As soon as Qin Yan's words fell, there was a sudden thunderous sound in the field, and at this time, the athletes began to enter the parade, and the estates also took this opportunity to present this year's new wheat and newly brewed wine to the owners of the estate.

While greeting the athletes who saluted him in the field, Liu Bei tasted the wine offered by various estates, and at the same time had to greet the officials around him, Qin Fat Man had been left out in the cold, but he was still unwilling, staring at Liu Bei silently, waiting for him to speak.

Liu Bei has a habit of collecting manors, and now, in addition to the manors of Guangrao Waibaxiang, Izumo City, White Wolf City, and Sifang City, he also has to add Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou in the overseas Long Island archipelago. Each estate produces more than one kind of fine wine, each with only a sip of wine, and the small amount of wine must be drunk. But Liu Bei seemed to be unsatisfied, and greeted Gao Shun again: "Senior brother, what's new in Qian'an City this year?" ”

Cai Yan lowered his head, drinking this year's new wine, and didn't sweep the corners of his eyes. Gao Shun looked at his wife lovingly, and said: "This year's locust plague, the grass and trees have been eaten by locusts, and the children have to take wild apricots into the brewing seasoning, but I didn't expect to make bitter almond wine, you taste it, the taste is extraordinary." ”

"Bitter almond wine, well, add some sweet tea and drink it again, it may taste better." Liu Bei suggested.

Qingzhou's biggest gourmets opened their mouths, that. Is there still a fault? Gao Shun did not hesitate to order the servants to look for sweet tea, Cai Yan raised his head, his eyes waved, Liu Bei smiled brightly, and raised his glass to invite: "Drink to win." ”

At this time, it happened that Huang Ying was holding Liu Feng's. Hand and Mrs. Mi entered, and when Mrs. Mi saw Liu Bei raise her glass, she immediately echoed: "Husband, go back and let the subordinates seal a few bottles of each of this year's new wine and send them to Uncle Gao's mansion for Uncle Gao to taste." ”

Gao obedient does not drink alcohol, even fruit wine. Mrs. Mi's move. It is clear that he is currying favor with Cai Yan, but he is in love with Liu Bei.

When Qin Yan saw the arrival of the two ladies, he immediately came to life, chattering no. Hugh praised the beauty of the two ladies, but the corners of his eyes swept Liu Bei from time to time.

The Qin theory came from Rome, and the Romans cared. The history of singing love songs under the window of Chinese people goes back several generations. In Rome, by the Han Dynasty, there were as many as 1,800 love songs under the window for different situations. He opened his mouth to praise women, and the new words continued, which made Liu Bei dumbfounded and made Mrs. Mi laugh non-stop. Huang Ying didn't care, leaned over and quietly communicated with Cai Yan.

"Romans, are they okay in Dishi?" Liu Bei interjected abruptly.

Liu Bei's interjection made Qin Yan excited, he shook his spirits and replied, "No. It's so good, surrounded by hateful gazes. ”

Liu Bei smiled dumbly: "As soon as I hear this, I know. You are not a pure Roman, are you from the province of Syria or from the province of Egypt? ”

Qin Yan was puzzled: "My excellent, invincible, and supreme commander, the ...... of the four states of Qing, Hebei, You, and You, why do you say that I am not a pure Roman?" ”

Liu Bei approached Qin and said solemnly: "Because, you don't have the consciousness of a big country's people. ”

The first to second centuries B.C. was the height of the Roman Empire. The expansion of the Roman Empire had halted slightly in the recent days of Hadrian. Four years later, in 198, the Roman Empire completely conquered the valley of the two rivers. Within 300 years, the empire extended to Britain and the Le and Danube valleys in the north, Mesopotamia in the east, and Egypt, northern Sudan, and the entire Mediterranean coast of North Africa in the south. Bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, it became an unbeatable empire. Western merchants like to swindle in the name of the Roman Empire. Qin Lun is one of them.

"What is the consciousness of the citizens of a big country?" Qin Yan asked confusedly.

"The citizens of a big country are not used to make people like, but to make people hate and fear, and the people of a big country enjoy being hated and feared by others, so when you say that Di Shi is 'surrounded by hateful eyes', it means that you are not a pure Roman." Liu Bei explained.

Just as the British Empire, when it was at its strongest, never cared about the hatred of others; Just as when the United States was strong, it did not care about the hatred of others, and powerful countries and nations have always enjoyed this kind of hatred out of fear and envy. The weak people of a small country cannot understand the feelings of the people of a big country, and mistakenly think that the hatred of others is what the people of a big country fear the most, that is, to spend the belly of a strong man with the heart of a villain.

There was a British football team anthem that said, "Nobody likes us, we don't care, as long as we're strong", and that's exactly what it meant. The smugness in it reflects this mentality - the citizens of a big country are not used to make people like. The Romans are not loved, and Rome is powerful enough to be hated.

Qin Yan lowered his head and grasped Liu Bei's words, and was silent. Liu Bei asked again: "What is the current military strength of Rome?" ”

Qin replied: "It is extremely powerful."

After Caesar's military reforms, the Roman legions were reduced to more than 3,000 troops, and at that time, there were 5 legions in each Roman province and 20 legions in the central province (Rome), with a standing army of about 60,000. However, the Romans should not be judged by common sense, and at the time of the Punic Wars, the population of Rome was only 300,000, but the number of troops recruited by Rome and its allies reached 700,000.

About the second year of Qin's arrival in Qingzhou, in 192 AD, Emperor Commodus was killed by military officers, and the Senate elected Elvius. Pertinax became emperor. Lacking prestige, Pertinax was killed by an officer (the emperor in the movie "Gladiator"), and the Roman throne was auctioned off, with the highest bidder being the merchant Didius. Iulianus. After the auction, the officers were not convinced, and three more emperors were proclaimed.

After a year of civil war, Didius, who bought the Roman throne. Julianus, as well as the emperors Peshennius (Syria) and Crollos, who were proclaimed by the governors of the Roman provinces. Albinus (British Legion) was replaced by Seppimius . Emperor Severus (Pannonian Legion) defeated. From 193 to 198, the period of Emperor Severus was a one-man rule, after which, Emperor Severus felt that the empire was too big and he did not have enough energy alone, so he appointed another emperor, Antony, and the coexistence of the two emperors of Rome began, and later, the Roman Emperor

It began to divide into two empires, East and West.

"Is the Pantheon okay?" Liu Bei asked lightly.

Qin Yan was slightly surprised, how did he know about the Pantheon in Rome built 70 years ago? While he was thinking about it, he suddenly remembered: It is rumored that Liu Bei's master, the old man Taishan, returned from overseas. Qin Yan calmed down and replied, "Magnificent and majestic, it is really a temple of God." ”

The Pantheon in Rome was the highest achievement of dome technology at the time, and its dome diameter of 43 meters was not broken until the 20th century, when the Romans creatively combined the Greek column structure with the arch as an arch temple building, it is one of the largest domes in the world.

Qin Lun recalled in a dreamy tone: "Its majestic portico, supported by two rows of Corinthian columns (eight in each row) supporting a semi-triangular frontal wall, spanning more than 30 Izumo feet (33.5 m) and nearly 20 Izumo feet (18 m) deep, with a huge circular temple (43.2 m in diameter and 6.2 m thick) at the back. Under the tall dome, there are no windows on all sides, only daylight shining in through the arched skylights.

Under this dome, people seem to be surrounded by a heavy wall, which makes people feel a constant and grand mysterious impression. Pray in the temple, and any small sound can resonate greatly. It was as if the gods were listening. ”

Yes, it is this sense of enclosed space that creates the transcendent power in the heart of the believer, which is a static power, but it also makes people feel extremely stressed.

Guan Ning heard Qin Yan's praise nearby, and sneered and said, "Barbarians also know how to build houses, is our Lei Lou comparable to the Pantheon?" ”

Qin Yan didn't answer, Liu Bei diverted the topic, and then asked: "Is Hadrian's palace still there?" ”

The famous Hadrian's Palace is the ancestor and model of the villa, and it is also the architectural embodiment of the prosperity and elegance of the Roman Empire. It is a centralized building with an arch structure composed of curved planes. It is an example of the maturity of the coupon type technology.

Qin Yan's eyes widened in surprise: it is not difficult to know the Pantheon in Rome, and the name of the Pantheon is even rumored in the Mediterranean. But if you know that Hadrian's Palace was built 60 years ago, you must not have been to Rome in person. Old Man Tarzan has been to Rome? - Then Liu Bei must know the roots of Rome.

Qin Yan collected his thoughts and replied obediently: "Hadrian's palace, it is the most beautiful palace in the world, and she is still beautiful and moving. ”

"I heard that these buildings are based on the architectural theory in Vitruvius's "Ten Books of Architecture" more than 200 years ago, do you know Vitruvius in Rome and his "Ten Books of Architecture"?" Liu Bei asked.

Vitruvius's Ten Books of Architecture is the world's earliest architectural work, and a similar work in China was written 1,200 years after this book, by Li Jie, who wrote it during the reign of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was also in that era that Zhang Zeduan drew the "Qingming Riverside Map" describing the customs and architectural characteristics of Bianjing in Kaifeng, and Notre Dame Cathedral was built in France.

