Destiny Only Han

Chapter 888 Liu Ying: If life is just like seeing you first...the forest is getting bigger, and there are all kinds of birds!
Alexandria.

In June, the Eastern Mediterranean is in a summer with high temperature and little rain, but this is the season with the most frequent trade activities.

The port is full of merchant ships queuing up for loading and unloading.

Linen, cotton, woolen tapestries, wine, olive oil, lapis lazuli, carnelian, ebony, ivory, and many other cheap or priceless goods can be seen everywhere, but some of the most common commodities in the past are missing.

food.

To be precise, wheat and barley.

The Mediterranean climate is hot and dry in summer, mild and rainy in winter, with different periods of rain and heat. The main food crop is winter wheat. Two months ago, the local wheat in Egypt was mature and harvested. Peloponnese and Apennines.

But a sudden heavy rainfall in the north of Dahan this year completely changed everything.

The price of wheat has nearly doubled in just half a month, and under the chasing ups and downs, merchants who hold grain in their hands are also reluctant to sell, preparing to wait for the price of grain to rise again, so ruthless Make a fortune!
This led to a situation where the amphora, which was originally used to store wheat for export, piled up on the street, but there was not even a single grain of wheat in it.

It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profit and hoarding, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, the Romans had plenty of money!
No profit, no gain!
But the Greek city-states on the Peloponnese Peninsula couldn't stand it. Their ancestors were rich, but because of their prodigal behavior, they were washed and plundered by Rome and became poor. Therefore, it is like their descendants asking for help from the European Union. , they chose to send envoys to the Egyptian Governor's Palace to negotiate...

Well, to be precise, it is to pray for help from the big man.

After all, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.

Liberty and democracy are bullshit when people are starving, neither idealism nor materialism nor Pythagoreans, Socrates, Platonists or Cynics can save the Greeks...

Only real money, or the kindness of a big man.

Therefore, under the shadow beside the port, Sebastian and Luke from the Greek city-state, and Anthony from the Kingdom of Macedonia were eagerly awaiting the sight of the galley sailing ship with the red and gold flag hanging outside the port.

It was the car of Dou Guangguo, Governor of Egypt.

The long sword of thunder wrapped around the red and gold banner pierced the shackles that the Romans had bound to the nations, countries, and city-states in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Davidia involucrata flowers and the golden ears of wheat will bring hope to all of them.

Peace and development, and food...

Anthony not only strengthened his confidence, but also persuaded Sebastian and Luke not to be so flustered: "Don't worry, Governor Dou is a good talker, and besides, His Majesty the emperor of the Han Dynasty is kind, kind..."

Sebastian added, "Be merciful."

Anthony nodded heavily: "Yes, he is merciful, he is a god on earth, and he will definitely not watch our people starve to death... Besides, we are also a member of the East Treaty Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Treaty Organization), and we deserve most-favored-nation treatment. Buying wheat at previous prices is..."

Luke sighed, "I wish."

Sebastian looked frustrated: "Do you think Governor Dou deliberately avoided us, and then deliberately said that he went to the north to negotiate with the Gauls and the grassland barbarians?"

Anthony shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

Sebastian turned his head and asked, "Why?"

Anthony whispered: "Don't you know that not only Governor Dou is not in Alexandria, but also the head of the Zongda, one of the Big Three, is not here!"

Luke frowned and asked, "The Big Three?"

Although he is a representative of the Greek city-state, he is not an Athenian, but a member of the Achaean League from the northern Peloponnese Peninsula.

Well, the so-called Achaean Alliance was first established by the ancient Achaeans. Each city-state that joined was still independent in terms of internal affairs. All states in the alliance were equal and independent in internal affairs. Only in terms of diplomacy and military affairs Call for concerted action.

Therefore, in this kind of loose sand, when the Macedonians rose, they were easily taken down by the Macedonians. Although they later united with the Romans to destroy Macedonia, this was undoubtedly leading the wolf into the house, but fortunately, the great Han soldiers descended from the Romans. Liberated the Greek city-states including the Achaean League.

However, they officially joined the Eastern Conference last year.

Therefore, Luke is not very clear about the power structure of the Egyptian Governor's Palace.

Sebastian suppressed the disdain he saw on his face, and explained: "The so-called Big Three refer to Dou Guangguo, the governor of Egypt, Chong Zhong, the head of the Black Sail Knights, and Wang Binggong, the chief executive of the Eastern Mediterranean Development Bank."

