Chapter 1350 Collision

Cai He became famous in one battle. His erratic steps and unscientific strength made the Romans doubt life. Why could such a huge power burst out from his petite body?

They learned from Cai He that he practiced "martial arts" and could form a force in his body. Of course, they could not fully understand it. They thought that apart from gods, how could people cultivate power in their bodies?

Rome did not have any gods with great influence, but there were legends such as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. According to legend, the founder of Rome was raised by wolves. He was originally a descendant of Latins and had a younger brother.

According to legend, the king of the Latins had two sons. The king gave the kingdom power and the wealth brought back from Troy to his two children respectively. In the end, the son who got the wealth of Troy used the wealth to exchange for more power than the king, and began to persecute his brothers, leaving only his niece. Because he was afraid that his brothers' descendants would come to retaliate, he also made his niece a virgin priest so that she would not have any descendants.

But the niece still had children, and it was said that they were the children of the god of war, and they were twins. Thrown into the wild by their terrified uncle at birth, the twins were raised by a she-wolf in the wild and grew into strong adults.

The next step is a traditional revenge story, but after the revenge, only one of the twins can survive. The legend goes that the twins disagreed on the location of the city, so they decided to find an auspicious place through "vulture divination".

The younger brother saw six vultures at the place he chose, and thought that the place he chose was auspicious. However, the older brother saw twelve vultures.

The younger brother said that he saw the vultures first, while the older brother said that he saw twice as many as the younger brother.

So the quarreling twins started a war, the younger brother died in the war, and the older brother became the founder of Rome.

Rome was not built in one day, but it started to be built from that day.

However, the current Romans mainly imitated Greek mythology to build a similar myth, but at this time these myths were not very influential, and everyone was still accustomed to reading Greek mythology.

Although most of Greece was still under the control of the Macedonian Empire at this time, art had no borders, and the Romans also knew Zeus on Mount Olympus.

But that was too far away, not as good as the surprise Cai He gave them.

At the request of the hospitable Roman nobles, Cai He had to perform another flying needle stunt.

A wooden stake wearing Roman armor was erected in front of him, and Cai He held an enlarged flying needle in his hand. Because he wanted everyone to see it clearly, Cai He deliberately used this largest flying needle.

Pressing his shoulders and shaking his wrists, he raised his arms and shot.

Boom!

Before everyone could react, radial cracks appeared on the wall behind the wooden stake, spreading like a spider web.

The people around looked closer and found that the armor and the wooden stake were shot through, and the flying needle sank into the stone wall a palm away.

"Too amazing, is your Great Qin a kingdom of gods?" Magical goods, and magical martial arts, I am afraid that only the kingdom of gods can have such strength.

"We live on the same continent as you, and we are not gods. I just practiced advanced internal skills."

"Can you teach me?" Piris was very thick-skinned, or he was a little bit brainless. Anyway, he had no intention of avoiding Cai He, but was very curious about Cai He's kung fu.

Doesn't this guy know what a thick skin is?

"If you want to learn, you must go to Qin." Cai He was not stupid. It was okay to take out insignificant things like porcelain and silk, but the secret of internal strength that can increase combat effectiveness cannot be given away like cabbage. Of course, if they went to Qin, it would be different. Even if they learned it, it would not be easy to pass it back to Rome.

Piris was silent. He didn't want to go to Qin. He heard that Qin was very far away.

Other curious people were also disappointed. They wanted to pay for the practice method, but they were also rejected by Cai He.

Everyone's curiosity about Daqin became more and more serious. Finally, the Council of Elders decided to invite Cai He to tell what Daqin was like.

This is one of the most important institutions in Rome. It is the highest power and decision-making body, the Council of Elders, also known as the Senate, the Elders' House. It is mainly composed of large clans, large slave owners, and former state officials.

There are about a hundred people, and these are the managers and owners of Rome.

This is a system that puzzles Cai He. If there is no emperor to make the final decision, how can they decide on major strategies?

In fact, in addition to the Senate, Rome also has institutions and positions such as the Citizens' Assembly, the Consul and the Prosecutor.

The reason for this is that the Romans were afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake once. In the past, Rome also had a king. About two hundred years ago, an extremely cruel king appeared, so he was overthrown. Since then, Rome has been managing by this republican means.

The reason why this system can succeed is that Rome is a slave country, a small country with few people. The welfare of citizens can be achieved by relying on a large number of slaves, and everyone can get a very decent identity.

Because of this, all citizens will spontaneously protect this system to ensure that Rome can continue to operate.

It is not surprising that Cai He, as a guest, does not understand the mystery. In the Senate, Cai He carefully explained the political system and geographical customs of Qin, which of course made people feel relaxed and yearning.

However, the Romans believed that a country like Qin with an emperor would be very unreasonable: "If the emperor is unjust, won't you all be in trouble?"

Cai He said: "If the emperor is unjust, someone will naturally stand up and overthrow the emperor." This is a very treasonous statement, but Cai He is now overseas and can naturally speak boldly.

"Overthrow one and then elect another emperor?" The elders were very surprised: "Since the emperor has been overthrown, why bother to find another emperor? A person with power will always be cruel. Instead of hoping that the emperor will be merciful, it is better to hold power in your own hands."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

There are too many differences in concepts, but Cai He has been in the Qin Palace and knows a lot of things: "The emperor has his own responsibilities and he must be responsible for the entire country. This responsibility is not something that ordinary people can bear. If the emperor is unjust, the country will be in chaos, and the emperor's head will naturally be in danger. So if the emperor wants to hold his head, he must work hard and work hard for the people of the world."

... Still feel confused: "According to what you said, the emperor is not very pitiful?"

The elders think that if there is one person who takes over all their responsibilities, he will suffer and enjoy, and they are willing to do so.

"The emperor has great power."

"Power will lead to cruelty." This question is back to the starting point.

This is the difference in the way Westerners and Easterners think. In the eyes of Westerners, good is good, bad is bad, and the two are independent and incompatible. But Orientals believe that yin and yang change, good and bad are interdependent, good can become bad, and bad can also become good.

A system must have advantages and disadvantages. When the Romans saw the disadvantages, they resisted desperately and never thought about restraining or even reversing the disadvantages; when they saw the advantages, they promoted them desperately, and they had to make the advantages the best in the world, but they could not see the hidden dangers behind the advantages.

Orientals knew that the emperor would be unjust, so they tried their best to make up for it, and even the famous saying of "learning from history" appeared. Of course, because of this mentality, people often take the shortcomings for granted and let them develop. Sometimes there is only a fine line between luck and optimism, so the change of dynasties is inevitable.

This is a collision of two systems. Before both sides have a deep understanding of each other, this collision can only become a circle that can never be solved.

The Romans believed that the emperor would be cruel and inhumane sooner or later. Cai He believed that the emperor could be replaced, but the Romans believed that this was a change of soup but not medicine. Cai He believed that Roman slaves were also civilians and should be treated as citizens, but the Romans had a deep-rooted belief that slaves were not citizens, and this was absolutely impossible to change. Even the slaves themselves would not ask for freedom.

Because in this world of low productivity, a single slave could not support himself at all, so it was better to be a slave so that he could at least survive.