Like the state of Chu, Rome, which bears the name of the Republic, also had many nobles. m. These nobles only need to study their full names, and the normal format of Roman names is personal name + clan name + family name. There are many repetitions of personal names, and there are many fathers and sons with the same name; The clan name is similar to the surname of the nobles of the Chu State, indicating their own ethnic origin; The family name is equivalent to the clan of the Chu State, and it is a branch of a certain surname that can be easily found.

The translation of the surname Fabian is a general deal, and the actual surname Fabian can also be translated as Fabius. The clan of Fabius is all those with the surname Fabius. The republic has six of the most prominent surnames, and Fabius is one of them.

The most glorious and tragic story of this clan is the Battle of Kremery in 477 BC. Rome resisted countless enemies with only 306 men, and 306 were outnumbered and all killed, leaving only one male orphan. These three hundred and six people are all from the Fabius clan.

However, Fabius was not the Ruo Ao clan of the Romans, Fabius may be more similar to the Qu clan of the Chu State, many of the clans served as the high priests of Rome, Fabius Fabianpicto himself was very similar to Qu Yuan, who wrote nine sacrificial songs, and he wrote the history of Rome in Greek that has not been handed down.

A nation older than Rome (Picto dates the founding of Rome in the 'first year of the 8th Olympiad' or 747 BC), a nation that has crossed the ocean and survived the justice of the sea. She produces the world's most beautiful silks, as well as the strongest armor and sharpest swords in the world.

A strong curiosity and like-mindedness between the nobility and the nobility prompted Fabius to travel to the far east to see what was going on, and for this reason he refused the Senate's appointment to him in the upcoming Gallic War. It was precisely because of the impending Gallic War, and the pressure of veterans of the First Punic War to acquire plots, that forced the Senate to compromise with the Baca family and sign the Treaty of the Ebro purely to delay time.

Fabius pleaded with his uncle many times, was elected consul twice, procurator once, and later led an envoy to the Carthaginian senate to ask the Carthaginians: 'We have brought peace and war; Take your pick' to lead to the Second Punic War, which invented a wartime tactic similar to the Guardian Roundabout (also known as the Fabian tactic) against Hannibal's Quintus, Fabian Maximus, Verrucosus. It is hoped that he can negotiate with the Baka family to ensure the safety of the Chuni fleet when it returns. However, Quintus could not resist the pressure of the Senate, and only brought up the matter, but did not make it the focus of Rome's negotiations with the Baca family.

Fabius was very disappointed by this result, and because of this disappointment, at the age of forty-four, he decided to go to Chu immediately, believing that the Baca family would be afraid of the Fabius clan and would not sink the Chuni ships. This thought thrilled Red and the others, who thought Fabius was a true gentleman. But when the cautious Quintus heard about this, he immediately asked his distant nephew to dispel this idea.

"Chuni has its own enemies on the Eastern Continent, and according to the news from Alexandria, they will soon be doomed." Quintus was ten years older than Fabius, and his figure and countenance did not show any old age, a cautious man who embodied all the old morals of the Romans.

Fabius was dumbfounded by his words, Red had said that his country was in a terrible war with another powerful country, but he did not expect that Chuni would soon be destroyed.

He was about to say that he had announced that his trip to Chuni could not be changed, when Quintus, who looked at his face and changed his face, changed his tone: "Go ahead." You can't damage your family's reputation. Tell me, what can I do for you? ”

"I'm ......" Fabius looked at his uncle in a daze, he didn't know how to get the support of the clan. Seeing that his nephew was dumbfounded, Quintus smiled and said, "You let the Chuni tell me." ”

Six months was enough time for the fleet to repair the side that had been broken by the Carthaginian warships, and to return home, because of the delay on the way, there was not much to prepare. Food and clean drinking water were the most important, followed by repairing mast girders and broadside timber and linen canvas. Xizhou produces very low yields of flax, and the world produces even higher yields of ramie, hemp fiber is the toughest of the commonly used natural fibers, far better than cotton. Compared with ramie, the breaking strength of ramie is higher, but ramie has a disadvantage that it is not suitable for sails, and its fibers are more brittle than flax.

In addition to material preparation, another extremely important thing is the planning of the return route. The delay made it very clear to the fleet how to return: after sailing out of the Hera Pillar, it sailed straight to the east of Dongzhou along the Canary cold current and the green monsoon, and after reaching Dongzhou, it went south along the coastal current, and when it reached 40 degrees south latitude, it could reach Nanyang by the perennial westerly wind. Wait until next spring to enter the Red Ocean, when the southwest monsoon blows. Following the southwest monsoon, the fleet could reach the port of Jufang before the summer storm.

