"Is this Seris" Orus Sykes Cicero didn't know what it was like to feel: "What we see with our own eyes is very different from what is rumored to be.
In fact, the Central Plains Dynasty that the Romans knew was basically second-hand, third-hand, or even several hands, and after getting some information, they added their own imagination, either thinking in a better direction or thinking in a worse direction, which is a move that people who have not witnessed it with their own eyes.
Most Romans imagined that the Central Plains Dynasty should be that anyone can wear silk, gold can be picked up everywhere on the road, and the place that catches the eye must be full of Qionglou Yuyu, representing the extreme wealth in the world.
This part of the Romans will imagine the Central Plains Dynasty in this way, just because silk was too expensive after it was transmitted to Rome, and subconsciously thought that the country that could produce silk should be very rich, and because of the distance, it produced beauty.
The most representative thing is that a businessman named Marco Polo actually did not go deep into the Central Plains, he came to the East to travel, I don't know whether he knelt down completely, or the intention was sinister, anyway, he wrote Marco Polo's travels.
In that book of Marco Polo's travels, there was a country in the East where the ground was paved with gold, where the rivers flowed not water but milk, where everyone could afford to wear silk, and everyone could eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea.
Marco Polo is a figure in the Mengyuan period, if he really arrived in the Central Plains, it was also under the rule of the Mengyuan at that time, and the Mengyuan divided people into four classes, the first class is of course the Mongols, and the following are the Semu people, the Han people, and the Nan people.
He happens to be the second-level of Meng Yuan's fourth-class system.
If you really go to the Central Plains, Marco Polo will naturally receive all kinds of preferential treatment, but you will definitely not see any gold all over the land, nor can you see the good life of most people, you should see the desolation after the war, after all, the Mongols' continuous invasion of the south brought endless destruction and killing.
Regardless of whether Marco Polo really went to the East or not, anyway, his Marco Polo travelogue brought endless longing to the West to the East, not necessarily thinking how strong the country in the East was, but thinking that the country in the East was extremely rich.
I don't know how many generations fantasized about the richness of that country in the East, or how many people wanted to find the "legendary country" and made an unimaginable contribution to the voyage of Europa.
For example, Columbus originally wanted to find the "legendary country", but by accident found America.
This mistake was the beginning of the domination of the earth by the white-skinned races, who developed and accumulated their own seafaring skills through continuous robbery, plundered endless wealth and species from everywhere, and the "bandit" culture began to sink into the bone marrow.
Of course, Aulus Sextus Cicero has not read Marco Polo's travels, but like many people who have not been to the East of the world, he is more or less longing for a distant country.
He saw the wealth of this country in the Yangtze River Valley, which was somewhat in line with his imagination of this country, but everything changed with the north.
A country that has just stopped fighting will never lack the destructiveness of war that has just stopped, and the trauma of war can be seen everywhere.
How can such a country see anything rich It is true that the Han Kingdom is not rich now, and even in some ways most of the areas are quite poor, which is different from their imagination.
From Jiankang to Guanzhong need to walk thousands of miles of inland, Aulus Sykes Tus Cicero is fully aware of the vast territory of the Han State, because the Han State is vigorously building the national highway from Jiankang to Guanzhong, almost everywhere you go, you can see a large number of people working, they also have a kind of "this country has a large population" impression along the way.
Construction means vitality, and a country that is being built on a large scale is not only vigorous, but also represents that the country has come out of the trauma of war and has begun to work towards the better life it expects.
They went all the way from Jiankang to Guanzhong, and then to the old and new Chang'an, and no one could deny the greatness of this eastern country, that is, the Han State was able to organize the cooperative labor of millions of people, and it was able to maintain a good order despite the large number of people.
And to be honest, not every country can organize millions of people to work together, and there are so many people who have to have the ability to organize, and usually the country with so many people does not have that kind of organizational power.
The higher the status, the clearer their awareness of the ability to organize, which is the order, and the ability to rule, to be able to organize millions of people to work at this moment, and to mobilize enough people to arm them when needed.
The ruling class does not look at the country differently from ordinary people, and whether they are rich or not is not the key, but whether the people are willing to obey the state's assignments is the key "So when Seris's country is in ruins, they can still send troops to fight foreign wars."
Aulus Saxtus Cicero recalled what he had seen and heard in the Captain of the Plain Barbarians, and then added: "The Seris are passionate about war, and it is the soldiers and civilians who are eager for war. ” It is not wrong to say that, the garrison of the Pingban Captain's Department is for war, and the soldiers at home envy their comrades who can go to the battlefield and make meritorious achievements, and the common people know that the reason for going to war is to plunder food, and that such a war is beneficial to everyone in the country, and most people will not reject that kind of war.
The Romans had their own thinking in their contact with the Han Chinese, and they came into contact with people who were in favor of the war against the Gupta dynasty, who did not understand the deeper relationship, and who were simply terrified by the cohesion of the country.
In fact, the citizens of Rome have always supported foreign wars, and that is because everyone can reap the dividends of war.
However, now Rome is more and more disgusted with war, and it can no longer see the situation in which Roman citizens fully supported the war in the era of the Big Three.
The Romans became strong because of wars, and their territory became wider and wider in constant wars, and if there was any country that was the most warlike in ancient times, there was no doubt that Rome was the most warlike.
Today's Rome is in a period of contradiction, on the one hand, because of the civil war that is going on in the country, most of the Romans have a sense of rejection of war, and on the other hand, they have to face up to the growing threat of the Persian Sassanids, and the vast majority of the Romans are looking for wise leaders to follow, hoping to end the civil war quickly and unite with the outside world.
