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    Barcelona was originally a settlement built by the Carthaginians. In the fifth century AD, it became the capital of the Principality of Carthage. The city is full of Greek and Roman-style buildings. It is one of the oldest cities in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean.  One of the largest ports along the coast.

    The iron smelting industry in Barcelona is very developed, and most of the blacksmiths in the Visigothic Kingdom are concentrated here. Every morning, the sound of "clinking" iron is heard in the city.  In the Mediterranean in the seventh century, iron smelting technology was still very backward, and block iron smelting was always used. The so-called block iron smelting was to use iron ore to form solid iron at a lower temperature, which contained a large amount of slag,  For unburned charcoal, etc., it is necessary to knock out the impurities inside when the temperature of the iron block is high.

    In addition to the iron smelting industry, Barcelona is also very famous for its leather processing and wine industries. Together with the iron smelting industry, it has become Barcelona's three major economic pillars.  After Li Ke occupied this place, he saw that Barcelona's port and iron smelting industry had more development potential than the city of Malaga he first occupied, so he temporarily moved his residence here.  The City Lord's Palace in Barcelona was the original Grand Duke's Palace of the Principality of Carthage, and is now also renamed Prince Wu's Palace.

    After Li Ke captured the mountain passes in the eastern part of the Pyrenees, he did not rush to eliminate the remaining Visigoth forces on the Iberian Peninsula. Instead, he began to reorganize the army and promote the loose policy he had implemented in the southwest of the peninsula.  to the entire peninsula.  After all, in this year's campaign, he has conquered land several times larger than before. If he doesn't manage it again, something will probably happen.

    As for the remaining Visigoths, they no longer pose any threat to Li Ke. After he temporarily stabilizes the rule in various places, he can immediately send troops to destroy them.  What Li Ke didn't expect was that he had not yet finished rectifying the internal affairs.  Roman uprisings broke out one after another in the remaining cities of the Visigoth Kingdom.

    Those crazy Romans rushed into the mansions of the Visigoth nobles and unleashed the oppression they had suffered before. Although the Visigoth army tried their best to suppress it, the Romans knew that the entire Iberian Peninsula had changed its owner.  , the Visigoth Kingdom was over, so when facing the Visigoth army, there was no fear.  On the contrary, the Visigoths knew that they had no way to escape and had no fighting spirit at all. The result was predictable.

    According to Li Ke¡¯s final statistics, there were eight cities in the uprising, except for one that failed.  In the other seven cities, not a single Visigoth was found alive after the uprising.  As for the city where the uprising failed, it was mainly because there were more Gothic troops stationed in the city. The organizers of the uprising leaked the news in advance. As a result, they were violently suppressed by the Visigoths. In the end, the Romans in the entire city were massacred.  More than half.

    Faced with this situation, Li Ke sent people to take over the city where the uprising was successful.  On the one hand, he immediately organized an army and prepared to capture the city that massacred the Romans in the shortest possible time and put the Visigoths in the city on trial.  This is a good opportunity to win over people.  Li Ke will naturally not let it go.

    This kind of opportunity to win people's hearts is the most suitable for Li Ke to do it himself, but before he could leave, he suddenly received a message from Constantinople - Irina is coming!

    Under the blue sky.  It is a sapphire-like sea, and a fleet of Roman warships is slowly moving westward.  The middlemost warship is very huge. Anyone who knows the Roman navy will judge that it is a ten-oared warship, which is several times larger than the surrounding three-oared or five-oared warships.  , even comparable to the main battleships in the Daqi Navy.

    However, large size does not mean strong combat effectiveness. For example, this ten-oared battleship actually has very weak combat effectiveness. Even a small three-oared warship may be able to sink it, because the warship's  The more oar seats there are, the larger the warship will be and the more oarsmen it will need, the heavier the ship will be and the greater the resistance it will bear. The more oar seats there will be, the faster the ship will be.  slow.

    It is precisely because of this that the main purpose of ships like the Ten-Oar Seat is not for combat, but a symbol of status. Generally speaking, the more noble a person is, the more oars the ship will have when traveling.  Many, like the ten-oared warship in front of me, the occupants are at least the Grand Duke level.

    Irina stood on the bow of the ship and looked to the west from a distance. She and Li Ke had been separated for more than three years. She was thinking about each other almost every moment, especially a year ago, after learning that Li Ke brought  After the army landed on the Iberian Peninsula, Irina was so excited that she didn't want to eat or drink for several days. Every time she thought of the happy time she spent with Li Ke, there was always a sweet smile on her lips.

