6. St. Buluo Port (I)
Sixth, the Holy Piercing Port
The Great Wall approached the western continent, and along the way, you could see some ships passing in front of you, most of these ships were only wooden ships of several hundred tons, occasionally a few wooden ships of 1,000 tons, and one or two wooden ships of 2,000 tons. Sun Tiejian stood beside Han Wenzheng and said, "Father, it seems that the navigation level of the Western Continent is still at the level of the Middle Ages. "Yes, but I wonder if they themselves have neglected the sea or because there are powerful sea tribes in the ocean that make it impossible for them to develop the ocean?" "I think maybe both, but I think it's the latter, after all, there is endless wealth in the ocean, and it is human nature to pursue profit, and if it were not for the containment of the sea tribe, their navigation level should be higher." Sun Tiejian sighed and said that no matter what race it is, there will always be a fear of the unknown.
The huge body of the Great Wall intercepted a two-thousand-ton wooden ship, and when they saw the Great Wall, all the crew members of the wooden ship were almost scared to death, in their opinion, the Great Wall was not a ship, but a monster, a monster that could swallow them even with their belts, so they lowered the sails and stopped, in front of this monster-like ship that was too fast to speak, it was useless to run away and resist, at least, they thought so.
It's just that when they heard that the other party was just inviting their captain to come on board to chat, and then saw that the other party did not attack, their hearts were much more settled. So, their captain Cahal boarded the Great Wall under the leadership of a Yanhuang tribesman.
As soon as Cajal got on the ship, he didn't stop to let out all kinds of admiration, there were so many things on the Great Wall that he praised, the perfect shape, the hull made of pure steel, the special drive system that does not use wind power as power, etc., all of which made him full of praise, and the spacious and bright cabin made him even more amazed, in short, he had not spoken as much praise as he did today in the more than seventy years of his life, of course, it is better to shoot a little sycophant than not to shoot at all.
Han Wen was receiving Cajal in the lobby, and as soon as he saw him, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Meet Your Excellency, the Great Captain." "Please get up, please sit, please have tea." Han Wenzheng smiled and asked him to get up, and invited him to tea, he didn't want to frighten the other party, he just wanted to know about the situation on the Western Continent.
Cajal sat carefully on the other side of the table with a little fear, half of his butt dangling, not daring to sit honestly. Of course, he knew that the person who could own such a ship that surpassed all the shipbuilding techniques on the Western Continent was an absolute magnate, but he didn't know where Lu Dao came from.
Han Wenzheng said: "Mr. Captain, I came from the distant East Continent, and the purpose of my visit is to trade, but we came to the West Continent for the first time, and we don't know the situation in the West Continent, so I want to ask you about the situation, and we don't have any malicious intent." When Cahal heard this, his heart was much calmer, but as soon as he heard that the other party had come from the Eastern Continent, his surprise was even greater, and he exclaimed: "Great God of Light, you have actually come from the Eastern Continent, so far away, Your Excellency the Great Captain, how long have you been on the road?" "We have been walking for three years. "It's so far away, Captain left, and I really admire you for being able to come from such a distant place. Cahar stood up and bowed to Han Wenzheng and said, "Your Excellency, if you want to know anything about the Dao, as long as I know the Dao, I will tell you." "Thank you, Mr. Captain. I would like to know some of the conditions in the Western Continent, such as race, country, religion, power, etc., and what are the special taboos that facilitate our trade on the Western Continent. ”
"In the western continent, there are only two races, one is white skin, all kinds of hair and eye color, and the body is relatively tall, they call it Caucasian, just like me, a Caucasian," Cahar said. And the other is black all over, like a piece of black coal, and they are black. There are probably more than 280 billion Caucasians and more than 150 billion black people. ”
Han Wenzheng asked: "I know the race, so may I ask, is there a race like me with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes?" "It seems that there is not, but I heard that there are some people like Your Excellency at the northern tip of the continent, we call them barbarians, and I don't know the specifics, barbarians are quite closed, they do not interact with other races, so there is not much knowledge about barbarians in the whole continent. "Okay, what about the country?"
Cahal said: "The Caucasian race has nine empires, more than 100 kingdoms, and more than 10,000 principalities. "Wait, what are empires, kingdoms, and principalities?" "The area of the empire is very large, and the strength is also very strong, the emperor of the empire is called the emperor, and the area of the empire is more than 10 billion square kilometers, and the population reaches billions, or even tens of billions. The king of the kingdom is called the king, the area is generally about 100 million square kilometers, and the population is 100 million or even hundreds of millions, while the principality is different in size, some have tens of millions of square kilometers, some are only a few million square kilometers, and the population is as many as tens of millions, and some are only hundreds of thousands, and the head of the principality is called the duke. "It's very clear, please continue. ”
Cajal went on to say: "The total area of territory controlled by the Caucasians is more than 300 billion square kilometers. The main areas are in the central and northern parts of the continent. The black race has seven empires, more than 80 kingdoms, more than 6,000 principalities, and the total territory under their control is about 250 billion square kilometers. ”
Han Wenzheng asked: "What is the relationship between the white race and the black race?" "What else can it be?" It is very bad, there are often wars, the white race believes in the god of light, while the black race believes in the god of darkness, and the two often break out in the temple, and the number of people who die in a war is hundreds of millions of dollars, and sometimes, a war is a year or two, and there are many countries that participate, and countless people die on the battlefield. Han Wenzheng knew it in his heart, it seems that the religious dispute on the Western Continent is very fierce, and it is also a good thing for the Yanhuang clan.
