Chapter 1045

In life, if you don't worry about food and clothing, you will basically pursue fame and wealth.

Those who strive to enrich themselves will not be willing to live a plain life.

People who think they have the ability, the more they think they have the ability, the more they want to get a position that is consistent with their ability.

If we say which group is the most unscrupulous in the world, there is no doubt that they are the so-called scholars. Because of their intelligence, they can always judge the situation and make favorable choices for themselves. They usually seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and rarely maintain their firm position.

The reason why those scholars who can maintain their firm position can basically remain famous in history as long as their status is high enough is that there are too few such people.

In fact, it is the same. If there are many things, there is no need to record them. The more scarce they are, the more they will be advocated.

No historian will record how people breathe air, will he?

The expedition fleet organized by the Han Empire is destined to be solemnly recorded in history. This time, there will be 3000 ships of various types and sizes to form an expedition fleet, of which the number of gunboats will reach seven. One gunboat is the latest scientific and technological crystallization of the Han Empire, which is called "Linzi".

This is not the largest fleet that mankind has ever organized, but it must be the fleet that sailed the farthest to carry out a war in history.

The main component of the expedition fleet was transferred from the Nanyang capital escort, including all gunships in the Nanyang capital escort system, and the only two gunships they had were recruited from the Annan capital escort.

Huan Wen was appointed the commander of the expedition fleet. His two military deputies were Li Mai and Wang niche, and Wang Meng was the commander of the army. In addition to Wang Meng, the command teams of the expedition fleet are all from the south, and even the southerners account for 80% of the troops.

The huge fleet was assembled in the Hangzhou Bay of later generations. Here is the second largest shipbuilding base of the Han Empire. Ships about to sail will gather here. It is mainly necessary to carry out a round of strict overhaul and maintenance.

Huan Wen said goodbye to Liu Yan the day after he accepted the command, and set off from Chang'an to Hangzhou Bay happily. It took him only five days to reach Hangzhou Bay and set up his own shogunate for the first time.

The gallop road built from Chang'an to the southeast has been more than 800 Li. If you apply for a clearance track in advance, it only takes 41 hours to complete the 800 Li gallop road. Huanwen rode in person for the next three days.

"All seven gunships have entered the port?" Huan Wen also brought his own shogunate team. What he needs to do now is to know enough about the expeditionary fleet to see what deficiencies are made up: "how long will it take for them to be overhauled and maintained?"

Wang niche was in the south before. He was the commander of a medium-sized fleet between the mainland and Yizhou. He received a new order to directly arrive at the Hangzhou Bay naval base by ship to carry out his military affairs as a deputy general.

"The time given by the shipyard supervisor is at least half a month." Wang niche believes that this time is very reasonable, which is based on the premise that those gunships have not been seriously damaged or need major changes: "they have transferred manpower from Liaodong and zhuyazhou without any delay."

"Very good!" Huan Wen said with great satisfaction, "I will ask the emperor for his work."

Although the warships of the Han Empire were all oar assisted, it was most suitable to sail in the monsoon season.

In winter, the natural climate will form a southwest monsoon over the rising sea (South China Sea), which is very suitable for ships to sail.

In summer, the monsoon will turn to the northwest.

Ships that rely on sail power can naturally have faster speed when sailing downwind, and it will be difficult to enter when sailing upwind. This is why the monsoon is so important in the style era.

The expedition fleet needs to reach Malacca through the rising sea before the end of winter, and then rest here until the arrival of summer. Taking advantage of the monsoon, it can pass through the A3 ocean as quickly as possible. Maybe they can reach the Cape of good hope directly before the monsoon ends?

"General." Wang niche took the paper and handed it out. At the same time, he said, "the first army has been stationed in Kuaiji county."

Huan Wen took the paper and looked at it. He paid special attention to the number of the troops who arrived first. He was not surprised to see that it was the troops from Jiaozhou Bay.

