The very casual supper banquet is naturally not a good place to talk about anything serious, so Lu Ren did not let Eurosky talk about business in the supper banquet, but first arranged for Eurosky and the crew to have a good rest, and then talk about business after resting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As soon as Euroski walked on the front foot, Xun Yu asked Lu Ren about the relationship between Rome and Sabbatio. Lu Ren smiled, because Lu Ren realized that Xun Yu might have thought of going with him.

The dispute between Rome and Sabbath, or it should be said that the Mediterranean country and the Persian line of Central Asia can be said to have a long history, and the farthest can even be as many years as BC, for example, the three hundred Spartan warriors of Greece resisted the Persian Empire at that time, and ancient Rome should actually be regarded as the successor of ancient Greece, and Sabbath originally belonged to the Persian lineage, which is somewhat similar to the change of dynasties in China in this regard.

In other words, if the Greek and Roman civilizations are compared to the Chinese dialect, then Persia can be seen as the Xiongnu, anyway, there is an endless fight between each other, and the main disputes until the Roman Empire are mainly concentrated in Armenia.

Traditionally, the Kingdom of Armenia was a buffer zone between the two states, Rome and Persia, and at one point Rome and Persia had reached a compromise with an interesting agreement: neither Rome nor Persia were directly stationed in Armenia, and the Armenian kings were usually chosen by Parthian Persia from among the royal family or other great nobles, and then submitted to Rome for approval by the Roman emperor and senate.

If either Rome or Persia broke this agreement, it meant war. Later, Rome was defeated for a time, and in the face of the candidate for the king proposed by the Persian side that had the upper hand, the Roman side could only go through the motions and act as a "rubber stamp".

In this way, during the reign of Emperor Trajan (one of the five wise emperors of Rome), Trajan governed Rome well at that time, which can be said to be a peak period of Rome. At this time, Parthian Persia had been in civil strife for a long time, not to mention the breach of contract on the Armenian question, and Trajan decided to make a wave of rash against Parthiapos, and under a series of beautiful tactics, Parthias at that time was turned on his back. Unfortunately, due to poor decision-making and problems in the Roman rear, Trajan was not able to fully preserve the fruits of his victory, and finally had to return to Rome after retaining a false name for his victory over Parthian Persia, and died of illness shortly after. However, Trajan left a good general to guard it.

The two sides continued to fight, and Parthian Persia continued to engage in civil strife, which basically did not stop after that, anyway, and the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon was captured. In this way, Kasili's rebellion lasted until recently, and she finally succeeded in defeating the Roman legions and quelled the civil strife in peace with thunderbolt......

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After explaining these histories to Xun Yu, Xun Yu nodded and said, "In this way, the relationship between Rome and rest can almost be called a feud?" ”

Lu Ren also nodded: "Almost." Xun Gong, what do you think now? ”

Xun Yu smiled and said to Lu Ren: "The plan should be similar to what you think about Yihao." Rest in peace we have to fight sooner or later, but one is that we have to deal with Guishan first, and we will not be able to rest for a while, and the other is that we only have the strength of a few states to fight against the big Central Asian powers comparable to the Han Dynasty, and our strength is obviously insufficient. If it is possible to take advantage of the dispute between Rest and Rome......"

At this point, Lu Ren and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't say anything further. After seeing Lu Ren's dishes with a few chopsticks in his mouth, he said to Xun Yu: "Let's see what this Eurosky said in two days." He certainly did not know about our intention to attack Anxi, so I dare to conclude that the Roman side, or the eastern provinces of Rome, had not sent Eurosky to our state for the purpose of forming any kind of military alliance. The biggest possibility is to establish a stronger trade relationship with us. ”

Xun Yu nodded in agreement.

There are still some things that Xun Yu doesn't know, because it is inconvenient for Lu Ren to say. Let's put it this way, the current time point is 221 A.D., the Roman Empire has entered a period of chaos and weakness, but there are still about two hundred years before it is divided into East and West Rome, and the Roman Empire is still in a state of "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", and its strength in many aspects is still reasonable. At least at least, the eastern provinces on the Red Sea side could also send fleets and envoys to give gifts to Lu Ren, hoping that Lu Ren could increase the supply of trade, which shows that Rome still had considerable strength at that time, otherwise where would the goods purchased by the merchants be sold?

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Two days later, Lu Ren set up a formal banquet to entertain Eurosky and others, and at this time, Eurosky also handed over the official diplomatic letter to Lu Ren. As Lu Ren expected, the eastern provinces of Rome represented by Eurosky hoped to buy more things from Lu Ren's hands, and the most important one was to buy artillery and crossbows from Lu Ren's hands, which immediately made Lu Ren realize something.

Was there a crossbow in Rome at that time? It's hard to say, maybe not, but there may be. But at least one thing is certain that Rome at that time did not use the crossbow as a main battle weapon. Therefore, even if there was a crossbow in Rome at that time, its craftsmanship level was definitely gray and gray. And at this point, even if there is no appearance of Lu Ren, Huaxia's crossbow can throw the Roman crossbow out a few streets.

So is it true that Rome could not develop a good crossbow? It's a bit of a deep question. At least in Lu Ren's opinion, if Rome really developed crossbows, with the level of craftsmanship in Rome at that time, it should not be difficult to get some better crossbows, and the reason why Rome's bows and crossbows failed to develop is likely to be due to the good handiness of crossbows, so that those nobles in Rome are afraid of being easily assassinated with crossbows, so they want to suppress the development of crossbow art as much as possible...... Sounds like a bit of, right? But I'm sorry, this kind of thing has happened in history.

Don't go far, anyway, the Roman legions at that time didn't have a better medium and long-range attack means on the battlefield. And the same is true for crossbows, let alone artillery. Then, two years earlier, when Rome and Sabbath fought again, Casserie, who had received technical support from Wan'er, rained down arrows and artillery shells on the traditional Roman infantry phalanx......

Lu Ren was really laughed and cried when he listened to these explanations made by Eurosky, but he also had some fascination in his heart. Han and Ancient Rome, two superpowers in history, if they really collided together, what kind of scene would it be? The rain of crossbow arrows in the east and the infantry phalanx in the west...... It's a little exciting just thinking about it. Lu Ren even thought about bringing tens of thousands of crossbowmen to touch the Roman infantry phalanx if he could. It's just that Lu Ren hasn't seen anything here, but Wan'er has done it first.

It's a bit off, stop. In any case, according to Eurosky, the Roman legions, accustomed to the shock cavalry and archers of the rest tradition, were quickly crushed when they encountered the sudden medium and long-range strikes of the rest. And after the war, the corresponding news naturally spread widely among the Roman legions. On the other hand, the eastern provinces were already relatively close to the Armenian battlefield, so it was naturally relatively early to get such news.

It was at this time that the merchants of the eastern provinces finally took their eyes off the porcelain, silk and other valuables in the trading fleet for the time being, and instead noticed the large iron barrels on the ships of the Yizhou fleet and the weapons in the hands of the Yizhou sailors, and soon learned that Yizhou produced crossbows and artillery. After some twists and turns, the current Roman emperor ordered the eastern provinces to try to get in touch with Luren and purchase crossbows and artillery to deal with their sworn enemy, Parthians.

And what does all this mean for Lu Ren? It shows that the battle between Rome and Sabbath will definitely be fought! Further, when Lu Ren's footsteps came to a certain place, it was completely possible to reach a military alliance with Rome to achieve Lu Ren's goal of attacking and resting.

However, the current Lu Ren has been in the mix for many years and is also very good at dealing with diplomatic issues, so Lu Ren did not agree immediately, but said that he would consider it. Because in Lu Ren's opinion, the crossbow is just enough, but if the artillery thing flows into Europe too early, will it bring some negative effects to Huaxia?

But after the banquet ended, it didn't take long for Lu Ren to figure it out. Many things have their inevitability, and they can't be stopped if you want to. Take gunpowder as an example, when this thing was still used as a toy in the hands of the Chinese people, people in Central Asia and Europe had already thrown gunpowder into the war. What I am doing now is not actually to block, but to guide and lead the line that has deviated back to the right path...... Although this right path will bring more deaths.

