Sweep the World

Fu Wei brought the fleet to Constantinople with far-reaching significance.

The first is that the Han country has found a route that can directly connect to Rome’s current capital, Constantinople, from the sea.

Secondly, the fleet can reach Constantinople directly, and can also attack all coastal cities in the Mediterranean arbitrarily.

From the moment the Han fleet appeared, Rome and Han no longer existed as equals, all because Rome was attacked and no fleet could go to retaliate.

The side that is beaten and can only be beaten passively is naturally the side that is at a disadvantage.

In particular, the land of the two countries is far enough apart, but both countries have long enough coastlines. One side has the ability to send a fleet to the other side, but on the other hand, it can't even get out of its own footbath.

The direct manifestation of the emergence of the Han fleet is that Constantius II stated to Wang Meng that he would personally hold an unprecedented welcome ceremony.

Constantius II will also recall the governors of all the provinces, and invite the nobles with decent faces all over Rome, all just for everyone to see the huge fleet that has sailed for tens of thousands of miles and arrived in Constantinople.

Although the Roman authorities were enthusiastic about the purchase proposed by Wang Meng, they imposed restrictions on many aspects and restricted the purchase of slaves, especially the purchase of grain.

With the arrival of the huge fleet of the Han army, the Roman authorities did not understand that they had proposed to Wang Meng to lift the restrictions, but within a short period of time, the number of people looking for Han envoys for business talks increased sharply.

"We have looked for these people before..." Cai Mian didn't feel very proud, but there was a sense of humiliation that tigers did not show their might and were treated as sick cats: "Now the owners behind these people know that they can attack as long as the big man is willing. I recognize my position."

"Your Majesty mentioned it a long time ago." Wang Meng fell into the memory, and said for a while: "Whoever can control the sea power is equivalent to control the world."

They didn't have much feeling about this before, but now they have experienced it firsthand from the attitude of the Romans.

The Han people are relaxed and happy here, but the Roman high-level people are very sad.

Ordinary Romans didn’t think too much about the fleet of a distant country coming from the sea. While wondering at the same time, they thought that those strangers who came from far away always had to eat and drink, and they would definitely buy things on a large scale, so they could make money. .

For the senior leaders in Rome, it is a great good thing for one's own fleet to go to Han, and it is impossible for him to go, but the Han fleet is here, which is really a terrible and sad reminder.

"I thought that even if the Seris people could come from the sea, they would only go to the Red Sea and land on the Egyptian side..." Gallus's face was pale, and the faces of the others were not so good: "Egypt. The environment on the side is extremely harsh. Even if the Serris army landed in Egypt, as long as we did not relax, they would never be able to get close to Asia Minor. Now..."

Whether it is in Egypt in Asia or Egypt in Africa, most of the land in the Red Sea region is desert. A distance inland, even if not all deserts are as bad as deserts, but most of the areas are deserted at the Gobi level. .

The lack of plants generally means the lack of water sources. The greater the number of troops in this type of environment, the more difficult it will be to replenish water sources.

To put it bluntly, the defensive side can set up a fortress where there is a water source, and there is no threat to the attacking enemy. If the number of enemy troops coming to attack is large, the water source cannot be guaranteed, and the advantage over the defending side is too great.

Contemporary Rome under the rule of Augustus Constantius II is completely different from the previous Roman dynasty. The focus of the previous dynasty was Europa, and the main business was also the territory of Europa.

Before Constantine became the ruling family of Rome, there were repeated civil wars and coups in Rome. In fact, Europa was destroyed and rebuilt many times.

The centuries-long Roman civil strife gave the various tribes of eastern Europa a chance to rise, waiting for Constantius II to sit on the throne of Augustus, not to mention the rise of the barbarians, some of those who gained strength in the civil war The family also took control of the place.

So it was said that it was not Constantius II who fell in love with Southern Europe, but the local forces in Western Europe, Central Europe and Italy were deeply rooted. Eastern Europe directly came to the rise of a barbarian. If you want to live more comfortably, you can only choose Southern Europe.