Cahar took a sip of tea, just drank it, he was immediately conquered by the tea, fragrant, the taste is very special, much better than those bitter bean soups, his eyes lit up, and he took a big sip again, Han Wenzheng saw it in his eyes, but he smiled in his heart, it seems that the tea of the Yanhuang tribe is really the best product to conquer foreigners.
Han Wenzheng asked: "What is the society like in the human race? After the emperor, what is the rank?" "Under the emperor of the empire are the nobles, and the nobles are divided into princes, dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons, Quasi-duke and other nobles, among them, the bridle-de-lord has no fief, can only be regarded as a quasi-noble, and the baron and above have fiefs, and can have their own private army, a grand duke can have millions of square kilometers of fiefdom, and can also have a private army of about 100,000 people, the strength is very strong, and on the Western Continent, there are many principalities formed by the duke himself after independence. As for the nobles, there were commoners, who only owned some land and some assets, and they were basically self-sufficient. Commoners are slaves, slaves are a kind of people who have nothing, they come from many sources, there are prisoners from war, there are commoners from the nobles who owe money, there are many civilians from enemy countries and their own civilians who have been robbed by the army, etc., as well as foreigners, etc., in short, the number of slaves is very, very large, at least more than half of the entire population. Slave owners had the power to kill their slaves. ”
Han Wenzheng understood, it is really a backward social form, slavery, a social form that has been extinct on the earth for two thousand years, but it is still very prevalent on the Western Continent, which is also a product of the respect for martial arts on the Western Continent, after all, there is no security society without force, and when the law cannot punish the strong, it is a matter of course that slavery prevails. From this point of view, the social civilization on the Western Continent is not as high as it was then, but I don't know what is going on in other aspects of the Dao.
Qiushui asked, "Are there any other races on the Western Continent?" "Yes, beautiful and noble lady, there are several big races on the Western Continent. The first is the orc race in the north of the Western Continent. The territory of the orc race is in the north of the Western Continent, occupying about 200 billion square kilometers of territory there, and the number is also very large, at least more than 100 billion, or even more, but the orc race has never counted it, so there is no accurate number. The orc race is a kind of sub-human who looks like a human but does not completely look like a human, and their body still retains some of the characteristics of beasts, so they are called orcs, and their race is also very complex, including pigmen, fox people, werewolves, centaurs, minotaurs, trolls, Beamons, dog people, Cat people and so on, divided into tribes, they believe in the beast god, the strength is very strong, every year to attack the territory of the Caucasians, rob all kinds of materials, the north where the orcs live is relatively cold, all kinds of materials are not very high, so, they are very poor. "There really is such a race as orcs. Han Wenzheng looked at Qiushui with a little puzzlement, and in his mind, orcs were just fantasies in novels.
Qiu Shui explained with a smile: "Husband, the orcs are not just a fantasy in a novel, but a race that actually exists, strictly speaking, they are still a branch of the divine beast clan in the Seven Holy Clans of the Open Heaven, but the bloodline is already very weak, and the beast god they believe in should be a member of the Heavenly Divine Beast Realm." Qiushui spoke Chinese, and of course Cahal couldn't understand it.
Han Wenzheng understood, turned his head and asked, "Then what other powerful races?" The dragon clan, the most powerful race on the Western Continent, is just that their number is not much, and it is only a few million, but the strength of each adult dragon is above the saint level, and the number of god-level dragons in the dragon clan is not less than one million, so the strength of the dragon clan is very strong, even the Temple of Light and the Temple of Darkness do not dare to provoke the dragon clan easily, and the dragon clan alone occupies a huge island in the middle of the sea, they call themselves Dragon Island, and they have rarely interfered in the affairs of the Western Continent, but there are also some dragons who come to the mainland to play, as if a terrible black dragon lives on an island northwest of the northern Shengbu Port, and there are also some powerful humans on the continent who have signed a contract with the dragon and become extremely powerful dragon knights. Any human being can become a great dragon knight, and of course, someone like the Captain can become a great dragon knight. In Cahar's mind, the dragon knight is the most powerful existence, so he only Han Wenzheng complimented him, but he didn't know that in Qiushui's opinion, the dragon knight was just an ant-like existence.
(Finally to the Western Continent.) )