Chapter 830: Spreading Quickly
The mighty fleet was led by a royal flagship, followed by more than twenty powerful warships. The Tang people greeted the elves from the New World with an extremely grand ceremony. Unprecedented specifications quickly spread throughout the West at a very short speed. Everyone knows that the elves, who came from the New World and have always been in the midst of legends, have come to the West. At this moment, the elf was accepting the invitation of the Tang people to visit their homeland.
The Tang people's over-spec welcome couldn't hide it from everyone at all, or the Tang people didn't intend to hide it at all. In the land of the four directions, after hearing the news of the elves, the merchant ships of all parties, even the envoys of various countries, all took ships to Tangtu. All of them wanted to see the elves with their own eyes and see if they were really as the sailors who had been to the land of the elves had said.
The Mediterranean Sea is completely lively, and every day there are many large and small ships, rushing to the Mediterranean Sea in the wind and waves, galloping in various seas. The Mediterranean trade circle, which had been somewhat sluggish due to the discovery of the New World, has once again been restored to the spectacular scene of hundreds of years ago. And the already prosperous Suez Canal trade has become more lively again.
The Suez Canal, in the modern 21st century, remains the busiest shipping route in the world. In ancient times, the role of the Suez Canal was unimaginable.
Every year, the vast quantities of goods transported back from all over the Orient brought back immeasurable wealth. This prosperous canal has benefited many regions and countries, and then prospered. Tea, silk and porcelain from the Ming Kingdom of the East, precious stones from India, iron, ivory, leather from Persian carpets, slave girls and spices from the East Indies, silver from Japan, and so on...... Busy routes, together formed into a flowing golden prosperity route.
The Tang people controlled the canals and the vast area of Egypt, and after hundreds of years of continuous migration, there are now millions of Tang people living in the upper and lower Egyptian areas. And other ethnic minorities such as the Great Cannibal have been continuously expelled by the Tang people for hundreds of years. Either in the direction of Asia, or towards the southern tip of Africa. The current Tang people are also a powerful empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.
On the surface, no one can see the slightest decline in the Tang people, but people of insight can see the crisis hidden in the shadows. The discovery of the New World and the gradual rise of European countries will challenge the hegemony of the Tang people round after round!
With the graceful white ships, following closely behind the Tang fleet, they headed for the homeland. Along the way, the Tang people showed great swagger, spreading their meaning of hiding in the shadows to the Western world through the actions of welcoming the elves.
When the large fleet entered the harbor, they stepped off the deck and returned to Eswell, where they found that the port city by the sea was already crowded with people watching the excitement.
"Mr. Eswell, please!"
Eswell nodded slightly, and at the arrangement of the royal officials, boarded a carriage, which was then escorted by a group of cavalry to the capital of the Tang people in the inland region.
"A prosperous land and equally wealthy inhabitants!"
Acewell lifted the corner of the curtain of the carriage and looked out through the glass, and he was greeted by a clean and tidy city. The streets are very clean, the city is very beautifully planned, and the interior of the city is planted with trees and farmers at intervals. Because of the special geographical location, it is very comfortable and pleasant all year round.
At this moment, it is a warm spring day, and butterflies are gathered in the flower beds of the city. They have long been accustomed to the crowd, and have become no longer afraid, and are busy flying to the flower beds one after another. On both sides of the wide city roads, crowds of onlookers gathered, and there were no soldiers around him, except for a well-equipped cavalry escorting him. The crowd of onlookers stood consciously on both sides of the street, looking at the corner of the window where his face was revealed with curious eyes.
They were dressed in clean and neat clothes, and both men and women had long hair. The woman tied her black hair into a variety of beautiful hairstyles. And men's hair, most of the styles are the same, they will use a thing at the top of the hair to fix it, and they will use a hosta to keep it unmessy.
The wide robe and large sleeves, and the different dress, made Acewell very impressed. At first sight, he fell in love with this chic dress, and he secretly thought that this was a citizen of an excellent civilized country.
When the carriage drove out of the city, Eswell saw the endless countryside and the manors of various sizes standing in the middle of the countryside. Seeing a huge number of livestock, the man drove the bull to work in the field. Children gather in herds and bounce around the fields, while women feed various animals kept in their enclosures on the railings.
In addition, there is another point, which is that both men and women have the habit of wearing swords at their waists!
"This is a people with martial habits, very similar to us." Eswell nodded secretly, the elves still retain the habit of martial arts, and it has long been a tradition for both men and women to wear weapons. Now, in a foreign land of human beings, he once again saw a people who maintained the habit of sanity and martial arts.
In the books of the shipwrecked captain Li Donglin, Acewell learned a part of the history of the Tang people through reading. Knowing their past history, they also know that they were defeated and captured because of a war, and they were slaves for hundreds of years under alien rule. Until they were rescued by the first monarch, under the leadership of this legendary monarch, not only freed their compatriots who had been reduced to slavery, but also took revenge on the aliens under his leadership. And not far away, he crossed the vast desert, and pressed the alien race that enslaved him in the past under his body. He crossed the sea and found a new piece of land, and then he had the country he is today.
Eswell read the history and combined it with what he saw in front of him, and came to a conclusion and gave a pertinent comment.
"In the midst of the danger of being surrounded by aliens, maintaining one's own martial habits is undoubtedly an effective means of protection. And this has been proven over time. ”
Along the way, Eswell watched the Tang people and their lands, and as he learned about it, he learned that this was a powerful and rich country with a population far greater than most of the countries on the continent. It is also a country with a large territory, and it is also a powerful country with many territories in the ocean.
It is an excellent civilization that is rich and powerful, and deserves awe-inspiring respect!
Along the way, Eswell saw a lot of things that he had never seen before, and also realized some things through general observation. He experienced one prosperous inland city after another, saw one fine estate and field after another in the suburbs, and saw a large number of workers busy repairing canals, roads and bridges. In addition, he saw a natural environment with an uninhabited land and a large area of unspoiled forest.
Later, Acewell learned that even though the Tang people's population was far larger than that of any other country on the continent, most of his vast land was still undeveloped. Still in an abandoned and pristine state, it is a paradise for wild animals. Except in densely populated areas, animals are afraid to approach, and in the open wilderness, there are many animals. These include large carnivorous movements, as well as some herds of wild horses, bison and other poultry that have gone missing and degenerated into fauna.
He wrote down what he saw and heard along the way, and he wanted to continue to travel to all the places in this country and other countries, record what he saw and heard, and comment on it. Then, they were compiled into a book and brought back to their kingdom to be examined by the noble councils.
After several days of driving on the wide and neat avenue, the carriage finally came to the capital of the Tang people.