Sweep the World

Basically, people need a spiritual sustenance. They can be relatives or pets, but in general, they choose religion as their spiritual sustenance.

In modern times, various legends have long been shattered, such as the palace of the gods above the clouds, or the moon as the temple, but the plane flies back and forth at a long distance every day, no one has seen the palace of the gods, the moon There are only dust and rocks above, but religion has not died out because of this.

Even people with superb scientific knowledge will believe in a certain god. For them, what they believe in is not a god, but a sustenance deep in their hearts, and they want to be comforted.

For a long time, people have too many things that they don't understand. It's because they don't understand that they think in the direction of Shinto and Shinto. Naturally, there is a strong religious atmosphere.

People in more than one country believe in the possession of gods, even if no one has actually seen gods, they still believe in the existence of a great existence in the world, and they are afraid and admired because of this. This gives some in power a great opportunity to take advantage of it. The gods frighten the ignorant, in order to make his rule more stable.

Athens is indeed a big city, and there is no shortage of beautiful places, especially some naturally formed beaches. There are gorgeous manors in the city, wide and clean gravel roads, beautiful and charming fountains, but more chaotic and alleys full of excrement and urine.

"The Daqin people's rule of the conquered land is very general, like this big city with 100,000 people. They appointed the city lord, built the council, and formed the garrison, but..." Cai Mian looked around, surrounding There are no Romans: "The city owner is the local tyrant, and the councillor is also the rich man in the city. Even the army is mostly local residents. It just controls the position of the guardian and financial officer."

In terms of what position the Romans value most, it is not the city lord of a city, but the guardian who controls the army and the treasurer who controls the finances.

"What I found out was that Daqin people contracted out the tax collection." Dou'a never understood what was going on. "We set a tax share for this city, and some wealthy people will collect taxes from the citizens. Can this be done?"

Wang Meng knew more. For example, Constantinople asked Athens to tribute 50,000 gold coins each year, and Rome asked Athens to tribute 40,000 gold coins.

The so-called no longer control also includes the right to not enlist in Athens. On the contrary, once Athens encounters an attack, Constantinople and Rome are obliged to send troops to support them. Then the tribute is equivalent to a kind of protection fee. The result is that Athens is only nominally shared by Constantinople and Rome, but Athens is in fact an autonomous state.

"There are a lot of cities like Daqin." Wang Meng understood: "The people of Daqin broke out in civil war for the throne, which caused them to lose control of conquering foreign races. If the three parties have not been able to distinguish the victory or defeat, it can be foreseen that those foreign races will surely win. With true independence, Daqin people will also lose large areas of territory."

Wang Meng was right. It was this civil war that made Rome a real division. Europa became part of Western Rome, but this Western Rome was actually left with only one signboard of Rome. Although there were still Romans in the ruling class, but Germanic People and Frankish talents are the real masters. Later, they simply abandon the name of Rome and establish the country directly under the name of Frank. In the true sense, the Romans were driven to Eastern Rome, and then the Eastern Rome simply disappeared and was transformed into the Byzantine Empire. (Western history only has records of Byzantium, not the name of Eastern Rome)

They visited Athens for two days and only re-boarded in the early morning of the third day.

Going to Athens and his party gave the Han people a great harvest. I saw a lot of strange things on the one hand. The purchase of unseen goods (mainly plant seeds) and slaves are also results. The most important thing is to understand better. The actual situation to Rome.

After leaving the Greek peninsula, the fleet will no longer rely on the coastline. They will pass directly through the central Aegean Sea.

The Aegean Sea is very famous in Europa, and many stories are developed around it. One of the more famous stories is the Trojan War.

"The Greeks used to be along this route. They gathered more than 20,000 people and crossed the ocean in order to **** back the stunning woman named Helen." Marus Utansis pointed to the ocean. Today's waves are better. In the past, it was bigger. The shape of the ship determined that a slightly larger wave would make the ship bumpy: “Actually, it was ten years after Helen eloped with people to when the Greeks sent troops. At that time, Helen was already 40. A woman in her many years."

