Chapter 662

How can a San's higher castes be so ignorant of countries that claim to have historical heritage, especially a group of nobles who claim to be superior?

A San did not rise up many times in history, but the cultural heritage was really not bad. They once established a powerful country and almost unified the territory west of the Himalayas. That is, they were repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies since the Peacock Dynasty, and became alien rule after the arrival of the Dayue people.

The Gupta Dynasty was built on the ruins of the kusana empire. At that time, the kusana empire was divided into North and south. The North was the territory of the Dayue aristocratic group and the South was the territory of the a San aborigines.

During the kusana Empire, which lasted for 370 years, although a San was conquered by the Da Yueshi people, to tell the truth, he was not really convinced. Some conflicts often broke out between the north and the south. The two sides pulled up people and horses to form an array, and the number of launches bounded by the Ganges was not small. Usually, the Da Yueshi aristocratic group in the north can thoroughly teach a San's aboriginal group to be a man.

A San may not be able to fight, but they are very good at religion 1 and pleasure. They can't do the Dayue people in force, but they use religion 1 to pull the Dayue people into the pit. Finally, because the Dayue people fought back, they really launched the civil war. A San who lost most of his life won that war, and the kusana Empire came to an end.

"There are many records about the Han state in the historical records of the Yue people."

"Yes, yes, they are ashamed, and we gloat."

For a period of time, the kusana empire was also a rogue who collected tolls on the silk road. The real conflict with the former Han Dynasty was because the Han Army entered the western regions again. In fact, the two sides did not send a large number of their own troops to fight. It was to support the countries in the western regions to carry out proxy wars.

Later, the kusana Empire didn't want to fight because of the chaos of a San in the south. Considering the restoration of relations, it thought of marriage. It sent people to the western regions to hand over the credentials, but it didn't understand the importance of the chief Princess of the Han Dynasty, and it didn't make it clear that the Han Dynasty was not the country that needed to marry the public leader for development time. What's more, they were not the Xiongnu who were in great vogue for a while. Of course, they were severely taught a lesson. At that time, the Han Dynasty only sent out the garrison of the capital guard of the western regions and mobilized the servants of various countries in the western regions.

The defeat of the Dayue people in the western regions was indeed regarded as a joke by the A-San aborigines in the south. It was precisely because the Dayue people were defeated in the hands of the Han Dynasty, which took servants and soldiers as the main force in the war, that they gave the A-San aborigines greater courage to be independent one after another. So seriously, the collapse of the kusana empire was due to the Han Dynasty, and the other was the Sassanian Dynasty after the restoration of the Persians.

"There is no way to know whether the Han appeared in 'our sea'." Katluk Kapp shook the glass cup in his hand, which contained wine from the western regions, and smiled: "they attacked ships in 'our sea' because they don't know what. We should pay attention to the safety of sea routes, so our fleet is taking action. But those are secondary..."

The Lord of a city is also a Brahman, katluk The pomp of Karp's trip should not be too small. At the front of the team are strong men with big axe, and on both sides are warriors with shield and spear. Several big carriages are surrounded by cavalry in gorgeous armor, and some people carrying flags are indispensable. The most important thing is that the number of accompanying servants should not be less, and a group of pleasure items should also be pulled into several carts.

Of course, this team also has Han people in custody. They are locked in iron cages. From the appearance, they have not been abused temporarily, and their spirit does not seem to be depressed.

Ketak needs to walk hundreds of miles to Fahrenheit City, passing through many cities, towns and villages. During the 13 day journey, Li Ming saw at least part of the Gupta Dynasty with his own eyes. The rumors about the developed agriculture here are true.

Li Ming, of course, was a Han Army and the one with the highest position among the captured people. Because of his status, he enjoys much better treatment than his colleagues. He can take a fairly comfortable carriage and even serve two tanned ah San.

It's an exaggeration to arrange servants to take care of the prisoners? Let's talk about a San's social culture, catluk Kapp learned from the translator that Li Ming is an aristocrat (actually a second-class creation) and gives necessary respect according to a San's social tradition. Li Ming's colleagues who do not have titles do not have this treatment.

The Gupta Dynasty is located in East India. At present, it has occupied North India. It is more or less a rising regional power. They are relatively peaceful with the surrounding countries. They do not deal with vagadoga in the southwest and the strong rise of the Sassanid Dynasty. However, the Sassanid Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty are separated by several countries, and those with border pressure are on the border of vagadoga.

Because it occupies the golden area of the Ganges River Basin, the agricultural development of the Gupta Dynasty has natural advantages. Secondly, because the national situation is relatively stable, what Li Ming sees is a peaceful scene, that is, some things are not so understood.

What Li Ming doesn't understand is how there are so many ethnic groups in a country. The whiter the skin, the more noble the identity in the Gupta Dynasty, and the darker the skin, the more humble it seems. What he usually sees is that the people working in the countryside are dark skinned. Those people usually look very thin and poor in terms of clothing. He also saw more than once that the black skinned Dalits needed to make way for people who were more noble than themselves, and that the Dalits would kneel on the ground and kiss the land in front of the feet of the noble race. Even if they were beaten, they did not resist, showing extreme obedience.

Social phenomena can often directly explain the current situation of a country. People in different regions have their own social rules. What Li Ming extremely doesn't understand is what method the upper class of the Gupta Dynasty used to adjust 1 religion, so that the groups defined as Dalits can be as warm as lambs, and even Dalits think everything is so taken for granted.

If Li Ming doesn't understand the social phenomena he sees, the monks he can see anywhere and anytime, and the cattle who can run around freely, they also seem to have a status he doesn't understand on ah San's side.

There are two kinds of monks Li Ming sees. One is extremely luxurious at first sight, and the other is always in a state of self abuse. Both can be highly respected.

