"This is the first time we have set foot in the country of Sinae (Serris), right?"

　　 "Yes, we wanted to be here a long time ago, and there has been no chance."

　　 Olus Syxtus Cicero is Rome’s envoy this time, and the person who talks with him is Marius Ugli.

　　 Just as the area called the distant place in the past dynasties is called Daqin, so the "Daqin" referred to by the Central Plains Dynasty does not only refer to Rome. The various dynasties in Rome are called the Central Plains dynasty as Seres.

　　 Sairis is a kind of transliteration. The text is translated as "Silk Country". The Western world calls the Central Plains dynasty the "Silk Country". The reason is of course because of the relationship between silk.

It is a mistake for contemporary Romans to think that none of them has ever been to the Central Plains Dynasty. In fact, in the year 100 AD, a Roman merchant group arrived in Luoyang at that time and obtained the Han and Emperor (Liu) Zhao) interview. Such an incident was recorded in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. He Di Ji", and it was also the first Romans to come to the Central Plains dynasty by land.

The name Seris was named by the ancient Greeks. The Romans inherited certain Greek cultures. At the same time, the name Seris was inherited from the Central Plains Dynasty. It was not changed until the Khitan Liao Kingdom and the Northern Song Dynasty. China. And this China actually refers to porcelain.

　　 China...that is, the "Porcelain Country" refers to the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, not the Northern Song Dynasty. It must be understood that at that time, the Western countries were basically in contact with the Khitan Liao State. However, the Khitan Liao State cut off the communication between the Northern Song Dynasty and the outside world from the land, leading to the fact that most countries in the West and Central Asia did not know the existence of the Northern Song Dynasty.

　　 From the geographical point of view, the saying that whoever occupies the Central Plains is "Zhengshuo", it is purely normal that the Khitan Liao Kingdom is mistaken by the West and Central Asian countries as the descendants of the Zhuxia civilization. At that time, the name of the Khitan Liao State in the West and Central Asian countries, that is, the name China, was also fixed.

　　 So, whether it is Cyris or China, it is a foreign naming of a certain product, which extends to the name of the country where the product is produced.

　　 Coincidentally, the Central Plains dynasty also had its own way of naming foreign countries. In the earliest period, there was the name "Da Qin", and the sources of "Da Qin" were "Books of the Later Han Dynasty" and "Wei Lue".

Later, during the Song Dynasty, even though the people of the Song Dynasty were exposed to a wider world due to the prosperous maritime trade, it was due to the rise of Confucianism. Confucianism became famous for only treating the Central Plains as the "world," and it simply didn't. Take it seriously outside the "world". In Central Asia at that time, it was a social trend to wear uniform styles of robes because of the “religion and religion” of Central Asia. Song people only distinguished by the clothes they wear, so there were “big food in white”, “big food in green”, and “big food in green”. These inexplicable countries.

It has been six days since the Roman, Franconian, Burgundy, and Alemanni missions arrived in Han. They also landed at Jingkou. They continued to feel the exclamation of the previous missions. The same is true. There is also going to the market to buy silk.

　　 The silk on the Jiankang market was bought and sold as long as the first batch of envoys arrived. The shops that sold silk had not had time to replenish the goods, so naturally the envoys that came later did not buy it.

The second group of envoys arrived. They arrived at the Pingman Captain's Department after a very difficult penetration. When the sea broke through the Sassanian navy interception, there were a lot of silent and captured ships, and most of the materials they carried were lost. . Later, they came to Jiankang on a ship from the Han country. They learned that the first batch of envoys took out the few remaining goods to sell, but they encountered the embarrassment of the first batch of envoys. The Han people had nothing to do with their products. Not interested.

　　 In fact, although Frank, Burgundy and Alemanni have established their own countries, they have not actually been recognized. They were actually recognized after the collapse of Western Rome, but that was the end of the fifth century.