Well, Wang Binggong is the eldest son of Gaoling Hou Wang Zhou.

Wang Zhou was an aristocrat of the old Qin Dynasty, and he was of the same clan as Wang Jian. He surrendered after Yong Wang Zhanghan was defeated by the Han army, and then participated in the battle to destroy Qi.

Xiang Yu was defeated in the Battle of Gaixia, and when Liu Ying 'led' Lu Wan, Guan Ying, and Chong Da to chase and kill Xiang Yu, Wang Zhou was also in the army, but Wang Zhou was not named a lord in that battle. It was Pingding Yingbu, who was honored as Marquis of Gaoling after the war, and had [-] households in the city.

Naturally, the Wang family can be regarded as Liu Ying's confidantes, and Wang Binggong also got this lucrative position in the eyes of others...

Hearing Sebastian's explanation, Luke nodded secretly and said nothing more.

And Sebastian himself agrees with Anthony's statement.

After all, what Dou Guang met was the Gauls and prairie barbarians who drank blood. If Chong Zhong went with him, it would naturally make sense.

So, they waited and waited, and when the sun was slanting to the west, they finally saw the red and gold banner that they had been thinking about.

On the galley, Dou Guangguo looked normal, but Chong Zhong standing beside him was full of excitement.

"I understand!"

"What do you understand?"

Dou Guangguo frowned.

Chongzhong said in a low voice: "No wonder His Majesty is willing to spend money to buy Byzantium from the Gauls. It turns out that it is for the vast and boundless great plain in the north!"

Dou Guangguo's DNA inherited from his ancestors also started to move:
"Yes, yes, the black soil there is amazing. To be honest, I have never seen such a good land in my life. It would be great if all of them were planted with grain!"

"Leaving it to those barbarians is really a waste of money!"

Chong Zhong said solemnly: "Let's talk about it first, this time my Black Sail Knights will give priority!"

What he was talking about was leading the army to sweep up the nomadic barbarians on the plain, and then letting the members of the knight order subscribe to the fertile soil on the plain.

But Dou Guangguo was noncommittal: "Let's talk about it, talk about it... Besides, you have to report to His Majesty first."

Chongzhong was a little disappointed, and lowered his voice: "I heard that both of your nephews have been made vassal kings?"

Dou Guangguo immediately beamed with joy, and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, thanks to the emperor's great love, my Dou family can be regarded as the ancestral grave smoke!"

He is really happy.

After all, his elder sister was just an ordinary little maid in the past, but she was favored by Liu Ying and gave birth to two sons and a daughter one after another. Now her son is a vassal king and her daughter is a princess.
The important thing is that although his elder sister is no longer young, she still has charm. As long as she can maintain the current favor, it shouldn't be difficult to have a few more children!
At that time, their Dou clan will also be more prosperous!
Although, there are only three of Dou's siblings who are adults now...

On the other side, Chong Zhong suddenly asked: "Do you know that the feudal relatives of the Zhou people used Fanping Zhou?"

Dou Guangguo looked sideways and asked, "What do you mean?"

Chong Zhong stared into his eyes and said, "It's nothing, just to test whether your history class is solid..."

Dou Guangguo said in a deep voice: "Okay, since you asked, let me tell you. The feudal vassals and state establishment of the Zhou people are nothing more than the vastness of the world and barbarians everywhere, so they control the world by canonizing vassal states."

Chong Zhong asked again: "Then do you feel that the big man today is a bit like the Zhou Dynasty back then. The world is vast and boundless, and there are barbarians everywhere..."

Dou Guangguo shook his head:
"do not think so."

"Do the Zhou people have a train? Do the Zhou people have a radio station? Do the Zhou people have giant warships that can cross the ocean?"

"Now I am a big man!"

"From the Central Plains to here, at most three months!" (Note 1)

"So, my big man is completely different from the Zhou Dynasty!"

Chongzhong smiled and asked: "Three months? But for the Zhou Dynasty in the past, it took roughly that many days to start from Haojing and reach the Qi State in the east. It hindered Duke Lu from being a marquis and establishing the Qi State. ?”

"So for today's big man, isn't this place very similar to the Qi State in the past?"

Dou Guangguo frowned and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Chong Zhong pretended not to care and said, "I've been thinking that you are a relative of His Majesty the Emperor. The Emperor can rest assured that you control this overseas territory that is far away from the empire and rich, but what if you leave office?"

