Chapter 385 Turmoil
The moment the sound of gunpowder explosion rang out in the territory of Khwarezm, it no longer mattered what the truth was.

Anyway…

When the envoys returned to Constantinople, Constantinople had already determined that Khwarezm was planning to rebel.

of course!

Constantinople did not immediately state the other party’s crimes, but instead made sufficient preparations and launched a surprise attack.

Only then did he eliminate all the upper nobles of Khwarezm in one go.

It is equivalent to inviting the nobles in the country to sit down together, drink wine, eat meat, and watch dancing.

It’s over. When the performance is halfway through, the swordsmen come out with the tossing of a cup.

After all, if we really fight with real weapons, Khwarezm is a nomadic people after all. If they run away, it will be difficult for you to find them.

Now it would be much easier if we could lure them all together and then kill them.

Moreover, even if there are resistance forces in the future, it will be difficult for the other side to organize any decent counterattack without a leader.

Constantinople could take advantage of the enemy’s chaotic command to massacre and plunder its people.

The men were slaughtered and the women were looted.

An operation to destroy Khwarezm was launched silently.

Of course!
In name, the excuse was that Khwarezm was secretly researching firearms and intending to rebel.

And actually…

After so many years.

To be honest, for example, can you say that the Arabs have no research on firearms and have never coveted them?

Although this battle was won.

However, it also made many other ethnic groups ruled by the Song people fearful.

What are you afraid of?
Of course they are afraid. Could it be that they will never be able to turn things around in their entire lives?

After all, we have different looks, but discrimination is everywhere.

The biggest discrimination against them by the Song people was that they could take their women as concubines.

And no matter how noble their status was, they had no way to get close to the women of the Song Dynasty.

Isn’t this outright racial discrimination?

Why are their women the only ones allowed to sleep with the Song people?

But they couldn’t sleep with the women of the Song Dynasty?
But sometimes there really is no way!
You were unable to support your army, so even if you said you wanted to overthrow the rule of the Song people, it would be difficult for you to do so.

What’s even more frustrating is that there are quite a few blonde women who just like to sleep with Song men.

I don’t know what’s so good about the Song people. Are they as great as them?

At least……

When they went to the toilet, they didn’t notice how big the Song people were.

but……

This is probably the fate of slaves of a conquered nation.

If you can’t beat them, what else can you do?

As for what you said about the Emperor’s attitude.

In fact, in many cases, His Majesty the Emperor’s attitude towards them is relatively equal.

This also makes many people still hold certain fantasies in their hearts.

simply……

Bear with me any longer.

Maybe in the future the people of Song Dynasty and people all over the world will have the same identity and status.

After using a trick to destroy Khwarezm, Constantinople sent troops to continue northward to attack other northeastern European regions, especially hunting down those fugitive forces on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

can only say……

In the first few years, the results were quite remarkable.

After all, although fighting is hard, it is also very profitable.

If you win the war, you can share the slaves. Who wouldn’t work hard?

However, as the army continued to advance northward, they encountered various extremely cold weather conditions, which froze many people and horses to death. At this point, the enthusiasm for moving north immediately declined.

Moreover!
After you finish fighting, if Constantinople allows you to stay there permanently, will you go?
Then the situation of working without putting in enough effort started to emerge.

After all, no one is a fool.

Damn it, I was living a good life at home, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks. Now that I have won the battle, you tell me to build a city there, and then I will be stationed there for generations.

No one will want to win a battle anymore.

Not to mention that people will die in war.

of course!

Constantinople soon realized the problem.

Then let the Ghazni and Arab soldiers be rotated in batches.

Each person takes turns to be stationed there for one year.

This calmed these people down a little.

In addition…

They were also promised more rice.

Anyway…

Now the large plains north of the Black Sea have been occupied by them. It is not difficult for Constantinople to carry out large-scale animal-powered farming in the north of the Black Sea, which is the Ukrainian region in later generations.

Soon, a port city appeared in a place called Nikolayev in the north of the Black Sea. Surrounding this city were large tracts of wheat fields.

Be reasonable!
What our ancestors said is true.

This place is definitely the granary of Europe.

If we could grow crops all over this land, it would be easy to feed tens of millions, no, even hundreds of millions of people.

However, the biggest disadvantage of this place is that it is flat. If you get this kind of grain, it is no longer your granary, but the granary of the Eastern Slavs.

But even so, Constantinople still wants to give it a try.

Anyway…

If there was any surplus after growing it, it would be distributed among the Song people in the country.

Let all the people of Song Dynasty have enough food and reproduce endlessly.

Over the years…

really!

Soon, millions of stones of grain were produced in the area around Nikolayev.

Even so, the cultivated area is only in this region, and may be less than one-fiftieth of the total area.

At the same time, a large amount of rapeseed is also planted.

This time…

Even eating oil is not a problem.

Even rapeseed can be exported to other places.

But it was only in these few years that the enemy was driven away.

So this area seems to be relatively safe after it is developed.

If we don’t have the strength to intimidate the enemy, these things are doomed to not last long.

of course!

With these additional food supplies, Constantinople could also feed more Song people.

Constantinople can now ask the Song Dynasty for more people.

Everything was done so that the Song people could dominate the entire world.

The Song Dynasty naturally understood this principle.

So next, I didn’t refuse.

When Constantinople’s request was received, 20,000 people were sent to Constantinople immediately.

And the number of people may continue to increase in the future.

Considering that sending 20,000 men would kill at least 20,000 local women, and even if concubines were included, the number might double or triple.