　　 Franks developed the best in the back. They took advantage of the collapse of Western Rome to expand and defeated the Huns, Rouran (Avars) and Germanic tribes and other Frankish forces. Later, they defeated the remnants of Western Roman forces in Gaul, occupied the Gaul region, established the Merovingian dynasty, took Paris as the capital, and even repeatedly expanded and crowned the emperor to establish the Charlemagne Empire.

　　 The Charlemagne Empire was divided into three parts in 843 AD, namely the three Frankish kingdoms of the West, the Middle, and the East. It was not until 870 AD that it was adjusted by the Treaty of Merssen and became the embryonic form of the later three countries of the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Italy and the First German Empire.

　　 Therefore, the later kingdoms of France, Italy, and the First Empire of Germany are actually branches of the Germanic nation. In the modern part of France, the Franks merged with the Gauls, and the French were truly separated from the Germans and Italians.

Although Rome has formed a division, it still belongs to Rome in terms of name. The Romans do not recognize the existence of Frank, Burgundy and Alemanni as a country, and still treat it as a tribal form. Therefore, the Romans brought them to the Han country. They did not have their own envoys, but were included in the Roman envoys.

In fact, the Hongru Pavilions that receive diplomatic missions from various countries do not know that many. They record according to their respective registrations. If future generations read the history books, they will not see the relevant records of Frank, Burgundy, and Alemanni. All are included in the records of the Roman missions.

Compared with other countries, the Romans in Han are actually more pleasing to the eye. Both sides have black hair and dark eyes, that is, there is a clear distinction between the outlines of the facial features, but the other countries not only have different colors of hair and eyes from Han, but also have skin. Obvious difference.

"Seris is an amazing country." Marius Ugli said of the huge Jiankang City, and the population of more than one million people living in the same city: "This is a historical heritage that will not lose. For our country, they stand up again after the barbarian invasion. Their emperor has wiped out the barbarians in the north, trying to conquer more countries and occupy more land."

　　 In fact, the Roman envoys had already left Jiankang. When they took the national highway to the north, they were as shocked by the road as the first batch of envoys. It was more novel to see the labor scene of the Han people along the way.

"Seris' invasion of Gupta caused us a lot of trouble." When Oulus Sykestus Cicero said this, he did not show his hatred of Han, but rather felt annoyed: " In the first war between Seres and Gupta, Serris won, and Gupta will not let go."

　　 The maritime trade between Rome and the Gupta dynasty was very prosperous. The exporting country of the trade was the Gupta dynasty. While providing luxury goods, they were mainly metals such as steel, iron and copper, and they also sold a large number of finished weapons.

In contemporary times, Rome is the gold importing country of the Gupta dynasty. The gold exported by the Romans conquered everywhere is concentrated in the Gupta dynasty. That is because Rome itself did not attract the goods of the Gupta dynasty, which is tantamount to an unbalanced trade. , But the two sides did not feel that there was anything wrong, they belonged to one willing to fight and one willing to suffer.

The Han state extended its tentacles to Asanyang, and the naval attack against the Gupta dynasty greatly disrupted maritime trade. Until the first battle of the Han Gupta, in fact, there were still Gupta's maritime merchant ships able to penetrate to Rome. Trade, waiting for the end of the first Han-Ji war before it was completely terminated.

The halt of the sea trade between the Gupta Dynasty and Rome has only happened in recent months. The impact on Rome has been, but it has not been fully revealed. It is because the previous trading materials have not been completely consumed, but there is no lack of understanding people who are worried. .

The eastern part of Rome is not the nest of the Romans. Some Europa regions such as Italy, Gaul and Spain are considered the nests of the Romans. However, although the current Rome is politically recognized as a whole, the contemporary Augustus orders can be used. The effect was only in Eastern Rome (modern Turkey), making the Roman army fighting with the Sassanid army really need supplies from the Gupta dynasty.

To talk about the purpose of the envoy led by Oulus Syxtus Cicero to Han, the primary goal is to mediate the war between Han and Gupta, but they are not arrogant enough to think they can order The Han or Gupta dynasty, it just has to be tried.

　　 At the same time that the envoys came to Han, Rome actually had another envoy to the Gupta dynasty, also seeking mediation.