If southern Europe had been hundreds of years earlier, in the eyes of the Romans, it would have been a completely barren land, not to mention that half of Asia Minor, which was most effectively controlled by Constantius II, belonged to Asia. It is precisely that the most tightly controlled territory of Constantius II does not belong to the territory of "Old Rome", so it is possible to imagine how those nobles viewed Constantius II.

The situation of the Constantine family is that it has the name of the Roman ruling family. In fact, it ordered Constantinople to go north. The Europa part is only good for listening. It’s no good... Who cares about you? It's Augustus!

"That..." Gallus had a question for a long time: "What is the cause of Serris's attack reliability?"

Everyone looked at each other. When they learned that Han and Gupta had entered a state of war, the war there had been fought for nearly a year. Why didn't they have never explored in the fight, but there has been no official answer.

What the Han state claimed was that the Gupta Dynasty had invaded its territory.

The so-called invasion is that the Han Chinese arrived in Nanyang and discovered that there were even black-skinned and thin sub-blacks in this place. They immediately fell into an intolerable state and saw one arrested and returned to be a slave.

Later, the Han Chinese navy entered Asanyang, and miraculously discovered that there were many foreign ships here. The first encounter between the Han Chinese warship and the Gupta merchant ship was to enter into the role of robbery and being robbed.

The Han army didn't know if they didn't grab it, but found that Ah San was really rich in one grab, and if he grabbed it decisively, Ah San must make a counterattack, and it gradually evolved into a battle at sea.

"Both sides have their own opinions. One side believes that the other side is an unreasonable robber, and the other side declares that the other side has harmed his own interests." Julian has done in-depth research and understands that those statements are not credible at all. The truth is only based on whether it can be beaten: "The Serris has landed on the continent of Faith, and it is clear that the truth is in the hands of the Serris."

They are the governors of the country. Who does not know what kind of virtue is who is. The country never needs justice to wage war, only whether it can bring benefits. The victor has the privilege of writing history, and the loser will be buried in the grave. The so-called justice is to become the ultimate victor.

Rome has been paying close attention to the war on Ahsan’s side. The latest news they have received is that the Kingdom of Dela (called Gitanato in Chinese) next to the Gupta dynasty has been completely occupied. North and east.

After the Han people took control of the Dera Kingdom, not only did they attack the Gupta dynasty, they also did not let go of the neighboring countries. In a short period of time, they destroyed Yejia, Thorpe, Kaga... and so on. It took a lot of effort to conquer half of the region's Xiaoba Naluo, forcing Naluo to become a servant country of Han.

"The Han people have laid down a territory equivalent to our two Macedonian provinces within half a year in the Faith Continent, and at the same time wiped out the army of about 50,000 Gupta." Julian said seriously: "The army of Gupta has resisted Vagata for a long time. Cana’s combined attacks with several neighboring countries cannot be achieved without sufficient combat power."

Rome and the Gupta dynasty have a long history of trade relations, and they know much more about the Gupta dynasty than the Han. The Gupta dynasty in their impression is not weak, especially quite rich.

"It's such a country. They have repeatedly failed in the contest with the Serris army." Julian was prepared. He took out a few parchments. It was Cicero who recorded the trustworthiness of the ocean and sea battles, and several more. The record of the land warfare: "If what Cicero said is true, the Serris have never really regarded Gupta as an equal opponent."

That's how Julian understood it.

Needless to say, the early naval confrontation between the two sides did not matter. It didn't matter how the Han Chinese navy fought in front. Nearly 3,000 ships of various types were pulled out at one time and directly reached the gate of the Gupta dynasty. Isn't it easy to show a balance of power?

In the battle on land, Cicero recorded that the regular army of the Han country played a supervisory role most of the time, and the servant army of the Han country was the main one who fought with the Gupta army. Among them, the servant army from the countries of the islands made the largest number of dispatches.

