After several months of sailing, Fu Wei arrived in Constantinople with a fleet.
Fu Wei came because Wang Meng had sent an official letter to the Pingman Lieutenant Headquarters, and it was not the first time he had led a fleet to serve the envoys, and he had led the fleet to Persian Sassanid many times before, each time he brought back a large number of slaves, and pretended to load the purchased grain on the ship, in fact, the grain was stored directly in the system warehouse.
The distant Han Empire in the east had a fleet coming to Roman territory, and it was discovered as early as the fleet approaching the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Spanish provinces, despite their bad relations with Constantinople in advance, urgently sent the news to Constantius II in Constantinople.
Originally, it was supposed to wait for Constantinople to send a reply, or ask the Spanish province to stop the Han fleet, or allow the Han fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, but the Han fleet only made a routine notification and directly entered the Strait of Gibraltar.
The size of the fleet was very large when Fu Wei set out, with 230 warships of various types and 180 transport ships of different types, making a total of 410 ships.
After more than four months of sailing, the journey was not steady, it should be said that it went through a thousand dangers, and in each adventure there were losses of some ships, and by the time they reached the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, there were actually no more than 410 ships.
Three hundred and forty-two ships arrived safely in the Strait of Gibraltar, some of which looked even miserable on the outside, but overall the fleet was still huge.
There is a fleet in the Spanish provinces, but there are only about 30 of them, and they are basically small ships.
This province is at the westernmost point of Rome, and further west is the Atlantic Ocean.
Since Rome eliminated Carthage, there has been no threat from the sea, and it can even be said that if there was no sudden appearance of the Han fleet, there would have been no foreign fleets in the Atlantic direction for hundreds of years.
Then it can be understood that under the premise that there is no maritime threat, the development of the navy in the Spanish provinces is equivalent to having enough to eat and support, and it is also a waste of military spending.
This is also the reason why there are only more than 30 small ships stationed in such a strategic place.
Intuitively speaking, the ships brought by Fu Wei were several sizes larger than the ships of the Spanish province no matter what type they were, and they also crushed the garrison of the Spanish province in terms of quantity, even if the Spanish governor received an order to intercept them, he would not carry them out, not to mention that the Spanish governor had always been at odds with Constantinople.
The Han fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar with a clear goal towards Constantinople.
The appearance of this huge fleet stunned those who saw it along the way.
From west to east, everywhere the Han fleet passed, the local leaders learned that there was such an unknown fleet, and they reported it to Constantinople as soon as possible, and the emergencies of various levels fell into the hands of Constantius II like snowflakes.
The appearance of the Han fleet also had the effect of scaring the ships and coasts on the route.
No ship dared to stand in the way of the Han fleet, and the only option was to stay away.
The Roman navy along the way only dared to follow from a distance, saying that they were not willing to rush forward and make an emotional attack.
Villages along the coastline are fleeing, and cities are on defensive alert.
The tribunes began to collect ships, and they were to organize their fleets, and engaging the fleets of unnamed forces was either the first option, or they wanted to have a little more protection in the event of an attack.
The situation was changed by the proximity of the Han fleet to the Italian peninsula, because Constantinople had made a proclamation to inform the localities that the fleet was from the distant Han Empire in the east, so that there was no need to panic.
The whole of Rome, which had been notified, was reassured, knowing that the fleet was not hostile, and began to invect.
The Han fleet did not carry out any attacks, that is, there were people who did evil in the panic of various cities and villages, and many people were killed in various vicious cases, and there were a lot of property destroyed in the chaos As long as it is a city on the coastline, there is basically the development of navigation, but also the development of maritime trade, I don't know that before the Han fleet is not hostile, the ships of various cities do not dare to go to sea at all, which is equivalent to the trade to a halt.
For businessmen, time is money, and delays are losing money every day, and some people will cause even more losses because of delays in delivery dates.
No matter what happened on the road, or what impact it caused, the good and bad Fu Wei would not be birds.
