There is not much soil on the earth that can give birth to an empire, and in ancient times, in the absence of scientific and technological tools, having a fertile plain was used as a grain production area, how big the plain was, and how many river systems that could be used for irrigation in the plain basically determined how much heritage the empire bred by this land would have.
Speaking of which, there are not too many countries that can be called empires in history, and only a few of the many countries that can be called empires have not occupied the vast plain grain producing areas, such as Rome has really risen to become a large empire because it has conquered Spain, Egypt and North Africa and obtained the vast plain grain producing areas; Parthia expanded and occupied the grain-producing region of Iraq, then conquered Syria and established a grain-producing region, and then expanded eastward to occupy the Iranian plain, and only then rose to the imperial level after owning these grain-producing regions.
If it is said that Rome and Parthia have conquered some countries and nations to get the grain production area, Ah San is a nation that naturally has a vast grain production area, but Ah San has also been in the Mauryan Dynasty for a generation, sitting on the vast grain production area but has not risen up again, or wait for the Dayue clan to destroy many Ah San's kingdoms and states by force, that land has an empire-level Guishan.
The Zhuxia people have never had the same level of grain production areas as Rome, Parthia, and Kushan, and Zhuxia inhabited a mountainous geographical location, such as the three major plains defined by later generations, namely the Northeast Plain, the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, of which the Northeast Plain has not been developed at all, and the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain have not been developed even if they are not on the same level as the grain producing areas owned by Rome, Parthia and Kushan.
Because of the geographical environment, in fact, any dynasty of the Zhuxia civilization seems to be a little "congenitally insufficient", the output of grain has always been maintained at a warning line, when the wind and rain are good, it can be the country and the people's security, but if there is a large-scale disaster, it will definitely plunge the country into turmoil, not like those empires with many super-large grain-producing areas, even if there is a natural disaster in a certain area, it can also transfer grain from another large-scale grain-producing area, or use the huge amount of grain originally stored to survive the difficulties.
If you look through the history books, you can find one point, except for the Central Plains Dynasty, very few countries will have a great famine, and the destruction of those countries is basically destroyed by the enemy and foreign races, unlike the Central Plains Dynasty because of the turmoil caused by natural disasters to change the dynasty.
Many of the changes of dynasties in the Central Plains Dynasty are related to the increase in population, that is, the land that can provide output, a large number of people lose their land in the land annexation, and then the population increases and the output is still the same, and the country is not able to eat enough and even starve to death, how can the country be stable.
At present, there are two developed grain-producing areas in the Han State, and the North China Plain is divided into parts of Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou according to the previous administrative division, with Jizhou and Qingzhou covering the most extensive area, and Yanzhou only a very small part; The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiangzhou and Yuzhou.
Because of the drought, in fact, the North China Plain cannot be counted on, but it can have some expectations for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain.
In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are currently the largest grain producing areas in the Han Dynasty, while Jingzhou is only moderately developed to some extent, and Jiangzhou is in the initial stage of development.
The envoys of various countries officially set foot on the land of the Han Kingdom in Yangzhou, and what they saw was almost the most prosperous area of the Han State at present, not only in terms of commodity trade, but also in the labor scene of the farming area.
Yangzhou's agriculture can be regarded as more or less developed, which makes countries confused about the Han State's search for food channels.
"In this way, your country is willing to sell grain to the Great Han" "Of course" It has been two days since Yuan Qiao arrived in Jiankang, and he did not go to meet the envoys of various countries at the beginning, but he needed to understand the purpose of the envoys of various countries first.
Most of the countries that sent envoys were actually here for trade, and especially wanted to be able to buy large quantities of silk from the Han side.
So far, countries have also been interested in the silk of the Central Plains Dynasty, such as ceramics and tea, which were exported by the Central Plains Dynasty, but in fact, various countries have not yet developed the desire to buy.
In terms of ceramics, from the pre-Qin period to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and then to the Wuhu Rebellion period, the porcelain of the Central Plains has not been greatly developed, and the appearance is basically a variety of "pots" and "jars" of type, and the color is definitely not beautiful.
