"Treasurer, what should we do with the remaining 200,000 barbarians? We can't just support them like this. Money is coming every day." After Papinian returned from the Red Sea, he said to Pompianus with a headache.
, this is not done, Rome will feel very uncomfortable.
"Let's keep them first. We can't disband them. If they are disbanded, they will become hidden dangers." Pompianus counted the money and said without raising his head. These people have been trained. If they are put back, that's not the case.
Are you going to cause trouble for yourself? It's better to stay here.
"But if you keep them, you will have to spend money, food and supplies every day. This is not just a few people, this is two hundred thousand." Papinian said very helplessly. The scale of the barbarian has expanded to this extent. Pay attention to it.
Considering the difference between the Han Dynasty and the Roman system, these famous bosses in history were also very worried.
"This is not something you should consider. This is the task of the financial officer." Pompianus greeted perfunctorily, "Besides, didn't you receive a deposit of 30 million denarii from Kushan? At least you can live with this much money.
Two years, rest assured."
"What I mean is, let's forget about selling these troubles to the Han Dynasty. Didn't we hear that the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty are taking action? We are allies of the Han Dynasty. We cannot only support the Kushan Dynasty. We must provide balanced support to the Han Dynasty.
Sell some, and charge less." After looking around, Pabinian felt that he couldn't expose his shady side, and whispered after making sure no one was around.
"..." Pompianus stopped writing and looked at Pabinian up and down, as if he was meeting this man for the first time, and then nodded silently, "This is a good idea, and it can be used both ways.
To eat, it’s best to charge a deposit from the Han Room or something.”
"You are darker than me." Papinian was convinced, but he felt relieved after hearing Pompianus's words. The quaestor was still working, so he didn't need to say anything more.
"It's so black, what do you know? In fact, I thought about it carefully and found that this move is not realistic at all. When I found out that Guishuang couldn't even afford three hundred thousand talents, I thought about whether to sell it to
Han Dynasty, but after thinking about it, I determined one thing, that is, what is the purpose of doing this?" Pompianus rolled his eyes and said.
"The purpose?" Pabinian was stunned, "Of course it is to make a fortune while eliminating the hidden dangers caused by the national system. Is there any problem?"
"Nonsense, of course there is a problem. Do you know how strong the Han Dynasty is?" Pompianus said slightly gloomily.
"We are roughly weaker than us now, but it doesn't matter. The two sides are too far apart. The distance between the essence area is almost 30,000 miles. Can the Han Dynasty come over?" Pabinian rolled his eyes and said, "The distance between us is destined.
There can only be friction, not a big fight."
"Well, I agree with your judgment. However, Kuishang is still very close. Do you think that if we start a war with Kuishang, how much will the difficulty of elites with an additional 300,000 talents drop?" Pompianus first agreed.
Pabinian speculated, and then raised his own questions.
"This." After hearing this and thinking for a while, Pabinian nodded. Indeed, having an extra three hundred thousand elite talents will not only bring many advantages when attacking, but the advantage will be particularly obvious when solidifying the defense line.
"The Kushan Empire, as far as the observation results of the people I sent there are concerned, that country has bigger problems than our Rome, but due to the land and climate, the output is very terrible, plus the price of pepper in Kushan
Right..." Pompianus sighed.
Among the three remaining empires, the Han Dynasty has the best system, the Roman military is the toughest, and Kuishang is the richest and has the most food and grass. Even Chen Xi cannot destroy Nangui.
Due to the climate there, rice is harvested three times a year.
In addition to the large amount of spices that Nan Gui has mastered, Rome is actually in a state of ecstasy. For Europe, there are several things that have been very important since ancient times. One is silk, without which it is not considered a nobleman, and the other is silk.
Spices, the nobles would basically not be able to survive without this.
Of course, there are still porcelain and tea later, but Chen Xi has not yet completed the development of these two items. Tea has been developed. The problem is that the tea plantation has not been completed yet, so it can still be supplied internally. Externally, the Romans feel that this thing is
It is a thing worth as much as gold.
In short, the most tangled place in Rome now is that Kushan and the Han Dynasty have a kind of pricing power. It's okay to talk about silk. The two sides have finally reached an agreement. But for Kushan's spices, Rome is still holding its nose to recognize it.
Degree.
The Han Dynasty also had a lot of demand for spices, but now that they have opened up Southeast Asia, the Han Dynasty is obviously going to take the self-sufficient route. However, there are still too many Han Dynasty people, so importing spices from Kushan is inevitable.
Of course, Rome had been accustomed to this kind of money for hundreds of years before. The external items of annual fiscal expenditure were not only the purchase of silk, spices, etc., but there was nothing unacceptable.
