sweeping the world

Chapter 885 Beyond Comprehension
I am strong, and a stronger one comes. Without blood relationship and no sworn ties, it is impossible for me to see that the other party is stronger than myself, so I rush to hug my thigh and call him big brother, right?

If it were instead me taking a leisurely walk, a ferocious big man would suddenly jump out, and he would beat me up for a while, on the basis that I couldn't beat him no matter what, I might wonder if the other party would let me go by shouting "Brother" , but it would be difficult to shout that big brother, you have to feel that you are going to be beaten to death to be willing to call not only big brother, but father, grandpa, ancestor...anyway, you are willing to shout for anything you can live.

The small sample is that hypocrisy is not a disease, but the dignity that intelligent creatures should have.

Julian and Xeas fell into deep distress, and their interest in everything around them decreased.

Before Jingkou became the territory of the Han Kingdom, it was the largest commercial port in the south (one of its kind). Even though Shijie and Zhao Kingdom had been sending troops on the other side, the prosperity of Jingkou was not affected.

After waiting for the south of the Yangtze River to belong to the Han, the prosperity of Jingkou has increased again and again. That is because of the increased use of the ocean. It will take the Yangtze River waterway. Jingkou is the nearest and largest wharf to the Yangtze River estuary. Prosperity is doomed.

Before landing, you can see rows and rows of warehouses on the land. The size of the area is astounding, and the crowds at the pier are far beyond imagination.

In the deeper inland, as far as the eye can see at a glance, there are all building groups, which seem to be neatly planned commercial streets one after another.

It is true that there are no pure residential buildings in Jingkou, and any building is of a commercial nature, which leads to the collection of the most complete variety of commodities here.Here you can purchase almost all the goods in Han, but they don't do retail, they are wholesalers for bulk transactions.

It is said that Jingkou can buy almost all commodities, because there are no commodities related to gunpowder on the market, except for gunpowder, all types of weapons, including crossbows, armors such as leather armor and metal armor, bed crossbows, chariots, etc. Equipment such as crossbows and catapults, and even warships can be purchased.

Military equipment can be bought, not to mention civilian goods, which is one of the reasons why Jingkou is becoming more and more prosperous.

After all, you can buy whatever you want. When people want to purchase any goods, they will immediately think of Jingkou, regardless of whether it is prosperous or not.

There are government-run and private-run military supplies.

For example, crossbows, bed crossbows, cart crossbows, catapults, and warships are officially exclusive, and the target customers are the official and recorded slave hunting groups. The number of the face, and the location where it is hidden would render the weapon inoperable (or less effective) if removed.Of course, there are reasons for doing this, such as vicious cases where the goods are used in the country, so that it is easy to trace the murderer.

Weapons such as knives, guns, swords and halberds, armor and other protective equipment, there are government camps and private camps, they are not as strictly controlled as other equipment, as long as they have money and household registration, they can buy them.It's all because the current Han Dynasty continued the policy of the previous Han Dynasty, and did not control the possession of weapons by the people, and even encouraged the people to hold weapons.

From the founding of the Western Han Dynasty to the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, civilians were always encouraged to hold weapons, and there were no restrictions on bows.The basis is that the Han Dynasty paid attention to ensuring the people's right to self-defense, which included the legal killing of anyone who entered their house without permission.It also opens up the maximum right of self-defense and counterattack. For example, if you are bullied, you can fight back, even if you kill someone, it is reasonable.

Of course, the fundamental reason why the Western Han and Eastern Han did not restrict civilian possession of weapons was that the surrounding environment was extremely harsh at the beginning of the founding of the country, and it must be to give the common people the ability to protect themselves in the event of alien invasion.This also extends to the fact that the village will continue to call for military training. Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty also stipulated the Han law of "Scholars who do not teach, they cannot be recruited", and "Scholars do not practice well, they must not be called". To be able to go to the battlefield, you need to undergo rigorous training before you can be sent to the battlefield.

In addition to using Han laws to stipulate what kind of things can be done on the battlefield, the requirements for conscription in the Western Han Dynasty are also quite high. With a series of training after joining the army and the concept that has been adhered to, it can be imagined that after the Han Dynasty, What was the quality of the army that Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaojing of the Han Dynasty had handed over to Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty?

Therefore, it is not just talking about being a five Hu in one Han Dynasty, and it is not just an advantage in armaments.

The international friends disembarked from the ship and were allowed to move freely at the dock.

They entered the commercial street, and the first commercial street sold all kinds of weapons, only those they had never seen before, and there were no non-existent types, and they were dazzled.

