"This is the first time we've set foot in the land of Sinae, right?"

"Yes, we wanted to be here for a long time and never had a chance."

Aulus. Syxtus. Cicero was the envoy of Rome this time, and the person who spoke to him was Marius. Ugri.

Just like the successive dynasties called the distant region Great Qin, so the "Great Qin" mentioned by the Central Plains Dynasty does not refer only to Rome. And the various dynasties of Rome called the Central Plains Dynasty as Seris.

A transliteration of Seris, the text translates to "Silk Country", and the Western world's name for the current Central Plains Dynasty is "Silk Country", the reason is, of course, because of the relationship between silk.

Contemporary Romans are wrong to think that none of them have ever been to the Central Plains Dynasty, but in fact a Roman merchant group arrived in Luoyang in 100 A.D. and was received by Emperor Liu Zhao of the Han Dynasty at that time. Such an event is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. In the Emperor Chronicle, it was also the first batch of Romans to come to the Central Plains Dynasty by land.

The name Seris is the name of the ancient Greeks, and the Romans inherited some of the culture of the Greeks, and also inherited the title of the Central Plains Dynasty as Seris, until the Khitan Liao Kingdom and the Northern Song Dynasty were changed to China. And this China actually refers to porcelain.

China...... That is, the "porcelain country" refers to the Khitan Liao Kingdom, not the Northern Song Dynasty. It must be understood that the Western countries at that time basically came into contact with the Khitan Liao State. The Khitan Liao State cut off the communication between the Northern Song Dynasty and the outside world by land, resulting in most countries in the West and Central Asia not knowing the existence of the Northern Song Dynasty at all, and regarded the Khitan Liao State as a country that inherited the Zhuxia civilization.

If in terms of geographical location, whoever occupies the Central Plains is "Zhengshuo", it is normal for the Khitan Liao State to be mistaken by the West and Central Asian countries as a descendant of the Zhuxia civilization. At that time, the name of the Khitan Liao State in the West and Central Asian countries, that is, the title China, was also fixed.

Therefore, whether it is Seris or China, it is a foreign name for a certain product, and it is extended to the name of the country that produces this commodity.

Coincidentally, the Central Plains Dynasty also had its own way of naming foreign countries, and in the earliest period, there was the title "Great Qin", and the source of "Great Qin" was the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Wei Luo.

Later, that is, during the Two Song Dynasty, although the Song people came into contact with a wider world because of the prosperity of maritime trade, it was due to the rise of Confucianism, which was famous for only treating the Central Plains as "the world", and did not take the "world" seriously at all. At that time, Central Asia was a social trend because of the "religion and religion governing the country", and wearing a uniform style of robes was a social trend, and the Song people only looked at the clothes to distinguish them, and there were inexplicable countries such as "white clothes and food", "green clothes and food", and "black clothes and food".

It had been six days since the arrival of the Roman, Frankish, Burgundian and Alemannian envoys in the Han Kingdom, and they had also landed at the entrance of Beijing, and they continued to be impressed by the exclamation of the previous envoys, as well as the same thing as going to the market to buy silk.

The silk on the Jiankang market was bought as early as after the arrival of the first batch of envoys, and the shops that sold silk had not had time to replenish the stock, and the envoys who arrived later naturally did not buy it.

The second group of envoys arrived, they arrived at the headquarters of the Barbarian Captain after a very difficult breakthrough, and there were a few silent and captured ships when the Sassanid navy broke through the interception at sea, and most of the supplies they carried were lost. Later, they came to Jiankang on a Han ship, learning that the first envoys took out the few remaining goods to sell, but encountered the embarrassment of the first envoys, and the Han people were not interested in their goods at all.

In fact, the Franks, Burgundy, and Alemanni have not actually been recognized, although they have been established separately, and they were really recognized after the collapse of Western Rome, but it was at the end of the fifth century AD.

The Franks were the best behind, taking advantage of the collapse of Western Rome to expand aggressively, defeating other Frankish powers such as the Huns, the Rourans (Avars), and Germanic tribes. Later, they defeated the remnants of Western Rome in Gaul, occupied Gaul, established the Merovingian dynasty, made Paris their capital, and even repeatedly expanded their territory and was crowned emperor to establish Charlemagne's Empire.