When he arrived in Constantinople, the fleet was parked outside the dock, and it was the right thing to sail ashore to meet Wang Meng.
While still on the ship, Fu Wei saw the outline of Constantinople and the dense crowd of onlookers.
These were still not the things he cared about, and he handed over the official letter from Chang'an, so that he was interested in seeing the Roman nobles who looked about the same as the Han but were much shorter.
"The movement caused by Junshan is a bit big."
Dou A waited for the official handover to be completed before he went up to give Fu Wei a bear hug: "Don't you know, Constantinople can be lively these days, and dozens or hundreds of people come to report with a frightened face every day. ” Fu Wei smiled when he saw Dou Aman's gloating.
The two were often able to meet when they were in China before, but their friendship was not salty or light, and they met again in a place far away from their hometown, and they looked at each other very pleasantly, and their feelings were magically sublimated.
"Look at you have gained a lot of weight, the reception of the Great Qin people is very meticulous" Fu Wei looked around, and saw that some acquaintances were smiling, but then he said to Dou A: "You take a look at me, are you thin?"
Dou A really observed Fu Wei carefully, and he had the impression that Fu Wei belonged to the fatter type, and he really lost a lot of weight today.
"We started from Geitanado and took a big circle to take a route called the Cape of Good Hope, and there were thrills all over the way."
Fu Wei didn't know what he was thinking, he showed an expression of the rest of his life, and continued: "The loss is that the soldiers have experienced the winds and waves of the Pacific Ocean, have sufficient experience in dealing with them, and sail along the coastline along the way, otherwise."
After Malacca, the sea area belongs to the Atlantic Ocean, but the Han people generally only operate on the side of the Asan Ocean, and really don't pay much attention to the rest of the sea area.
There is also a small mistake by Liu Yan here, he originally thought that the Suez Canal now exists, and the real situation really exists in the Suez Canal, which was dug by the Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago, and can go straight from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, the problem was more than 3,000 years ago, and it was blocked in the following years.
"The canal definitely exists, and it must be deliberately concealed by the local natives, and the exploration under his command is not effective."
Fu Wei is talking about the exploration of the Suez Canal, even if there is no Suez Canal, the Son of Heaven said that there is, there is, but the alien race is very bad and bad to conceal, and he can't find it: "In order not to delay time, we have to change the course." ” Dou A was a little stunned, looked at Fu Wei and said strangely: "There really is such a canal."
This is the news I learned from the people of Daqin, but the river has been blocked for too long if it has not been dredged, and some sections of the river have simply been filled. ” Fu Wei's face stiffened, he just helped Liu Yan get rid of the pot, and secretly scolded Dou Ah for being too upright, and felt that he couldn't chat happily anymore.
Wang Meng had already met with the senior management of the fleet one by one, and then took Fu Wei to meet Yulian, who was in charge of greeting him, and had to negotiate how to arrange the berthing of the fleet's ships.
How to arrange the Han fleet should actually be decided in advance, the several docks on the side of Constantinople are not unable to accommodate the fleet of the Han army, the problem is that one dock cannot accommodate all the ships at all, the Han fleet needs to be berthed separately, Wang Meng also needs to get advice from Fu Wei.
"There is no such thing as separate mooring."
Fu Wei directly rejected Julian's arrangement, thought for a while and said: "The entrance here is a long and narrow strait, and it is not so realistic to block the strait. ” Julian had long expected Fu Wei's refusal, not to mention that Rome had not formally established diplomatic relations with the Han State now, even if the relationship was good after the establishment of diplomatic relations, as long as the Han people's IQ was still online, the fleet would not be allowed to be split.
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He smiled bitterly at Fu Wei's seemingly reasonable words in his heart, isn't it just a trick to show off the huge fleet of the Han army "That's it" Fu Wei asked Wang Meng for advice: "Before I came, I saw a sea area suitable for mooring, most of the fleet's warships were moored there, and the rest of the warships and transport ships went everywhere to receive the materials you purchased."
Wang Meng smiled and looked at Julian.
