Walk through the urban jungle to this tropical island, where the winter is still green and prosperous, and the sky is very blue and clear. Occasionally, you can see the sky like an ink painting.

Out of the military airport, there will always be some unknown small flowers on the side of the road, the leaves are so simple that people pity but never compete for beauty, but it is still a charming red, as if ignoring the hustle and bustle of the world, making people forget all kinds of earthly things, except for tranquility and laziness.

The afterglow of the sunset is a little bleak, the small fish in the clear blue sea seem to be happy, but they still can't break free from the fate of the night, the stars are full of people's hearts, such a sky, deeply infatuated, this is the winter of the southern Xinjiang islands.

Along the way, in addition to Chen Yu and Yi Yongheng talking, Guan Lingshan has been driving, Yi Yongheng is more and more sure of what he thinks in his heart, but he doesn't ask why.

I thought they were going back to the garrison base, but it was surprising that they actually came to the hotel, the tropical mood is always confusing, from time to time someone looks at Yi Yongheng's dress, and thinks it is very strange, this hot day, actually wearing long sleeves and long pants, it is really hilarious.

In the evening, when he arrived in the room, Guan Lingshan asked Chen Yu to give Yi Yongheng a few clothes, and after changing them, he asked his own question: "Didn't you say that there are eight people in Unit Zero? Why are there only three of us and the other five this time?"

"There are only three of us on the mission this time, the second brother, they have another task, and the above has been explained, even if they die, this mission must be completed. At this time, Guan Lingshan was a little less playful than before, and a little more dignified.

"Well, I want to ask, where are we now?" This is Yi Yongheng's biggest question, judging from that dead word, this mission is absolutely extraordinary.

"Woody Island belongs to the South China Sea, and the location of our mission this time is in this sea area. Saying that, Guan Lingshan took out the map and pointed it to Yi Yongheng, although he knew that he had come to the tropics, he didn't expect that he actually flew thousands of miles at once.

"What other questions?" asked Guan Lingshan.

"No, you said the mission. Yi Yongheng didn't speak.

"According to intelligence, not long ago, a Vietnamese fisherman got a cultural relic of the Ming Dynasty when he was fishing, this cultural relic, after several changes of hands, now I don't know where it is, but according to our people's understanding, this cultural relic is related to a big secret. Guan Lingshan was a little mysterious: "You have studied history, you should know that Zheng He went to the West, right?"

Zheng He's voyage to the West naturally knew that in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu ordered Zheng He to lead a voyage fleet of more than 240 seagoing ships and 27,400 soldiers and crews to visit many countries and regions in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, deepening China's ties with Southeast Asia and East Africa.

Each time they set off from Liujiagang in Suzhou, until the eighth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, he sailed a total of seven times. The last time, when Xuande returned to his hometown in April of the eighth year, he died of overwork on the ship. Zheng He has traveled to more than 30 countries, including Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahang, Chenla, Guli, Siam, Adan, Tianfang, Zhofar, Kurumus, Mugudushu, etc., and has reached as far as the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea, the holy site of Islam in Mecca, and has been to present-day Australia.

In the past 28 years, Zheng He was ordered to lead a fleet of ships to the Western Ocean seven times, from the western Pacific Ocean through the Indian Ocean, to the east coast of West Asia and Africa. British historians believe that his voyage preceded Columbus's discovery of the American continent eighty-seven years ago, ninety-two years before Vasco da Gama, and one hundred and fourteen years before Magellan.

In the history of world navigation, he was opened up through the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean and other oceans, and the Ming Empire at that time had no less than 4,000 ships, more than the total number of European ships at that time.

Even today's Western scholars and experts admit that for all countries in the world at that time, the fleet led by Zheng He was incomparable in terms of scale and strength.

It's terrible to think about, how many warships does the United States have now, at most more than 300, and the Ming Dynasty at that time, there were more than 3,000 ships, the coastal defense is so powerful, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first in the world, it can be said that if the Ming Dynasty went on an expedition to the world, almost no one could stop it.

