There is an idiom in the Ming Dynasty called "The disaster of the fish in the pond", which refers to a fire at the city gate, but it is the fish in the fish pond at the city gate that are unlucky. Dorgon also did not expect that his views on the collapse of British power in India actually caused the suffering of the Armenians.

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The Ottoman Empire had too many reasons for dealing with the Armenians. The most irrefutable one was that they were pagans.

Religion is gentle, but its treatment of pagans is cruel.

In just three months, Armenians were slaughtered like rats. Their property was divided and emptied, and their children turned into mummies in the sand dunes.

Thousands of Armenian girls were crucified and slowly tortured to death. Only a few Armenians close to Russia fled to Russia, and from then on they were at odds with the Ottoman Empire.

While the Ottoman Empire was busy cleaning up its interior, countless Indians were arriving in Suezburg on ships.

The land from Fort Suez to the seaside was full of dilapidated tents. The Indians threw away the bones left by the Arabs like garbage. This was a good thing done by the First Marine Division. When it came to cleaning the battlefield, they

It has always been about killing and not burying.

In order to achieve the goals set by Li Xiao, Queen Zhang Xi could only use her people like animals. Now she misses Wu Sangui a little. At least when Wu Sangui took away people's harvest, he would leave a bite for everyone to eat so that everyone could survive.

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In order to meet the deadline, countless Indians rush around the construction site like ants. Every day they have to work for more than ten hours under the scorching sun of the Middle East. They drink boiled seawater and eat food that is almost moldy.

Some people were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, some were stoned to death, and some accidentally fell into a ditch and were buried alive. The deadline was chaotic, and various engineering accidents occurred one after another.

Li Xiao's order is ruthless. Within three months and one hundred days, the last 20% of the project must be dug, otherwise Queen Zhang Xi will lose her head.

Queen Zhang Xi has no doubts about Li Xiao's words. If she cuts off her head, there will be a new successor immediately. Li Xiao has long wanted to replace her with a more obedient person!

The Indians were not a day ahead, and naturally they were not a day behind. Exactly one hundred days later, Queen Zhang Xi handed in her answer sheet. The Suez Canal was officially opened to navigation!

The billowing turbid cement slurry surged, and it took almost two days to fill the entire canal. Li Xiao looked at this artificially dug canal, which was a miracle in this era. Compared with it, the famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

, it’s just a small river ditch.

The small tugboat sailed in a circle, from Fort Suez to Port Said, and then from Port Said back to Suez, which took almost three days. As for the large cargo ship, the sailing time is estimated to be even slower. But even this

The speed? It is also much stronger than detouring around Africa.

Li Xiao decided to let the large cargo ship go around. If the 80,000-ton cargo ship can pass, there will be no problem. The 80,000-ton cargo ship is currently the largest ship in the world.

A mountain-like ship sailed into the canal? Queen Zhang Xi's heart was in her throat. If the ship ran aground, her life would end. Li Dingguo was watching her not far away? His men were loaded with ammunition, including machine guns.

It all adds up. The guards holding swords around him are like lambs in their eyes.

Li Xiao was sitting on the ferry, watching the 80,000-ton ship in front of him sailing through the newly opened Suez Canal. The ship sailed very slowly and was towed by tugboats. The ship was loaded with weapons and ammunition transported to the French.

Joseph paid the price of two thousand Egyptian slaves, which was considered as freight.

With Queen Zhang Xi on tenterhooks, the freighter slowly sailed into the depths of the Suez Canal. The most thrilling section was over, which meant that there would be no major problems in other parts.

Li Xiao didn't even look at the Indian corpses being burned in the distance. He knew that Queen Zhang Xi was deliberately disgusting him!

The rise of any empire will lead to corpses everywhere. There is no way around it. When productivity cannot meet social needs, plundering has become a good way to make a fortune. From human to material and financial resources? From the Roman Empire

This is what the Mongols did all the time.

In the history of China for thousands of years, many people have cut it one after another like leeks. Now it is my turn to cut the leeks, and of course I have to be more thorough.

Soon, the airship in front sent back a message. The freighter docked at Port Said successfully. They would wait for the ironclad ship behind them, and under the escort of the ironclad ship, they would sail to Marseille, the final destination of the cargo.

Did you unload the ship in Marseille? It has nothing to do with them after that.

During this time, Li Xiao lived in Egypt and saw the tall pyramids and the Sphinx that had stood in the desert for thousands of years. After hearing the legend of the Valley of the Kings, Li Xiao wanted to go and bring Ramesses and

Tutankhamun was dug up.

The legendary huge golden coffin is indeed very attractive, but thinking of the mysterious curse of Tutakamen, Li Xiao still did not bother the soul of death. There are many things in this world that are specious. Although he does not really believe it in his heart, he

It's not like it's offensive.

After all, coming into this world is something that is difficult to explain.

If there is anyone in this world who looks very similar to Indians, it would have to be the Egyptians. These people also had white cloth wrapped around their heads. In the Ming Dynasty, they were tied like this when someone died at home.

Then there is the art of pulling cakes with three fingers. Li Xiao practiced it for a while but still didn't understand it.

The huge Nile crocodile is very scary. This largest reptile in Africa can grow up to six meters long. If there is no disease and no disaster, it is not a big problem to live for more than a hundred years.

It was the first time Li Xiao saw such a huge creature and he was also shocked. In comparison, the alligator known as the dragon that lives in the Yangtze River is not worth mentioning.

A great business idea immediately came to mind. I told Lao Ao and he immediately got Lao Ao's approval. These behemoths didn't know that a person with authority was interested in their crocodile skin.

Soon, these giant reptiles will be wiped out.

At the same time, a brand called Crocodile will be born in this world. The logo is a crocodile with a big mouth. This brand of leather shoes, bags, and suitcases will be popular all over the world. It will become another growth point of the Ming Dynasty's economy!

The rolling Nile water has created the fertile Nile Delta. Cairo is located on the Nile Delta. The fertility of the land here shocked Li Xiao.

Those Egyptian farmers have the most primitive tools in their hands and have no idea what fertilization is. As long as there are no floods, they can actually get a bumper harvest every year. The most terrifying thing is that the wheat yield here actually reaches six to seven hundred pounds.

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This is basically impossible in Guanzhong, where the land is barren. Even in Shandong, three hundred kilograms of wheat per acre is pretty good. In Daming, the best fields can produce more than five hundred kilograms per mu.

In a place like this, you can get a yield of 600 to 700 kilograms per mu by planting any kind of land. And the yield per mu is not much different, the highest is more than 700 kilograms, and the lowest is more than 500 kilograms. It seems like the Guanzhong generation, there are many fields with a yield per mu.

That's more than two hundred kilograms.

Li Xiao suddenly figured out a question, a question about religion. It seems that religions that originated in the Middle East all have a dreamy paradise. The rivers there are flowing with milk and honey, and there is endless food on the ground.

There is also an even more sinister saying: there are ninety-nine women there who are always virgins for you to enjoy as you wish.

The Egyptians originated in the Nile River Basin, the Sumerians originated in the Euphrates and Tigris River Basins, the Indians originated in the Ganges River Basin, and the Chinese originated in the Yellow River Basin.

It seems that civilization is nourished by water. With water, there will naturally be fertile land in some places. Just like the Nile Delta, wheat will grow by itself without even sowing seeds.

The primitive people here don't have to do anything all day long. They just have to play in Happy Valley and have food and drink. The primitive people living here are happy and carefree. Perhaps in their eyes, the land under their feet is

Heaven.

The more fun there is in Happy Valley, the population will naturally increase.

After the population increased, the land could not support so many people. Naturally, some people had to travel far away. They came to relatively infertile land and had to work hard to obtain food.

These people are too tired, so they are not as happy as their ancestors. They miss the paradise in the mouth of their ancestors. A guy named Jesus and Mohammed added their own thoughts, so there is paradise in the religious sense.

In comparison, the land in the Ganges and Yellow River basins is not so fertile. It seems that... the religions born in the Yellow River and Ganges basins have never heard of heaven.

Buddhism pays more attention to the practice of reincarnation, while Taoism is more mysterious and pays more attention to developing the power of the body to the extreme, and finally competing with the heaven and earth, soaring and becoming an immortal in the daytime.

The five major elements of heaven and earth, and the five minor elements of human body! In ancient times, there was a real person who held the heaven and earth, grasped the yin and yang, exhaled the human breath, and independently guarded the gods. His flesh and bones were one, so he could live long enough to cover the heaven and the earth...

This is what Li Xiao heard when he listened to the Zhengyi Sect's Shangqing Palace Taoist lecture at Longhu Mountain.

Religion also affects national character. In religions originated in the Middle East, believers are more pious. They are afraid that if they violate the doctrine, they will not be able to go to heaven after death.

Indians are more Buddhist. They focus more on cultivating their own virtues so that after reincarnation, they can be more perfect in the next reincarnation. If they practice to the extreme, they can become Buddhas.

Chinese Taoism has never heard of rigid and insurmountable doctrines. Taoist priests use various methods to increase their own strength. From this, many sects such as the Inner Alchemy Sect, the Outer Alchemy Sect, and the Fulu Sect have developed.

Whether they rely on external forces or develop their own potential, the ultimate goal of Taoist priests is to strengthen themselves.
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