Sweep the World

It took two days for the fleet to escape the wind and waves on the island of Khao Lak. Not all the people in the fleet went to the island, but only two thousand people went to the island with only more than two hundred villagers. It took just two days to toss the island. Ji Fei Gou jumped, and even consumed the food stocks of the villagers on the island to the bottom.

When the food is gone, the villagers are not only not upset but very happy. It is naturally that the guests have spent money. They can go to the Greek peninsula to buy food anytime and anywhere, but they don’t have to wait to starve to death after eating, and they spend money lavishly, and it’s too late to be happy.

"Actually, there is no need to spend money." Marus Utansis has Greek descent, but he has always been ashamed that he did not have the idea of ​​getting close to the Greeks for a long time: "They are honored to serve us."

In fact, it didn't cost much. The Han people left a good impression on the villagers on the island. If one day another Han people come to the island, I believe the villagers on the island will treat the Han people very kindly. This is far more important than leaving a bad impression, but Wang Meng and others would not tell the Romans this reason.

After the fleet re-departed, it still followed the previous course. This time, there was no bad weather on the islands, and I passed that sea area smoothly, and I also saw a lot of scattered islands along the way.

"There are so many islands in this sea area?" Cai Mian has always played a very curious role: "Are the villagers on the island all Greek?"

"No." Marcus Marca pointed to the north: "There is the province of Thrace, and Macedonia is next to it. The Mount Olympus you call it is in the southeast of Macedonia."

Macedonia? A once glorious country, their king once established a powerful empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, but this empire was so short-lived, and immediately broke up with the death of the founder Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great had a great influence on world history. Not only did he almost unify Greece, he also left many countries with the Greek model even after his death. Especially after the Eastern Expedition, the countries left behind are the most. The largest is the Seleucid Empire, and even Many Greeks established countries in West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia.

There has always been a legend of Daxia in the Central Plains. The first generation of Daxia was actually the Bactria-Greek kingdom established by the Greeks. That is to say, Daxia in the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty was actually a bunch of blonde and white skin. A country ruled by people. After arriving in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Daxia recorded in the history books changed and became a country composed of Yueshi, Serbian and Asan, which was the predecessor of the Guishuang Empire. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty had forgotten Daxia, which was tantamount to losing its ambition to march west of the Western Regions, and the pace of conquering stopped at the Western Regions.

Thrace was originally a general term for a Greek-style tribal alliance. People over there will have a yellowish skin, which is probably the appearance of the West Asian race, and their living habits and clothing are no different from those of the Greeks. They were a nation that was first culturally conquered by the Greeks. After waiting for the settlement of the Greek city-states by Rome, Thrace became a vassal of Rome without resistance. For a long time, once the Romans greeted them, they should go out. People go to be cannon fodder.

Rome did not seem to have a plan to completely conquer Thrace at the beginning, but it did not prevent the Romans from teaching the Thracians in various ways and entering the Thracian territory to capture villagers as slaves.

Thracian is also an ethnic group of great men. The first large-scale slave uprising in Roman history was led by a Thracian named Spartacus, but this uprising was led by gladiators. Armed forces are also a disaster for the corners of the Roman territory. A slight invasion of the Roman provinces immediately attracted a large group of Roman legions to encircle and suppress them. Later, Crassus was directly rubbed on the ground with the power of a family.

After the failure of the slave uprising led by Spartacus, the Romans could no longer tolerate the independent existence of Thrace. The Roman Legion easily swept Thrace. After the conquest, the Thracian province was established, and the rule has been maintained. Until now, it will continue to rule until Western Rome belches.

After reaching the waters close to Thrace, you will enter a long and narrow strait, which is a passage enclosed by two continents.

"The continent to the south is Asia Minor." Marus Utansis stared at the land that was almost yellow in appearance: "We said before that the Trojan War occurred on this continent."

No city can be seen on the coast, even if there are people, there are some scattered villages. There are very few patches of green in this area. I really want to see the deserted hills except the Gobi.

"The Greeks back then washed up and landed at the exit of the strait." Marcus Marca pointed a finger at a beach: "They camped here by boat, and they fought with the Trojans on the coastline for nearly ten years."

"At that place." Marus Utansis pointed to nothingness: "It used to be the city of Troy, but now I can't even see the remaining wall roots."

Please, the Trojan War took place in 1993 BC, and it lasted until 183 BC. According to legend, the Greeks attacked the city and began extreme burning, killing and looting, followed by arson. A prosperous and beautiful city became ashes in the flames of war, and no one will rebuild it later.

A city that was deserted more than 1,500 years ago, and the local climate is dry and dusty. Maybe people nearby would pry bricks and stones to build houses. It's weird if they leave any traces.

No kidding, like the Great Wall. It was just a few decades from the late Qing Dynasty to the modern era. For certain sections of the Great Wall that were built from the Ming Dynasty to the Manchu Dynasty maintenance, nearby villagers would build houses and draw materials. As a result, a considerable part of the Great Wall section was even left. No foundation remains. This has been the case for only a few decades. The death of the city of Troy was more than 1,500 years ago. What can be left behind?

After going deep into the strait, the coastline scenery on both sides of the strait has been changing. Relatively speaking, the north shore is greener than the south shore, and the north shore is definitely more densely populated than the south shore.

"Our pre-Augustus intended to build a bridge across the strait, but that is an impossible thing to achieve." Marus Utansis gestured across the strait: "How ambitious it should be. idea?"

Wang Meng observed that the width of the strait should be ten han li. He did not know the depth of the water, and the water flow was relatively gentle. He wondered whether it would be possible to build a bridge across the strait with the technological strength of Han. The final conclusion was It will be difficult, but it can be done.

