Whether it is the Romans or the Persians, even the most staunch people, 1 people, 1 righteousness, 1 righteousness, and 1 person, everyone admits that as long as there are no accidents, the Han Empire will always be the most powerful empire in the known world for decades or even centuries.
It is calculated from the national cultural heritage to the population, economy, military force and territorial area, and so on, although the calculation method is not so reliable, but it will definitely not produce subversive and wrong calculation results.
"It's not difficult to find out," Cicero said, putting down the teacup in his hand, "According to the official data released by Seris, after the census of their population this year, the data they got was 5.78 million households, about 31 million people. ” Julian was also drinking tea, and the place where they were located was in a private teahouse in Chang'an.
The Son of Heaven went out on patrol, and there were not many changes in Chang'an, except that he couldn't see the carriages of the two ministers gathering towards the palace in three days, otherwise what would it be like in normal times.
It can even be said that because the Son of Heaven is not in the capital, many people's mentality has been more relaxed, and there is a feeling of letting go of themselves.
"Although the Seris don't announce their age range, it's not hard to guess at all."
Cicero likes to drink tea, especially green tea, which is bitter when he first drinks it, but his tongue can gradually taste the sweetness, especially because it is very good for the body.
He rubbed the porcelain teacup with one hand and said slowly, "According to the results of their census in the twelfth year of Yuanshuo, the number of adults in Seris is estimated to be about eight million by this year. ” Julian also likes to drink tea, but he likes the way to drink it with condiments and oil soup in the tea, thinking that this is the way nobles should drink.
"We can find out a little bit from this data."
Cicero looked quite excited, and did not lower his voice: "The people of Seris are in absolute infantilization, probably at least three babies in every family. ” Julian had already deduced this result, and he was equally excited about it.
Imagine that every family in a country has at least three babies or children, so how hard it must be for parents to feed their children, and how much energy they should put into their children You have to work hard to earn money, and you have to take care of your children when you are not working.
People with children will know that as long as the child does not have a time not to make a fuss, most children can stop a day except when sleeping, or as long as they are open their eyes, they are making noise all the time, so that the people who take care of them need to focus on the child at all times, and they are not easy to be irritable or have a nervous breakdown for a long time.
"I know that most of the Seris families live in the city with fewer babies, and the village usually has more than five children."
Julian has not only traveled in the Han Empire in recent years, but he has been able to have such convenience, in addition to carefully drawing maps, is to investigate the living conditions of the Han people: "The life pressure of the Seris people in the city is far greater than that in the local villages.
Although they are all Serisians, their minds are changing in different ways. ” To put it simply, there are too many places where living in the city costs money, especially since they no longer farm themselves, even a grain of rice and a leaf of vegetables need to be bought with money.
Then there is the fact that living in the city will inevitably have a more obvious comparison mentality, and it makes no sense that the neighbors are all bright, but they are wearing shabby or patched clothes.
In many cases, even if it is a loan, people in the city will dress themselves up for the sake of face, and even the food must not be bad, otherwise not only will they feel embarrassed, but they will even have no friends at all.
"I don't know if His Highness has found out."
Cicero looked thoughtful and said, "The Seris who farm and the Seris who participate in the handicraft industry are slowly becoming two absolutely different groups of people. ” Julian was stunned for a moment, and then did not show any happy expression, on the contrary, his face was slowly enveloped in a haze.
Rome had long discovered that as long as there was no shortage of food, an increase in the number of people involved in industry would actually make the greatest contribution to the growth of national power.
The greater the number of workshops in a country, the greater the country's products, as long as it can provide a market for the sale of goods, and further stimulate the handicraft industry, and the higher the tax revenue for goods will be received by the state.
"We raise eighteen legions that are not productive and breathless."
Julian took a gloomy sip of tea full of oil soup and continued: "Our standing legions, each of which has only five thousand men.
Seris had fifteen standing legions, no, sixteen now.
The old thirteen standing armies, each with an establishment of fifteen thousand men.
Their Tiger Army and Yulin Army, one has an establishment of 8,000 people, and the other has an establishment of 30,000 people.
The firearms regiment in the back, which started with only 3,000 men, has now increased by 15,000 people. ” Then once calculated, the number of adult men who were not engaged in production in the entire Han Empire was approaching 250,000.
Not to produce is only one aspect, what needs to be studied is the necessary input, such as a non-commissioned officer of the standing army, how much money does it cost to wear a piece of equipment, and how much does it cost to eat and drink in peacetime.
It is even more necessary to calculate the construction of training grounds, as well as numerous expenses such as necessary expenses and maintenance.
Rome couldn't get the annual army cost of the Han Empire, not even the total amount, let alone know the cost and maintenance cost of a legion.
"The Cyris Legion, which maintains the original cold weapons, the infantry corps is not in combat state, and the annual cost should be about 8,000 gold coins" Cicero relied entirely on guessing and said the research to get that data: "The soldiers of the Han Empire have no salary, and the land they get by joining the army is regarded as an advance of the salary for service."
Those expenses are spent on equipment and food. ” Rome went through the era of military rule, and ushered in an era in which anyone who entered the army was required to be paid, regardless of whether it was a regular national army or a private army.
The Han Empire did not have the term salary, and if you could get something in peacetime, it would be in the name of "reward".
At the same time, there is no rule that there will be a "reward" every month, every quarter, or every year, and it is only possible to receive a "reward" on some special festivals.
This was the envy of all countries, especially Rome.
While envious, Rome was completely incomprehensible that the Han Empire army had no salary and could still have such strong combat effectiveness and will to fight, and at the same time, it was eager to know the secret.
"The Seris have a system of forced labor.
This system is a system that has been in place for thousands of years.
Julian did not read so many books in vain: "They have long been accustomed to giving without returning.
The Son of Heaven of this generation gave land when they were in service, and he was already the most merciful and generous Son of Heaven. ” In fact, Rome also had a long period of compulsory enlistment, and that period of time was to enlist in the army to become a citizen, and at the same time, after becoming a citizen, you could also get land.
In Rome's "Citizen Age" stage, enlisting in the army to obtain land was not the most attractive part, it was that period happened to be the stage of rapid expansion of Rome, and the largest source of income for soldiers was to participate in wars, and obtaining bounties was only a part, and more was to be able to make a fortune in the army.
The army of the Han Empire, which did not have a salary, was actually almost exactly the same as Rome's "civic era", with the difference that Rome changed the system, while the Han Empire still implemented the "classical" system.
"Is it possible to start with this?"
Julian asked, rather than thinking to himself, "Let the soldiers of Seris have more demands" Cicero fell into deep thought.
Including Rome and Persia, and even all the countries that were unwilling to be plundered and suppressed, they did not think of provoking internal turmoil in the Han Empire.
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Everyone searched for a long time, and was surprised to find that it was a country that would be extremely stable as long as the royal family was not chaotic.
The royal family of the Han Empire, the only adult person is the son of Han Tianzi.
This is almost inconceivable and incomprehensible to the countries that they know that the rulers of various countries can take a leap from being ruled to becoming a ruler, without exception, they are all powerful families themselves, and it is precisely because the family itself is strong enough to become the new ruling family.
How can a powerful family be sparsely populated, in addition to having the financial resources to support the armed army, there will also be a large number of talents, with these foundations, there will be a chance to rise through obstacles.
Families with sparse populations, under normal circumstances, are not necessarily more than enough for self-protection, and there is almost no basis for expansion, all because the most trustworthy when "starting a business" is the group of people who have blood relations, these people who have blood relations are "starting a business" on their own, and the group of people who are not related by blood are just "working".
It is difficult to change jobs if you are related by blood, let alone destroy your career, and you can do something that destroys "entrepreneurship" at any time without blood relationship.
To put it bluntly, it is a relationship of trust, usually even if outsiders have more ability, when they are appointed to do a certain thing, they will still choose their own family members who are related by blood.
They were stunned to know that Liu Yan was only alone at the beginning of his "business", and they couldn't understand how Liu Yan could make his "career" bigger and bigger under the condition of being alone, let alone how those subordinates who were not related to Liu Yan by blood could not be suspicious, and even showed loyalty.
This situation is almost unreasonable and unreasonable for the country in which they live.
No matter how unsustainable it is, Liu Yan has "single-handedly" done what countries think is absolutely impossible, not only fighting for a country with "his own strength", but even making this country a hegemon-level existence.
If it is only to run a country to the point of becoming a regional hegemon, most countries will not actually know what is happening in that piece of land in the east, but the Han Empire suddenly entered the field of vision of various countries, or stepped onto the world stage by an expedition across the sea to destroy a regional hegemon.
Known for destroying a country and occupying a country, there is no cooler way to appear "I'll be back in the country in a while."
Julian commanded, and said, "Whether it succeeds or not, you can see if you can mess up the army of Seris in response to the plan you just said."
Even if it doesn't cause a big mess, it will make the soldiers of Seris think that they are not taken seriously at all."
Cicero responded with a wry smile, and then asked, "Those Persians have been trying to contact the princess, has it come to fruition?"
"Seris's system is special, it's not so similar to all countries."
Julian knew what Cicero was asking and had already given the answer: "We are trying, but nothing has come of it.
The Seris people have a saying that the palace is like the sea, and when you enter it, you sink into the sea, which shows that it is not so easy to get in touch. ” "Actually," Cicero hesitated, "there is almost no chance of success." ” The wife of Augustus in Rome was able to meet so many people, and there was no shortage of opportunities to do something, but there was never a problem in this regard.
The harem system of the Han Empire was much more complex and strict than that of Rome or any other country, especially when it came to treating foreign concubines.
"What we know is that Han Tianzi doesn't stay overnight with them at all, and he will leave when he wants to go to bed no matter how late he is."
Cicero said that this was very early information: "Unless we can buy two people, the queen, or the concubine." ” "Concubine De of the Han Empire, is it possible to buy it" What Julian knew was that the concubine's clan was destroyed: "As long as people have feelings, she must have had the idea of avenging her mother's clan."
Cicero didn't have much to say about this.
What he knows is that Tuoba Xiu has a very good reputation, and he is also deeply favored by Liu Yan.
"We're not sure," Cicero wanted to say more, they couldn't contact anyone in the harem at all, and said with a wry smile: "It's better not to try, or even stop the Persians from trying."
Now is not the time to startle the snake. ” "Nope."
Julian has another saying: "Let the Persians try."
No matter what they achieve, at least it will put Han Tianzi in trouble.
If the Emperor of Han wants to retaliate, it will also be revenge on the Persians, which will only be good for us, and there will be no harm in it. ” Cicero thought about it and thought it was the same thing.
They are united to conquer the Han Empire, and they are about to enter a state of hostility, but it is still necessary to distinguish who the Han Empire is more hostile to, and it is appropriate for the Persians to meet the more anger of the Han Empire.
If the Han Empire chose to go on an expedition across the sea, or even land directly in Constantinople, they thought that they would achieve the final victory in the defense war, but they really did not want to see such an outcome
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