Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 142 Starting Again and History

On the third day after Rhodes was eliminated from the knight spear competition, the four of them set off again.

The day before departure, when Baron and Hamer were drunk, Rhodes and Michel went to the pier to contact the boat to the Roman Empire River Valley City.After getting off the boat, they still had to walk a certain distance by land to reach Glory City.

This time, each of them had a small room on the ship. Rhodes and Baron didn't have to squeeze into a big room with the sailors on the ship like last time.Although everyone has a single bed, the smell inside is really bad, the smell of sweat mixed with the smell of wine.

Considering that life on the ship might be boring, Rhodes bought a lot of books on various aspects, including history, culture, and magic.

Rhodes felt that he still knew too little about this world. Although he inherited the memory of the original owner, the original owner did not understand the world carefully. Before meeting Quentin, he did not know that there was a world barrier in the north of this world. .

What makes Rhodes puzzled is that this world is obviously a planet, and it is not a continent like a chessboard. Why is there a world barrier?What is behind the barrier?
The boat that Rhodes and the others took this time is called "Food Carrier". The captain is an imperial man. Gulfstream City is the mouth of several big rivers. In addition to the river that connects the Nord Kingdom, there are also several rivers leading to the Roman Empire. The rivers of the Empire, one of which they went to the Roman Empire.

The Fish Kingdom has fertile land and high grain output. This ship bought low-priced grain and wine from Gulfstream City and transported them to the Roman Empire for sale.Although the land of the Roman Empire is also relatively fertile, it may be because of unreasonable planting methods or because the system makes farmers less motivated, so the Roman Empire lacks food just like the land-poor Nord Kingdom.

But this does not affect the military strength of the Roman Empire, which is one of the best on the mainland. The Fish Kingdom will sell food to the Roman Empire precisely because of fear of the military strength of the Roman Empire. The king of the kingdom decided not to sell grain to the Roman Empire. He felt that this was an act of supporting the enemy, and he felt that his country was strong enough to resist the revenge of the Roman Empire.

However, things backfired, because this behavior of the Fish Kingdom broke the peace agreement signed by the two countries decades ago, so the Roman Empire declared war on the Fish Kingdom.Although the Fish Kingdom's army had the best equipment and the best welfare benefits, they were defeated by the Roman Empire's army on the frontal battlefield. In the end, they were unable to request peace and signed a series of unequal treaties.

Although the physical fitness of the armies of the two countries is similar, and the Fish Kingdom is even better because of living conditions, the fighting will of the Fish Kingdom's army is not as good as that of the Roman Empire. The firm will of the cold weapon era can make up for the gap in equipment.

However, Rhodes heard in the hotel that the cause of this situation was not caused by ordinary soldiers, but by the nobles who commanded the army. However, the nobles who controlled the right to speak refused to admit this kind of thing, and blamed the ordinary soldiers together. on the head.

This reminded Rhodes of the richest dynasty in the history before time travel, but it was also the only dynasty that died in the invasion of foreigners. Although the society and economy were prosperous, the military power was not strong.

Rhodes originally thought that the countless years of war between the Nord Kingdom and the Roman Empire would make the civilians of the two countries hate each other, but he didn't know whether he happened to meet the Imperials who didn't hate the Nords, or whether the Imperials were like this, anyway, the captain of the ship As imperial people, they are still very friendly to Rhodes.

Moreover, among his sailors were Imperials, Nords, and several Fish Kingdom citizens. They had a good relationship with each other before, and the wars between countries did not seem to make the civilians of each country hate each other. .

Their boat was going against the current and against the wind, and with the sails furled, the sailors had to paddle continuously to move forward slowly, which was much slower than the "flyer" that Rhodes and the others sat on before.

Rhodes was sitting on the deck basking in the autumn sun while flipping through books, relying on breathing techniques, he could slowly increase his internal strength even if he didn't take the initiative to use the divine illumination technique.It may be the reason why the magic power suppresses the internal force, and his meridians still feel a little tingling when he actively runs the Shenzhao Gong to cultivate the internal force.

However, relying on the breathing method to slowly increase the internal strength does not have such a feeling. In fact, he is still a little afraid that the active operation of Shenzhao Gong may have a bad effect on the body, and the tingling of the meridians may be a warning. If he continues to practice forcibly Maybe he will go crazy or something.

You can also read books while the sun is still good. Many times in this world, confrontation does not take place on the battlefield, but through pen and mouth. Although the whole world is morally corrupt, it is still necessary to learn from others when doing many things. You represent a sense of fairness and justice.

Rhodes yawned. Since boarding the ship in the morning, he has been on deck reading a brief history of the continent.He feels that the general trend of history is indeed a wheel, which not only crushes all people or forces who want to block the progress of the wheel of history, but also repeats itself.

The Roman Empire and the Fish Kingdom originally belonged to the same country, a huge empire. In their eyes, the Nords were just some uncivilized barbarians, and the grassland people were just some servants who grazed for them.

It is said that at that time, because the empire was too powerful, the long-term peace made the nobles indulge in enjoyment. There was no foreign aggression and no crisis. Ordinary civilians.

Finally, an uprising broke out in what is now the Roman Empire. After more than ten years of war, the entire empire was divided into two, becoming the Roman Kingdom and the Fish Kingdom. The royal family of that huge empire became the royal family of the Fish Kingdom today.

The uprising civilians ruled the current land of the Roman Empire. The leaders of the rebels became kings, and those who held power became nobles. Hundreds of years later, the Roman Kingdom was renamed the Roman Empire by a wild king. , in an attempt to restore the glory of the empire.

Those insurgents originally initiated the uprising for freedom and equality, for the sake of no more exploitation, and to establish a country where no nobles, no serfs, and everyone is equal. In the end, they became nobles themselves and exploited ordinary civilians even more cruelly. .

After reading this part of the brief history of the mainland, Rhodes felt a little sad. There may be a lot of inside information in it, but this is just a brief history, and it is not written in such detail.

He looked up at the sky, it was time for dinner...

(End of this chapter)