After several months of HNA, Fu Wei arrived in Constantinople with a fleet.

Fu Wei will come when Wang Meng sent an official letter to the Pingman Captain, and it is not the first time that he has led a fleet to serve the envoy. He has led the fleet to the Sassanids many times before, and each time it was shipped back in quantity. Huge slaves, as well as pretending to ship the purchased grain, the actual grain is directly stored in the system warehouse.

The Han Empire in the far east had a fleet coming to Rome. It was discovered as early as when the fleet was near the Strait of Gibraltar. Although the Spanish province had a bad relationship with Constantinople in advance, the news was urgently sent to Constantinople. In the hands of Constantius II of Dinburgh.

It was supposed to wait for the return letter from Constantinople, or let the Spanish province block the Han fleet, or allow the Han fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, but the Han fleet just made a routine notification and entered directly. At the back of the Strait of Gibraltar, Fu Wei asked a boat to send a gift to the Spanish governor of Rome. In exchange, the Spanish governor sent a ship to chase after it pretendingly.

When Fu Wei set off, the fleet was very large. There were 230 warships of various types, and 180 transport ships of different types. The total number was 410.

After more than four months of voyage, the road is not stable. It should be said that it has gone through many dangers. Every adventure has lost some ships. When they arrived at the entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar, there were actually no more than 410 ships. The size of the vessel.

There were three hundred and forty-two ships that arrived safely in the Strait of Gibraltar. Some ships looked miserable from the outside, but overall the fleet still looked huge.

There is a fleet here in the Spanish provinces, but there are only more than 30 very pitiful, and they are basically small and small ships. This province is at the westernmost point of Rome, and further west is the Atlantic Ocean.

Since Rome eliminated Carthage, there has been no threat from the sea. It can even be said that without the sudden appearance of the Han fleet, there has been no foreign fleet in the Atlantic direction for hundreds of years.

Then it can be understood that, without the threat of the sea, the development of the navy in Spain's provinces is tantamount to being fed up and consuming military expenditures in vain. This is also the reason why there are only more than 30 small boats stationed in such a strategically important place.

Intuitively, the ships that Fu Wei brought, no matter what model they are, the ships in the Spanish provinces only have a large number, and the number also crushes the garrisons in the Spanish provinces, even if the Spanish governor receives an order to intercept. Will be implemented, let alone the Spanish governor has been inconsistent with Constantinople.

The Han fleet entered the Earth Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar, with a clear goal towards Constantinople. The appearance of this huge fleet stunned those who saw it along the way.

From west to east, wherever the Han fleet passed by, the local person in charge learned that there was such an unidentified fleet, and they all reported to Constantinople as soon as possible. All levels of emergency are like snowflakes. The same fell into the hands of Constantius II.

The emergence of the Han fleet has another effect, which is to frighten the ships and the coast along the route.

No ship dared to block the course of the Han fleet, and the only option was to avoid it from a distance. The Roman navy along the way only dared to follow far away, saying that they were unwilling to rush for a passionate attack.

The villages on the coastline fled violently, and the cities entered the defensive alert level. Civil escorts everywhere began to collect ships. They wanted to organize a fleet. Engaging with fleets of unnamed forces was not the first option. They wanted to protect themselves against attacks.

The situation has changed because the Han fleet is close to the Italian peninsula. The reason is that Constantinople has announced that the fleet that has emerged is from the far eastern Han Empire, so that there is no need to panic everywhere.

The places in Rome that had been notified were calm, and they began to abuse them when they knew that the fleet was not hostile.

The Han fleet did not carry out any attacks. It was because people did evil in various cities and villages in a panic. Various vicious cases were frequent and many people were killed. There were also a lot of chaotic and destroyed properties. Who should be those?

As long as the cities on the coastline, they basically develop navigation and sea trade. I don’t know that before the Han fleet is hostile, the ships in each city dare not go out to sea at all, which is tantamount to a halt in trade.

For businessmen, time equals money. After so many days, they lose money every day, and some people cause even greater losses because of the delayed delivery date.