In contrast, the Egyptians, Greeks, Serbs and Asan have completely exploded the Central Plains civilization at this stage in the development of pottery, purely from the appearance design and painting.
When it comes to tea, tea is currently used as a medicine, not as a leisure pastime.
The so-called tea drinking is a habit only available to various big families or families, and tea is also ground to make soup, and it is not tea at all.
Tea helps to remove oiliness, there is no such statement at present, so if you see the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty, they have a strong need for tea, which is basically fake.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, the habit of drinking tea prevailed in the Central Plains, that is, tea was introduced to the steppe during this period, and if the nomads really had a thirst for tea, it also started from the Turks, not from the Xiongnu.
Tea became a trade product of the East and the West only in the Middle Ages, and it must be said that drinking tea does not go greasy, which is a beautiful delusion of rumors.
The effect of tea is to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, drinking tea can have a weight loss effect, but it can not get greasy, drinking tea as a health regimen is a very good effect.
So, again, the nomads of the steppe may have asked the Central Plains Dynasty for tea, but it is definitely not a strategic material, if the nomads think that tea can have a greasy effect, it is definitely a strategic deception of the Central Plains Dynasty.
No Ardashir and Yuan Qiao's meeting was not a formal diplomatic occasion, and the Persian Sassanids wanted to test what the Han side needed before officially starting diplomacy.
So far, especially when Ardashir saw the vast farmland around Jiankang, he didn't understand why the Han State was so desperate to obtain food from abroad, but he thought about it and felt that admitting that the Han army had stepped on Ah San, or that the Han army had regained control of the Western Regions, was not convincing, and could only mention the topic of providing food.
The Sassanids have now recaptured the Middle East, which was once occupied by Rome, and there is really no shortage of food to be serious.
The Persians have their own civilization, but if you want to say that there are goods sought after by various countries, they will only be blankets and female slaves, and the rest are really not available.
Persian blanket from the Parthian Empire is a kind of fist product of the Persians, popular in the surrounding countries and nationalities, not to mention, even the various nationalities under Roman rule are also extremely loved, even in the Western Regions countries are also sought after, the more pitiful is that the Central Plains Dynasty has its own aesthetic style does not look at the Persian blanket.
Female 1 slave is really the consistent fist product of the Persians, speaking of which is because the Sassanid Dynasty once conquered the Kushan Empire, the means of cultivating sex 1 slave is from the Indian 1 degree 1 religion, summarizing that the love 1 meridian belonging to the Persians is similar to the Indian 1 degree love 1 meridian, using the love 1 meridian to cultivate some female 1 slave, the domestic aristocracy is not a real aristocrat if there is no love 1 meridian to cultivate the sex 1 slave.
And it must be said that the price of a female slave who has been cultivated by love and 1 is extremely expensive.
Yuan Qiao heard Ardashir from the Sassanid royal family of Persia say so surely, and asked tentatively: "Is there a limit to the quantity?"
Ardashir thought that the Persian Sassanid was so far away from the Han kingdom that the Han kingdom would not go much even if it was to purchase food at the cost of transportation, and said with a smile: "Our two peoples have a deep and deep-rooted friendship.
If the Han Empire is willing to come to an agreement with us on some discussions, why do you want to restrict such a trivial matter?"
Yuan Qiao is not the top high-level of the Han Kingdom, and there is no way to know some real secrets, but because he has been the commander of the military march many times, Shi has his own perceptions, such as some baggage of the army can always appear when needed, but the transport team rarely transports grain.
Purchasing grain from abroad is one of Yuan Qiao's responsibilities this time, he only has to ask the envoys of various countries to buy grain, as for what means or methods to use to get the purchased grain back to China, it is not something he has to worry about.
"Your country has taken the sea route to Xindu, and it is completely possible to reach Persia by sea, and I believe that in the future we will become a friendly country with good communication with each other."
Ardashir has not yet spoken about the proposal to divide the world, which is the result of repeated persuasion by Ergutai Bahram.
He had something to test with confidence, so he asked, "In terms of the credibility of your country's march, perhaps we can also reach some agreement, such as forming a coalition army."
