If you use one sentence to describe the Axial Age, it is the Great Era created within a small circle.

The East Asian cultural circle with the Chinese 'Hundred Schools of Thought' as the axis, the South Asian cultural circle with the ancient Indian Shakyamuni as the axis, and the European cultural circle with Plato and Aristotle as the axis. It's like three moons shining in the dark night sky, shining with their own brilliance but never getting along.

Condensation but not divergence, just like a long erection ~ but unable to vent, this is against heaven and humanity, not a good thing.

Therefore, the greatest contribution of the ancient Silk Road is not only to bring the exchange of species and monetary benefits, but to allow the East and the West to have a face-to-face contact, just like a pair of shy and timid newcomers, as long as they can get together, they are not afraid that new life will not be born.

Like all later generations, Bai Dong also had an obsession, believing that it was almost impossible to open up the Silk Road in this era, but the appearance of Sylde made him realize that sometimes things that seem impossible are actually the most possible.

Before the greater development of astrology and ship technology, there was almost no possibility for mankind to discover the Americas, but in the era of the 'Great Exchange between East and West' before the Age of Discovery, the discovery of the overland Silk Road was not limited by science and technology, but limited by chance, vision, or the needs of rulers.

The king of Shang needed beautiful nephrite jade to accompany his woman, so someone got Hetian jade from the far west; Zhang Qian was originally ordered to go to the Western Regions to find the Dayue clan, but he was captured by the Huns and worked as a shepherd for more than ten years, but he was smarter than Mr. Su Wu, and he sang every day with a whip 'Brother wants to cry sister', which made the Huns gradually relax their vigilance. Only then did he find a chance to escape. As a result, I actually got lost.

The history books say that he wants to continue to fulfill the emperor's trust. So continue to cross the Pamir Plateau to the west and reach the country of Dawan, which is simply a lie! A good minister and nobleman, who was forced by the Huns to herd sheep for more than ten years, the first thing he did after escaping was not to return to his homeland and meet his white-haired mother, but to continue to fulfill his mission? In fact, he was just lost, but this trip to the world of the Western Regions allowed him to see the world of the Western Regions, where danger and opportunity coexist. As far as Central Asia, after returning to China, under his instigation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty presided over the opening of the ancient Silk Road with the yearning for the great Wanliang horse and the masked beauty of Central Asia.

In the final analysis, Zhang Qian's development of the Silk Road is an inevitable result full of accidents, he was originally sent to the Dayue clan to seek cooperation to fight the Xiongnu, how could he never have imagined that he would become a 'cultural exchange ambassador' admired by everyone in later history; but the exchange between the East and the West is an inevitability, even if Zhang Qian does not appear, sooner or later Zhao Qian, Wang Qian, and Li Qian will be born. Bai Dong suddenly wanted to slap himself, as a traverser. Actually want Sylde to remind himself, isn't this stupid?

The Land Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road were very different. The latter is limited by the development of ship technology and navigation, the former relies on human legs, horse legs and camel legs, before the advent of the steam industry era, the conditions of the Western Han Dynasty may not be much better than the pre-Qin Dynasty, Mr. Zhang Qian is not driving a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle to Central Asia, he also has to leg.

The natural conditions and political conditions for opening the Silk Road in this era are even more convenient than those in the Western Han Dynasty, and the current Lao Qin is already more familiar with Xirong, and the city outline Zhurong in Xirong at this time is also weaker than in the Western Han Dynasty, and most of them are still worried about survival; And as long as there is a new ~ Xinjiang (that is, the Western Regions) westward short, it is the province closest to the east of the Persian Empire at this time, for the idea of exchange rather than conquest of the old Qin, at this time in Central and Western Asia to have a stable and unified regime is actually more convenient, the intention to buy Syald The current 'mystery buyer' should have seen this, but it is a pity that the careless Persians were counterattacked by the Qiang warriors they looked down on, but as a result, the West beggar Mu kissed the beauty of Athens

"Beyond the areas ruled by the Qiang people, there are still many weak and small countries in the Western Regions? The fastest way for Lao Qin to expand manpower is to use these Xirong to fill our population? If the plan succeeds, in the next ten years, Lao Qin can quickly expand its population to five million, or even more! ”

Yingqu Liang looked at Bai Dong dumbfounded, since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Chinese countries have been instilled with the concept that China is the world, thinking that in addition to China, Dongyi, Nanban, and Beidi Xirong are all savages, and they can't even be called people, and Xirong is even called 'dog Rong' by the Chinese people because of the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In fact, the Qin State is also a 'multi-ethnic' mixed country, but just because the ancestors used to herd horses for Zhou Tianzi, the old Qin people will also proudly think that they are the descendants of Yan and Huang who are red and miaozheng, and they are the descendants of Zhuan, and subconsciously distinguish themselves from these Rong Di generations, and even more look down on the vast areas controlled by Xirong, thinking that those areas are abandoned by the gods, and there is nothing commendable except for diseases and disasters.

