Entering the Royal Palace of Ctesiphon, the most excited person was undoubtedly Queen Zhang Yang.
Because this is her first time in Ctesiphon.
Although the Royal Palace of Taixifeng is not as large as the Weiyang Palace, as Wang Yuanji said, this palace is more like a castle, and the building materials are mainly composed of white marble.
As for the interior of the palace, it is magnificent and extremely luxurious, with various decorations made of gold everywhere.
Too luxurious.
This is simply a golden castle.
This is the first impression of the Royal Palace of Taixifeng on Zhang Yang.
Liu Chan and Wang Yuanji are familiar with the road, just like going home.
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The Ming Kingdom is actually similar to the Tang Kingdom, but in comparison, the subjects of the Ming Kingdom accept Han culture more deeply.
Because during Liu Chan's Western Expedition, the Sassanid Dynasty was the first to be conquered, and then he abolished slavery in the three cities of Ctesiphon, Assyria, and Medes, and then promoted Han culture. For the upper-class nobles, the Han people were disgusting.<
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Because a series of policies of the Han people are beneficial to the people at the bottom, but harm the interests of the upper class nobility. However, due to the strong military strength of the Han army and some tough methods, they have to accept this fact.
There was no way, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was too cruel.
Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish.
This was the policy of the Han people at the time.
By liberating the people at the bottom, the Han people won the hearts and minds of the people.
Now, after nearly ten years of development, the territory of the Ming Kingdom, especially the three cities of Ctesiphon, Assyria, and Media, has undergone earth-shaking changes.
People speak fluent Chinese, the common people own their own land and houses, and their lives have become rich.
Such a Ming Kingdom, even if the king is a Han Chinese.
The common people are also willing to support from the bottom of their hearts.
Instead, they were afraid that when the Han people would leave here, they would return to the dark days of the past.
I stayed in Ctesiphon for more than half a month.
Liu Chan disguised himself as an ordinary person and wandered around the streets. He wanted to see if ordinary people recognized the kingdom established by the Han people here.
Now, he feels at ease.
Also, according to the Ming Dynasty Prime Minister Xu Shu, the Ming Kingdom has developed well in recent years, and the promotion of Chinese has reached 70%. Even a small town will have a government-run Chinese academy.
As more and more people speak Chinese, the locals who were initially somewhat resistant eventually entered the Chinese Academy.
In recent years, Xu Shu’s advice to Liu Yan is.
The promotion of Han culture is very important, as it is related to the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, but it cannot be too drastic, it needs to be gradual, and it must strictly follow the policies formulated by the previous emperor Liu Chan.
Never erase local culture.
Integration and respect.
Let Han culture slowly integrate into society, but local culture must be respected.
It is also for this reason that the people who were initially resistant gradually began to accept this new kingdom. Of course, the most important thing is that the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom are sincerely working for the people, hoping to make the people live a good life.
Life is better than before. Why not support such a kingdom?
In comparison, when the Tang Dynasty promoted Han culture, its methods were slightly tougher, which led to a rebellion last year.
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September 20, 255 AD.
The city of Rome.
In the evening.
There are more and more people on the street, either riding carriages or on foot, and they are all heading in the same direction.
The Colosseum.
Located in the center of Rome.
The third area auditorium is located in the middle of the Colosseum auditorium. This is actually the best viewing position, and the viewing effect is much better than the front row VIP area on the first floor and the ordinary area on the top floor.
Among the crowd, there were several middle-aged oriental men with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes standing next to a Roman.
"Mr. Wen!" The Roman spread his hands and said with a smile: "You came at the right time this time."
"Oh???" The oriental man who was called Mr. Composition deliberately asked: "Mr. Machius, is there any difference in today's performance?"
"Of course!" Marcius affirmed: "This kind of animal fighting performance has not been held for many years. In recent years, most of them have been people fighting against each other."
Hearing this, Mr. Nawen was stunned for a moment.
Isn't the ancient Roman Colosseum a battle between humans and beasts?
Why are there still people fighting with each other?
Sorry, I didn’t know much about ancient Roman fighting beasts in my previous life.
That's right, this Mr. Wen is none other than His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty - Liu Chan.
Half a year ago.
Liu Chan stayed in Ctesiphon for more than half a month, then turned into a businessman and led a caravan to the west, and his destination was Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire.
