Sweep the World

After several months of HNA, Fu Wei arrived in Constantinople with a fleet.

Fu Wei will come when Wang Meng sent an official letter to the Pingman Captain, and it is not the first time that he has led a fleet to serve the envoy. He has led the fleet to the Sassanids many times before, and each time it was shipped back in quantity. Huge slaves, as well as pretending to load the purchased grain, in fact, the grain is directly stored in the system warehouse.

In the far east, a fleet of the Han Empire came to Rome. It was discovered as early as when the fleet approached the Strait of Gibraltar. Although the Spanish province had a bad relationship with Constantinople in advance, the news was sent to the monarch urgently. In the hands of Constantius II of Tandinburg.

It was supposed to wait for a reply from Constantinople, or let the Spanish province block the Han fleet, or allow the Han fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, but the Han fleet just made a routine notification and directly Entering the Strait of Gibraltar, Fu Wei asked a boat to send a gift to the Spanish governor of Rome. In exchange, the Spanish governor sent a ship to chase after it pretentiously.

When Fu Wei set off, the fleet was very large. There were 230 warships of various types, and 180 transport ships of different types. The total number was 410.

After more than four months of voyage, the journey was not stable. It should be said that it has gone through many dangers. Every adventure has lost some ships. When it arrived at the entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar, there was actually no more than 410. The size of the ship.

There were three hundred and forty-two ships that arrived safely in the Strait of Gibraltar. Some ships looked a little miserable from the outside, but overall the fleet still looked huge.

There is a fleet here in the Spanish provinces, but there are only more than 30 very pitiful, and they are basically all small and insignificant ships. This province is at the westernmost point of Rome, and further west is the Atlantic Ocean.

Since Rome eliminated Carthage, there has been no threat from the sea. It can even be said that without the sudden appearance of the Han fleet, there has been no foreign fleet in the Atlantic direction for hundreds of years.

Then it can be understood that, on the premise that there is no maritime threat, the development of the navy in Spain's provinces is tantamount to having enough food to support it, and it is a waste of military expenditure. This is also the reason why there are only more than 30 small boats stationed in such a strategically important place.

Intuitively, the ships that Fu Wei brought, no matter what model they are, are only a few numbers larger than those of the Spanish provinces, and the number also crushes the garrisons of the Spanish provinces, even if the Spanish governor receives an interception. Nor will the order be implemented, let alone the Spanish governor who has been at odds with Constantinople.

The Han fleet entered the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar, with a clear goal towards Constantinople. The appearance of this huge fleet stunned those who saw it along the way.

From west to east, wherever the Han fleet passed by, the local person in charge learned that there was such an unidentified fleet, and they all reported to Constantinople as soon as possible. All levels of emergency are like snowflakes. The same fell into the hands of Constantius II.

Another effect of the emergence of the Han fleet was that it frightened the ships and coastal areas on the route.

No ship dared to stand in the course of the Han fleet, and the only option was to avoid it far away. The Roman navy along the way only dared to follow far away, saying that they were unwilling to rush up for a passionate attack.

The villages on the coastline fled violently, and the cities entered the defensive alert level. Civil escorts everywhere began to collect ships. They wanted to organize a fleet. Engaging with fleets of unnamed forces was not the first option, or they wanted to protect themselves when they were attacked.

The situation has changed because the Han fleet is close to the Italian peninsula. The reason is that Constantinople has announced that the fleet that has emerged is from the far eastern Han Empire, so that there is no need to panic everywhere.

The places in Rome that had been notified were calm, and they began to abuse them when they knew that the fleet was not hostile.

The Han fleet did not carry out any attacks, that is, people did evil in the panic in the cities and villages. Various vicious cases occurred frequently and many people were killed. There were also a lot of properties destroyed in the chaos. Who should be those?

As long as the cities on the coastline, they basically develop navigation and maritime trade. I don’t know that until the Han fleet is not hostile, the ships in each city dare not go out to sea at all, which is tantamount to a halt in trade.

