Ashley hurriedly waved his hand to veto: "You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." ”

Although he seemed to be vetoing, his expression was so proud: "The order of succession to my throne is far inferior to that of His Excellency Leopold, and I am only the thirty-fourth heir in line to the throne of the Albia Empire." ”

Now I can't describe the shock in Lei Ye's heart with two words, I didn't expect the other party to be really a prince.

Ashley showed a triumphant expression: "My grandfather is the current Emperor of Albia, His Majesty, but we in Albia are not as rigid and conservative as you, he has countless concubines and concubines like His Majesty the Emperor of the East. ”

When he said this, instead of feeling ashamed, he was even more proud: "My father was born to Emperor Amisha and is the eldest son in the true sense of the word. ”

This news was enough for Renard to digest for a long time: "So what does this have to do with your round-the-world travel plans?"

Ashley opened his mouth, then returned to the point with some embarrassment: "I just want to say that I'm rich, very rich, and can build a lot of giant cruise ships like the Evelina." ”

Then he pointed to Leopold and said, "And Your Highness, as the prince of the Rowling Kingdom, he can provide me with a lot of manpower, the maritime trade of the Rowling Kingdom is very developed, and there are many experienced and agile crews. ”

Immediately after, his gaze fell on Renard: "And you, as the heir of the Duncan family, I hope to get a piece of land to build a port in the coastal area of the Barrens, after all, it is the closest place to other continents. ”

"Of course, if your land is true, then we will also build more ports in the north of the Albia Empire. ”

His eyes flashed with a dazzling light: "What a perfect plan, the three of us met, it must have been the clever arrangement of Allah." ”

Ashley looked a little impatient: "I think the Empire of Constantinople has long thought about opening up global travel, no, it has even opened up a complete route, we must hurry." ”

Leopold and Renard looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Leopold sighed: "Actually, you can make detailed planning and deployment first, or prove it first, which is more beneficial to the plan." ”

He continued: "In fact, this theory has been proposed for a long time, but there is no complete academic argument, and no one dares to confirm it. ”

He looked out the window at the vast sea: "After all, the sea is turbulent and vast, and even a giant cruise ship like the Evelina is in danger of capsizing at any time." ”

"But......" he said abruptly, "I have learned from the crew from Middle-earth that it is not normal for a large number of ships of the Empire of Constantinople to land in the southern part of Middle-earth. ”

Leopold looked at the two and raised an eyebrow, "Do you know what that means?"

Diyuan said. Ashley's expression was almost mad: "The Empire of Constantinople has proven the truth of the theory of the circle of the earth decades ago, and has opened up a safe new shipping route. ”

Leopold and Renard looked at each other again and asked in unison, "How do you know?"

Ashley's expression was annoyed: "Since Mr. Renard put forward a complete academic theory more than two months ago, I ordered someone to get off the ship to test the authenticity of this data, and the result was ......."

"Prove me right?" Reynard lit a cigarette and began to puff into the clouds.

"That's right!" Ashley snatched the cigarette from his hand and took a few puffs, showing that his heart was not at peace, because a person like him who cherished life and enjoyed life would not touch such harmful things.

"The waste of the Albian Intelligence Service had received the information twenty years ago, that they had noticed the irregular movement of the Imperial fleet of Constantinople, but they had not paid attention to it, and now it was proved that the fleet had gone to open a new route. ”

Renard was very puzzled, the Age of Discovery in this world has been opened for hundreds of years, why has it only been proven in recent decades?

Later, according to the measurement data given by Ashley, he realized that the volume of this planet was several times larger than that of the earth, and the area of the eastern continent alone was no less than the total area of the earth's landmass.

The northern continent is the smallest, but it is also more than 70 million square kilometers.

The oceans account for an even more terrifying proportion of the planet, reaching a staggering 73 percent, which means that the ocean covers an area of 1.6 billion square kilometers.

Of course, there may be errors in the data, but not by much.

Therefore, even if the world's shipbuilding technology is extremely advanced, it is still very difficult to open up a route on such a vast ocean.

Moreover, the dangers of sailing come not only from natural disasters such as storms and reefs, but also from food, disease, disorientation, mental stress, and so on.

And this world is even crazier than the original world, not only pirates are rampant, but there are also countless deep-sea monsters living in the sea, such as giant squid, king octopus, hydra-headed sea snake, sea dragon and so on.

The most important thing is the attack from the Sea Clan, yes, the Sea Clan, the legendary mermaid.

They claim that the sea is their chassis, forbidden to be touched by humans,

Of course, after hundreds of years of competition, humans and sea tribes have reached a tacit understanding.

Humans can sail on fixed routes, but they have to pay regular iron that does not rust as compensation, to put it bluntly, stainless steel, and it is obvious that the sea tribe is not very peaceful on the other side.

The constraints of these conditions have made many people reluctant to continue to venture out for new routes, so the theory of the circle cannot be confirmed.

However, as a powerful and rich Constantinople Empire, the emperor would certainly not care about the loss of a few ships or even an entire fleet for the sake of long-term interests and grand hegemony.

So he sent someone to prove the theory of the circle of the earth, and at the same time opened up a new route.

Of course, the Empire of Constantinople must have paid a huge price for this, and the new route would bring unparalleled benefits, so it is not surprising that this secret should be kept strictly guarded.

And in this era when communication is basically by roaring and transportation is basically by walking, how easy it is to keep a secret.

Ashley smoked his cigarette until he was only the butt of his cigarette, and then said with a sigh of relief: "A few days ago, I have sent four huge ships to the north to explore new routes, and I will carry out these two plans at the same time, don't underestimate my financial resources." ”

Leopold pondered for a moment and said, "I can provide you with manpower, my father, Duke Warner, is in charge of thirty percent of the maritime trade of the Rowling Kingdom, and he knows more about the sea, I think he must be very interested in this plan." ”

Ashley clapped his hands: "That's great, I've had a few encounters with your father, Duke Warner, and he's a very funny and humorous man." ”

Immediately after, he turned his head to look at Renard: "What about you, Mr. Renard, the future Duke!"