Liu Chan and his party arrived at this world-famous ancient city a few days ago after less than half a year.
Accompanying Liu Chan were Queen Zhang Yang, General Zhao Tong, General Tian Mu, General Zhaoyi, Deng Ai, General Fenwei, Sima Yan, General Tu Lianhu, Prime Minister Xu Shu of the Ming Dynasty, King Liu Yong of Lu, Nanzheng
Hou Sun Quan, Yunyang Hou Cao Fang, etc.
However, the most important person in the entourage was not the above-mentioned people, but a Han businessman named Deng You.
Deng You was a native of Guanzhong. He traveled back and forth between the Western Regions and the Central Plains all year round to trade goods. He transported goods from the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions for sale, and then transported some goods from the Western Regions to the Central Plains for sale.
With the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, Deng You's business was somewhat affected, because in the past, it only took more than half a year to transport goods from the Central Plains to the Sasanian Dynasty, which was his
Destination.
However, after the establishment of the Ming and Tang kingdoms, in order to make the people's lives better, the two courts opened many porcelain, handicraft and other workshops in the local area.
Objects that were once considered exotic by Sassanid can now be seen everywhere on the streets.
But Deng You was very smart. This world is not just the Central Plains and the Western Regions. There is a larger and broader market in the Western Regions to the west. This is the Roman Empire.
As a result, Deng You extended his trade westward to the Roman Empire further west.
At this time, Deng You was accompanying Liu Chan as an interpreter. The Roman named Marcius was his important customer in Rome. The goods he shipped from the Ming and Tang Dynasties were basically shipped to Rome.
It was sold to the Machius family.
The Marcius family was a merchant family in Rome. Throughout the Roman Empire, their family owned hundreds of large and small shops, selling products that were not available in the Roman Empire.
This time Deng You came to Rome with dozens of carts of goods and introduced Liu Chan to Machius. Of course, when Deng You introduced Liu Chan, he only said that his name was Wen Dan and that he was a businessman from the Eastern Han Empire.
Provide more goods from the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This made Machius extremely happy, because among the goods that accompanied Deng You this time, there were silk, paper, preserved eggs and other items from the Central Plains.
First of all, let me talk about this silk. Although it was on the market in Rome, you can still find it now.
However, the people who mainly use silk are high-level nobles, and the Romans made it themselves after selling it to some Eastern merchants a long time ago.
It's just a pity.
The silk made by the Romans was no match for the exquisiteness brought by the people from the Central Plains.
More importantly, Eastern merchants could still be seen in Rome more than a hundred years ago, but in the past hundred years or so, the number of merchants from the East has decreased significantly.
This was also caused by frequent wars and turmoil in the Eastern Han Dynasty, as well as in the Sassanid and Kushan countries. It was not until the Han Dynasty sent troops to destroy the Sassanid and Kushan countries and re-established the two kingdoms of the Ming and Tang Dynasty that they gradually returned to China.
Some Orientals appeared in Rome.
This includes Deng You.
Although the goods provided by Deng You are good, for Marcius, he does not mind getting to know more Eastern businessmen.
Therefore, he attaches great importance to this businessman named Wen Dan.
In the past few days, the Machius family has treated Wendan and his entourage as honored guests. Today, Machius even brought Wendan and Deng You and others to watch the beast-fighting performance.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, there was a roar, making the audience in the auditorium scream in surprise.
Just after that roar, an extremely powerful lion rushed out from a corner.
"Lion!" Liu Chan was shocked.
No matter in his previous life or this life, he has never seen a real lion. What he has seen in his previous life is only videos or pictures.
Today, he was shocked to be a real lion, charging out not far away.
Not long after the lion rushed out, he saw the wooden door on the other side suddenly open, and then he saw a burly man with a bare upper body and fur shorts being carried into the infield.
It seems that he didn't come in on his own initiative, but was forced into it.
Roar!
When the lion saw the strong man, his eyes immediately showed a fierce look, and after another roar, he pounced towards the strong man.
The strong man is tall and tall, but he is still a little frightened when he sees this lion.
However, he was quite agile. As soon as the lion started charging, he quickly dodged aside and then grabbed an iron rod on the ground.
"Yeah!" The strong man also roared. He knew that he had no way out. Any gladiator who entered the Colosseum and wanted to leave here alive would either kill the prey in front of him or be killed by the prey.
, and then his body was carried out.