Regardless of what happened to the pipeline, or what effect it caused, Fu Wei, a good or bad man, would not be a bird. When he arrived in Constantinople, the fleet was parked outside the wharf, and it was the business to see Wang Meng when he went boating on the shore.

When he was still on the boat, Fu Wei saw the outline of Constantinople and the crowd of onlookers. These were still not what he cared about. After handing over the official letter from Chang'an, he was interested in seeing those Roman nobles who were about the same length as the Han but were much shorter.

"The movement caused by Junshan is a bit big." Dou'a waited for the handover of the official business to finish, and then went to give Fu Wei a bear hug: "You don't know! Constantinople is very lively these days, there are counts every day. A hundred people came to report with horror."

Fu Wei smiled when he saw Dou A's full of gloat.

The two of them were often able to see each other when they were in the country, because the friendship is not salty and not indifferent. They met again in a place far away from their hometown. They looked at each other without pleasing eyes, and their emotions were sublimated.

"Seeing that you have gained a lot of weight, the reception from Daqin people is very meticulous, right?" Fu Wei looked around and saw that some of his acquaintances were greeting with smiles, but then he said to Dou'a: "You take a look at me, yes Isn't it thinner?"

Dou A really carefully observed Fu Wei. He had the impression that Fu Wei belonged to a slightly fatter type, and he really lost a lot of weight when he looked at it today.

"We started from Gitanato, and walked around a large circle on a route called the Cape of Good Hope, and we were thrilling everywhere." Fu Wei didn't know what he thought of, showing a post-mortem expression, and continued on. Next said: "The disadvantage is that the soldiers have experienced the strong winds and waves of the Pacific Ocean, have sufficient experience in coping, and sail along the coastline along the way, otherwise..."

After passing Malacca, the waters belong to the Atlantic Ocean, but the Han people generally only move around Asanyang, so they really don't pay much attention to the rest of the waters.

There is also a small mistake made by Liu Yan. He originally thought that the Suez Canal already exists. The truth is that the Suez Canal really exists. It was a canal dug by the Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago, and it can be directly connected from the Red Sea. Earth Sea, the problem was more than 3,000 years ago, and the years that followed were blocked early.

"The canal definitely exists, and it must be deliberately concealed by the local indigenous people, and the exploration under his command is also ineffective." Fu Wei is talking about the exploration of the Suez Canal, even if there is no Suez Canal, the emperor said that there is, but the aliens are very bad and bad. He concealed it, and he couldn’t find it: “In order not to delay time, we had to change the route.”

Dou A was a little startled and looked at Fu Wei and said weirdly: "There is such a canal. This is news from Daqin people, but the river has been blocked for a long time without dredging, and some sections of the river have simply been filled."

Fu Wei's face stiffened a bit. He was just helping Liu Yan to shake the pot. He cursed Dou'a for being too straightforward and felt that he could no longer chat happily.

Wang Meng had already met with the senior officials of the fleet one by one, followed by Fu Wei and met Julian who was in charge of welcoming them, and had to negotiate how to arrange the berthing of the fleet's ships.

How the Han fleet should be arranged should actually be decided in advance. The several docks on the Constantinople side are not unable to accommodate the Han fleet. The problem is that one dock cannot accommodate all the ships, and the Han fleet needs to be separated. Stop, Wang Meng still needs advice from Fu Wei.

"Separated mooring does not exist." Fu Wei directly rejected Julian's arrangement, and thought for a while and said: "The entrance here is a long and narrow strait. Blocking the strait is not so realistic."

Julian had anticipated Fu Wei's refusal a long time ago. Not to mention that Rome has not formally established diplomatic relations with the Han country. It can be regarded as a good relationship after the establishment of diplomatic relations. As long as the Han people's IQ is still online, the fleet will not be allowed to be split. He smiled bitterly at the seemingly reasonable sentence behind Fu Wei, didn't he show off the huge Han fleet!

"Is that right?" Fu Wei asked Wang Meng for advice: "Before I came here, I saw a sea area suitable for mooring. Most of the fleet's warships were parked there. The rest of the warships and transport ships went to various places to receive the materials you purchased. ?"

