The state of the Han Empire really has to be frightening.

From the perspective of Crooked Nuts, they felt that the Han Empire seemed to be a country that would suffer from depression after a year of armistice. They didn't know what to do if they didn't fight. They seemed to be looking for a target for war all the time.

"For any country that has just expelled and wiped out the enemy, shouldn't the most important thing to do is to cultivate health and nourish your health?" Kexias continued his own wry smile: "As far as I know, the Han people do not do that. They are from Before and after the restoration of the country, at least one major war is going on every year."

Julian knew the same, and he had great admiration for it.

For thousands of years in the Roman population, small battles have been fought on a certain border of the territory every day, and a large-scale military operation is bound to be carried out every five years.

They firmly believe that if a country wants to become strong, it should conquer without end. If they wait for a day when Rome ceases its war on the outside world, the arrival of that day is also the moment when Rome falls into weakness.

External conquest is a process of plundering, grabbing enough people as slaves, liberating more Romans into a new round of external conquest. In addition to population, every further push is to obtain resources, and more places to open up means that the Romans have more resources.

The rise and growth of Rome was based on the continuous conquest of the outside world. They obtained an exaggerated number of slaves and used those slaves as various labor forces. For a time, ordinary Romans did not need to participate in labor, and it was the official daily distribution of food.

The constant looting from the outside not only strengthened Rome, but also made Rome the most powerful country known in the world for a period of time. As far as the eye can see, West Asia can be regarded as a worthy opponent in World War I.

"So the Han people are strong. They continue to conquer their enemies, gain population, wealth, and resources, and they will continue to be strong." Julian didn't mind revealing one thing: "We are consolidating the borders and territories, and we have already found a target for war. "

"British, or Central Europa?" Xias could guess that. He said confidently: "You will fight Britain first."

The Romans once smashed across the strait and occupied most of the island of Britain. However, with the chaos in the Roman mainland and challenges in several other directions, the barbarians on Britain resisted resolutely, and the Romans gradually did not take it so seriously. Britain is now.

The current situation is a bit special. The Romans paid unprecedented attention to the sea and territories, and they desperately needed to accumulate enough sailing experience.

Not the experience of sailing in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is actually an inland sea. Compared with the Atlantic or the Pacific, the sea conditions are not the same at all.

Of course there will be waves and ocean storms in the Mediterranean, but to be honest, the waves in the Mediterranean are nothing compared to the Atlantic and Pacific, let alone the level of ocean storms.

Although the Romans ruled the Mediterranean, they could not control the weather. Even a storm of the level of the Mediterranean destroyed the Roman fleet more than once. Think about the harsh sea conditions of the Atlantic and Pacific. Don't let the Romans feel embarrassed.

"We have purchased 87 ships from the Han Empire." Julian knew that there was no way to hide these, mainly because the Han Empire did not mention the need for the Romans to keep secrets: "Once they return to Europa, they will go through the necessary procedures. After maintenance, we will invest them in the battle against Britain."

In the long history, because the Romans have always been the strongest and most dangerous opponents of the Persians, the Persians have often spied on Roman intelligence, and they will have a basic understanding of the terrain even if they cannot be well-knowledged.

"Do you want to use the ships you bought in the North Sea?" The North Sea that Xias called was named after the Romans. Seeing that Julian did not refute, he continued and said: "You want to learn from the Han Empire's raid on Gupta. Like the empire, choose to launch the landing operation from the waist of the British island?"

"It's really easy to be guessed!" Julian really didn't think there was any surprise in being guessed: "The North Sea and the Strait are landing on both sides."

The central part of Britain is a relatively narrow terrain. In other words, the entire British Island is a little bit more open except for the southern terrain. The entire island is actually an irregular long shape.

"We will use a pincer offensive, and after landing in two directions, we will connect with each other from the land to join forces." Julian can be sure that the Persians know the general situation of Britain. Since they have guessed how to fight, there is no need to hide the rest: "The Saxons, Celts, Anglo and Picts, they are not very friendly to each other, but they will always unite as long as we enter."

The Celtics are now the strongest on the British Isles, occupying all the western part of the southern British Isles.

The Saxons and the Anglians are allies. One is to occupy the southeastern part of the southern part of the British Isles, and the other is to occupy the northeastern part of the southern part of the British Isles.

When the Romans had no military actions, the Saxons and the Angloans were fighting together against the Celts.

But if the Romans took any military action, the Saxons and the Angloans would immediately truce with the Kates to deal with the Romans.

The Picts are a tribal alliance entrenched in the northernmost part of the British Isles, and they are only willing to stay in their own territory all year round. They have a neutral relationship with the Celtics, Saxons and Anglians.

However, the neutrality of the Picts was limited to the internal civil war in the British Isles. Once the Romans showed signs of going north, they would send warriors to the south, usually with the Celtics to fight the Romans together.

"Only training soldiers..." What Xias knew was that Rome is very poor now, and asked suspiciously: "Can the nobles in your country agree?"

"We found a super large iron ore over there." What Julian didn't say was that he didn't know who came out first. Later it was confirmed that the statement was true: "The associated silver mine reserves are also not available. few."

iron ore? Or is it super large? Xias was a bit extremely Roman for a while.

The current world island, with the exception of some extremely uncivilized peoples, as long as it is a formed country, even if it does not have a mature smelting technology, it is basically entering the age of contact with ironware.

Since it is the Iron Age, the value of iron ore needless to say.

For some countries, especially regional powers and hegemonic empires, there is always more iron ore, and no country is too small.

At present, the Romans said it was super large, and its reserves would not be less than 20 million tons.