Another thing, he has not left Constantinople since he came to Rome, and even if he has purchased anything, it is stored in Constantinople, and there is no procurement of materials in the rest of the place, but there is no need to say that.
"Where is it" Julian subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and he needed to know where that sea area was.
After listening to Fu Wei's detailed description and knowing where the location was, he stared at Fu Wei silently for a long time, and said without agreeing or refusing: "I need to get permission from Augustus." ” The sea area that Fu Wei is referring to is in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea, and the anchorage area is next to an island at the exit of the Dardanelles Strait, next to Thrace.
This position was the choke point of the strait, and locking it up would be tantamount to cutting off the sea route from Constantinople, threatening the Greek peninsula and Asia Minor in the event of an attack, and cutting off Constantinople's land lines of communication with the continent of Europa because of its proximity to Thrace.
"That's going to have to be as soon as possible."
Fu Wei was surprised that Julian's Chinese could be spoken so standardly, and jokingly said: "It's not good to wait a moment for the fleet to block here for a while." ” The Han fleet really blocked the channel when it came, and the current situation caused was that the ships outside could not get in, and the ships inside could not get out, and the longer the time, the more serious the congestion became.
"It's blocked."
Julian looked at it, frowned and said, "Your Excellency can let the fleet line up and get out of the way?"
"Well, Wei is not qualified to be called Your Excellency."
Fu Wei first finished speaking to Julian, and then asked Wang Meng for instructions: "Angel Decision" Wang Meng smiled and said, "It's not good to block it. ” Fu Wei also smiled, he heard what Wang Meng wanted to express, after the envoys came to Rome, it was not smooth sailing, in general, the Romans were courteous and received, and did not develop to the point of saber rattling.
Next, the surrounding Roman ships needed to withdraw some distance to avoid it, and the whole process took nearly five hours, waiting for the fleet to be cleared before the fleet began to adjust.
Julian didn't understand what he was doing to a Han soldier holding a flag and waving it just now, and he didn't hear what type of tools the Han army used to use sound to transmit military orders, and he saw that there were soldiers waving flags on Han ships, so he realized that it was a method of communication with flags.
The Han army has long had a flag language, the army uses it less often, the navy uses the flag language to communicate is the rule, and the navy has also mastered the Morse code of communication with lights flickering at night.
The Roman way of transmitting military orders was still quite primitive, in addition to relying on manpower to transmit, that is, using the agreed rhythm of sound, Julian found that the Han people could use flags to communicate, and instantly had an extreme desire to explore1.
"You're coming pretty fast."
Wang Meng was indeed surprised, he thought that he would have to wait for a few more months or even longer.
He lowered his voice and asked, "What is your impression of Daqin?"
Fu Wei knew what Wang Meng was asking, so he also lowered his voice and replied, "The territory of Great Qin is quite vast.
We came from the west, and on both sides of the strait was the territory of Daqin, and the same was true everywhere we went.
Their coastline cities are numerous, and they can see ports everywhere, divided by the type of civilization of His Majesty, it is very similar to that of a maritime civilization."
Wang Meng was stunned, he really didn't know what Liu Yan was doing later, and after a little pondering, he could understand what "marine civilization" meant: "Great Qin's maritime development has gone astray, and they have almost no ships suitable for sailing outside the Mediterranean. ” Fu Wei has some understanding of the maritime development of the Romans, and the Persians have not ridiculed the Romans on this point, and it is not a matter of one or two hundred years for the Persians to laugh at the Romans for being a short-legged people on the sea.
Speaking of the Persians, Fu Wei couldn't help but smile and said: "When we came, we followed nearly a hundred Persian ships, and we haven't rounded the Cape of Good Hope yet, and those guys are cowardly." ” Wang Meng didn't ask how many ships Fu Wei brought with him when he set off, just now at a cursory glance, there should be about 300 ships, some of the ships are not in good condition, and then listen to the Persian slaughter before they retreat halfway, and said sincerely: "You are real warriors":