After twenty or thirty years, this would be equivalent to the elimination of the Arabs, Turks, and perhaps hundreds of thousands of newborns.

This method of preventing the expansion of the other race is still a good one.

of course!

This will definitely produce a large number of mixed-race children.

What about these mixed-race children?
can only say……

Let this take its course. Anyway…

There are many ways to eliminate population, and this is just a prediction under ideal conditions.

If it’s true, you may not be able to have such smooth sailing.

After these 20,000 people arrived in Constantinople, they were immediately treated generously.

At least……

Food and drink are all taken care of by the court.

Of course!
It’s not that these people have nothing to do.

For example, practice military skills.

This is essential.

Don’t wait until the time comes when you don’t even know how to fight a war or fight with others.

Wait until you have learned most of the military skills.

They can be appropriately sent to guard the border north of the Black Sea.

basically……

In fact, there is no real need for them to go to war.

Guarding the border is just to show others that the Song people are not just there to eat.

And when a real war breaks out, Arabs and Seljuk Turks will be called in.

As for the Song people, they could serve as military supervisors or something like that.

But not everyone can be a military supervisor.

at least!

You still need courage.

otherwise……

If you are a military supervisor and you are the first to run away in front of the Arabs and Seljuk Turks, then in the future, these Arabs and Seljuk Turks may look down on you.

It goes without saying what the outcome will be if we underestimate the Song people.

Perhaps slowly, they will no longer listen to the commands of the Song people.

Think that the people of Song Dynasty are a bunch of cowards.

in fact……

The reason why they are asked to exercise their military skills is actually that in recent years, due to long periods of peace, many people have become cowardly and are afraid to fight.

Now, it can be said that they are being taught military skills while also improving their courage.

otherwise……

Are you really going to let these two thousand people eat and drink for free?

At least I have to find something for you to do.

In addition to military skills, a school was specially established in Constantinople for Song people to learn languages, or other knowledge such as geography and medicine.

This is actually very important.

Why did ancient people like to travel everywhere?
For example, Wang Bo seemed to have gone to Chang’an and traveled around alone when he was a teenager.

Because only by traveling around in this way can you increase your knowledge of the outside world.

of course!

Constantinople will certainly arrange such courses for them next.

But before that, you need to master all the theoretical courses first.

They will be taught everything from Europe’s geography, climate, customs and habits, to various languages, as well as more practical skills such as medicine.

and……

After completing the study, there will be an exam.

Naturally, those who perform well in the exam will be entrusted with important tasks in the future.

For those who don’t do well in their studies, they really don’t have any talent.

Then there’s no way.

I guess in the end, I will have no choice but to serve in the army honestly.

At least he doesn’t have much talent for brainpower when it comes to being a soldier.

In addition…

It is also possible that he will become the emperor’s personal bodyguard.

Anyway…

After all, they are all family members. If we are to say that they are being treated unfairly, it will definitely not be treated unfairly.

It is definitely easier for them to be reused than other Arabs and Seljuk Turks.

Some Arabs and Seljuk Turks have not yet realized the seriousness of the problem even at this moment.

When seeing these 20,000 people arrive, some people even regarded these young Song people as hot commodities.

Some people even want to marry their daughters to each other.

of course!

It is understandable that some individuals would do this.

After all, there were many stories in Chinese history books about people in border areas who let men from the Central Plains sleep with their daughters first, and then after their daughters were slept with, their families actually felt it was an honor.

They would even go and tell others that their daughter had been slept with by a man from the Central Plains.

Of course, we don’t know whether such records are true or false.

Anyway…

Even if there is, it is a rather special case.

And in Constantinople, such a situation is very normal.

And it doesn’t mean that anyone can do it.

You must look for those who are good-looking.

If you are not good-looking, people will definitely look down on you.

Perhaps it was because the Song people had extremely high prestige in the world and often had no shortage of food and clothing, therefore, these Western women also loved to seduce the Song people.

Arab women, as well as Seljuk Turk women, were not that extreme.

The ones who are really excessive are the blondes and blue-eyed ones.

As for learning a language…

to be frank!
Over the years, a large number of Arab nobles, Turkic nobles, and even European nobles have actually mastered the language of the Song people to a certain extent.

To be honest, there is no need for the people of Song Dynasty to learn their language.

only……

Learning multiple languages ​​is actually a way to be prepared.

After all, you can’t expect that wherever you go in Europe, people will speak the language of the Song people.

When you go to some remote mountainous areas, you may have to use European languages ​​if you want to communicate with the locals.

This also made the 20,000 people feel that they had never felt so fulfilled in their lives.

even……

The arrangement of study time and its tightness are comparable to those of the college entrance examination.

During this period, some people with language talents quickly stood out.

After that, after the examination, Constantinople also tried to send the other party out to handle some local business.

And those who are more outstanding and are born into aristocratic families of the Song Dynasty will be arranged to serve in the court.

If you come first, you will be responsible for the clerical work first.

Wait until you have been around him for a long time, or when he has proposed some good ideas at a critical moment, then see what position you can assign to him and whether he can take on any important responsibilities.

even……

It is not impossible for him to become the prime minister in the end.

Of course!
This will squeeze out the original positions of other prime ministers.

It might even affect other Arabs and even the interests of Turkic officials.

only……

We’ll talk about this later.

not to mention……

There is no legal provision that states that there can only be one prime minister.

While Constantinople was carrying out the Song population proliferation plan, the war with the Ghaznavid Empire in India also just began.

(End of this chapter)