Chapter 980: Folk Navigator
The most exciting news is here!
With Li Qingzhao's efforts, he finally heard the news of Yun Zhongguo! That night, Li Qingzhao excitedly took out his big brick gold circle, "Brother, this person has added me, he knows the whereabouts of Yun Zhongguo!"
Wang Dayuan!
"I'm not familiar with this person?" said McXiaoji, but explained truthfully.
"Brother, this person is amazing, he is a folk navigator and the author of "Daoyi Zhiluo"!" Li Qingzhao said excitedly.
It's still not clear, but after Li Qingzhao told it in detail, Mai Xiaoji's admiration for this person spontaneously emerged. Wang Dayuan is different from other ancient people who are either rich or noble, or famous in ancient and modern times, he is a real folk navigator! He enjoys an international reputation in his professional field.
Wang Dayuan's contributions to history, especially geography, are recognized all over the world and are known as the Marco Polo of the East!
For example, the book is divided into 100 articles, of which 99 are personal experiences, and the number of countries and regions involved is as high as 220! He discovered that the Australian continent was more than 200 years earlier than the Europeans, and this has led Western scholars to be reluctant to admit this fact.
In his life, Wang Dayuan made two long-distance voyages, and spent a total of eight years of his beautiful youth at sea, but he also left a valuable wealth in the exploration of world geography in ancient times.
Listening to Wang Dayuan's story, Mai Xiaoji's blood boiled, and he said that he was a young talent, but in fact, compared with the great achievements of the ancients, it was insignificant.
The most gratifying thing is that it is this well-informed great navigator who knows the whereabouts of the fruit in the clouds!
Wang Dayuan said, in the north of the island, oh, that is, north of Australia, on the islands near the equator, I have heard of the fruit in the clouds. Li Qingzhao said.
Mai Xiaoji immediately added Wang Dayuan, and the other party quickly passed, and came up with an emoji of waving and greeting.
"Brother Wang, fortunately!" Mai Xiaoji shook hands.
"Hehe, I'm a cloth dress, out of curiosity about the world, and I always want to go out and see. ”
"You're earlier than Zheng He!"
"To put it mildly, there were many people who were earlier than Zheng He, such as my friends who were on the same boat as me! Later, I also recorded their names in the book, but unfortunately they were all lost and not remembered by future generations. Wang Dayuan made a sad expression, there must be someone who fell into the sea.
"You must have experienced nine deaths, right?"
"Hehe, nine times is really not enough to die, and there are countless hardships and dangers. It's not a miserable sale, it's also a fact. Wang Dayuan made a big smile, but Mai Xiaoji looked at the words and felt sour, on the road of exploring the world, the ancients paid a lot.
"I'm looking for the fruit in the clouds, has Brother Wang ever seen such a thing?" asked Mai Xiaoji.
"I've seen it!"
Mai Xiaoji was ecstatic, but then, Wang Dayuan sent three more words, "I haven't seen it!"
"How?" asked McEch anxiously.
Wang Dayuan said that he had seen such a strange tree in a place called Haixin Island, which was also the island treasure of Haixin Island. To say that it is strange is that the flowers of this tree are strange.
It is white, with a line of petals, very soft and dense, and it will not wither until the fruit is ripe, and it looks like a white cloud from a distance, so the local people call the fruit on the tree the fruit in the clouds.
The petals that were blown down by the wind on the ground, Wang Dayuan picked up some, light as nothing, without any preservation technology, it can be stored for more than 100 days, and after it is shriveled in time, the size is two-thirds of the original, which can be used as clothing filling, warm and light.
The fruit was wrapped in such flowers, half hidden and half visible, as in the clouds, Wang Dayuan had only seen it from a distance, as if it was bright red. In the eyes of the locals, this fruit is extremely precious and can only be eaten by the most noble owners, so no one can approach it unless they are close to the owner.
It is said that after eating, you can possess the power of witchcraft.
"I don't know if it's the fruit that Xiao Ji is looking for, of course, I've only seen it from afar, and I haven't eaten it. Wang Dayuan said.
That's probably it!
"Brother Wang, can you take a trip to modern times?" Mai Xiaoji invited.
"Haha, I can't ask for it, it's just a piece of cloth, no money and no face!" Wang Dayuan's personality is very hearty.
Mai Xiaoji laughed, invited the other party over, and renewed it for another year. Wang Dayuan, in his early thirties, is of medium height, with dark skin, but his bones are well-proportioned and very strong.
He looks ordinary, but his eyes are attentive and he likes to laugh, and when he laughs, his eyes are narrowed into a slit, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth.
"Hehe, I've wanted to come for a long time!" Wang Dayuan and Mai Xiaoji hugged, clicking, Mai Xiaoji heard his bones rattling, this arm strength is not worse than Xiang Yu Guan Yu's!
Seeing other ancients again, Li Qingzhao asked with a smile: "Dayuan, when you were young, you sailed and were in the limelight, why did you have no news later?"
"Hey, at that time, not supporting a family or supporting a parent was really not a proper job, and later, when I was old, I could only farm at home!" Wang Dayuan said with a smile.
"Can you still rewrite 'Shimayi Zhiluo'?" Li Qingzhao asked.
"Hehe, of course you can, but with the accuracy of contemporary navigation technology and world maps, my book is useless!" Wang Dayuan said objectively.
"Brother Wang, you're too modest!" said Mai Xiaoji with a smile.
Next, it is necessary to study whether this island in the heart of the sea still exists, so that we can determine whether there is still a fruit in the clouds on it. Wang Dayuan brought his own nautical charts, which can be said to be very precise, and he said frankly that he also referred to the contemporary nautical charts, and his cultural cultivation was not enough, and the previous shoddy work could only be an approximation, and there was a certain gap from the actual location.
"Xiaoyue, please ask the two Taoist leaders to come downstairs. Mai Xiaoji commanded.
"Okay. ”
Wang Dayuan has marked the location of Haixin Island, and through comparison, he believes that it is the current Buri Island. Mai Xiaoji checked the information, and there was not much to record, and the people who lived on the island were called the Brie people, and they still remained in a state of wilderness and existed in the form of a tribe.
Moreover, not affiliated with any country.
There is a huge risk in going to such an island, and when Zuo Ci and Mai Dao grow up, Mai Xiaoji asked them to calculate whether Yun Zhongguo is here.
The two Taoist masters attached great importance to this, and needed to carefully arrange a hexagram, and while waiting, Mai Xiaoji asked: "In ancient times, navigation technology was backward, how did you go so far away?"
Wang Dayuan smiled before speaking, this is his habit, and said: "At that time, I still relied on the original sea charts and referred to the sun, moon and stars in the sky. In some places, we went by mistake, and in other places, we took advantage of the tides and monsoons to pass. ”
"The wind near the equator is not strong enough, how can you replenish your power?" asked McE.