It's another time to set sail, but everyone's mood is completely different from the last time.
For the Han Chinese, the fall of the Gupta dynasty is already an established fact, and there may be some remnants to make trouble, and the blood is weak or the members of the Gupta royal family are not at all engaged in restoration, but those will not be a big problem.
The first batch of selected soldiers included high-level generals and ordinary soldiers, and one of them was a specially selected model.
Typical, to put it bluntly, is the object of the need of the state propaganda machine, and after repeated propaganda, it will become an example for a certain class to learn.
The fleet left the port of Ktak, entered Asanyo and entered the Pingman Captain's Headquarters, and then went directly to Malacca without stopping.
During the passage through Malacca, what you see is no longer a wilderness to a small fishing village.
At the entrance to the strait where Asan Yang enters Malacca, two tall lighthouses are the first to come into view, which are located on both sides of the strait and provide lights at night to prevent ships from loading onto land.
In addition to the two lighthouses, there are large complexes on both sides of the strait entrance, and even the absence of military common sense can tell that it is some kind of permanent fortress.
"There must be artillery in there, too" Xeias was extremely impressed by the firearms, and he wanted to see the bronze cannon loaded with the flagship more than once along the way, but he could only look at it from a distance and couldn't get close: "The Han Empire has such weapons, and no one in the world will be their opponent." ” There must have been shore artillery in the fortress, large-caliber shore guns hidden in permanent fortifications, and some small-caliber guns that were usually placed in buildings during civil war.
In fact, this area of fortification has not yet been fully built, for example, the excavation work under the ground is far from enough, and the work of various rooms and underground passages is only about 35 percent complete.
The Han people regarded this area as the primary military stronghold, not only will they build a large number of permanent fortifications on the surface, but there will be no less military facilities underground, and they intend to build the "lock" of the strait as perfect as possible, so that it will become an interception line that can never be breached.
The perception that Malacca is a "lock" has been recognized by more and more Han people, who certainly feel that no one can reach their doorstep, but the concept that people have no long-term worries has been influencing Han people.
There will be no danger in their generation or even in the next few generations, but if one day the descendants are not angry and the family business is ruined, the builders will first get the things that should be done, and the descendants will be able to support the family for a longer time, right?
"It's just a huge permanent military base."
Julian has been observing both sides of the strait, seeing too many military fortifications, and seeing a huge number of laborers continuing to build like ants: "Although I don't understand why the powerful Han Empire has such a sense of distress, but in some ways the Han Empire is really too rich." ” After the fleet arrived at the strait, it was divided into two formations, and that was because there was an island with a large area in the center of the entrance to the strait, and the fleet naturally could not crash into it upright.
The fleet is divided into groups, and you can see the huge size of the fleet, one after another ships of various styles are connected in rows, and the scene looks extremely spectacular.
Malacca is not at the doorstep of the Han Kingdom, it is thousands of miles away from the mainland, some materials can be taken from the local area, but there are always materials that need to be transported from the mainland, just looking at the current scale how to spend tens of millions or even more gold coins, the project seems to be just a beginning After Julian and others left Rome proper, the Roman Parliament decided to build fortifications in the Strait of Gibraltar after repeated discussions.
The Romans were very determined to lock their "country" firmly no matter how much it cost and how long it would take, and even if they could not come up with a construction plan for a while, they had already begun to raise funds.
The fact that the Han fleet could directly reach Constantinople was a great stimulus to the Romans, especially since the whole of Rome could not pull out a fleet that could compete with it.
On the premise that no one is a pure fool, Constantius II just mentioned it, and the whole aristocracy responded enthusiastically, and it was rare for Rome to usher in a great unity that put aside the mustard, and there was money to contribute money and labor to labor, and nothing could be said to let the country continue without defense, or this time the Han fleet came in a friendly state, but if it was no longer friendly The military installations in the Strait of Gibraltar must be built, and the fleet must not be missing, and a strong sense of crisis is like a horsewhip, which is frantically whipping the ass of the Roman high-ranking people, driving them to move.
The returning fleet still did not dock in Malacca, but directly entered the 1st sea of the rising sea.
After completely leaving the Strait of Malacca, international friends couldn't help but keep looking behind them, they were shocked by the Han people's generosity in Malacca, and at the same time they also had an understanding.