"Ten Books of Architecture" talks about the mechanical principles in architecture, as well as the calculation methods of load-bearing, span and arch beams of long-span coupon column buildings. "Constructing the French Style" is about the techniques in architecture. The Yellow River cut off the Youzhou and the Prefecture of Youzhou under Liu Bei's rule, as well as the Qingzhou Plain County, and if the coupon-pillar construction method was learned, the construction of long-span bridges would not be a problem. Qingzhou has been exploring this way of construction in recent years, if there is the original theory of pillar building, it will definitely make the bridge construction have a great development. If the trade route is prosperous, the government tax is high, so Liu Bei is bound to win the "Ten Books of Architecture".

The Venetian merchant Marco Polo once praised the Chinese art of bridge-building in his travelogues. Under the Chinese translation, this praise has been distorted, making the Chinese people think that our bridge-building technology is ahead of the world. In fact, the real face of Marco Polo's praise is that, unlike the Western method of building long-span arch bridges with whole stone beams (cross arch technology), the Chinese can actually use gravel to build small-span, exquisite stone arch bridges. Mark Polo was amazed and deeply admired China's unparalleled gravel stacking technology.

To build bridges on the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, which is turbulent, it is necessary to use a large span to build bridges.

"All the people in Rome who built villas and palaces knew the Ten Books of Architecture, because we needed to use it to plan our own courtyards." Qin Yan did not answer positively.

If you know that there is a book, you don't necessarily know how it works. It's just that I want to understand where the soil settlement is small, and I can build pillars and courtyards. Or, simply, they want their slaves to learn the craft.

Liu Bei took a shallow sip of wine, and then asked, "When will Hiparos blow?" ”

When Zheng He went to the West, he translated the word hipparas as "trade winds", but Zheng He did not realize that this was science, and still believed in praying for the wind and helping the gods. As a result, huge sums of money were spent on the state treasury.

Qin Yan said eagerly: "In our hometown, from May to August every year, we will hang up our sails and set sail, at that time, it is the season when the southwest hipparas (southwest trade winds) are blowing. From December to February, we return to our hometown, when the Northeast Hipparos blows. Now, my commander, is the time for us to set sail. ”

Qin Fatzi is talking about the solar calendar (Gregorian calendar), the lunar calendar, generally in the tenth lunar month to the first month of the following year, the northeast trade wind, is the time for China to sail to the West; The return voyage is between April and July, during the southwest trade winds. China's departure season and return voyage are exactly the opposite of those in the West.

"The Art of War: Know yourself and know your opponent and win all battles. But do you really know Rome? Liu Bei secretly calculated in his heart: "The contact with Rome in the early days may be purely commercial. But will Rome stand idly by as a powerful empire that can challenge Roman authority rises in the East?

The current steamship does not have a high thermal efficiency ratio due to the poor sealing problem. Short-distance voyages are okay, long-distance voyages need to carry a lot of wood and coal, which is bound to occupy the space needed for supplies and goods, therefore, in recent years, Qingzhou has been cautiously extending its power to the south, at present, there are not many coal mines found in the south, relying on wood as fuel, can it sail to the Indian Ocean?

When the two civilizations (the six ancient civilizations in historical order are: Egyptian civilization, Babylonian civilization, Greek civilization, Indian civilization, Chinese civilization and Roman civilization) began to have deep contact, Rome, which was accustomed to speaking with the sword, what measures would it take to the merchants of Qingzhou? ”

Qin Yan cautiously looked at Liu Bei, who was contemplative, and said eagerly: "My lord, I relied on a small wooden boat to sail from the distant Great Qin to the Great Han, in my opinion, your steamship has unparalleled maneuverability, your giant sailing ship has many years of experience in sailing the sea, and with me, a humble servant, leading the way for your fleet, are you afraid that the sea will swallow your cargo?" ”

It was said that Liu Bei slapped his thigh and secretly blamed himself in his heart: Qin Yan can come to China in a small wooden boat, can't the Chinese go to Rome in a giant sailing ship, it seems that many years of comfortable life have consumed the adventurous spirit of this donkey guest.

Liu Bei leaned close to Qin Yan's ear and whispered: "Okay, there are still two months before the arrival of Hipparaus, and I will immediately transfer the garrison of Bohai Island to Qingzhou to form the Qingzhou Navy." When the Hiparos blows, I will ask Wen Ping to lead the navy to escort you to the Bo Ni country (the Philippines and Malaysia), and if possible, you will pass through the Strait of Malacca and land at the port of Di Shi for trading. If you can bring me back the Ten Books of Architecture, I will grant you the title of Baron, according to the decree of reward and punishment for the innovation of craftsmen. How about you choose a good harbor as a fief on the islands on the southbound route? ”

seemed to be responding to Liu Bei's words, and the field was thunderous, and the equestrian competition began.