When studying history, Yi Yongheng also went to the library of No. 1 Middle School, checked the literature in this area, how could he not understand, and the Qing Dynasty Kangqian prosperous era and the Ming Empire, that is, garbage, once a European missionary visited the Ming Empire and said such a sentence, the Chinese emperor can use a ship to build a bridge between China and Malacca, this is not bragging, when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, the entire fleet of more than 200 ships, covering the entire sea, think about the current American aircraft carrier formation, that is at most more than 20 ships, as long as all the United States aircraft carrier fleet is gathered, it can be worth the size of Zheng He's fleet at that time。 Moreover, the economic development of the Ming Dynasty at that time was simply sensational.

There is a book in Europe called "The History of the Great Chinese Empire" that describes the Ming Dynasty in this way, the Chinese residence is like a manor, the Great Wall is majestic, the construction level is superb, the agriculture is developed, rich in silk, velvet, and the textile level is exquisite.

At that time, the king of Spain was pleased with the Chinese bed sheets, and the ingenuity of the weaving method amazed Philip II, and many Spanish craftsmen came to see and learn from it, and the porcelain was very cheap, and the Europeans originally thought that the porcelain was made of crushed shells. The most delicate porcelain is tribute, as thin as glass. And the handicraft workshops of the same industry are concentrated in one block. The army of the Ming Empire has infantry, cavalry, and warships, and can collect 600 ships in 4 days.

At that time, Portugal was the best country in Europe, but what shocked them was that the Chinese also had artillery, and they had used artillery before the Europeans. A Spanish captain once reported to their king that the Chinese used the same weapons as us, and that their cannons were very sophisticated, and the barrels were more refined and stronger than those we forged.

At that time, the weight of the Ming Dynasty was 1,000 catties, the bullet weighed 24 catties, as far as four or five miles, according to the current calculation, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty at that time could hit 2500 meters, if you use historical comparison, the most powerful British naval cannon in Europe in 1815 was a twenty-four pound gun or a thirty-two pound gun, for example, when the firing angle was four degrees, the firing range was 1350 meters, and the firing angle was raised to eight degrees, and the firing range was 2250 meters. The bullet weighs 24 pounds, which is equivalent to 26.45 pounds, and in terms of power, the range of the so-called bullet of the 24-pound cannon is not necessarily the range of 44 pounds of shells, but this level is already very good, after all, the 24-pound or 32-pound gun of the British Navy is the level of 1815, a full 248 years later than the Ming Dynasty!!!

And the Opium War was in 1840, think about it, if the British Empire had encountered the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, what would it have been?

In the eyes of the Ming Empire at that time, the Europeans were a group of natives, and a famous historian once said of China: "The artillery and printing technology that we marvel at have enjoyed in China on the other side of the world a thousand years ago." ”

"The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are the garbage of the garbage, I have studied the history for so long, and I have studied the Ming Dynasty the most. Yi Yongheng directly said that the Qing Dynasty was useless.

"It's not what you said, although the Ming Empire is strong, the Qing Dynasty also has its contributions. Chen Yu retorted.

"Contribution?" Yi Yongheng looked at Chen Yu like an idiot: "Contribute the, do you know what Europeans said when they visited the Qing Empire?"

Hearing this, Chen Yu shook his head, he understands computers, but he doesn't understand history, but Yi Yongheng explained: " The first time the Chinese saw European ships was the Ming Empire, the Qing Dynasty Chinese made no secret of their admiration for our navigation technology, but they never imitated our shipbuilding technology or navigation technology, they stubbornly followed the clumsy methods of their ignorant ancestors, because no country in the world can need navigation technology more than China, so the Chinese's inertia is even more incredible, this sentence was said by the envoys of the British Empire when they visited the Qing Empire. ”

