The key to the emergence of something like an empire is that it must have a difficult environment for the people of its country to accumulate enough survival experience, and it must also have enough grain-producing areas for the rear area to prevent these guys from growing up.
If you have time to expand yourself into an empire, you will immediately lose room for maneuver and the game will be over.
If the legendary giant island is all plains or steep mountains, then it obviously does not have such qualifications. However,
Just because you don't have the qualifications to create an empire doesn't mean there's no value there. In fact, it's all steep terrain or all lush plains, which actually means infinite value!
It is all a lush plain, and the big island is an invincible top-quality food-producing area. As long as any empire truly proves its existence, it will inevitably fight for it and even fight. And if it is all steep terrain, it will be even better. This
It is simply a natural military fortress. Anyone who does not rob it is ignorant.
But as mentioned above, if that place is like the Mediterranean Sea in Europe or the land of China, with a little bit of all terrain and climate, then it will seem, at least, not so directly attractive. But such a place, for
For the large merchants and high-ranking vassals in various countries, it is a new temptation.
All kinds of these.
Wang Jing also had a lot of calculations in his mind, and at one point he actually planned to take the whole team of Wu Xing and Wu Wang, along with everyone's children, to see the situation. The plan at that time was that if that place was really beautiful,
Just resolutely give me a place to live, if there is a good place, why not?
In the end, after repeated weighing, Wang Jing gave up the idea.
Perhaps the legendary giant island in the South China Sea is indeed a beautiful place, but after all, it is too far away and the sea has huge storms and waves. The risk is not worth it.
Besides, even if everyone finds and lands on the so-called giant island in the vast South China Sea, it will not be possible for hundreds of years to develop into an empire. The key conditions may not be that good, and it may not really be possible.
Suitable for separatist rule!
Besides, even if that place is really suitable for Zhong Lingyuxiu to develop, but he really has to take all the five surnames and five Wang families there together, even if it is really a perfect place with perfect opportunities, the conditions will be extremely difficult.
In such a barbaric land, there is nothing, so we go up there, and there is no taste of life at all. No matter how good the prospects are, what fun is there? We, the Confucian scholars, make it our business to rectify the country and solemnize the court, so why expand the territory?
These are all vulgar and barbaric acts.
In short, under the influence of various factors, in the end, Wang Jing still tended to believe that the giant island in the South China Sea probably does not exist, definitely does not exist, and even if it does exist, it is definitely not worth visiting.
But this time.
Thinking that the Roman envoys might have landed on the giant island in the South China Sea, Wang Jing couldn't help but feel his heart pounding with excitement. This was really an extraordinary excitement.
That place, according to the rumors among the scholars and businessmen of the generation on the south coast of China, is a truly blessed place. Moreover, because it is isolated overseas, it is a natural and dangerous natural chasm, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Romans occupied such a good place. Doesn't this mean that the chance of success in the fight between Rome and Li Tang has been greatly improved?
This is such a great thing!
In his excitement, Wang Jing even felt that he couldn't sit still.
Although.
After welcoming the envoy, Wang Jing was guessing what the envoy was planning to do, but it was easy to guess. This was obviously good news, because no matter what the envoy was here for, since he didn't bring Rome with him
The soldiers and horses came over, but at least they were not hostile to everyone. This fully shows that the Romans definitely still have some use for the people from China.
Wang Jing was naturally excited, but because it was so easy to guess, and after the envoy sat down and everyone toasted, he did talk about these things in half-baked Chinese, so it was not too surprising.
. So in such an atmosphere,
Wang Jing naturally thought of something more serious.
In the current situation, Li Tang's power is too great, and the deterrent power of their "submarine" is too strong.
All the people in the world are rebelling against the king, and every one of them is suppressed and dare not make a sound. It is like a situation where the sun is at its peak in the true sense.
In this situation, although Wang Jing also knew that it seemed to be of little value to him, but because of this sense of the macro and overall situation, he still couldn't help but want to know one thing.
Did the Romans come from that legendary giant island in the South China Sea this time?
If it really comes from there, my guess is true.
Although it seems meaningless to me at the very least, it is so exciting to think about it!
This time.
Wang Jing couldn't help but think of the many historical books he had lived through, the methods used by some ancient emperors, famous ministers, and most military generals to encourage military morale. In the past, Wang Jing was still very interested in this kind of thing when he was young.
Yes, after all, it seems like a way to control other people's thoughts.
But as I got older, especially after I became the orthodox heir of the Wang family, I gradually lost interest in these things - Confucian scholars should take the peace of the world as their own responsibility, how can they learn the art of military strategy?
It’s not possible to understand clearly.
Of course, Wang Jing is still very interested in "the art of controlling people", and this is still true to this day. However, because some of the content is related to warriors, Wang Jing skipped it when he read Classics and History.
But at this moment, by some strange combination of circumstances, Wang Jing unexpectedly remembered those methods that he hated very much, and the various methods that military men had to learn to appease the morale of the soldiers. Among these methods, the allusion of "Looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst" is undoubtedly one of the most colorful ones.
Pen.
Realizing this, Wang Jing became more curious and wanted to ask the Roman envoy to share some information!
Although the atmosphere was harmonious as we ate and drank, and although the Japanese cuisine was not that great, the good thing was that it was located near the sea, and the fish and shrimp had the advantage of being fresh. It looked like hello to me, hello to everyone, and it was enjoyable, but I thought about it after thinking about it.
, Wang Jing still didn’t ask.
After all, this is Rome's strategy and a national policy. How can I overstep it and explore it?
If you really come to inquire about these things, if the Romans are willing to tell you, that's great. If they are unwilling to tell you, wouldn't you be committing a crime?
Isn't this bringing trouble to the Five Surnames and Five Hopes? Now that the Five Surnames and Five Hopes have been working hard for a year, the fleet they finally saved is gone. If this is resented by the Romans again, it will mean that even "Jian Zai"
The hope of "Emperor's Heart" is gone, this is really a huge pressure.