"Finally back!" Zhen Xing and the others cheered when they saw the dock of Jidu. They set out in March of the twelfth year of Daqian (AD 211), and now they are in July of the fifteenth year of Daqian. It has been three and a half years since the group left Daqian, and now this long voyage is finally over.
But Zhen An had already been waiting at the dock in Quanzhou County. When Zhen Xing got off the boat, the father and son held each other's hands and cried!
Then Zhen Xing followed his father back to Jidu, and the sailors who followed him back each received the salary agreed by Zhen Xing, and went to find their own families. Not only Zhen An missed his son, but also the relatives of other sailors. His own son, it's just that they don't have the extraordinary skills of Zhen An.
But after Zhen Xing returned to Daojidu, he handed the letter from the Roman Emperor to the officials of the Daqian court. The Royal Army also asked Zhen Xing to hand over the charts of this voyage, because more than half of the channels that Zhen Xing sailed this time were blocked. It has not been discovered before.
Of course, the royal army did not treat Zhen Xing badly. After understanding that Zhen Xing also wanted to obtain a fiefdom in the south, for the sake of this chart, they gave him a small island with a radius of a hundred miles.
Then this chart and Zhen Xing's notes for three and a half years were all in the hands of Daqian senior officials.
Li Gang saw this simple map and smiled and said, "Zhen Xing has really gained a lot from this trip. Not only did he find the country of Rome, but he also discovered a continent of barbarians!"
The maritime merchants of the Daqian court went as far as the waters near the Parthian Empire. Although they also knew that there was an empire called Rome, due to the obstruction of the Parthian Empire, the maritime merchants of Daqian had not yet established contact with the Roman Empire!
The Parthians were dishonest in their business. In order to monopolize the trade between the East and the West, they sent a large number of pirates to rob and kill the merchants of Daqian. But the merchants of Daqian wanted to continue moving forward. A narrow strait, even the ships of Daqian The advantages of having weapons cannot be used, so now the pace of Daqian merchants has stopped at the Anxi front line.
And now Zhen Xing and his team's nautical chart has finally found the channel through which they can communicate with the Romans.
Wang Lei looked at the map and said in surprise: "The Roman Empire is so powerful, it can actually surround an entire sea area!" From the map, Rome, which occupies the entire Mediterranean, is really huge!
Xu Weidao: "In terms of strength, Rome is not much worse than the Han Dynasty! Moreover, the emperor of the Romans also wants to communicate with us. This is a good thing. We can join forces with the Romans to deal with the Parthians!"
Now that Daqian has begun to use firearms, Xu Wei does not think that Rome has limits on how powerful Daqian is, but with the current distance between the two sides, they cannot be considered enemies!
On the other hand, the Kingdom's military said: "Instead of wasting military power against the Parthians, I might as well send a fleet to occupy this savage continent!"
In the eyes of the Royal Army, a strong empire means trouble, so it is better to deal with the savages with stone spears, and transforming the territories of these savages can gain income from the mainland!
This is the difference between the industrialization of Daqian and the industrialization of Niu Niu. Niu Niu is purely for making money, and driving industrialization is only a by-product of development, while Dagan mainly drives industrialization. Expanding trade is just to find a market for industrial products, but Dagan’s market Mainly the internal market.
Therefore, in Niu Niu's view, any land without gold and silver is a bad land. Places with a large population like Tianzhu are good places and can become their commodity production and raw material production areas.
But in the eyes of the high-ranking officials of the Imperial Army, it is the opposite. Regions like Tianzhu with a large population and strong strength are troublesome, and trade is restricted at every turn, while continents like the Savage Continent, which require huge manpower and material resources to transform, are treasures. , only this kind of place can consume a large amount of Daqian's production capacity and accommodate more Daqian people!
"The Savage Continent is not easy to cultivate, otherwise the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire would not be able to let such a large piece of land go!"
"Look, everyone, the areas near the Mediterranean Sea have the largest desert areas in the world. This is the desert that blocked the idea of Rome and the Parthian Empire to reclaim the savage continent! Moreover, the climate of this continent is harsh and there are many viruses. Zhen Xing and the others almost all They all die here!"
Xu Wei remembered that this continent was the last to be colonized even in later generations!
Why?
It’s not just that the virus here is more severe than other places, so it was only conquered after the advancement of modern medicine. Xu Wei is really worried about whether the people of Daqian can resist malaria and other viruses.
Wang Guojun said: "We can establish some trading stations along the coast first, and then we can develop this savage continent after we finish developing the New World."
Now the focus of Daqian is on the South China Sea and the New World. This newly discovered savage continent, the Royal Army is not in a hurry to develop.
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"Trade with the Roman Empire can start first. A large empire with tens of millions of people should be able to increase our trade volume by tens of billions. It would be better if there are any local specialties that we need. "
Li Gang shook his head and said: "This empire called Rome really doesn't understand any water conservancy facilities. This strait is blocked in such a small area. It has been there for thousands of years and they have not found a way to open it. Otherwise, we The caravan will not be unable to contact him. If this were in our Omae area, a canal would have been built long ago!"
Wang Lei also complained: "This time our caravan will have to travel thousands of miles more!"
Xu Wei was speechless at this point. Rome was already in a period where Western civilization was relatively good at construction. All kinds of wonders in the medieval era were built by them.
After their demise, humans no longer built various large-scale infrastructure construction on this land in the Middle Ages, so that this canal could only be built thousands of years later.
Wang Guojun said: "We really need to let the Romans find a way to open up these two seas, otherwise it will be difficult for us to trade with them. There will be an extra 30,000 miles of waterway. Not to mention the time wasted, the danger involved is enough. It cost us a lot."
"This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. If they don't have the financial resources and loans, they have to find a way to open the canal!"
This canal needs to be opened thousands of years in advance. It seems that this should be the last chance. The prosperous age of the Roman Empire has also come to an end. They may still have the ability now, but this empire may not exist in a few decades.
Xu Wei seems to remember that the prosperous times of the four great empires recorded in history almost ended at the same time period, with a difference of not more than 100 years.
And now the decadence of the Han civilization was reversed by him, but he did not have such great influence on the other three major civilizations. The Kushan Empire was even about to be destroyed by Liu Bei.