Men are all lustful.

At this point, it is the same whether you are an Easterner or a Westerner, whether you are old or young.

Maria is pretty and lovely.

In addition, the quality of the handmade felt rugs is indeed much better than those on the market. The young and hormonal male compatriots in Qin State were defeated one by one by the words and expressions of the little loli. When the sun was about to set, Lu

Jia had to admit that he had underestimated the lethality of this little girl.

Rugs filled almost half of the room. Fortunately, the accommodation provided by the Maccabees was spacious enough. Otherwise, Lu Jia, the ambassador, could only share a room with his subordinates.

The Jewish Council began three days later.

The impatient Jewish King David, after persuading the dissident forces within the Maccabean family, began to lobby the nobles of various tribes. In the end, with the strong promotion of King David, the ten elders of the Jewish Parliament voted seven for and three against.

, passed a resolution to establish good relations with Qin and form an alliance.

The elders who support the alliance with Qin are mostly supported by big merchants. These people are well aware of the huge wealth brought by the Silk Road. As long as this business road exists, they can continuously draw more wealth than ever before.

, thereby winning a better life for our nation and our families.

Compared with those who supported it, the three opposing votes clearly represented the poor Jewish class who lived in poverty, the spokesperson of the Kingdom of Antigonus among the Jewish nobles, and a senator who was from the Roman Republic on the Apennine Peninsula, which was eyeing the wealth of the East.

Support objects.

The people of King Philip V of Antigonus could not afford to make any big waves, and the puppets of the Romans had been targeted by David early on. These two hidden dangers were not a concern. In contrast, the people who represented the poor class

The forces of King David made David and others even more frightened.

Like any nation, the contradiction between the nobility and the common people is sharp and cannot be compromised. The fact that the Jewish nation is divided into two levels has reduced the cohesion within this nation to a dangerous level, and David, the patriarch of the poor, represents the people.

After Joseph voted against it, he was suddenly assassinated.

Joseph was stabbed in the abdomen.

Soon after he died of his injuries, the extremely angry Jewish poor gathered in front of the Temple Mount, demanding that King David hand over the murderer and severely punish those behind the scenes. During the critical period of the alliance with Qin, a riot broke out, which made King David of the Jews furious.

The next day he mobilized troops under the orders of the Maccabees to suppress the rioting people.

Within the Jews, the two factions were fighting overt and covert battles. In front of the temple, rivers of blood flowed, and the sound of crying echoed between the Mount of Olives and the Dead Sea.

Lu Jia didn't say much about the internal fighting among the Jews. He was not interested in the so-called Senate and the so-called democracy in the West. You must know that in this bloody era, only the forces with military power have the right to speak. And other protests

Those who are weak are just the weak.

When leaving Jerusalem, Lu Jia not only brought back the promises of the Jews, but also brought back five cartloads of carpets. The Jewish nobles who saw him off looked at the piles of carpets and thought of the Qin envoy.

He actually fell into the trap of a little Jewish girl, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his stomach.

The missionary convoy headed east.

Not far from Dongyang City, the new city of the Qin State in the Syrian Plateau, the convoy stopped. The young envoys opened the pile of blankets on it and crawled out of it a thin and frail little person.

"Maria, come out and take a look! Our new city in Da Qin." A young Qin man shouted loudly and took the little girl out of the pile of felt blankets.

"This bluestone wall is so tall, and you Qin people are so skillful. Maria must go to Qin——!" The little girl narrowed her eyes slightly and muttered to herself in a daze.

Riots among the Jews.

For the powerful people at the upper level, victory or defeat is nothing. At most, it means a few miserable lives. But for a child from a poor family like Maria, it means everything in life.

Unfortunately.

Maria's father became a victim in this riot, and Maria, who became an orphan, had nowhere to turn, so she found Lu Jia, an uncle who seemed to have a good impression.

——.

Dongyang City.

That is Damascus in later generations, the capital of the Kingdom of Syria. This oasis pearl located on the Syrian Plateau has been inhabited by humans as early as 10,000 BC. In the 15th century BC, Damascus was occupied by the ancient Egyptians. In the 12th century BC, Damascus was occupied by the ancient Egyptians.

The Arameans occupied this place and made major changes to the city's water supply system.

The water of the Barada River passes through the newly opened underground canal and flows through every corner of the city. The Romans' advanced water supply network was learned from the Arameans, and many of Li Yuan's ideas in the construction process of New Chang'an were also adopted.

It comes from the ancient city of Damascus.

Before the Qin army occupied Damascus, it had successively experienced the rule of the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, the Persian Empire, the Macedonian Empire, and the Seleucid Kingdom. With the prosperity of Antigonus on the Anatolian Peninsula, the importance of Damascus

It is also decreasing day by day.

The Qin army stationed 15,000 troops in Dongyang City. Guarding this border city was a general, one of the most famous generals in the Qin army: Huan Chu.

This Chu country athlete from Jiangdong has now been fully integrated into the Qin army system, and the nearly three thousand Jiangdong disciples under his command form the backbone of the Dongyang garrison.

After receiving the news that Lu Jia had returned from his mission, Huan Chu led his troops to greet them ten miles outside the city. Several groups of bison that were playing in the Barada River by Dongyang City (Damascus) were frightened by the power of the Qin army and immediately flew away.

Generally fleeing deeper into the grassland.

The Qin army marched westward.

Seven cities were obtained. Among these seven cities, Dongyang City, Yanhuang City, Xin'an City, and Xiyong City were the most important. Among them, Xin'an City had been designated by Li Yuan as the capital of the western part of the Qin Dynasty, while Dongyang and other three cities were designated as the capital of the western part of the Qin Dynasty.

Semi-circular arcs surround Xin'an City. They are like stars, protecting the safety of Xin'an City.

Huan Chu naturally understood the purpose of Lu Jia's mission to the place where the Jews lived. He was anxious to ask Lu Jia how his mission was going. He was surprised to find that Lu Jia, an old man of half a century, suddenly had a young man beside him.

They are only little girls of nine or ten years old.

"What's going on? Could it be that Mr. Lu suddenly got angry and decided to taste a woman from a foreign race, but the taste is too strong." Huan Chu winked, with a knowing smile on his face.

"Uncle, is this big brother sick? Why are his eyes always slanted?" Maria looked at Huan Chu for a while and asked Lu Jia curiously.

"Haha, Maria is right. This kid is sick, and he is very sick. He needs to be treated properly." Lu Jia smiled and coughed, and said.

Lu Jia naturally saw the teasing look in Huan Chu's eyes. Just when he was thinking of teaching Huan Chu a lesson, Maria's question put Lu Jia in a good mood.

"This little girl is indeed a genius."

Huan Chu's face darkened, and he led the delegation towards Dongyang City in silence. He meant to tease Lu Jia, but unexpectedly he was teased by the little girl. If he continued to argue, he would get nothing.

Good to go.

Maria is eccentric.

The independent, self-reliant and free spirit of Western girls is still evident in her. After getting acquainted with the Qin envoy, Maria, who had great interest in Eastern civilization, secretly made a decision in her heart.

She vowed that she must go to Chang'an City, the eastern capital, to take a look, walk around, and see with her own eyes the prosperity and customs of the eastern capital. If possible, she also wanted to meet the Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan to see this

What kind of figure is this mysterious Easterner who built a huge empire single-handedly?

——.

What kind of person is Li Yuan?

Maria was curious.

As for Li Yuan, who was determined to establish a civilization belonging to the Qin people and the East in the Middle East and Central Asia, he had been busy with many things these days, and there was almost no time to stop.

Military occupation is only the first step in governing a country.

In order to maintain the stability of a regime for a long time, we must pay attention to issues such as internal political governance, paying attention to people's livelihood, developing the local economy, and resettling new immigrants.

Xin'an City.

The abundant water of the Tigris River in summer and autumn roars across the plains and deserts, then all the way south, and finally disappears into the vast waves of the Persian Gulf.

In a corner outside the city, a reclamation team composed of 10,000 Qin troops and thousands of local people were digging a canal not far from the river, preparing to introduce the water from the river into a low-lying swamp.

Middle East area.

The climate here is different from that in the Central Plains. The weather changes here are mainly divided into two seasons, namely the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season refers to April to October every year, and the dry season is from November to March of the following year.

Annual flood season.

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are like two roaring dragons, rushing through any blocking houses, trees and even cities. The ancient city of Babylon, the predecessor of Xin'an City, has been threatened by floods many times in history. Babylon

The glorious civilization created by man also disappeared in floods one after another.

Li Yuan rolled up his trousers and stepped into the mud. The rapid water was rushing in the river not far away. Judging from the water volume, its rising momentum was intensifying little by little. If the water in the upstream area was

If the incoming water continues to be this heavy, Xin'an City will be immersed in floods.

Before deciding to make Babylon the central city in the western part of the Qin Dynasty, Li Yuan had not thought that floods would bring such a serious disaster problem to the two river basins, and the attitude of the Babylonians living here towards floods made him even more incredible.

"When the flood comes, we run to the mountains or high places to hide, and wait until it recedes before coming back." When Li Yuan summoned the local tribal elders in the meeting hall to inquire about the flood situation and how to fight the flood, what he got was:

Such an answer.

The values ​​of Eastern and Western people are different. Easterners believe that "man can conquer nature", which means that by relying on their own efforts, they can change places where natural conditions are not suitable for survival, while Westerners are more likely to say that this is arranged by God.

Believers cannot go against God's will.
Chapter completed!