Special Forces: Drop Fan Tianlei instantly at the start

Chapter 448

Great Qin Anxi County, Antioch City, Temple of Zeus.

As the capital of the Seleucid Dynasty in the past, Antiochus gathered most of the nobles, and the temples in the city were also the most prosperous after Athens, and most of the sect leaders lived here.

Because Seleucus I, who founded the Seleucid crown prince, was the commander of the personal guard army of Alexandria in the former land of Alexandria, and inherited the most territory of Alexander's great empire, the city of Antioch has always regarded itself as Macedonian legitimacy, and disdains the declining power that inherited the name of the Macedonian kingdom in the north, and the successive kings have vowed to unify the Macedonian kingdom and Ptolemaic Egypt and restore the grandeur of Alexander's great empire.

It's just that no one expected that the Romans, who seemed to be in decline back then, suddenly made a big comeback in the war with Carthage, and exaggerated all the way to the south and east, so that the unprepared Seleucids were defeated, and the territory was lost in a large area, and even the capital city of Antioch was almost in danger several times.

Subsequently, although the crisis of the Romans was relieved due to the Great Qin Expeditionary Force, the Great Qin, which was stronger than Rome, made Seleucus face a more difficult situation.

The Persian county was taken into the pocket of Great Qin, and most of the Seleucids could still accept it, after all, it was the spoils of war obtained by the Great Qin people from the Romans, and according to the concept of the winner is king, Great Qin should have the right to dominate.

What's more, Persia is thousands of miles away from Daqin, and it is a super enclave, and in the eyes of the Seleucids, it is just a place of cannon fodder for Seleucus to resist the Romans.

But no one thought that the development of Great Qin would reach a terrifying level.

First of all, a steady stream of unimaginable huge maritime trade fleets came directly through the thousands of miles of sea frontiers, which connected the Persian enclave with Daqin itself, and while bringing many goods, it also spread the culture of Daqin.

For the first time, many Seleucids realized that there were more advanced civilizations in the world than Greece and Persia.

The instinct of believing in the strong made many people begin to accept and study the Great Qin culture, and the Great Qin goods became the best props for the Seleucid nobles to show off their wealth.

However, the Mauryan Empire was overthrown by Great Qin, but the Seleucids suddenly discovered that before they knew it, the only remaining territory of Seleucid had been completely surrounded by Great Qin.

To the north and west, it is the Persian county of the Great Qin people, and to the south and east, it is the Peacock County and the steppe that belong to the Great Qin.

As for the sea, it was full of sails of the Great Qin people.

As many as more than 200,000 elite troops of Great Qin and countless Great Qin fleets, while scaring the invincible Romans in the past, did not dare to look eastward, and while ceding land and paying compensation, they also had the ability to subvert Seleucus at any time.

After countless discussions, the Seleucid royal family and nobles had to be dismayed to find that Seleucus had become the possession of the Great Qin people.

Resistance is simply impossible.

The Seleucids couldn't even defeat the Romans, and the combat effectiveness of the Guards Legion was not as good as that of the Mauryan Dynasty's War Elephant Legion, how could it be that they could easily annihilate the 300,000 main Roman forces and the last elite Great Qin opponents of the Mauryan Empire?

I'm afraid that the Seleucids' convening order has not yet been completed, and the iron hooves of the Great Qin people have already rushed into Antioch City.

At that time, it will be a prisoner of others, and maybe it will be another tragic experience like a Hun Shan Yu Touman Maodun.

In desperation, the Seleucids could only resort to the means of harmony, hoping to temporarily maintain peace with the Great Qin people in the form of in-laws.

Then he retreated step by step, and finally had to make Princess Thea, who was already married to His Royal Highness Fusu, the prince of Great Qin, the heir of Seleucus, the heir of Seleucus, acquiescing in Daqin's annexation of Seleucus.

Although some nobles were still unconvinced, after a group fell under the swords, guns and swords of the Great Qin garrison, they had to close the bar wisely.

As for the common people, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, this territory has always been a battleground for soldiers, and in the past few hundred years alone, they have witnessed the rise and fall of several empires, and their identities are just from Persians to Macedonians, to Seleucids, and now to the Great Qin.

Moreover, the people have been looking forward to the many benevolent policies of Daqin that have been circulating in the market for a long time, and now they actually have the opportunity to enjoy it, and the vast majority of ordinary people are very welcome.

At least after becoming a Great Qin person, you no longer need to worry about being attacked by other countries, but you can gossip about who the next target will be hit, and you have a special sense of security.

Moreover, although the people of Daqin have to pay taxes, they have a lot of subsidies, and after being incorporated into Daqin, life is much better.

In particular, those who are active in learning and can speak the Great Qin language can get a job from the many workshops and projects opened by Qin merchants, and the salary is much better than in the past.

Moreover, when the Mediterranean countries suffered a great locust plague that had not been encountered in a hundred years last year and were almost starved to death, it was also the continuous transportation of money and grain from Daqin itself, which allowed the entire Seleucid region to survive the crisis.

The people still miss this kindness very much. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Therefore, most of the Seleucid people were supportive of the annexation to Great Qin.

The newly opened official schools in the city that use Qin language to teach and various crash courses in Qin language were soon surrounded by Changlong who signed up.

But for the aristocracy, this is not good.

After all, before, they didn't have to pay taxes.

Even better than Seleucus inherited the Greek city-state system, the local nobles had great influence on the local area, although they were nominally subject to the Seleucid royal family, but how much local taxes had to be paid, it was okay to make a fuss. []

This made the Seleucid nobles just lie down and collect money.

Now that such a large amount of money needs to be spent, how can the nobles be willing to accept it?

But it was clear that he was against Great Qin, and the nobles did not dare to take this kind of death.

Everyone is very sorry for their lives.

So some people proposed to use the sect to test the attitude of the Great Qin Dynasty in the name of the gods.

It just so happened that the Pope was also dissatisfied with the fact that the sect needed to pay taxes, and hoped to increase the number of people in the sect through Daqin to better carry out missions, so he had the previous proposal.

However, no one expected that the attitude of the Great Qin Dynasty was so rigid.

All the original Seleucid nobles and sect leaders were dumbfounded.

Now, not only did the benefits not come, but even the roots of the sect had to be dug up.

How is this good?