The lion pounced and seemed a little angry.
It immediately turned around and pounced on the strong man again.
Bang!
The strong man suddenly jumped up high, and then struck down with his stick. The iron rod hit the lion's back hard.
Ouch——
The lion suffered a heavy blow and let out a piercing cry.
Drink, the strong man succeeded with one blow, and seemed to see the hope of victory. He quickly stepped aside and waved the iron rod in his hand again.
However, at this moment, another lion rushed out from the other corner of the Colosseum.
Liu Chan saw the second lion appear and asked in panic: "Why... isn't it a one-on-one duel?"
Through Deng You's translation, Marcius smiled and said: "Usually it's one-on-one. If you encounter a fierce gladiator, the nobles will add more beasts in order to increase the difficulty of the fight and increase the viewing angle." As he said
He smiled happily and said: "There is nothing interesting about a beast being killed by a gladiator. It is not exciting at all."
"What if a strong gladiator was killed or bitten to death by a wild beast!" Marcius looked at Liu Chan and said with a smile, "Mr. Wen, don't you think this would be more exciting?"
After listening to Deng You's translation, Liu Chan's heart was filled with thousands of grass and mud horses.
Rome...Rome...The Romans are really good at playing. I used to think that the feudal society in the Central Plains was cruel enough, but I never expected that the ancient Roman Empire in Europe could be so cruel and inhumane.
But Liu Chan still forced a smile and said: "Yes, yes, it is indeed more exciting this way."
Liu Chan sighed in his heart, fortunately he didn't bring Zhang Yang here today.
I still have foresight.
If Zhang Yang saw such a scene, she would be frightened and faint to death on the spot.
The fighting on the field continued. The strong man seemed to have found a way to defeat the Lions one on one, but now he seemed a little tired of dealing with it in one on two.
Liu Chan was in the audience seat, clasping his hands and praying silently in his heart.
Kill these two lions.
Kill these two lions.
Faced with the choice between humans and animals, Liu Chan instinctively chose to support humans, because he is also a human being, but he supports beasts. Isn’t this nonsense?
But the Romans at the scene were different from him.
They preferred that it was the strong man who was killed.
It would be best to be torn apart or bitten to death by two lions.
They like to see bloody scenes.
Nervous, very nervous.
The lion on the left was the first to appear. It was hit several times by the strong man with an iron rod, so now the main attack is on the lion that came out later, and it is responsible for containing it.
The strong man dodged while looking for opportunities to counterattack.
Roar!
Ouch!
The two male lions let out harsh roars from time to time, and at the same time pounced back and forth on the strong man.
"Bite him to death!"
"Bite him to death!"
"Quick, go over and bite him to death."
It was through Deng You's translation that Liu Chan knew the shouts from the spectator seats.
The strong man in the field seems to be affected by these shouts. He is running away more now, but he is also very smart. He does not run in one direction, but circulates left and right. He runs in a zigzag line.
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After all, when it comes to running speed, a human cannot outrun a lion.
Whoosh——
The lion on the left rushed forward suddenly, and the strong man suddenly turned back quickly, then slid forward and swung out the iron rod in his hand.
Snap!
Only a crisp sound was heard, and the iron rod hit the hind leg of the lion on the right.
The next moment, the lion suddenly fell forward, its two hind legs were like springs, trembling violently, and it seemed difficult for it to stand up again.
The strong man was overjoyed when he saw this, and when he was about to turn around and give it a blow, the other lion that had just rushed past had already turned around and pounced.
Bang!
There was only a muffled sound, and the strong man was knocked away for several meters, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The lion did not give up, and then quickly rushed to the strong man. The strong man ignored the pain on his body and hurriedly rolled forward twice, and then hurriedly ran forward a few steps, but only a few steps forward.
, and then folded it back.
In comparison, the lion is fierce.
But in terms of thinking, they are definitely not as good as humans.
"Run!"
"Run!"
Liu Chan shouted at the top of his lungs, because what he shouted was in Chinese. Except for Deng You, Deng Ai, and Tian Mu who came in with him, the other Romans must not know what he was shouting.
Of course——
Tens of thousands of spectators were shouting at the scene, so his voice was naturally difficult for people to notice, and no one would think of him.
Deng Ai is a veteran on the battlefield, but he was also shocked by the battle.
He also hoped that the strong man would win in the end, not the two lions.
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This chapter has been completed!