How could Shi Wansui and Yang Ji know the answer to the question raised by Yuwen Wen? Before that, they didn't even know that the envoys of the Roman Kingdom had arrived in Chang'an. Seeing that the two of them shook their heads, Yuwen Wen placed a map on the desk.

Let’s start telling a story that was “long, long time ago”.

The story is located in the extreme west thousands of miles away. The protagonists of the story are Rome and Persia.

The grudges between the two countries have been going on for hundreds of years, and they will never stop until death. In order to kill each other, they will do everything they can.

After hundreds of years of disputes, both sides took turns to gain the upper hand. When they were tired of fighting, they sat down to negotiate. The peace lasted for several years. Both sides felt that they had the strength again, so they broke the peace agreement and continued to fight.

The frontal battlefield was full of blood, and external moves emerged one after another.

The north and west of the Roman Kingdom were barbarians, so the Persian Kingdom spent money to instigate the kings and khans of these barbarians to stab Rome from the back.

In order to concentrate on dealing with Persia, Rome had to spend money to buy peace. The Persian state gave the barbarians twice as much as they paid.

At the same time, the Roman Kingdom also retaliated and also bribed the barbarians in the north and northeast of Persia, allowing them to poke Persia from the back.

The Persian country naturally had to spend twice the price to buy peace.

Therefore, the two enemies spent a lot of military spending not only to defeat each other from the front, but also to ask someone to stab him or avoid being stabbed.

At the same time, at the junction of the two countries, the large and prosperous area was a fatty meat that both sides refused to give up, but the war caused all industries to wither.

It can be said that these are two tigers fighting for a fat cow, but no one can eat meat from the fat cow with peace of mind. Not only that, their physical strength was also thin by endless bites, and the fat cow was also skinny and thin.

Two tigers kept biting, and there were a group of wolves surrounding them, taking advantage of them, but they were full of energy.

At this time, the two tigers should be on the verge of fighting, at least rest for decades to recover, so as to restore their vitality. However, the grudges of hundreds of years are not what they say that they can let go?

But the opportunity came.

It was about twenty years ago, when the Central Plains was in rebellion, the King of the Persian kings was driven out of power by the rebellion launched by his generals, and his son fled to his old enemy, Roman Kingdom for asylum.

This escaped prince was attracted by the emperor of the Roman Kingdom. He not only married the princess to him, but also sent a large army to send his son-in-law back to his country, defeating the traitor and successfully regained the throne.

At this point, the relationship between the two countries has changed from an enemy to a father-in-law and son-in-law, and finally it has stabilized.

The good times did not last long. Almost ten years later, a rebellion broke out in the Roman Kingdom and the rebel generals killed the monarch. So the Persian son-in-law had the righteousness of revenge and the war between the two countries began again.

"What do you think if you continue to fight like this?"

"Of course, the cranes and clams fight each other, and the fisherman gains the profit."

Shi Wansui said this, this is very obvious. When he looked at the sketch of the territory of Rome and Persia, he could easily see that there were evil wolves waiting for the opportunity on the backs of these two countries.

Either take advantage of both sides, or take advantage of one of the countries' bad luck and then take advantage of the situation and put a detriment.

This situation has lasted for hundreds of years. As the emperor said, the two strong tigers were already overwhelmed by the heavy burden of war.

Yang Ji nodded in agreement, but said nothing because he already knew the answer.

When Yuwen Wen saw the two nodded and continued: "So, for the dynasty, does it matter if these two countries win and lose?"

"No, what's going on thousands of miles away has to do with the dynasty."

"However, if a business dealer wants to make a lot of money, he cannot let the two big customers fight each other and lose both ways."

"Persia and Rome were at war, and Persia cut off the sea route to the east of Rome. For the dynasty, it was a big customer who could have made two portions of money, but now it is difficult not to say one portion, even half of the portion."

"Why? Because in order to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to destroy the old enemy, Persia has become a powerful military force and does not have so much money to trade with the dynasty."

"What does this mean? The imperial court's largest source of income is the sea trade. The increase in profits is not as good as expected. If it were in the past, it wouldn't matter, but now the reform is imminent and fiscal expenditures have increased significantly. In the past few years, if sea trade cannot provide more profits, the finance will not be able to withstand it."

"So, these two countries can't fight anymore. Someone must stand up and say justice, everyone shakes hands and makes peace, do business together, and rest and recuperate. Wouldn't it be good?"

Hearing this, Shi Wansui was a little confused: "Your Majesty, it's beyond reach. It's impossible for the official army to go on an expedition. Even if... even if it can attack the capital of Persia, it's too expensive to defend that place, so great that the court can't bear it."

"So if you want to persuade the fight, how can you listen?"

"Yes, just by shouting, how can I persuade the fight? But if..." Yuwen Wen said, laughing: "If the person who persuaded the fight was carrying a basket of explosives, he would be killed by him if anyone dared not listen to justice..."

When Shi Wansui heard this, she was shocked and blurted out with Yang Ji: "Hard explosive!"

"That's right, violent explosives, you guys look here..."

