Three years ago was probably the most friendly moment between the Han Empire and the Persian Sassanids "We were hired to be the escorts of the caravans, to Sassanid by sea. \ The Persian Gulf is a large harbor, and Jiang Fang can still remember what he heard and saw at sea at that time, which are two different scenery from the mainland coastline of the Han Empire and the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula.
"The climate on their side is dry, and you can't see any greenery even on the coastline."
Jiang Fang saw that everyone was fascinated by what he heard, and deliberately showed off his extensive knowledge: "The peninsula on the west coast of the Persian Gulf looks like a desert stretching to the end of the sky, and I don't know how far the beach spans. ” It should be that there are only a few areas of the Arabian Peninsula in later generations that have a little green, or else it is really all desert or Gobi state.
"The East Coast is better, but it's mostly a desolate state."
Jiang Fang took a sip of tea and continued: "It is probably the dividing line with Trakutaka as the dividing line, and beyond that is the terrain where the Gobi dominates. ” Trakutaka is a small country in the northwest of the continent of Asan, adjacent to the two Satrap and Vagathaga, and is located on the coastline of the two countries.
Han Chinese have a hard time remembering the long, smelly names, and no one asks what kind of country Tracutaka is.
What kind of country it is, it doesn't matter to them at all, anyway, there are two countries in the world, one is the Han Empire, and the other is the country of barbarians.
"The port where we dock should be one of the more prosperous Sasanians" Jiang Fang drew a rough figure on the table with tea, which was the outline of the Indochina Peninsula to the Persian Gulf: "Compared with the simplicity of the Han race, the population of the Sassanid side is somewhat mixed.
Fair-skinned people can be seen, and there are also sub-black or shiny black complexions. ” The Caucasian people on that side are divided into several types, just as outsiders can't distinguish between Han Chinese, Japanese people, and Peninsula people, and it is difficult for Han people to distinguish between white-skinned peoples.
"Their goods are not small, even we have most of them."
Jiang Fang's impression was: "For example, some dry goods, except for some plant-based dry goods, the rest are just handled differently, otherwise the things are still the same." ” Cai Ping said: "What the Persians can say is the carpet."
"You're right."
Jiang Fangle said: "The caravan we are in didn't buy the rest, but bought a lot of carpets. ” The main product of the Persian Sassanid trade to the Han Empire was carpets, which accounted for about 70 percent of the trade volume, and the rest were some special products, including preserves.
"If you haven't been abroad, you won't have a deep experience."
What Jiang wants to say is: "The Han people are the masters there."
Take a simple example, the same money bag is lost, and the Han people's money bag can be retrieved in no more than a day, even the Persians are not as efficient as the Han people. ” There should be a lot of people in the teahouse who have been abroad, and they all showed smiling expressions.
A few people shared their own experiences, almost all of which were examples of supra-national treatment abroad.
"Being in the country, I can feel that the big man has become strong, and I should experience it from public facilities such as convenient national highways."
Jiang Chao is also an insightful person, but he has never been abroad: "If you come again, your life will become more and more comfortable."
We can get better because of the strength of the Han. ” "It's like the national highway is to use slaves, we Han people don't need to do those heavy and dangerous jobs, if we really want to go, we can get paid" Jia Shang said in a tone that was not so sure: "The price of grain is low because a large amount of grain is brought back from Indochina."
That's what it's all about.
If there were not so many slaves, the Han people would have to do it themselves, and it would not be the slaves who were killed or injured, but the Han people who would have suffered the death and injury.
Not only food, but also too many resources plundered by the Han Empire from abroad, such as those that could be used as edible meat, so that most Han people today can see meat on the table.
Meat on the table no longer needs to be a festive season, and this is the biggest change In addition to food, the increase in minerals may be an aspect that the common people cannot see, but it has really increased the national strength, the army is better and better equipped, and even some projects can use a large number of pig iron metals.
If there is any personal experience of the people about the increase in minerals, it is the popularization of copper coins, and people do not need to trade in a barter way because of the shortage of national money.
