I am Da Song

Chapter 629 Vermilion under the Pyramid

The 5000 elite members of the Persian Protectorate are all soldiers under the recruitment system.

They mainly rely on the tribute paid by the local vassal state to maintain the salary of the troops. The biggest advantage of this is that the vassal state's tribute is no longer a matter of the empire's face, but is closely related to the income of each soldier.

Every time a vassal state pays less tribute, the income of the soldiers will drop by a bit.

Therefore, these soldiers are like violent tigers rushing to eat. Whichever country dares to refuse to pay tribute, they immediately rushed over on tall horses, chopped off the king's head, and replaced it with an obedient king.

Of course, the 5000 people are the core pillars of the Persian Protectorate. For more wars, they will still deploy Hu cavalry to fight.

Yue Yun introduced to everyone: "There are 5000 people in the Persian Protectorate, including 6000 infantry, 4000 artillery, 3000 cavalry, and 2000 medical and logistics support troops."

"The garrison is roughly divided into three areas. 8000 Chinese troops are stationed in Baghdad. This is the core area of ​​Persia. They monitor the entire Puritan and deter all ambitious elements."

"Then there are more than [-] horsemen stationed at the Besli Canal to ensure that the Besli Canal is firmly in my hands."

The Besli Canal is what Song Dynasty called the Egyptian canal.

Besli is the unique name given to Egypt in the classics of the Central Plains.

Although the name sounds strange, their lives are familiar to the Central Plains people.

Zhuxia cavalry in vermilion uniforms galloped under the pyramid, patrolling the borders belonging to the Song Dynasty.

The officials of the Song Dynasty led by Zhu Paoge led the officials and soldiers, stationed along the canal, maintained the order of the canal, and collected huge taxes on the canal.

On this golden waterway, every ship passing by is providing Da Song with clanging gold coins.

Countless cities rose up along the canal, and the owners of the city were either black-skinned Africans, Persians wearing white hats, or Jews who were exiled in Mesopotamia and carried infamy.

All kinds of local princes would crawl under the black official boots of the Song Dynasty and kiss the insteps of the officials of the Song Dynasty.

This is an unprecedented scene, and it is also a scene full of conquest.

Egypt, the golden area of ​​civilization, after a long millennium, this time it is its turn to submit to the minions of the Eastern Dragon.

The local people, who were accustomed to submitting, prostrated meekly on the ground, ate the pot of pulp, and offered their loyalty and support to Master Wang.

They naturally supported the rule of Song Dynasty.

The civilization from the East brought them fair laws, advanced civilization, precise lunar calendar, astonishing medical technology, and sowing crops that countless people called miracles.

Under the rule of the Song Dynasty, the local wealth expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The most obvious manifestation is that the population along the route has increased rapidly since the Song Army garrisoned troops.

Moreover, there was no famine when the number of people increased, and the originally skinny black people gradually grew stronger.Is a good hand at work.

That's right, there are already some workshops near the Besli Canal, which have begun to produce primary industrial products such as pottery pots and handicrafts.

Africa is indeed very hot and not suitable for high-intensity production.

But near the Besri Canal, the climate here is relatively mild. Since ancient times, there have been handicraft workshops in this area.

Now with the arrival of merchants from the Great Song Dynasty, they naturally brought advanced technology and a more enlightened business environment.

Restricted by the laws of the Song Dynasty, businessmen were unable to open various high-end industries here, such as precision machining, machine tool production, chemical smelting, steam engine workshops, etc.

However, it is still possible for them to open some elementary handicraft workshops, which have developed local porcelain, carpets, pots, farm tools, furniture, jewelry and other aspects.

Caravans from various races such as Jews, Arabs, Sogdians, and Indians shuttled here, under the supervision and jurisdiction of Song Dynasty officials.

And the same scene played out elsewhere.

Yue Yun continued: "There are still two thousand horsemen stationed in the holy city of Jerusalem in the west to maintain the local rule. This city is known locally as the Holy City of the Three Religions. Every year, there are a large number of Puritans, Christians and Jews from all over the world. There is an endless stream of people coming. The roads in all directions are full of pilgrims going to the pilgrimage.”

In fact, there is nothing wrong with pilgrimage.

In Zhao Huan's view, this is even a window to showcase the great song's outstanding martial arts, open mind and advanced civilization.

Compared with the forces that controlled the holy city in the past, they repelled, made things difficult, and tortured the pagan pilgrims, Song Dynasty was undoubtedly too enlightened.

All pagans are treated equally, and pilgrims of all religions are allowed to come and go freely.

The civilization is tolerant and inclusive of all rivers. This is another towering Chang'an displayed by the Song Dynasty in the West.

The so-called "the wind opens the festival, the gray rhythm moves the early sun, the hundred barbarians worship, and the kingdom of the world is not young."

When these barbarians came to the holy city of Jerusalem, they would remember it all their lives. During their pilgrimage, the ruler of their holy city was a powerful empire from the east.

When they returned home, whether they were Jews, Persians, Arabs, or Thais, they would tell the surrounding crowd about their pilgrimage experience and about the holy city under the rule of the empire.

This will deepen everyone's sense of identity with the Song Dynasty's rule.

So Zhao Huan asked: "When this city was first conquered, I remember that there were buildings of various races, and even the Knights Templar were famous for stationing in front of Solomon's Temple, as well as the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock. Are you here? What symbols have been left in the holy city to show our Great Song Dynasty?"

Highlighting the symbols of the Song Dynasty, what would ordinary people think of at the first time?
Yue Yun said with a smile: "It really does exist. There are buildings lined up for the people and the government. The minister thinks that the most characteristic of our dynasty is that there are roads everywhere, and there are wine and food to treat people."

Zhao Huan also couldn't help laughing, it's like that.

Treating people with wine and food is certainly not setting up food and wine on the side of the road for pilgrims to eat and drink for nothing.

Instead, a series of shops, restaurants and even brothels were built on the side of the road, where food and drink were placed, and business was started!
The business of the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, so it was possible to operate inns and restaurants on various major traffic roads.

Don't think that this is a very trivial matter. In fact, it is a matter that has the effect of opening up new dollars in the West.

Traveling to the west is not as convenient as in the Central Plains. After all, there are castles everywhere, and there are not many cities.The tacit agreement among the European nobles is that other nobles will give certain conveniences when they travel through their own territories.This ensures that when you travel far, you can get certain convenience and hospitality from other nobles.

As for those who are not nobles... a group of serfs, dare to escape from the fief of the noble lord without authorization?He was caught and hanged on the side of the road.

(End of this chapter)