Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 826 The Escaped Empress of the Roman Empire
Chapter 831 The Escaped Empress of the Roman Empire
Compared with Greek fire, Wei's incendiary bombs are a bit too primitive, and their power is much smaller.There is no way around this. Ran Ming himself does not know how to make Greek fire, and for the production of incendiary bombs, although Ran Ming knows that rubber can actually improve the adhesion performance, it is a pity that there is no rubber channel in Wei.

However, Greek fire is different. A certain proportion of flammable substances such as sulfur, saltpeter, asphalt, rosin, and resin are mixed in during production, and dissolved into a liquid with excellent combustion performance by heating.

Ran Ming took a special look at the legendary primitive air pump.As for the air pump, Ran Ming has nothing to do without the technology of later generations.But after reading this, Ran Ming couldn't help but laugh, he found himself in a misunderstanding.

If you have ever played with an air gun, you know what the air pump in the air gun is all about.In fact, the air pumps of the Greek fire also adopt this working principle, but instead of using springs as the power source, they use the gravitational force of all things, like Xiangyang guns, to lift a heavy iron block from a high place, and break through the iron block. When falling, the power generated suddenly compresses the air in the original air tank.

Under the action of the instantaneous strong air pressure, the kerosene in the oil tank can be sprayed out, and when the kerosene reaches the mouth of the fire nozzle, an open flame will be ignited.

Compared with the flamethrowers of later generations, the power of this Greek fire is still too small.It is also much more primitive, but in this era, it has to be admitted that this weapon is a very great invention.

With the skillful operation of the craftsmen in the shipyard, the Greek fire on the bow of the ship will be sprayed out. It is indeed possible for this sprayed flame to reach a distance of fifty steps. You only need to ignite the enemy ship, and the Mengchong battleship still has a chance To evacuate, this method of fire attack is much more effective than a one-time use fireboat, and the cost is also lower.

Ran Ming was very satisfied with this, and proposed the idea of ​​meeting the Roman.

As a result, Ran Ming was taken aback.This is not one Roman, but a large group of Romans.The leader was actually a woman.

In the manager's office of Ningyuan Shipyard, Ran Ming formally received this group of Romans.The woman headed by the Romans was probably in her thirties in terms of age, with a hot figure and eye-catching.

At this time, the Roman woman was not wearing traditional Roman costumes, but a light green skirt with an embroidered shirt with a small round neck, which looked extraordinary.

She was dressed in women's clothes, but she stood upright, exuding a reserved, dignified, elegant, and confident temperament, and seemed a little tragic like going to the execution ground.On her beautiful and exotic face, due to tension and seriousness, her delicate rosy lips are tightly pressed together, her bright and charming eyes, her straight nose, reveal a majestic and heroic posture in her charm.

At the prompt of the translator, the woman gave Ran Ming a deep European etiquette.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Wei!"

Ran Ming smiled slightly and said, "Dear Madam, I did not ask for your name."

"Helena Constantine." Helena said.

In fact, Ran Ming didn't know much about the history of Rome.However, Ran Ming knew that since the death of the Roman Emperor Constantine, Rome had fallen into division.Ran Ming vaguely remembered that at this time, there were several Roman emperors, each of whom had not been in office for a long time, or that Helena Constantine was a down-and-out member of the royal family.Ran Ming thought for a while and said, "I guess, honorable lady, you should have an extraordinary status in the Roman Empire. We need to be open and honest. Perhaps this is the way we can cooperate at a deeper level."

Helena was silent for a while, looked at Ran Ming, and said seriously, word by word: "Queen Helena Constantine of the Roman Empire is paying her respects to Her Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Wei."

Hearing the translator's words, Ran Ming was stunned. Daphne's extraordinary temperament, Ran Ming could tell, but he never thought that Helena was actually the queen of the Roman Empire.

After the introduction, Ran Ming finally understood.Helena is not only the queen of Rome, she is really not the queen of the grass-headed king in troubled times, but the Roman royal family, but a real Roman nobleman.

Daphne's husband, also Julian, also known as Julian, was the son of Julius Constantius.Julian's father was the half-brother of Emperor Constantine I.Julian's grandfather was Constantius Clorus of the Western Roman Empire.After the death of Constantine, the royal family all wanted to be the sole leader of the empire, so the country fell into constant battles and conspiracies.

Julian's cousin Constantius II (who believed in the Arian sect of Christianity) decided to exterminate Julian's family and slaughtered all his grandfather's half-branch clans.In the end, only Constantius II, Constantius, Julian, and Julian's half-brother Gallus remained among the males of the Constantine dynasty.

Later, Tius II felt that he was alone and weak, so he wanted to choose a relative to help him.At this time, Julian became the Caesar in the west of the Roman Empire (Caesar is not the emperor, but the deputy emperor, and the Roman Empire has one principal, two vice-deputies, and three emperors).In this way, Julian became the Caesar of the Roman Empire.

Julian was only emperor for twenty months, and Julian died of a javelin wound in a battle with the Sasanian dynasty.During Julian's reign, he implemented a multi-religious belief system and was hostile by the Christian church.With Julian's death, the Church of Rome began a rebellion against Julian.As a last resort, Helena had to escape from Rome under the protection of Sarus, the head of the Roman Legion.

However, under the siege and interception of the pursuers, a Roman legion protecting Helena also suffered heavy casualties, and finally led more than 400 people to Luyepati.

If Helena came to Ningyuan, there is also a story, that is, when the Wei State Navy asked to inspect their fleet, in order to protect Helena, those Roman sergeants took the lead in attacking the Wei State Navy, but during the battle, about 100 Many Roman soldiers were killed, and even Helena's ship was damaged by Wei's navy. When it was about to sink, all the Roman legions surrendered to Wei's navy.When preparing to dispose of these prisoners of war, the Romans said they could build ships, so they were sent to Ningyuan Shipyard.