Wang Meng smiled and looked at Julian. Another thing is that he has never left Constantinople since he came to Rome. Whatever he purchases is stored in Constantinople. There are no purchase materials in other places, but there is no need to say.

"Where is it?" Julian felt something was wrong subconsciously, and needed to know where the sea area was. He listened to Fu Wei's detailed description, and after knowing the location, he stared at Fu Wei silently for a long time, without agreeing or refusing to say: "Augustus' permission is needed."

The sea area mentioned by Fu Wei is in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea, and the mooring area is chosen next to an island at the exit of the strait (Dardaniel), close to Thresz.

This location is basically the throat of the strait. Locking here is equivalent to cutting off the sea route and Constantinople. Once an attack is launched, it can also threaten the Greek Peninsula and Asia Minor. Being close to Thrace is even more conducive to cutting off the monarchs. Land communication between Tantinburg and Europa.

"That has to be as soon as possible." Fu Wei was surprised at how Julian's Chinese was so standard, and said jokingly: "It's not easy for the fleet to be stuck here for a while."

The arrival of the Han fleet really blocked the channel. The resulting situation is that the ships outside cannot get in and the ships inside cannot get out. The longer the time, the more serious the congestion.

"It's blocked." Julian looked at it, frowning and said: "You can let the fleet line up and make way out of the channel?"

"Uh, Wei is not qualified to be called ‘Your Excellency’." Fu Wei first finished speaking to Julian, and then asked Wang Meng for instructions: "The angel decides?"

Wang Meng smiled and said, "It's not good to block."

Fu Wei also laughed. He heard what Wang Meng wanted to express. After the envoy came to Rome, it was not all smooth sailing. Generally, the Romans received respectfully and did not develop to the point of arrogance.

In the next step, the surrounding Roman ships needed to retreat a certain distance to avoid the situation. The whole process took nearly five hours, waiting for the fleet to be emptied, and the fleet that received the order began to adjust.

Just now, Julian didn’t understand what he was doing with a Han army waving a flag. He didn’t hear what kind of tools the Han army used to spread the military order. He saw soldiers waving flags on the Han army ships. Use the flag to communicate.

The Han army has long had semaphores, and the army has used it less frequently. The navy's use of semaphores for communication is a regulation. At the same time, the navy has also mastered the communication method (morse code) that uses lights to turn on and off at night.

Rome's military order transmission method is quite primitive. In addition to relying on human transmission, it uses the agreed sound rhythm. Julian discovered that the Han people can communicate using flags, and instantly developed an extreme desire for discovery.

"You came quite quickly." Wang Meng was indeed surprised. He thought he would have to wait a few months or even longer. He lowered his voice and asked, "What's your impression of Da Qin?"

Fu Wei knew what Wang Meng was asking ~lightnovelpub.net~ and lowered his voice, and replied: "The territory of Daqin is quite vast. We come from the west, and both sides of the strait are the territory of Daqin, and the same is true for everything along the way. There are many cities along the coast, and ports can be seen everywhere. They are divided by your majesty’s type of light, it seems like they belong to the ocean light?"

Wang Meng was stunned. He really didn’t know what Liu Yan was doing behind him. After thinking about it a little bit, he could understand what “Haiyangming” means: “Daqin’s ocean development has gone astray, and they are almost unsuitable for being in the earth and sea. A ship sailing far away."

Fu Wei had some understanding of the development of the Romans in the ocean. The Persians did not mock the Romans less about this. It is not a matter of a century or two for the Persians to laugh at the Romans as a short-legged people.

Speaking of Persians, Fu Wei couldn't help but said with a smile: "When we came, we followed nearly a hundred Persian ships, and we haven't bypassed the Cape of Good Hope. Those guys were persuaded."

Wang Meng did not ask how many ships Fu Wei took when he set off. At first glance, there should be about three hundred ships. Some of the ships were in pretty bad condition. Hearing that the Persians did not go halfway through the slaughter and retreated, he said sincerely: "You are true warriors!"

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