When it comes to scientific and technological products, no matter how high the price is, especially the kind of science and technology that others have but they don't have, it is already a matter of good fortune that the seller is willing to sell. \ In fact, if the Han Empire had not appeared in their field of vision, the Han army would have threatened their security anytime and anywhere, and it would have been until the 18th century to make the international arms market prosperous.
"They don't sell ship blueprints in batches."
In order to make Julian mentally prepared, Flavis first talked about the basis of the sale.
Sure enough, he saw Julian showing a surprised but depressed expression, and he said with a wry smile: "It can't be all the whole set, but it's just those styles that the Han Empire is willing to sell."
The prices are not exaggerated, they are worth that price. ” Julian took a deep breath and asked repeatedly, "How much" "It's not just a monetary offer."
Flavies felt that it was the conditions that mattered: "There were political conditions involved. ” The Ministry of Rites replied to Flavies with a series of demands, including a complete conversion of Roman seagoing vessels to Han imperial standards.
In addition to the standard-setting of ocean vessels, even the Romans' own shipyards were required to have Han Chinese officials supervise the shipbuilding process, citing the fact that the Han Empire, although selling blueprints, did not want to see defective products.
It was a good thing for the Romans to have skilled Han officials come to "gatekeeping", and although they found the conditions strange, they were happy to accept them.
For a family like Valentineianus, whose industry was more than sixty percent shipbuilding, the Han Empire also put forward the condition of opening a shipyard in Rome as one of the most important things.
Once there were shipyards of the Han Empire in Rome, the Roman family that did not wait for the blueprint to fully understand the technology, it is estimated that there will not be much market share left.
"Yes, indeed."
Julian said with his own understanding: "We bought ships from the Han Empire, and one of the reasons they inflated the price was because of the long distances of the deliveries. ” Flavies believes that Julian did not grasp the key point, because these local shipbuilding families were faced with the update of shipbuilding technology, and at the same time the production was stopped, the Han people entered the market, and they could use various methods to stop it, so that the Han people had shipyards in Rome and there was no feasible means to stop them.
"It would not be unacceptable if the shipyards opened by the Han Empire were willing to recruit Roman workers."
Julian thinks holistically: "We desperately need their help to keep up.
Rather than catching up, the economic side can be sacrificed temporarily. ” From a big point of view, Flavies knew that Julian was absolutely right, but Julian was royalty, and they were just nobles.
The nobility of Rome did not need to fully cooperate with the royal family, and the nobles who did not quarrel with the royal family were not even qualified nobles in Rome.
The royal family that ruled Rome could be changed again and again, but the interests of the nobility could not be compromised.
This philosophy has existed in Rome for thousands of years and will continue to do so.
At present, there is already such a concept as market share, and in the thousands of years of pioneering history, the Romans initially fought purely for the land, and then gradually understood that even if they did not occupy the land, as long as they occupied the market, it was a victory.
"Our technology is completely behind the Han Empire, and we have no competitiveness in itself."
Flavies had to be more explicit: "Assuming that the funds could be afforded, Constantinople would also be willing to accept the conditions of the Han Empire's vassals."
It will take us at least three to five years to understand those technologies, and then there will be a gap in those three to five years. ” Julian understood a little, but he didn't understand why Flavis reacted so much.
"During the intervals, we, the Valentine family, will purchase ships from the Han Empire.
But His Highness should understand the difference between going all the way to buy and buying in your own home.
Flavies, feeling that he had spoken very clearly, paused for Julian to digest it a little before he continued: "When we buy goods, there is a kind of stickiness.
It is to buy goods from a certain merchant, as long as the product is not too defective, on the premise that it is good, the next time you want to buy similar goods, you will still go to that one. ” Julian listened to such a straightforward description, and the first thing that came to mind was that he bought a certain product and felt good, and it really formed a kind of inertia, and the next time he wanted to buy a similar product, he thought of that one.
At the same time, he also understood that not everyone had the ability to travel thousands of miles to the Han Empire to buy, but it was a very convenient thing to go to the doorstep.
"For a number of reasons, we have accepted the Han Empire's offer to lease the port."
Flavies was actually one of those who was against the port lease but kept his mouth shut, and he knew Julian was too.
He sighed: "For thousands of years, Rome has never been like this", and the word shame did not come out, and he embellished it slightly: "So sane."
It is reality that forces us to be rational, and once we are not rational, any thing that may happen along the coastline is in flames. ” Julian knew one thing deeply, compared to other countries, the port leased by Rome to the Han Empire did not seem to be high, and the rent could even be said to be considerable, but it was just a fig leaf.
The Han Empire's navy entered the Mediterranean Sea to show off its might, and the huge fleet reached Constantinople, which was a shock for the Romans that is difficult to describe in words.
What barbarians once burned Rome or revolting slave armies threatened Rome were nothing compared to the Han Empire's fleet sailing directly under the capital city of the country.
"If it were only a threat from the fleet, we would not have been able to make that kind of concession."
Flavies was not the ruling core of Rome, but he had brains: "What really made Augustus grit his teeth and nod his head was the gunpowder weapon." ” There were more than 10,000 Romans, who saw with their own eyes the power of the Han army's gunpowder weapons on the battlefield of Asan.
The tragedy that took place in the Gupta Empire was written back by the Romans who had personally watched the battle, and anyone who saw it at first thought that the writer must have a bad brain, how could there be such a weapon in the world that exploded like a volcanic eruption.
If one or two people's descriptions can be regarded as spreading rumors, then tens of thousands of people who have written the same distant sights and hears must be facts, and people cannot afford not to believe them.
The Han Empire had the most powerful navy known in the world, and Julian and others also reported to Constantius II that the Han Empire's navy was also equipped with weapons called artillery, and even described the scene of artillery warships shelling coastal cities.
At this point, not only did Constantius II nod in the face of the Han Empire's port lease, but even if he didn't nod, he would be forced by many Roman nobles to agree, that is, no one wanted to see the Han Empire's gunboats sail to the edge of their city one day.
Judging from the example of the Han people who dared to riot in Constantinople with only a few thousand people, the probability of the Han people being upset and the gunboats shelling the coastal cities was almost 90%.
"So there's no room for us to refuse."
Julian knew very well what kind of embarrassing situation Augustus was in, and he wanted to share the pressure and gain the understanding of the nobles at home: "You have come to the Han Empire in person, understand the actual situation, and maybe you can write to your friends and tell them what happened." ” Flavies nodded in agreement, and as for whether he would do it with his heart, even he was not sure.
"We followed the Han people all the way to the north, and we have entered the grassland," Julian looked around, and said with less certainty: "After entering the grassland, we continued to walk north for more than two hundred miles, and along the way we saw traces of the aftermath of the war, but we did not see the great war."
You say, they don't want us to see it?"
From entering the grassland to continuing to move forward for more than 200 miles, it is not at all in-depth for the vast grassland, and it can only be said that it is a little probing.
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Their current location should be the border between the original Han Empire and the Rouran tribal alliance, and those places that have left traces of engagement should have been small-scale contact battles.
"It can be seen from the fact that we have been marching that the Han army has not found an opportunity to put the firearms units into battle."
Flavies' face was full of thought: "The firearms units of the Han Empire rode in horse-drawn carriages and horses when marching, which does not seem to mean that they can carry out short-distance mobile combat."
The Romans were an empire-level state, but they were not really that familiar with the vast expanse of warfare on land.
This is related to the fact that the Romans have relied mainly on the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of years to transport and project troops, and most of the time their armies do not have to make long marches on land, but sail in ships in the Mediterranean, transport troops to the coast close to the battlefield, and then land.
In contrast to the Han Empire or the Sassanids, the Roman army had very little animal power, let alone a large cavalry force.
Once the Roman legions needed to march long distances on land, the troops basically relied on the two legs born by their fathers and mothers to hurry, and their marching speed was also world-famous.
At the present stage, or rather at the stage of the war with the Sassanids, the speed of the Roman legions on land marches had not improved, but they had adopted a cautious attitude of step-by-step, and at the same time had formed their own cavalry, which inevitably recruited cavalry of vassal races to help them in each battle.
Something special happened that day, when the sun was still in the middle of the sky, the team stopped.
Julian invited Xaias to go with him to find Director Liu, and got the answer after asking.
"Our troops have surrounded part of the enemy force on a river beach about thirty miles ahead."
That's all Director Liu knew: "General Zhengbei thinks that battlefield can be handed over to the firearms unit. ” The two crooked nuts who got the reply returned to their team.
"You may have guessed it, the firearms units of the Han Empire can only fight positional warfare."
Julian thinks this is good news: "It seems that this new class has some flaws" Flavies shook his head and said, "It's not a flaw that you can only fight positional warfare. ” Julian was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he smiled bitterly: "Indeed." ” Isn't it true that in any war, there are multiple positional battles to determine the final victory or defeat?
For example, nomads like to fight rush warfare and guerrilla warfare, and no matter how many times they win, they only achieve the effect of destruction, and do not defeat the enemy's main force on the frontal battlefield.
There has never been a war of attack and guerrilla warfare that can determine the success or failure of a national war.
The best way to do this is to have troops that can withstand the frontal battlefield, and with friendly forces attacking behind enemy lines, the combination of the two becomes a greater effect than the sum of its parts.
In fact, if the frontal battlefield cannot withstand it, defeat is only a matter of time.
"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly."
Director Liu saw that there were too many crooked nuts to go to the battlefield: "Each country can only go to a maximum of five people. ” There were only Romans and Persians who followed the north, and the Ministry of Rites felt that a country was to see, and there was no difference between many countries, so if it was to be displayed, it would simply be seen by people from more countries, and the envoys of various countries in Chang'an were organized to go north, and they completed the rendezvous east of Yinshan and north of Shengle.
The firearms unit was deployed, and the multinational observers were mixed in the troops.
The closer you get to the battlefield, the more and more obvious traces of engagement you can see, and you can even see the scene of the Han army cleaning the battlefield.
It was not until a river blocked the way that the firearms unit disembarked from the van and abandoned the horseback.
The river blocking the road is not deep, and the deepest wading through the water is only to the waist, and the river does not appear to be turbulent.
"In front is the encircled steppe army" Julian re-landed and pointed ahead: "Look at the size will not be less than 40,000" The firearms unit came to the north side of the river, and one after another rapid military orders began to be shouted, and the queues began to be sorted according to the formation.
If you look down from the sky, the battlefield is a land sandwiched between two rivers, and the space is about thirty miles in circumference.
"The enemy forces were forced to squeeze into the half-bend of the river."
Director Liu can reveal more information: "They were completely panicked and ran into an area with strong currents. ” Firearms units marched in formation, with musketeers in front and horse-drawn guns behind.
On the left and right flanks of the battlefield were other Han troops that had long been engaged in battle, forming a pincer-shaped encirclement posture that gave up space to the south.
The encircled grassland coalition army seems to have lost its effective chain of command, and rushed out a group of people as soon as they saw a gap in the south, and Li Tan's attitude towards this was to choose to let it go.
Li Tan was not easy to encircle the enemy army to this place, he believed that if the firearms unit could defeat even a small group of enemy charges, then there was no need for the Han to engage in any firearms troops, or the officers of the firearms unit should die: