sweeping the world

Chapter 1017 Recruitment ([-])

Three years ago was probably the most friendly time between the Han Empire and Persian Sassanid?

"We were hired to be the guards of the caravan. We arrived in Sassan by sea." Jiang Fang showed a reminiscing expression: "We landed at a port in the Persian Gulf and received excellent hospitality."

The Persian Gulf is a big harbor. Jiang Fang can still remember what he heard and saw at sea at that time. Those are two different scenery from the mainland coastline of the Han Empire and the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula.

"The climate on their side is dry, and even on the coastline, you can't see patches of greenery." Seeing that everyone was fascinated, Jiang Fang deliberately showed off his extensive knowledge: "The peninsula on the west coast of the Persian Gulf is a stretch of The desert at the end of the sky, the sandy beach spanning an unknown distance.”

Should it be the Arabian Peninsula of later generations?There are only a few areas on that side with a little green, otherwise it is really a desert or Gobi state.

"The east coast is better, but it is generally in a desolate state." Jiang Fang took a sip of tea, and then said: "Probably take Tla Kutaka as the dividing line, and further on is the terrain where the Gobi occupies the majority .”

Tracutaka is a small country in the northwest of Asan Continent. It is adjacent to Liangsatrapu and Vagadaka. It is located on the coastline of the two countries. It is a country with a narrow and long territory.

It is difficult for Han Chinese to remember the stinky and long name, but no one asks what kind of country Tracutaka is.It doesn't matter to them what kind of country it is. Anyway, there are only two countries in the world, one is the Han Empire and the other is the barbarian country.

"The port we docked at should be one of the more prosperous Sasanian ports?" Jiang Fang drew a rough figure on the table with tea, which is the outline of the Indochina Peninsula to the Persian Gulf: "The race of the big man is pure In comparison, the population on the Sasanian side is a bit mixed. You can see fair-skinned people, as well as sub-black or dark skin tones."

The Caucasians on the other side are divided into several types, just as outsiders cannot tell the difference between Han people, Japanese people, and Peninsular people, it is difficult for Han people to distinguish between white-skinned peoples.

"Their products are not rare, but we also have most of them." Jiang Fang's impression is: "For example, some dry goods, except for some plant-based dry goods, are not available, and the rest are just handled differently, otherwise the things are still the same. "

Cai Ping said: "The only thing the Persians can talk about is the carpet?"

"You're right." Jiang Fang said cheerfully, "The caravan we were in didn't buy anything else, it just bought a lot of carpets."

The main trade product of Persian Sasanian to the Han Empire is carpets, accounting for about 70.00% of the trade volume, and the rest are some special products, including candied fruit.

"If you have never been abroad, you won't have a deep understanding." What Jiang wants to say is: "The Han people are masters there. To take a simple example, if the money bag is also lost, the money bag of the Han people does not take more than a day. If it can be retrieved, even the Persians are not as efficient as the Han people."

There should be quite a few people in the teahouse who have traveled abroad, and they all showed smiling expressions.

Several people shared their own experiences, almost all of which were examples of enjoying super-national treatment abroad.

"In China, I can feel that the big man has become stronger. It should be from public facilities... such as convenient national highways." Jiang Chao is also a knowledgeable person, but he has never been abroad: "Next time, I will live a small life. We are getting more and more comfortable. We can live better because of the strength of the big man."

"It's as if slaves are used for national highways. We Han people don't need to do those heavy and dangerous jobs. If we really want to go, we can still get paid?" Jia Shang said in a not so sure tone: "The price of food is low. Because a large amount of food was brought back from the Indochina Peninsula?"

That's the thing.

If there were not so many slaves, the road construction would have to be done by the Han people themselves, and the casualties would not be the slaves, but the Han people.

Not only food, the Han Empire plundered too many resources from abroad, such as those that can be used as meat, so that most Han people can see meat on the table today.

Meat on the table no longer needs to be celebrated during the New Year, this is the biggest change!