He held in his hand the 'eldest female pilot report' submitted by Bai Dong, which was recently counted by Lantian County, judging from the number jù, the first batch of eldest daughters conceived and gave birth to children were in good condition, and the fetal mortality rate was only 20%, but even if the number was correct, Lao Qin promoted the 'eldest female conception method' throughout the country, and the population must be increased by about 30% after 20 years, this number is still too low. If Bai Dong's plan is really feasible, Lao Qin's development speed will make the Shandong States terrified, and he will be able to recover the old land of Hexi and even suppress Wei Han in his lifetime!

Yingquliang is very confident in the new law, and what is lacking now is people! Bai Dong's mention is simply too tempting for him, but can it really be done? If, according to Bai Dong, there are countless Chengkou Zhurong who live by grazing cattle and sheep in the depths of the Western Regions, will they give up the way of life they have long been accustomed to and come to Lao Qin for the people? Even if they are willing to come, will Lao Qin be in trouble because of this? Ying Quliang's head was about to explode, and he was deeply fascinated by the beautiful picture he painted for Bai Dong, and at the same time he had such and such concerns

"Syald's mother came from a distant city in the west, called Athens, and from Athens to Daqin, she had to cross countless mountains and deserts, and in this vast land, there was a country with a radius of thousands of miles, which controlled countless seas and lands, and its name was Persia. The Zhurong of the Western Regions we are talking about now has a nice name, called the Chengkuo Zhuguo, and the area controlled by them and the Qiang people just separated the Persian Empire from the west of Lao Qin. Third brother, you have to believe me, Persia has a lot of things we need, and at the same time, our silk and porcelain will be cherished by them as treasures, this is an empire that has not stopped plundering for hundreds of years, they have a lot of gold and silver, we can easily get it, and then use the gold of the Persians to buy grain, iron tools and all the precious resources of the Shandong countries. ”

Ying Quliang's breathing began to become rapid: "First conquer the cities and states of the Western Regions, fill the population of Lao Qin with their men and women, and then go to the Persians to pit them?" My good fourth brother, are you sure the Persians won't call? ”

"If you want to beat them, you have already beaten them, it's not so easy. And the Persian Empire is now in a period of decline, they can't cope with the Greeks, as long as we show a little bit of our strength, they will become as well-behaved as little white rabbits, and the vast Persian Empire and even the Western world, which has long been in contact with the Persian Empire, will become the treasury and back garden of Lao Qin."

"Back garden?"

Ying Quliang obviously liked the metaphor, he laughed, patted Bai Dong's shoulder again and again, and smiled like an old wolf who had just passed the winter.

"To turn the Persian Empire into the backyard of Old Qin, we must first control the Western Regions. Third brother, don't misunderstand, I'm not talking about conquest by force, but a kind of cultural and economic aggression, if it goes along with it, maybe in just five or six years, I can make the people of the Western Regions come to Lao Qin willingly, and I can't drive them away! ”

Bai Dong laughed, if there was a good period for Huaxia to completely control the Western Regions, it was this era! At this time, the Yiqu State, the most powerful of the Western Regions, had been spun off to form a state, and now it has been enshrined as a monarchy by Lao Qin.

The cities were still very weak, and they had to be suppressed from time to time by the Persian Empire, and they would not slowly become strong until after Alexander defeated the Persian Empire and Central Asia lost its strong ruling group, which would take more than thirty years; To become a great headache for the Chinese people in later generations, it will take at least 50 to 100 years of development.

Now that Lao Qin is changing his law to become stronger, and the Zhurong of the Western Regions is still respecting their sorcerers, in the form of small tribes, and even the big tribal alliances have not yet been formed, to deceive these 'primary school students', Bai Dong, the strange Shu Huang, can come up with a hundred ways with just a few blinks of his eyes

"How do you need me to support you? First of all, Lao Qin has no money, you need to figure out how to do it yourself. ”

Yingquliang is becoming more and more a scoundrel now, and now pit his fourth brother is his greatest joy in life, who makes this kid have more money? He's just a rabbit now, and he's not going to be red-eyed.

"Is the third brother really unwilling to pay? After that day, my brother made money, and you must not be blushing. In addition, I still need people, I need them to go to the West ~ Region to overcome obstacles and build a communication base for my Daqin! In the first two or three years, they would pay great sacrifices and live in such hardship that they would be almost in exile. ”

"I'm afraid this is difficult, my old Qin disciples are all treasures, how can they be 'exiled' at will? The widow cannot account to the people. Ying Quliang frowned slightly, Bai Dong gave him a problem.

"What if they were originally dead, but because of the king's leniency, they got a glimmer of life?"

Bai Dong looked at Yingquliang with a smile: "Now there are tens of thousands of people under Wei Ying's knife, as long as you place an amnesty order, they will follow one another and open up a new ~ frontier for Lao Qin."

Yingquliang's eyes lit up: "New ~ Xinjiang? ”

"Yes, it's the new ~ Xinjiang, in the future, the Western Regions will be the new territory of my Great Qin, the third brother will open up the territory, and Wen will become a martial artist!" (To be continued......)

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