In 1598, the Ming navy sent 500 warships to Luliang, Korea to engage the Japanese, and sank 450 Japanese warships in one fell swoop. This fleet is not only in terms of the number of ships, the number of troops, the number of guns, The total displacement of ships, the technical level of artillery, the combat power of a single ship, are more than 130 ships in 1588, the Spanish Armada, which was known as the overlord of the sea, is even more ironic that it was the end of the Ming Dynasty at that time, if it was not for the West at that time, the Qing Empire would not have the so-called prosperity, and the so-called holy lord Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty actually said that the Celestial Empire was rich in products and everything, and it was not borrowed from foreign goods to pass through the nothing, especially because of the tea, magnets, and Silk tendon is a necessary thing for Western countries and countries, and it is compassionate. ”

After a pause, Yi Yongheng said: " In the Qing Dynasty, Chinese civilization suffered an unprecedented regression, and the national humiliation of the modern century is very painful, but now some people say that traditional culture is an obstacle to China's development, and before the Qing Empire, China has never rejected science and technology and progressive ideas, such a statement is completely a lie made up by some people with ulterior motives in order to cover up historical facts, so I say that the Qing Empire is a garbage, because of its ignorant thinking, caused a hundred years of humiliating history in China, because of one of his mistakes, the real traditional culture was almost abandoned by us, so I want to scold it as rubbish。 ”

Guan Lingshan and Chen Yu next to him didn't speak, what they said was justified, even if they refuted it, there was nowhere to refute it, but this time they came to carry out the task, seeing that Yi Yongheng was so excited, Chen Yu could only laugh and said: "One of your liberal arts champions and I came to talk about history, which is bullying people." ”

"Okay, don't talk about history, our mission this time is to find a ship that mysteriously disappeared in the South China Sea. Guan Lingshan cut to the chase, and Chen Yu became serious.

"What kind of ship? Are you talking about the Ming Empire, the famous dragon number?" Yi Yongheng thought of something, and then asked.

"Well, yes, it's the dragon number you said, the thing that the Vietnamese fishermen salvaged, and it was confirmed that it was the dragon number. Guan Lingshan said.

"Oh my god, if it's really a dragon, it will shock the world. Yi Yongheng knows that the Dragon is the largest ship in the fleet when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, and all the gold it carries is real gold, and there are some important documents, it can be said that if you get those documents, it is enough to prove the strength of the Ming Empire back then, and those gold may impact the entire financial market, because it is too much.

"It's a pity, it has shocked the world, the top leaders of various countries basically know, now the special forces of various countries have entered this sea area, and they are the most elite special forces, an aircraft carrier fleet of the United States has docked in the Philippines, ready to get the things on this ship at any time, whether it is gold or literature on the ship, it is definitely the most important, the value of those gold can be more than the total GDP of our country in a year, fortunately, no country has found that ship, but our trouble is not small, we have to deal with super elite special forces from all over the world, and there are zero troops comparable to us, and there are some international super gangster groups. Guan Lingshan told all the situation, and now Yi Yongheng understands why Guan Lingshan has always been sullen.

"Actually, our task is quite easy, second brother, third brother, they are now really competing with those bandits, so this mission, we are using the power of one country to confront the world powers, at least I know one thing, this gold, can be more than the gold in the current vault of the United States, and the purity is several times higher than the current one. Chen Yu on the side said without exaggeration.

"Okay, is our mission to find the dragon number?" Yi Yongheng asked.

"Yes, once we find the Dragon, we will notify the South China Sea Fleet Headquarters, and they will send the fleet to take over, and we will also be responsible for helping the second brother deal with the special forces of other countries. Guan Lingshan said with a solemn face, although Yi Yongheng's strength is very strong, but he has not experienced real blood and fire, and his mentality is difficult to grasp, and the people he dealt with this time are no worse than those in Unit Zero, and the reason why she is worried is also because she is afraid that Yi Yongheng will die in this mission.

ps: There is still a word left on four thousand, after thinking about it, forget it, don't charge more money again, notify me, the outbreak of the tenth watch on the 29th, I found that there are a lot of beauties in the new book friend group, but there are fewer men, I don't know what the reason is