    It¡¯s a pity that Li Ke has just landed on the Iberian Peninsula, and he needs to make decisions on major military and political matters, so he has no time to go see Irina.  And Irina is limited by her identity and cannot easily leave Constantinople, so the two?One is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, and the other is at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Although they miss each other in their hearts, they cannot meet each other.

    Thinking of the lovesickness she has suffered over the past year, Irina on the bow couldn't help but sigh.  But then a smile appeared on her face. Now she finally had a chance to come out, and looking at the situation this time, she didn't have to go back to Constantinople in a short period of time.  Irina couldn't help but get excited at the thought of meeting the person of her dreams soon.  As for the tense situation within the Eastern Roman Empire, she might have cared about it before, but now she only hopes to see Li Ke soon, and everything else is unimportant to her.

    "Irina, are you really not going to join any party this time?" When Irina was missing Li Ke, suddenly a gray-haired general came up behind her.  The general was tall and burly, with his strong arms exposed and his palms looking very thick and powerful. This showed that the opponent must be an excellent warrior.  The other person is about fifty years old. His skin may be red and black due to long-term exposure to the sun, and he has a short gray beard under his chin. Although he looks a bit old, he still has a toughness.  Qi.

    Irina heard the voice behind her, turned around slightly to look at the old general, and then said with a smile: "Father, this is not so much a religious dispute, but a power struggle between their brothers.  There¡¯s no need for us to get involved.¡±

    This old general is Irina's father, named O'Fron. He is a nobleman from the southern province and an excellent naval general. Unfortunately, their hometown has been occupied by the cannibals.  , Ophron had to take his family to Constantine to join his daughter. Later, with the help of Irina, he re-entered the navy and now serves as the commander of the fleet at their feet.

    When O'Fron heard his daughter's words, he looked hesitant on his face, and finally said: "Irina, His Majesty the Emperor is your husband after all, and he issued an order this time prohibiting the church from discussing the divinity and humanity of Christ.  , this is obviously support for the Monophysite sect in our southern province. If you can express your stance on behalf of our southern church at this time, it will definitely greatly increase His Majesty¡¯s reputation. By then, our Monophysite sect will also be able to take the opportunity to expand our influence and in the future.  It¡¯s easier to recruit more believers.¡±

    O'Fron is a devout Christian. Although he knows that Constans II's actions this time are mainly for some political purpose, the current situation is beneficial to their southern church, so he thinks he can take advantage of this opportunity.  To expand the influence of the church, as her daughter is a queen and a member of the Southern Church, she can naturally represent the entire Southern Church at this time.

    But Irina still shook her head after hearing this, and her eyes turned to the west again, but while she was missing Li Ke, she also began to recall what happened within the empire during this period.

    The whole thing is very complicated. Since Theodosius I established Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD, the fate of the entire empire began to be closely linked to Christianity. Later, the Eastern and Western Roman Empire split, and Christianity also  It is divided into the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople. The Church of Rome is the Catholic Church in later generations, and the Church of Constantine is the Orthodox Church in later generations.

    Later, the Western Roman Empire perished, but the Roman Church did not disappear. Instead, it relied on various conquerors to survive. There was even a barbarian pope. However, at this time, the Roman Church was also at the lowest point in history and its strength was very weak.

    On the other hand, the Orthodox Church in Constantinople was very prosperous. With the expansion of Eastern Rome, it even spread its teachings to Egypt and other places. However, the Orthodox Church is not monolithic. There are also many schools within it, the most important of which is  Monophysites emerged in the southern provinces.

    Both Catholics and Orthodox believe that Christ has human nature and divinity, without mixing, changing or separating. However, the Monophysites believe that Christ only has divinity but no humanity, so the debate has arisen, even to some extent.  This controversy also affected the Eastern Roman Empire's rule over the southern provinces.

    However, with the rise of Cathay, the southern provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire fell one after another, and the strength of the Monophysites was greatly reduced. Orthodox Orthodox Christianity became the main religion within the empire. This made the Eastern Roman Empire become purer, and instead  This has increased the national strength and even blocked Dashi's attack.  Later, he even formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, so that Dashi no longer dared to attack the Eastern Roman Empire without permission.

    As time went by, the Eastern Roman Empire slowly recovered its strength from the war, which made Constans II's ambition grow. However, he did not expect that it was his ambition that made Constans II  The Eastern Roman Empire fell into a bloody civil strife.
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