The significance of Volvey's arrival in Constantinople with the fleet was profound.
First of all, the Han side had found a route from the sea to Constantinople, the current capital of Rome.
The second is that the fleet can reach Constantinople as far as Constantinople, and it can also attack all the coastal cities in the Mediterranean at will.
From the moment the Han fleet appeared, Rome and the Han no longer existed as equals, and no fleet could go to retaliate because Rome was attacked.
The side that can only be beaten passively is naturally the side that is at a disadvantage.
Especially since the land of the two countries is far enough apart, but both countries have long enough coastlines that one side can already afford to send a fleet to the other, and on the other hand, they can't even get out of their own footbaths.
The appearance of the Han fleet was directly reflected in the fact that Constantius II indicated to Wang Meng that he would personally hold an unprecedented welcoming ceremony.
Constantius II would also recall the governors of all the provinces, and invite the nobles from all over Rome, all just to show the crowd the huge fleet that had sailed tens of thousands of miles to reach Constantinople.
Although the Roman authorities were enthusiastic about Wang Meng's procurement, they restricted the purchase of slaves in many ways, especially in the purchase of grain.
When the huge fleet of the Han army arrived, the Roman authorities did not understand that Wang Meng proposed to lift the restrictions, but in a short period of time, the number of people looking for Han envoys to negotiate business increased.
"We've looked for these people before" Cai Mian didn't feel too angry, but had a sense of humiliation that the tiger was treated as a sick cat if he didn't show his might: "Now the owner behind these people knows that as long as the big man is willing, he can launch an attack, and he recognizes his status." ” "Your Majesty mentioned it a long time ago."
Wang Meng fell into a memory, and after a while, he said: "Whoever can control the sea power is equivalent to controlling the world." ” They hadn't felt much about it before, but now they saw it first-hand from the change in attitude of the Romans.
The Han people were relaxed and happy, but the Roman high-level side was very gloomy.
The average Romans did not think much about the fleet of a distant country coming from the sea, and at the same time they were amazed, thinking that those strangers who came from afar always had to eat and drink, and they would definitely buy things in a big way, and then they would be able to make money.
For the high-level of Rome, it is a great thing that his own fleet can go to the Han Kingdom, and he can't go there, but the Han fleet is specially here, which is really a terrible and tragic thing.
"I thought that even if the Seris people could come from the sea, they would only land on the Egyptian side by the Red Sea" Gallus's face was pale, and the rest of the people's faces were not much better: "The environment on the Egyptian side is extremely bad, even if the Seris army lands in Egypt, as long as we don't relax, it will be difficult for them to get close to Asia Minor, now" Whether it is Egypt in Asia or Egypt in Africa, most of the land in the Red Sea region is desert, and even if it is not as harsh as desert for a distance inland, a considerable part of the area is also Gobi-level barrenness.
A lack of plants is generally a lack of water, and the greater the number of troops in this environment, the more difficult it is to replenish water.
To put it bluntly, the defending side can set up a fortress where there is a water source, and there is no threat if there are fewer enemy troops coming to attack, and the number of enemy troops coming to attack cannot guarantee the water source, and the advantage of the defending side is too great.
Contemporary Rome under Augustus Constantius II is completely different from the previous Roman dynasties, which had their center of gravity in Europa and their main control over the territory of Europa.
Before Constantine became the ruling family of Rome, Rome was repeatedly torn apart by civil wars and coups, and in fact Europa was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt.
The centuries-long Roman civil strife gave the barbarians of eastern Europa a chance to rise, waiting for Constantius II to sit on the throne of Augustus, not to mention the rise of the barbarians, and some of the families that had been strengthened in the civil war also took control of the place.
Therefore, it was not Constantius II who was obsessed with southern Europe, but the local forces in Western Europe, Central Europe and Italy that were deeply entrenched, and Eastern Europe directly came to the rise of a barbarian, and if you want to live comfortably, you can only choose southern Europe.
Southern Europe would have been a wild place in the eyes of the Romans hundreds of years earlier, not to mention that half of Asia Minor, which was most under the control of Constantius II, belonged to Asia at all.
