Chapter 1017

Three years ago was probably the most friendly moment between the Han Empire and Persian sassanne?

"We were hired to be the escort of the caravan and went by sea to sassanne." Jiang Fang showed a look of memory: "we landed at a port in the Persian Gulf and received an excellent reception."

The Persian Gulf is a large harbor. Jiang Fang can still remember what he heard and saw at sea at that time. They are two different landscapes from the coastline of the Han Empire and the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula.

"The climate on their side is dry, and you can't see a lot of green even on the coastline." Jiang Fang saw that the people were fascinated by it and wanted to show off his extensive knowledge: "the peninsula on the west coast of the Persian Gulf is a desert stretching to the end of the sky at a glance. I don't know how far the beach spans."

Should it be the Arabian Peninsula of later generations? Only a few areas on that side have a little green, otherwise it is really all desert or Gobi.

"The east coast is better, but it is generally desolate." Jiang Fang took a sip of tea and then said, "it's probably with trakutaka as the dividing line. Further on, the Gobi accounts for most of the terrain."

Terakutaka is a small country in the northwest of the A3 continent. It is adjacent to the two satraps and vargatoga. It is located on the coastline of the two countries. It is a country with a long and narrow territory.

It's hard for Han people to remember smelly and long names, but no one asks what kind of country trakutaka is. It doesn't matter what kind of country it is. Anyway, there are only two countries in the world, one is the Han Empire and the other is the barbarian country.

"The port where we landed should be one of the more prosperous ports in sassanne?" Jiang Fang drew a rough figure on the table with tea, which is the outline from the Indochina Peninsula to the Persian Gulf: "compared with the simple race of the Han people, the population on the other side of Sasan is a little mixed. You can see the race with fair skin and sub black or shiny black skin."

The white people on the other side are divided into several kinds, just as outsiders can't distinguish the Han people, the Japanese and the peninsula people. It's difficult for the Han people to distinguish the white skin nationalities.

"Their goods are not small, even most of us have them." Jiang Fang's impression is: "for example, for some dry goods, except for some plant dry goods, the rest are just handled differently, otherwise the things are still the same."

Cai Ping said, "what Persians can say is the carpet?"

"You're right." Jiang Fang said happily, "we didn't buy the rest of the caravan, but bought a lot of carpets."

Persian Sassanian's fist trade product to the Han Empire was carpets, accounting for about 70% of the trade volume, and the rest was some specialty products, including preserves.

"If you haven't been abroad, you won't have a profound experience." What Jiang wants to say is: "the Han people are the uncle there. Take a simple example. The Han people's money bag is also lost. The Han people's money bag can be found in less than a day. Even the Persians are not as efficient as the Han people."

There should be many people who have been abroad in the teahouse. They all show a smiling expression.

Several people spoke of their experiences, almost all of which were examples of enjoying supranational treatment abroad.

"In China, it's from public facilities... Such as convenient national roads that you can feel that a big man has become strong." Jiang Chao is also an insightful person, who has never been abroad: "next, we will live more and more comfortable in our childhood. In fact, we can get better because of the strength of big men."

"It's like the national highway is a slave. We Han people don't need to do those heavy and dangerous jobs. If we really want to go, we can get wages?" In a less determined tone, Jia Shang said, "the price of grain is low because a large number of grain is transported back from the Indochina Peninsula?"

That's it.

If there were not so many slaves, the Han people would have to do the road construction themselves. The dead and injured were not slaves, but the Han people.

Not only food, the Han Empire plundered too many resources from abroad, such as those that can be used as meat, so that most Han people can see meat on the table today.

There is no need for meat on the table. This is the biggest change!

In addition to food, the increase of minerals may be invisible to the people, but it has really increased the national strength, the military's equipment is getting better and better, and even a large number of pig iron metals can be used in some projects.

If people have any personal experience about the increase of minerals, it should be the popularity of copper money. People don't need to trade in the form of barter because of the shortage of national money.

"That's it." Jiang Fang clapped his hands and said, "no matter what you get, it's because the big man makes them have to respect."

When they went to sassanne, it was the time when the Persians tried to please the Han Empire.

At that time, Persian sassanne and Rome were still mortal enemies. In order to make the Han people stand on their side and even become reliable allies, the Persians even did not hesitate to kneel and lick almost faceless and skinnless.

At that time, when the Han people had just recovered the western regions and the official military peak advanced westward, according to the wishful thinking of the Persians, once the Han Empire knew that there was a Western overlord like Rome, the Han people certainly did not want Persian sassanne to fall under the attack of the Romans.

In order to win over the Han people, the Persians even did not hesitate to pull up the alliance of the "five nations" as an intermediary when the Han people fought against the Gupta empire.

Although the so-called "five Nation Alliance" played little role in the war against the Gupta empire. The Han Empire almost overturned the Gupta empire on its own, the Persians still felt that they had made great efforts in it.

As an alliance, it has turned over a regional power or a very rich country. Even if it doesn't make much effort, should it share some benefits?

However, the Han Empire recklessly took all the fruits of victory into its bag. Not only did Persian Sasan, as the initiator of the alliance, not get a trace of booty from it, but he actually sent troops to attack vagadoga and two satraps of the Gupta Empire, and even withdrew from the occupied area, and the other two allies were actually controlled by the Han Empire.

In the eyes of the Han people, they defeated the hostile Gupta empire with their own strength, and the rest were allied countries, so they had no strength at all. Why should we give the fruits of our own war to irrelevant people? Is it just because of the relationship between allies?