"The powerful Han Empire has a sense of distress, what reason do we have to relax" Julian did not know that the country had decided to start a mega project in the Strait of Gibraltar, he hesitated and said to Xaias: "Maybe it's time for Rome and Sassanid to put aside their disputes" Xeias was stunned for a moment, he knew that Rome had developed a fear of Han, but the Persian Sassanids had not The more you understand the Han people, the more you will know that the Han people are powerful, which is no longer like a high mountain pressing on your heart, but like the weight of the whole earth pressing on your body If they had thought of uniting to fight before, after seeing the power of the Han people's firearms, they quietly abandoned those ideas.
Very simple reason, the relationship between Rome and Persian Sassanid is not bad with the Han State now, and the Han people have not shown hostility towards Rome and Persian Sasani, for them the current status quo of relations is very important, and they really can't do something that can stimulate the Han people, or the fragile friendship will be broken and turn hostile, and they won't even be able to cry when the time comes.
Obviously, Julian and Xaias, who were the ones who determined the diplomatic relations between Rome and Sassanid to some extent, were both kept to the utmost sanity and would never talk about forming an alliance against the Han Chinese, but there were some things that should be discussed.
Ksiaias looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "We really should learn to be friendly, we just need a reason to be flawless." ” Julian nodded heavily, the Romans and the Persians had been fighting for hundreds of years, and suddenly saying that if they didn't fight, they wouldn't fight, but it sent a clear signal to the Han people, and it was not allowed for the Han people to think about whether the Romans and Persians wanted to form an alliance and engage themselves.
"Besides, we have too many disputes and controversies."
Even if the two sides are willing to live in peace, what needs to be resolved is still the need to solve: "I've been thinking about whether we can let the Han people preside over and settle our dispute." ” Julian thought very seriously, and looked at Ksiaias with an admiring expression: "Your Excellency is too wise" But no, letting the Han people preside over it is tantamount to giving a high status, indicating that Rome and the Sassanids recognize the Han as the boss.
At the same time, as long as the Han people are willing to be the arbiter, it means that the Han people have accepted the position of the boss, and since the Han people are willing to be the boss, there is no problem The boss should have the pomp and style of the boss, and he can't bully the younger brother casually.
All the little brothers, if the strength is poor, they will be honest little brothers.
The younger brother who has the opportunity to turn over will definitely not obey the boss, and may be able to buy enough time to become stronger, and may even get enough good knowledge from the boss.
For the Romans and Persians, the most important thing they need to do is to make the Han people the boss and become addicted, and the Han people should do a good job in the role of a word, and the things that can move their mouths must not let the Han send an army.
Well, the Romans and Persians can be good little brothers, for example, the Han people see who is not pleasing to the eye, the Romans and Persians will scream and rush up, "The boss has his troubles, and the younger brother will work for him", the benefit is naturally the eldest one's biggest share, but the younger brother has to gnaw the bones and drink some soup and water Julian and Xeias were happier and happier the more they talked, and the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, not realizing that Wang Meng was leaning against the edge of the warehouse wall and listening to it very interestingly.
Wang Meng knew Roman and Persian, and although he couldn't understand some slang and other words, it didn't prevent him from being able to distinguish most of the meanings.
He didn't hear Julian and Xeias's words in front of him, but listened to the part of the conversation between the two that made Han Guo the "co-master" completely.
The co-owner is a character similar to Zhou Tianzi, and Wang Meng's growth environment and knowledge are so opinionated: it seems to be quite a head No matter how to say that Rome and Persian Sassanid are also powerful countries in the world, or the kind of regional hegemons with a lot of national and cultural heritage, one is the same in the West, and the other is powerful in the middle, and it is really useful to be recognized as powerful by two such countries.
His Majesty once said that there is a ball under his feet, there are seven continents, and the Han Dynasty, Rome, Sassanid and other countries are on this world island in Europa and Asia Wang Meng has seen the world map, and has initially had the concept of "earth": after the Han Dynasty conquered the Gupta Dynasty, there are also the extreme west and the extreme north, and there will be no conflict with the Great Qin and Persians in a short time In the future, the Han Kingdom will really not start any large-scale wars, but will clean up the corners and corners that have not been done before.
In the new round of the 10-year plan, the resolution is to carry out the construction of the local area, and we cannot only see the repeated expansion of the territory, but the quality of life of the domestic people has not been significantly improved.
In fact, the most important thing is that the Han State is now somewhat overwhelmed by the territory, and there is not enough population to fill it, so it is forced to stop the wheels of the chariot
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