When the fleet arrived at Panyu Harbor, the 25-meter-high lighthouse on Tuen Mun Hill did not surprise Silanus, who had seen the 135-meter-high Alexandria Lighthouse as an envoy of the Seleucid Empire on several trips to Alexandria, the capital of Egypt. It was when the Indian envoy Anazhou was surprised by the height of the lighthouse at Tuen Mun Hill that he only laughed politely, and his heart reiterated this barbarian who grabbed food with his hands. He very much hoped that the people of Chu would drive this barbarian to that small boat, because two of his kind were in that small boat.

The Seleucid Empire established diplomatic relations with India during the time of Seleucus I. Seventy years ago, Seleucus I invaded Punjab in northern India, and Chandragupta (Moon Protector), the founder of the Mauryan Empire, led an army of 100,000 and 9,000 war elephants to fight against him, and finally the two sides had to sign a peace treaty. Seleucus surrendered the Indus River to present-day Afghanistan in exchange for 500 war elephants, and the two countries also married, with Seleucid princesses marrying into India and Indian princesses marrying Seleucus.

Thereafter, the Seleucid envoy Megastheni was stationed in India as Chandragupta's ambassador, and after Chandragupta's son Bintousala succeeded to the throne, Seleucus appointed another ambassador; After Ashoka's accession to the throne, Seleucus again appointed ambassadors.

Even though Alexander's empire had been divided into several pieces, Silanus was proud that most of the known world was ruled by the Greeks. Although India has not been conquered, there is nothing to praise about India, except for war elephants. Since India has nothing to praise, it seems that the more eastern state of Chu does not seem to have anything to praise either.

The 35-meter-long Glutton, with a displacement of more than 500 tons, seemed huge to the Indians, but it was not surprising to Silanus, as the size of the Greek merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea was already very close to the size of the Gluttony more than 200 years ago. The difference between the two is that Greek merchant ships sailed in the Mediterranean, while Chu merchant ships sailed between the known and unknown worlds—more than 1,800 parasangs (about 6 kilometers from 1 panisan) from Wublay to Chu, and perhaps a little farther away. In order to transport more goods, merchant ships naturally had to be built larger.

The journey of 10,000 kilometers was extremely boring, and Silanus had been secretly observing the Chu people and various Chu affairs in the fleet. The crossbow on the deck, the lighthouse on Tuen Mun Hill, and the large-winged warship in Panyu Port gave him a faint guess: it was the Greeks who taught the Chu people to make these things. It's just that the further north you go, the more lighthouses there are, and the dense cluster of lighthouses along the coast dispels this idea, even Egypt doesn't have the financial resources to build so many lighthouses.

"What a strange country," said the Gluttonous Cabin, as he was about to arrive at the port of Zhufang, to his entourage, which hastily recorded his words on the curly papyrus. "She has the best iron, the best ships, the most beautiful silk, and tall buildings, but she worships false gods like a barbarian......"

"It's here! Arrived at the port......" The cheers of the sailors were heard from the armor, and they saw the lighthouse reflecting the sun outside Zhufang Harbor, and they returned here after a year's absence.

"It's here." The captain of the ship breathed a sigh of relief, but the three-headed wind flag fluttering on the shore made him nervous again: the king is in Zhu Fang.

Xiong Jing did greet the Red Ocean Fleet in Zhufang Harbor. More than three months ago, he did not see off Hongmu's Blue Ocean Fleet, and now that the Red Ocean Fleet was fully loaded, he naturally couldn't help but come to Zhu Fang to have a look, especially to see the thirteen stallions that had been transported back from Seleucus.

Of the thirteen stallions, three stallions were more than 155 centimeters tall at the shoulders and weighed more than 500 kilograms; Ten mares are slightly shorter and weigh around four hundred and fifty kilograms. This is exactly the horse he wants. The weight of a horse is generally between 30 and 40 percent of its weight, and the weight of heavy cavalry knights, armor, saddles, weapons, and vests is close to 150 kilograms, and the weight of the horse needs to reach at least 375 kilograms, preferably 500 kilograms.

Even if it is a horse, it is difficult to find a horse weighing 370 kilograms if you are carefully selected. Now that there are stallions weighing more than five hundred kilograms, it will be easy to build a heavy cavalry. On top of that, the Seleucid Empire was willing to sell more horses in exchange for the Chu State's iron armor. This is what makes Xiong Jing the most satisfied, which means that he does not have to wait ten years to have a terrifying light and heavy cavalry.

On the deck, before Shen Yin Shang and Wu Gou Chang saw Wang Qi, the fleet was already in the vision of Xiong Jing's hand, and the two sea boats that had sailed for one or two hundred thousand kilometers were obviously not as high-spirited as when they set off, its canvas hung low, the color of the cloth was dirty and yellow, and the mark of the three-headed wind had also become extremely dim, but fortunately, the mast was still upright, and it was slowly sailing towards Zhufang Port under the blowing of the southeast wind.