"Who will be the successor? Will he be as loyal to the big man as you are? Will he try to stand on his own and split the empire?"

Dou Guangguo frowned, and asked again: "Be simple, the way of speaking is simple..."

After all, he is just a civil dog, and at the age of only [-] Lang, he has political wisdom, but not much.

Chong Zhong sighed: "Then I'll open the skylight and speak plainly."

"I think this place is rich. Although it is thousands of miles away from the mainland of the Han Dynasty, it can be used as a place for the princes to confer feudal vassals and establish a country!"

"For example, King Jin."

"Now Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, the crown prince is just learning to speak, and the king of Jin is only in his prime, so the conflict is not obvious, but if one day in the future, all the princes grow up, I am afraid that the king of Jin will be the crown prince." It's a trouble in my heart!"

"After all, King Jin is the eldest son, and Jin State is very close to Guanzhong. The world has changed, and Jin State is just between the elbows and armpits!"

Dou Guangguo shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing to worry about... Liu Yan is born of the empress, His Majesty's son, how can Liu Qi compete with Liu Yan?"

Chong Zhong said solemnly: "Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you can fight or not, but whether people think you can fight or not... For example, does Zhao Wang Ruyi have the strength to compete with today? The Prime Minister of the Zhao Kingdom, but His Majesty's former retainer!"

Dou Guangguo was startled.

Chongzhong continued to be full of confusion and said: "The king of Jin was awarded this time, only 27 counties. Even if His Majesty rewards you in the future, at most it will be another king of Qi, but if you change the state to this place, follow the Zhou Dynasty system , Let it expand northward?"

"With your help and my help, wouldn't it be easy for the king of Jin to seal the kingdom and conquer the now wild but extremely fertile black grassland in the north?"

"Besides, this place is far away from Guanzhong, which can make the empress feel at ease and not be subject to too many constraints. Although she faces the north as a vassal, she is actually the only one who respects me. Isn't it beautiful?"

"Besides, who can tell clearly about the future?"

"The vassal king, it may not be impossible to inherit the great rule..."

A little hesitation appeared on Dou Guangguo's face, but more of it was panic.

Chongzhong said bewitchingly again: "You know me, I am just a martial artist, good at killing people, but I really don't know anything else... So, do you think I can think of what I said today?"

Dou Guangguo was silent for a moment, then said solemnly: "Let me think about this matter again, besides, it's a big matter, I have to discuss it with my sister..."

Chongzhong nodded: "Yes. But there is a sentence they asked me to tell you, don't come again when the opportunity is not lost, you should think about it..."

Note 1: At the end of the Qing Dynasty, European sailing ships transporting tea set out from Guangzhou, and it only took about 90 days to reach London around the Cape of Good Hope.

ps: About the system.

During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Fang Guo only needed to pay tribute regularly. When it came to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes had to pay taxes regularly.

This is due to the construction of infrastructure, that is, the construction of the road network.

According to historical records, the Xia Dynasty began to build a national road network, but even in the Shang Dynasty, many roads can only be used by pedestrians and vehicles cannot be driven, and there are still relatively few post stations, and people need to rely on people to walk through the post post.

Therefore, this period is the tributary system, similar to the confederation. King Wu's defeat of Zhou requires the assembly of princes and the support of most countries in the world.

In Zhou, due to the progress of surveying technology, the ability of road planning has been greatly improved, and the road can be kept straight on a long scale. The level has also been greatly improved, so the Zhou Dynasty centered on Zong Zhou and Cheng Zhou, radiating a first-level road network to all the princes' countries, and then radiating from the princes to cities and towns step by step.

In this way, Zhou was able to change from paying tribute to the Fang Kingdom to collecting taxes from the vassal states.

Therefore, there is the concept of great unification.

However, the technology of the Zhou Dynasty still had limitations, so it stopped at the feudal system.

The emergence of the prefecture and county system is certainly due to the further improvement of road construction, but the more important thing is the level of education.

After all, before this, there was no distinction between Confucianism and education, and knowledge was shared by nobles and scholars instead of being exclusive to nobles.

Well, I'm going to criticize Tartar with words and pen.

Also using feudal superstition to resist exploitation and oppression, the Yellow Turban Army of the Han Dynasty basically destroyed the Boxers and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The blue sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand.

The rebel slogans, ruling program and ruling theory are all complete.

The root of all this is that there are few scholars and the illiteracy rate is too high...

As for why... can't say, can't say.

(End of this chapter)