Life at sea is quite boring.

Especially more so on ghost ships.

Ordinary passenger ships or cruise ships need to consider food problems, fuel problems, weather problems, consider routes, and also need to avoid other ships.

But ghost ships don't have as many complicated considerations.

It doesn't even need to stock up on food.

Ghosts don't need to eat and drink, so do passengers need to?

The answer is no, once you board the ghost ship, you will be affected by the power of the ghost fleet and become immortal.

The advantage is that there is no need to eat, drink and lazar, and a large part of the food cost is omitted.

The downside is that this ghostly curse will cause one's own perception to decrease, the sense of touch will be greatly weakened, and the physical vitality will be greatly reduced.

Ordinary wounds can be scabbed over in one day and heal in three days, but in ghost ships it takes several times longer.

It can be said that ghost ships are not suitable for carrying all kinds of living creatures in the first place.

Even if there is cold storage, once the live creatures such as fresh food are transported for a time, even if they are only put for a day, they are no different from dead fish and shrimp that have been put for seven or eight days, but all dead creatures will quickly decay, leaving only bone racks.

Some people may wonder what would happen if they died on a ghost ship?

There are two kinds of outcomes.

One is to throw it into the sea to feed the fish, and the soul can be liberated into samsara;

The other is to become a ghost and watch your body rot and your soul become a member of the ghost fleet.

It's not uncommon to have had this kind of experience in the past, and there are probably five or six people in this fleet who have ended up like this.

One of them rolled over and fell down while sleeping and broke his neck; One was a binge eater who killed himself on a ghost ship, but it was very slow to digest; One was drinking with the ghost pirates, and as a result, he drank himself to death from alcoholism; There is also one of the most unique, listening to a joke told by Captain Ghost, he laughed himself to death...... Later, Captain Edward sealed the joke and never said it a second time, so two hundred years later, no one knew what the joke was.

It is precisely because there is nothing on the ghost ship, but there are no entertainment activities related to bodily functions, there is no appetite for tongues, at most is to drink some wine, and most of that wine is poured into death by ghost sailors, and passengers will most likely explode their bladders if they drink like this.

It is rumored that a newlywed couple once got on a ghost ship and wanted to take a boat to a foreign country for a vacation, but after getting off the boat, the two went through the divorce procedures at the speed of light, because the vitality was suppressed, which led to the rapid cooling of the relationship between the two, and even the piston movement of the great harmony of life was completely absent, and there was no worldly desire, so the flash divorced.

Therefore, when high-end cruise ships cross the sea, there will be all kinds of celebrity escorts, but there are no here.

Even if there is a super-good-looking girl standing next to you, flirting with you in every way, you will probably not be interested at all, just like a cat after being egged.

That's how it should be......

Bai Yu couldn't help but look at the Holy Maiden on the side, she really didn't understand why she could still maintain so much vitality despite the ghostly cursed debuff.

Although he was not affected much, he could clearly feel that he was being debuffed by an EMO.

Even standing on the deck and blowing the wind can blow a 45-degree angle of melancholy, just thinking about the emotion, 'Today's wind is very noisy'.

In contrast, Cortilia seemed to be completely unaffected, and her emotions remained quite intense all the way, even if she didn't eat or drink, she was still full of vitality, and she squatted beside him for more than ten hours a day.

This young lady is in her twenties, and she has slept for three years, how does she feel as if she has rejuvenated?

Or has the nature of the orc mother begun to awaken?

Although Bai Yu was slanderous in his heart, he did not show impatience.

It turns out that if someone is full of vitality but annoying, then there are two most likely reasons, one is that this person is completely KY; The second is that the other party is ugly.

If you are good-looking and have enough emotional intelligence, then this kind of current person must have a wide range of friends and be a social expert.

Cortilia's appearance is outstanding, and her speech is good, and these two points alone are enough for Bai Yu to not get bored listening to her nagging.

He preferred to be a listener, listening to Cortilia talk about the many customs and changes of the times in the Roman Empire.