Yuwen Wen pointed to the "Levant region" at the junction of the two countries on the map, and its northwest coast is located at a point: "This is a place where their military strategists must fight for, transliterated as "Antetok", and its status is very important, similar to..."

"Similar to Pengcheng, Xuzhou, once the 'Antiaoke' changes its ownership, the offensive and defensive momentum will also change."

"Antouque is the core of the Eastern Defense Line of Rome, similar to Xuzhou Pengcheng's Huai River Defense Line of the Southern Dynasties. Therefore, if Persia wants to defeat the Eastern Defense Line of Rome, it must take down the "Antouque"."

"Last year, the Persian army besieged the Antioch, and was determined to win, while the Roman Kingdom, which was worried about internal and external troubles, could only rely on the new king to personally lead the expedition and bring the few remaining field forces to rescue him."

"The two armies broke out in a decisive battle outside Antioch City, just like when Xiao Liang attacked Yuan Wei and broke out in the Battle of Hanshan."

"According to information explored by the Nansi (Nanyang Trading Company), the two sides fought in the dark during that war, and the Roman army gradually became dissatisfied. Seeing the Persian cavalry breaking through and intercepting and detouring from the flanks, the Roman soldiers were in chaos."

"At this time, the new Roman king asked his personal army to join the battle, and used fierce explosives to repel the opponent's charge, and then counterattack."

"With the help of fierce explosives, the Roman soldiers instantly defeated the Persian army and then took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. That scene...tsk tsk..."

Shi Wansui and Yang Ji naturally knew the power of the fierce explosives, so although Yuwen Wen did not specifically describe the scene of the war, they could also imagine how miserable the Persian army was in this battle.

No wonder the two countries sent envoys to the Central Plains, it turned out...

Yang Ji asked in disbelief: "Your Majesty, could you have secretly sent the fierce explosives to the Roman Kingdom?"

"Give it?" Yuwen Wen laughed again: "You have to spend money to buy such a magic weapon! You have to pay for gold coins!"

"The Roman country is in turmoil and internal and external troubles, the new king is already as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. The fierce explosives sold to him by Nansi are better than ten thousand elite soldiers. If it weren't for the fierce explosives, his army would be done in Antioch!"

"He won this big victory, and his reputation in China soared instantly. Everyone said that the new king had magical powers. Even some of the great nobles who had been sarcastic and sarcastic, the general dared not say anything, and he lowered his eyebrows. Do you think this deal is worth it?"

"So, the new Roman king sent an envoy to travel east with a lot of gold, just to buy the sky thunder and take it back to save the country and life."

"The Persian state did not know the secret. The reason why he sent an envoy to the court was to ask the dynasty to hold the Western Turks back, and he did not want the Western Turks to have a chance to take advantage of the situation, because the losses of Persian state's defeat in this battle were second, and the chaos in the army made the king of ten thousand kings restless."

"In that battle, many Persian soldiers saw the Roman army summoning the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to kill the enemy, and instantly defeated their army. Think about it, Persian monarch mainly appeased the morale of the army and convinced everyone that it was just an accident. How difficult would it be?"

"The King of Kings, dare to pat his chest and promise to the nobles, and the generals that the Roman army will not come again in the next battle? He cannot guarantee that, so how can the soldiers be confident of winning the battle?"

"In the next war, both sides will be embarrassed. Why? Because the Roman soldiers were looking forward to the new king's magical powers to win a new decisive victory, while the Persian soldiers were afraid that the Roman army would perform their magical powers, so their morale was depressed."

"However, the new king of Rome knew how much he was, and knew that the sky thunder was almost used. If he could not use his magical powers and could not defeat the enemy in the new decisive battle, he would not be able to defend the good situation he had finally obtained."

"So, the Persian army, who had been screaming to destroy the country, stopped instantly, and the Roman army, who was soaring to take advantage of the blessing of the gods to recover the lost territory, began to 'live wait for the opportunity'."

"According to Nanshi's report, since the Battle of Antioch, the main forces of the two countries quickly broke off contact, no longer had the intention of a decisive battle, and only had small-scale engagements..."

When Shi Wansui and Yang Ji heard this, they could no longer describe their feelings: the emperor actually sold the powerful weapon of military power to Rome and forced the Roman country to continue the country's destiny. This is too...

It is said that the formula of fierce explosives is very complicated, so you are not afraid of the other party's imitation. With the actual combat effect of the "Battle of Antioch", both sides of the war were very clear about the power of this weapon (magic power) and still remember it freshly.

Therefore, the Zhou Kingdom, which was able to sell large amounts of explosives (relatively speaking), had an attitude that would determine the outcome of the Persian and Roman wars.

Having said that, it is really incredible that violent explosives can actually work like this...

Shi Wansui and Yang Ji thought of this at the same time, and they felt that the emperor was indeed powerful.

Yuwen Wen was too lazy to boast and continued: "So, with this premise, I will say justice again, let both parties shake hands and make peace, and then do business with the dynasty. Who dares not listen?"

"Romans don't listen, okay, I will tell them clearly that next time, it will be the Persian army's turn to fire the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder at the Roman army!"
Chapter completed!