From 334 BC to 324 BC, Alexander of Macedon, the king of Macedon, launched an expedition to the east, and he led his army to conquer Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the two river valleys, and finally established Alexander's empire across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

After Alexander's death, the huge empire across Europe, Asia and Africa collapsed in a very short period of time, and it can be seen that the influence of the Greeks (including the Macedonians) on the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa has not ended.

Around 150 B.C., the Seleucid Empire collapsed, and the Parthian kingdom of the Persians rose, because the collapse of the Seleucid Empire had a great impact on the more easterly places, such as the Greco-Bactrian kingdom was attacked and lost part of the eastern territory but was compensated in the west, and some Greeks fled to the Asan territory to unite with the local natives to establish the Indo-Greek kingdom.

By about 100 B.C., the Western Sagas of Central Asia had risen to prominence, punching Parthia and kicking the Greeks of Central Asia in alliance with other races, and at one point expanding their territory from the Tigri River in the west (roughly the Persian Gulf) to the desert in India in the north.

For a long time, the impact of Alexander's crusade on Asia was cleared up in the chaotic wars of various ethnic groups, and at the same time, the Dayue people, who had been driven west by the Huns from the north of the Central Plains, also rose to prominence, and by the time the Parthian Empire had accumulated enough strength to advance eastward, the Dayue people had established a vast Kushan Empire in the east.

To put it mildly, Parthia suddenly found that there was a huge Kushan Empire in the east, and it was also taken aback, simply that both sides were a little eaten up after a series of expansions, and shook hands amicably, I don't know who proposed first, and the brothers united to dismember and divide a kingdom called Suren.

By the way, the country called Suren is actually a vassal of the Parthian Empire, that is, a kingdom established by a group of Persian Serbs, although they nominally belong to the Parthian Empire, but they are basically not birds to the Parthian Empire, so they were divided by the Parthian Empire as the starting point for establishing friendship with the Kushan Empire.

It was almost until the Kushan Empire rose to power in Central Asia and invaded South Asia that the influence left by the Greeks was cleared, and Hellenistic countries were no longer seen in Asia.

The Kushan Empire flourished for more than 100 years, only to weaken after 230 AD, and after the death of Vesudeva II, it was divided into several states, but the Kushan Empire, with the Otsutsuki clan as the ruling class, lasted for at least nearly 200 years, and had a profound influence on Central and South Asia.

Of course, the huge and prosperous Kushan Empire is no longer visible, and there is currently only one Tydora dynasty in the later Afghanistan-Uzbekistan handover area, and although they have fallen, they still represent the legitimacy of the Kushan Empire, and still have a strong influence on a considerable number of countries and tribes.

In addition, the Persian Sassanids are also the hegemons of Central Asia, whether they are good or bad, and they have a strong deterrent effect on the Jidora Dynasty, so that they can influence the national policy of the Jidora Dynasty to some extent, including the Kushans who made the Jidora Dynasty dare not support the rebellion in the Persian Sassanids, and they can also force the Jidora Dynasty to exert influence on some countries around the Gupta Dynasty.

Alexander's crusade has influenced Asia for hundreds of years, and the people of the Otsutsuki clan are useless, how can they maintain their influence for decades?

Influence is such a thing, it's like a favor, if others don't care about it, they won't use it at all, but isn't there still Persian Sasani, the hegemon of Central Asia? With the deterrent power of the Persian Sassanids, coupled with the influence of the Kidoro dynasty, Kianush. Alta. Ardashir was convinced that it was still possible to isolate the Gupta dynasty to the greatest extent.

Lu Yi vs. Kianusz. Alta. Ardashir was clearly prepared, but he was suspicious, and he was convinced that there was no unwarranted benefit in the world.

If according to Kianush. Alta. Some of Ardashir's statements and proposals, the Persian Sassanid simply had a set of strategies, and it was definitely not like a temporary idea that could be planned, and Lu Yi became vigilant about the intentions of the Persian Sassanid.

