I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 826, Canal

"Finally back!" Zhen Xing and the others cheered when they saw the pier in Jidu. They set off in March of the 12th year of Daqian (AD 211), and now it's July of the 15th year of Dagan. It has been three and a half years since I left Dagan, and now this long voyage is finally over.

However, Zhen An had already guarded the wharf in Quanzhou County. When Zhen Xing got off the boat, the father and son cried with each other in their arms!

Then Zhen Xing followed his father back to Jidu, and the sailors who followed him also got the salary agreed by Zhen Xing, and each went to find his own family. Not only Zhen An missed his son, but the relatives of other sailors also missed him. My own son, it's just that they don't have Zhen An's all-powerful means.

But after Zhen Xing returned to Jidu, he handed over the letter from the Roman Emperor to the officials of the Daqian court, and the Wang Guojun also asked Zhen Xing to hand over the charts of this voyage, because more than half of the waterways on which Zhen Xing sailed this time It was not discovered before.

Of course, the Wang Guojun did not treat Zhen Xing badly. Knowing that Zhen Xing also wanted to obtain fiefdoms in the south, he gave him a small island with a radius of a hundred miles for the sake of this chart.

Then this chart and Zhen Xing's three-and-a-half-year notes were all in the hands of the top executives.

Li Gang saw this simple map and said with a smile, "Zhen Xing really gained a lot this trip. Not only did he find the country of Rome, but he also discovered a continent of savages!"

The sea merchants of the Dagan court went as far as the waters near the Parthian Empire. Although they also knew that there was an empire called Rome, due to the obstruction of the Parthian Empire, the sea merchants of the Daqian court had not yet opened up the connection with the Roman Empire!
The Parthians were dishonest in their business. In order to monopolize the trade between the East and the West, they sent in a large number of pirates to rob and kill the merchants in Dagan, but the merchants in Dagan wanted to move on. A narrow strait, even a sea ship in Dagan The advantage of having weapons can't be brought into play, so now the pace of the big businessmen stops at the line of rest.

And now Zhenxing's sea charts can be regarded as a channel for them to communicate with the Romans.

Wang Lei also complained: "This time our caravan will have to travel thousands of miles!"

"The Savage Continent is not easy to cultivate, otherwise, the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire would not let such a large piece of land go!"

Xu Wei said: "In terms of strength, Rome is no worse than the old man! And the emperor of the Romans also wants to communicate with us. This is a good thing. We can join forces with the Romans to deal with the Parthians!"

But in the eyes of the high-level officials of the Kingdom Army, it is the opposite. Regions with a large population and strong power like Tianzhu are troublesome, and trade is restricted at every turn, while continents like the Savage Continent, which require huge manpower and material resources to transform, are treasures. , only this kind of place can consume a lot of Daqian's production capacity and accommodate more Daqian people!

"Instead, the trade with the Roman Empire can start first. A large empire with tens of millions of people should be able to increase our trade volume by tens of billions. It would be even better if there are any local specialties that we need. "

Xu Wei remembered that this continent was the last to be colonized even in later generations!
why?
Isn't it just that the virus here is more powerful than other places, so that it was not fallen until the advancement of modern medicine.Xu Wei was really worried about whether the people in Dagan could resist malaria and other viruses.

Therefore, in Niu Niu's view, land without gold and silver is bad land, and a place with a large population like Tianzhu is a good place, which can become their commodity production and raw material origin.

After their demise, man-made land in the Middle Ages, there are no more large-scale infrastructure constructions made by humans, so that this canal can only be built after thousands of years.

In the eyes of the Kingdom Army, a strong empire means trouble, so it is better to deal with the savages holding stone spears, and transforming the territory of these savages can get the income of the mainland!
This is the difference between Daqian industrialization and Niuniu industrialization. Niuniu is purely for making money, and driving industrialization is just a by-product of development, while Daqian is mainly driving industrialization. The expansion of trade is only to find markets for industrial products, but the market for Daqian Mainly the internal market.

Looking at the map, Wang Lei was surprised and said, "This Roman Empire is so powerful that it can surround a piece of sea!" From the map, it can be seen that Rome occupying the entire Mediterranean Sea is really huge!

Wang Guojun said: "It is true that the Romans must find a way to open up these two seas, otherwise our trade with him will be very difficult, and there will be an extra 3 miles of shipping lanes. Not to mention the time wasted, the danger alone is enough It cost us a lot."

Li Gang shook his head and said: "This empire called Rome really doesn't understand any water conservancy facilities. This strait is blocked in such a small area. It has been left there for thousands of years, and they have not tried to get through it. Otherwise, we Even if the caravan is not unable to contact him, if this was here in Daqian, a canal would have been built long ago!"

Wang Guojun said: "We can first set up some trading stations along the coast, and when we finish developing the new continent, we will develop this barbarian continent."

Now the focus of Daqian is on the South China Sea and the New World. The Royal Army is not in a hurry to develop this newly discovered Savage Continent.

On the contrary, Wang Guojun said: "Because it is a waste of military power to deal with the Parthians, I might as well send a fleet to occupy this savage continent!"

Xu Wei is speechless at this point. Rome is already a period of construction in Western civilization, and all kinds of wonders in the Middle Ages were built by them.

Now that the big guns are starting to be weaponized, Xu Wei doesn't think that Rome has limited big guns, but with the current distance between the two sides, they can't be regarded as enemies!

"Look, the area near the Mediterranean Sea has the largest desert area in the world. This desert cuts off the idea of ​​Rome and the Parthian Empire to reclaim the Savage Continent! Moreover, this continent has a harsh climate and a lot of viruses. Zhen Xing and the others almost all They all die here!"

"This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. If they don't have the financial resources, they have to find a way to get them through the canal with a loan!"

It seems that this should be the last chance to open this canal thousands of years in advance. The prosperity of the Roman Empire is also coming to an end. Maybe they still have this ability now, and this empire may not exist in a few decades.

Xu Wei seems to remember that the prosperity of the four great empires recorded in history almost ended at the same time, with a difference of not more than 100 years.

And now the decadence of the great man's civilization was reversed by him, but he did not have such a great influence on the other three major civilizations, and the Guishuang Empire was even about to be wiped out by Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)