For businessmen, time is equal to money. After so many days are lost, money is lost every day, and some people have even greater losses because of the delayed delivery date.

No matter what happens on the road, or what impact it causes, the good and bad Fu Wei will not be a bird. When he arrived in Constantinople, the fleet was parked outside the wharf. It was the business to see Wang Meng when he went boating ashore.

When he was still on the boat, Fu Wei saw the outline of Constantinople and the crowd of onlookers. These were still not what he cared about. After handing over the official letter from Chang'an, he was interested in seeing those Roman nobles who were about the same length as the Han but were much shorter.

"The movement caused by Junshan is a bit big." Dou'a waited until the handover of official business was over, and then went up to give Fu Wei a bear hug: "You don't know! Constantinople is very lively these days, there are counts every day. Tens of people came to report with horror."

Fu Wei smiled when he saw Dou A's full of gloat.

The two of them were often able to see each other when they were in China, but the relationship was not salty or indifferent. They met again in a place far away from their hometown. They looked at each other extremely pleasingly, and their emotions were magically sublimated.

"Seeing that you have gained a lot of weight, the reception from Daqin people is very meticulous, right?" Fu Wei looked around and saw that some of his acquaintances were greeting with smiles, but then he said to Dou'a: "You take a look at me, yes Isn't it thinner?"

Dou A really carefully observed Fu Wei. The Fu Wei he remembered was a slightly fatter type, and he really lost a lot of weight when he looked at it today.

"We started from Gitanato and circled a large circle to take a route called the Cape of Good Hope. There were thrills everywhere along the way." Fu Wei didn't know what he had thought of, showing a look of aftermath, and continued. Continue to say: "The disadvantage is that the soldiers have experienced the strong winds and waves in the Pacific Ocean, have sufficient experience in dealing with them, and sail along the coastline along the way, otherwise..."

After passing Malacca, the waters belong to the Atlantic Ocean, but the Han people generally only move around Asanyang, so they really don't pay much attention to the rest of the waters.

There is also a small mistake made by Liu Yan. He originally thought that the Suez Canal already exists, but the truth is that the Suez Canal really exists. It was a canal dug through by the Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago. The problem with the direct access to the Mediterranean Sea was more than 3,000 years ago, and it was blocked in the following years.

"The canal definitely exists, and it must be hidden deliberately by the local indigenous people, and the exploration under his command is also ineffective." Fu Wei is talking about the exploration of the Suez Canal, even if there is no Suez Canal, the emperor said there is it, but the aliens are very bad and bad. He concealed it, and he couldn’t find it: “In order not to delay time, we had to change the route.”

Dou A was a little startled and looked at Fu Wei and said weirdly: "There is such a canal. This is news from Daqin people, but the river has been blocked for a long time without dredging, and some sections of the river were simply filled up."

Fu Wei's face stiffened a bit, he just helped Liu Yan shake the pot, and cursed Dou'a for being too straightforward, and he felt that he could no longer chat happily.

Wang Meng had already met with the senior officials of the fleet one by one, followed by Fu Wei and met Julian who was in charge of welcoming them, and had to negotiate how to arrange the berthing of the fleet's ships.

How the Han fleet should be arranged should actually be decided in advance. The several docks on the Constantinople side are not unable to accommodate the Han fleet. The problem is that one dock cannot accommodate all the ships. The Han fleet needs Parked separately, Wang Meng still needs advice from Fu Wei.

"Separated mooring does not exist." Fu Wei directly rejected Julian's arrangement, and thought for a while and said: "The entrance here is a long and narrow strait. Blocking the strait is not so realistic."

Julian had predicted Fu Wei's refusal a long time ago. Not to mention that Rome has not officially established diplomatic relations with Han. Even if relations are good after the establishment of diplomatic relations, as long as the Han people's IQ is still online, the fleet will not be allowed to be split. He smiled bitterly at the seemingly reasonable sentence behind Fu Wei, isn't it just showing off the huge Han fleet!