The result Pompianus' investigators brought back was to ask Pompianus to complain about why he didn't have such a special and valuable thing, and then he said a few words that Rome is super strong and we don't envy it.
Not envious at all, and then shed tears of envy.
In short, that's pretty much it. Pompianus's observation clearly confirmed Kushan's financial resources, which is why Rome set such a high price. Although we don't have your specialties, our Roman specialties are barbarians, and they are elite barbarians.
Ah, I can exchange it with you!
"That is to say, do you think that Kuishang will not be a rival of the Han Dynasty?" Papinian raised an eyebrow and said, "But even if it is not a rival, Kuishang is still an empire. It should not be so fragile. No matter how powerful the Han Dynasty is,
How many more years can it take to kill Guishang?"
"Times have changed. In the past, wars between empires might last for hundreds of years, but not anymore. The mobility of soldiers and the speed of logistics transportation will greatly shorten the war time between empires that are close to each other." Pompianus
He doesn't know much about military affairs, but he understands strategy.
"So you can't sell it to the Han Dynasty." Pompianus sighed and said, "If you sell it to the Han Dynasty, a big problem will arise. The Han Dynasty will probably kill Kushan at a faster speed, and then
Most of the barbarians we rented out were not dead, and then the other party sent us back a bunch of dual-talented barbarians. You must know that the first aid system of the Han army is much better than ours."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Pabinian's mind has not turned around yet. He is still stuck on the idea that dual talents are good and dual talents are the foundation of the empire. He has not yet understood that sending back more than 200,000 people who have experienced the war
What did the elite barbarians mean to the Roman Empire.
"What's good?" Pompianus looked at Pabinian as if he were a fool, "Can't you think of being a chancellor? Do we have so many civil positions for those people?
?If you don’t give it, can you still not know what these hidden dangers we specially jumped out will do?”
Papinian was stunned when he heard this, and after combing his thoughts, he looked at Pompianus with a heavy head after a while. He found that what the other party said was very reasonable. If it was given to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty would
If we go back and send these people back, Rome will be waiting for civil strife.
There are more than 300,000 elites with one talent who have experienced the war of the empire. If they are brutal enough to hit 60,000 or 70,000 pairs of talents, there will be no problem at all. Since the Han Dynasty is a rented Roman barbarian, it is of course dangerous and where to use it.
The proportion of dual talents will also increase.
When the time comes to send it back like this, Rome will not be able to vacate the position of citizens, so it will have to wait for the Eagle Banner Legion to fight the Roman Barbarian Army. Even if they win in the end, Rome will lose half of its blood, tens of thousands of pairs of talents plus hundreds of thousands.
With a mixture of talents, he is still the kind of warrior who has experienced the iron and blood of the imperial battlefield. Even the elite of the empire cannot underestimate him.
"There is such an operation, I don't even know about it." Pabinian said with a sigh on his face. He was thinking of selling it to the Han Dynasty before, but now after listening to Pompianus' explanation, come on
, for the sake of the Roman Empire, it’s better to be realistic and don’t seek death.
"Yes, there is such an operation." Pompianus rolled his eyes, "So even if the Han Dynasty wants to rent it, it cannot be rented. We have to rent all these people to the Kushans. Don't worry, we have Rome
If you transfuse blood behind your back, Kushan will not die too quickly."
"Are you sure you can rent it all to Kushan?" Pabinian just didn't think about it before. Now that he has figured it out, he discovered a big problem, that is, Kushan can't eat it at all.
, how bold Kushan must be to dare to do this.
"Trust is gradually cultivated, don't worry." Pompianus said with a smile, "Anyway, we will definitely not smash Kushan's plate in the early days. We will just send these people to die and become disabled, so as to reduce the impact of these people on them.
The impact of our country’s system, so even if Kushan turns these people into consumables and kills them on the battlefield, the most we can do is mourn and receive pensions.”
"..." Papinian saw Pompianus make a mournful look, the corner of his mouth twitched twice, and then looked at Pompianus as if he remembered something, "I seem to have heard some other things.
Meaning, like 'early days'?"
"Nonsense, of course it's in the early stages. We can't make a difference in the later stages. Of course we in Rome have to help Kushan. The empire is destined to be destroyed, but some empires need help. When the time comes, we see that the situation is not good and we will talk to the Han Dynasty. We will bear the consequences.
It would be great if the Han Dynasty took the opportunity to destroy Guishuang." Pompianus said that I had already prepared the operation.
"What if the Han Dynasty doesn't agree?" Papinian rolled his eyes and said.