The most noteworthy thing about the Old World is this. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info other small news William just glanced at it casually, and then ran away.

It doesn't matter. Supporters, sympathizers, and even those who want to emulate the Visigoths appeared in the empire.

However, William felt that these guys had no chance of success anytime soon. Because the contradictions in the territory of the Ostrogothic Empire had not yet accumulated to that extent. Without the support of the people at the bottom, it is completely unthinkable to make a decent revolution.

In addition to this, the Lombards were even worse in the twilight after the defeat. Some guys took the opportunity to write in the hope that the Herefords, Russia, and the Gothic Empire would open a second battlefield.

If you take advantage of this opportunity to conquer Lombardy, you will not only be able to expand your territory, but it will also be useful in military strategy. The Empire's control of the azure seas will reach new heights.

And nationalistly. Although the Lombards were a little cowardly, they were also Goths. Bringing them under the control of the empire was likewise part of the great revival of the Gothic nation.

And then in terms of industry and economics.

Although Lombardy has completely lost its status as the industrial and commercial center of the Old World. But there's still a foundation there. After the successful annexation of Lombardy by the Russian-Gothic Empire, it was only natural that light industry and commercial trade would be restored.

A large number of industrial workers, as well as a large number of resources, as well as ready-made managers and talents, would make the Russian-Gothic Empire even stronger.

This proposal made William somewhat moved. But after a little thought, William reluctantly put the proposal on hold.

A little early, or, although, at the moment, Lombardy is on the edge of the politics of the Old Continent. It's still a little way from the storm that is about to start in the Old World.

It is even said that when the other nobles of the Old World were in a panic, the Lombards were somewhat gloating, or drunken and dreaming of death.

With the snow of the Alps, and their best - or at least they think they are very powerful. Actually, it's really powerful, but it's not as powerful as they think the Mediterranean Navy is. The Lombards considered themselves impregnable in their defenses.

No one can break into the Lombardy, not even the crazy, self-proclaimed revolutionaries.

However, William understood, and William deeply understood how powerful these Visigoths really were. These guys are so powerful that it's unimaginable. Even the defenses of the Lombardy Peninsula could not stop them.

That is, as soon as the Lombardy peninsula is obtained, it will soon be faced with his enemies, that is, the bastard revolutionaries. William will have to face them in advance. It even took a lot of effort to fight them, if William didn't want to be disgraced in Lombardy. Then he'd better not do it.

"That's basically it. Mmmmmm It's exciting to think about whether there will be any heroes like Napoleon this time. William thought so in his heart, and he felt pleasant in addition to being happy.

In this way, the news of the Old World came to an end for the time being, and then there was the imminent thing that would soon be confronted - that is, the bastards, Zoroaster, India, the Indidaceae, the legendary Land of the Rising Sun.

William wants to put all of this under his control, conquer everything, and build a vast empire like no other in the world.

At that time, William can kill whoever he wants very happily, and he will have to die whoever he wants.

But only if he can conquer it all.

Therefore, for the sake of William's great conquest, intelligence work and intelligence analysis are indispensable.

William thought to himself, "In other words, those guys are very bastards who want to do that......"

The first thing that catches your eye is a small person - of course, now to say that he is a small person can only be evaluated by a strong man like William. No one in the area dared to underestimate him. Underestimate the Shah of the Afshar dynasty, Nadir Shah, a fine, outstanding, and at the same time a powerful warrior, commander and devout Crescentist.

This former careerist has fulfilled his goals and aspirations in life - at least in part.

Although he did not become a great ruler who ruled the whole world.

Even the Zoroastrian Empire, where he lived, was not able to unify - the more important and richer central and eastern parts of the empire, as well as the most important port of the empire, Abadan, the most important grain-producing regions of the empire, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, and the Caspian Sea.

All of these regions were controlled by the Russian-Gothic Empire. And the Zoroastrians and Crescentists living in these areas, although very unhappy, were helpless. They simply simply did not have enough strength to deal with such a behemoth as the Russian-Gothic Empire.

Moreover, in fact, not everyone was disgusted by the rule of the Russian-Gothic Empire. On the contrary, many people were very happy with the relatively modern rule of the Russian-Gothic Empire, the more modern economy and policies, and the way of life. This way of life makes them feel very good. In particular, the Russian-Gothic Empire's policy of suppressing the aristocracy, wealthy merchants, and large landowners benefited the middle and lower classes of the people.

These people rightfully became supporters of the Empire.

For the Zoroastrians, they don't really care who rules them.

It has been said before that the historical process of human society.

From primitive tribes to slave city-states, then from city-states to feudal kingdoms, then from feudal kingdoms to centralized empires, and then to modern states.

This should be regarded as the most correct line for the development of human society.

It's just that in practice, there are certain problems with this development route. Some peoples have either skipped some of these stages and have made the transition to certain stages - as if these people are now five or six in Europe.

Their ancestors had hardly lived through the era of slave city-states, but had made the transition directly from the primitive tribal system to the feudal kingdom - largely because of the presence of Rome. These countries were influenced by the institutions of the Roman Empire, so they crossed this era.

And the Roman Empire was the same. He first went from a slave city-state, jumped over the feudal kingdom, and turned into an empire in one fell swoop.

However, for hundreds of years after the establishment of the Romans, they still ruled the country with the idea of a "city-state". They used almost everything outside of Rome as a place of oppression for what they wanted. The situation did not improve even by the time of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Byzantines used almost all their strength to support Constantinople, the most brilliant eternal city in the West in the Middle Ages. But almost all of the empire's wealth and power were concentrated there, and the frontier provinces were barren and powerless.

This top-heavy state has always been a chronic disease of the Roman Empire.

And the same problem arose with the Persians.

The huge empire of the Persians appeared earlier than the Roman Empire and also predated the Qin Dynasty. However, the empire of the Persians was likewise not a reasonable state that conformed to the historical cycle.

It was closer to a large Greece - because Persia was a federation of city-states and tribes. A large number of city-states, a large number of provincial governors, and a large number of tribes made up the empire. They publicly recommended one of the strongest city-states - either Parthia, or Sasanian, or something else to be their leader.

It was as if Xerxes were on his expedition to the west, when the Persian army was bloated and varied.

On the part of the Persian Empire, the soldiers who participated in this expedition came from 46 countries and more than 100 nationalities that had submitted to Persia. There were Persians and Medes wearing colorful gowns and scaly armor and carrying short swords and spears, Assyrians wearing bronze helmets and carrying flax shields and sticks, Parthians and Khorezmians who used bows and axes as their main weapons, Indians wearing robes, Arabs wearing tight cloaks and a long bow on their right shoulders, Ethiopians wearing leopard or lion skins and red and white bodies, and their weapons were bows made of palm trees. Arrowheads made of flint and antelope fox skins, Thracians in bright red cloaks with javelins and shields in their hands, and Caucasian soldiers with cow ears on their hats and helmets holding leather shields and short spears. The Persian army was so large in personnel and so varied in weaponry that it was a great exhibition of armies and armaments.

This city-state-tribal union empire, though large, had a very bad centripetal force. Even worse than the centripetal force of feudalism.

With the slightest disturbance, the city-states and tribes below will be in chaos, and then they will not hesitate to abandon their original leaders. Turning to their new bosses.

Like the war between Macedonia and the Persian Empire. Against Alexander's small but sturdy army, almost all of Persia's allies were overwhelmed by the army. Their will to fight was even worse than that of the Greek mercenaries.

So, to sum up, there is only one thing that I want to show in the end, and that is that the Persians built a very, very large empire in ancient times. However, these empires were actually cobbled together. The degree of centralization is very low. There is no comparison with the centralized empire of ancient China, not even ancient Rome.

In fact, China is the only country that has survived the entire cycle of social development.

The primitive tribes of the Yanhuang period, the tribal alliance of Yao Shunyu Tang, the slave city-state of the **** era, the feudalism of Zhou, and then the unified centralization of the Qin Dynasty-

Marx's evaluation of Chinese civilization as a precocious civilization is completely true. China's social development is unimaginably fast. When the ancestors of European civilization were still immersed in the tribal era, China had already come to a centralized system.

By the time the Europeans entered the feudal era, China's centralized system had been perfected. It is completely unimaginable that there is such a terrible people in this world.