A war for profit just wanted to find an excuse to retake women. As a result, Helen became famous. Whether she was a stunning beauty or not became no longer important. The number of people who died in the two countries is only a number. Passed through the ages, a very famous warrior was also ruined.

The waves are getting bigger and bigger, and the deck with too low horizontal line allows sea water to rush in through the guardrail composed of the tower shield. What is terrible is that a passage leading directly to the first floor of the cabin is left in the middle of the Roman-style deck, making it even stay in the cabin. The layers will also get wet.

"We may have to turn around." Marcus Marka looked ahead, feeling the wind blowing: "Temporarily return to Larke Island and wait for the wind and waves to subside before heading to Asia Minor."

Asia Minor is later Turkey. Rome currently has several provinces there. Asia Minor is the continental plate closest to Europa. The former Troy was in the southwestern part of Asia Minor near the strait.

The Han people expressed their helplessness. If the ship from the Han country came in, let alone return to the sea in the face of such wind and waves, the turbulence of the ship would not be so exaggerated. The problem is that they are now on a Roman ship.

Khao Lak is one of the islands in the northern Aegean Sea. There are several other large and small islands around it. There are several small-scale villages on the island. Look at the small boats and boats tied to the coast. The fishing nets that are set up to dry are also drying the fish in the yards of every household, and they are undoubtedly fishing villages.

Speaking seriously, the inhabited islands in this sea area are really mostly fishermen. That is because there is too little arable land on the island, or there is no arable land at all, and survival naturally depends on the sea.

"The source of our sailors is mostly here." Marus Utansis took off the helmet with a broom on his head and stroked that long blond hair: "Most of the Greeks have experience of going to sea, their Fishermen are all experienced sailors."

The Han people have already seen the Greek sailors along the way, and they have to admit that the Greek sailors look really good.

The ingredients for paddling at the bottom will be a little mixed. There will be no shortage of blondes and white-skinned races, and more only dark-skinned, dark-skinned people. You can even see Romans, but they all have one thing in common. Identity, that is a slave, not a sailor.

Don’t think that an island should have white sand beaches, and don’t think that the scenery of the island should be very beautiful. Most of the beautiful islands are artificially remodeled. Otherwise, even if there is a beach on the shore, in fact, except for the color In addition to the yellow sand, there are more rocks that have been beaten smoothly by the waves.

The island of Khao Lak has obviously not undergone artificial transformation. There is no beautiful beach, no rows of coconut trees or any greenery. On the contrary, there are all kinds of debris on the beach, like broken fishing nets, which come from or do not know where The rotten wood, and even the wreckage of the broken ship that was obviously pushed up after the wreck.

This fleet is not docked at a port or wharf, in fact, it is directly washed and docked. This also made it clear to the Han people that the Romans used mostly flat-bottomed boats to sail into shallow waters, and they drove the boat directly into the beach so bravely.

"It's no wonder that a little wind and waves make the hull so bumpy." Dou A sneered and said, "They have a big heart with a flat-bottomed boat on the ocean."

That was a matter determined by the Romans' sphere of influence, and they had been sailing around the Mediterranean for a long time. It is not surprising that they did not understand the difference between a flat-bottomed boat and a sharp-bottomed boat.

As far as Rome is concerned, the Mediterranean coast is full of shallow waters. It is a bad idea to make ships with a draft of six or seven meters.

"I got a message from Marus Utansis." Cai Mian squatted down and took a picture. No one could clearly see the terrain of the known area. He gestured and said, "This is their Gaul region. There is a super large island on the opposite side of this strait, called... Saxon or what?"

It is actually the British Isles, but when the Romans fought in the past, most of the locals were Anglo-Saxons. In the Romans' custom, after beating Gaul and occupying the territory, they called the people the name of the place.

