Chapter 681

There is not much soil on the earth that can breed an empire. In ancient times, when there was a lack of scientific and technological tools, there was a fertile plain as a grain producing area. How large the plain is and how many river systems the plain can use for irrigation basically determine how much heritage the Empire bred from this land will have.

In short, there are not many countries that can be called empires in history. Only a few countries that can be called empires do not occupy the vast plain grain producing areas. For example, Rome really rose into a great Empire because it conquered Spain, Egypt and North Africa and obtained the vast plain grain producing areas; Parthia expanded and occupied the grain producing area of Iraq, then conquered Syria, had another grain producing area, and then expanded eastward and occupied the later Iranian plain. After owning these grain producing areas, Parthia rose to become an imperial country.

If Rome and Parthia conquered some countries and nations before they got the grain producing areas, ah San is naturally a nation with vast grain producing areas. However, ah San has been in the Peacock Dynasty for a generation, but sitting in the vast grain producing areas, he did not stand up any more. Or did he wait for the Dayue people to destroy many ah San kingdoms and states by force, That land has an imperial kusana.

Zhuxia nationality has never had the same level of grain producing areas owned by Rome, Parthia and kusana. Zhuxia inhabits a mountainous geographical location, such as the three plains defined by later generations, namely, the Northeast Plain, the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Northeast Plain has not been developed at all. Even if the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been developed, In contrast, the grain producing areas owned by Rome, Parthia and kusana are not at the same level.

Because of the geographical environment, in fact, any dynasty of Zhuxia civilization seems to have some "congenital deficiencies". The grain output has always been maintained at a warning line. When the weather is good, the country can be peaceful and the people can be safe. However, if there is a large-scale disaster, the country will definitely fall into turmoil, which is not like those empires with many super grain producing areas, Even if there is a natural disaster in a certain region, grain can be transferred from other large grain producing areas, or a huge amount of grain originally stored can be used to tide over the difficulties.

If you look through the history books, you can find that except for the Central Plains Dynasty, few countries will have a great famine. The demise of those countries is basically destroyed by the enemy country (alien). Unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, which has changed its Dynasty due to the turmoil caused by natural disasters.

Many changes of dynasties in the Central Plains Dynasty were related to the increase of population. They owned land that could provide output. A large number of people lost their land in land annexation. Then there was the increase of population, but the output was still like that. They could not eat enough and even starve to death. How could the country be stable.

At present, there are two developed grain producing areas in the Han Dynasty. According to the previous administrative division, the North China Plain is the respective parts of Jizhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou. Jizhou and Qingzhou cover the most extensive area, and Yanzhou has only a very small part; The plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are parts of Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiangzhou and Yuzhou.

Because of the outbreak of drought, in fact, the North China plain can not be expected, but can have some expectations for the plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Xuzhou and Yangzhou, which have been highly developed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, are the largest grain producing areas in the Han country. To some extent, Jingzhou has only been moderately developed, while Jiangzhou is in the preliminary development stage.

The diplomatic missions of various countries officially set foot on the land of Han in Yangzhou. What they saw was almost the most prosperous area of Han at present, not only in terms of commodity trade, but also in terms of labor in farming areas.

Yangzhou's agriculture can be regarded as more or less developed, which makes all countries confused about Han's seeking food channels.

"So your country is willing to sell food to big men?"

"Of course!"

It has been two days since Yuan Qiao arrived in Jiankang. He didn't go to see envoys from various countries at the beginning. He needed to know what purpose envoys from various countries came with first.

Most of the countries that sent envoys actually came for trade, especially hoping to buy a large amount of silk from the Han country.

So far, all countries are interested in the silk of the Central Plains Dynasty, such as ceramics and tea, which were exported by the Central Plains Dynasty. In fact, all countries have not had the desire to buy.