Seeing the large military equipment placed in the open space and knowing that those are also commodities, people from Rome and Sasanian are better off, while people from other small countries are simply dumbfounded.

There is another phenomenon that made them even more dumbfounded. They saw a Han casually, either with a sword hanging from his waist or a knife (or carrying it on his back). It seemed that carrying weapons was a fashion in the Han Dynasty. The decorations are weapons that are sharp enough to kill people easily.

Adult men carry weapons, and international friends can accept it after being surprised, but children and women will walk on the street with daggers.

What's the situation? !

"Could it be that the Han Empire is in danger anytime and anywhere?" Helena was full of confusion: "Otherwise, why would every Han carry at least one weapon?"

Helena shrank her shoulders subconsciously, and fear appeared in her eyes.Why does she feel that the people in this land seem to be murderous all the time?

"Boss." Helena walked into a shop with various styles of short weapons, and pointed to a nice-looking dagger on the shelf: "How do you sell that?"

Just now, Jiatong came to the strange shop with some strange people, who were watching curiously, but they didn't expect these people to come in.

In fact, it’s not that strange, both Helena and Helena are wearing Hanfu-style skirts, but Helena’s hair hasn’t grown enough to cut off the dyed blond hair, while Helena has black hair, That is, their facial features are much more distinct than those of the Han people.

What's more, Helena and Helena will be accompanied by guards at all. They are wearing traditional Roman soldier suits, but they don't mention the shields.

Such a group of people would be strange to the Jingkou people who didn't know that there was a fleet returning from an outing, but it was only strange and not novel. They lived in the second largest commercial city in Han Dynasty. Seeing too many amazing things has trained a mediocre mind.

Jiatong stretched out his hand: "Household registration book."

Helena was immediately confused.

Jiatong is not the boss, just the shopkeeper.He could hear that the blonde woman in front of him spoke Chinese strangely, but there have been too many blonde girls from the Western Regions to the mainland recently, and he thought it should be the daughter-in-law brought back by a man who went to the Western Regions.

"Did you forget to bring your household registration book?" Jiatong didn't discriminate against Han daughters-in-law with ghostly looks, let alone Helena's appearance was somewhat similar to that of Han except for her blond hair: "Is it still with your Lang?"

Helena continued to be confused.

There is no such thing as a household registration book in Rome, but Romans with a certain status have their own badges, but the badges do not represent nationality, but are family-specific marks.

"This little gentleman." Jiatong is still very friendly. Big men lack women, and men have basically developed a sense of tolerance for women: "Or your man will come over later? If so, you You can let those barbarian guards not block the door, and you and this little gentleman can enter the shop to drink tea and wait."

Barbarian guard?It depends on the dress of the Roman soldiers, not the appearance.

Jiatong had some guesses. Judging from the way Helena and Hailin were dressed and accompanied by guards, there should be a man above Zuo Shuchang (tenth-class nobility) behind them.

The reason is that only tenth-class nobles and above are eligible to recruit a limited number of barbarian guards. However, people of that status will not waste their personal guard quotas on barbarians. The first choice is to give it to their own relatives and wait for the next time. When we go to war, take them with you and have fun together.

"The man from Xijun's family must love you very much." Jiatong had sent the servants in the shop to make tea a long time ago, and also specifically hinted that the tea should be better. Become a long-term customer: "Did Xijun be told by Lang to come over and look at the samples first? How much do you plan to buy?"

Helena was constantly confused. She didn't know what a "Household Registration Book" was, let alone what "Xi Jun" and "Lang" were. Two, I decided to buy a few more, but I don't know that this store won't sell them at all without household registration, and the base number of sales is more than [-], so missing one is considered a violation of the rules.

All international friends have encountered similar problems. They have taken a fancy to a certain product, but they have neither the household registration book nor the purchase certificate issued by the Honglu Pavilion. They are not eligible to buy any weapons at all, but there are no restrictions on civilian goods.

"Warship!" Flavis was shining laser light in his eyes, looking at the miniature model with wide eyes, turned his head and said excitedly to Julian, "A warship that can go ocean!"

In the official store, there are many kinds of ship models, which immediately attracted international friends with high enough status and money, including Julian, Flavis, Xeas, Cambyses and so on.

There are many types of ships that the store is willing to sell, but when it comes to military affairs, they are basically weakened versions, and there are no gunboats.

"Look!" Cambyses stood in front of a model: "Does this look familiar? It is the one that appeared most times in naval battles between the Han Empire and the Gupta Dynasty!"

At that moment, they all had a common wish, no matter what, even if they broke their fortunes, they still wanted to buy, buy, buy!
Just ...

(End of this chapter)