"The place called the Wa Islands, I heard Cicero describe it as a group of islands in the semilithic age, and the countries on it are trying their best to merge into the kingdom of Cyris, and have not been allowed by the emperor of Cyris." Julian said to him. This is not touchy. Rome has been glorious for so long. In history, there are quite a few countries and nations who want to merge in, and only a few have succeeded: "It is unbelievable that they are willing to die for the emperor Sirius. The battlefield is crazy."

Constantius II raised his hand to stop Julian from continuing to tell, and said blankly: "The competitive process can be accelerated, and then you have new responsibilities."

Julian froze for a moment. He was the organizer. The main reason for holding such a grand event was to get gifts from the Han people for a good price.

"You can't let Seres' fleet stay too long." How could Constantius II agree to let the Han fleet be parked at the throat of the strait, since the Han fleet lined up in the strait, facing the channel Keep the status quo as they are minimized: "Also be prepared to go to Seris with them at any time."

There are no ocean-going ships in Rome. Last time Cicero was sent to Han, ships still bought and hired some countries on the confident continent, including the Gupta dynasty. As a result, it was not only supported by the Pingman colonel, and the Han people arranged for ships. Sent back to Han.

The next step for Constantius II was to enter a state of thinking, and from time to time he would look at Helena and Helena.

Helena has the experience of attending high-level meetings, and her appearance on such occasions is not abrupt.

It was the first time that Helena was invited to a high-level meeting. She squeezed her face and didn't say anything. Her hands couldn't control the clothes she had been playing with, and her position was wrinkled after being screwed for a long time.

"We have all received a gift from Wang Meng." Constantius II tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically: "When I go back, I must return a more valuable gift."

Those of them who received the gift did not return the gift before, and some of them did not return the gift yet. Others believed that it was nothing to collect the gift in their own territory and not to return the gift. Now it is the arrival of the Han fleet that makes everything different, at least it can't be at ease.

Helena showed an expression of wanting to cry in an instant, she was a marginal figure, she was always poor. She received an extremely precious gift, and if she really wanted to give a gift in return, it seemed that she would not be able to raise money to buy a gift of equal value after selling herself.

"Your share, I will arrange it." Constantius II looked at Helena with a kind expression, smiled and said: "In addition, I will arrange an etiquette teacher. You need to be in the shortest time. An orthodox Roman lady."

Helena also had various teachers before, but those teachers were not well-known at all. She was studying seriously, but the teacher at the back was gone by herself, and she didn't arrange for another teacher to come over.

"Let me teach it." Helena said aloud: "The etiquette of Rome is up to me. It just so happens that we can also learn the etiquette of Cyris together."

Constantius II thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Not only Helena and Helena need to learn the etiquette of Han, but also the noble ladies who will go to Han. Of course, it was not the Romans and Europa who taught them etiquette, but the teacher arranged by Wang Meng, and the teacher was a female official from Miyagi.

Roman women have to learn etiquette, and Roman men who are going to the Han country also have to learn etiquette, but the teacher has changed candidates.

For many Romans, they not only need to learn etiquette, but also learn Chinese as hard as possible. In order to communicate better, it is only one aspect. Knowing Chinese (characters) must be able to learn more when they arrive in Han. If you want to spy on secrets, you can understand Chinese characters~www.wuxiamtl.com~ An old saying goes, time flies, the sun and the moon are like shuttles...

The competition ended with cheers. The final winning team in the team battle was the Han from the far east, but anyone with sharp eyes could see that although the Han can really fight, but the Han team must have internal relations after the victory, such as those The Roman masters told the gladiators that they must lose.

As he wished, Julian sold the things put up for auction at a sky-high price and gave back gifts that Wang Meng thought were appropriate.

Recently, Wang Meng received gifts and received softness, people he knew and did not know, who came in person and sent people, many people just wanted to leave a parchment with his name on the gift list, that is, mixed face. Cooked.

"Da Qin has too many envoys, right?" Fu Wei looked at the list listed in Rome, and it was really dense: "The master, plus servants, etc., more than 20,000 people. Why don't they swim? Swim to the big man!"

Dou Aleng next to him suddenly said: "More than four thousand people are the noble daughters of Daqin people."

Fu Wei licked his lips subconsciously... 8)