Precisely since the territory most tightly controlled by Constantius II did not belong to the territory of "Old Rome", it is conceivable how the nobles thought of Constantius II.
The situation of the House of Constantine is that it has the name of the ruling family of Rome, and in fact it ordered out of Constantinople further north, and the Europa part is willing to listen to it if it is good, and if it is not good, who cares that you are Augustus "That" Gallus had a question for a long time: "What is the cause of Cyris's attack on Xindu?"
Everyone looked at each other, they learned that when the Han Kingdom and Gupta entered a state of war, the war there had been fought for nearly a year, and why the fight had not been explored, but there was no official answer.
The Han state claimed that the Gupta dynasty had invaded its own territory.
The so-called invasion was that the Han people arrived in Nanyang and found that there were dark-skinned and thin sub-blacks in this place, and immediately entered a state of unbearable resistance, and saw one by one arresting and returning to be slaves.
Later, the Han navy entered the Asan Ocean, and miraculously found that there were a lot of foreign ships on this side, and the first encounter between the Han warships and Gupta merchant ships was to enter the role of robbing and being robbed.
The Han army didn't know if they didn't rob, but they found that Ah San was really rich, and they robbed again and again, and Ah San definitely wanted to fight back, and it gradually evolved into a battle at sea.
"Both sides have their own narratives, one side thinks the other is an unreasonable bandit, and the other side declares that the other side has harmed its own interests."
Julian has done deep research and understands that those claims are not credible at all, and the truth is only on the basis of whether it can be defeated: "The Cyris have landed on the Faith Continent, and it is clear that the truth is in the hands of the Ceris. ” They are all the rulers of the country, who still doesn't know what kind of virtue they are, and the country never needs any justice to wage war, only whether it can bring benefits.
The victor has the privilege of writing history, the loser will be buried in the grave, and the so-called justice is to be the ultimate victor.
The Romans had been keeping an eye on the war on Asan's side, and they had recently received news that the Han of Dara, which was next to the Gupta dynasty, claimed that Gitanado had fallen completely, and that the Han Chinese were using the Dara kingdom as a springboard to attack the southern and western parts of the Gupta dynasty.
After the Han people took control of the Dara Kingdom, they not only took action against the Gupta Dynasty, but also did not let go of the neighboring countries, and in a short period of time, they destroyed more than a dozen small states such as Yejia, Thorpe, Kaga, etc., and captured half of the country of Xiaoba Naro in the region without much effort, forcing Naluo to become a vassal state of the Han State.
"The Han Chinese conquered the territory equivalent to our two Macedonian provinces in the Xindu Continent within half a year, and at the same time wiped out about 50,000 Gupta troops."
Julian said solemnly: "Gupta's army has long resisted the combined attacks of Vagataka and several surrounding countries, and it cannot be done without sufficient combat strength. ” Rome had a long history of trading relations with the Gupta dynasty, and much more is known about the Gupta dynasty than about the Han state.
They had the impression that the Gupta dynasty was not weak, especially quite wealthy.
"It's such a country that has repeatedly lost in battles with Seris's army."
Julian came prepared, and he took out a few pieces of parchment, which were records of the naval battles of the Cicero Ocean, as well as several land battles: "If what Cicero says is true, the Seris have never really regarded Gupta as an equal opponent. ” Julian's understanding is like that.
Needless to say, the early sea confrontation between the two sides, it didn't matter how the Han navy fought in front, and it was not easy to show the balance of power by pulling out nearly 3,000 ships of various types at one time and directly hitting the door of the Gupta Dynasty In the land confrontation, Cicero recorded that the regular army of the Han State played a supervisory role most of the time, and the servant army of the Han State was the main one to fight the Gupta army, among which the servant army from the countries of the Japanese archipelago was dispatched the most.
"The place called the Japanese Islands, according to Cicero's description, is a group of islands in the semi-stone age, and the countries above are all trying to merge into the kingdom of Seris, and they have not been allowed by the Son of Syris."