"If you are willing to spend money..." Cai Mian dragged a final note, attracting the attention of all Romans: "It's not that it can't be made."

The Romans have their own looks, most of them think of fantasy, but some people take it seriously.

"I remember that your Yangtze River and the big river (Yellow River) have river-crossing bridges." Marcus Maka went to the Han border and passed those bridges in person: "You can build river-crossing bridges on the panting river, the strait is like this. There must be no problem with the gentle water flow."

Marcus Marca's words shocked all the unsuspecting Romans, and after repeated inquiries, he introduced what he had heard and seen.

"The bridge across the river is two miles at most, and the strait is more than seven miles." Marus Utansis said suspiciously: "Even just one step will increase countless difficulties, let alone so much more. The depth of the sea. It's not comparable to the depth of the river."

The Romans also used “li” as the unit of length, but the Roman’s one mile is quite the modern 1.49 kilometers, while the Han country was reformed by Liu Yan and used the modern unit of length, one mile. It is five hundred meters.

Cai Mian smiled indifferently, he just said, whether the Romans believed it or not.

If a bridge can be built across this strait, it is definitely a great gospel for the current Rome, especially for Constantius.

Marcus Marca has decided to take it seriously. Once he arrives in Constantinople, he will immediately ask Constantius to inform him of this matter. If the bridge across the strait can be built, perhaps this civil war will be even worse. Nearly the end, the end of the war will be the victory of Constantius.

The sails of the boats were taken up early, and the sound of the oars lapping the water has not been cut off. The reason is that the wind of the current season is not downwind to them. Raising the sails under headwinds is completely inconsistent with them. They can only rely on human oars to drive the boat forward.

They sailed from day to night. After night fell, Wang Meng and others in the flagship room noticed the movement outside, and Doua went out to investigate.

"They are throwing away the corpses." Doua returned to the flagship room not long after: "Continuously paddling without stopping, some slaves died of overwork."

It’s not the first time that everyone knows about this. It happened more than once during the voyage. Some died from overwork, some died from illness. To die, the Romans would converge, but they also wrapped the corpse in a cloth before throwing it in. In the sea, the slave was thrown directly into the sea.

"They claim to be the most civilized country in the West, but many of their behaviors are more savage than barbarians." Dou'a felt that the night wind was a bit cold, and pulled his collar with his hands: "Throw dead bodies into the sea casually. Fishes and shrimps are clean after eating them, washed up on the beach or brought into the river, and they are not afraid of the plague."

"There have been several great plagues in Daqin." Cai Mian is now a know-it-all person: "I heard that one of their great people, it seems to be called Anthony or something, has the title of'Egyptian Conqueror', but died of plague infection. Below. Big people can catch the plague, which shows how widespread it is."

"Then they know the horror of the plague, but they still don't take it seriously." Dou'a shivered, and said in a disgusting tone: "Along the way, I went ashore and entered several towns. Each one seemed to be an oversized one. You can see **** and urine everywhere. The most overwhelming thing is that people living on the second floor don't even look at whether there is anyone below, and a basin of **** and urine just falls down."

If there were Han people, they were recruited. They vomited loudly on the spot. After vomiting, they directly **** the guy up. In his anger, he stabbed the guy who poured his excrement on his head with a sword.

The result of that time was that there was nothing wrong with the Han who killed people. Nobody in that city would **** from the second floor before the Han left. The key is what should happen if the Han left.

The Hans who killed people were fine, mainly because they had a knighthood, and they wanted to make good relations with the Han country. They must respect the Han aristocracy. In a place like Rome, the nobles are of course superior to others, and the life and death of non-citizens are just like that. If you really want to deal with it, the murdering nobles just need to lose some money casually.

"Mian is very curious whether Constantinople is like a city full of excrement and urine." Cai Mian thinks that is quite possible: "A city is full of excrement and urine, and there are so many mosquitoes and flies beyond imagination. , They go home and go home with their feet full of excrement on the street, just like that?"

"Habits become natural." Wang Meng really didn't want to engage in this topic, but he was also worried that Constantinople was also a city full of feces and urine: "If the capital of a country is like this, Dahan will re-examine Daqin."

They have already crossed the strait, but they have entered an inland sea environment like an extremely large lake. What they learned is that they will be able to reach Constantinople in about half a day.

The strait, including this piece of inland sea, is very prosperous. You can see the coming and going of large and small ships anytime and anywhere. Whether it is downwind or headwind, the oars on the boat never stop paddling, so that every boat can be seen. They are all like centipedes fluttering at sea.

After the appearance of the white fish in the East ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Wang Meng in his sleep was awakened by a noisy sound. He understands some Roman languages ​​more or less, and even guesses that he has been able to see Constantinople. Outline.

Looking east from their position, from a distance, it is a narrow and narrow strait... No, it is a strait rather than a gateway. Looking in their direction, the outline of a city can be seen on the left. There are dense black spots on the coast. Should it be all kinds of ships?

As the waiting distance gets closer, the people on the boat can see more clearly. What they saw was a city with a city wall built on the shore. The height of the city wall should be about 30 meters, with many triangular red flags flying on it, and many soldiers were standing guard.

"We will stop here for the time being." Marus Utansius came to this place as if he had changed his personality, his expression became more proud, and he even raised his chin slightly when he spoke: "Someone will go in and inform. After clearing the channel, there will be a ceremony to welcome the Han envoy."

Wang Meng was watching a corner of Constantinople intently. The densely packed ships on the sea showed that the city’s maritime routes were prosperous. The brick wall and the soldiers standing guard on it showed that the owner of this city attached great importance to city defense. Going to the gate that was obviously artificially remodeled can also show that its owner is very aware of the importance of the channel.