sweeping the world

Chapter 820 Don't laugh, be serious!

Only in terms of appearance, Iraq is no different from most areas in the Middle East. It is also full of Gobi and deserts. It is difficult to find natural green shade, and if there is, it is definitely artificial.

After Wang Meng and others entered the borders of Iraq, they discovered that the population in places that had been full of wars was surprisingly large, and the settlements were relatively concentrated.

"Oh." Valoli Ustans explained: "The environment in southern Iraq is a little harsher, and they can only live in places with fixed water sources."

This is the case in the Middle East. In many areas, even if the ground is dug hundreds of meters, no water can be dug out. Only a few places can dig out water after digging a little more than ten meters.

In fact, there is no shortage of rivers in the Middle East, but streams are scarce, which is determined by the local geographical location and climate itself.Although there is a lack of water here, after the invention of the internal combustion engine, petroleum, which is extremely important to the world, has the largest and most concentrated reserves and distribution in the world.

The Han mission stopped after entering Iraq for a hundred miles. Wang Meng and other high-ranking missionaries were arranged in a manor. It is said that it was originally the home of a certain prince or some great nobleman.

Different from other places that are full of yellow sand at first glance, the manor is full of flowers, plants and trees, and there are some fountains and pools that look very beautiful, which allows Wang Meng and others who have had enough sand all the way to get the greatest relaxation.

Marcus Macca, Valori Ustans and Mohsen Hardidan also lived in the manor. Surprisingly, they could coexist peacefully without much smell of gunpowder, and they could also sit down and enjoy a few glasses of wine together. .

"We have the same task now, how can we be incompatible?" Mawson Hadidan told the truth: "We will temporarily put aside the dispute until you leave."

Wang Meng has a special understanding of the grievances and grievances between the Persians and the Romans. No matter how the dynasties of the Persians and the Romans change, they are sworn enemies who have fought for hundreds of thousands of years. They can reach a consensus peacefully, mainly because The state of Han is very important to Persian Sasan and Rome.

A strong country is like this, even if it is tens of thousands of miles away, as long as people know how strong it is, they have to be afraid of doing anything, especially if a strong country can conduct expeditions across tens of thousands of miles, and exaggerate to On the other side, the mainland has sent tens of thousands of troops, and no one wants to mess with such a powerful country.

As an envoy from a powerful country, Wang Meng was able to better understand the treatment he received as a member of a powerful country from the courtesy standards of Persia and the attention from Rome. He accepted all kinds of attention and convenience with peace of mind and did not feel that something is wrong.

Of course, Wang Meng is very clear that this is the attitude of the Persian Sassanian and Rome on the premise that they both seek Han. Once the differences in interests cannot be bridged, what should be done, Persian Sasanian and Rome may It is really impossible to be afraid of the Han country, but to say that you are so afraid of the Han country that you will be bullied or blackmailed arbitrarily.

At the time of Taixifeng, Wang Meng had already signed relevant documents on behalf of Liu Yan and Shapur II. In fact, it was not a big deal. The trade relationship was determined from the form of credentials. In short, Han people and Persians can communicate. When the two places trade goods, the two countries have the responsibility to ensure the safety of the other party's personnel in their own countries.

The letter of credential is also particularly strict. If the personnel of the two countries break the law, it will be based on the local law. However, it should not be judged by one country alone, but should be judged by a joint court.

It’s not that Wang Meng has never fought for legal immunity, or that the Han people can only hand over the law to the Han country for handling. The Persians may not understand so many twists and turns, but they are really not stupid enough to agree to it, and the result is that the above The one mentioned is the standard procedure.

"Did you bring the same credentials when you went to Constantinople?" Marcus Marka took it very seriously after learning about it: "If so, I need to send someone to bring the letter first."

Wang Meng didn't think there was anything to hide, nodded and said, "In general, yes, the details need to be confirmed during the interview."

They were chatting on a semi-covered balcony, next to a fountain that was spraying water, and a pool (swimming pool?) on the second floor, and a group of dancers on the small platform, dancing wonderfully to the music. Man dance.

