Chapter 1348: Crazy for Porcelain

Fusu was going to the autonomous region, so Duran contacted the ‘Three Heroes of Qi and Lu’ first.

The news leaked out immediately, and everyone in the world knew about it. For a time, countless eyes were staring at Fusu, wishing to eat him up immediately.

However, Zhang Han was not a pushover. As a famous general, his guard work was impeccable, and countless eyes inside and outside were staring at Fusu day and night.

But Fusu did not have this awareness. Although he had decided to go to the autonomous region, he was still wandering around Sanghai City every day. On this day, he found Duran again, waved the "Analects" in his hand and asked: "Grand Master, I wonder who invented papermaking and printing, and who is Google, who translated the works of the Six Kingdoms?"

He was really a curious baby. Duran didn't want to pay attention to him, so he found a servant to take Fusu to visit the workshop. As for Mr. Xun Kuang, he had moved his translation work to the autonomous region, where he found many helpers to translate together.

Duran calculated the time and thought that Cai He should have arrived in Rome. I wonder if he has found the architect and mathematician.

Cai He's fleet caused a sensation. After entering the Mediterranean, it headed all the way to the city-state of Rome.

The tower ship was taller than the walls of the Roman city-state, and this scene frightened the Roman nobles.

Cai He was still a little disappointed when he saw Rome. Although most of the buildings were made of stone, they were not very majestic. In those days, even the Colosseum had not been built, and the facilities used to entertain the citizens of Rome were a human wonder.

In this era, Rome had not yet unified the Mediterranean, and even the Italian peninsula had not been unified, but Rome was still a relatively prosperous city in Europe. Although Rome had not yet seized all of Greece from the Macedonian Empire and had not become the decadent city of extravagance in the future, Rome was now thriving, and it was quite similar to the Qin Dynasty before the unification of the six countries. All Romans believed in their own country and their own army.

When the tower ship approached the coastline, the Roman navy appeared on the sea. The ship was very short, with a lot of wooden oars, a total of two floors, with slaves rowing below, and Roman soldiers standing in the open air on the upper floor without any decoration.

Speaking of Macedonia, it is naturally the Macedonian phalanx that was turned into art by Alexander the Great, and speaking of Rome, it is naturally the Roman square shield. The Roman soldiers set up the square shields around the second layer to form a defense line, with spearmen and crossbowmen inside.

However, the general doubted whether they could shoot arrows at the tower ship, because the tower ship was really too big, and the Roman navy was like a teddy bear, not knowing how to start.

Countless onlookers rushed to the coast and looked up to watch, hoping to know where these big ships came from. There seemed to be no country in the Mediterranean with so many cities and countries that could have such shipbuilding technology.

The Roman soldiers were a little nervous because they didn't know whether the newcomers were enemies or friends. They hoped that they didn't have to go to war, because they felt that their warships were no match at all. As long as they were slightly hit, the ship would be destroyed and people would die.

Of course, if the other party wanted to invade Rome, then the Roman soldiers would also defend their motherland with their lives.

Cai He walked to the deck and looked at the orderly Roman warships on the sea, nodding secretly. Although small, they were very orderly. Whether it was the ship or the soldiers, they were lined up in a straight line like a knife and an axe, without any slackness.

This is the army that Cai He has seen since he traveled, and it is also the army that looks most like an army. The primitive people on the American continent have no army at all, only warriors. There are only a group of natives on the British Isles who are not combat-capable, and only this Roman army is very powerful.

"Alex, you are back to your hometown." Cai He said to a middle-aged man behind him respectfully.

The middle-aged man's name is Alex, and he is a Roman, but he is an unfortunate Roman. When he joined the army, he was captured and sold to Britain. It has been almost ten years, and he has forgotten what his hometown looks like.

When Cai He bought the slaves, he saw the other party's Roman identity, so he bought them hoping to be a guide.

Alex's eyes were full of tears. He came back, and he didn't believe that he would return to Rome one day.

"My lord, I will fulfill my obligations now." Alex was very grateful to Cai He, so he was willing to be loyal: "I will communicate with them."

Cai He nodded, both parties were Romans and should be able to communicate.

Alex got on the boat and was put on the sea. He and two Qin soldiers rowed close to the Roman navy. Alex shouted: "We are not here to fight. The fleet behind me is from the distant Qin Empire. They hope to trade with Rome and also hope to get supplies."

Listening to the somewhat non-standard Roman language, the Roman soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. They had never heard of the Qin Empire. It seemed that there was no such empire in the entire Mediterranean.

Alex had been away for too long, and his hometown dialect had a foreign accent because he had not used it for ten years.

The boat stopped twenty meters away from the navy, and then the shouting began.

Alex first expressed the purpose of the fleet, and the Roman soldiers had to ask the superiors to come before they could answer.

There was no problem in communication. At this time, even the senators of the Senate had already arrived at the seaside, staring blankly at the huge fleet, saying that even the gods in mythology did not have such a large fleet, and he was full of yearning for the Qin Empire with such a fleet.

Allowing entry to the port, the Senate also mobilized the residents of the port to give their houses to the guests from afar. It has to be said that Rome’s mobilization capabilities were still very strong. Regardless of whether the residents around the port were willing or not, they were all asked to leave.

The members of the Senate were able to see Qin's trade goods, ceramics and silk for the first time.

What is madness? Crazy can make people lose all their manners and forget about themselves. In order to obtain ceramics and silk, they used the martial arts set of the Senate and listened to whoever won.

Cai He never expected that these people's reaction would be so violent, even more exaggerated than the primitive people of South America. However, this kind of true expression also shows the self-confidence of the Romans at this time. Although they have not yet unified the Italian peninsula, and the war with Carthage is not very optimistic, this does not prevent them from loving life.

Cleaner than silver plates and copperware, and classier than wooden bowls, porcelain is simply a gift from God to the world. Qin must be an empire favored by God. I have to say that porcelain is really a killer. Whether in modern times or in the future, wealthy people in the West have been accustomed to eating in metal utensils for more than a thousand years.

However, early porcelain had to wait until the Silk Road was opened and spread to the West through Persia, and only an extremely rare part was available. By the Yuan Dynasty, porcelain was already a famous commodity, and by the Ming and Qing dynasties, China was already known as 'porcelain'. During the Qing Dynasty, many foreigners ordered religious porcelain and painted crosses on the porcelain, which made the white porcelain popular.

Although porcelain came to the West hundreds of years ago, porcelain is still a powerful weapon for killing gods and Buddhas. Its smooth touch and flawless texture make people addicted to porcelain.