Of course, then again, the Tang Dynasty also had its own intelligence organization on the Roman crossbows, so it would take a lot of effort to get them. Even if they couldn't get them, the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty were not kidding.
No matter how complicated and sophisticated the trebuchet is, as long as it is still a trebuchet, then... it will be easily cracked by countless academies in the Tang Dynasty.
In the games and duels between great empires like the Tang Dynasty and Rome, the final outcome always depends on the trend, rather than the gains and losses of one city or one place.
Although Chai Shao was worried that the Romans were secretly involved in this matter...
But if you think about it carefully, it is useless to worry. The Romans intervened, who can do anything to him? Who doesn’t know about Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, and a Tubo? After these guys successfully established the Tang Dynasty and destroyed the Turks
They were obviously honest, but the reason why they suddenly started chattering again was because the Romans gave these barbarians five-stone powder, but so what.
Soon his thoughts returned to the incident of plundering of merchant ships on the South China Sea route, and he let out a soft sigh quietly in his throat.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is extremely prosperous, and all industries are prosperous. However, correspondingly, the problems faced are also connected from one place to another, with countless connections... Chai Shao casually analyzed the matter of the plundering of merchant ships out to sea.
There are several possibilities.
For example, the power of Tianzhu has recurred, their navy has grown, and they are jealous of the Tang Dynasty's maritime trade. For example, Africa... There are also "African indigenous tribes" who are all white-skinned and look for the Tang Dynasty merchants to harvest grass and grain, such as
Arabia was severely damaged by the Romans a few years ago, and the military talents and defeated troops who were dispersed became bandits... After this kind of regular army fell into disgrace, the probability of becoming the "sovereign" gang of ordinary bandits was extremely high.
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When the Duke and General of the Tang Dynasty were thinking about the fate of the Tang Dynasty and its enemies.
Countries around the world are also busy at this time.
This is not busy in the past sense, busy with farming, busy with cattle and sheep, busy with fighting and plundering people. This is what everyone has been doing all the time, and doing something that has been done all the time is not aggressive.
In the Mediterranean region of Europe, the emperor of Rome was studying the latest population reports sent by the consuls of the fifteen provinces. On the island of England, the real land of Europe in the Mediterranean, a young Anglo knight named Arthur was listening.
The Roman new steel-making text presented to him by his subordinate - recorded on papyrus. It is said that this steel-making book can re-refine the divine sword...
At the same time, not all enemies who have never met before, but are destined to collide in the future, are quietly developing. There is also a group of people who are actually known to Chai Shao...
The leader is called Wang Jing...
Today's Datang, at least within the borders of the country... there are finally no pseudo-tycoons and true parasites like Wu Xingqiwang who engage in land rent collection. However, in order to avoid excessive costs, Datang's method of eliminating them was to force -
It was neither appeasement nor violent killing, but "persecution" between the two. In other words... Although Wang Jing and Pei Ji's gang left, they did take away a lot of treasure...
Of course, these things are the assets of Datang, and their total value is extremely high, and...perhaps because the five surnames and Qiwang are all old people, they naturally have the ability to predict the future, so while selling off their land and transforming themselves,
I still subconsciously feel that many assets will be eliminated sooner or later - in addition to the fields, many houses, or boats... Such assets that are not easy to take away have been replaced by many talented craftsmen and craftsmen... The leader is
Wang Jing.
And this foresight directly caused the members of the Five Surnames and Qiwang to still regard Wang Jing as the boss, even if he is not the oldest. Because at this moment, the Nanzhao Kingdom, the Lu Song Kingdom, the Siam Kingdom...
The other countries are also currently discussing the big plan, and this big plan is the countermeasures of the countries against the Tang Dynasty.
If Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others were worried about the fact that Li Er was too powerful, then what they are worried about now is that the Tang Dynasty itself is too powerful.
I don't know if it was due to some kind of strange nature or some other reason. At this time, Wang Jing, Pei Ji and others finally took the Wan Guan family wealth away from the Tang Dynasty and settled in Siam, Lu Song, and Nanzhao. However, they changed again.
He has become a loyal minister and righteous man. He goes in and out of Nanzhao, Luzon, and the royal family of Siam every day. All day long, he advises the king that you must work hard to govern. If the enemy is in trouble abroad, we will be doomed if we relax. We must work hard to fight.
It's not too late...
That's right...
Currently, the frequency of pirate robberies has increased abnormally on Datang's South China Sea routes. The main perpetrators of these incidents are relying on the outstanding craftsmen, engineers, ideas, and philosophies brought by Wang Jing and others...
This is what happened to a small country that was waiting for death and then quietly became stronger after injecting new blood into it.
Of course, not all. The emergence of bandits... If we say that at the beginning, local tycoons who were not among the Forbidden Army were forced away by Li Er using various means, and after seizing the land, they ran around and combined with some unknown people.
Qingliu Scholars absorbed some landless farmers who unfortunately failed to benefit from Li Er's favor, as well as local gangsters and scoundrels in the coastal areas, and finally became bandits by falling off the grass at sea.
If such a force is not a new thing in China, then the increasing frequency of pirates today... is really accompanied by sea trade, all because of the sea trade tide itself, which has accumulated experience and knowledge of sailing and fighting on the sea.
, but it was established by maritime merchants who were being eliminated as the maritime trade industry increasingly showed signs of involution.
Because these newly born forces have a relatively high level of understanding of both sea trade and Li Er's maritime strategy, their strength and capabilities are far beyond what they were originally capable of.
not to mention……
These officially abandoned maritime merchants have also absorbed a lot of military talents and high-quality soldiers who came from the Arab countries after the semi-destruction. Their strength is even more powerful. It is not comparable to the original situation of "accidentally abandoned merchants who happened to get together".
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Behind the new and more powerful banditry is the obsolescence of political ideology caused by changes in the educational mechanism, and on the specific material level... In short, Wang Jing and Pei Ji can be said to be quite representative.
However, in addition to these factors, the countries in the world...especially those with rich coastlines such as Siam and Luzon have played an important role in this. Maritime trade has caused the hearts of all countries to become unstable.
And Siam and Luzon are not the biggest sources of trouble, they are the real troublemakers...