The dancers came from Persia, and they were specially brought along by Mawson Hadidan. There were many performances on the way. It was a pity that a few dancers died because of unbearable illness, but the high-ranking ones including Mawson Hadidan No one in the Persians cared about it, but Wang Meng and other Han people offered to buy it, but they were rejected.

Mawson Hadidan had a reason for his refusal. Those dancers were the property of Zoroastrianism. If there were only a few of them, he could still make the decision, and if they were all, he would not be qualified enough to decide the sale.

From that point of view, Wang Meng understood that whether it is Arabs or Persians, or somewhere in Central Asia, West Asia, or the Middle East, the status of women on their side is frighteningly low. Or the status of livestock is about the same.

The women in Zhuxia have different social status in different periods. Generally speaking, they are not as miserable as the Middle East, and there have even been periods when women were in power.Even if women are not in power, the social status is not low, at least there is no law that clearly stipulates that women's social status is low, and there is no law that specifically stipulates that they cannot do things that men can do, let alone use The law stipulates that anyone who reveals anything is stoned to death.

Considering the current special period when the ratio of men to women in Han is unbalanced, too many men can’t find their own partners, and it’s too late to please a wife.What is more terrible is that the current Han Dynasty has continued the policy of the former Han Dynasty. It is not only men who can file a divorce lawsuit with the government. Women can also file for divorce if they feel that they cannot live with their husbands.

Liu Yan once jokingly said that the serious imbalance in the ratio of men to women in society may cause a unique social phenomenon, that is, men have to please women, waiting for women to feel that being liked is a matter of course, and even evolve into getting along with each other. Women are superior to men in the relationship, and the next generation of men is probably going to be miserable.

The more you lack something, the greater the competition. Naturally, if you want to get something, you have to pay more. In the process, as a person who is being competed, it is very rare not to show arrogance, which will not change in the theory of competition. matter.

After seeing off a few outsiders, Dou'a complained: "There is already a phenomenon of unreasonable troubles, but I am afraid that the mother-in-law will run away, so I dare not stand up. No matter how much it goes on, there is no masculinity."

Wang Meng was stunned. His wife was chosen by Liu Yan from the Cui family. Although the wife who had been educated by a big family sometimes showed a strong side, she never exceeded the respect she should have for him. It was hard to understand what Dou A said. .

"We have a long way to go!" Dou'a said almost gnashing his teeth: "Get enough women back, and when they are no longer a rarity, see if we can do that."

Wang Meng was stunned again, even if he guessed that Dou'a had been tortured enough by his wife.

They have many missions on this mission. On the one hand, formally submitting credentials with Persian Sassan and Rome is the most important thing, and the most important thing is to purchase food and women.

After entering Persia, Wang Meng bought a lot of grain, but the less grain he bought later, on the contrary, the number of slaves he bought continued to increase.

"Persian Sassanid is in turmoil, and it's right that we didn't buy more food." Cai Mian gave a wicked smile, and continued, "We keep throwing money out, and the Persians don't try their best to arrest Arabs and Seymbols." People, Yuezhi people... Anyway, no matter who they are, for those governors, it is just a matter of giving orders to the army, not to mention that they themselves are fighting."

Obtaining slaves is of course a good thing, and Wang Meng also knew that it would exacerbate the conflict between the Persian Sasanian and other ethnic groups, but it was something that one wanted to buy and another was willing to arrest and sell, so no one should blame the other.

"Then, if it goes on, will everyone have a daughter-in-law of a different race?" Dou'a is not a bloodlineist, but out of an inexplicable tradition, he wondered: "Will there be any hair color in the future, or Is it because the child is white-skinned?"

This is a very serious issue, and the center has also discussed it seriously. According to Sang Yu's argument, he wants to legislate. For example, if his appearance is different from black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, then he will not have the right to inherit the title .

