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Chapter 694 Reveals Another Veil of Persia

The Pingman Colonel's Department was opened up more than ten miles inland, but when it went further, it was blocked by mountains.

The Indochina Peninsula was originally densely covered with primitive jungles, and it was also a mountainous terrain. It was still the kind of terrain where one mountain is connected to another. Even in modern times, quite a few areas have not been developed. With today's means and manpower It is even more difficult.

The Han people who came over failed to explore deeper inland. They could only build in areas close to the sea. As a result, the coastline also had a civilized atmosphere, and the area belonging to the port also became larger and larger.

Naturally, the farms reclaimed by the Han people would not be too close to the sea. Leaving aside the impact of wind on crops in coastal areas, even the soil quality is actually mostly salinized.And the salinized soil can't grow crops at all.

For the Pingman Colonel's Department, they can only find flat land blocked by mountains, more valleys, and use the mountains to block the sea breeze in order to build farms.

"Strive to be self-sufficient as soon as possible, and even deliver food to the country." Huan Wen not only wants to make achievements in military campaigns, but also to make more achievements. Occupying and using it will undoubtedly be a huge contribution: "Xiang Don't stop the movement of inner exploration."

Si Hongzhuang could only nod his head in response, "No!" In fact, he was even more enthusiastic about building the Pingman Captain's Department than Huan Wen.After all, he is Captain Pingman, and the better the development here, the better for him.

"General." Si Hongzhuang pointed to the mountainous area in front of him: "The distance is the so-called Pyu country."

Their current position is a certain mountain top that the Han army has opened up the most inwardly, but this mountain top has been burned to blackness, and charcoal wood can be seen everywhere, and the land is full of ashes. Stepping on the ashes up the mountain, everyone's body is naturally not clean.

The Han people have their own way of cultivating land. The more primitive ones set fire to the mountains and forests. As long as an isolation zone is cut out in advance, they will not be afraid of the fire spreading.This is what they did when they opened up the plains of the barbarian school. Not only did they burn the entire mountain forest to increase the fertility of the land, but in fact all the beasts, insects and other living things in the mountain forest were also burned to death.

The Indochina Peninsula is full of primeval jungles, full of wild beasts and poisons. Even if they were prepared in advance, the Han people did not lose their hands when cutting down the isolation zone. This proves that every time human beings open up a piece of virgin land, they will bleed. Mantra.

The Pingman Military Academy was built in Yangon, Myanmar in later generations. The total area should be about thirty miles in radius. To the northeast of them is the Pyu Kingdom established by the Bamar people, but there is about two hundred miles between them. interval zone.

The Han army has been exploring the interior. The current information is that there is a mountainous area about ten miles away, and there is a plain behind it. Vertically and horizontally, the water system of the river is very complicated.

After exploring, we not only learned about the terrain, but also discovered many primitive savages. They formed tribes of various sizes. Most of them did not wear any coverings, and only a few high-status people wore animal skins and leaves. They use stone tools to hide their shame, and it is rare to see them using fire to cook food. They almost live a life of consuming hair and drinking blood in a real sense.

As a matter of fact, the Han people came here to build and establish the Pingman Colonel Department. During the pioneering period, there were many incidents of savages being burned to death due to volcanic forests, and some savages who were killed were spied on for various reasons.

After Huan Wen came over, in order to better understand the area and reduce losses, he once ordered the savages to be captured alive, but he thought too much. It takes a period of time to tame them. How can they have that skill in wartime, they can only kill a savage when they encounter one.

It was not without cost for the Han Chinese to explore the primitive jungle. Many elite scouts did not die on the battlefield, but fell to the mouth of wild beasts in the primitive forest. Most of them were poisoned to death, and those who died in swamps and miasma were more than the above two. less.

There are many types of so-called poisons, with various bugs having the largest number and types, followed by various snakes. Compared with the wide variety of poisons, tigers, lions, leopards, wolves, hyenas and other animals are nothing at all. .

By the way, hyenas are very common in South Asia. They often hunt in groups and are very patient after eyeing the prey. However, they usually like to steal food from other carnivores.