"They spent a lot of money to conquer the southern part of that big island. The central and northern parts of the island have not been able to be defeated for a long time." Cai Mian was not talking about the war between the Romans and the various races on the island: "They called the strait. It's Devil Strait, do you know why it is called?"

Isn’t it because the weather in the English Channel was terrible, the last moment was sunny, the next moment was violent and rainy. When the Romans conquered the British Isles, ships were often fed with fish because of the channel’s climate, and even the army was often there. The strait suffered heavy losses.

The climate in the strait is changing, and there are not enough means to predict. Every time the Romans transported supplies, there was a huge risk. As a result, the Romans’ garrison in Britain had been restricted. It seemed difficult to maintain the garrison, so I had to do the construction of the Great Wall over there.

"The biggest reason is that the people of Daqin didn't engage in sharp-bottomed boats." Cai Mian didn't know whether to laugh or to despise: "The people of Daqin were either stubborn, or the brains of those in power were broken. They fought the Persians for so long, and again. There was frequent trade with the Gupta dynasty. It is impossible not to know the existence of spires, and it is not even clear that spires are more advantageous to sail at sea."

Who knows what's going on, anyway, the Romans just didn’t wait to see the spur-bottomed ships. They would soon be unable to maintain the supply of supplies to Britain, and then the Roman garrison over there was constantly harassed, waiting for several thousand captains to die. He took the initiative to retreat, and the southern part of the island was no longer owned by Rome.

"Perhaps it's not stubbornness or anything else..." Wang Meng knew that any reforms are not easy. Reforms will always affect interests. Only bigger and more interests will drive reforms. "It should be on that island. No one in Daqin has to get indispensable materials."

The Han Kingdom focused on the Wa Islands. At first, the courtiers could not help Liu Yan, and wanted to satisfy Liu Yan's desire to open up territory. Later, the whole country discovered that the Japanese islands not only had sufficient human resources, but they also had so many storages of gold and silver. What I didn’t have to say was that even if Liu Yan wanted to stop it, one of them would roar and have to march into the Japanese. archipelago.

In terms of exploring the ocean, the Han people have also discovered the benefits of the ocean. Seafood is only a small part of it. The discovery of precious resources on each island is the driving force. Undoubtedly, the discovery of spices is one of them, let alone the discovery of storage. A surprising amount of copper mines, as well as luxury goods such as fragrant woods, gems, and emeralds.

"If there are gold mines or gems, spices and other resources on that island, believe it or not, Daqin people will swim there even if they swim?" Isn't Dou A joking, someone in Han now runs to the peninsula and tied them up. A gourd dared to travel to the islands of the U.S.: "People die for money and birds die for food, the most reasonable!"

They are not wrong at all. ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ The Romans really didn’t find any precious resources in Britain. The barbarians on it were very arrogant and fearless of death. The benefits were less than imagined, but the price was overwhelming. Unexpectedly, it is no wonder that the Romans did not value the British Isles.

"In fact, there is a rich resource." Cai Mian didn't ask for less, he subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "I heard that black stones can be found everywhere on it, you know what it is."

The black stone can be anything other than coal, but at present coal is not useful for most countries. The Han country has improved the smelting process, and a large amount of coal is needed. The temperature at which coal burns is much higher than that of wood, which helps to remove more impurities during smelting. As long as more material formulas are discovered, coal is an indispensable strategic material.

"The big man also has a lot of coal, but it's never too much." Wang Meng smiled and touched the beard of his chin: "That island is too far away from the big man...", he paused in the middle of the talk, pondered for a moment, and tried. Asked: "Perhaps we can purchase large quantities from Daqin people to give them the motivation to continue conquering the island."

After hundreds of thousands of miles of voyage, if you don’t buy anything else, you just bought a ship of coal and returned to Han? No matter how you hear it, I feel unreliable, but for the purpose of keeping the Romans bleeding, that's another matter.