In addition to food, the increase in minerals may not be seen by the common people, but it has actually increased the national strength, the army's equipment is getting better and better, and even some projects can use a large amount of pig iron Metal.

If you want to say what kind of personal experience the common people will have about the increase in mineral resources, it should be the popularization of copper coins. People don't need to trade by barter because of the country's money shortage.

"That's it." Jiang Fang clapped his hands and said, "No matter what they get, it's actually because of the big man that they have to respect."

When they went to Sasan, it was the time when the Persians were trying their best to please the Han Empire.

At that time, Persian Sasanian and Rome were still deadly enemies. In order to make the Han people stand on their side, or even become reliable allies, the Persians even did not hesitate to kneel and lick almost shamelessly.

At that time, the Han people had just regained the Western Regions, and when the peak of soldiers was officially marching westward, according to the wishful thinking of the Persians, once the Han Empire knew that there was such a Western overlord as Rome, the Han people definitely did not want the Persian Sasanian to fall under the attack of the Romans. under the cutting.

In order to win over the Han people, the Persians even did not hesitate to act as an intermediary when the Han people fought against the Gupta Empire.

Although the so-called "Five-Nation Alliance" played a small role in the war against the Gupta Empire, and it was the Han Empire that almost single-handedly overthrew the Gupta Empire, the Persians still felt that they had played a big role in it.

As an alliance, after overthrowing a regional power and a very wealthy country, even if we don't contribute much effort, shouldn't we share some of the benefits?

However, no, the Han Empire arrogantly took all the fruits of victory into its bag. Not only did the Persian Sassanids, as the initiators of the alliance, not get any spoils from it, but they actually sent troops to attack the Gupta Empire's Vagādāga and Two Satras. Pu even withdrew from the occupied area behind, and the remaining two allied countries were actually controlled by the Han Empire.

In the eyes of the Han people, it was their own strength that overthrew the hostile Gupta Empire, and the rest were allied countries that did not make any effort at all.Why should I give the results of my own battle to some irrelevant people? Is it just because of the relationship between allies?

No matter what the name of Zhuxia is, there has never been a so-called "ally". He believes that no one is qualified to be his ally. If he wants to stand on the same front as himself, he may not have a chance. How honored he is to be his little brother .

Central Plains dynasties in different eras have different approaches to their younger brothers. The more domineering Central Plains dynasties will only drive their younger brothers without giving any benefits, while the more gentle Central Plains dynasties will drive their younger brothers and give them some benefits. , the brain-dead Central Plains Dynasty will bleed to death and give all the benefits to the younger brother.

The Han Empire in this period was precisely a domineering dynasty. To put it simply, being able to form alliances with those countries was already something to be looked down upon, and it gave the sky a big face.

Since you have given such a big face and let those guys have the opportunity to fight side by side with him, the glory that should be bestowed has reached the limit, what benefits do you want?Another benefit is that he is so greedy!
Han people have their own values ​​in dealing with things, and what seems to be an extremely correct way of dealing with things is not the same in the eyes of others.

It seems that the Han people are too domineering?It's just that the Han people don't think so.

This kind of natural attitude of the Han people, even if the Han people feel that it is wrong, they will feel secretly happy, but other countries have their own actions.

The Persians understood that the Han people were almost proud to the core, and they could not become friends by simply kneeling and licking them.

As for being the younger brother of the Han people?Although the Persians are in a bit of a bad situation now, they can be regarded as brilliant. They are still a hegemony-level empire, and they must have their own dignity. They can become allies with the Han Empire, even if they are low-level allies. Considered.

The Persians feel fortunate that they discovered the supremacy of the Han people early, and the hegemony of the Han people was nakedly displayed in front of the world, so that those countries, including Rome, understood what kind of existence the Han Empire was.

It can be said that in the face of today's global attack on Han, this blame really cannot be thrown away, and the Han people have to bear it by themselves.

"About the 16th year of Yuanshuo, we went to Sassanid again." Jiang Fang said the changes he experienced: "This time I can feel the difference from the last time. Although the local government is enthusiastic, it is a A kind of enthusiasm with ulterior motives, they are trying very hard to cover up something. The attitude of the people towards us is obviously hostile."