The State of Wei has never had a good attitude towards prisoners of war, and they sold them directly to merchants in the State of Wei for heavy physical labor.However, there are exceptions, that is, there must be a skill.This can not only avoid the fate of being a slave, but if you get along well, you can not only get the nationality of Wei State, but it is not impossible to become an official and make a fortune.

Helena and her party surrendered to the Wei State Navy and were escorted to work at Ningyuan Shipyard.Even Helena herself was no exception. Letting the empress of a country sew canvas, what a top-notch person is required to do it.Fortunately, Ran Ming has very strict requirements on military discipline. He can beat or kill rebellious natives or prisoners of war, but he can't touch the bottom line, which is adultery.Otherwise, Ran Ming didn't know how to face Helena.

As the queen of Julian, Helena was the youngest daughter of Emperor Constantine. For the Roman Empire, Helena had a great political influence.If it weren't for most of the Roman army loyal to Julian fighting the Persians, Helena would have the opportunity to assist the four-year-old prince Valens with the support of the military.Constantine Tius successfully ascended the throne.

But Helena's fate is tragic. Her husband Julian actually committed Yang Guang's grand feat.The result was tragic. Julian first carried out drastic reforms to the Roman Empire. Among them, he not only selected civilian talents, injected fresh blood into the Roman Empire, but also took back local judicial power, and severely punished corruption. More importantly, Julian also broke the Christian monopoly on the privilege of religious belief.Although these measures are very favorable policies for the Roman Empire.

However, as long as it is a reform, it will touch the interests of vested interest groups. Like Shang Yang in China and Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty, Julian was hated to the bone by the stubborn forces of the Roman Empire.Naturally, those stubborn factions did not dare to deal with Julian, who had the military power in his hands.In fact, Julian made the same mistake as Yang Guang, because he was too anxious. If he was willing to spend more than ten years to stabilize the country, and wait for the officials he promoted from the common people to gain a firm foothold in the empire, then he would Will not be a tragic hero.

There are not so many ifs in this world. As Julian led most of the elite troops of the Roman Empire to conquer Persia (the Sassanian Dynasty at this time), if Julian returned from the Eastern Expedition victoriously, then Julian's position in the Roman Empire would be greatly reduced. If it is unshakable, then the series of reforms he introduced will be implemented without reservation.First of all, the church stopped doing it, and under the influence of the national conservative forces retreating, Julian failed.

On the way to retreat, Julian was chased by the elite troops of the Sasanian Dynasty. The two sides had a large-scale battle in Malanga. In the battle, Julian was hit by a javelin.When the news of Julian's death reached Constantinople, Julian's confidant, Sarus, the executive officer of the Roman Legion, got the news that someone wanted to harm the Queen and Prince Valens Constantine, and Sarus immediately So he launched an active mobilization, but the result disappointed Sarus very much. Many senior generals of the Roman legions did not want to assist the four-year-old little prince Valens Constantine, so Sarus took The confidants protect Helena from Constantinople.

Since Ran Ming summoned Helena Constantine, it is naturally impossible to treat him as an ordinary female slave. Where Helena's identity can be matched, only Yue Lu can match her identity in Ningyuan, but Jin Chengyue does not Agreeing to allow Helena, a woman, to live in Yuelu, even though Yuelu covers an area of ​​more than 20 mu, has a building complex of more than 6 square meters, and has more than 400 houses, but once a woman becomes stingy, it is absolutely unreasonable.

Ran Ming had no choice but to let Helena live temporarily in the newly built Zhenwu Palace.In Ran Ming's plan, the Zhenwu Palace was used to house the soul tablets of the fallen soldiers of the expeditionary army. Fortunately, this palace has not yet been put into use.The foundation of this Zhenwu Palace is as high as three feet. It is made of compacted mellow soil and covered with bluestone.The Zhenwu Palace, designed as a martyr's hall, has an area of ​​more than 24 feet wide and 32 feet long, with a building area of ​​more than 4000 square meters.The palace was originally divided into two parts, the front and the back. The front hall is the exhibition hall for the second stone statue of the martyrs, and the back is the altar for recording meritorious deeds.

However, since the purpose of Zhenwu Palace has been changed, Ran Ming had to order people to make time for the layout, and changed the stone statue array hall in front into a reception hall, restaurant and music venue, and changed it into Helena in the back, including the hall and hall. , corridors, bedrooms, bathrooms, warehouses, etc.

At this time, Zhenwu Palace also changed its name and was named Daqin Palace.As Helena moved in, Helena immediately fell in love with it.Ever since she left the Roman Palace in Constantinople, Helena never imagined that one day, she would be able to live in such a majestic, majestic and majestic palace.

The four-year-old little Roman prince Valens asked very curiously: "Mother, will this be our new home?"

"Yes, Valens!" Helena said happily, "Oh my child, do you like our new home?"

"I like it, I like it very much!" The four-year-old Valens was still an ignorant child, and he wanted to settle down even more for his fugitive life during this period.

Under the leadership of the Great Qin Palace, Helena began to visit this palace that was not inferior to the Roman Palace.Suddenly Helena pointed to a small room and asked, "What is this place for?"

Gong'e said: "This is a toilet!"

"Flush toilet!" Helena asked puzzled, "What is this for?"

"This is the place for the empress to enter!" Although Gong'e's language ability is not weak, in fact, she is not proficient in Latin in too short a time. After a lot of effort, she finally said it come out. "Queen, there is always water in this flush toilet. This water separates the channel below. Therefore, the smell in the channel will not be transmitted to the 'wash room'. The whole 'wash room' ', clean and refreshing, even if you sleep in it, it doesn't matter!"

(End of this chapter)