Each military port of the Han Empire will be stationed with a Marine Corps. Their establishment can be traced back to the time when the military port was established. The earlier the military port is completed, the longer the Marine Corps stationed will be established.

Jiaozhou Bay is not the first military port of the Han Empire, Ma Shijin in Eastern Liaoning is, and Jiaozhou Bay belongs to the second.

"This time there are 3000 ships of all kinds, carrying 30000 land troops." Wang niche still needs some confidence in his heart and respectfully asked, "will there be a follow-up fleet?"

Huan Wen knew that there would be no follow-up reinforcements for at least three years. Only they would invade Rome tens of thousands of miles away.

The scale of the war between the Han Empire and Rome depends on what they can do.

"Well..." there was no disappointment in Wang niche: "three years? It takes at least six months to enter the sea of Rome from the Han Dynasty. One round trip is at least one year and two months."

The Han Empire was so far away from Rome that it would take more than a year to deliver news. They began to invade Rome. No matter what kind of war they fought, it took so long to send the war report back to China, so that the center could evaluate it according to the war report they sent back, whether to continue to increase the input of troops or let them retreat.

Huan Wen turned and looked at the mountain map hung on the wall.

Huanwen has seen this map for several years. He has screened the map more than once and used various channels to understand the mountains and rivers on the map.

"When will Wang JINGLUE arrive?" When Huan Wen was in Chang'an, he had several in-depth discussions with Wang Meng. Generally, he knew some key information from Wang Meng, and there were many doubts to be answered: "he had been to Rome and had heard and seen along the way when he returned home."

Li Mai just led Wang Meng in and heard a tail of Huan Wen's speech.

"Just now I mentioned JINGLUE." Huan Wen and Wang Meng are not so familiar. If they were not in the same shogunate this time, they would have had contact on some official affairs and had no private friends in private. He turned to continue to look at the mountain map and asked, "the terrain on both sides of the Strait (Gibraltar) is as long as history says. The north bank is a place with dense vegetation and the south bank is a desert?"

Wang Meng saw Huan Wen's sentence and used two names, especially his long history. He knew it was office hours. He went to the edge of the mountain map, pointed to the north bank and said, "the Romans have established a shore defense here and have a defense belt in depth. They call it Spain."

Spain was called a long time ago. Later, the Romans changed their names many times, but the Han people classified it based on their own information and shouted Spain.

"The south bank is shallow sea, and most of it is desert from the beach to the inland." Wang Meng compared the map and didn't stop until he extended more than 200 miles inland: "there are oases in these places, gathering some small and medium-sized tribes."

"In this case, the breakthrough is not on the south bank." Li Mai asked Wang Meng, "did the coastal defense on the north bank start in the 16th year of Yuanshuo?"

"Indeed." Wang Meng smiled and said, "the Romans were frightened when the great man directly arrived at the capital city called Constantinople through this channel last time."

"What a pity..." Huan Wen glanced over the Strait of Gibraltar, looked further north, and asked, "here to the north, and then to the northeast, there is a strait similar to the Han land and Yizhou?"

The map hanging on the wall roughly draws the territory of Rome. In fact, it is not accurate, but there are few mistakes in general.

"This island, they call Britain." Wang Meng said: "the Romans occupied half of Britain's islands, and the rest were divided and occupied by the Celts and Saxons."

"Did the Romans withdraw from Britain because of the Celts and Saxons?" The king paused and asked, "if the great men march into Rome, can they be used by the great men?"

Wang Meng couldn't answer this question, but he learned that Huan Wen was considering giving up his strong attack on the Strait of Gibraltar and was invading from the northern waters of Europa.

"The current Roman emperor started from the East and had many contradictions with some Roman nobles in Europe..." Wang Meng has introduced what he knows to someone more than once. This time, he needs to make it clear: "I have reported to your majesty that the contradiction between the East and the west of the Romans may be eliminated due to the invasion of the big men, so that they can unite."