Julian didn't feel much about this, Rome has been glorious for so long, and there are quite a few countries and nations in history who want to integrate into it, and there are only a few who have succeeded: "It's unbelievable that they are willing to die for the son of Seris, and it's crazy to go to war." ” Constantius II raised his hand to stop Julian from continuing to speak, and said with a blank face: "The process of competition can be speeded up, and then you have a new responsibility." ” Julian was stunned for a moment, he was the organizer, and the main reason for holding such a grand event was to sell the gifts he received from the Han people for a good price.
"Cyris's fleet can't be allowed to stay too long."
How could Constantius II agree to let the Han fleet anchor at the throat of the strait, since the Han fleet was lined up in the strait, and the impact on the shipping lanes was minimized, the status quo was maintained: "Also be ready, and go with them to Seris at any time." ” Rome did not have ocean-going ships, and the last time Cicero went to the Han Kingdom, the ships were still purchased and hired by some countries on the Mainland, including the Gupta Dynasty, and the result was not only to the Pingban Captain's Department, but the Han people arranged for ships to be sent back to the Han Kingdom.
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Constantius II then went into a state of thought, glancing at Helena and Helena from time to time.
Helena has been to high-level meetings before, and her presence on such occasions is not unobtrusive.
Helena was invited to a high-level meeting for the first time, and she didn't say anything with her nervous little face, and her hands couldn't control the clothes on her body that she had been playing with, and the positions that had been twisted for a long time were crumpled.
"We all received gifts from Wang Meng."
Constantius II tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table: "When you go back, be sure to give back more valuable gifts." ” Those of them who received gifts had not given a return gift before, some of them had not been able to get a return gift for the time being, and some of them thought that it was nothing to receive a gift in their own territory and not give a return gift.
Now it was with the arrival of the Han fleet that everything was different, at least not with peace of mind.
Helena instantly showed an expression of wanting to cry, she is a marginal person, and she has always been poor.
She received an unusually precious gift, and if she really wanted to give it back, it seemed that she couldn't make up the money to buy a gift of equal value after selling it.
"Your share, I'll arrange."
Constantius II looked at Helena with a kind expression, smiled and said: "In addition, I will arrange an etiquette teacher, you need to become an orthodox Roman lady in the shortest possible time." ” Helena also had various teachers before, but those teachers were not well-known at all.
She was serious about studying, but the teacher was gone by herself, and she didn't arrange for the teacher to come over.
"Let me teach."
Helena spoke up and said, "I will take care of the etiquette of Rome, and it just so happens that we can also learn the etiquette of Seris together." ” Constantius II thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Not only Helena and Helena need to learn the etiquette of the Han Kingdom, but also the aristocratic ladies who will go to the Han Kingdom.
Of course, it was not the Romans and Europa who taught them etiquette, but the teachers arranged by Wang Meng, and the teachers were female officials from Miyagi.
Roman women had to learn etiquette, and Roman men who were going to Han also had to learn etiquette, but the teacher had changed.
For many Romans, they not only have to learn etiquette, but also try their best to learn Chinese, in order to be able to communicate better is only one aspect, to understand Chinese characters to the Han Kingdom must be able to understand more, and even want to spy on the premise of the premise can understand Chinese characters.
As the old saying goes, time flies, and the sun and the moon fly by The competition ended with cheers, and the final winning team in the team battle was the Han from the far east, but anyone with a sharp eye could see that the Han people were really able to fight, but there must be something behind the victory of the Han team, such as those Roman masters telling the gladiators that they must lose.
Julian sold the things he took out for auction for a sky-high price as he wished, and gave back the gifts that Wang Meng thought was suitable.
Wang Meng has recently received gifts with soft hands, known and unrecognized, personally and sent, many people just want to leave a gift list with their name on the parchment, that is, a familiar face.
"There are too many envoys from Great Qin" Fu Wei looked at the list listed by Rome, and it looked really dense: "The main master, plus the servants and the like, more than 20,000 people."
Why don't they swim and swim to the big man."
Dou A Leng Buding next to him said: "More than 4,000 people are the noble daughters of the Great Qin people. ” Fu Wei licked his lips subconsciously: