Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 64 Simplified Scheme of Brother Steam

Hearing that this might be some kind of heresy, Theodora nodded.

Although it sounds like a serious accusation, belonging to the sworn enemies of religion, it is really not a big deal in the present Rome.

The Borgiginus dynasty has been trying to regain the Roman homeland in southern Asia Minor and Syria, and the most powerful local supporters are these heretical sects, large and small—including those who worship God and those who teach in heaven.

Due to complex historical reasons, this place close to the common holy place of monotheism has produced a large number of religious thoughts over a long period of time.From Indian theology in the east to Platonism in the west, they all blend and collide here.

To the church, to put it nicely, it’s called a gathering of ideas; to put it bluntly, it’s called all sorts of heresy.

However, the long-term melee situation and the complicated geographical environment have allowed many small sects to find opportunities, hide in corners, and survive.So far, there are still many such sects in the mountains, oases and unknown towns there.

The religious environment there is not the same as in the hinterland of Europe, where there is still the mood to identify each other's purity and distinguish heresy.In order to survive, these small sects often choose to form groups and cooperate—including forming groups with pagan small sects.Only in this way can the probability of surviving in the face of attacks from mainstream sects be increased.

In fact, even the most fanatical crusaders from Europe adapted to the rules after two generations.The Crusader countries and the local Arab emirs have worked together more than once to deal with the more powerful Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties and prevent themselves from being annexed.

Regardless of the Turkic cavalry and Arab infantry in the Crusaders, or the Frankish knights in the Jihad army, they are all common scenes.In the later period of the Fatimid Dynasty, facing the threat of being annexed by the Zangi Dynasty, they even paid old coins to the Kingdom of Jerusalem and hired crusaders as "Mamluks" to deal with those difficult enemies.

In this environment, the Purple Horde Khanate is quite popular with these small sects because of its flexible religious policy. These people can be said to be the strongest and most loyal supporters of the Khanate in the local area.

After the death of Emperor Timur, the Roman forces withdrew from western Persia, so the Black Sheep Dynasty, which was entrenched in the Caucasus, wooed some Turkmen tribes in eastern Asia Minor. Attack the territory along the Mediterranean Sea and expand its power to the sea.

Hearing that the Turkmens were coming again, small local sects poured out of the mountains to defend the Khanate with armed forces, making the defense force suddenly abundant.The Black Sheep Dynasty attacked several times, but found that they couldn't take advantage of it, so they turned their heads and went south to fight the Zarayier Dynasty in the Mesopotamia.After that, the northern border was temporarily stabilized.

There are rumors that with the death of Basil III, the Zizhang, like Timur's forces, will shrink the line of defense and withdraw the troops stationed in Syria.Therefore, they also sent a huge mission, composed of dozens of priests, Sheikhs and Imams, to Dadu by boat to publicize it everywhere, and even ran to the gate of the palace, where they cried loudly every day.Later, the Great Lama, the Patriarch King, came out to meet them in person, persuaded them for a long time, assured them that there was no plan to withdraw the troops, and everyone left with satisfaction.

With these circumstances, the Purple Horde Khanate treats all kinds of heresies with a familiar attitude.And not only the "Romanians" at the top of the Khan court, but even the Greeks in the metropolis are now used to it.

In the early years, these Greeks were very concerned about religious issues.When the emperors wanted to make peace with Catholicism, or even promote the merger of the church, they would be strongly opposed by the people, and they would never let it go.

However, since the Purple Horde came here, the attitude of the Greeks towards Catholicism has softened a lot.

The first ancestors, Boyan Timur and Guo Gai, followed Yue Jibiehan's belief in heaven and taught them when they were working under Yue Jibiehan.Zhang Patriarch, the first head of the Khan court, was also called Imam Zhang at that time.Later, after they established their own country, in order to gain the support of the Greeks and Bulgarians, they also believed in the religion of worshiping God.

However, there was a difference between their thinking and the understanding of the Greeks.

The Greeks understand that joining the God-worshiping Orthodox Church means withdrawing from various previous denominations by default.However, the understanding of Guo Gai and others is that the newly added God Worship religion does not mean that the Tianfang religion, Buddhism, Nestorianism, and Taoism that were added before do not count.

Therefore, in order to express their piety, Boyan Timur, Guo Gai and others began to persevere in adding other religious elements.Works of the style now in the Niangniang Temple had already begun to appear at that time.

The Greeks resisted fiercely at first, but after a long time, they basically became numb.

After all, the temperament of the Greeks always likes to reconcile and compromise.For example, if you say that the scope of management of this church is too narrow, and that it must merge with Catholicism and Nestorianism, everyone will definitely not allow it.But if you advocate merging with Tianfang Sect, they will come to mediate and are willing to merge Catholicism and Nestorianism.

Now, including the queen and others, the Greeks are relatively tolerant of religious issues.This is probably the credit for the perennial enlightenment of the Purple Horde Khan Court.

Therefore, everyone didn't pay much attention to Jeanna's strange ideas.The big deal is that she will open a "God Worshiping Church Steam Heavenly Brother Sect" in the future, and if she can attract believers, it will be considered her own ability.Anyway, with Lama Wang and others around, the most outrageous sect might not be her turn.

Soon, everyone recovered.

"Although your plan sounds feasible, it is really too far away." Zhu Wenkui ignored his younger sister who was eager to show off, and pointed out: "Can we carry it out in stages and produce a preliminary product first?"

"I mainly hope that everyone will pay attention to it, so I specifically said it." Guo Kang admitted: "But the initial product... I don't know if it can be used."

"I think it can help." Zhu Wenkui said, "I know a little about this."

"Our idea of ​​controlling the grassland actually has something in common with what you said. Because the main focus of competition on the grassland is the grasslands everywhere, and this is also the foundation for nomads to strengthen their strength and establish their organizations."

"We can't control the entire grassland in depth, but that doesn't mean we can't control a part of it." He also came to the map and pointed to the edge of the grassland: "If we control these rich grasslands at this junction, we can control these rich grasslands through the Central Plains method." Organizations, maintained by external input, can compress the living space of hostile nomadic forces, limit their power, and reduce damage."

"This kind of thinking is actually quite old. Everyone wants to use it whenever they have the opportunity, but the main problem is the amount of input materials and how much power can be maintained." He thought for a while and said.

"The more materials there are, the more stable this place is like Han; the stronger the power, the more effective it is to prevent other surviving nomadic areas from interfering with these frontier bases. From this point of view, throughout the dynasties, we have adopted various The organization method and the various new technologies used are actually for the purpose of using materials more efficiently and generating stronger power."

"Then what if we invest in steam?" He imagined: "You told me last time that this kind of thing is made of iron and copper and requires a lot of fuel and professional technicians. The ground cannot be produced in large quantities, that is to say, the enemy will certainly not be able to gain an advantage in this regard.”

"On the other hand, Brother Steam is very powerful. We can use it as a weapon. It doesn't need to be as fine as arable land, as long as it can hit people. You see, this should be less demanding, right?"

"Before, you told me that you don't need any technology, and you only think about whether you can farm. Now I think it makes sense." He admired: "In this way, the thinking is indeed opened."

"That's right." Tuo Huan nodded again and again, and suggested to Guo Kang: "Brother Tian, ​​you don't need to set up so many organs to operate automatically like your shrine. It doesn't need to be so complicated on the battlefield, it can be saved." To get rid of these functions, it is enough for the soldiers to directly control them manually, and it is enough to only need to be able to contribute. In this way, won’t some requirements be saved?”

"Yes." Zhu Wenkui agreed: "We can definitely let the frontline soldiers drive the steam gods to beat the Mongols. In this way, we can use fewer soldiers to maintain a stronger force deterrence. This can actually reduce the need for material input. Dependence is something that kills two birds with one stone."

"Also, since Tianxiong can pull a plow, why can't he pull a cart?" He pointed out: "We can use Tianxiong to pull luggage and transport soldiers instead of livestock."

"I heard that in the past expeditions to Mobei, the main consumption was on the road and was eaten by these livestock and logistics personnel. Brother Steam doesn't eat food, we just need to ensure that the amount of fuel it consumes is higher than that consumed by livestock. If the grain is low, there is enough practicality."

"Mr. Guo really has a vision. We haven't seen such a big effect before." He said to Guo Kang: "What do you think of this simplified solution? Is it feasible?"

(End of this chapter)