alliance between the Syris and the Persians is only limited to Deal with Ji Duo."

Liu Yan inspected the northwest. Some envoys' requests to travel with him were not rejected. For example, Rome and Persia had important personnel accompanying them. The rest of the envoys did not pay attention to them. Some envoys even went to Jiankang after getting permission. land.

"We have also achieved results, haven't we?" Olus Sykestus Cicero stroked the horsemane of the mount, looked at the endless plain, and said with some relief: "At least the Serris people are willing to Start trading with us."

Rome...At least the group of Constantius tried to bring about a truce between the two sides. The response from Gupta’s side was that they were willing to accept Rome’s mediation, but Han Guo said strongly when Rome mentioned it a little bit. That has nothing to do with Rome.

The hard-line attitude of Han made Oulus Syxtus Cicero realize that it is impossible for them to influence the will of Han. They did not foolishly persecute and stop after recognizing reality. Mediate and find new points of interest.

"In addition to food, the Seris people are willing to trade enough goods with us." Marcus Maca is actually from Constantine's side: "Silk, weapons, armor... what you need, and what we need , None of the Serris people refused."

In fact, what satisfies the Romans the most is that Han did not necessarily require payment of precious metals, and even the goods from Han did not need to be paid before they arrived in Rome. There will be Han Chinese who will follow the Romans to Rome with goods. If the Romans are a precious metal tribe, they can also use food or what the Han thinks to pay.

Olus Syxtus Cicero smiled instantly. Their group desperately needed weapons. The original Gupta dynasty hadn't been enough even if they could provide the quantity. Then, the weapons made by the Gupta dynasty were not the most. The Romans, such as knives, that are in line with the Roman army are not very good at using them, especially the machete.

The weapons that the Romans were best at and accustomed to were swords and spears, and most of the weapons they purchased from the Gupta dynasty were these two. When the Gupta dynasty made the military purchases of the Romans, it was impossible to use Uzi steel. In fact, they were ordinary iron products. The weapons that really used Uzi steel were all sword styles.

Olus Syxtus Cicero expressed to Lu Yi that he wanted to buy arms. Lu Yi originally refused to reply in his heart and needed to discuss. Liu Yan gave the opinion that it is entirely possible to sell weapons to the Romans.

There are many types of weapons used by the Han. The swords and spears that the Romans are best at are actually the weapons that the Han are best at, but they are quite different in length.

The Romans used short swords and short spears, which were basically adapted to a shield warfare.

The use of swords by the Han people is a process of increasing length, and swordsmen generally do not hold a shield. In terms of spears, because the main enemy of the Han people is the cavalry of nomads, the pursuit of the spear needs to be long enough~www.wuxiax.com~ The spear is enough for the spearman to be troublesome, and he will not require a shield.

"In fact, we are very similar to the Serris in many ways." Oulus Sykestus Cicero is of course not talking about hair and eyes: "The Serris has always been troubled by the barbarians in a long history. , We are the same."

Marcus Macca thought about it for a moment, and it seems that there are really great similarities. Looks and being troubled by barbarians are on the one hand, and both are still leading the progress of neighboring countries and nations, and they have always been civilizations. The high-end.

"It can be seen that the Seris people are very friendly to us..." Olus Sykestus Cicero was silent for a moment and added: "It's not like treating the Persians. They cooperate with the Persians. In order to deal with Gupta, their friendship with us is more like a...how do you say? From looks or...culture? Something like intimacy?"

"We are all in a far corner of the world, with the same height of glorious civilization." Marcus Marka said with a smile: "In fact, we and Cyris are natural allies."

"You're so good." Olus Syxtus Cicero said very heartily: "We can't just think like that. The Serris people should also face this." 8)