Huan Wen nodded in agreement. His action also shows that he did not place the invasion on the division of Rome, at least not in advance.

"This Britain may become the bridgehead of big men in Europe." Huan Wen knew that Rome could not be destroyed by 30000 landing troops alone: "we need a bridgehead far away in Europe. Did you have contact with the Celts or Saxons when you went to Rome for a long time?"

"Let the general down." Wang Meng shook his head and replied, "maybe Meng didn't really set foot on the land of Europa. The farthest thing is to reach Constantinople. The Romans called it Asia, not Europa."

This is something Huan Wen has never understood. He nodded to Wang Meng and asked another question: "when will the firearm soldiers in Qinling come?"

Wang Meng could answer: "three thousand firearm troops will come in the middle of autumn." He paused and said with a bitter smile, "including Emperor Ming."

"..." Huan Wen knew the news for the first time and said without concealment, "it's troublesome."

Standing aside, Wang niche and Li Mai looked at each other and continued to show a bitter smile.

Before, Liu Shen was sent to the army and participated in the war in the hunit territory. People who didn't know before returned to anxidu protectorate area with Liu Shen, and have embarked on the return journey of Chang'an, which is known by more and more people.

Their understanding is that Liu Yan is accumulating prestige for Liu Shen and paving the way for Liu Shen to become a prince.

If Liu Ming had not been assigned to the army, they would have a 100% confidence in their speculation. However, Liu Yan assigned Liu Ming to the army, so the original 100% confidence would be reduced to 80%.

"Your Majesty is in his prime." Wang Meng has been Liu Shen's personal secretary Lang, and has recently become one of the three attendants. No matter how you look at it, he is Liu Shen's confidant. Some words should be said by him: "it's not urgent to be a prince."

"I heard that the order of the Minister of justice asked his majesty before going to the western Xinjiang..." Huan Wen didn't use his questioning expression: "I heard that Cui encouraged the ministers and was pressed down by the order of the Chinese emperor?"

Wang Meng could say some things, but obviously he couldn't say them, and he wouldn't even say anything. He looked at Huan Wen strangely.

"We are all loyal to your majesty, and we can only be loyal to your majesty." Huan Wen did not stop the topic because of Wang Meng's strange expression: "this expedition, maybe three or five years, maybe ten or more years, can return to the great man."

"Over the years, Emperor Ming has been away for many years. It's time for us to worry." Li Mai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "don't be labeled, right?"

Let them refuse Liu Ming to the expedition fleet. They don't have the courage. I'm really afraid of being labeled as Liu Ming inexplicably.

What can Wang Meng say? He knew what people, including Huan Wen, were afraid of. It was nothing more than that once Liu Yan established Chu Jun, they were tens of thousands of miles away. It must be difficult to make any statement in time. If Chu Jun thought they were people of Liu Ming's school, it would be useless to make any great contribution.

"The captured Roman royal family will go with us this time." Wang Meng is talking about Julian. He turned the topic back to the war: "in addition... Shaoshi (Helena) is pregnant."

It happened that after Rome, Persia and the Han Empire entered a state of war, the Roman Princess and princess sassanne who married the Han Empire successively heard good news.

They have been in the deep palace all the time. They do not know the fact that their home country has entered a state of war with the Han Empire. They are safely raising their babies and waiting for production.

"Oh?" Huan Wen, a stunned God, laughed and said, "we have candidates for the governor of Rome and the governor of Persia."

Wang Meng then smiled and shook his head so that he wouldn't say anything.

Even if the Han Empire destroyed sassanne and Rome, it was actually difficult to achieve full annexation. It really needed a person with Han Royal Blood and Roman (Persian) blood to become a local manager.

"While there's still time..." Huan Wen went to his desk, smiled and said seriously, "arrange more plans. Basically, it's to march from Egypt, choose to attack Gibraltar, or enter Britain, or something else."

This is Wang Meng's authority. He asked his entourage to come over and come up with a plan that may have been formulated a long time ago.