"That's it."
Jiang Fang high-fived and said: "No matter what they gain, it is actually because the big Han makes them have to respect." ” When they went to Sasanian, it was a time when the Persians were trying to curry favor with the Han Empire.
At that time, the Persian Sassanids and Rome were still mortal enemies, and in order to make the Han people on their side, or even become reliable allies, the Persians even did not hesitate to carry out almost faceless kneeling and licking.
At that time, when the Han people had just regained the Western Regions and officially advanced westward, according to the wishful thinking of the Persians, once the Han Empire knew of the existence of Rome, a Western hegemon, the Han people would definitely not want the Persian Sassanids to fall under the attack of the Romans.
In order to win over the Han Chinese, the Persians even did not hesitate to draw up the "Five Nations Alliance" as intermediaries when the Han people were waging war against the Gupta Empire.
Although the so-called "Five Nations Alliance" played little role in the war against the Gupta Empire, and it was the Han Empire that almost single-handedly overthrew the Gupta Empire, the Persians still felt that they had played a big role in it.
As an alliance, it has overthrown a regional power, and it is still a very rich country, even if it doesn't make much effort, shouldn't it share some benefits?
However, no, the Han Empire brutally took all the fruits of victory, not only did the Persian Sassanid, the initiator of the alliance, not get a trace of spoils from it, but actually sent troops to attack the Gupta Empire, Vagathaga and the two Satraps even withdrew from the occupied areas later, and the remaining two allies were even effectively controlled by the Han Empire.
In the eyes of the Han people, it was they who overthrew the hostile Gupta Empire by themselves, and the rest were allied countries that did not contribute much at all.
Why should the results of one's own battles be given to some irrelevant people, is it just because of the relationship between allies that they have to share the profits?
No matter what the country name of Zhuxia is, there has always been no so-called "ally", and it is believed that no one is qualified to be his ally, and he may not have the opportunity to stand on the same front as himself, how honored it must be to be his little brother.
The Central Plains Dynasty of different eras has different practices for their younger brothers, the domineering Central Plains Dynasty will only drive the younger brother without giving benefits, the milder Central Plains Dynasty will drive the younger brother to give some benefits after the younger brother, and the brainless Central Plains Dynasty will bleed to death and give all the benefits to the younger brother.
The Han Empire during this period was precisely a dynasty with a domineering nature, and simply put, it was able to form alliances with those countries, which was already affordable, giving great face.
Since they have given so much face, giving those guys the opportunity to fight side by side with themselves, the glory that should be given has reached the limit, and what benefits do you want and then what benefits, it is extremely insatiable Han people have their own values of doing things, and it seems that the way to deal with things is extremely correct, but it is not the case for others.
It seems that the Han people are too domineering, but the Han people don't think so.
The Han people's natural posture, as a Han people, even if they feel wrong, they will feel secretly happy, but other countries have their own actions.
The Persians understood that the Han people were almost proud to the core, and they could not simply kneel and lick to become friends with them.
As for the Persians, the younger brother of the Han people, although they are in a bad situation now, they can be regarded as brilliant, and they are still a hegemon-level empire, they will inevitably have their own dignity, and they can become allies with the Han Empire, even if they are allies with a low head, but they don't need to think about it when they are younger brothers.
The Persians thought that they were fortunate that they discovered the supremacy of the Han people as early as possible, and the hegemony of the Han people was even more naked in front of the world, so that those countries, including Rome, understood what kind of existence the Han Empire was.
It can be said that in the face of today's world-wide attack on Han, this pot really can't be shaken off, and the Han people have to carry it themselves.
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"About the sixteenth year of Yuan Shuo, we went to Sasanian again."
Jiang Fang described the changes he has experienced: "I can feel the difference this time from the last time.
Although the local government is enthusiastic, it is a kind of enthusiasm with ulterior motives, and they are trying to hide something.
The attitude of the people towards us, however, is clearly hostile. ” Two very different encounters allowed Jiang Fang to witness a piece of history, that is, the Persians gradually changed from kneeling to licking the Han Empire to being wary and jealous, and even hostile.