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir didn't see the change in Lü Yi, and after talking about using the influence of the Jidora dynasty to isolate the Gupta dynasty, he talked about the two Satraps later. He thought it would be wise to draw the two Satrapapulas into an alliance to deal with the Gupta dynasty, allowing them to attack the Gupta dynasty from the northwest, involving a large part of the Gupta dynasty's forces, and then the Han and Persian armies would be able to land on the southern coast of the Gupta dynasty.

"The two countries also had territorial entanglements, and although they had not fought large-scale wars, their relations with each other were not friendly." Kianush. Alta. Ardashir was completely reasonable, and continued: "The Han Empire wants to occupy as much land as Xindu can fight from the south, and I believe that with the combat strength of the Han army, the Sai people will not be able to acquire much land. ”

"The division of land depends on how much each can occupy?" Lu Yi was of course interested in being able to increase the territory of the Han Kingdom, and he was never sloppy about the division of land, and then asked: "What about your country?" ”

Kianush. Alta. Ardashir waved his hands and said very loudly: "We will not occupy even an inch of land, and the area we have conquered can be handed over to the Han Empire." ”

Lu Yi is because of Kianusz. Alta. Ardashir's selfless devotion was even more vigilant, and he couldn't bear to look at Kianusz with strange eyes. Alta. Ardashir.

"It's not that we don't have any pursuits, in addition to proving that the Han Empire's alliance with us is completely correct, as a replacement for the land, the Han Empire can compensate in other ways." Kianush. Alta. Ardashir smiled heartily for a moment and offered the so-called compensation: "We are in dire need of silk. If the area we conquered was large enough, would the Han Empire be willing to teach us how to make silk? ”

Regarding Central Asia and even Europa's extreme desire for silk, Lu Yi already knew it completely, but he didn't understand why they were so obsessed with silk for the time being.

For a long period of time, the Central Plains Dynasty thought that Central Asia and Europa were so obsessed with silk because of the beauty of silk, but in fact, they did not know that after silk passed through Central Asia, it was sold to Europe and Rome at the same weight of gold, or even several times the price of gold.

Of course, clothing made of silk is of course comfortable to wear, and it is also a symbol of face, but there are other reasons why silk is so expensive, in addition to the toll fees of Central Asian countries for a long time, but also because silk can prevent arrows!

Silk can effectively reduce the damage of arrows, and even wearing multiple layers of silk makes it easier to remove the arrows after being hit by an arrow, so as not to tear the flesh and skin.

The knowledge that silk has the effect of preventing arrows, the Central Plains Dynasty is not unaware, what they didn't expect is that Central Asia and Europa are so obsessed with silk, because silk can save lives, but Central Asia and Europa know that wearing silk is to add layers of anti-arrow ability, but the Central Plains are not so dry.

Silk came from the Zhuxia civilization, but the Central Plains Dynasty was not used for military purposes at all, but was used in the Mengyuan period, according to the "World Military History Encyclopedia" records: Mongolian light cavalry and heavy cavalry carried a short scimitar or a battle axe, and each soldier had to wear a silk robe before the battle began. This silk is made of raw silk and is very finely woven. Genghis Khan found it difficult for arrows to penetrate the silk garment, and only inserted the arrows into the wound with the cloth, so the Central Plains surgeons recruited by the Mongol army only had to pull the silk out to pull the arrow out of the wound.

The Han State had already discovered the military use of silk, and the test of silk in war was also verified in several battles with the heavy cavalry of the Qiang tribe. After discovering this use of silk, Liu Yan vigorously encouraged the increase in silk production, and in recent years, silk production has only been increased under the leadership of the government, but it is fake to say that the army's large-scale equipment is fake.

"We can only afford to install some heavy and assault horses, and we can't do it at all."

Lu Yi and Kianush. Alta. Ardashir went to Miyagi to report on the negotiation after the separation, and he did not add his subjective impression to make any comments, and Liu Yan also became wary of the Persian Sassanid after hearing it.

If the Persian Sassanids wanted to exchange the land for the method of making silk, in fact, it is more or less plausible that they were wary because the Persian Sassanids had made relevant plans before they went out.