"Reliability" Yuan Qiao was stunned for a moment before he reacted, each country has its own name to the outside world, the Han side can be called Ah San, and the Persians can also be called Xindu.
The reason why he was stunned was about Ardashir's mention of forming a coalition army: "Asan is your enemy country" "No, we don't have a good relationship with Credibility at the moment, but we're not belligerents."
Ardashir raised the teacup on the desk, took a small sip and put it together a little bitter, but after the aftertaste, a sweet tea appeared, and he groaned a little, and said: "We are at war with Rome again, and Xindu has a very prosperous maritime trade with Rome, and your country has cut off the maritime trade route between Rome and Xindu, which is very beneficial to us." ” In fact, the Han State knew that the Persian Sassanid was re-at war with Rome, but it did not know that his march into the Assanian Ocean was indirectly helping the Persian Sassanid, and even if he knew, he would not have any special feelings, and the Han invasion of the Gupta Dynasty had its own goals, and would not feel that the two sides had any friendship because they indirectly helped the Persian Sasanids.
"We can send our fleet and land forces to attack the Sindus with your country."
Ardashir put on a sincere expression and said very seriously: "In terms of attacking the Xindu people, we will not take an inch of land, and we can discuss the spoils of war. ” Yuan Qiao was caught off guard by Ardashir's proposal.
He does not have the relevant authority to establish diplomatic relations with other countries, let alone the right to reach military alliances with other countries, and he does not know how to answer for a while.
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"In addition to the credibility aspect, your country has re-entered the Western Regions, and we can also cooperate with each other in some aspects."
Seeing that Yuan Qiao was just groaning and not speaking, Ardashir subconsciously felt that it was not enough to lure Ah San to the Han State: "The Western Regions are your country's traditional control area, and my country fully agrees with your country's regaining control of the Western Regions.
Your country may not know some things, such as the name of the country that has great influence on the countries of the Western Regions is called Hunit."
Yuan Qiao really didn't know what the hell Hunnit was, and then he heard that in addition to Hunit, there were Kangju Country and Yueban Country, and then Wusun and Xigaoche, so he knew the two countries behind.
"That's right."
Ardashir suddenly changed to a serious and cautious expression: "Although most of the Hunnites and Yueban are Bada people, there are many descendants of the Huns. ” Yuan Qiao's eyes immediately narrowed, and his action made Ardashir see it, and the latter probably said "That's really the case" in his heart.
"There are Huns like Huns."
Ardashir continued with a serious expression: "In the western part of the Caspian Sea, which we call it, there is a huge tribe there, and they are the Huns that your ancestors drove westward. ” It is said that the Northern Huns who have moved westward to the later Ukrainian region, but in fact, the Persian Sassanids are happy to see the descendants of the Northern Huns flee to the Ukrainian region, and the Northern Huns are constantly driving the Goths to the west, while the Goths who were driven away by the Northern Huns are constantly making trouble with the Romans.
Sure enough, as the legend goes, the Han people and the Xiongnu are undying mortal enemies Ardashir has a serious face on the surface, and he is really very happy in his heart: as long as the Huns are mentioned, the Han people will want to hunt down and kill no matter how far away they are.
The Han people and the Huns are naturally a blood feud, and there have been cases in history that the Han people knew that the Northern Xiongnu stopped in the west of the Western Regions and were not far away to chase and kill.
Ardashir also knows one thing, in addition to the Northern Xiongnu, the Southern Xiongnu, who have been captive by the Han family for hundreds of years, and the Western Jin Dynasty, another dynasty of the Han people, perished at the hands of the Southern Xiongnu, which is equivalent to adding old hatred and new hatred.
He felt that the hatred of the Han people for the Huns must be deeper than the sea, and it might be enough to use the Huns as bait to attract the Han people to the west.
Yuan Qiao bowed to Ardashir and said cautiously, "Thank you for telling the messenger."
It was the first time that Ardashir accepted Yuan Qiao's cautious salute, and returned the salute according to the etiquette of the Persians, but he was even happier in his heart
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