By 843 A.D., Charlemagne's empire was divided into three parts, the Western, Central, and Eastern Frankish kingdoms. It was not until 870 A.D. that the Treaty of Melson was adjusted to form the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Italy and the First German Empire.

Therefore, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Italy, and the First German Empire were actually branches of the Germanic people. In the modern part of France, the Franks merged with the Gauls, and there was a real separation between the French and the Germans and Italians.

At present, although Rome has been divided, it still belongs to Rome as a whole in name, and the Romans do not recognize the existence of the Franks, Burgundy and Alemanni as a state, and still regard them as tribal forms, so the Romans brought them to the Han Kingdom, they did not belong to their own envoys, they were included in the Roman envoys.

In fact, the Hongru Pavilion that received the envoys of various countries did not know so much, they recorded according to their own registrations, and if later generations looked through the history books, they would not see the relevant records of the Franks, Burgundy, and Alemanni, all of which were included in the records of the Roman envoys.

Compared with the rest of the countries, the Han is actually more pleasing to the eyes of the Romans, both sides have the same black hair and black eyes, that is, there is a clear difference in the outline of the facial features, but the rest of the countries not only have different hair and eye color from the Han State, but also have obvious differences in skin.

"Seris is an amazing country." Marius. Ugri was talking about the enormity of Jiankang City, and the fact that there were more than a million people living in the same city: "This is a country that will not lose to us in history, and they have been invaded by barbarians and have regained their feet. Their Son of Heaven swept away the barbarians in the north and sought to conquer more countries and occupy more land. ”

In fact, the Roman envoys had already left Jiankang, and when they took the national highway to the north, they were as shocked by the road as the first envoys, and it was more of a novelty to see the labor scenes of the Han people along the way.

"Seris's invasion of Gupta has caused us a lot of trouble." Aulus. Syxtus. When Cicero said this, he did not show hatred for the Han Kingdom, but more of a feeling of annoyance: "In the first war between Seris and Gupta that Seris was victorious, Gupta would not give up. ”

Maritime trade between Rome and the Gupta dynasty was very prosperous, and the Gupta dynasty was the exporter of trade, providing luxury goods mainly with metals such as steel, iron, and copper, and selling large quantities of finished weapons.

In contemporary times, Rome is the gold importer of the Gupta Dynasty, and the export of gold from the conquest of the Romans is concentrated in the Gupta Dynasty, that is because Rome itself did not attract the goods of the Gupta Dynasty, which is equivalent to an unbalanced trade, but the two sides did not feel that there was anything wrong, and they belonged to a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer.

The Han state extended its tentacles to the Asan Ocean, and the naval raids on the Gupta Dynasty greatly interfered with maritime trade, and it was not until the First Han Ji War that Gupta was actually able to break through to Rome to trade, waiting for the end of the First Han Ji War to completely end.

The halt of maritime trade between the Gupta dynasty and Rome has only been a matter of the last few months, and the impact on Rome is there, but it has not yet been fully revealed, that is, the previous trade materials have not been consumed, but there is no lack of people who understand and worry.

The eastern part of Rome is not the nest of the Romans, Italy, Gaul, Spain and other Europa regions are the nests of the Romans, but although the current Rome is in the political name as a whole, the contemporary Augustus order can only play an effective role in Eastern Rome (modern Turkey), so that the Roman army fighting with the Sassanid army really needs supplies from the Gupta dynasty.

To say Aulus. Syxtus. What was the purpose of the envoys led by Cicero to the Han Kingdom, the primary goal was to mediate the war between the Han Kingdom and the Gupta Dynasty, but they were not arrogant enough to think that they could order the Han Kingdom or the Gupta Dynasty, they just had to try.

At the same time that there was an envoy to the Han Kingdom, there was actually another Roman delegation that went to the Gupta Dynasty to seek mediation.