This was an indisputable route, but after hearing Fabius's message, Hong was reluctant to wait until next spring in Nanyang, hoping to lead the fleet back to Zhu around this year's festival.

In the height of summer in July, the Mediterranean monsoon blows from the north or northeast to the South continent. With the help of the Fabius clan, Red packed the supplies and materials for the return trip in half a month. A few days before the fleet was going to be, an unexpected person came to Rome.

"In the presence of the Senate, I hope to have a fair fight with Chuni." The Roman Senate, which had come specifically for the red, issued an official challenge to the red in front of the consul Marcus and the other Roman senators. "I think that if I do this, it will not damage the friendship between Carthage and Rome."

"This is an insult to Rome." Quintus interrupted Hong, who was about to speak, "This is Chuni's envoy to Rome......"

"But this fair challenge will take place near the Pillars of Hera." Hasdruba said without changing his face. It was because of Carthage's respect for Rome that it hoped that the dispute between Carthage and Chuni could be resolved in a fair manner. After all, Carthage did not dare to harm a Roman senator. I have heard that one of the senators will be on the same ship as an envoy to Chuni......"

Hasdruba came prepared, and as Fabius had guessed, the Bacca's reluctance to kill a Roman senator caused a dispute between Carthage and Rome. But if the Red should not fight, then the blame for the death of the Roman senators will not be Carthage, but Chuni.

"Acting as a thief in the name of a friendly country," the angry red listened to the translation, angrily drew his sword and pointed at the smiling Hasdruba, "Draw the sword!" ”

His actions surprised everyone, but there was no reason to stop them. Duel is not so much a type of war as an expansion of a duel. War is waged only when both sides do not approve of the outcome of the duel. One side made an appointment, the other side made an appointment, and people's eyes instantly focused on Hasdruba, hoping that he could draw his sword to fight.

"I'm just an emissary." Hasdruba's hand brushed over the hilt of his saber and he bowed. "I just want to tell ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a roar of sighs and taunts, and any martial nation would consider it a shame to refuse a duel. The Punic senators did not want to hear the arguments of the Punics, and they took the opportunity to mock the Punics once again until Hasdruba left the Senate in a huff.

"Today's lunch." Red wanted to kill Hasdruba on the spot, and it was he who lured him from Egypt to Crete, and the two new Suzaku-class ships sank in the harbor of Crete. It's a pity that Hasdruba didn't draw his sword, so he could only endure it.

"Today?!" Fabius was trying to take this opportunity to persuade the senators to send a naval escort.

"Yes." Red nodded heavily. "Today, they are unprepared."

Whether the Carthaginians are ready or not, red must be immediately. If he doesn't do it right away, he won't be able to catch up with the southwest monsoon of the Red Ocean that ends in September and October, and as a result, he will be trapped in Nanyang and waiting for the end of next spring. He couldn't wait a moment.

The fleet had been anchored in Ostia for seven months, and the wounded sailors were now a little fat. Rome had planned to hold a farewell ceremony, but considering that the fleet could not wait, Red could only politely decline. Stepping on the deck of the Chaos gunship again, Red felt indescribably cordial, while Fabius, his student Jean Qius, and his entourage were surprised, in their eyes, the ship was extremely foul and filthy, but the deck of the Chaos was clean and the bronze was shiny, not only did it not stench, but it emitted a fragrance.

"Anchor." The northeast wind was strong, and they were whistling on the beams with sails tied.

"Anchor!" Red stood on the stern, and the order was conveyed on the deck in front of the stern, the thick anchor chain being twisted heavily by the winch.

The port of Ostia is divided into two levels, like a horizontal 'sun'. The outer side is a commercial port, the entrance is in the northwest corner, the inner side is a military port, the entrance is in the southwest corner, such a setting can only be smoothly entered and exited by galleys. After anchoring, the Chaos was towed out of the harbor by three five-oared warships, and as it passed through the narrow passage of the inner and outer harbors, Fabius was shocked to find Quintus standing on the shore.

"I'm waiting for you to come back!" Quintus looked at his nephew with an indescribable concern. As an envoy of Rome to Chuni, tens of thousands of miles away, this will bring him great reputation, and it will also bring great reputation to the family and clan, but if he does not come back, no one will remember him anymore, even if he is a senator.

"Open the cannon door." Red gave the order again, and did what he didn't do when he arrived, "Fire a cannon salute to pay homage to the Roman state." ”

"Open the cannon door. A cannon salute was fired in honor of the Roman State. "The Chaos opened a cannon door." Put! ”

'Boom! The deafening roar of thunder echoed through the port of Ostia, and no one expected that the Chuni people would have such a way of paying tribute. Quintus, who was standing on the shore, was shaken all over, and instantly felt that everything his nephew had done was worth it.