"The legislation won't be passed." Wang Meng didn't get any news, so he said straight from his own point of view: "Think about it, the big Han marched into the Western Regions, and they have already obtained tens of thousands of white-skinned women. They will become the wives of the Han people. They will produce offspring. Most of the Han Chinese who marched into the Western Regions will obtain titles, even if they don’t have titles, but they are still titles. Who can guarantee that the children born will look like Han Chinese, and once the legislation is passed, what will happen to them?”

When it comes to the women sent back to China, it’s not just those from the Western Regions that have different looks from the Han people. There are quite a few women from the Indochina Peninsula who have dark skin, and then there are more dark skins from the Asan side, that is, from the peninsula to the Japanese. Some places, such as the archipelago, brought back the appearance similar to that of the Han people.

"Another piece of legislation will definitely be passed." The expression on Wang Meng's face began to become weird, but he still wanted to say in a serious tone: "For those with the rank of doctor and above, the main wife can only be a woman from the Han family, but there is a concubine from the Han family." , and change upwards at this level."

Dou Ah didn't understand, and asked intentionally, Cai Mian who was next to him spoke first.

"It means that more women from the Han family will marry as regular wives from the surplus, or..." Cai Mian sighed, and continued sullenly: "Otherwise, if you think about it, if there are no restrictions, people with higher status are not Having more women from the Han family makes the rest have to marry a foreign race."

"In the final analysis, the center is afraid..." Dou'a understood: "I'm afraid of the situation we just mentioned."

"Anyway, I'm afraid." Cai Mian did not hide it: "If our generation works hard to make the country strong and rich, it will be a group of blond hair, red hair...not black hair anyway, to enjoy what we have created. Everything, thinking about it for a while, feels bad."

Wang Meng recalled such a past event. At that time, he was still Liu Yan's personal secretary Lang, who was always by Liu Yan's side and listened to a lot.He remembered that Liu Yan had said something similar, and what Liu Yan expressed at that time was very clear. Naturally, he refused a group of people who didn't look like Han Chinese to enjoy the fruits of creation, but that was not decided by them, it was determined by the situation of the country. future.

To put it bluntly, who knows that there are not enough Han women now, so you don't have to capture the uterus of other women. Under the premise of a patrilineal society, no matter what the child looks like, they are all Han, and it seems that they don't exist. It should be a bad heart to work hard to create results that are wasted.

There are already so many things in the Han Dynasty, such as a considerable number of families, they absolutely forbid the children of the family to marry foreign women, and even concubines cannot be foreign women.What left them speechless was that the center seemed to have promoted the legislation that a person of a certain status should accept a woman of a different race as a concubine. Once it became part of the Han law, they didn't know what to do.

"What else can I do?" Cai Mian had no scruples at all when he said some things: "There is nothing to do. The people have all kinds of looks, but the people who manage them are all the same. There are some discriminatory policies, not to force them. Come to resist?"

In fact, there is a way, that is, once a child is not like a Han, it will be nothing, and there will be no one who looks like a Han, but that is really cruel, at least Han will not issue such laws, even It is not allowed to do so spontaneously by the people.

This is not the same thing as Yequan in the early Yuan Dynasty. Han men occupy the uterus of foreign women, and no matter what the child looks like, it is indeed their own blood.

No one spoke at the back, they were all in a daze, looking at the pool or garden below from a distance, where there were women of different races playing, and there would be laughter from time to time.

"What can we do, we are so desperate!" Doua roared "Ah", and sat down on the vine chair in a decadent manner, lying down as if hemiplegic, and immediately an Arab woman stepped forward to drink wine , He subconsciously took it and drank it in one gulp: "Let's grab it and give birth to our blood, it's better than extinct, or a foreign race comes to grab it, isn't it?"

Cai Mian couldn't help but let out a "hahahaha" laugh: "It's an exaggeration to say that genocide is extinct, even if the population growth is slow, social security will be extremely poor."

Wang Meng was a little dazed, he thought for a long time and couldn't remember, how did he get into this topic?

(End of this chapter)