In terms of ceramics, from the pre Qin Dynasty to the collapse of the two Han Dynasties, and then to the period of five random China, the porcelain in the Central Plains has not made great progress. The appearance is basically of various types of "pots" and "cans", and the color is absolutely not beautiful. In contrast, the Egyptians, Greeks, Cypriots and assan have completely exploded the civilization of the Central Plains at this stage in terms of the development of pottery only in terms of appearance design and color painting.

In terms of tea, the current tea is used as medicine rather than a leisure pastime. The so-called tea drinking is the habit of all kinds of big families or aristocratic families. Tea is also ground and boiled. It is not making tea at all. Tea helps to get rid of greasiness. At present, there is no such saying. Therefore, it is basically false to see that the Xiongnu people in the Western Han Dynasty strongly needed tea.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the habit of drinking tea prevailed in the Central Plains Dynasty, that is, it was during this period that tea was introduced into the grassland. If the nomads really longed for tea, it also began from the Turks, not from the Huns.

Tea became a trade product between the East and the west only in the middle ages. It must be said that drinking tea will not be greasy, which is a rumored illusion. The function of tea is to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure. Drinking tea can reduce weight, but it can't get greasy. Drinking tea as health preservation is a very good effect.

So, again, the nomads on the grassland may ask for tea from the Central Plains Dynasty, but it is definitely not a strategic material. If the nomads think that tea can have the effect of removing greasiness, it is definitely a strategic deception of the Central Plains Dynasty. (no nonsense)

The meeting between aldasher and Yuan Qiao was not a formal diplomatic occasion. Bossashan hoped to test the needs of the Han side before officially launching diplomacy.

So far, especially when aldasher saw the vast farmland around Jiankang, he did not understand why the Han country was so urgent to obtain food from abroad. However, he thought it over and over again. It was not convincing to admit that the Han army stepped on a San or that the Han Army regained control of the western regions. He could only mention the topic of providing food.

The Sassanian Dynasty has recaptured the Middle East once occupied by Rome. Seriously, there is no shortage of food. Persians have their own civilization, but if there are any goods sought after by all countries, it's just blankets and female 1 slaves. The rest are really out of hand.

Persian blankets have been a kind of fist products of Persians since the Parthian Empire. They have been popular in the surrounding countries and nationalities. They are also very popular with all the nationalities under the rule of Rome. They are also sought after in the countries of the western regions. Unfortunately, the Central Plains Dynasty had its own aesthetic style and did not look at Persian blankets.

Female 1 slaves are really the consistent fist products of Persians. It is still because the Sassanian Dynasty once conquered the kusana Empire, and the means of cultivating sexual 1 slaves came from Hinduism, This paper summarizes the love 1 Sutra belonging to the Persians (similar to the India 1 degree love 1 Sutra), and uses the love 1 Sutra to cultivate some female 1 slaves. If the domestic aristocrats do not have the sex 1 slaves trained by the love 1 Sutra, they can not be regarded as the real aristocrats. Moreover, it must be said that the price of female 1 slaves trained by the love 1 Sutra is extremely expensive.

Yuan Qiao heard aldasher from the Sassanian royal family of Persia say so firmly and tentatively asked, "is there a limit on the number?"

Aldasher's idea was that bossashan was so far away from the Han country that he felt that the Han country would not buy more food even at the cost of transportation. He smiled and said, "our two peoples have a deep and original friendship. If the Han Empire is willing to reach an agreement with us on some discussions, why should we limit such small things?"

Yuan Qiao is not the top level of the Han state. He has no access to some real secrets, but because he has his own perception as the military commander for many times. For example, some of the army's supplies can always appear when needed, but the transport team rarely carries out grain and fodder transportation.

Purchasing grain from abroad is one of Yuan Qiao's responsibilities this time. He just asks envoys from various countries to buy grain. As for what means or ways to get the purchased grain back to China, it's not what he wants to worry about.

"Your country has traveled to Persia by sea. You can reach Persia by sea. I believe we will become a good friendly country for exchanging needed goods in the future." Aldasher hasn't talked about the proposal to divide the world. It's ergutai Only after repeated persuasion by Bahram can the result be achieved. He could test his confidence in some things and asked, "in terms of the reliability of your country, maybe we can reach some agreements, such as forming a coalition?"