The two completely different encounters allowed Jiang Fang to witness a period of history, that is, the Persians gradually changed from kneeling and licking the Han Empire to being wary and jealous, and even hostile.

"You all know, right?" Jiang Fang looked around and said, "It's about why the slaves rioted."

There is no television now, and there are not so many media. Only some people who have special status or pay special attention can have a timely understanding of the current situation.

"It was the Persians and Romans." Jiang Fang didn't mean the Daqin people, but a change in the government's attitude: "You are going to Chang'an, you should be recruited, and in the future you will go to crusade against the Persians or Romans."

In the past, the Han Empire used "Great Qin" to refer to Rome, just like the Western Han Dynasty called a certain country "Great Xia". Complete subjugation, making the territory of that country a part of oneself, and the people of that country come under the dominion.

Originally, the Han Empire wanted to be as friendly as possible to Rome, and waited for the right time to unite with the Romans to wage war against Persian Sassan.

After the Persian Sasanian is wiped out, some miscellaneous countries should be cleaned up, and after waiting for an unknown period of time, the next target of conquest is Rome.

The Han Empire hadn't put its national policy into action yet, but Rome and Sassanid had joined forces to actually declare war on the Han Empire, which meant that war broke out.

"Sasan is a country with a vast territory. Its territory is about one-third the size of a big man?" Jiang Fang wasn't talking nonsense. He knew that there was a world map engraving near the Temple of Heaven in Chang'an, and he had seen it himself. Engraving: "The territory of Rome is also vast, not smaller than Sassanian at all, and even the sphere of influence is larger than Sassanian."

Jiang Fang mentioned the world map near the Temple of Heaven in Chang'an, so that those who are going to Chang'an have the opportunity to see it for themselves.

"Some things I know, such as population and resources." Jiang Fang paused, and guessed in an uncertain tone: "The population under Sasanian rule will not be less than 6000 million, and the population of Rome will not be less than 8000." Ten thousand. Their territory is so vast, and there is no shortage of resources. This war... will not end in three to five years."

For some knowledgeable people, comparing the size of the territory, and then analyzing the population and resources of each country, they can probably analyze whether it is easy to deal with it.

The size of the Han Empire is not known to ordinary people. Otherwise, let them know that although the Han Empire has a population of more than 2000 million, more than [-] million of them are minors.

"No matter how long they fight, they will definitely fail!" Jiang Wei said firmly: "The Huns used to be so vast, and the former Wuhu was so perverted. They have disappeared."

"Haha!" Jiang Fang gave Jiang Wei a thumbs up: "Young people must have such vigor!"

"The national highway of Dahan is only built to Yangguan?" Jia Shang silently calculated, and then continued: "The west of Yangguan is the Anxi Protectorate. I don't know how the road conditions are in Anxi Protector. If it is bad, it will not be easy to deploy troops and supplies.”

Beyond Yangguan is Shanshan, which is the boundary of the Western Regions.

The Han Empire recovered the Western Regions, but it really didn't spend much energy on construction, and the appearance and transportation remained the same.

In fact, the construction of two intersecting national roads in China is still due to the exaggerated number of slaves. Even so, it is estimated that it will take 20 years. How can there be spare energy to overhaul roads in the Western Regions.If you really want to have so much free time, it is better to expand the domestic roads. With the national roads, you can build county roads, and then county roads, township roads, village roads and so on.

"From Yangguan to Congling, it will take at least 20 days if you go faster." Jiang Fangyou actually walked that route: "I'm talking about a small team riding on horseback. If it's on foot, it will take two About a month. Troops marching... depends on the attitude of the general."

Jia Shang and Jiang Wei looked at each other subconsciously.

They are going to the firearms unit. That's right. The formation of the firearms unit is definitely not for display. It must be going to the battlefield. It is not clear how long they will train.Now they know that even if it is only used for marching, it will not be less than four months, and by that time they will not know what the state of the war is.

(End of this chapter)