Of course, the Persians have their own mineral resources, but they still want to go crazy when they hear that the Romans have newly discovered an iron ore with reserves of at least 20 million tons. They use so many iron ore, but they are basically large, medium, and small types. There is really no super-large iron ore.

"I don't know why, the Han people are very interested in silver collection. They seem to be more obsessed with silver than gold." Julian did not say how many silver mines there are in Britain. He guessed: "The territory of the Han Empire seems to be different. There are not many gold mines and silver mines. Silver was previously worth more than gold. It has only changed in the past ten years."

It is true that there are not many gold and silver mines in Zhuxia Dadi, especially the number of silver mines is smaller, and most of the gold mines are concentrated in the south and southwest.

Perhaps it should be said that in addition to coal mines, Zhuxia Dadi has some minerals, but in terms of land size and reserves, the quantity is really not that large.

Regardless of before or after, in fact Zhuxia Earth is a situation where precious metals are extremely scarce. That is, with the continuous development of science and technology, the more elements are discovered, and the types of elements are also increased. Those who have not been Discovered rare earths, manganese... and other minerals have their due value.

Xias understood that the Romans felt that the Han people liked silver, and the Romans were unwilling to flow too much gold to the Han Empire. The Romans did not attach much importance to silver. They would definitely not choose gold if they could trade with the Han people.

In fact, the Persians have long discovered that the Han people prefer silver. Fortunately, Persia has a large amount of silver. When trading with the Han people, silver is the first choice.

Do Han people really like silver more than gold? To some extent, neither the Romans nor the Persians guessed wrong.

For a long period of time, perhaps it should be said that it was necessary for the Ming Dynasty to conduct foreign trade and continuously obtain silver from the trade between Japan and Europa. Otherwise, the gold on the earth in the past was far more than silver.

If, before the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, someone traded with silver instead of gold or copper money, he would definitely be regarded as a fool. Or maybe the person just crossed the road and didn't know the market.

Based on the premise that things are precious, the amount of silver owned by the Han people is scarce. Although the value of silver in the known world is much lower than gold, the Han people really prefer silver.

"Now it’s basically the Han people who have the final say." Julian said about the value definition of precious metals: "They like silver, but they still adopt a ratio of ten to one. See if they are more willing to charge silver, is there anything Where is there a shortage of silver?"

The Persians also made similar guesses, but they didn't want to break their heads to understand where a large amount of silver was needed.

"Could it be related to the things they invented?" Julian is more willing to guess from this aspect: "For example, silver is used in the processing of gunpowder, artillery and guns?"

"We guessed that way, too." Xias patted Shirayuki on his shoulder, and said not so surely: "It's very likely, but it can't be confirmed."

What kind of brain hole is this? Even if silver is used in industry, it is only used in some anti-rust coatings at the current level of technology. Need to wait to enter the era of electricity consumption, the use of silver for industry will soar, after all, silver is an indispensable raw material for electroplating.

"Absolutely." Julian said with absolute certainty: "Their U Islands provinces continue to ship silver to the mainland, but their foreign trade still prefers silver. This kind of thing will happen only when there is a big purpose, otherwise what. I can't explain it."

At this moment, both of them had an idea, should they make suggestions to the country and start making relevant silver reserves, so that they can be used in the future?

Snowflakes are floating in the sky, and the earth is also white at a glance. If there is enough sunlight, no one will stare at it with wide eyes stupidly.

In fact, whether it was Julian, Xias, or anyone else, they chose to put on a thin blindfold, preferring to look dimly through the blindfold rather than taking off the blindfold.

People are like that, warhorses and other livestock are like that, otherwise one day they will be blinded.

They were already in the territory of Xigaoche, but they weren't too deep, they just entered more than sixty miles, and they didn't even run into a tribe along the way.

"His Royal Highness is over there."

Julian reminded him that he was already driving close.

Xias didn't want to fall behind at all, but also leaned forward.

In the icy and snowy environment, Liu Shen wrapped himself up tightly. He didn't even expose his eyes to the air, and he didn't know how Julian saw him.

The three people have been in contact many times, from just greetings before to a few words later, and now they are able to ride horses together. They may not be regarded as friends, but they can get together and chat.

"Is your Royal Highness patrolling again today?" Julian didn't care that he was blocked by the Han knights when he came over. He even felt happy that he was not taken away from the weapon this time: "Ding Ling is too good at hiding, I don't know where to hide. ."

In the past few times, Julian, Kexias and the others, they were disarmed whenever they were within ten meters of Liu Shen.

Not everyone will be disarmed when they approach Liu Shen, only crooked nuts are targeted.

"Our scout explored the surrounding area for fifty miles~lightnovelpub.net~ and didn't even find a herdsman." Liu Shen's nose and mouth were wrapped in cloth, and his speech was a little muffled: "This is not a good phenomenon."

"Yeah!" Of course, Julian agreed with Liu Shen's statement: "There is no way to destroy the Dingling people without discovering them."

The season has actually entered the second half of spring, but there is no sign of melting ice and snow in this area. Although the Han army had anticipated this, they were still slightly confused.

It's not that I am confused about why I came here, but I am confused that one day this land will become part of the territory of the Han Empire. What is the use of this place.

If they are divided according to modern regions, their current location should be at the junction of Central Siberia and Western Siberia.

The terrain of this place is extremely flat, and it is difficult to find a mountain. They are now facing a piece of ice and snow, and if they wait for the ice and snow to melt, they will face a worse environment.

"I heard that when the ice and snow melted here, there will be swamps after another." Liu Shen said distressedly: "Once the ice and snow show signs of melting, we should withdraw our troops."