No matter what the country name is, Zhuxia has always had no so-called "allies". It is believed that no one is qualified to become their own allies. If you want to stand on the same front with yourself, you may not have the opportunity. How honored you have to be to become your little brother.

The Central Plains dynasties in different times have different practices for their younger brothers. The more domineering Central Plains Dynasties will only drive their younger brothers without giving them benefits. The milder Central Plains Dynasties will drive their younger brothers to give them some benefits later. The mentally disabled Central Plains kings will bleed to death and give all the benefits to their younger brothers.

The Han Empire in this period was just a hegemonic Dynasty. In short, it was despised and gave great face to be able to form alliances with those countries.

Since they have given so much face and given those guys the opportunity to fight side by side with themselves, the glory they should give has reached the limit. What else do you want? If you want more benefits, you are so greedy!

Han people have their own values. It seems that the extremely correct way of handling things is not the case for others.

It seems that the Han people are too overbearing? But the Han people don't think so.

Han people's natural attitude will make them feel happy even if they feel wrong, but other countries have their own actions.

Persians understand that Han people are almost proud to their bones. They can't become friends with them simply by kneeling and licking.

As for being a little brother of Han people? Although the Persians are in a bad situation now, they are also brilliant. They are still an empire at the overlord level. They must have their own dignity and can become allies with the Han Empire, even if they are lower allies, but they don't have to consider being a little brother.

The Persians believed that it was fortunate to have discovered the Han people's self-esteem as soon as possible, and the Han people's hegemony was naked in front of the world, so that those countries, including Rome, could understand what kind of existence the Han Empire was.

It can be said that in the face of today's worldwide attack on Han, this pot can't be thrown out. Han people have to carry it by themselves.

"About the 16th year of Yuanshuo, we went to Sasan again." Jiang Fang spoke about the changes he had experienced: "this time I can feel the difference from the last time. Although the local government is enthusiastic, it is a kind of enthusiasm with ulterior motives. They try very hard to hide something. The people's attitude towards us is obviously hostile."

The two different experiences witnessed a period of history, that is, the Persians gradually changed from kneeling and licking the Han Empire into vigilance and fear, and even hostility.

"You all know?" Jiang Fang looked around and said, "that's why the slaves rioted."

Now there is no TV, and there are not so many media. Only some people who pay special attention because of their identity will have a timely understanding of the current situation.

"The Persians and Romans did it." Jiang Fang is not talking about the people of the great Qin Dynasty, but the change in the attitude of the government: "you should be called up to go to Chang'an. In the future, you will fight against the Persians or Romans."

In the past, the Han Empire used "Da Qin" to call Rome, just as the Western Han Dynasty called a country "Da Xia". The expression meant that one day the people of that country should recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. In short, it was a complete conquest to make the territory of that country a part of themselves and the people of that country under rule.

Originally, the Han Empire wanted to be as friendly to Rome as possible and waited for the right time to unite the Romans to fight against Persian sassanne.

After the elimination of Persian sassanne, it should be to clean up some miscellaneous countries. I don't know how long later, the next goal of conquest is Rome.

The Han Empire has not yet put its national policy into action, but Rome has come together with sassanne and has actually declared war on the Han Empire, which is tantamount to the outbreak of war.

"Sasan is a country with a vast territory, which is about one-third the size of a big man?" Jiang Fang is not talking casually. He knows that there is a sculpture of the world map near the temple of heaven in Chang'an. He went to see the sculpture himself: "Rome is also vast, not small at all, and even has a larger sphere of influence."

Jiang Fang mentioned the world map near the temple of heaven in Chang'an, so that those who want to go to Chang'an can have a chance to see it with their own eyes.

"Some of the things I know, such as population and resources." Jiang Fang paused and guessed in a less certain tone: "the population under Sassanian rule will not be less than 60 million and Rome will not be less than 80 million. Their territory is so vast that they will not lack resources. This war... Will not end in three or five years."

For some knowledgeable people, if we compare the territory and then analyze the population and resources of various countries, we can probably analyze whether it is difficult to deal with.

How many people in the Han Empire can't be known by ordinary people. Otherwise, let them know that although the Han Empire has a population of more than 30 million, more than 20 million are minors. I don't know how bad it will be.

"No matter how long they fight, they will fail!" Jiang Wei said firmly, "what a vast territory the Xiongnu once was, and what a perverse Wuhu once was, has disappeared."

"Ha ha!" Jiang Fang gave Jiang Wei a thumbs up: "young people should have such spirit!"

"Da Han's national road is only built to Yangguan?" After a silent calculation, Jia Shangmo continued, "the Anxi capital guard house is just west of Yangguan pass. I don't know how the road condition of Anxi capital guard house is. If it's bad, it won't be easy to dispatch troops and supplies."

After Yangguan, Shanshan is the boundary of western regions.

The Han Empire recovered the western regions, but it really didn't use much energy to carry out construction. The appearance and transportation remained the same.

In fact, the construction of two cross national highways in China is still due to the exaggerated number of slaves. Even if it takes 20 years, how can we spare no effort to overhaul the roads in the western regions. If you really have so much spare time, you might as well expand domestic roads. With national roads, you can build county roads, then county roads, township roads and village roads.

"It will take at least 20 days to go from Yangguan to Congling." Jiang Fang actually took the route: "I'm talking about a small team riding on horseback. If it's on foot, it will take two months. The troops march... It depends on the attitude of the generals."

Jia Shang and Jiang Wei subconsciously looked at each other.

They are going to the firearm army. Yes, the establishment of the firearm army is definitely not to be a decoration. They must go to the battlefield. It is not clear how long they will train. Now they know that even if it is only for marching, it will not be less than four months. At that time, they will not know the state of the war.