More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye. People always have endless things to do in this world and need to keep taking action. Two months can be so long that a person is so idle that he gets lice on his body, and it can also be so tiring that he becomes delirious.
Chai Shao took his adopted son who had returned from training the imperial army in Hangzhou, and then waited for news from afar.
Asmin's location is still a bit far away. After all, she is in the subcontinent... Tianzhu.
From Tianzhu to Hangzhou, of course you have to pass through the South China Sea.
And currently, due to various reasons... Although there were storms and raids, and news of shipwrecks and casualties spread from time to time, this sunny sea that has always carried the ambitions and aspirations of countless Chinese heroes... is now
Quietly, the waves and clouds became strange.
The slightest disturbance can cause the passing merchant ships to become extremely nervous and even tremble. At such a moment, for the owners of these merchant ships, all they can do is sigh...
It is said that there is finally going to be a war in this area of the South China Sea recently.
According to legend, the Romans gathered thousands of warships in the South China Sea. It is said that your majesty’s warships are even more. In a few days, thousands of merchant ships will be requisitioned. As for your original warships, I’m afraid there are no less than a few thousand.
quantity.
According to legend, there is a dragon vein in the South China Sea. In order to intercept this dragon vein, the Romans also vowed to use all means to stop this in order to prevent his majesty's grand hegemony.
In short... a crazy war is coming, and all the heroes who used to be at sea, no matter how glorious they were in the past, must now be honest.
All in all, it can be said that people in the Maritime Merchant Circle of the Tang Dynasty are panicked and nervous recently. When real giant beasts collide, everyone feels their own powerlessness. It is precisely under the influence of this sense of powerlessness that
Fear arose in the hearts of the crowd, and various rumors gradually spread all over the sky, and Hangzhou became more and more lively because of this...
Celebrities and heroes from all walks of life who originally did not want to eat at Haimao came to Hangzhou to watch the excitement and inquire about the news, wanting to know whether it was true, and because of this...
Since the Holy King invented the printing technology, there has been an additional profession in the world called newspaper publishing house, and the people who work in it are also called "tanshou", which means people who specialize in inquiring about information for newspapers and publishing houses. And this
This profession... Previously, only the relatively unskilled scholars could do it, because hiring staff cost money, and this was a bit of a heavy burden for newspapers and publishers - no matter how you think about it,
Raising a group of people, and they are also expensive scholars, to gather information is a bit of a luxury no matter how you look at it, for people who are engaged in newspaper business.
And because the income is not high, scholars are generally reluctant to do it. Occasionally, it is a helpless way to raise money on the way to study and earn money. No one really takes this as their main job. But recently...
…because the news that the war is about to break out is spreading everywhere, so people from all walks of life want to know the news, and there is no doubt that…
With printing as the latest information technology, things like newspapers and magazines are no less than the Internet in later generations. And under the recent trend, newspaper agencies and publishers have immediately become in demand.
In this era, there is no real-time economic data system like later generations, and all are exquisite visual charts. But if there is such a thing, then... the recent consumption data in Hangzhou can definitely be described as an explosion.
Along the seaport to another seaport, along the route to another route, news of the battleship showdown between the Tang Dynasty and Rome kept pouring out. Along with the rumors, more real rumors were surging around the city of Hangzhou...
Among all these rumors, there is one most crucial one.
That is, the Romans have built cities on the routes of the Tang Dynasty, threatening the trade routes of the Tang Dynasty at any time. They use this as a threat to make demands and rule the world with the Tang Dynasty!
Of course, the idea of "ruling the world together" is certainly an exaggeration. This is the city of Hangzhou after all, and there is no money to spread rumors... But as time goes by, this news has never disappeared from the big city of Hangzhou.
The news became more and more popular, and there were even exaggerated versions, such as asking the Tang Dynasty to pay compensation and cede territory... This news spread widely, because the Tang Dynasty really defeated the Roman army, and it was also said to be the place where the Romans prospered.
A military town was established in southern Africa where the treasures of Roman ancestors were buried.
Of course, to be fair, normally speaking, there is no such thing as a winner compensating the loser in a war, so not many people believe it. And then again...
After all, the Tang Dynasty was also a great military power. Even if it lost, let alone winning, there would be no weird things like ceding territory and paying compensation. But... In addition to this exaggeration, there is another version, which is to transfer the basic payment to
A smaller version of the rumor.
This version means that it is not that exaggerated. The Romans just used the means of carving up and developing the Southeast Asian countries as their sphere of influence. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty's maritime trade was so profitable, they wanted to get a share of the pie and came to Hangzhou.
The bosses just collected some money and food from passing by. As for the Tang Dynasty, they probably just wanted to deter them, not that exaggeratedly... However, this statement is not very believed by people, and the reason is very simple.
The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty full of martial virtues! Especially during the Zhenguan period in the early Tang Dynasty.
Not to mention that all the heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion in the court were there, but also among the people, fierce men who had experienced the baptism of the turbulent times in the late Sui Dynasty were everywhere. Of course, no one believed such an unbearable thing. How could the Tang Dynasty be in vain with Rome? He
It's a big country in the West, so what.
Not to mention that it is a big country in Western Europe, but even if it is ten times stronger than the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will not give any good look to any force. If you mess with me, you have to kill me, it's that simple.
but……
Relatively speaking, this version is the closest to the truth. However, because the people in Hangzhou have many eyes and mouths, true and false news are all mixed together. Not to mention true insights, even official announcements are often made up.
Various appearances. And the origin of this version is rather strange. It is not spread from taverns in Hangzhou, or official news, but a group of people who rushed to Hangzhou with the recent economic boom due to sea trade.
It was told by a fortune teller who set up a fortune teller in the city.
But soon, despite all kinds of rumors, Li Er's imperial army started to take action according to the planned time. News finally came from the Tianzhu subcontinent, and Asmin handed over the information and the time to take action to Hangzhou, Chai Shaoyue
back……
He was surprised that the content of the letter was true, and the news surprised even this venerable veteran...