The reason why Aulus Sextus Cicero followed Constantius was not because of anything else, but because when other insurgents were biting at home, Constantius still did not forget to defend against the Persians.
He believed that only a monarch like Constantius, who had not forgotten his enemies abroad, was worth following, and that only Constantius could restore Rome to its glory.
The current Rome is dealing with the Persian Sassanid with partial strength, and everyone understands that the divided Rome is not the opponent of the Persian Sassanid at all.
There was no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the Romans and the Persians, and even if peace existed, it would be quite short-lived.
Whether it was Constantius or Constantine II or Constans, they all understood this, but the division of Rome would not end peacefully, which meant that everyone needed help from outside.
Compared to Constantine and Constants, Constantius was in a worse situation.
Constantine controlled the Italian peninsula, and North Africa and Egypt were also controlled by Constantine, and he was considered the most powerful "prince".
I have to say that the Italian peninsula has always been the native of the Romans, not to mention the most densely populated, and there are many workshops and so on.
Constans controlled the Spanish to Gaulic part of Europa, a vast territory that was not comparable to the Italian peninsula, but not far behind.
He also accepted the advice of his advisors to give preferential treatment to some barbarians of the Germans and Celts, such as acquiescing in the establishment of some states such as the Franks, hoping to unite the barbarians as a help in the civil war.
The territory controlled by Constantius was the eastern provinces of modern Turkey, which Rome had not paid much attention to before, and could not be called any development or development.
In the division of Rome, the monarchs of the three groups are all the sons of Constantine I, and the relationship between the youngest son Constans and the first two is more complicated, and Constantine II and Constantius really have a very bad relationship.
The fact that Aulus Sextus Cicero was able to bring the Franks, Burgundy, and Alemanni to Han proves that Constantius had communicated with Constantus, but that there were no Constantine II in their legations.
"We certainly don't want to see Cyris and Persia ally against Rome."
Marcus Makar, however, knew that the Han had formed a partial alliance with the Persian Sassanids: "I hope that the alliance between the Seris and the Persians will be limited only to dealing with Gupta." ” Liu Yan inspected the northwest, and some envoys' requests for companions were not refused, such as Rome and Persia were accompanied by important personnel, but the rest of the envoys did not pay attention to it, and some envoys even went to the prosperous place of Jiankang after obtaining consent.
"We've got the results too, aren't we," said Aulus Sexes Cicero, stroking the mane of his mount, looking at the endless plains, somewhat with relief, "at least the Seris are willing to trade with us." ” Rome, at least the group of Constantius, tried to broker a truce between the two sides, and the Gupta side was replied that it was willing to accept Rome's mediation, but Han insisted that it had nothing to do with Rome when Rome mentioned it slightly.
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The hard-line attitude of the Han State made Aulus Sexes Cicero realize that it was impossible for them to influence the will of the Han State at all, and they did not stupidly carry out persecution or the like, but stopped mediation after recognizing the reality and looked for new points of interest.
"Aside from food, the Seris are willing to trade with us for more than enough."
Marcus Marca was actually from Constants' side: "Silk, weapons, armor, what you need, and what we need, the people of Cyris have not refused." ” In fact, the most satisfying thing for the Romans was that the Han Kingdom did not necessarily require precious metals to pay the bills, and even did not need to pay for the Han goods before they arrived in Rome.
There would be Han Chinese who would follow the Romans to Rome with their goods, and when the time came, if the Romans were a tribe of precious metals, they could also use grain or what the Han Chinese thought was okay to pay the bills.
Aurus Sexes Cicero smiled instantly, their group is in desperate need of armaments, even if the Gupta Dynasty can provide the quantity, it has not been enough, and the weapons made by the Gupta Dynasty are not the most suitable for the Roman army, such as the type of knife, the Romans are not very good at using it, especially the scimitar.
The Romans were best and most accustomed to swords and spears, and most of the weapons they procured from the Gupta dynasty were both.
When the Gupta Dynasty made the military purchases of the Romans, it was impossible to use Uzi steel, in fact, it was also ordinary iron products, and the weapons that really used Uzi steel were all knife styles.
Aulus Saxus Cicero expressed to Lü Yi that he wanted to buy arms, but Lü Yi originally refused to reply that he needed to discuss, and Liu Yan gave the opinion that it was completely possible to sell ordnance to the Romans.
There are many types of weapons used by the Han people, and the swords and spears that the Romans are best at are actually the weapons that the Han people are best at, but they are quite different in terms of length.
The Romans used short swords and spears, which were basically adapted to a shield-wielding method of warfare.
The Han Chinese used the sword as a process that kept increasing the length, and the swordsman generally did not hold a shield.
In terms of spears, because the main enemy of the Han people is the nomadic cavalry, the pursuit of the spear needs to be long enough, and the spearman is troublesome enough to just hold the spear, and will not ask for a shield.
"Actually, we are very similar to the Seris in many ways."
Alus Sykes Cicero was certainly not talking about hair and eyes: "The people of Seris have been plagued by barbarians throughout their long history, and so have we. ” Marcus Marca thought about it carefully, it seems that there is really a big similarity, appearance and being troubled by barbarians are one thing, both of them are still leading the progress of neighboring countries and nations, and they have always been high-end people of civilization.
"It can be seen that the Seris are friendly to us" Aulus Sykes Cicero was silent for a moment, adding: "It's not like the Persians, they cooperate with the Persians to deal with Gupta, their friendship with us is more like a sense of closeness from looks or culture."
"We are all in a distant corner of the world, and we all have the height of a glorious civilization."
Marcus Marca laughs, "In fact, we are natural allies with Seris. ” "That's a good point."
Aulus Saxtus Cicero said very heartily: "We can't just think like that, we should let the people of Seris face it up to it." ”: