The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea have been hotbeds of piracy since ancient times, and ships are often harassed by pirates, losing both people and money.

However, when the Imperial fleet sailed into the sea, although it was not difficult for the pirates to judge that the ships were full of wealth, they found that the fleet was so tall and incomparably large, that the pirates who had been galloping in the Red Sea for many years were shocked, and returned to their lair, and did not dare to go to sea for many days. It wasn't until they were sure that the Imperial fleet had disappeared into their territory that they were relieved.

On the ensuing journey, when the Imperial fleet sailed into Egypt and was about to enter the Mediterranean Sea along the Suez Canal, an incident occurred that was extremely embarrassing for the Romans and Egyptians - because the Imperial treasure ship was so large and the draft was too deep, it ran aground in the Suez Canal.

Seeing that the ship was lying in Egypt, Petronius hurriedly asked the governor of the Roman Empire of Egypt to come to the rescue as the consul of the guard.

After experiencing the shock of seeing a huge treasure ship for the first time, the governor of Egypt knew that the important matter of the envoy sent by the distant Eastern Empire was very important, so he did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately came to discuss how to rescue him.

In this regard, the staff officers of the Reich's South Sea Fleet proposed two options. On the one hand, the empire temporarily transported some of the heavy goods on the ship to the shore in small boats, and then transported them by land to Alexandria, Egypt. After the heavy loads were unloaded, the hull became lighter, and the draft was discharged, at which time Egypt sent a man to act as a slender man to tow the treasure ship out of the canal, and the problem of running aground in the Mediterranean Sea was solved.

As soon as the plan came out, the two sides immediately put into action, and the small fighting ships of the empire were like busy ant colonies shuttling back and forth between the treasure ship and the shore, unloading the guns and repeaters on the shore. At the same time, the Roman governor of Egypt gathered more than 30,000 laborers to assemble on the side of the river, as if another pyramid was to be built after more than 3,000 years.

The ordnance and supplies transported to the shore were transported to Alexandria by 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Wen Ping, and when passing through the city of Luxor, the imperial army accidentally "lost" 100 artillery pieces, 200 thunderbolts, 5,000 sets of infantry armor and 10,000 magic swords......

Of course, the loss is nothing more than the official narrative. In fact, this batch of arms is the armament that Luan Yi promised to sell to Nefrit. The two parties paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, and the transaction was completed in secret. Ten sappers and a translator were then left with Nefret to teach the Egyptian rebels the use of firearms. After that, we continued our journey and arrived in Alexandria half a month later.

A few days later, Sun Quan's Nanyang fleet also managed to break out of the shoals and sail into the Mediterranean Sea to join Wenpin in Alexandria. In this ancient Egyptian port city, the Roman governor of Egypt invited Sun Quan and his party to a grand dinner.

At the banquet, Sun Quan and Wen Ping's imperial military uniforms, which were made of imitation of the German military uniforms of later generations, as well as their polite posture and humorous and noble conversations, left a deep impression on Egypt and the Roman nobles who lived in Egypt. Calling Seris worthy of being a great eastern country with an excellent civilization, Rome should establish a brotherhood alliance with such a great country.

The entire feast was almost entirely surrounded by the topic of Seris. In this regard, it was the Roman nobles who returned from their mission to Egypt who had the best say.

The thrilling journey to Rome and the beautiful scenery they saw when they arrived in Seris, and the extraordinary elegance of life brought them a lot of talk. They told the Egyptian aristocrats how magnificent the theater of Seris was, how large the two Colosseums at the top of the Keju Arena were, how many worshippers gathered their temples, and how beautiful and scholarly their university halls were......

The ancient kingdom of the East unveiled the veil of mystery in their mouths, and the audience was amazed.

Over the next few days, as the Empire's merchant ships arrived in Alexandria. In the past, most of the silk bought by the Romans was resold from the Sabbatarians, not to mention the high price, and the silk was adulterated by the Sabbaths and Kushans, both in terms of color and feel were far inferior to the pure silk of the Empire.

So, when they saw the ships full of colorful silk from the merchants of Seris, the Egyptian magnates went crazy for a moment, and a rush to buy silk was staged in Alexandria.

Watching the Romans snap up the goods on their ships with twice the price of silk in the empire, they also called out "good quality and low price", the imperial merchants who came from afar were happy, and their hearts said that although a trip to Rome was a little farther, it was worth the sins they suffered after all.

The news of the Egyptians' frenzied silk rush soon spread back to Rome itself, causing strong resentment among the local aristocracy and wealthy. In order to prevent all the silk brought by the Seris from being robbed of by the lowly Egyptians, the Senate began to put pressure on the consul Severus, at the behement of the native nobles and wealthy of Rome.

Severus himself was also disgusted by Egypt's rush to buy silk, so he issued a ban on Egyptians with a stroke of a pen, prohibiting Egyptians from buying silk, otherwise they would be punished with whipping for theft.

With a single order, the port of Alexandria, which was still in full swing yesterday, immediately became deserted. The Egyptians were sullen because they couldn't buy the smooth and bright silk, and the merchants of the empire didn't even give them any freedom of trade because they didn't buy the goods at hand......

Seeing that Egypt had no business to do, the merchants had no choice but to target Rome itself, and sailed with the Empire's Nanyang fleet to the Roman port town of Ostia.

Since entering the Roman sphere of influence, the Imperial South Sea Fleet has made a lot of noise, first the big ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, which the Romans once thought was "unfathomable", and it took more than 30,000 slender men to rescue the big ship. Then the Egyptians rushed to buy silk, which alarmed the magnates in Rome......

With this, the news of the arrival of the Cyrisan fleet in Rome soon spread throughout the streets of Rome. Hundreds of people rushed to Ostia to catch a glimpse of the mysterious ancient kingdom of the East.

The Roman consul Severus went to the port to greet him, and the three outer floors of the harbor were crowded with people who came to see the excitement.

At noon, the midday sun shines on the earth, and the tidal wind blows from the sea. At this time, the curious people who were lying on the roof of the house and looked into the distance were the first to discover the sails of the big ship coming from afar, and the atmosphere in the harbor suddenly became lively, and people jumped to the end of the coastline, and finally saw the figure of the ship of Ceris in the waves.

They really used the limited vocabulary in their minds to describe how huge the battleship was, thinking that it was a giant whale swimming to the sea, not a human-made ship. The huge hull, driven by the huge sails, sailed towards the shore.

In this world, in any country and any nation, "strong" is often directly related to "big". Seeing such a huge treasure ship, there was no need for Sun Quan to explain anything, and the Roman people on the shore immediately realized the strength of Seris, at least in terms of shipbuilding technology, they far surpassed Rome.

In the midst of all the talk, the full picture of the Imperial fleet that had left Rome was revealed from the end of the horizon, and its size caused a long sigh among the Romans.

At this time, an awkward question arises. The Imperial fleet was so large that the port of Ostia, which Rome was proud of, could not be anchored.

The consul Severus had no choice but to send ships to the middle of the sea to inform the commander of the fleet of Seris, asking them to send only some of the ships to shore, and the rest of the ships to stay at sea for the time being, waiting for the ships to unload their cargo in turn and take turns to dock.

At first, the people of Rome only knew that the ship was huge, but they did not know how big it was, but now that Rome's own ships sailed to their side, they found that even the most ordinary supply ship of Seris was larger than the large Roman warships, and the largest of the ships of Seris was five times longer than the Roman warship.

The Romans could hardly imagine how they could capture such a ship.

Sun Quan's flagship came to rest on the pier of Ostia amid the cheers and exclamations of the Romans. The huge grille boarded the land, and the military music of the empire then wandered out of the flagship, and Sun Quan and Wen Ping left the deck and set foot on the mainland of Rome with the military music.

A straight Imperial military dress is not only beautiful and generous on them, but also highlights the unique heroic posture of the soldiers, and rows of military medals hang on their chests, slowly shining in the sun.

This energetic appearance drew a round of applause from the Romans who came to greet him, and Severus greeted him with a smile.

At the moment when Sun Quan and Severus met, Sun Quan and his subordinate Wen Wuwu stepped on the ground with their left foot and raised their right hand in a salute.

Severus knew that this was the understanding of the Seris, and he was startled and fell to the ground. The soldiers guarding Severus' side drew their short swords and surrounded Sun Quan and his party.

Sun Quan's personal soldiers were not vegetarians, so they shouted "do nothing" and pulled out the magic knife behind their backs.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense between the saber rattling, Petronius, who had just landed on the shore, hurried to explain to Severus that the envoy of Seris was using the etiquette of their own country and had no ill will towards Your Excellency.

Only then was Severus relieved, raised his hand to disperse his own soldiers, changed into a smiling appearance again, and said, "The misunderstanding has been resolved, and I hope that the respected envoy of Seris will forgive my subordinates for their abrupt actions." ”

After receiving Hercules' translation, Sun Quan replied: "The customs are different, and misunderstandings are inevitable. Lord Archon doesn't have to mind. ”

After a brief diplomatic rhetoric, Sun Quan followed Severus on the dry road to Rome. Five days later, they arrived in the legendary city of Rome, the capital of Rome.

However, although Seris's envoys left, the discussion of the Seris in the port of Ostia did not stop for a long time, especially the bridge where General Seris raised his hand to salute and intimidate Severus, which quickly spread to all parts of Rome as a weed, and became the laughing stock of all Romans for a while.