"The ministers have seen the king." The two sea boats hurriedly dropped anchor, and Shen Yinshang and Wugou Chang each took two envoys ashore. They greeted them, and the sailors who did not disembark from the ship shouted 'Meet the King'.

"No courtesy." Xiong Jing smiled and bared his teeth, since the shipyard was built five years ago, he has been waiting for today.

"Tell the king, this is the Seleucid envoy Silanus." Standing at the side of the hookless long man stood two people, one an Indian from Baotou and the other a typical Caucasian man with a standard Greek nose and blond hair and blue eyes.

Xiong Jing looked at Sisnus, and Sisnus looked at him. Although this is another yellow-skinned barbarian king, the temperament exuded by this barbarian king is obviously not what a teenager should have. As a king, his temperament must not be too violent, and if he is too violent, he will certainly not be stable enough; You can't be too steady, too steady and you will look cowardly.

Resoluteness and composure are the necessities of a good king, but Sisnus rarely sees such a man. This temperament can only be seen in those great founding fathers, who alone can balance inner impulsiveness and calmness excellently. Their descendants were mostly cowardly, and a few were violent, like the cowardly Seleucus II and his violent brother Antiochus Ieras.

"Rude!" The foreign envoy stared straight at the king, and the servant was very unhappy to reprimand him, Xiong Jing waved his sleeves to stop him, and smiled at Sisnus.

"Honorable king," Silanus bowed to Xiong Jing, "it is my honor to come to the far easternmost kingdom of Chu. ”

"Great King, he said that it was his honor to come to the far easternmost country of Chu." Xiong Jing stood beside Wu Ji, who was proficient in Greek, and he was the best translator in the Chu State.

"It's nice to have friends from afar." Xiong Jing nodded to Silanus with a smile, and then smiled at the other three envoys. But after a while, his smile froze, and the two schoolmen took down two stallions from the gluttony.

"Good horse." He snorted secretly, and behind him was a cunning and a pig-killing howl: "This ...... Tatsuya! ”

Horses were the pride of the Seleucid Empire, and previously the pride of the Persian Empire. Seeing that Xiong Jing liked the stallion given by the empire, Silanus smiled proudly, and he said, "Honorable king, this is Nissama. ”

"Nisama?" Xiong Jing had not yet heard the thunderous name of this ancient world.

"Yes. Nissama. Silanus stroked the neck of a stallion, Nissa, with a large head, a slender neck, and a muscular trunk and limbs, and he laughed: "Even the Sarmatians do not have such good horses. Perhaps the only ones that can match it are the Iberian horse and the Libyan horse. ”

"Iberian Horse, Libya...... Horse? "Libya is in North Africa, and I didn't expect that there are good horses in North Africa." Where is Iberia? ”

"Iberia is ......" Silanus is also hearsay, and the Libyan horse is actually a dwarf horse, but it has always been admired by the Greeks, but the Sarmatians have horses comparable to the Nissatians." Honorable King, Iberia is north of the Pillar of Dachracles, which is the westernmost point of the known world, and no one can reach it except the gods. ”

The Dakhlacules Pillar is the Strait of Gibraltar, and to the north of the strait is Spain. It was not clear to Silanus that sailing ships from Asia would be able to reach the Dakhlacles Pillar by bypassing the Cape of Good Hope.

"That's Carthagima?" Xiong Jing's answer surprised Silanus. Seven years ago, the First Punic War had just ended, and four years earlier the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Baca (father of Hannibal Baca) had occupied the Iberian Peninsula.

This is a matter of the western Mediterranean, and I did not expect that one of the easternmost kings already knew about it. Silanus couldn't help but look at Xiong Jing's side, this extremely skilled yellow man in Greek may have come from Greece.

Siranus' gaze made Wuji very uneasy. The Kingdom of Bactria was originally independent from the Seleucid Empire, and the first king, Theodotus I, was originally the governor of Bactria. Fourteen years ago, the former Seleucid emperor Antiochus II had led his troops to the border of Bactria, and King Theodotus II had to conclude an alliance with Parthia to jointly resist Antiochus II, but Antiochus II died the following year, followed by the third Syrian war between the Seleucid Empire and Egypt, and then the civil war. The Kingdom of Bactria had been independent for twenty-three years and had not yet been recognized by the Seleucid Empire.

The state of Chu was able to communicate with the Mauryan Empire and the Seleucid Empire, which made Wuji very surprised, he thought that only Sogdiana was connected to the unknown world of East Asia, who would have thought that the sea ships of the Chu State would be able to sail to the distant, distant Persian Gulf.

The governor Eutydemus also intended to arm the Bactrian army with Chuni armor against the mighty Seleucid army, as well as the increasingly powerful Parthians, if the Chuni armor and sharp weapons were sold directly to the Seleucus......

The two tall and sturdy Nissa horses were taken away by the schoolmen, and there was not only a little understanding in his mind, but also an even more anxious heart. He must immediately inform Sogdiana and Eutidemus that the Seleucid envoys had arrived in Chuni.