There are lions in South Asia, but there is no such species in East Asia. In fact, in modern times, except for Asan's Gil, it is not known whether the lions in the rest of Asia migrated on their own or were killed by humans. Anyway, except for Asan's Gil, Lions have disappeared throughout the rest of Asia.

Huan Wen saw lions as a ferocious beast for the first time when he was in Pingman’s Captain’s Department. He actually knew about lions but had never seen the real thing before, so he ordered to capture a dozen of them and bring them back to the mainland for Liu Yan to see. .

The image of the lion appeared in the Central Plains for the first time in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to open up exchanges between the Central Plains and the countries of the Western Regions, and the lion was able to enter the Central Plains.At that time, the capital of the Han Empire caused quite a stir because of the appearance of lions.Since then, the lion, a species that came from afar, began to enter the folk life of the Chinese people. It was not only treated with courtesy, but also loved by the Chinese people. status.

However, the lion really began to spread among the people because of Buddhism. "Lengxialu" says: When the Buddha Sakyamuni was born, he "pointed one finger to the sky and the other to the earth", roared like a lion and said, "I am the only one in heaven and earth." .Therefore, Buddhists worship lions as solemn and auspicious beasts of gods and spirits.From then on, the sound of Buddhist teachings that shook the world and frightened the beasts was called "Lion's Roar".

In addition, lions have become gatekeepers since the Tang Dynasty. The previous "door gods" were basically processed images of the human body. It was not until the Song Dynasty that they had real status. People who had some status liked to place two stone lions at the door of their homes, but the Celestial Dynasty still The "door god" that is an extension of Taoism is more popular. In fact, the "door god" is divided into many categories. The "door god" has also been replaced by characters many times.

In the eighth year of Yuanshuo (AD [-]), the "door gods" are the incarnations of Shen Tu and Yu Lei. They are the two generals sent by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times to lead the ghosts wandering in the world according to the "Shan Hai Jing".In the future, there is no literary and artistic soil born during the Five Hushuanghua period, and the "door god" culture in the Sui and Tang Dynasties will be developed again. For example, Zhong Kui is one of the recognized "door gods". On the contrary, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde are more folklore .

Huan Wen would choose a lion as a gift, not a hyena that he had never seen before. Naturally, it was because the lion looked majestic and majestic, while the hyena looked unattractive. He didn't know the consequences of such a gift yet. The lion was turned into a gatekeeper beast in advance.

In fact, since the birth of Liu Yan, countless changes have taken place. He ended the Five Husbands ahead of schedule, and established the third country with "Han" as the country name with the orthodox Han Miao descendants. On the basis of the territory of the Han Dynasty, the entire Korean Peninsula was brought under the rule, and it also marched into the Northeast Plain, which had never been set foot in the previous dynasties. In the Southwest, most of the Indochina Peninsula was turned into the territory of the Han Dynasty. The exploration of the Pacific Ocean is in progress, and the hands are stretched out Arriving in Asanyang, the Urishima Islands are also waiting to be peacefully transformed.

The expansion of the living space of the Miao descendants of the Han family will continue to be carried out. Another contribution is the many products obtained with the continuous expansion of the Han army, such as various spices discovered in Nanyang, and the use of the sea.

As Han came into contact with Persian Sasanian, Rome and other countries, the Han people in various countries and regions ahead with clear goals will bring back more species, which is equivalent to the second species since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expanded westward. The era of great increase has been opened, and once many of these new species are successfully planted, the impact will be far greater than Liu Yan's establishment of the country.

Then there is absolutely nothing wrong with saying that!After all, the country will perish, but after the emergence of new food or useful species, people will continue to benefit, such as garlic, onion, coriander, celery, cauliflower, cucumber, lentils, broad beans and other species introduced from the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty, The Western Han Dynasty perished a long time ago, but they are still benefiting the people in this land.

Nowadays, Liu Yan is probably the only one who knows how important it is to open up and explore everywhere. There may be a small number of people who have the same sentiment, but more people can only see their own military exploits and their love for the land. Occupation, searching for useful new species and so on basically few people know what it means.

