Chapter 717 King Yan asked for tribute
"It's a good thing to have a demand!" Sima Ji flipped through the original geometry with one hand. With this book, this trip to the west was worth it. The rest was nothing more than the question of how much money it earned. If mathematicians from various civilizations in ancient times lined up a presidential mountain, then there is no doubt that most of them are very suitable for these ancient Greek mathematicians.
His trip to the west was good. Emperor Constantine had not yet taken power. The emperor who started the golden age of Persia was in his infancy. But so what? Who dares to say that he won the victory without force?
Specifically for the Alexander Library, in addition to the classics involving mathematics, the other collections in it are Egyptian or ancient Persian, whether they know or not, or whether they understand the meaning, it is always correct to preserve them according to the copy.
It is nice to help other civilizations preserve some classics. At least Indian Sanskrit is preserved by China. Otherwise, Sanskrit would have been a dead word. Later Indian Sanskrit was only used by scholars from India by only 10,000 scholars, but it is indeed a clear official language, with such a small amount of use, but it is naturally related to Buddhism ranks among the three major religions.
However, Indians always want to blur the boundaries between Hinduism and Buddhism, and this practice made Sima Ji very unwilling to appreciate it. In what era, can he still deceive people like in ancient times? It is not said that Buddhism is a variant of Hinduism, and whoever believes is stupid. If you want to increase your influence and win over the Buddhist countries on the Indochina Peninsula, you are in a sense of understanding, but you are destined to succeed.
With Sima Ji's existence, the world will not be successful. Sima Ji in South Asia will not go to the civilizations of the four major regions. Apart from some agricultural planting experience, he does not think there is anything to learn in South Asia.
"Why didn't you kill that person?" Ataya's palace outfit set off her figure, but her face was not very good. The person she was referring to was naturally Galerius.
Although Diocletian was generally responsible for the defense of the East, the Slavic tribe where Galerius Ataya was located was also swept away by Galerius's subordinates and Armenia. It can be said that the two had a grudge.
"Ataya, this world has equal opportunities for every nation. Every nation must be responsible for itself. The strong are pioneering and the weak are protecting themselves. There is no reason. I can exert my anger at Roman Persia, but I have not swallowed the other party's ability. My nation cannot do it. From the perspective of the Romans, it is normal to sweep you barbarians. On the other hand, you are robbing the Romans, or the surrounding tribes." Sima Ji pointed to Anita and sat down and said, "I don't hate any tribal forces, and there are soldiers who are not Jin in the army. This is a very complicated issue."
Sima Ji would not wishfully think that if others can't beat me, I should beat others. His attitude has always been so real. All the people and the people can rebel, and just do the consequences they bear. If I lose, it is yours, but the key is that you can't win.
Take the Romans who controlled the Mediterranean as an example. If history took a fork in its path and the Romans supported the development of the ancient Greek mathematical school at the beginning and gave people money to help others study, would the Western world dominate the world more than a thousand years ahead of schedule?
But no, in the eyes of ordinary Romans, these mathematicians gathered in Alexandria have similar roles to other civilizations. What is the use of the mathematical knowledge they have studied in a group of vague people who are not good at production?
In the end, Christians dominated, eradicated the mathematician group in Alexandria, and directly brought the West into the Middle Ages. You Westerners also missed the opportunity, so who do you blame? In the thousands of years of civilization history, which civilization has never fallen into a pit? There are also the peace believers who are benchmarking in ancient morality, but they still cannot find a way out in modern society.
Sima Ji would not sympathize with the Slavs. Who told you to pick your feet now? Isn’t it necessary to be beaten? Isn’t it true that I have taken half of the Eurasian continent in the later generations of Imperial and Russia, and I have never seen any nation hold back?
He could not explain the truth clearly to this little Mao girl who was learning languages, but his ability to change the topic was good. "How about these high heels? When I came to Egypt, I found that in addition to yellow sand, there were certain things that I needed here. The crocodile leather belt was of good quality. I have sent 5,000 people to catch and kill along the river, and it happened to change the taste of the soldiers in the army. Apart from the big cakes and the mutton, I was almost vomiting."
"What is a crocodile?" Ataya's silly and sweet look made Sima Ji useless in his homework.
"It's just a kind of fish..." Sima Ji spoke indifferently, thinking that this topic could be stopped.
With the bonus of the troops in the headquarters, Sima Ji felt that Constantius would not be more resistant than Galerius. From now on, he was ready to return to the court.
But before that, there was another important thing to do, which was among the requirements for the Romans. When it came to the issue of eating, he had already come out and naturally had to collect crops from other civilizations.
What the people of the Jin Dynasty eat now, in addition to some well-known staple foods, there are many foods that are hard to describe. For example, the Lord of the Hundred Vegetables! Sima Ji remembers that this thing seemed to be more medicinal in later generations.
Huohu is the leaves of soybeans, and people in later generations seem to rarely use them as vegetables. Vegetables with the character Huo were named before the Tang Dynasty, while vegetables with the character Feng began from the Song to Ming Dynasty. Vegetables introduced in modern times all started from the Western.
From now on, Sima Ji's work, in addition to fighting, was to let the soldiers and horses in the army study some things, similar to what the Egyptians eat, what the Syrians eat, and what the Persians eat. On the way back to the court, the introduction of vegetable seeds along the way into the Central Plains was more important than the war.
Except for the few seeds native to the Americas, he will conduct a dragnet inspection of all crops that can be entered east of Egypt.
"I have now defeated Caesar, and the nearby tribes must immediately pay tribute. Otherwise, due to the army, all jades and stones will be burned. I want the most common crop seeds in the local area, high-yield, oil-pulled, and delicious, all of them, fruits, vegetables and food, all of them are tribute." Sima Ji summoned the generals and ordered, "Send people to report to Diocletian. If the Roman soldiers who want to be captured, exchange these things for them. No matter what they look like, as long as they can eat non-toxic, I will all want them."
Chapter completed!