Besides the Confucian scholars, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Lu of the Taiping Sect also frequently visited the inn to preach the doctrines of the Taiping Sect to You De'ao and others.

Because the ancestors of the Romans were raised by a she-wolf and founded the city of Rome, the Romans have always regarded Rome as the best place given to them by God.

Therefore, these Romans did not reject the pragmatic and reverent ideas of the Taiping Religion.

Furthermore, Rome was originally a polytheistic country. In addition to their native gods and Greek gods, the civilizations of the regions they conquered were also enshrined in temples.

This shows that the Romans were inherently inclined to worship the strong.

Therefore, Yudeo and others also felt great awe for Taiyi, the supreme god of the East who was worshipped by the people of the East.

As top-tier charlatans, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Lu naturally blended Eastern and Western mythological systems.

Zhang Jiao also revered Pangu, the great god Liu Hong had mentioned, as the father god who created the world. Whether it was the gods of the East or the gods of the West, they were all incarnations of Pangu's essence and blood, responsible for teaching people in different regions.

Taiyi, revered in the East, is the most noble among Pangu's many incarnations.

Yudeo was shocked by Zhang Jiao's statement, but he had no choice but to believe it.

Because the literature, philosophy, institutions, and even the divine system of the Han Dynasty were far more advanced, complete, and comprehensive than those of Rome.

In their view, the Han Dynasty's achievements must have been related to the teachings of the gods.

Therefore, it seems entirely reasonable that Taiyi, worshipped by the Han Dynasty, was revered as the supreme god of both East and West.

They subconsciously believed that as long as the Romans also believed in the One, Rome would surely achieve the same success as the Han Dynasty.

After being continuously taught by Zhang Jiao and Zhang Lu, Yudeo and others also added Taiyi, the supreme god of the East, to their list of gods.

Aside from Confucian scholars and the Taiping Religion, the officials and powerful families of Luoyang also received instructions from Liu Hong to let these Romans witness the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

For a time, Yodeo and the other Romans were regarded as honored guests by the Han officials, Confucian scholars, and scions of various noble families.

Besides studying Confucian classics with the Qingliu Confucian scholars, he was also frequently invited to various banquets and events, and frequented places such as opera houses, Cuju (ancient Chinese football) venues, and hunting grounds.

The refined lifestyle and entertainment of the Han aristocracy fascinated these Romans.

In their eyes at that time, the Roman nobles in Rome who liked to watch gladiators fight were really too barbaric. Compared with the nobles of the Han Dynasty, the Roman nobles were simply a bunch of country bumpkins.

At this time, the Romans, much like some American patrons in later times, blindly admired everything about the Han Dynasty and sought every reason to explain their goodness.

Of course, at Liu Hong's behest, the Han Dynasty's venues were not entirely open to these Romans.

For example, the three colleges of engineering, agriculture, and medicine, the imperial library, and the factories and workshops north of Luoyang were all places where the Romans were strictly forbidden from approaching, as they were related to science and technology.

If you study world history carefully, you will find that the histories of the East and the West were very similar during the second to fourth centuries.

During this period, both the Eastern and Western empires weakened due to internal strife and were later ravaged by barbaric civilizations.

The "Five Barbarian Invasions" of the Han Dynasty and the "Manchu Invasion" of Rome were only a little over a hundred years apart.

Of course, the main responsibility for the barbarian invasions of Rome lies with the Han Dynasty, because the Huns, who were defeated by the Han Dynasty, first migrated westward to Central Asia, and only reached the Black Sea region in the fourth century.

The westward migration of the Huns was later referred to by Europeans as the "Yellow Peril" and the "Scourge of God".

The Xiongnu, who were defeated by the Han Dynasty, were still very powerful in the West at that time.

After the Huns arrived in Europe, they defeated the Visigoths, who, forced into a corner, began to invade Rome, leading to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Therefore, in a sense, the collapse of the Roman Empire was a result of the Han Dynasty defeating the Huns, which can also be called the butterfly effect in world history.

Therefore, judging from Liu Hong's plans and ideas, he intended to plunge Rome into conflict ahead of time, use Eurasian barbarians to destroy Roman civilization, and thereby replace Western civilization with the civilization of the Han Dynasty.

In this era, no one understands the horrors of cultural warfare better than Liu Hong.

When the Han Dynasty sent envoys to Rome, in addition to making various preparations, they also had to wait for the arrival of the monsoon season.

Therefore, Yudeo and his companions will have to stay in the Han Dynasty for at least another six months.

During this period, Liu Hong was fully confident that he could assimilate Youde and others into staunch Han loyalists.

Deyang Palace.

After reading the detailed information about Yudeo and the others sent by the Investigation Division, Liu Hong stopped paying much attention to it.

The clash between the Han Dynasty and Rome would not occur for at least twenty years, or even longer.

For now, it's better to focus our efforts on the northern grasslands.

Not long ago, Jia Xu led his men to Juyan City and began making arrangements.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Tuolü, Liu Qian, and others led 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry and 20,000 Hongtao soldiers to begin reorganization and training within the Yuwen tribe.

Huangfu Song, Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng, Huang Zhong, and others also began to reorganize their troops in Bingzhou.

The Royal Transport Corps also mobilized half of its transport capacity to begin transporting grain and supplies from the five provinces of the Central Plains to Bingzhou and Liangzhou in preparation for the upcoming decisive battle.

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