Li Si's administrative level was good enough to see the world map hanging in the Temple of Light, but all he saw was an incomplete map of the seven continents and the five oceans, and only most of Asia and parts of the Mediterranean were marked with some names, and the rest of the place was blank.

Anyone who saw the map of the world drawn by the Emperor himself would be shocked, just because the vast empire seemed to be a small part of the map.

When Li Si saw the world map, he knew how big the world was, and how small the world pursued by his ancestors was, so all the fighting and hysterical competition seemed so ridiculous.

There are a lot of people in the empire who can see the map of the world, because the emperor has no intention of treating the size of the world as a great secret.

The nobles and ruling classes of the empire were able to guarantee stability, in some respects, precisely because they knew how big the world was. It's not that the horizon is wide or anything, it's purely a very direct psychological reaction, since the world is so big, it's really stupid to fight to the death for a corner. Moreover, the emperor never stopped it, but encouraged anyone to open up except for it, and whoever pioneered wanted to stand on his own was no problem, but he could not get the relevant help of the empire, and he could only get the help of the empire through a vassal relationship.

Many times the internal strife is because the cake is only so big, and in order to be able to get that little bit more, many people will try their best to fight. But once the cake is unimaginably big, and you don't need to do all your best to get it, all the fighting becomes unnecessary.

Under the cognition that the basic "cake" is very large, internal friction is obviously an extremely stupid behavior, and it is better to unite and plunder from the outside than to fight among them, and this idea has basically become the consensus of the top of the empire.

"Rome?" Li Si tried very hard to remember, but he really only remembered that Rome was only mentioned by the emperor, and it seemed that it was still a relatively powerful country. His own long history: "The procession will pass by us, right?" ”

Chang Shi Wuzhao saluted respectfully and replied, "Look at the route along the way, it will pass by us." What does the Governor mean? ”

"Will it pass?" Li Si's interest in his heart was not a little bit, he pondered for a while, and said: "Then prepare it, and arrange a banquet with the consent of the military." ”

Wu Zhao didn't understand why Li Si was so interested in a small country, but he only needed to carry out Li Si's orders.

At the end of autumn, Zhang Cang's swollen team arrived in Jincheng County.

When I entered Jincheng County, everything I saw along the way changed even more, the area that was originally just barren began to be inhabited, the wasteland was reclaimed into farmland, and some herders who were grazing cattle could be seen.

In any case, Jincheng County is the capital of the Northwest Governor's Province, Li Si will of course pay more attention to the capital area, most of the people who have migrated from the interior are placed in the counties of Jincheng County, and the relocated people will be arranged to other counties when necessary.

The empire's immigration policy has been carried out for four or five years, and a set of suitable immigration methods has been explored. It turned out to be the wrong thing to do in the first place, choosing the most remote places, and it was supposed to be a slow migration from the inside out.

In fact, it proved the correctness of the migration from the inside out, because the choice of remote areas from the beginning would create an atmosphere that the immigrants were about to be abandoned, and resettlement would often occur, but soon the immigrants would flee to the hinterland of the empire, and there was no way to stop it.

In addition, immigrating to a remote enough area at the beginning is too bad for any matter what, and it is a severe test for how the immigrants survive, especially the comparison of the actual benefits of the government's administrative investment, which will inevitably be dragged down even if the country has money.

The strategy of migration from the inside out is different, it is a kind of progressive migration, which moves people from densely populated areas to popular places so that they do not start out in a place that seems like a wilderness, causing panic or self-abandonment. Wait for one settlement to gain popularity, and then move people to the next settlement not far away, and so on bit by bit.

Immigration is now a semi-compulsory act, and many officials are glad that the emperor has finally "opened up" and no longer appears to be so indulgent to the people.

It is said that it is coercion, but in fact, it is not a kind of coercion, but the government regulates the economy and then carves out new economic zones and other things to force or induce some people to emigrate.

In order to carry out the relocation policy, the Reich Treasury even broke some conventions after the vote, namely to make loans without interest. Then, the ruling government also pioneered a policy of equal exchange, that is, the number of acres or property owned by the settler in a certain place, and the same amount of land or property after arriving in the resettlement area.

Immigration is very expensive, costing more than 14 million yuan a year, which can almost allow the military to carry out a new round of exploration, which has led to the termination of some of the military's pioneering activities, such as the proxy war in northern Xinjiang.

At present, the population of the Viceroy of the Northwest has increased considerably compared with the previous one, and the new round of statistics has reached more than 5.4 million. Don't underestimate this number, which is an increase from the original population of only about 1 million, which is equivalent to a nearly fourfold increase.

Because most of them are new immigrants, the Viceroy of the Northwest looks like a big construction site, with construction works going on everywhere, and the necessary housing and public facilities, water conservancy, etc., are all being planned, and then the government takes the lead, contracting or simply building them, and is in full swing.

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. When the Romans such as Calvers entered Jincheng County, they saw a busy scene, some villages were building houses, some villages were building water conservancy, and the necessary transportation roads were being carried out in sections.

"Their model of road planning and then sectional planning is very worth emulating!" Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers is a member of parliament, and he may not be so familiar with the military, but civil affairs must be understood, otherwise it will become a joke. He pointed to a village under construction on the side of the road and said, "Looking at their houses, it seems that there is a necessary division of labor?" ”

Because of Lu Zhe's interference, the appearance and construction methods of the buildings of the Chinese civilization have long been changed, at least people prefer the spacious and bright layout, and the construction is no longer the use of rammed earth, but the use of a watering mode, plus the layout similar to that of the modern courtyard.

"I used a lot of planks!" Ullius sees it more realistically: "It is first nailed and fixed with wooden planks, and then some watering. It's just that I don't understand a point, will such a house be strong? ”

To tell the truth, a house without support columns would certainly not be strong, and the empire did not have the luxury of using steel or iron as the necessary materials for construction, so even if cement was used, it was still necessary to use wooden materials as support columns.

"You're talking about architecture, huh?" Zhang Cang was already familiar with some Romans, and he was happy to chat with the Romans in order to understand the situation in Rome.

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Kalvers nodded, and he said, "Looking a little similar to the way we build houses over there, it's hard to imagine that two civilizations that are so far apart can have similar buildings in terms of construction." ”

It seems that this is really the case! For example, in the title of some positions, under the premise that there is no communication between civilization and civilization, the titles of centurion, thousand-commander, and thousand-captain appeared in the West and the East at the same time, and then the general is the same, and then the king is the king.

Civilization will always have some common properties when it develops to a certain extent, especially as civilization progresses, and some behaviors will inevitably form a coincidence, such as discovering edible grains without any communication, or knowing how to build houses that shelter from the wind and rain.

The schools of the empire have already involved the process of civilization above, and Zhang Cang's son made a similar description in the letter, and he looked at Ki Rusli Wei with a smile for a while. Luce. Scipio. Calvers, said: "Similarity is inevitable, and only ignorant races will have no resemblance to advanced civilizations." ”

If those Romans did not lie or exaggerate, Zhang Cang already had a general understanding of what kind of country Rome was, and the Rome he knew was not a small country in a small place, but a hegemon on a continent. However, he believes that the population of this country is too small, but the population of more than two million people is enslaved by nearly four or five million slaves, and the hidden dangers of such a social structure are unimaginable.

Zhang Cang also knew that Rome was currently expanding at a high speed on that continent, and Rome's biggest enemy at present was a country called Carthage, and that country called Carthage seemed to be called Hannibal or what? Anyway, it was this Carthaginian hero who united a considerable number of races with only a few Carthaginian soldiers and made a powerful threat to Rome.

A country that can become the hegemon of a certain region will certainly not be an ignorant and barbaric country. Just look at the empire, and it can become the absolute hegemon of eastern Asia because the empire is stronger than the surrounding countries or forces in every aspect.

Zhang Cang also learned that Rome had its own mature writing and civilization system, which overlapped with the imperial system in some directions, such as the emphasis on the army.

"When we build houses, we basically use earth and stones together, and in some parts we use the same pouring method." Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Kalvers raised his eyebrows and said with some incomprehension, "We also value water conservancy, but ......," he said, pointing to a thing in the distance that was lifting pipes, "We use an exposed canal, and you use a closed pipe." I don't understand how to clean it like this? ”

Zhang Cang didn't know this, he remembered that it seemed that in the sixth year of the imperial calendar, the new houses were all sealed water pipes, and no one really raised the question of how to clean them.

"It's a water storage well, it must be a water storage well that uses the technique of sedimentation!" Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers, who knew how to deal with water conservancy, said with emotion: "But that would have cost a lot of money, five to six times the cost of building an open-air pool." ”

In fact, it is a terraced sewage filtration facility similar to a modern water conservancy company, but now it is BC, and the process is certainly not as complex and advanced as modern times, but it also has the effect of water purification. In some ways, Khi Srivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers is very good when he says that such a facility is expensive to build and takes up a lot of space.

While walking and talking, the speed of the team's progress is not fast. The most surprising thing for the Romans was not the architectural achievements of the Han Empire in the East, but the magnificent architecture, the Greek peninsula was full of incomparably magnificent temples, even Ptolemaic Egypt on the African side had absolutely stunning pyramids. The Romans were most surprised by the importance that the empire attached to transportation, and they knew how difficult it was to build roads, but along the way, they had discovered that the transportation of the Eastern Han Empire was more developed than any other country.

"We have an adage that if you want to get rich, you must build roads." Zhang Cang blinked his eyes and said, "Besides, transportation is the lifeblood of the country, whether it is for commercial circulation or military use, isn't it the case?" ”

"Indeed!" Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers agrees: "Wherever transportation is convenient, the control of the state administration over the local area is based on transportation." ”

Rome attaches great importance to roads, but the current Rome is not the Rome after Caesar, basically far from the point of "all roads lead to Rome", and only some very important administrative provinces will use huge manpower and material resources to carry out transportation construction.

The road they took was not the concrete soil of the hinterland of the empire, but a kind of dirt road that was smoothed and flattened, but in terms of format, it still used the left and right lanes, and the necessary "emperor's lane" would still be left in the middle.

"It is said that it is His Majesty's special road, but in fact, it is generally used by the troops and the post station system for the expedition." Zhang Cang raised his head slightly, with a proud face, and said: "From our Xijing (Chang'an) to the Western Regions, the cavalry troops can arrive in eighteen days. ”

"Is it an emergency transfer?" Ulilius looked extremely surprised: "The Xijing you are talking about is already more than three thousand miles away from the Western Regions?" ”

Zhang Cang really didn't know how many miles Chang'an was from the Western Regions.

"There's a team ahead." Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers asked suspiciously, "It looks like an arm, they are the team that greets us?" ”

Zhang Cang's eyes looked at the team in front of him, and his initial vision was not the Wehrmacht, or even the local county soldiers, and he was confused for a while. (To be continued.) )