Chapter 243: Tang Slaves
On the bright blue Mediterranean, a small boat sailed towards the Canaan lowlands in a gentle breeze. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This land, according to legend, was the Promised Land given by God to the Jews.
Since the two nations of the Jews, Israel and Judea, which had been divided between the north and the south, were destroyed by the Assyrians and then by the Barhbians. The Jews, whose country was ruined, became slaves of the Assyrians and then the Babylonians.
The Jews were destroyed by Assyria in 586 B.C. and then by the Parumbias in 722 B.C.
The capital of the Jewish kingdom was conquered by the Babylonians, who then took most of the Jews into slavery in Babylon. Sixty years later, when the Persian Empire conquered Babylon, Cyrus ordered the release of the Jews imprisoned in Babylon, and the Jews returned to Jerusalem.
Since then, expeditionary armies from ancient Greece and Rome have come here. Centuries of brutal rule were carried out, and the Jews were slaughtered like fish.
In 66 A.D., the Jews rebelled against the plundering and taxation of the Roman Empire, and launched a large-scale uprising, known as the "Jewish War". The war lasted 4 years. In 70 C.E., the Roman army captured the city of Jerusalem, drowning the entire city in a pool of blood.
1.1 million people were killed and 97,000 were sold into slavery.
After the defeat of the Jewish War, large numbers of Jews were forced to leave their homeland and have been scattered around the world ever since.
In the 7th century AD, the armies of the Arab Empire arrived here, and the Canaan lowlands fell under the rule of the Arab Empire. It was originally a place of reproduction promised by God, but because it had no master, it was gradually occupied by foreigners.
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At this time, the timeline is 947 A.D., the overlord of the Middle East is the Fatimid Dynasty, and the Chinese history calls the 'Green Eclipse' to the east of it, entrenched in the territory of the 'Black Food' including Persia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, there is also an Arab regime, known as the 'White Clothes and Great Food' in China's history, and the 'Caliphate of Córdoba' in European countries, also known as the 'Western Saracen Empire'......
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After seven days at sea, Jiang Ning and Elizabeth are finally approaching the destination of this trip.
Jiangning: The place they chose to land was Yopa! This is the Greek name, and the Jews call this good port Jaffa, or Tel Aviv in later generations.
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After stepping off the boat and keeping his feet on the ground, Jiang Ning looked up at the dock environment.
As a well-known port since ancient times, Tel Aviv is a thriving maritime trade. On the wharf, merchant ships are moored everywhere, and people are buzzing on the shore, people come and go, constantly moving and unloading goods.
As a foreigner, Jiang Ning and Elizabeth's appearance is too unusual among the faces that are mostly Arabs. Putting on the wide hood, Jiang Ning pulled Elizabeth into the city.
After entering the city, Jiang Ning was ready to find a hotel to settle in, and the sea voyage for seven days made life a little boring. But Elizabeth, who accompanied her, did not feel that it was probably the first voyage, and Elizabeth was very energetic along the way. Every day, I either do sports with Jiang Ning, or look at the bright Mediterranean scenery.
Now in the Middle East, Elizabeth seems to be in high spirits again.
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Early the next morning, Jiang Ning was forcibly dragged up by Elizabeth and dragged him to play in the city.
Jiang Ning was completely uninterested in this, what was there to appreciate about the ancient dilapidated houses? The food, drink, clothing, and use are all not as modern as modern, and I really don't understand where there is worth hanging out.
Because of carrying an oil bottle, Jiang Ning's pace slowed down a lot, and he planned to go around this ancient land more.
In the city, there are many people with European faces, most of whom are merchants.
The merchant is probably the most adventurous person in the world. As long as there are businessmen, they dare to go wherever they want, and they don't care if you are dark-skinned, white-skinned or yellow-skinned. All you care about is business, whether you can make money or not, and everything else doesn't matter.
Although Elizabeth's appearance will not be conspicuous here. But Jiang Ning's appearance can completely arouse people's curiosity. Orientalized soft faces, black hair, and brown eyes that are hard to tell whether they are black or brown. In this foreign land, thousands of miles away from China, it is really curious to suddenly see an oriental face.
Jiang Ning turned a blind eye to these curious eyes.
He understands that this kind of look is changed to any country or nation, when you are growing up surrounded by people with the same skin color, hair color, and eye color as you. You won't be surprised, but when a yellow-haired, blue-eyed white European suddenly appears in your circle of life, you'll probably be so curious that you even look at them like monkeys.
Accompanying Elizabeth to go shopping, Jiang Ning discovered that the city of Tel Aviv was a city where wizards and ordinary people mixed together.
It's just that wizards can tell each other, but ordinary people can't tell whether their neighbors are ordinary people or wizards.
Along the way, Jiang Ning encountered several waves of Arab wizards, and the magic (mana) in the other party's body could not hide from Jiang Ning's eyes at all. And the vast magic hidden in Jiang Ning's body can't hide from these Arab wizards. They passed each other, mostly nodding their heads with goodwill.
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Jiang Ning found that these Arab wizards had collected a variety of minerals and plants, which were quite diverse. Moreover, most of them are things that they have not collected.
With the mentality of research and experiments, Jiang Ning naturally bought a batch and left it for future research.
At that moment, there was a sound of scolding and whipping.
Following the prestige, I saw a bearded Arab man wielding a leather whip and constantly whipping and rolling on the ground. While whipping, he kept cursing, and after a few whips, the back of the beaten person suddenly opened his flesh.
The Arabs who watched around were smiling and even cheering.
At this time, from the crowd of onlookers, a group of men, women and children suddenly squeezed out. They stopped the bearded Arab man wielding a leather whip, and a woman tried to say something, but the bearded Arab man paid no heed. Violently pushed the woman away, and then brandished a leather whip, constantly whipping the crowd.
"Please, don't fight anymore."
"Chinese?"
Suddenly hearing a familiar native language in his ears, Jiang Ning pushed away the crowd and stepped forward to check. At this look, his face instantly turned blue!
These ragged and filthy men, women, and children in front of them are clearly Chinese like themselves. They wore heavy shackles, both young and old, which clearly represented the status of slaves!
"Huh!"
The crowd of onlookers only felt a cold silver light flashing; Before I could understand what was going on, I saw the movement of the bearded Arab man who raised the leather whip in his hand, and froze instantly.
And in the center of the scene, there is also an unfamiliar figure.
He wears a large black robe, leather armor and shoulders on his chest, and dark brown leather boots on his feet. In his right hand, he holds a bright silver blade about a meter long.
The crowd was silent at this time, and even the man who was beaten raised his head and looked at Jiang Ning in surprise. At this moment, a breeze struck, and the head of the Arab slave owner, who had froze and did not move, rose to the sky in an instant. Scarlet blood rained down.
It was only at this point that the crowd changed dramatically!
The crowd of onlookers immediately retreated, leaving at least three meters of space for Jiang Ning.
Turning around, the crowd of onlookers immediately stirred and kept retreating. He took off the hood he was wearing on his head, revealing a soft oriental face, and looked at the group of slaves who were surprised and surprised: "Are you all right, why did you fall into this place and become a barbarian slave?" ”
"You... You are..."One of the old men with white hair looked at Jiang Ning in surprise with trembling hands, and only after a while did he say again excitedly: "You are ...... Don? ”
"Tang people? You mean Datang? Jiang Ning asked.
Hearing the word Datang, the old man said excitedly: "That's right, Datang!" Are you from Datang? ”
Jiang Ning had a trace of speculation about the identities of these people: "You guys, are you the descendants of the Anxi Army?" ”