More than 140 miles north of Mayi is to enter the grassland ecological environment, everywhere you can see the grass that has been slightly yellowed, and there are always countless grass clippings flying with the wind when the wind is strong.
The grassland is not exactly flat terrain, but compared to the mountainous area, the slope of the grassland is not steep, and many of the peaks are even a slope of no more than 10 degrees, from the bottom to the top, so that people can not tell whether they are walking on the mountain road or not.
At the same time, there are not many forests on the grasslands in the northern frontier of the Han Empire, and even if there are forests, they are only a small one.
"It's so shocking" Flavies couldn't help but let out an exclamation as he looked at the endless grassland, where the ground and the sky were only separated by a line, and since he had never seen a similar scene.
He said in a speculative tone: "If this place is cultivated, what a rich grain-producing area it will be."
The only place in the Romans' borders was Egypt, which had been cultivated as a grain producing area since 5,000 BC, and became richer and richer with repeated reclamation, and has been one of the largest grain producing areas known to the Romans until now.
What Flavis didn't know was that the plain he saw could indeed be reclaimed into farmland, but it was not a high-quality agricultural area in terms of soil quality, and once it was reclaimed on a large scale and there was no plan for "fallowing", the soil would soon become regionally quainted, and in severe cases, it would slowly turn into a Gobi state.
Zhuxia is a high-quality farming area is not a lot of places, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River basin because the river water has brought fertile soil from the upstream for a long time, after I don't know how much time to evolve, the Yellow River's course has been repeatedly diverted, only to form a soil conducive to farming, so that the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have become a slightly commendable farming area.
In other places, the Yangtze River Delta region is also due to the continuous diversion of the riverbed and the abundant soil brought by the river, and more favorable than the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the local soil quality is also good, so it has become a high-quality agricultural area.
It is in this environment that Zhuxia developed and grew stronger, and for a long time it was in the first sequence of the world's national forests, and in many cases it was even at the peak of the world's ethnic forests.
In addition to the Zhuxia civilization, many civilizations that can develop and survive are all due to the huge advantages of the geographical environment itself, and the individual geographical environment is suitable for the breeding of the nation itself and the nation itself is excellent enough, they are almost in the strongest sequence in the world without encountering any twists and turns, but more because of the favorable environment and the lack of threats in the surrounding area, the civilization level is stagnant.
If we observe the development history of various civilizations, we can find that the habitat environment is not very good, but the nation itself is excellent enough, as long as it can survive the first level of civilization development, such as defeating the surrounding strong enemies, or researching the technology ahead of the times, it will inevitably leave a heavy mark in the history of the development of the earth.
"When we look at the geography of the Han Empire, there is really nothing too unique."
Julian understood that the Romans had stolen enough documents from the Greeks, and some Roman scholars studied and interpreted the relevant knowledge for a long time before they came up with a set of theories that belonged to the Romans: "They were on a mountainous continental shelf, and there were hardly any plains of scale.
The only thing to be commendable about is that they have two rivers that are long enough. ” "The Asan and the Persians all developed on the rivers that inhabited the environment."
Flavies also knew some geography: "The same was true of the Han Empire.
There is a high degree of similarity in the development of their civilizations, with slight differences in their ideas after the initial stage. ” The Asan civilization cannot be said to be a low-level civilization, on the contrary, it should be evaluated as a high-end civilization, but their geographical environment is more complex than that of Zhuxia, except for the Ganges River valley and the Indus River basin, the surrounding area is surrounded by mountains and vast forests that are difficult to climb, and it is far more difficult to expand outward than the ancestors of Zhuxia.
At the peak of the expansion of the Zhuxia civilization, it was either encountered the vast Gobi and desert, or encountered the mountains that were difficult to climb and the seemingly endless grasslands, swamps, and even the surrounding bottomless primeval forests and seas.
Civilizations that cannot expand outward due to the surrounding geographical environment, they have conquered the challenges of the known world, and the lack of contact with the outside world will inevitably make it difficult to collide with other civilizations.
The Zhuxia civilization and the Asan civilization are in a similar situation, they are also resting on their laurels in glory, and there was a civil war in the period of self-pride, and then they were bullied by foreign civilizations, so that they could stand at the peak of the world's nations in some time periods, but because of foreign invasions, civilizations repeatedly appeared faulty, and were gradually surpassed by other civilizations.
What is worse for the Asan civilization than the Zhuxia civilization is that when they found that they had nothing to do, they became extremely interested in the sect and religion, and created a sect and religion that was beneficial to the rulers, and the foreign invaders continued the "sect 1 religion, 1 shackle and 1 lock rule" after conquering them, making the Azan one of the best nations in the world to conquer.
"What is strange to me is the attitude of the Han people towards the sect and religion."
Flavies, not knowing how to describe it, writes in slightly confused terms: "They are naturally religious and religious, but they are also prone to abandon their faith."
They are more inclined to worship the true gods and ancestors, and many myths and stories tell that man will conquer the heavens, not just pray for the protection of the gods after encountering disasters. ” The Romans had only believed in real gods and ancestors, but after their conquest of the Greeks, they changed their belief system and replaced their belief in their ancestors with "virtual gods".
Looking at those people who believe in "virtual gods", no matter what gods they believe in, once they encounter a disaster, their first choice is to get down on their knees and pray to their gods for salvation, completely forgetting that they have hands, feet and wisdom, and if one can't do it, everyone will unite to tide over the difficulties.
"Because their gods are real," Julian was surprised by the attitude of the Han people towards the Son of Heaven: "The Son of Heaven is not only the god of all Han people, but also their patriarch. ” Flavies was speechless for a moment.
