Of course, although the Kushan Empire is known as the four powerful countries, its heyday recorded a population of one million and more than 200,000 soldiers... Compared with the Eastern Han Dynasty in China at the same time, it is actually not worth mentioning at all.

According to historical records, in 90 AD, the Kushan King sent to Ban Chao on the Silk Road to seek the Han Dynasty princess.

At that time, after winning the northern attack on the Huns, Ban Chao had been on mission to the Western Regions for several years and led the Han army to conquer more than 50 countries in the Western Regions.

Because of such outstanding achievements, Ban Chao was named Marquis of Dingyuan by Emperor He of Han and was famous among the countries in the Western Regions.

The Kushan Empire sent troops to help the army led by Ban Chao at that time, and did not pay tribute to the Great Han when the attack was launched, and Chechiguo, who destroyed the Silk Road, made contributions, so he made this request to Ban Chao.

But this request was directly rejected by Ban Chao.

The princess of the Han Dynasty once married the Huns repeatedly to seek marriage because of their weak style in the early Han Dynasty.

However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, he attacked the Huns several times, and finally defeated the Huns and avenged his previous shame.

Since then, the status of princesses in the Han Dynasty has been extremely noble.

The Han Dynasty princesses and relatives were married to foreign countries and were regarded as a taboo in the court.

Because of the opening of the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty was already well-known at that time, and many countries in the Western Regions had made good friends with the Han Dynasty... Because they were not good friends, they were all killed by the Han Dynasty.

But even if we have a good relationship with the Han Dynasty, even if we have a country that has surrendered to the Han Dynasty, it is difficult to marry the princess of the Han Dynasty. This shows how popular the Han Dynasty princesses were at that time.

It was precisely because the Kushan King knew this and thought that Kushan could be on par with the Han Dynasty that he spoke to Ban Chao and asked for a marriage to the Han Dynasty princess.

But in Ban Chao's eyes, the peak population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was 65 million, and the population of the three counties alone exceeded 2.4 million.

According to historical records, the Han Dynasty, when Ban Chao was in Emperor He, even after the turmoil of Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty decades ago, the national population remained above 53.25 million.

The population of the Kushan Empire was not as large as that of the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The status of the Kushan king was also not as strong as that of the nobles in the Kushan country, and was able to call the wind and rain in the territory under his rule.

In addition, Kushan is far away... How could the princess of the Han Dynasty marry into such a place?

Ban Chao rejected the Kushan King on the spot, which was just a trivial matter in Ban Chao's eyes. He could make the decision without disturbing the court.

But the Kushan King thought he had suffered a great humiliation, and was furious and sent 70,000 Kushan elite troops to attack Ban Chao.

At that time, Ban Chao had few people and was not in the territory of the Han Dynasty, but carried out trade on the Silk Road.

However, Ban Chao was a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He abandoned his pen and joined the army and attacked the Huns in the north. His reputation was not revealed.

Adapting to local conditions, Ban Chao adopted a sticking strategy, which lasted for more than a month. After exhausting the Kushan military rations, he then counterattacked, defeated the Kushan army and captured its leading generals alive.

When Kushan learned about it, he was very frightened. The Kushan King bowed his head and apologized to Ban Chao in person. He then paid tribute to the Han Dynasty for many years...

But Ban Chao didn't even remember the name of King Kushan, and he only called him the King of Yiyuezhi.

But no matter what,

As one of the four powerful countries, the Kushan Empire had a large enough land area.

Moreover, the Kushan Empire, together with another powerful country in the west, was the Rest Empire, one of the four powerful countries at that time, and established good covenant relations.

The strength of the Silent Empire is much stronger than that of the Kushan Empire. The Persian Empire, which almost destroyed the ancient India, was occupied by the Silent Empire after its destruction.

However, although the Sakura Empire occupied most of the territory owned by the Persian Empire, it could not control the sects in the Persian region.

The people of the former Persian Empire still believed in Zoroastrianism.

In addition to the strong rule of ancient India by the Kushan Empire, Buddhism is still difficult to spread to Europe.

However, the territory of the Rest Empire bordered the Roman Empire, a behemoth of Europe at that time.

The Roman Empire was a continuation of Greek civilization, which influenced the entire Europe for more than ten centuries.

Because of the border between the territory, there is very serious friction between the Silence Empire and the Roman Empire! ωωw..net

This state of war has lasted for nearly a hundred years!

It was not until 20 BC that Rome and Rest had a peace talk for thirty years. Finally, around 10 AD, the two countries entered a temporary peace period and gradually started trade.

As an ally of the Rest Empire, the Kushan Empire naturally had the Kushan Empire's share.

It is precisely because of this that Buddhism in ancient India finally came to Europe...

However, Buddhism is not going well in Europe.

Because it was already late AD, the native Christianity of Europe was more popular among Europeans.

So... When the peacock, who is the king of Buddhist apology, finally came to the European continent, there was no connection between peacock and Buddhism in the eyes of Europeans.

Peacocks came to Europe just as a traded thing.

Therefore, the Romans who ruled Europe at that time did not know that this bird was called a peacock, and they were called it only as beautiful pheasants...

The most beautiful thing about peacocks is the tail used by peacocks to spread their tails.

The cocktail in the head basin of the ‘cocktail’ came from this. In Europe at that time, cocktails were actually peacock tails and were synonymous with beauty.

And from the types of cocktail head basins, it is not difficult to see that all cocktail head basins are fresh and beautiful!

It is no surprise that fresh kelp, colorful fresh fruit platters, such a 'beautiful' food is called a cocktail tray.

Even later, Europeans learned about the difference between peacocks and pheasants, and because of their habits, they did not change their words.

Therefore, the cocktail head basin is actually characterized by freshness, and these fresh fruits, freshly picked and fished seafood, etc. are placed into shapes that can be viewed.

The assorted head basin is opposite to the cocktail head basin.

Sauerkraut, pickled fish, tobacco fish, and stuffed eggs are all made by Westerners and can be preserved for a long time without deterioration.

Because the pickling method is more or less used, these dishes have a heavy sauce and are no longer fresh in color, which is in opposition to the cocktail head basin.

In fact, to put it bluntly, such a distribution method that is obviously different from China is still due to habits.

The cold dishes in Chinese dishes, whether they are meat or vegetables, are mainly tasted. The ingredients are worse and the taste may not be bad, so when sorting, they are only divided into meat or vegetables.

Western dishes are more important than taste, so when sorting, they do not distinguish between meat and vegetables, but based on freshness.

But in essence, Western appetizers are similar to Chinese cold dishes in terms of cooking, and their effects are similar, all for appetizers before hot dishes.
Chapter completed!