Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 490 The Beauty of the Athens City-State

"sister!"

Judy pointed to a piece of white paper and said to the housekeeper.

Upon hearing this, the housekeeper also came to his senses and said, "Oh, Miss Judy, are you talking about paper slips?"

"Uh-huh!"

Judy nodded heavily.

When she talked about "Yayan", the official language of this era, she was a little vague, and her words were not clear enough.

No wonder others can't understand!

However, Qingji could understand a little bit and speak out.

Qingji from the previous life was proficient in many foreign languages.

This Europa beauty named Judy, the language is somewhat similar to modern Greek and German, specious and blended together.

This classical western language is just like the ancient Chinese in China.

If it were a modern person who traveled to the Spring and Autumn Period, it would be difficult to communicate normally with the ancients.

Because of the language barrier!
Qingji is a soul wearer, so there is no pressure on that.

"Who is this?"

Seeing Qingji approaching to ask questions, the housekeeper quickly replied: "Your Majesty, she is Zhu Di, the girl who came back from the Western Regions with me."

"Although Miss Judy can speak some everyday language, it is difficult to communicate with us normally."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded slightly, and immediately set his eyes on Judy, and then asked aloud according to Judy's previous grammar: "Are you Judy?"

"Ah! You can understand what I say? Can you communicate with me normally?"

Judy leaned forward in ecstasy, blinked her sapphire eyes, and said, "I'm Judy Pecra. I'm from the far west, the city-state of Athens, do you know? That's my hometown!"

"That person called you 'big king' just now, are you the king of this country?"

Hearing this, Qingji nodded and said, "I am King Wu, the monarch of this country."

"Oh! It is my honor then! My dear king, you shine like the sun!"

"Please allow me to offer you the highest courtesy!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Di, who was very excited, grabbed Qingji's big hand.

"Escort!"

The faces of all the people present changed greatly.

The old guards who were following Qingji hurriedly rushed forward, pointing their spears and daggers at Zhu Di.

Judy was stunned, holding Qingji's big hand for a while, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Get out!"

Qingji was rather dumbfounded, so he waved his hand, signaling all the old guards to retreat.

Looking at the stunned Zhu Di, Qingji chuckled and said, "Judy, I'm sorry, they are only concerned about the safety of the widow."

"Widows?"

"It's me, a self-proclaimed."

"I see!"

Only then did Zhudy suddenly realize that, after confirming that the guards behind Qingji would not hurt her, Zhudy immediately held Qingji's hand and kissed the back of his hand.

fortunately!

Just a hand kiss, not a foot kiss!

If it was a foot-kiss ceremony, Qingji would inevitably feel a little nervous.

For the blond-haired and blue-eyed Judy in front of him, Qingji was full of curiosity.

Therefore, Qingji and Zhu Di came to a study room and sat opposite each other.

From the conversation, Qingji already knew that Judy came from the ancient Greek city-state of Athens in the far west.

Athens was originally the name of a city on the Attica peninsula. After Attica was unified into a city-state, it became the name of the country.

At this time, the democratic politics of the Athens city-state had been established.

Eight years ago, in 510 BC, after the tyrant of Athens (equivalent to a king, monarch) was overthrown, the struggle between clan nobles and between clan nobles and commoners intensified.

Clans, phratry and tribal organizations that maintain blood ties can no longer meet the needs of the further development of slave-owning countries.

Therefore, the Cristheni reform officially came into being.

It was at that time that Judy escaped from Athens.

Because Judy's father was once the tyrant of the city-state of Athens, her status was equivalent to that of a princess.

It's just that the shedding phoenix is ​​not as good as the chicken.

In the past eight years, Judy, a little girl, has traveled all the way across the ocean, fled from the city-state of Athens, crossed the Persian Empire, passed thousands of miles of vast seas (deserts), and finally met Lao Tzu in the Western Regions...

Qingji also has a certain understanding of some western history.

In ancient Greece, due to terrain constraints, many city-states were separated by mountains, with only a small amount of land transportation in between, so each city-state and small country regarded itself as "the world".

Within the walls are friends, but outside the walls are enemies everywhere.

Therefore, hundreds of city-states sprung up in Greece, on the coast of the Aegean Sea and on the islands.

Among them, the two city-states of Athens and Sparta developed relatively rapidly and powerfully...

In about ten years, the famous First Hippo-Persian War will break out.

"Judy, what is the population of your city-state of Athens?"

Qingji asked curiously.

"Well……"

Judy's fingers like onion white jade tapped her lips, tilted her head, thought about it seriously, and said, "About [-]. But it must be more than [-] now!"

"Your Majesty, what is the population of your country?"

"Ten times the size of your Athens city-state."

"Ten...ten times?"

Judy stared at her beautiful big eyes and smacked her tongue: "Are there really that many?"

"No lie!"

"The only thing that can be compared to your country in terms of population is the Persian Empire."

"The Persian Empire?"

"That's right. The Achaemenid dynasty of the Persians is extremely powerful, and the population is unknown, but I heard that the Persians have hundreds of thousands of troops..."

From Zhu Di's mouth, Qingji also learned how powerful the current Persian Empire is.

In 559 BC, Cyrus the Great unified the ancient Persian tribes and established the Achaemenid Dynasty.

This is the First Persian Empire.

During the reign of Cyrus the Great, the Kingdom of Medes was destroyed, making Persia a powerful monarchy empire.

It also invaded and conquered the Lydian Kingdom in the west of Asia Minor at that time, which led to the rise of the Achaemenid Dynasty.

After that, Cyrus the Great invaded eastward and conquered Parthia, Alia, Bactria, Derangiana...

Gedrosia, Arachosia, Malkiana, Central Asian river region between the Syr Darya and Amu Darya (Sogdiana), Qiandara, Klan Simia and other areas.

The Persians conquered Babylon, the capital of the Chaldean Empire in Mesopotamia, ending the ancient Babylonian civilization.

During this period, Persia has become the only center of civilization in West Asia.

The Persian kings after Cyrus the Great all actively expanded their territory and tried their best to expand abroad.

If Qingji remembered correctly, the current king of the Persians should be the famous Darius I.

The ancient Persian Achaemenid Dynasty was the largest empire in the world at this time, and it was also the first worldwide empire that spanned Asia, Europe and Africa.

To the east, the Persians have reached the ancient Indus Plain and invaded the Western Regions.

To the west, the Persians conquered the kingdoms of Thrace and Macedon, and eyed the various city-states of ancient Greece.

It is also fortunate that the Persians did not know that there were rich and prosperous Chinese kingdoms in the East.

Otherwise, Darius I may set his sights on the Far East...

(End of this chapter)