To be precise, Li Er's career is not even booming, but almost reaching completion step by step.
The Romans probably didn't understand the existence of those landowners who hoarded land in the past - they were called "lords" over there. What kind of terrible grievances and grievances did this group have with Li Er?
But the Romans understood it very clearly.
If the Tang Empire really launches its ships, these guys will land in large numbers in America!
The reason why the Romans were able to successfully land in the Americas was ultimately because there was an inland sea in the country, and the number and quality of sailing talents greatly exceeded those in China.
On this point, China really has nothing to complain about, because although China also has a coastline, where should the fishermen of China go after leaving the coastline? There is no need to engage in ocean navigation.
Fishing doesn't require traveling so far and taking so many risks, so of course there is no such talent echelon, which is quite different from Rome.
Of course, there are still big rivers in China, two in total, and huge lakes. Obviously these are ship application scenarios, and there are also wind and waves that can be used for training. But, in the final analysis, the kind of wind and waves used in ocean navigation are not rivers after all.
Compared with Huneng, this can only be done by really immersing yourself in it.
It was also because of this that Rome devoted all its maritime talents to expand toward the Americas!
Even the economic reserves within Rome in recent years, all the surplus grain and the already scarce and precious industrial production capacity, have all been used to serve this great cause towards the Americas.
Why did this happen? In the final analysis, it was after investigation and calculation that it was determined that the Tang Empire did not have enough sailing talents, and the maritime industry must be. Of course, the Tang Empire had countless talents. Others may not work, but with these monsters
Compared with shipbuilding, it would be a boring life.
However, although the Tang Empire had developed agriculture, industry, and shipbuilding capabilities, it did not have much experience in fighting wind and waves. Unlike Rome, which had a large fleet of ships plying between Europe and Africa all year round, the talent echelon was as stable as a mountain. Therefore, Rome
King Hannibal saw the opportunity and took action decisively.
It was almost like absconding with money. They mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources overnight and rushed towards America. Then again,
America is actually not that isolated. Although it is to the World Island what the Japanese Islands are to China, it is actually not the same. The strategy of the Japanese in later generations is, in short, to engage in distant relations and attack closely.
But in fact, the Japanese strategy is not rational, because the feasibility of this strategy of distant friendship and close attack requires a prerequisite - facing the opponent you want to attack closely, you must first be able to fight it alone and be able to defeat its military alone.
To survive under threats, otherwise, what's the use of distant friendships, no matter how good they are?
The so-called "near attack" is because the ancients said that many things cannot be expressed clearly in classical Chinese. Because the word "near attack" exists after "distant attack", it seems to give people the impression that "near attack is the result of far contact".
This feeling of attachment.
But in fact, it is not the case. Far friendship is a subsidiary of close attack. And because of this real primary and secondary relationship, the implicit premise is that to engage in far friendship, you must have the ability to attack at close range. You can't even fight for one round.
How can your distant allies cooperate with you?
As for why the Japanese nation chose this strategy, that is, it is not important, but it shows one thing,
Geostrategy does not just look at who is "neighboring" whom, but also the actual balance of strategic power.
And more importantly, it depends on the distance.
If you are not strong enough, you can still attack from a distance, but if the distance is too close, you will not be able to perform even the kind of cool maneuvers performed by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty in the Siege of Baideng, and this will only lead to a dead end.
America is also special in this aspect.
Although it is an entire Atlantic Ocean from Europe, it is as far away from China as an entire Pacific Ocean. And it seems that America and Europe are actually disconnected in some places, that is, from Newfoundland to the Iberian Peninsula.
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This sea area is undoubtedly much closer than the vast Atlantic Ocean. Of course, it is not comparable to the easternmost strait of the World Island, because no matter how small the sea area is, it is still a "sea area". After all, it is not
strait.
However, the latitude of the waters from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas is much lower than that of the Bering Strait!
This means that it is not so cold along the way. When the ship is sailing, the main obstacle is the risk of long sea waves, without much additional cost.
The Bailing Strait is different. To go from China to America through this location, you need to pass through a large number of extremely cold permafrost areas.
And the cost of having to pass through a large number of frozen areas is terrifying, just think about it.
Liaozhou in China is already a place of severe cold. People in later generations don't even use the word "bitter cold place" to describe those places farther north. It's just two words: frozen soil. As for the place after crossing the Bering Strait, that's
In later generations, Alaska was also famous for being cold.
, what kind of goods do merchants have to transport, and how much profit must be made from these goods in order to obtain such huge profits to support this great undertaking?
The reason why things in the world are complicated is that if any kind of group wants to accomplish something, it must first unite and cooperate, and individuals can always choose not to cooperate.
You can ask him to cooperate, but as long as he works hard and fails to contribute, there is nothing you can do. After all, no group can punish members in the name of "lack of ability."
For these maritime merchants, things were very simple. The emperor could not force them to go out and open up new territories in response to the imperial court's great cause. The reason was very simple.
The court can punish them for not cooperating with the court, but after that, everyone in the rest of the Tang Dynasty will be afraid of going to the sea. At that stage, it means there is a cultural problem. In that case, for the court, things will
It's more troublesome and the problem is bigger.
So we could only wait for them to cooperate obediently, and the Romans knew this without a doubt.
After grasping this point, the fact that "the Romans had a natural advantage in the race to seize the Americas" emerged, and similarly, based on this advantage, the necessity of the Romans to seize the Americas became undoubted.
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After all, there is no eternal advantage in the world. Only the advantage that can be used immediately can be regarded as an advantage. An advantage that is not used is just an electronic product that will always be out of stock.
Of course, things are not that simple. No matter how worried the Romans were, the Tang Empire was almost done.