Liu Yan will know, that's because he already knows what species are useful. Some people who don't know what is useful but want to explore and research are truly wise, but those people don't include anyone from Huan Wen or Pingman Xiaowei. One person is enough.

"Deploy sentry posts, be alert to the northeast direction."

Huan Wen did not think that the Gupta Dynasty would forget about a country like Pyu. The competition at sea was always going on, and it was not complete without a few large-scale naval battles. We must be wary of the Gupta Dynasty's land invasion.The Gupta dynasty's move on land must be to bring Pyo into the alliance. If they don't come, it will be nothing. Once they do, it will definitely be a big move.

"I understand!"

The two of them came here on purpose, they didn't care about getting their bodies dirty. Apart from coming to see the terrain in person, they were expressing their opinion to the whole army, so as not to get enough attention after the order was issued.

After finishing what was to be done, the two of them got a report on the way down the mountain that the people from the agreed allied countries had arrived first from the Persian Sasanian side.

Of course, Chianush Alta Ardashir, who went on a mission to the mainland of Han, has not yet returned, but he sent someone back to Tessiphon first to give back the results of the mission and at the same time have necessary information for the country.

This time there were quite a few Persian Sassanid people coming over. The leader was a Persian nobleman named Altaba Masistios. He brought a fleet of 46 ships and brought nearly three Thousands of Persians.

When Huan Wen and Si Hongzhuang returned to the port, the Persian fleets that departed from the Persian province of Sassan Gedrosia and arrived at Pingman Commandery Headquarters after more than a month of sea voyage were still entering the port one after another.

The port on the side of the Pingman Captain's Department is not small, but most of the berths are docked with the warships of the Han army. Outsiders who want to go ashore can only go ashore from the reserved position by boat, which will be a toss It's been over an hour.

Every time a Persian-Sassanid fleet enters the port, a large number of people will disembark. It seems that everyone is not in good spirits. Many of them fell down as soon as they stepped on land. Even those who are in better condition have a look on their faces. of dishes.

Huan Wen did not go to welcome Altaba Masistios, but Si Hongzhuang came to receive him.According to Huan Wen's original words, that is, he, the big man's general who conquered the south, hasn't lost that much.

Si Hongzhuang actually has a kind of "face blindness" for Persians. If he is not too impressed, he can't recognize who is who. For Altaba Masistios who has a beautiful beard It was really impressive at first sight.

In the impression of the Han people, any Persian they have seen will have a round beard, and the beard almost covers half of the face. Everyone has such a round beard, and it is impossible to recognize someone who is not Han at all. wrong.

Of course, the Han people do not lack people with round beards, but the facial features of the two ethnic groups are not the same!

The conversation between Si Hongzhuang and Altaba Masistios naturally needs to be translated. After the introduction of Altaba Masistios, Si Hongzhuang knew that it was not only Sassan who came. The nobleman who won the stage is still a general who holds military power.

The Persian Sassanian so-called "mastering military power" is not simply mastering military power. In a real sense, it means having a family private army that is recognized by the state, and the national army is two systems. Si Hongzhuang only understood the two after listening to the special explanation of the translator. fundamental difference in meaning.

Si Hongzhuang originally thought that it would be enough to receive Altaba Maxistios in person, and was about to invite Altaba Maxistios to his office for a detailed discussion. Maxistios said something else.

"What?" Si Hongzhuang didn't hear clearly even though he listened to the translator: "Ye Erbo?"

Just when Si Hongzhuang didn't understand it, Eltaba Masistios's next move opened another layer of Persian Sassanid veil to the Han people, including Si Hongzhuang.

Altaba Maxistios, a great nobleman who controls both the national army and his own family's private army, is very attentive and respectful leading a person in a gorgeous robe to appear .

It was really a gorgeous casual robe, not to mention covering from head to the soles of the feet. The fiery red robe also had very complicated seal patterns on it, the most obvious one being the flame on the chest.

"Dear General, please welcome Yerbo from our country."

"Yelbo..."

Si Hongzhuang didn't know that it wasn't just Ah San who had a caste, the Persians also had their own caste system, but the Persians didn't fall into that big pit, they were restructured into class divisions...

(End of this chapter)