Once, Li Ming stopped in a city and was invited to a party because of his noble status.

It was an open-air debate. No one was the host. The groups that could participate had clear class restrictions. Anyway, there would be no Dalits. There are also thousands of participants. Some are ready to enjoy everything, and some are just sitting. He didn't understand Sanskrit. He only knew what to debate under the interpretation of translation. Therefore, he also knew that ah San's obsession with religion 1 would last for several days and nights because what a God did, and no one could finally convince anyone.

In fact, Zhuxia in history also had the habit of holding parties in the open air. It was just presided over by the villagers. It talked about the year of the village, usually related to farming. In total, how to seek favorable policies from the government, or a folk food and drink culture. In general, such gatherings are quite effective. At least the grass-roots government can't ignore them and can play the role of folk voice to the center.

If Li Ming has found anything else, he should have seen a San's holdings of gold. People with a little identity never lack all kinds of gold jewelry. Even the so-called Dalits will try their best to collect gold. He doesn't need to calculate deliberately. Just from the popularity of gold, he can see that the holdings of ah San are really amazing.

Li Ming's "sightseeing tour" arrived at the end with his arrival in Fahrenheit city. After nearly two months of study, he learned some basic Sanskrit and still maintained good treatment for his arrival place... That is, he had a comfortable residence and servants. I really don't know what kind of mood it should be.

When he arrived at Fahrenheit City, Li Ming was treated differently again. He was even taken into a San's palace city. He was arranged in a place with a very good environment and was able to travel to a limited extent.

Fahrenheit city is located in the lower reaches of the Ganges River, about near Bihar bangbatna in today's assan. It is called Balian Fuyi in the records of Buddha 1, and bozha Lizi in the records of the western regions of the Tang Dynasty. Whether in the kusana empire or in the period of a San independence, it has always been one of the largest and most prosperous cities in ancient a San. All of it has such details because the capital of the Peacock Dynasty, the "great unification" of ah San, is here.

Li Ming lives in a San's Palace City, but the first one is kapir, who has had many contacts on the road Malik.

"Our contact will end with separation." Kapir Malik is still a big man in ketak. When he arrives in Fahrenheit City, he becomes an insignificant little role. He came to Li Ming for only one purpose and made a final attempt: "I thought your people would rescue him after spreading the news for two months, but it didn't happen. It seems that you are not an important person. You can see from the intensification of the attack at sea."

"Chadili is your warrior class, isn't it?" Li mingzao found that the ah San in front of him had a certain purpose, and he also intended to make contact, that is, he didn't know the language, so it was difficult to communicate outside the two, Waiting to master a little Sanskrit, I can communicate stumblingly: "I am also a class like you. Although I don't understand your customs, people like me don't seem too noble in the Han Dynasty. They just have the privilege of being in line with the title, but they don't have so many privileges as your Shari."

"Oh, you finally talked about the country." Kapir Malik seems to like to talk with a shrug? He spread his hand: "can you tell me why you are here?", Seeing that Li Ming was indifferent, he continued to shrug his shoulders and said, "there is always a purpose, isn't it? Maybe what you want doesn't need to be met by war."

Li Ming is not sure if what he heard is what he understood, but he heard some key words, such as kapier Malik doesn't care how much damage the Great Han has done to the Gupta Dynasty, kapir What Malik wants is profit.

"We are a rich country. Everything comes from prosperous trade." Kapir Malik was more or less proud when he said this, but then he made a look like mockery and said: "you may not understand what the prosperous maritime trade represents. Once we get serious, there will be an overwhelming number of warships filling 'our sea', and you can never achieve what you want by force."

Li Ming was completely unaware of the recent development of the situation. He was silent for a while and asked, "do you know the big man?"

"Of course." Kapir Malik raised his neck and said proudly, "Malik has a history of more than 400 years."

Li Ming also wanted to say that the surname Li has a history of thousands of years, but he was unwilling to talk about it. Then he asked, "what do you know about the big man?"

"Has a long history? Once defeated the powerful Xiongnu? Can you despise the Yueshi people?" Kapir Malik shook his head and said with a smile, "those are not important to us. Your land forces are powerful, but they can't threaten us."

There is no mistake in the cognition of the Gupta Dynasty. They can't cross the Himalayas themselves. Even if the Han state re enters the western regions, the Han army will have to defeat the hunites and many nationalities. It is more likely to carry it directly with the Persian Sasan. There is really not much left to invade the Gupta dynasty all the way south.

at sea? The Gupta Dynasty inherited the sea power of the kusana empire. Their trade was based on the use of the sea. It would not say if they kept hundreds of warships for a long time. The outbreak of war could be "violent troops" at any time. Due to the development of sea trade, there is no lack of troops familiar with the sea. In this way, their confidence in their maritime power does not stem from arrogance.

Li Ming's knowledge base is limited. He doesn't even know that the Han Dynasty taught the kusana empire. He also knows that if he can invade ah San by land, he won't play the sea invasion he's not good at.

"What impresses me most is silk, the kind of silk that only you can make." Kapir Malik clapped his hands, and an ah San who had been standing next to him lifted the cover of the plate in his hand, revealing a kind of transparent cloth: "we can spin, but we can't make silk. We need silk, Persians need silk, Romans, Egyptians, Greeks... No one doesn't like silk."

At present, only the Chinese civilization has mastered raw silk. Other civilizations have always wanted to explore this secret. Ah San even studied using spider silk to make silk.

"Do you know what I mean?" Kapir Malik put on an obvious puzzle: "maybe you Han people defeated the nomadic people and rose again, but there is no reason to go all the way to launch a war on land ownership. Therefore, we must have what you want. If you don't want land and water, you can get everything you can exchange as long as you provide silk."