At the beginning, Asmin certainly didn't think about how useful this trap would be...
The first is the location of Hangzhou Bay, which is located in the south of Africa. It belongs to the real "Three No Matters Zone" - if it is a troubled time in China, there may be very powerful heroes in the "Three No Ones" zone, such as Wanyan Aguda, but
This is overseas, it is the state of Africa, not statehood.
In a place like Africa, without a group of lower-class Han peasants hanging around with you, there won't be much that heroes can do. They are usually just ordinary maritime merchants, and... because of the remote location, and because the Kunlun slave trade has been quiet in recent years.
As the country developed, some maritime merchants gradually began to gather here to engage in "business".
In addition to these, of course, there are pirates. Since there are maritime merchants who come to do business, of course there are also pirates who come to do business.
Of course, in addition to the pirates who come to do business, there are also those who do not do business - the warships of the Imperial Guard are running around on the sea today. Although the pirates have their heads tied to their waistbands, they have not completely thought about what is behind them.
Well, what if I get caught one day...
Let's not talk about selling the stolen goods, but what to do with the stolen money after selling the stolen goods? So of course, I ran to a place as high as the mountain and as far away as the emperor.
But these existences are nothing to the Forbidden Army.
Even the Forbidden Army did not take action against these pirates or merchants engaged in the Kunlun slave business. They came this time... Among their ranks, there was no general order in this regard, but they had other jobs. As for the pirates,
There may be related military operations in the future, but it is currently under the control of buddies from other ranks. Everyone should take care of their own tasks first.
These matters are not confidential, and Asmin is very aware of them.
but……
Even under this seemingly calm surface, Asmin felt a faint sense of coldness.
After all... the settlement and development in southern Africa has gone smoothly so far, and will continue to go smoothly no matter what.
But... precisely because this matter went so smoothly, people have to wonder, then...
Why didn’t the empire do this before?
So there is no doubt that the Empire is not God. He is not omnipotent and faces his own pressures and limitations.
Then here comes the problem, which can make the Tang Empire worry about this "pressure" for so many years...
Not to mention what kind of pressure it is, but obviously it cannot be small...
Thinking about it this way, the answer is really obvious, it must be another Tang Empire - if it weren't for the recent busy building camps and perfecting traps, it would be a bit unreasonable to hit the back of the head with the heel.
But to put it another way, the reason why Asmin is so busy is not because of the vague feeling of uneasiness in her heart.
And a decade after Asmin landed in Africa, things really changed...
The African "tribe", wearing armor, with pale and rough skin, faces with rosy noses, shirtless and holding huge iron shields, appeared...
In the entire "tribe", there was only one dark-skinned person, who was led like a puppy by the white-skinned giant man at the head.
The appearance of this scene...
For the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty who were stationed near Hangwanjiao, it was obviously not a surprise...at least to the few captains Asmin knew, it was not a surprise.
The only thing that is a little surprising is that these people from the native African "tribes" actually know Chinese.
This time they arrived, they also claimed to be a native African tribe, and they called themselves themselves in Chinese!
This made Asmin very vigilant.
The opponent's legion... no, it's the "tribe". The overall size of the people is unknown, but there are Imperial Guards from the Tang Dynasty guarding the place, so it seems safe at first glance.
But this time, Asmin only remembered the bad premonition before and the flash of armor observed by the ship's guards on the first night in Africa...
She also thought of another thing, that is, the Persian Middle School knew very little about the Tang Empire in the far east, because the Tang Empire was far away from the center of the World Island and the farther west.
There is a super geographical barrier that makes people despair.
In other words, cultural and military exchanges are not easy, and even...
According to Asmin's current understanding, Lingzhou's business prosperity was also maintained because the emperor of the Tang Empire continued to allocate funds to maintain the potential of people's livelihood in remote areas, rather than Lingzhou itself being really suitable for business - of course, that's not the case.
Compared with other areas in the northwest of the empire near Lingzhou, Lingzhou's location is indeed more unique, but it is certainly not as good as Hangzhou.
and……
Under such a geographical background, even the closer Persia rarely knew the various intelligences of the Tang Empire, let alone mastered its language.
Then for the more distant Roman Empire, the difficulty is even higher.
Of course, the Roman Empire was as huge as the Tang Empire, and there were many people in the country with great powers, and it was not uncommon for them to have the means. But overall, the difficulty was still extremely high, so it is conceivable that there were very few Roman talents who could understand Chinese.
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So……
If you speculate further, you can guess that although the Roman legion commander who can learn Chinese is not known to outsiders...
But it can be guessed that he must be a very high-ranking figure in the Roman Empire, and he is probably the right-hand man of Hannibal the Younger.
And such a character appears in this somewhat bizarre place in southern Africa...
The other party must have something up his sleeve.
But for someone to appear here so strangely, behind this conspiracy... I'm afraid the plan is very thorough.
Asmin did not take action after receiving the news - after all, her main task was to establish a business store and transport materials to Datang.
However, relying on the strategic vision and crisis instinct developed through the rugged journey, Asmin still instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
The other party met with the Imperial Guards but did not exchange etiquette, which seemed extremely arrogant. And arrogance is synonymous with ignorance and stupidity.
But since the commander of the other side's legion is a top elite in Rome, and at the same time, he appears so strangely near this merchant house and seaport...
How could it be possible to be truly ignorant and stupid?
No matter how you look at it, this is all planned...
But now, the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty are undoubtedly extremely confident when facing each other, and are not afraid of your Roman legions.
After all, the Roman legion was very powerful, but compared to the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army, which had all members in heavy chain armor, it was still a bit inferior.
So... is the other party's "something bad" true or false? If it is false, doesn't it mean that...
The other party is hiding something...
Asmin's instinct told her that the other party would probably launch a military operation soon.