Liu Yan still had considerable foresight, and when he learned that a foreign envoy had come, he had long been wary of the prying eyes of various countries on the silk manufacturing methods, and had made relevant arrangements in advance.

After the envoys arrived in the Han Kingdom, they really tried their best to explore the manufacturing method of silk, but of course they did not obtain it because the Han Kingdom had prepared for it.

"I heard that Ah San has already started to imitate our silk." Lu Yi was talking as a joke: "Ah San tried to use spider silk to make it, and it seems that he really made a similar raw silk, that is, the silk made of silk is two products." ”

No kidding! Ah San really studied spider silk to make silk, and he started experimenting hundreds of years ago, and it seems that he had made a finished product, but during the experiment, he was caught on fire and turned into ashes, and he stopped researching for a while, and only began to try again after a long time.

In fact, spider silk is really a good thing, to some extent, spider silk is more fiber strength than silk, spider silk can really be made into clothes, that is, mature technology is needed, not with spinning techniques, is the use of spider silk itself stickiness, which Yunnan Kucong people have related technology.

Until the development of science and technology to a certain extent, the development of spider silk surpassed silk, and the value of spider silk in many military uses far exceeded silk, such as spider silk was used as a crosshair for optical devices in the aiming system of telescopes and guns in World War II, and later it was a research on military use such as body armor.

Lu Yi was telling it as a joke, but Liu Yan, who knew that the spider silk was being used, couldn't laugh.

"Ah San is at the forefront of the world in smelting, but I didn't expect that even the research on spider silk would be ......the same" Liu Yan's words made Lu Yi completely stunned, and the latter sentence made Lu Yi almost petrified: "We should also have relevant research on spider silk." ”

Lu Yi was so surprised that he was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what expression to use to face his king.

Liu Yan hasn't said anything about sect 1, if you count religion, Ah San simply has a rhythm of going to heaven.

That is, no matter what Ah San invented, in the end it became not his own, for example, Uzigang became a Persian, and Buddhism was only carried forward in the east, and even the "1, 2, 3, 4" that he painstakingly studied and created...... 9" This set of numbers also became Arab (non-nonsense).

"Your Majesty?" Lu Yi came back to his senses and immediately asked, "About the proposal of the Persians?" ”

"There is no way that the method of making silk can be leaked!" Liu Yan is not as great as Ah San, and he doesn't even have the slightest idea of sharing papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and compass with the world. He said simply and clearly: "It was the Persians who wanted to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty did not have the need for an alliance." Willing to let Sasanid a piece of three-point soup is to lay the foundation for future strategic deployment, if there is a ...... to think about it, you should know how to deal with it. ”

Liu Yan stopped as he spoke, and he motioned to Cui Zong to bring over the piece sent back by Huan Wen.

"Huan Wen is a pioneering general, and sending him to command is the right thing to do." Liu Yan handed the chapter to Lu Yi and said with a smile: "He didn't limit his eyes to Gupta . ”

After the collapse of the Kushan Empire, it was divided into several countries, the Gupta Dynasty was only one of them, and the land of Asan was not completely conquered by the Dayue people, and since the collapse of the Mauryan Dynasty, there were still indigenous countries of Asan that existed, and since the Han army was invading the territory of Asan, it was not necessarily necessary to stare at the Gupta Dynasty, and it was completely possible to find other countries as a breakthrough.

"This ......" Lu Yi was a little shocked after reading the chapter, what he saw was that Huan Wen suggested attacking a small country near the Gupta Dynasty, and landed directly in that small country, and hesitated: "The small country can be destroyed at hand, but ...... Will it allow the countries there to unite against the big Han? ”

Including Huan Wen, anyone in the Han Kingdom cares about the name of that small country, and there will probably be a mentality of "the uncle beats you and looks up to you".

"Of course that's going to happen." Liu Yan laughed for a while, and asked Lu Yi: "Once the army lands and successfully gains a foothold, is there a difference whether it is in the Gupta territory or in other places?" ”

Lu Yi thought about it for a while, and really thought that there was no difference, those countries of Ah San should unite, or would they unite, that is, once Huan Wen did that, there would be no room for diplomatic relations in Han.