"In fact, geographically, it is also us who should choose allies for Seris." Aulus. Syxtus. Cicero had already found out that the Persian Sassanids wanted to form an alliance with the Han State, but the Persians did not keep it secret, and the Han side did not take it seriously at all, so it was easy to find out the relevant news: "We are in the westernmost part, Seris is in the easternmost point, and the Persians are in the middle, once we reach an alliance with Seris, we can divide Persia from two directions." ”

Speaking of which, the Romans are indeed very fond of finding allies, and every step of expansion is to first 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 to finish and then turn their faces and deny people, so they expand to the Mediterranean Sea to become their inland sea, but various countries and nations have repeatedly fallen for the Romans.

In Aulus. Syxtus. Before Cicero and the others set out, they were directly authorized by Constantius, the contemporary Augustus, to form an alliance with any country or nation, so it was also one of their goals to strive to become an ally with the Han state.

Compare Kianush. Alta. Ardashir and other Persians felt that the Han people would "continue the frontier" because of the friendship of their ancestors. Syxtus. Cicero and other Romans were very sensible, and forming an alliance or something was an attempt, and it was of course a great joy to be able to form an alliance, and if they could not form an alliance, they must at least achieve private trade.

Of course, what the Romans wanted most was to mediate the war between the Han and the Gupta dynasty, that is, they knew very well that they could not come up with any bargaining chips, let alone threats, and the key issue by extension became trade with the Han state, such as buying the silk they desperately desired, seeking to purchase large quantities of metals or weapons from the Han state.

The envoys of all sides met in Shouchun, during which the Romans and Persians were indispensable after the meeting, that is, the two sides finally did not get dazed, knowing that the land of the Han Kingdom was under their feet, and while looking at each other unpleasantly, they kept their sanity and did not have bloody conflicts.

They went all the way north under the personal leadership of Yuan Qiao, and saw the big projects that were being carried out by the Han Kingdom, and at the same time, they also saw the desolation that should be there after the war.

For the construction of the national highway from Jiankang to the new Chang'an, the segmented mode was adopted, and no matter which envoy group was surprised after understanding this work, the envoys who produced the text were all recorded in writing, and regarded this discovery as a treasure.

After a three-month journey, they can be regarded as entering the Guanzhong, and when they pass through the Tong Pass, they will inevitably have countless feelings about the steep Xiongguan.

"Seris's land is too vast!" Aulus. Syxtus. Cicero saw too many things along the way, and he was more sure that there was no façade project on the Han side, and there was prosperity as it should be, and the ruins that should have been destroyed by the war also existed, and he thought that what he saw was a real Han country: "What surprised me the most was the organizational ability of the Seris, who were able to manage millions of people to do the same work!" ”

Any outsider was surprised by the organizational ability of the Han State, especially since there were a large number of slaves in addition to managing the free people, and someone asked Yuan Qiao, and the answer was that there were no riots in various sections of the project, and they still believed Yuan Qiao's words, after all, they had not seen it all the way.

"The territory of Seris is close to twelve million square miles (not kilometers), which is about the same as our land territory." Marius. Ugri's source is Yuan Qiao, and he doesn't think it's necessary for Yuan Qiao to tell a lie: "This is the territory that the Son of Heaven of Cyris has conquered in eight years. ”

Rome is expanding around the Mediterranean, except for the end of Eurobasi, the rest of the territory is on the Mediterranean coast, even if the land territory is not large, but the actual control range is across Europe, Asia, Africa three continents, but the Mediterranean Sea is called an "inland sea".

On the side of the Han Kingdom, the plateau is not yet the territory of the Han Kingdom, the west is stopped at Shanshan, the north is stopped in Inner Mongolia in the later generations, the northeast is the forefront of the dense forest (Da 1 Qing), although the southwest peninsula is conquered but not the mainland, the current total land area is about 5.9 million square kilometers, in fact, it is smaller than the land territory of Rome.

"The Seris are looking for more expansion, having spent three years exterminating two kingdoms and numerous tribes in the south (Indochina), and recently launched an invasion of Gupta." Aulus. Syxtus. Cicero said this with a bitter face: "We are constantly retreating. ”nt

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