"In fact, from a geographical point of view, Seris should choose an ally. It is also us." Oulus Sykestus Cicero has inquired about the news that the Persian Sassan wanted to form an ally with the Han nation. It was a Persian. It’s not kept secret, and the Han country doesn’t take it seriously. It’s easy to find relevant news: "We are at the westernmost end, Cyris is at the easternmost end, and the Persians are in the middle. Once we reach an alliance with Seres, Persia can be divided up in two directions."

Speaking of it, the Romans really like to find allies. Every step of expansion is to find a country or tribe in the region as an ally, to jointly divide the strongest country or tribe in the region, and wait for the country (tribe) in the region. When they were finished, they turned their faces and didn't recognize people, so they expanded to the Mediterranean to become their inland sea, but various countries and nations have repeatedly been fooled by the Romans.

Before Olus Syxtus Cicero and others set off, they were directly authorized by Constantius of contemporary Augustus, and had the right to form alliances with any country or nation. China becoming an ally is also one of the goals of their mission.

Compared with Persians such as Chianusz Alta Aldahir, the Han people would “renew the front line” because of the friendship of their ancestors, while the Romans such as Oulus Syxtus Cicero wanted There is a lot of reason, and alliances are just an attempt. It is of course a great joy to be able to form an alliance, and at least non-governmental trade must be achieved if an alliance cannot be formed.

Of course, what the Romans hoped most was to mediate the war between the Han and the Gupta dynasty. They knew very well that they could not offer any bargaining chips, and there was no way to talk about threats. Trade, such as buying extremely longing for silk, seeking to purchase large quantities of metal or weapons from Han.

The envoys of all parties met in Shouchun. During the meeting, the Romans and the Persians had all kinds of troubles after they met. The two sides finally did not lose their heads, knowing that they were the land of Han, and they were not pleasing to each other at the same time. There was no **** conflict between reason.

　　 They went all the way north under the personal leadership of Yuan Qiao. They saw the large-scale projects being carried out in the Han country, and at the same time they saw the gazes that should have been after the war.

The construction of the national road from Jiankang to New Chang'an is based on a segmented model. No matter which envoy is surprised when it understands this business, all envoys that produce words use words to record, and regard this discovery as Kui Bao.

　　After three months of journey, they are considered to have entered the pass. When passing through Tongguan, they will inevitably express countless feelings about the precipitous Xiongguan.

"The territory of Seres is too vast!" Oulus Syxtus Cicero saw too many things along the way. What is more certain is that there is no facade project on the Han country, and there should be some prosperity. , The ruins that should have been devastated by the war also exist, thinking that what I saw is a real Han country: "I am most surprised by the organizing ability of the Seris people~lightnovelpub.net~ they can manage millions of people. Do the same work!"

Any outsider was surprised by the organization of Han, especially since there were a large number of slaves in addition to the management of free citizens. Someone asked Yuan Qiao and the answer was that no riots broke out in various sections of the project. They I still believe Yuan Qiao's words, after all, I didn't see it all the way.

"The territory of Seres is close to 12 million square miles (not kilometers), which is almost the same as our land territory." Marius Ugli’s source is Yuan Qiao, and he doesn’t think Yuan Qiao needs to be false. Words: "This is the territory that the emperor Sirius has struck down in eight years."

Rome is expanding around the Mediterranean. Except for the Europa, the rest of the territory is on the coast of the Mediterranean. The land territory is not large, but the actual control range spans the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Mediterranean has been labeled the "inland sea".

On the Han side, the plateau is not considered to be Han territory. The western side stops at Shanshan, the north side stops at the later Inner Mongolia, the northeast front is to the dense forest (Da 1 Qing), although the southwest peninsula has been captured, it is not yet considered. On the mainland, the current total land area is about 5.9 million square kilometers, which is actually smaller than the Roman land area.

"The Seres are seeking more expansion. They spent three years destroying two countries and countless tribes in the south (Indochina Peninsula), and recently launched an invasion of Gupta." Olus Sykes Tus Cicero had a bitter face when he said this: "We are constantly backing away." nt

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