Chapter 270: The Legendary Alexandria
Today is a beautiful day with a beautiful wind and (rì) sunshine on the turquoise coastline, which is really funny, the beach is fascinating, the endless desert is terrifying, they are all sand, there is no difference in nature! Maybe this is a philosophy of life! Anything that floods is a disaster····· Moderation is the key to life!
The reason for this is probably because the sand on the beach is a beautiful white color, combined with the sapphire-deep, translucent water, and the warm but not scorching (rè) sun, which will make people feel comfortable and relaxed. Beautiful beaches may be an indispensable part of a beach vacation, but they are ultimately just a garnish and an ingredient, just like broccoli (also known as cauliflower) in Western food. It is the main source of style on the plate and an indispensable ornament. But if you let people eat broccoli all day, I'm afraid that vegetarians will go crazy~~
So the question is, where did Nelson's fleet go? Of course, the probability of the great Royal Navy being "wiped out" by lightning and storms is very small, in fact, Nelson and his Royal Navy have already chased to Syria at this time!
GPS positioning did not exist in this era, and early voyages relied on night observation of the sky to complete positioning, using the stars as navigation, an ancient technique that seems to have been invented by the Vikings.
Among the adventurers who crossed the North Sea, there was even the first person to reach the North Pole and the Americas, and you might think that Columbus first discovered the Americas. But in fact, the Vikings had already used the North Pole as a springboard to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean a few years ago, and living in cold northern Europe was a painful thing (qíng), with a lack of food and resources, and every winter was a human catastrophe. This harsh environment forced the Vikings to embark on a path of exploration and plunder, and their first destination was England.
The only thing that makes people feel speechless is that they have clearly found warmth. Comfortable and livable area, but they still went back and forth between the two sides of the North Sea without hesitation, riveting their efforts to move the stolen things to the cold, birds don't in Northern Europe, (rì) according to the short-lived ghost place! Homesickness~
In this storm, Nelson and his fleet were separated, to be exact, fast ships and heavy battleships! Not all ships are as sturdy and sturdy as the Victory and can continue sailing in the storm! Especially those light express ships, they are like a leaf on the sea, helplessly rising and falling with the raging waves, as if they will be swallowed up by the waves several meters high at any time. Faced with this situation, Nelson had no choice but to divide his forces, so that the speedboats could quickly get out of the stormy area and meet up in front later.
However, there was a lack of reference on the vast sea, and it was even more difficult to distinguish things in the storm, so the course of the British express ships had a serious deviation, they went all the way to the northeast, and then along the coastline all the way north, the worst thing is that many of the coasts of the Middle East are deserts, and they thought that they were advancing towards Egypt on the coast of North Africa!
At the same time, the French Eastern Army led by Napoleon had already arrived in Alexandria! In the distant ancient Greek era, the great Alexander the Great fought from the west to the east, and as far as India, and he established the unprecedented Alexander Empire across Europe, Asia and Africa.
A great factor in the accomplishment of this great conqueror of ancient Greece was his teacher, many people know Alexander the Great, the great conqueror, and many people know Aristotle, the famous scholar of ancient Greece, no less than Socrates and Archimedes! But few people know that the relationship between the two is actually that of teachers and students!
Perhaps it is precisely because of such a famous teacher who can be called "once in a thousand years" that Alexander has grown into a hero with broad horizons and lofty aspirations! Whether it is the East or the West, the real great man can achieve great things because of his advanced vision and extraordinary realm~
Those guys who only think about "Gong Bi Yao Shun, De Pei Yu Tang" all their lives will not be able to achieve truly great deeds in the end (shēn)! Because they regard the people of the past as their idols, and because they have reached the realm of their idols, they are complacent, which is equivalent to drawing a circle for themselves! How can such a person achieve amazing deeds? Most of the emperors of the Celestial Empire are bound in such a strange circle, they blindly compare with the ancients, but they don't know how to keep pace with the times, crying out sadly~~
What is less known is that the great Alexander the Great was actually an alcoholic + narcissist, and in that equally great Alexander Empire, there were dozens of cities called Alexander! Tut-tut, his narcissism can be seen from this~~~~
Of all the "Alexandria" that are so numerous, only the one in front of you is worth mentioning, and most of the others have been lost to the years of oblivion, this Alexandria is located in the northwest of Cairo, and it is the only valuable souvenir that Alexander the Great left to the world after his illustrious life.
The city was once unique because of the Great Library, the Great Lighthouse, and the mausoleum of Alexander the Great himself, whose body (shēn) is kept in a crystal coffin for viewing! This wave (cāo) sounds familiar, doesn't it? Keeping the corpse in a crystal coffin for people to admire is not unique to the Celestial Empire! It's a time-honored custom that is standard for almost all great men!
However, it turned out to be a stupid idea, and the body of Comrade Stalin was desecrated by Khrushchev, and the ghost of Alexander was "harassed" by the ancient Roman emperors Caligula and Nero! In fact, they didn't do anything too out of the ordinary, nothing more than borrowed Alexander's clothes to wear for themselves! Then he left Alexander's highly ornamental body (xìng), lying naked in a crystal coffin for people to admire········· (Alexander: I'm a little cold, can you give me my clothes back?!!! )
So, it's better to be smart, and it's good to be a hundred! It's too embarrassing to be guilty of death and sin! Not all rulers revere the sages as much as Caesar~ Then again, that Mr. Adolf Hitler actually maintained due respect for Napoleon's corpse, which is still commendable considering that France and Germany are incompatible!
As it turned out, Alexander the Great was far less thoughtful than Napoleon, and the great city of Alexandria did not last long, even the words carved in stone could not escape the erosion of time, and the imprints on metal vessels would be corroded. Only the imprint engraved in people's hearts will not be erased!
And Napoleon? As long as human civilization exists, his name will continue to be sung, and in a thousand years, people may forget Caesar, Alexander, Hitler, and even those of us who are in the world are gone, but Napoleon's name will still be sung! As he himself said, "The proudest achievement in my life is not the more than 40 victories I have won, but the "Civil Code" that I formulated!" "This is beyond the reach of all other great men!
He will be remembered by future generations because of his transcendent status in the legal circles, which can be seen from the fact that we still remember the "Shang Yang Reform"! The history of mankind will only get longer and longer, and I can't even imagine how many knowledge points children will have to take in a few hundred years! At that time, if there is no bright spot, who cares about an unfamiliar name in a history book?
"Ah~Egypt! Alexander! Behold, I stand in the same place where Caesar and Alexander the Great once were, and I am about to see the same scenery as they saw in those days! Napoleon stood on the deck of the Vostok with his hands behind his back, the sun shining on his shoulders, seagulls hovering in mid-air, and the outline of Alexandria in the distance had begun to become clear.
Napoleon was full of expectations, although time has passed, Napoleon has been close to Caesar and Alexander the Great for nearly 2,000 years, but the vast Middle East has rarely ushered in changes, there are large deserts, barren and desolate land, who would want to settle here? For thousands of years, with the exception of the never-ending Saharan monsoon, everything has remained the same.
"It looks so desolate!" When the blurred coastline became clear, Napoleon could hardly believe his eyes, he closed his eyes, rubbed them desperately, and then opened them again, over and over again, as if this could change the scene in front of him~ (Napoleon: It must be that I opened it in the wrong way~~~~)
"It's not what I imagined!" Napoleon finally accepted the terrible reality before him, and he said in frustration, "Alexandria, which I read in the book, is the most prosperous city in the world, with brick and even marble paved roads and beautiful Greek and Egyptian buildings, white sandy beaches and palm and coconut palms, and a crowded city, a constant stream of ships entering and leaving the port, and a lush oasis all around!" Napoleon picked up a book and read it aloud with his head down, looking up in disbelief at the scene in front of him.
In front of him was a world that belonged to the yellow sand, the whole world was dyed earthy yellow by the noisy wind and sand, even those houses looked like pieces of rectangular (nǎi) cheese blocks covered with sand, except for the earthy yellow, it was still earthy yellow, a gust of wind blew, rolling up the sand and dust in the sky, even at the sea (shēn), Han Xing could feel the choking smoke.
Guess what kind of material this house is made of? There is a saying in our Celestial Empire called "mud sticking to the wall", and yes, this kind of house uses this "high-end technology", they use a method similar to "ramming (ben, fourth sound) earth", which was widely used in the early days of the rapid construction method, pouring the soil between the wooden planks, and then ramming it hard. According to the physical law that "matter is in motion", the forcibly compacted soil will slowly become a whole, and over time, it will even be stronger than a rock.
The only difference in this earthy world is golden yellow, and yes, it's a mosque with a golden onion-shaped dome! Its surface is smooth and bright, as if it were a brand new trophy with a dazzling golden light, but other than that, there is nothing outstanding here!