"You all know it," Jiang Fang looked around and said, "It's the matter of why the slaves rioted. ” Nowadays, there is no television, and there is not so much media, only some people who pay special attention because of their identity will have a timely understanding of the current situation.
"It was the Persians and the Romans who did it."
Jiang Fang is not talking about the Great Qin people, but the change in the attitude of the government: "If you want to go to Chang'an, you should be recruited, and in the future, you will go to crusade against the Persians or Romans." ” In the past, the Han Empire would use "Great Qin" to refer to Rome, just as the Western Han Dynasty called a certain country "Great Xia", which meant that one day the people of that country would recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, to put it bluntly, it was to carry out complete conquest, so that the territory of that country became a part of itself, and the people of that country were under rule.
Originally, the Han Empire wanted to be as friendly as possible to Rome, and when the time came, it would unite with the Romans to wage war against Persian Sassanid.
After the destruction of the Persian Sassanids, it should be a sweep of some miscellaneous countries, and after waiting for an unknown amount of time, the next target of conquest will be Rome.
The Han Empire has not yet put its national policy into action, but Rome has gotten together with the Sassanid and has actually declared war on the Han Empire, which means that the war has broken out.
"Sassanid is a vast country, and its territory is about one-third the size of the Han Dynasty" Jiang Fang is not opening the river, he knows that there is a world map carving near the Temple of Heaven in Chang'an, and he has personally seen that carving: "The territory of Rome is also vast, not smaller than Sassanid at all, and even the sphere of influence is larger than that of Sasanian." ” Jiang Fang mentioned the world map near the Temple of Heaven in Chang'an, so that these people who were going to Chang'an would have the opportunity to take a look at it with their own eyes.
"Some of the things that I know, such as the population and resource aspects."
Jiang Fang paused, and guessed in a tone that was not so certain: "The population under Sassanid rule will not be less than sixty million, and Rome will not be less than eighty million.
Their territory is so vast that there will certainly be no shortage of resources.
This war will not end in three or five years. ” For some knowledgeable people, comparing the territory and analyzing how many people and resources each country has, it is probably possible to analyze whether it is good or not.
How many Han Empires there are are is is not something that ordinary people can know, otherwise let them know that although the Han Empire has a population of more than 30 million, more than 20 million are minors, and they don't know how bad it will be.
"No matter how long they fight, they will fail" Jiang Wei said firmly: "How vast the territory of the former Xiongnu was, and how perverse the former Wuhu were, have disappeared." ” "Haha" Jiang Fang gave Jiang Wei a thumbs up: "Young people must have such a sharp spirit" "The national highway of the Han Dynasty is only built to Yangguan" Jia Shang silently calculated, and then said: "Yangguan is further west of the Anxi Protectorate.
I don't know what the road conditions are in Anxi Prefecture, if it is bad, the transfer of troops and baggage will not be easy. ” Yangguan is Shanshan, that is, the boundary of the Western Regions.
The Han Empire recovered the Western Regions, but it really didn't use much energy to build, and the appearance and transportation remained the same.
In fact, the construction of two intersecting national highways in the country is still because of the exaggerated number of slaves, and even this is estimated to take twenty years, how can there be spare energy to build roads in the Western Regions.
If you really have so much spare time, it is better to expand the domestic roads, and if you have national roads, you can also build county roads, and then county roads, township roads, village roads, or something.
"It will take at least twenty days to go from Yangguan to Green Ridge."
Jiang Fang actually walked that route: "I'm talking about a small group of horseback riders.
If you were to hike, it would take two months.
The march of the troops depends on the attitude of the generals. ” Jia Shang and Jiang Wei subconsciously looked at each other.
It is true that they are going to the firearms unit, and the formation of the firearms unit is definitely not to be used as an ornament, it must be to go to the battlefield, and it is not clear how long they will train.
Now they knew that even if it was only for the march, it would not be less than four months, and by that time they would not know what the state of the war would be
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