The Rome that Bai Yu knows is the Rome of 500 years ago.

Five hundred years, the Ming Dynasty is less than three hundred years.

It is surprising that Rome has survived to the present.

However, the history that the people of this world know is not the type that will be divided for a long time, and long-term peace and stability is the basic.

It's like Great Xia.

Several changes of power have taken place internally, and the time span is quite long.

The same is true in the West, although in the past five hundred years, Rome has also experienced a period of one or two hundred years of division, becoming the East and the West, but it was reunited more than a hundred years ago.

The main reason why Europe has not been able to unify for so many centuries is that the places are too big, there are too many forces, and there is a-stirring stick that likes to engage in offshore balancing...... And these conditions do not exist in Rome, the reason why it can become the only powerful empire in the West, above the United Kingdom such as Midwinter, and other principalities, is because of the miracle of God, which cleared the way for unification, and on the other hand, the founding emperor is a real fierce man from heaven.

The former unified language and faith, and created the Holy Church, a religious organization that integrates supernatural powers; The latter, with their extraordinary military prowess, fought from south to north in just over a decade, from the warm coasts of Iberia to the cold valleys of the East European Plain, from the fortified fortresses on the banks of the Elbe to the rich merchant towns of the Apennine Peninsula, either becoming Roman territory or subservient to Rome.

No one in history has ever relied on such outstanding and huge military talents to build an unprecedentedly powerful empire, but the founding emperor of Rome was an exception, so he was given the supreme right in the citizens' assembly, became the first consul of Rome, and was crowned emperor just seven years later, completely abolished the Roman senate, changed the republic to the imperial system, changed the title of 'Augustus' into his own surname, and created a constitution, breaking the monopoly of feudal lords, and opening the era of constitutional monarchy.

This happened 800 years ago.

The Roman Empire has been in power for more than 800 years, and its rule is still impregnable and unchallenged, so there is no doubt that its rule will last for more than a thousand years.

In the opinion of a political economist, this is indeed a very strange thing, because the history of most countries cannot last for many reasons, but in the end, it is the economic base that determines the superstructure, and the change of productive forces brings about changes in the relations of production.

The historical change in the East is because of the annexation of land, the rise of wealthy families, the family does not pay taxes, the court cannot collect taxes, and finally dies due to internal and external troubles, and then someone comes to power, collects the land, distributes it, and reshuffles the cards; The West is comparable to the Warring States, with a large number of princes, and there has never been a great unification, and it is called a chaos when it starts, and there are too many reasons for the war to be repeated in detail.

The Roman Empire, an eight-hundred-year-old powerful empire, made Bai Yu really curious, so he couldn't help but ask Cortilia a few more questions.

Men, they like to be political.

In his opinion, Rome was already a hegemonic power in the West.

There has never been a shortage of regional hegemony in history, but most of them cannot last long, and they will inevitably collapse for various reasons; It's like the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, most of them are rotten internally.

The real hegemony only appeared in the real sense after the rise of sea power, take the British as an example, the reason why it can drag France and Napoleon to death is because it is too rich, and there is a very strong fleet, as long as the fleet is still there, the world trade system dominated by the British will continue to plunder the world's wealth for its own use, and then find a fool on the European continent to block the bullet for him, but someone will definitely do this business, because there is too much to give.

But there is no such thing as maritime hegemony in this world.

If it is unable to plunder foreign wealth, how will Rome feed the bellies of the people at home and solve the problem of class solidification?

Even the Roman Empire of B.C., which Bai Yu knew, relied on the slave trade to fill the needs of its citizens, and once its conquest exceeded its administrative capacity, and the plundered wealth and slaves were not enough, the unprecedentedly powerful Roman Empire was not far from collapse.

