In addition to the maritime merchants who passed by here and trafficked various goods, there were also many heroes from China who chose to go out and settle here directly, and even...
After meeting several merchants who were passing by or doing business here, Asmin heard that in recent years, even Taoist temples and temples had been opened in southern Africa...
This also made Asmin feel relieved. Although she was Persian, her relationship with the Tang Empire had become deeper and deeper in the past few years. Meeting Han people in this foreign land thousands of miles away made her feel sad in her heart.
There is an indescribable feeling of intimacy and familiarity. Even... when I think of those Han people whose skin is tanned and chapped, who laugh and throw away their hoes, and drink bad wine without any rules, there is even a deep feeling in my heart.
A sense of security is born.
It seems that wherever there are people like this in the world, there will be food and peace.
Although it was her first night in Africa, and Asmin was fully aware of the difficulty of the trip, when she heard the merchants talk about the Han people settling here, she felt strangely relaxed.
I slept soundly and soundly all night.
but……
The ancients said: Prepare for a rainy day. Another saying is: Whatever you are afraid of will come to you.
In the early morning of the next day, or even late at night, not even the Yin hour, but only in the second half of the ugly hour, Asmin was shaken awake by the maid Shanako. When she opened her eyes, she saw the maid saying in horror, "Your Highness is not okay.
Got it!"
…
Asmin was sleeping. For various reasons, she slept very soundly that night.
However, in this sweet sleep, Asmin vaguely saw the appearance of the maid Shanako.
After many years of experience in Mangbaicheng, Asmin's psychological quality is still quite good. She quickly sobered up and calmed down, frowning and said,
"Calm down first!"
She scolded in displeasure, and then said, "Report to me exactly what happened."
Being yelled by the leader, the maid Shanako felt a sense of security in her heart. After all, the thieves are powerful...What's wrong with being powerful? My Highness is even more powerful!...Then he said, "Our tent on the beach was stolen.
The gang moved, and the night guard brother said there was..."
"Um?"
Asmin was startled, the tent was passive... was it really passive?
The tent placed on the beach was something she deliberately sent people to place on the sandbank - with Asmin's current vigilance and quality, of course it was impossible for her to just lead the troops on the first night.
Go to land and pitch a tent to sleep.
Although the sleeping conditions on the ship are not good, at least they are much safer!
The tent pitched on the sandbank where the boat is parked is of course the bait for fishing.
Asmin herself doesn’t know exactly what kind of fish she is fishing for, but there is definitely no problem in doing so - the tent is on the shore and the people are on the boat. If the environment is indeed dangerous and there is something going on, then at least we can get some information first.
.
Asmin almost immediately thought of all the rumors about Africa.
This place is not like China or Persia...
It's not even like Tianzhu, because it is said... that there is no such thing as a tiger in Africa.
And this is not good news, because although tigers are fierce and domineering, their territories are very large, which means that people only need to face tigers that appear from time to time, and the frequency is not high. Besides, tigers and cats
It is also relatively lazy. As long as it is full and there are not a single person entering the wilderness forest, it will generally not attack people.
But Africa is different. There are no tigers here, but there are lions, giant pythons, hyenas that are said to be more ferocious than wolves, hippopotamuses that can fight lions back and forth, giant elephants...
These things are different from tigers. The carnivorous animals are so entangled that their combat effectiveness may not be as good, but their aggressiveness is definitely better than that of tigers.
And...it is said that this African tribe is also quite dangerous.
These guys eat their hair and drink their blood - it doesn't matter. What matters is that these natives act like wild beasts. As long as you are outnumbered, they will almost definitely take action, and the result of the action...
Once they win, they must extract all the value from their prey.
Either be sold as slaves to maritime merchants, or work as food.
Whether it's a beast or a savage, it makes no difference to Asmin anyway.
But as the maid reported, Asmin couldn't help but gradually opened her mouth...
"Only one person?"
"Yes, Your Highness...actually there is more than one person, it is a team of people, but they...should have sent a single person out to check the tent we set up."
"This... can you see clearly, what do these people look like?"
Asmin didn't ask this question. After all, this was Africa or the South. What else could the people she met look like... Kunlun slaves were not all dressed in black.
And how could you see clearly at this late night? What surprised Asmin was that since these people were savages, why would they actually send a small number of troops out to investigate... Of course, this was not a big surprise.
But then Shana thought for a while and said, "The people on the side couldn't see clearly. Then I looked at the shadows in the moonlight, and I could only see that there was indeed a group of people..."
"As for the people checking the tent, even though they were holding torches, they couldn't see clearly. They could only see the flash of armor..."
"Armor?"
Asmin's eyes suddenly opened wide!
Armor was strictly prohibited in the Tang Dynasty, and even bows and crossbows were not prohibited.
The reason is very simple. Crossbows are indeed murderous weapons in the first place, but they are also murderous weapons. This thing... the Forbidden Army also has them, and they are more powerful. We are not afraid of civilians using crossbows to kill people and get goods. If the Forbidden Army can kill, then it is not a problem. It can even be dealt with.
Quite simple.
But armor is different. With crossbows, you can only kill people, but with armor, you can fight against the Forbidden Army - this is a different nature! Once more and more people hold armor, then the Forbidden Army will deal with it...
Costs in all aspects have increased significantly.
And another point is that armor is a very expensive thing - think about those exquisite armor pieces and the assembly into a combined armor, the cost is no joke.
Those who can afford this kind of thing usually have good economic conditions. Such local heroes who have good economic conditions and have the value of force are generally well managed by the court through united front and discipline.
People like this who are not within the scope of the court's discipline... have good financial conditions, but still engage in armor. What do they want? So they must be banned directly.
And the current situation...
Asmin is very clear about the cost and craftsmanship threshold of armor!
