sweeping the world

Chapter 1005 Attacking Han Worldwide ([-])

Regardless of whether it is the Romans or the Persians, even the most staunch nationalists among them, everyone admits that as long as there are no accidents, the Han Empire will always be able to survive in the next few decades or even a hundred years. It is one of the most powerful empires in the known world.

That is to calculate from the national cultural heritage to population, economy, military force and territorial area, etc. Although the calculation method is not so reliable, it will definitely not produce subversive and wrong calculation results.

"It's not difficult to find out..." Cicero put down the teacup in his hand and said, "According to the official data released by Siris, after their census this year, the data obtained is 570 million households, about 100 Thousands of people."

Julian was also drinking tea, and they were in a private teahouse in Chang'an.

Chang'an did not change much during the emperor's tour, except that the carriages of the ministers would not gather in Miyagi twice in three days, otherwise it would be the same as usual.

It can even be said that because the emperor is not in the capital, many people are more relaxed and feel a little bit more free. Some noble heirs and second-generation officials make a fuss every now and then.

"Although the people of Seres did not announce their age group, it is not difficult to guess at all." Cicero likes to drink tea, especially green tea. It is bitter at the beginning, but the tongue can gradually taste the sweetness, especially for the body. Very good.Rubbing the porcelain teacup with one hand, he said slowly, "Based on the results of their census in Yuanshuo 12, it is estimated that the number of adults in Seris will be around 800 million this year."

Julian also likes to drink tea, but he likes the way of drinking tea with condiments and oil soup, and thinks that this way of drinking is the way nobles should have.

"We can discover one thing from this data." Cicero looked quite excited and did not lower his voice: "The people of Seris have fallen into absolute infantilization. There are probably at least three babies in each family."

Julian had already deduced this result, and he was equally excited about it.

Imagine that every family in a country has at least three babies or children, so how much effort should parents put in to feed their children, and how much energy should they devote to their children?

You have to work hard to earn money, and you have to take care of your children when you are not working.

People who have children will know that as long as they are children, there is no time when they are not noisy. Most children can calm down a little during the day except when they are sleeping. The energy is on the child, and after a long time, it is easy to be irritable, or it is a state of neurasthenia.

"I know that most Seris families live in cities with fewer babies, and in villages there are generally more than five children." Julian has not only traveled to the mountains and rivers in the Han Empire in the past few years, he can With such convenience, in addition to carefully drawing maps, it is to investigate the living conditions of the Han people: "The life pressure of the Serisians in the city is far greater than that of the local villages. Although they are all Seresians, their thinking is different. Change."

To put it simply, living in the city requires too much money, especially since they no longer farm the land themselves, even a grain of rice and a leaf of vegetable need to be bought with money.Furthermore, living in the city will inevitably lead to more obvious comparison psychology. It is unreasonable that the neighbors in the neighborhood are all glamorous, but I am wearing a worn-out or patched clothes.

In many cases, even if it is borrowing, people in the city will dress up glamorously for the sake of face, and even the food must not be too bad, otherwise not only will they feel ashamed, but they will even have no friends at all.

"I don't know if Your Highness has noticed." Cicero said with a thoughtful face, "The Sirians who farm and the Sirians who participate in handicrafts are gradually becoming two absolutely different groups of people."

Julian was stunned for a moment, and then he did not show any happy expression. Instead, his face was slowly shrouded in gloom.

Rome has long discovered that as long as there is no shortage of food, the increase in the number of people participating in industry is actually the greatest contribution to the increase in national strength.

The more workshops there are in a country, the more products the country will produce. As long as it can provide a market for selling commodities, it can further stimulate the handicraft industry, and at the same time, the country will receive higher commodity taxes.

"We have 5000 unproductive legions and we can't breathe." Julian took a sip of the tea full of oil soup and continued: "Our standing legions only have 5000 people in each legion. Seris has Fifteen standing legions... No, there are now sixteen. The old thirteen standing armies each have an establishment of 8000 people. Their Huben Army and Habayashi Army have an establishment of 3 people. The other has an establishment of 3000 people. The Firearms Corps behind only had an establishment of 5000 people at the beginning, but now it has increased by [-] people."

Then, when calculated, the number of adult men who were not engaged in production in the entire Han Empire was close to 25.

It is only one aspect of not doing production, what needs to be considered is the necessary investment, such as how much a soldier in the standing army needs to spend on equipment, and how much is the usual food and drink expenses.

It is even more necessary to calculate the construction of the training ground, as well as many other necessary costs and maintenance costs.

Rome couldn't get the annual military expenditure of the Han Empire, not even the total data, let alone know the cost and maintenance cost of a single legion.

"The Celeste Legion with the original equipment (cold weapons) and the infantry legion are not in combat. The annual cost should be around [-] gold coins?" Cicero just relied on guesswork, and said the textual research for obtaining the data: "Soldiers in the Han Empire didn't have a salary. The land they got when they enlisted in the army was regarded as an advance payment for their service salary. Those expenses were used for equipment and food."

Rome has experienced the era of military officers in power, and opened an era in which as long as you enter the army, regardless of whether it is a regular national army or a private army, you need a salary.

There is no such thing as salary in the Han Empire. If you can get something in peacetime, it is said to be "reward".At the same time, there is no rule that there will be a "reward" every month, every quarter, or every year. It is only possible to get a "reward" on some special festivals.

This is really the envy of all countries, especially Rome.

While envious of Rome, it is completely incomprehensible that the Han Empire's army has such a strong combat power and will to fight without a salary. At the same time, it is eager to know the secret.

"The people of Seres have a corvee system. This system has been implemented thousands of years ago to the present." Julian's reading so many books is not in vain: "They have long been used to only paying without reward. This generation The emperor bestows land on them while they are in service, and they are considered the most benevolent and generous emperors."

In fact, Rome also had compulsory enlistment for a long period of time. At that time, only enlisting in the army could become a citizen, and at the same time, it could also obtain land after becoming a citizen.

In Rome's "citizen age" stage, enlisting in the army to obtain land was not the most attractive place. It happened to be the stage of Rome's rapid expansion at that time. The biggest source of income for soldiers was to participate in wars. Obtaining bounties was only part of it, and more of it was Can make a fortune in the collective robbery of the army.

The army of the Han Empire, which has no salary, is actually almost exactly the same as the "citizen age" of Rome. The difference is that Rome changed its system, but the Han Empire still implemented the "classical" system.

"Is it possible to start from this aspect?" Julian said he was asking rather than talking to himself while thinking: "Let the soldiers of Siris have more demands!"

Cicero was lost in thought.

Including Rome and Persia, it can even be said that all countries that are unwilling to be plundered and suppressed have not thought of provoking turmoil within the Han Empire.

Everyone searched in a big circle, and was surprised to find that it was a country where the ruling structure would be extremely stable as long as the royal family was not chaotic.

In the royal family of the Han Empire, only the Son of Heaven was an adult.This point makes countries feel incredible and at the same time incomprehensible. The rulers of the countries they know can step from being ruled to becoming rulers. Without exception, they are all powerful families themselves. Because the family itself is strong enough to become the new ruler family.

How can a powerful family be sparsely populated? In addition to having the financial resources to support the armed forces, there will also be a large number of talents. Only with these foundations can there be a chance to overcome obstacles and rise.

In a family with a small population, under normal circumstances, there is not necessarily enough self-protection, and there is almost no basis for expansion. It is all because the most trustworthy group of people who have blood ties when "starting a business" are the people who have blood ties. When they "start their own business", the group of people who are not related by blood are just "working".

If you have a blood relationship, it is difficult to change jobs, and you will not destroy your career. If you have no blood relationship, you can do things that destroy your "entrepreneurship" at any time.To put it bluntly, it is a relationship of trust. Usually, even if an outsider has more abilities, when entrusting him to do a certain task, he will still choose his own family members who are related by blood.

They knew that Liu Yan was just a lonely family at the beginning of his "starting business", and they were shocked. They couldn't understand how Liu Yan could make his "business" bigger and bigger under the conditions of a lonely family, and they couldn't understand those who had no blood relationship with Liu Yan. How could the subordinates not be suspicious, and even show loyalty.This situation is almost unreasonable and unreasonable for the country they live in.

No matter how unscientific it is, Liu Yan "single-handedly" achieved what other countries thought was absolutely impossible. Not only did he rely on "single strength" to create a country, he even made this country a hegemonic existence.

If it is only a matter of operating a country to the point of being a regional hegemony, most countries will not know what is happening in the land in the east. However, the Han Empire suddenly entered the field of vision of all countries. The method of destroying a regional hegemony on an expedition of thousands of miles across the sea has stepped onto the world stage.

Known for destroying a country and occupying a country, there is no more cool way to appear than this!
"I will return to China after a while." Julian said in an orderly manner: "Regardless of whether it can be successful or not, you can try to see if you can make Serris' army mess up for the plan you just mentioned. Even if it doesn't The chaos will make the soldiers of Seris think that they have not been taken seriously at all!"

Cicero responded with a wry smile, and then asked: "The group of Persians have been trying to contact the princess, has there been any result?"

"The system of Seris is very special, and it is not so similar to all countries." Julian knew what Cicero was asking, and he had already given the answer: "We are also trying, but there is no result. The people of Seris have a There is a saying that the imperial palace is like the sea, after entering it is like sinking into the sea, it can be seen that it is not so easy to get in touch."

"Actually..." Cicero hesitated and said, "There is almost no possibility of success."

The wife of Augustus in Rome had access to so many people that she had no shortage of opportunities to do something, but never had a problem with it.

The harem system of the Han Empire is much more complicated and strict than that of Rome or any other country, especially when dealing with concubines of different races.

"As far as we know, Emperor Han doesn't sleep with them at all, and he will leave no matter how late he wants to sleep." Cicero said this is very early information: "Unless we can buy two people, Queen, Or Concubine De."

"Is it possible to buy the concubine of the Han Empire?" All Julian knew was that the clan of the concubine was wiped out: "As long as people have feelings, she must have thought of avenging her mother clan, right? "

Cicero has nothing to say about this.What he knew was that Tuobaxiu had a very good reputation and was also deeply loved by Liu Yan.

"We can't be sure!" Cicero wanted to say that they couldn't contact anyone in the harem at all, and said with a wry smile: "It's better not to try, or even stop the Persians from trying. Now is not the time to startle the snake."

"No." Julian said otherwise: "Let the Persians try. No matter what they achieve, at least they will get the Emperor Han into trouble. If the Emperor Han wants revenge, he will also revenge the Persians. It will only benefit us. harm."

Cicero thought about it, and felt that it was the same thing.

They are united to conquer the Han Empire, and they are about to enter a state of hostility, but it is still necessary to distinguish who the Han Empire is more hostile to. It is very appropriate for the Persians to meet the more anger of the Han Empire.

If the Han Empire chooses to conduct a cross-sea expedition, or even directly land on Constantinople, they certainly think they will win the final victory in the defense war, but they really don't want to see such a result.

(End of this chapter)