There have also been times in the history of Rome where the ruler was a god, but it didn't become a tradition like the Zhuxia, and no one was even qualified enough to be the patriarch of all Roman beings.
It took them a long time to understand a truth, a long time ago, the rulers of the Han people took into account the two highest identities, first the patriarch of the Son of Heaven and then the administrator king and emperor.
According to the understanding of the Romans, the identity of the Son of Heaven was far more important than the identity of the emperor, and the simple reason was that the clansmen needed to unconditionally obey the instructions of the patriarch, which was a kind of moral, clan, social relationship, and so on.
The emperor used a kind of law to restrain the people, which can usually be classified as a legal aspect, which is basically equivalent to a kind of power constraint.
In most other countries, the supreme ruler only grasps the "law", because the relationship that is not the patriarch lacks "reason", which is equivalent to being in a state of lack of law, and naturally does not have the "rationality" of the family and the world.
Therefore, it can be found that the ruling family of Rome is being challenged all the time, and that challenge is still an established rule, unlike in Zhuxia, which is a violation of morality, a betrayal of loyalty, and a matter that triggers the wrath of the gods.
In Zhuxia, if you want to challenge the supreme ruler, the precondition is that the Son of Heaven will get rid of it first, causing the people to be disappointed in the ruler's family.
In the words of data flow, the people's experience of the Heavenly Family is reduced to 30% or less, and it is possible to succeed when someone challenges the Heavenly Family.
If the popular support of the Heavenly Family is at least 50 percent, there is no possibility of success for anyone to challenge the imperial power.
In many countries, it doesn't make much difference whether the ruler is unpopular or not, the reason why they can sit on the throne under their ass is simply that their own force is strong enough, and the game is the competition between the major nobles, and it is difficult for commoners to participate even if they want to be a soldier.
In layman's terms, the class of most countries is solidified, and it has always been a pattern of dragons and dragons and phoenixes, and if you want to participate in the game of thrones, you have to have one of your ancestors who has taken shit luck to become a nobleman.
"It took thousands of years for the Han people to form the current social structure."
Julian was not so sure whether this kind of civilization of the Han Chinese was good or not, and he could not estimate whether Rome could learn it: "Even if we want to learn, we will never be able to do it." ” The 1st Governor and 1st Sect was supported by the Constantine family, and it became a behemoth in only a few decades, with a private army and entanglement with many nobles, Augustus wanted to have a divine power in one hand and an imperial power in the other, I am afraid that he would have to go through a hellish difficulty first.
Flavies is out of conversation.
Their Valentinianus family is one of the families that has a deep connection with the Christianity, and it is not that they cannot cut off the entanglement of interests with the Christianity, but it will definitely break their bones.
There are so many situations like the Valentinenianus family that it is hard to imagine how the Christians could have done this after decades of development.
It is not that no one among them thought that once the Christianity and the Church continued to grow, Rome would fall into a state of imbalance between imperial power and divine power, but the Constantine family was the current ruling family of Rome, and they thought that it was the Constantine family to worry about, and it was not their turn to worry about it at all.
"We can't do it, and neither can the Persians."
Julian himself actually had a lot of entanglements with the Church of the Church, and he was able to return to the core of power in Rome, and the Church of the Church did not contribute less: "They are more fortunate than we should be that the Zoroastrians are a relatively moderate religion. ” Zoroastrianism in Sassanid is a kind of dependent religion of the ruler, they seem to be satisfied with the current state of affairs, and when there is a disagreement with the ruler's governing philosophy, most of the time it is Zoroastrianism who chooses to back down, unlike the already strong Christians who dare to argue with the Constantines in all aspects.
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If Julian had discovered that the Church of the Church "The Persians have been spending on their military every year in recent years, and we have to follow up."
Julian looked at Flavis, then at Bishop Child in another carriage: "Our military spending has not increased as much as the Persians, but it is far more difficult to raise taxes than the Persians.
In this matter, the 1st Governor and 1st Sect helped a lot. ” There is nothing wrong with the Constantine family being the ruling family of Rome now, the key is that a considerable number of Roman nobles are disgusted with the Constantine family because of historical reasons, and it is not easy to maintain the unity of the country, and it is impossible to follow the policies formulated by Constantinople in the national character.
"Our military spending has tripled, reaching 40 million gold coins a year from this year onwards."
Julian clearly knew that it was because Rome was too far away from the Han Empire, and most of the military expenditure was not used to form a land army, but was used to build a navy: "In addition to buying directly from the Han Empire."
For example, you Valentinianus have received a lot of orders."
"It's just a small share."
Flavies said truthfully: "The share left in the country is all research funds, and it is used to purchase from the Han Empire, accounting for seventy percent of military spending. ” Rome was in dire need of sea power to ensure the security of its sphere of influence, and under the premise that it could not build ocean-going ships by itself, the warships that needed finished products in a short period of time were purchased from the Han Empire.
As an empire that has been inherited for thousands of years, the Romans also knew that armaments could not be bought alone, and no matter how many difficulties there were, they had to figure out how to build them, and then study and update them, otherwise they would always lag behind others.
"Actually, I have communicated with the Ministry of Rites of the Han Empire."
Flavies didn't hide it: "Buy the drawings from the Han Empire, or pay the total cost in one lump sum, or pay separately according to the production volume." ” Julian really didn't know what was going on, and asked hopefully, "How do they reply?"
"The Han Empire didn't refuse, it's just" Flavies shook his head with a wry smile: "I can't afford the price they offered." ” "How much" Julian was not familiar with that aspect, and thought that a family could not afford it, so wouldn't it be possible to make joint purchases: