Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Xiang Nan stayed in Ili for a week, meeting with kings, chiefs, and leaders of various tribes. While accepting their gifts, he also rewarded them, drank and talked with them, and deepened his relationship.

During this period, he also enjoyed a handful of roast lamb, hot-boiled lamb, cantaloupe, grapes, fragrant pears and other delicacies.

After staying in Ili for a week, Xiang Nan and others set off again, passing through Almaty, Tashkent, Samarkand, Terhaiz, Kabul, and Isfahan to the former capital of the Persian Empire, which is now the central part of Qing Persia. The provincial capital is Tehran.

After conquering Persia more than ten years ago, Xiang Nan divided and ruled Persia.

All the previous administrative divisions of Persia were eliminated and directly divided into five parts, east, west, south, north and center, each with a province. Officials sent by the Qing Dynasty came here to manage it.

The Persian Empire seemed to have a large territory, but in fact the Persian population was not large.

In the eighteenth century, according to statistics from European travelers, the population of Persia was only six million, which was not even comparable to the populations of several countries in Central Asia. Therefore, it was once destroyed by the Afghans.

In addition, the Persian Empire has declined after thousands of years, and its civilization has long since withered. It is no longer the superpower that it once was across Europe, Asia and Africa, but has split into countless tribes, constantly conquering each other.

The Persian region continued to be turbulent and civil strife, and was unable to unite to fight against foreign enemies. Therefore, although Persia was conquered for more than ten years, there was never a strong resistance organized in the region.

The Central Plains is the most experienced in dealing with this kind of nomads who fight among themselves. It is nothing more than pulling together a gang, fighting a gang, and destroying a gang. This was the case with the Xiongnu, Turks, Khitans, and Mongols back then.

Therefore, under the management of Qing officials, the nomadic peoples of Persia swore allegiance to the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time they conquered and became hostile to each other.

The Qing Dynasty could just sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, watch these people kill each other, and reap all the benefits. Therefore, over the years, the Qing Dynasty's rule in Persia has been relatively stable.

After Xiang Nan arrived in Tehran, as usual, chiefs of various tribes came to visit and presented their gifts. It also includes jewelry, gold, cattle and sheep, horses, beautiful women, etc. The main theme is simplicity and loyalty.

After all, their proud cavalry and shooting skills were as fragile as glass in front of machine guns and cannons. Therefore, they only dared to wield the butcher knife against their own clansmen, but they were willing to surrender to Xiang Nan and the Qing army.

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Xiang Nan stayed in Tehran for five days, comforted the local chiefs, and then set off for the Tianfang Peninsula.

The Tianfang Peninsula is controlled by the sub-high pressure belt and the trade wind belt all year round and is very dry. Almost the entire peninsula has a tropical desert climate zone and has a large area without currents.

Therefore, the population here has never been large. The area of ​​such a large area is no smaller than that of the Persian Empire, but the population is only four to five million, which is not powerful at all.

And because this place is located at the junction of Asia and Africa, it has always been a battleground for military strategists. Byzantium, Persia, Khorezm, Mongolia, Ottoman, etc. all conquered and ruled it, but no empire could rule here for long.

The reason is also very simple, because except for the coast and a few oasis cities, the remaining large deserts are worthless.

The local tribes in the desert often ride camels to harass coastal cities, arriving and leaving suddenly. Just like the nomads on the grasslands used to come to the Central Plains to plunder and harvest grass and valleys before winter came.

Because they are familiar with the desert terrain, they can often escape the pursuit of the army, making the rulers unable to think of them.

Therefore, during the Ottoman Empire's rule, it only occupied coastal cities such as the Tianfang Peninsula in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf, and completely ignored the large desert areas in the interior.

But Xiang Nan knew that the most valuable thing about the Tianfang Peninsula was this desert area. The rich oil and natural gas reserves beneath it are unparalleled in the world.

So when he conquered this place, he didn't just occupy those coastal cities and make the dignitaries in those cities bow their heads, but also conquered the tribes in the desert.

A lot of sacrifices have been made for this, but it is precisely because of this that when the southern line of the Eurasian Railway was built, the situation of being disturbed by sand bandits was avoided.

Otherwise, those desert tribes often come out to rob, so it would be strange that the railway could be built. Once it's repaired, it will become theirs, but it's not enough for them to snatch it away.

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After arriving at Tianfang Peninsula, Han Xiangjian was very happy.

Because she believes in Tianfang Sect, and this place happens to be the origin of Tianfang Sect, and there are several holy cities. So she was happy to come here to worship.

Xiang Nan has never been interested in religion. Although he once served as a monk and a heavenly protector of the country, he knew that unless it was a world of immortals and heroes, any religion would be useless.

After accompanying Han Xiangjian to visit the Holy City, Xiang Nan and others came to Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

Cairo is an ancient city with a long history. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom before 3,000 BC. The ancient Egyptian kingdom was once very developed, spanning West Asia and North Africa, and was the local overlord.

But it is a pity that the Hittite Empire, the Assyrian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Kingdom of Babylon, the Alexander Empire, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, etc. that rose up in the Mesopotamia later invaded Egypt one after another.

After being repeatedly ravaged by various forces, the ancient Egyptian civilization has now disappeared into the vast sea of ​​history. The local people have even forgotten the writing and civilization of the past, and have been completely assimilated by the Tianfang Sect.

However, Xiang Nan and others were shocked when they saw the towering pyramids on the edge of Cairo.

"What kind of buildings are these? Why are they so weird in shape?" Ruyi asked in surprise.

"This is the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh." Xiang Nan explained, "It should have been built more than 4,000 years ago, during the era of Yao, Shun, and Yu."

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised.

"Huang Ama, how did you know?" Yongheng asked curiously. He was quite interested in these foreign civilizations. He was surprised to hear that this pyramid was so old.

I didn’t expect that there would be such an ancient civilization in this barbaric land. And based on the scale of this pyramid's construction, the dynasty at that time must not have been small. Otherwise, such a huge mausoleum would not have been built.

"Huang Ama is a person born with knowledge, and naturally understands everything in the world." Yonglin said with a smile.

Xiang Nan waved his hand, "Okay, after seeing this pyramid, you should understand that no matter how glorious the previous civilization was, once it is invaded and the country is destroyed, no matter how glorious the civilization is, it will be destroyed and forgotten.

Therefore, I hope that you will never be complacent and keep in mind the words "forge ahead and strive for self-improvement". Otherwise, no matter how large the territory of our empire is and how advanced the civilization is, one day the country will perish like ancient Egypt. "

Hearing what he said, everyone became energized.