Chapter 2083 The Reality Version of Game of Thrones

After bidding farewell to the baron, on the way back, William's face was not very good.

Yang Cheng asked, "What's the matter? It's like someone owes you hundreds of millions."

William shook his head, "It's not about the money, there have been a lot of turmoil in Europe recently."

Listening to his emotion, Yang Cheng didn't know what to say. After all, this is not something a businessman should care about. Anyway, as long as he is affected by his business, he can make trouble as he likes.

"Thinking of Scotland?"

William sighed, "Yeah~"

Compared with Bavaria and Catalonia, Scotland's independence problem is more serious. Not only Scotland, but also several other neighbors all tend to be independent. The current situation in the UK can be called internal and external troubles, so I don't know if they pretend to be independent. What is it that you still have leisure time to take care of the internal affairs of other countries? Could it be that it rains too much, the damp is severe, and your brain grows hairy?

As we all know, the full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

That is to say, the United Kingdom is composed of three regions on the island of Great Britain and the northern region on the island of Ireland. It is composed of four parts and is a kingdom.

It is equivalent to the past that Koryo was a suzerain country to country Z. Therefore, theoretically speaking, they cannot become a country. They are just a region with independent internal affairs, just like Xiangjiang and Macau are to country Z.

Therefore, anyone who dares to call Xiangjiang a country is the enemy of country Z, don't hesitate!

If you have the ability to tell the British that Scotland is a country, see if they will be furious?

In several regions, including Scotland, the centrifugal force is very strong.

Assuming that we look outward from England, where London is located, we will find that Ireland has always wanted to merge with Northern Ireland; Wales would have had a lot of trouble before if it hadn’t been for the formation of the custom of successive crown princes being Prince of Wales; Scotland is still fighting for independence.

Since it is "tied together to live together", often the struggle for independence can only be regarded as "couples love each other and kill each other". However, looking at the historical process, Scotland and England rarely "love each other" and mostly "kill each other".

Scotland was always an independent country before 1707 AD. Even when England was annexed by the Roman Empire for more than 300 years, Scotland was still a strong country with independent diplomatic, economic, military and legislative powers!

That is to say,

It has been only three hundred years since Scotland merged with the United Kingdom.

Before that, we have to go back to the early aborigines in England and Scotland. Like many places in Europe, they all point to the Celts, but although they belong to the same race in a macro perspective, the Celts are also due to the long-term living environment. Different branches appear in different branches, and in the British Isles, there are three main branches:

One is the Gaels living in southern Great Britain;

The second is the Picts living in the northern part of the British Isle;

The third is the Britons living in Ireland.

At that time, the Gaels and Britons formed many kingdoms in southern Great Britain and the island of Ireland respectively. Although there was no unified dynasty, the scale of these kingdoms was not small.

The northernmost Picts are still in a state of tribal settlements, but a very small-scale kingdom has appeared a little to the south.

When these branches were living in a small range, the Roman legions from the European continent came across the sea. For these natives, it was the first time for these natives to wear iron helmets, wear armor, hold spears, swords and shields, and stand in rows. See you once.

I saw a strong Gaelic man chop off with an ax fiercely, and his companions found that his body was decapitated.

In this way, the Roman Empire quickly annexed the southern part of the British Isle, which is today's England and Wales. There was no such thing as Wales at that time.

After the baptism of large-scale wars, the Gaels either died in the war, or lived in remote mountainous areas to accept the rule of the Romans, and some fled across the sea to the west, and lived in the northern part of the island of Ireland. There is a difference between northern and southern Ireland.

As for why the Romans did not continue westward or northward? The answer is that when you are powerful, you have no intention, and when you have the intention, you are weak.

Originally, the British Isles had no strategic significance to the Roman Empire at that time. It was not even considered a "frontier" geographically in Europe, and could only be called an "isolated overseas island".

It's just that Caesar "handily" captured the southern part of Great Britain in the process of conquering the Gaul rooster, which is a tasteless one.

Afterwards, several governors appointed when it was just established as the province of Britannia wanted to continue to expand, and even sent the entire Roman Ninth Army to Scotland, but the entire army was wiped out.

In the eyes of the Romans, the Picts in the north and the Britons in the west at that time were "barbarians", and the two places were indeed wild places with dense jungles at that time.

With the strength of the Roman Empire, if you send troops to it, you can win it, but for a huge Mediterranean empire, there are still many places to take care of, and rebellions to be suppressed are everywhere. Block "hard bones".

As a result, the subsequent governors did not receive strong support from the imperial headquarters and only wanted to keep the existing territory. They continued to suffer from the southward invasion of the Picts in the north and the pirate robbery of the Britons on the island of Ireland.

The previous governors of the province of Britannia were still in a state of "self-preservation" due to their inability to do so, and they continued to build some fortifications, such as the Great Wall of Andorin.

But even so, we can still see the unyielding spirit of the Picts in the north. They were neither to avenge the Gaels in the south, nor to devour the area occupied by the Romans, but some scattered tribes, simply to expand Own territory and loot some supplies and go south to massacre the village.

In this way, the division between the north and the south of Great Britain became more and more serious during the war. When the Andorinian Great Wall could not be defended and was abandoned, Emperor Hadrian, the most centralized power in the history of the Roman Empire, came to power. The core of his ruling philosophy It is to keep the world laid down by the adoptive father Trajan, rather than continue to expand.

Hadrian's Great Wall built by the province of Britannia during his reign has become the geographical dividing line between England and Scotland, and it is also the source of inspiration for the Great Wall in "Game of Thrones".

After more than 300 years of ruling the British Isle, the Germanic tribes in the northern part of the European continent went south to destroy the Roman Empire.

There are many branches of the Germanic people, and they rushed to various parts of Europe in the process of destruction. Two of them, the Angles and the Saxons, traveled across Hayden Island, and they quickly occupied England.

At this time, the Roman Empire had just collapsed, and the island was still in the absence of any stable political power. The Briton pirates who had been harassing the coast of Britain from the west of Ireland before began to land in large numbers and established several small kingdoms in the southwestern part of Britain. , and the Germans could not attack it for a long time.

This area has formed a different historical and cultural background from England - Wales.

Although the Germanic people failed to take down Wales, they established small kingdoms in England. Through long-term conquests and mergers, seven kingdoms were finally formed. Are you familiar with it? It is the source of the background structure of Quanyou.

The good times didn't last long. In Game of Thrones, it was the White Walkers who came, but in reality it was the Vikings who came.

Their arrival is not like the previous Romans and Germans. You can survive under their rule if you surrender, although your survival is miserable.

The Vikings practiced the "Three Lights Policy" very early on, and they also had branches. Among them, the Norwegians occupied Scotland and the Danes occupied England, so the two places each launched a struggle to expel the Viking pirates.

The Scottish side was led by Kenneth, one of the Picts, who successfully expelled the Norwegians and surrendered the previously fragmented Picts small kingdom to form a unified Kingdom of Scotland, so the Scots are still Picts today .

When Kenneth was crowned, he sat on a stone tied with iron chains. This stone was called the "Stone of Destiny", and this stone later played a very important role.

The seven countries on England's side were united under the leadership of King Alfred of Wessex, the pink country. His descendants led England to finally expel the Viking regime, so Alfred is also considered England The first real king.

But it didn't take long to be defeated by William I, the Duke of Normandy in France who took the opportunity to land. Since then, the British royal family has continued from William I.

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