So, a few days later, Lu Ren met with Euroski again and agreed to Rome's request for purchase. Of course, Lu Ren also put forward corresponding conditions, such as considering the blockade of the sea route by rest, the Roman side needs to guarantee the shipping lanes on the south side of the Red Sea, and the specific location proposed by Lu Ren is actually to the northeast corner of Africa. However, this problem is not big, because Egypt at that time did not know how many years it had been a province of Greece and Rome, and the eastern provinces only needed to build the place pointed out by Lu Ren.

The second is that Lu Ren put forward the demand for oil...... Look at the map, on the Red Sea is Saudi Arabia, and what is Saudi Arabia famous for in later generations? But this can't be done for a while, because the area is too easy to rest directly on the liver. And Lu Ren's purpose is to try to control Saudi Arabia when something is done. Yizhou will use oil for its future development, but the oil trade with Anxi, which was already very small, was interrupted after encountering Wan'er. Lu Ren also has a suspicion about this, suspecting that Wan'er may also be working on the idea of developing the oil industry, but the basic industry of rest has not yet risen, but this matter must not be considered. If something is really messed up by Wan'er, then Lu Ren will definitely suffer a big loss.

Of course, Lu Ren doesn't have to do the follow-up himself, just give a goal and let his subordinates do it. As for reaching a military alliance with Rome, this matter is still a little too early, and Guishan has not yet fought, so how can he rest in peace?

The matter was settled, and of course Euroski was very happy. Correspondingly, a large number of gifts were also delivered to Lu Ren. There is not much to say about gold, silver, jewelry, etc., but what surprised Lu Ren was that the Roman side actually sent thirty Western beauties as gifts with the ship...... Well, in ancient and modern diplomacy between China and foreign countries, it is not uncommon to take beautiful women as gifts.

In view of the aesthetic differences between the East and the West, some of these thirty Western beauties are actually not emotionally interesting. However, these thirty Western beauties as "high-end gifts" are still reasonable in terms of identity. In Huaxia's words, these beauties were also born in the aristocracy or wealthy people, and they became slaves after the family went bankrupt or broke the law.

Lu Ren really doesn't have any interest in beauty now, but the Western knowledge of these thirty "high-end gifts" at that time is very useful to Lu Ren. So Lu Ren waved his hand and threw twenty-eight of them to the corresponding departments to "squeeze" their value. Don't get me wrong, it's not about doing anything in circles, but about making use of their knowledge as much as possible, and making some preliminary preparations for Lu Ren's future reaching out to the West.

At worst, these "high-end gifts" can also act as translators and engage in Latin teaching, right? And some of these "high-end gifts" can speak ancient Greek or something, and they may all be able to use them when the time comes. By the way, at this time, Lu Ren actually remembered the "Rosetta Stone" that has important historical document value and is known as the "Rosetta Stone" that solves the mystery of ancient Egyptian civilization, and the Rosetta Stone has an ancient Greek translation on it.

Originally, Lu Ren wanted to throw all thirty of them, but he kept two of them at the insistence of Cai Yan and Lu Lan. According to Cai Yan and Lu Lan, Lu Ren kept two foreign sisters by his side as maids, even if they were accepted as concubines, it didn't matter. Cai Yan's explanation for this is that if Lu Ren keeps two such foreign girls by his side, it will be more convenient to occasionally think of something about Rome when he wants to ask someone, but Lu Lan simply joked with Lu Ren that he should "try it".

Well, Lu Lan's words are to open foreign meat in modern terms. Then Lu Ren didn't think too much, one was that he felt that Cai Yan's words were indeed reasonable, and the other was that there were just two foreign girls around him, and it was not a big deal. In fact, Lu Ren at this time was because there were too many things in the past and too much chaos, so he didn't think about the hidden intentions of Cai Yan and Lu Lan in doing this. And Cai Yan and Lu Lan's intention to do this is actually very simple, that is, they want to use other beautiful women to distract Lu Ren's attention from Wan'er.

Doesn't that sound silly? However, many women have done this in history, like a certain empress who re-entered the palace for this reason before she gained power......

(Ahem, the last two paragraphs were added by remembering Fan Ye's legend, which is more nonsense.) In addition, tomorrow on July 1st, the bottle has to take a break, and I've been really busy and tired lately. ）