"Reliability?" Yuan Qiao was stunned for a while before he realized that every country has its own name. The Han country can call ah San, and the Persians can also call him Xin Xin. The reason why he was stunned was about the formation of a coalition army mentioned by aldasher: "ah San is your enemy?"

"No, we have a bad relationship with credibility, but we are not a belligerent." Aldasher raised the teacup on the table and sipped it. It was slightly bitter. After aftertaste, there would be sweet tea. After a little meditation, he said, "we have a new war with Rome. Xinxin has a very prosperous maritime trade with Rome. Your country has cut off the maritime trade route between Rome and Xinxin, which is very beneficial to us."

In fact, the Han state knew that Persian Sassanian was going to war with Rome again, but it was not clear that it had indirectly helped Persian Sassanian by entering the third ocean. Even if it knew, it would not have any special feelings. The Han state had its own goal to invade the Gupta Dynasty. It would not feel that there was any friendship between the two sides because it indirectly helped Persian Sassanian.

"We can send our fleet and army to attack the enemy with your country." Aldasher put on a sincere expression and said very seriously: "in terms of attacking people, we don't take any land, and we can discuss the spoils."

Yuan Qiao was caught off guard by aldasher's proposal. He has no power to establish diplomatic relations with other countries, let alone to reach a military alliance with other countries. He didn't know how to answer for a while.

"In addition to reliability, your country has re entered the western regions, and we can also cooperate with each other in some aspects." When aldasher saw that Yuan Qiao was only pondering but not talking, he subconsciously felt that only a San's temptation to the Han country was insufficient: "the western region is your traditional control area, and our country fully agrees with your country's re control of the western region. Your country may not know some things. For example, the country that has great influence on the countries in the western region is called hunit..."

Yuan Qiao really didn't know what the hunit was. After hearing that there were Kangju and Yueban countries besides hunit, then Wusun and xigaoche, he knew the two countries behind.

"That's right." Aldasher suddenly changed into a serious expression of caution: "hunit and Yueban, although most of them are dada people, they have many Hun descendants."

Yuan Qiao's eyes narrowed immediately, and his action let aldasher see that the latter probably had a "sure enough" in his heart.

"Hunnit has Huns like harmony and joy." Aldasher continued his serious expression: "in the west of the Caspian Sea, as we call it, there is a huge tribe. They are the Huns who your ancestors drove to the West."

It refers to the northern Huns who have moved westward to later Ukraine. In fact, bossasan is happy to see the descendants of the northern Huns running to Ukraine. What's more, the northern Huns keep driving the Goths westward, while the Goths driven away by the northern Huns keep bothering the Romans.

[sure enough, like the legend, the Han people and the Huns are immortal enemies...] aldasher looks serious on the surface and is really very happy in his heart: [as long as the Huns are mentioned, the Han people will want to pursue and kill regardless of the distance.]

The Han people and the Huns are naturally blood feuds. In history, it has happened that the Han people knew that the northern Huns stopped in the west of the western regions and chased and killed thousands of miles away. The sentence "the Ming Dynasty will kill the strong Han even if it is far away" took place under the background of that chase and kill.

Aldasher also knows that in addition to the northern Xiongnu, the southern Xiongnu, who had been kept in captivity by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, another Dynasty of the Han people (the Western Jin Dynasty) perished in the hands of the southern Xiongnu, which is tantamount to both old hatred and new hatred. He thinks that the Han people's hatred towards the Xiongnu must be deeper than the sea. It may be enough to use the Xiongnu people as bait to attract the Han people to the western expedition.

Yuan Qiao saluted aldasher and said cautiously, "thank you for telling me!"

It was the first time that aldasher accepted yuan Qiao's careful salute. He returned the salute according to the Persian etiquette, but he was more happy in his heart.