sweeping the world

Chapter 898 Heartbroken, old iron
With envoys from so many countries coming here, is it not too much to say that all nations are coming to court?

Well, in order to maintain the basic political task of all nations coming to North Korea, there should have been a very grand welcome ceremony, but the key is that the teams from all countries are too swollen and fat!
The Romans alone had more than 6000 people here, and this number was left after more than 2000 people died during the voyage, or more than 8000 people.

There are so many people who came to Rome, nobles accounted for about [-]% of them, and the rest were either accompanied by various people who served or accompanied by bodyguards.

There are so many people in a single mission, and the number of guards is about [-]. It seems to be an army composed of three Roman legions, okay?

If it weren't for the fact that those soldiers were guards and they were organized by the Roman legion, it would have been impossible for the Han army to let them go ashore, or even allow them to pass through Malacca safely.

The number of Persian missions is also quite large, covering miscellaneous people, with a total number of 600 people.

The Persians had more nobles than the Romans, but they were obviously more sensible than the Romans, and they only brought five hundred accompanying guards.

For the rest of the small countries, some regional powerhouses ranked second in terms of number of people, such as Vagathaka, Liangsatrapu and Jiduoluo (the successor of Guishuang), with a population of more than a thousand people.

The last level is various small countries, with the number of people ranging from dozens to hundreds.

Adding up the number of all missions, the number of international friends who arrived in Chang'an reached 7000, which is really a rather exaggerated number.

With such a large number of people, the welcome ceremony is not impossible. The problem is that there are too many people who come, giving people a feeling of deceiving the host with the guest. The Han people who can’t bear the grievances are very rational if they don’t use the knife. What about arranging the welcome ceremony according to the normal procedure?
"Welcome ceremony?" Wang Meng smiled instantly, very brightly: "Did you see the Central Gymnasium on the way here?"

Of course, there was no such name as a gymnasium before, and it was a product of Liu Yan's interference in history.

Such a huge building cannot be ignored at all, and international friends naturally saw the Central Gymnasium.

"The great Han is a country of etiquette!" Wang Meng naturally had the confidence to say this, knowing that no country and nation in the world cares more about interests than the Han: "How could you forget to arrange a welcome ceremony?"

The international friends think they understand that there is no city gate in Chang'an City without a city wall. Naturally, the welcome ceremony will not be arranged at the city gate, so it will be arranged in the Central Gymnasium?
They looked at the empty street, then at the open space on both sides of the street, and saw that the soil on the ground was still very solid. It was obvious that people had been active here for a long time to make the soil on the ground so firm and smooth.

"We are going through the entrance and exit of the army, and it is normal that no one is watching." Wang Meng did not lie, he said with a nostalgic expression: "When this envoy was sent as an envoy, he was sent off here. Coming back two years later, I feel a lot.”

Of course, the special passage for the army is not only for the army, some ceremonies will also be held in the special passage for the army.

The soil on the open space on both sides of the road will look so firm and smooth. People from the Honglu Hall have been here to practice the welcome ceremony before. They decided not to hold the welcome ceremony outdoors and changed it to the Central Gymnasium after waiting for the envoys from various countries to land.

There are no buildings on both sides of the army-only passage, and it is the same when you go deep into the city. After you go deep enough, you can see the buildings, but those are not residential buildings.

"The place we are passing through is a military camp?" Julian saw familiar buildings, which are a kind of row dormitories called barracks by the Han people, and also saw other novel things, such as being placed in the open space Some fitness equipment: "There are empty spaces on both sides of the road. Is it because sometimes the road is not enough?"

Wang Meng didn't want to explain at all.

Naturally, the more open the two sides of the military passage, the better. There should be no buildings that can block the view, in order to prevent being ambushed. Then, in an emergency, who will line up and only walk through the passage, so that they can get to the place they need to arrive at the fastest speed. The location is the best way to avoid rock climbing.

"Look at the size of the barracks..." Cambyses lowered his voice, "There should be about 1 soldiers stationed in this barracks."

The correct number of soldiers stationed in this camp is 5000, which is exactly one army.

There are quite a few barracks in Chang'an City, and each barracks has the number of troops stationed in one army. If you can get an overview of the area where the barracks are located, you will find that the layout is very particular. It will take no more than 10 minutes for the army to arrive in any area.

The team continued to move forward. As they walked, they suddenly found a crowd standing in front of them. Judging by the way the crowd was dressed, they were definitely civilians.

Today is a slightly extraordinary day among ordinary days for the residents of Chang'an. They have been notified earlier that there will be a foreign envoy arriving, and at the same time, the central gymnasium in the city will be opened for the first time.

Putting the occasion to welcome foreign missions in the Central Gymnasium, most people don't know what the Central Center is doing. Most people don't know that they need to buy tickets until they go to participate. What's more depressing is that buying a ticket requires a knighthood Basically, no knighthood is not eligible to buy tickets.

"Is this a foreigner?"

"They're all in our costumes."

"Looking at these guys wearing our clothes reminds me of the idiom "The monkey wears the crown."

"Those foreigners who are similar to us are well-dressed, but those with dark skin and those with fair skin are indeed like monkeys."

There are no public officials forming a human wall on both sides of the street, and there are no guardrails, but the onlookers consciously stand outside the road.

Quality is not naturally developed, but comes from repeated education.As long as adult Han people have no physical defects, they need to receive military training in summer and winter. The basic discipline will not be lacking, and some public officials will walk around to restrain them, so the order can naturally be maintained.

The vast majority of Waiguoren don't understand Chinese, and they judge the Han Chinese onlookers because they don't understand, so they have an impression that the Han people are very enthusiastic.

Wai Guoren who can understand Chinese, such as Julian, feels the closeness of the Han people to the Romans, and knows that this is the reason for the similarities between the two nations.

"Is it our fault that the appearance of the Han people is too different?" What Xias felt was malice: "Are we clearly allies? How can this be!"

Julian was tempted, but he finally endured it and said fairly: "Only those who can support each other are allies. One party completely dependent on the other is called a vassal relationship."

Xyas fell silent.

"In this war against the Gupta Dynasty, Sassan only proposed an alliance at the beginning to bring other countries into the alliance." Julian really felt that the Persians were either stupid or dishonest: "But you are just doing Apart from those things, the subsequent behavior is not like an ally at all."

Xeas felt guilty. Not only did they not look like Han's allies, but they were also stumbling Han overtly and covertly.

(End of this chapter)