After hearing Bai Yu's question, Cortilia's eyes flickered, and she was a little surprised: "I really didn't expect you to have such a profound study of society, politics and history...... What else would you not have? ”

"I'm also the first in the literary exam." Bai Yu waved his hand: "Let's talk about the point, how did Rome do it?" Could it be that it is also the same as the shogunate, the wool of the shadow world? But doesn't the Western film world exist in the form of a 'dungeon'? ”

Cortilia straightened her back: "You asked me this high-achieving student who graduated from the Royal Academy is the right person, even ordinary nobles will not study history too thoroughly, as far as I know, Rome has spent hundreds of years and many years to solve this problem, and it has gone through three stages. ”

She raised her index finger: "The first stage, which is the simplest and most sloppy, when the Roman Empire was just being created, and the territory of the country was huge, but it was difficult to govern, and there were a large number of subhuman races...... So the first stage is slavery, where subhuman populations are captured as part of wealth, and wealth is created by exploiting slaves. ”

Bai Yu subconsciously thought of Elyse, and said: "But this method can't last, it will last for decades at most, and after the slaves are captured, they naturally can't continue, and the subhuman population can't be slaves forever." ”

"Yes, with the implementation and implementation of a series of laws such as the Racial Protection Law and the Declaration on the Rights of Subraces, it took three generations of emperors two hundred years to completely abolish slavery, and at this time it entered the second stage......" Cortilia raised a second finger: "I call it, the period of division...... At that time, Rome could be said to be in a precarious situation, the empire was divided, and two Roman empires, the east and the west, each gathered allies, fought against each other, and fought against each other, which lasted only one hundred and fifty years. ”

"It is feasible to divert contradictions through war, but it will also greatly consume national strength." Bai Yu shook his head: "It's not a one-and-done solution, but it's easy to further cause a bigger split." ”

It's just a little bit of a breath, but it's good to be able to survive.

Isn't that the case with Da Song?

Although it was very pulled, it was also a good one to kill Jin Liao.

"No, in fact, this civil war consumed the foundation of the Roman Empire for hundreds of years, but in the end the East and West Rome were merged...... Because of the division for too long, the bloodlines of Augustus in the east and west have been very different, and two hundred years ago, one of the crown princes of each side accidentally went to the people, and for a period of time together, they studied in the same swordsmanship hall. Cortilia narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"I smell dog blood, don't tell me, these two are exactly a man and a woman."

"Yes, that's it!" Cortilia clapped her hands: "After all kinds of incidents, these two became emperors of the Eastern and Western Empires, inherited the throne, and then tied the knot, once ruled Rome for nearly thirty years, and then Rome was reunified after a few decades, isn't it amazing?" ”

Bai Yu interrupted: "Regardless of love or not, could the civil strife in the Roman Empire be quelled so easily?" ”

Cortilia shook her head: "The greatest achievement of these two emperors, and the most talked about, is that in addition to their great feat of peaceful union, there is one more ...... That's the crystallization of their love. ”

"Perhaps the latter is not less important than the former."

Bai Yu: "The crystallization of love? Isn't that a child? ”

"You're right! This heir, who inherited the blood of the two emperors, is the orthodoxy of orthodoxy, and he is the second most important Augustus in history after the founding emperor, and his greatest feat is that he created the 'world net'. Cortilia sighed: "You can't imagine what a great invention it was in that era." ”

Bai Yu raised his eyebrows, he seemed to be starting to get closer to the core of the truth, could it be that Rome's way of solving problems, like that of Great Xia, was also developed through science and technology?

He opened his eyes: "You also surf the Internet?" ”

"Of course." Cortilia said with her head held high.

Bai Yu asked again: "Then do you know this?" ”

He took out his phone and shook it in front of the other party's eyes.

Cortilia shook her head and said, "When we use the world network, we don't need this, ordinary citizens need to borrow magic instruments, but the transcendent don't need it, we use this." ”

She spread out her palms, and a curtain of light floated in her palms.

【Linking to the World Network ......】

[Failed...... Unable to receive signal】

Bai Yu: "......"

It's broken.

Is the technology in the West not the Hextech technology?!

(End of chapter)

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