"Quick, take me to see it!"

Pei Min is still very curious about Greek fire.

When it comes to ancient science and technology culture, there is no doubt that the East is the Chinese civilization, while the West is the ancient Roman civilization that inherited the Greek culture.

Whether it is the Chinese civilization or the ancient Roman civilization, their culture, art, philosophy, and science are all top-notch existences of the same era.

During the period of cold weapons, the two major technologies that were ahead of the world were black powder in the East and Greek fire in the West.

The black powder formula has just appeared in the world, and it has not really exerted its power yet.

The Greek fire has long been famous in the West, and the invincible Arabia has been defeated by the Greek fire many times.

The Vikings, who were known as invincible in naval warfare in later generations, led 2,000 warships to attack Byzantium, which had less than 100 ships and was one-twentieth of the strength of the Vikings. As a result, the Greek fire once again rose to power, burning the Vikings who swept across Europe on the Black Sea.

The French aristocrat Juanville also described the horror of Greek fire in his memoirs.

Eight hundred years ago, before gunpowder was used on a large scale, Greek fire was undoubtedly an artifact that changed the color of the tiger in the West.

Pei Min is still very interested in this.

I came to the empty school yard and waited for the Greek fire to arrive.

Savoy couldn't help but confide in Pei Min about what had happened to him over the years.

For the sake of Greek fire, Savoy ate five years in prison, and forcibly reduced his body fat to skin and bones.

At the beginning, when Savoy and Pei Min agreed, they were a little moved, but they didn't take this matter to heart.

After all, Greek fire was a top secret in the Byzantine Empire, and Byzantium controlled Greek fire to the point of being morbid.

Obviously a sharp weapon on the battlefield, Byzantium was not used on the battlefield, but was sealed.

Only to the point of life and death will the Greek fire be sent out to break the enemy.

Of course, perhaps it is precisely because of this that the Greek fire has been kept secret to this day, and has not been learned for other countries.

Savoy was a merchant and could not enter the core to steal such secrets as Greek fire.

Later, the Savoy business encountered fierce competition from its peers, and its profits plummeted.

As a greedy businessman, he can't make money, which makes him more uncomfortable than killing him.

After some investigation, Savoy discovered that he was robbing him of business with an Arab aristocrat with an official background. In terms of material connections, he is more than a grade higher, and competition is just a matter of course.

In order to avoid its decline, Savoy returned to Byzantium and began to build bridges.

Savoy took the line of the Church and opened up new commercial channels.

The Western Church is extremely ideological, and according to statistics, the Byzantine people are divided into two halves, half of which are believers and the other half are believers. Although the actual number of believers was less than half of the population, they occupied almost half of the land of the empire. It also has tax exemptions and other privileges.

Savoy took the route of the church, and life was good. It's just that the glory days didn't pass for a few years, and the iron-blooded emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Leo III, took advantage of the hatred of the old enemy Arabia to attract hatred for the Tang Dynasty, and began to exert great efforts.

Leo III issued an edict prohibiting the worship of icons, which began the "iconoclasm campaign".

The religious ideology in the West is much more serious than in the East, and the monks were annoyed when they heard this order.

The archbishop of the church could not help himself and stood up against the order of Leo III. The monks rose up and began to incite the agitated inhabitants, the women, and the agitated inhabitants, and revolts broke out in Greece and the islands of the Aegean Sea.

Leo III forcibly suppressed the religious forces, and he distributed the confiscated lands and land confiscated from the religious hands to the army and nobles, thus increasing the power of Byzantium.

All this had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty, but it affected the future of Savoy.

Savoy became a devout believer for the sake of business, and all his property was confiscated......

In an instant, Savoy fell from heaven to hell.

In addition to Savoy's assets in the Tang Dynasty, all the Byzantine family property was swallowed up by a group of nobles, and he himself was almost affected.

And Pei Min rose like a rocket at this time and became the reigning king of the West.

His name can be heard not only in the East, but also in Byzantium.

Savoy, who was in trouble, remembered this agreement, and the more difficult it was, the more it could make a person crazy.

In addition to the Greek fire in the hands of the Byzantine emperors, a small number of people knew about it, that is, theologians.

Byzantium valued culture, and in Byzantium arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy were called the four arts, and were compulsory subjects. Theology, on the other hand, falls under the umbrella of higher education, which includes religion and science.

Greek fire, like black powder in the East, is actually the product of accidental research by a group of gods.

Learned theologians had the opportunity to come into contact with Greek fire and begin to study it.

When Savoy had been in contact with the Holy See, he had heard of a genius in the Holy See, Adion, who was very accomplished in scientific theology and took the Duke's daughter as his wife......

But this Adion is a devout believer, and the matter has caused quite a stir.

Savoy inquired about his whereabouts and sent the Byzantine governor to prison.

Savoy made Byzantium considered a Catholic and placed in a prison dedicated to house arrest.

One level is five years!

During these five years, he kept talking to the disciples in prison. Eventually, a young monk, Ordas, was found, who was Adion's deputy.

Adion is a mad theologian who values the results of his research, and before the incident, he gave his research to Ordaz and sent him out.

Ordath narrowly escaped the purge, but was imprisoned because of his status as a monk.

As the matter gradually subsided, Savoy's son also bought off the relationship, and only then did he escape the catastrophe.

During this period of life and death, Savoy had the heart to write a book to vent his depression.

Pei Min comforted himself.

With Ordas's arrival, he landed his gaze on a large carriage behind him.

Savoy muttered as Ordas spoke.

Ordas bowed respectfully to Pei Min and said, "I've seen the King of the Heavenly Dynasty." ”

Pei Min was surprised, this young man actually spoke fluent Chinese,

Even Savoy was surprised.

"Do you know Huaxia?"

Ordas said: "The owner is very obsessed with the culture of the East. I applied for the East Tour many times, but I didn't get it. Before the master died, he regretted that he did not go east. ”

Pei Min listened very proudly, and now the world, both east and west, admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and he has a share of the credit.

Pei Min couldn't wait for Ordas to demonstrate Greek fire.

Ordas bowed slightly, turned to the next few men and beckoned them to move.

Several servants took out an oil tank from the carriage, as well as a hand air pump, a conduit, and a nozzle ignition.

Looking at the catheter, something suddenly flashed in Pei Min's mind.