The world once thought that Guangzhou was a wild place and a place of restraint during the Qin and Han dynasties.

And with the excavation of the tomb of the Nanyue King Han, it was clearly slapped in the face.

What kind of wild land is the country of Nanyue!

It is completely a Southeast Asian distribution center!

The high-level painting mirror from the Western Han Dynasty uses three colors: white, turquoise, and red, to draw a gorgeous sword fighting picture on the mirror.

The two men stride and bend down to perform a sword fight, and there are five people standing on either side, and the cage hands stand to watch the sword fight.

And there are several groups of portraits behind it, which are no longer clear, and it can be vaguely seen that there are still a number of people standing with their hands bowed.

The two groups of tasks are filled with wavy patterns, as if this group of people is playing sword fighting in Tianshang.

This is the largest Western Han Dynasty painting round mirror seen in the current domestic archaeological excavations, and it is very lucky, and it is also the most well-preserved.

Its painting style is similar to the silk painting of Changsha Mawangdui No. 1 wood, and it can be inferred that it should have been made by craftsmen imported from the neighboring Changsha country, or purchased directly.

It is not enough to have artworks from the Western Han Dynasty.

As the cleaning of the Western Ear Room progressed, silver jewelry boxes from the Persian region also began to be unearthed, which is typical of the mixed style of the ancient Persian and Alexandrian empires.

The style of jewelry in this Persian region is most likely a valuable commodity that crossed the Indian Ocean through cross-sea trade.

At that time, only the Nanyue Kingdom in the Lingnan region could come into contact with these Central Asian creations.

Perhaps Chang'an also has it, but it can only be obtained through the Eastern Silk Road chiseled by Zhang Qian.

In addition to this, in the west ear chamber, some golden flower bubbles were also found!

The golden flower bubble is a round handicraft made of gold, on which various patterns and pictures are carved.

And this thing is ancient Egyptian craftsmanship!

The golden flower bubbles found in the west ear chamber are all imported products, and the origin is Egypt!

Obviously, this was also obtained through maritime trade, and the Western Han Dynasty was not strong enough to contact Egypt by land.

There is a high probability that these Egyptian craft items were transmitted from Egypt to the Middle East, and then from the Middle East to India, and then from India to Lingnan by ship.

Just like the silk of China, it was also sold to the Roman Empire through merchants in the Western Regions and the Middle East at that time.

This also shows that at that time, the maritime trade of South Vietnam was already very developed, so as to attract maritime merchants in the Indian Ocean!

This is also evidenced.

At the entrance of the west ear chamber, after cleaning out the group of nine small copper tripods, the Guangzhou Archaeological Institute immediately found a boat-patterned copper drum buried under it.

And on this ship-patterned bronze drum, the picture of the sailor going out to fight.

The majestic warships and the sailors stuffed with the warships all tell us that South Vietnam has a huge fleet of sailors!

It's normal to think about it.

Although many ordinary people, when looking at China, have always thought that ancient China did not pay much attention to the ocean.

But in reality it's just an illusion.

It can be said that from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the end of the Ming Dynasty, China's sea ship industry has developed very well, not inferior to other regions in the world in the same period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wu and Yue had already used a large number of boats for water warfare.

Even Wu Yue once did something to conquer the small country of Sishang across the sea.

Although they crossed the sea, they actually only drove along the coastline, using flat-bottomed boats suitable for inland waters.

But it's also a step forward.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty also built a naval training base in Chang'an - Kunming Pool.

Since then, the powerful navy of the Western Han Dynasty has developed step by step and has become an important armed force for unifying the country and defending coastal defense.

According to the Historical Records. The Book of Equalization contains: the first year of Yuan Ding (114 years ago) "is to overhaul the Kunming Pool, and to view the ring." The ship is more than ten zhang high, and the flag is added to it, which is very strong. ”

The sixth volume of "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" also contains: "There are hundreds of Ge boats and Lou ships in Kunming Pond. The building boat is built on the building oar, the Ge boat is built with a spear, the four corners are hanging, the four corners are hanging, the flags are covered, and the sun is burning. ”

Volume 40 of the "Guang Bo Chronicles" also recorded: "There are Gotan boats in Kunming Pond, and there are thunderbolts in Kunming Pond. ”

The Gotan Boat and the Thunderbolt were both warships for military purposes.

From these records, it can be known that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the construction of a large number of warships.

There are hundreds of them alone, and there are hundreds of them each, plus the battleships such as the Gotan boat and the thunder boat, forming a mighty and majestic sailor.

The main building ship, a height of more than ten zhang, the Han Dynasty one zhang about 3.3 meters.

In other words, the height of the building ship in the Western Han Dynasty has reached thirty or forty meters.

It's not a small boat.

And such ships, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built hundreds, plus Ge boats, Ge Tan boats, and thunder boats, it is conservatively estimated that there were thousands of ships in the Western Han Dynasty at that time!

In longitudinal comparison, the scale of the sailors of the Western Han Dynasty at that time may be called the first in the world.

Why did Emperor Wu of Han build such a large fleet?

Isn't it because at that time, the three major vassal states in the south, Donou, Nanyue and Minyue, which did not listen to the propaganda, had a huge advantage in boats.

In order to conquer them, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty naturally had to engage in a large naval army.

In fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's navy did not do a good job, and later made great contributions to reunification.

First of all, in the third year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the Huiji Navy Army went out of the Yangtze River, marched from the sea, floated south, landed in Yongjia, and occupied Don'ou.

Then he sent 100,000 building ships to attack Panyu through the Pearl River system and destroy South Vietnam.

In the end, the sea and land were attacked and Minyue was pacified.

When pacifying these three vassal states, the generals of the Western Han Dynasty all made great contributions.

It can be said that if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had not trained such a naval fleet, it would not have been possible to pacify Sanyue so smoothly.

And the Nanyue Kingdom, which forced Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to train so many naval troops, is obviously not to be underestimated.

This boat-patterned bronze drum is the most direct evidence.

At that time, the South Vietnamese regime was unable to trade through the Silk Road, and was able to obtain handicrafts from Persia and Egypt.

Obviously, there is only one way to do it.

The history of the opening of Guangzhou, a foreign trade port, will also be advanced by nearly a thousand years!

Of course, in addition to these exquisite luxuries, as a nobleman in the Qin and Han dynasties, there is absolutely no shortage of weapons in the tomb of the King of Nanyue.

Before the Han Dynasty, all the nobles were absolutely martial and military aristocrats.

Those who cannot win on the battlefield cannot become nobles.

Even if it is a columnist like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, their various strategies are also to serve the victory of the war and defeat the enemy country!

In this era, it was not popular to dance and write scholars.

It is not popular to have its own golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book.

In this era, it is still a martial artist, a prince and a prince, or a meritorious person who takes fame and fortune immediately, and military merit is everything.

The twentieth rank of the Qin and Han dynasties could only be obtained on the battlefield, and literati who could only read could not obtain the title of marquis of Guannei.

In addition to relatives, if you want to become a liege, you must be a marquis with military merits!

Therefore, all the tombs of nobles before the Han Dynasty must have unearthed weapons in the tombs, and the higher the status, the more weapons were buried in the tombs.

Weapons represent power, that is, conquest!

And in the tomb of the king of Nanyue, there are countless weapons.

Bronze swords, iron swords, ge, halberds, arrows......

In the west ear chamber alone, there are more than 200 weapons of all kinds, the most of which are Ge, halberds and arrows, and there are more than 100 arrows alone...

As a descendant of the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Qin State, it is absolutely indispensable to eat......