"Is that right?" Fu Wei asked Wang Meng for advice: "Before I came here, I saw a sea area suitable for mooring. Most of the fleet's warships were parked there. The rest of the warships and transport ships went to various places to receive the materials you purchased. ?"

Wang Meng smiled and looked at Julian. Another thing is that he has never left Constantinople since he came to Rome. Even if he purchases anything, it is stored in Constantinople. There are no purchases in other places, but there is no need to say.

"Where is it?" Julian felt something was wrong subconsciously, and needed to know where the sea area was. He listened to Fu Wei's detailed description, and after knowing the location, he stared at Fu Wei silently for a long time, without agreeing or refusing to say: "Augustus' permission is needed."

The sea area mentioned by Fu Wei is in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea, and the mooring area is chosen next to an island at the exit of the strait (Dardaniel), close to Thresz.

This location is simply the throat of the strait. Locking it here is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the sea route and Constantinople. Once an attack is launched, it can also threaten the Greek Peninsula and Asia Minor. The close proximity to Thrace is even more conducive to cutting off the king. Land transportation between Constantinople and Europa.

"That has to be as soon as possible." Fu Wei was surprised at how Julian's Chinese was so standard, and said jokingly: "A moment later, the fleet will be blocked here for a while, it's very bad."

When the Han fleet came over, it really blocked the channel. The current situation was that the ships outside could not get in, and the ships inside could not get out. The longer the time, the more serious the congestion.

"It's blocked." Julian looked at it, frowning and said: "You can let the fleet line up and make way out of the channel?"

"Uh, Wei is not qualified to be called ‘Your Excellency’." Fu Wei first finished speaking to Julian, and then asked Wang Meng for instructions: "The angel decides?"

Wang Meng smiled and said, "It's not good to block."

Fu Wei also smiled. He heard what Wang Meng wanted to express. After the envoy came to Rome, it was not all smooth sailing. Generally, the Romans received respectfully and did not develop to the point of arrogance.

In the next step, the surrounding Roman ships needed to retreat a certain distance to avoid the situation. The whole process took nearly five hours, waiting for the fleet to be emptied, and the fleet that received the order began to adjust.

Just now, Julian didn’t understand what he was doing with a Han army waving a flag. He didn’t hear what kind of tools the Han army used to spread the military order. He saw soldiers waving flags on the Han army ships. Use the flag to communicate.

The Han army has had semaphore for a long time, and the army has used it less frequently. The navy's use of semaphore for communication is a regulation. At the same time, the navy has also mastered the communication method (morse code) that uses lights to turn on and off at night.

Rome's military order transmission method is quite primitive. In addition to relying on human transmission, it is to use the agreed sound rhythm. Julian found that the Han people could use the flag to communicate, and instantly developed an extreme desire for discovery.

"You guys came quite quickly." Wang Meng was indeed surprised. He thought he would have to wait for a few months or even longer~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He lowered his voice and asked, "What is your impression of Da Qin? ?"

Fu Wei knew what Wang Meng was asking, so he lowered his voice and replied: "The territory of Daqin is quite vast. We come from the west, and the borders of Daqin are on both sides of the strait. The same is true wherever we go along the way. They have many coastline cities. , Ports can be seen everywhere, divided by your majesty’s civilization type, it seems to belong to the marine civilization?"

Wang Meng was stunned. He really didn’t know what Liu Yan did afterwards. After a little pondering, he could understand what “marine civilization” means: “Daqin’s marine development has gone astray. A ship sailing abroad."

Fu Wei had some understanding of the Romans' maritime development. The Persians did not mock the Romans less about this. It is not a matter of a century or two for the Persians to laugh at the Romans as a short-legged people on the sea.

Speaking of Persians, Fu Wei couldn't help but said with a smile: "When we came, we followed nearly a hundred Persian ships, and we haven't bypassed the Cape of Good Hope. Those guys were persuaded."

Wang Meng did not ask how many ships Fu Wei took when he set off. At a glance, there were about 300 ships. Some of the ships were not in good condition. After hearing the Persian slaughter, they were defeated before they left. He said sincerely. : "You are the real warriors!" u