"Hou Ye is right, we also know that this is not Yingzhou, because not far from these islands is a large area of land, there are natives on it, speaking my Chinese language, and asked about the former Yan people who fled to North Korea to avoid trouble...... Cao Shen hurriedly said.

"Former Yan Guoren clan?" Qin Shi Huang looked at the map in confusion.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, don't use suspicion, this matter will not be wrong, there is a record in the Book of Mountains and Seas, and the Book of the Sea says: In the East China Sea, in the corner of the North Sea, there is a country named North Korea and Heavenly Poison. North Korea is in Lieyang, North of the East China Sea, and South of Shannan. Lieyang belongs to the swallow. These things have been discussed by countless historians in the Daqin Metropolis Daily last year, and the minister also thinks that there is no objection. Feng Quji stood next to him and twisted his beard to speak.

"I also know that North Korea is the fief of Shanghou Jizi, which is in the northeast of Liaodong, bordering Donghu and Yan, so this place that Cao Qing found when he went to sea is the territory of Jizi Korea!" Qin Shi Huang nodded.

"Your Majesty, this Jizi Korea should not actually occupy such a large area, the border between Jizi Korea and Hu Yan, and the place where Cao Shen and others went to sea to find should not be occupied by any tribe, at most there are some Yan people who have escaped, Hu people and Koreans, it is a wild land!" Chen Xu pinched his chin and said.

Regarding the history of Korea in later generations, even the Koreans themselves are numb, and all the information is learned through Chinese history, but for Koreans, they think that they are descendants of the Korean descendants of the Great Zhou princes, so Xinzheng, which was once the capital and the center of China, and Korea was split from the Jin State, and the Jin State was once the overlord of the Central Plains, so the Koreans take it for granted that the whole of China once belonged to Korea, of course, the entire earth also belonged to Korea, and Smecta ruled the universe.

But the obscenity and the real history are completely different, even the Jizi Joseon that was divided into Liaodong was only a small prince of Yin Shang, and the Korean Peninsula was unified by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it continued until the Ming Dynasty to reactivate the name of Korea, but the race of the Korean Peninsula has long been mixed without any blood inheritance and affiliation, both merchants, and Zhou people, as well as Yan people, Hu people, etc., can be called a standard hybrid race.

In view of the shameless nature of the Smecta race, Chen Xu was worried that he would also become the ancestor of the stick in the future, so after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, this Korean Peninsula is like an enclave that grows out of the Central Plains, because Liaodong is blocked by lofty mountains and mountains, so it is very difficult to go from the land, but it is very easy to go from the sea, please take a look...... Chen Xu pointed to the most pointed position of the Shandong Peninsula, "If we set off here in Langya County on the latest sailing ship and sail straight east, At most, it will take three days to reach the location found by Cao Shen and others, and if you set up a county after landing here, you will soon be able to occupy a large amount of territory behind the Jizi Korea, and when the time is ripe, you can force the monarch of the Jizi Korea to surrender from both sides of Liaodong, and completely incorporate this enclave into the territory of Daqin! ”

The reason why the Korean Peninsula has been difficult to be ruled by the Central Plains is because of its unique geographical location, separated by a Changbai Mountain, and the territory of Korea is all reckless mountains, which is very unfavorable to the attack of the army, in addition to the Han Dynasty in history to truly unify the Korean Peninsula, the later Sui and Tang dynasties have also gone to conquer five times, but they all returned, and even because of the conquest of Liaodong and Korea, the powerful Sui Dynasty collapsed and cheapened the Li Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin's expedition to Goryeo did not get benefits, Emperor Taizong's personal expedition wanted to avenge the descendants of the Great Sui, but it was still unsuccessful due to terrain and weather reasons, and the Central Plains was no longer capable of ruling the Korean Peninsula from then on.

According to Chen Xu's idea, it is not difficult to conquer North Korea, you only need to send sailors to land in South Korea, and then settle down and expand, and soon occupy the flattest area, so that you can control the entire Korean Peninsula, and control North Korea has another advantage, that is, it is very close to Japan, and the ship will run fast in a day.

And Japan is the place that Chen Xu must occupy, in his vision, he can not occupy Afghanistan and India, but South Korea and Japan must be included in the territory of the Great Qin to rule, at least to ensure the security of the entire East China Sea, the later generations of China have been constantly harassed by these two countries, the most important thing is because of the discriminatory policy of the monarch of the Central Plains against the sea, thinking that the Central Plains is vast and ignores the development of overseas, and in fact, overseas is the place to make a fortune, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France and other Western countries have made their fortunes by plundering a large number of resources by sea, and if they want to plant the dragon flag of Daqin all over the world, land attacks can only be used as an auxiliary, and the most important thing is to expand colonies by sea.

And today, Daqin has begun to take the first step and find a sea route to the Korean Peninsula, which means that the sailing ship he developed can finally start long-distance sailing.

Looking at the position pointed by Chen Xu, Qin Shi Huang's face was very calm, about the Korean Peninsula This kind of wild place, except for the small country of Jizi Korea, there is basically no threat, according to Cao Shen, there are only some savages who fled from Yan and Donghu, and it is not worth occupying at all, and the problem of North Korea is completely different from Lingnan.

"Aiqing just said that he wants to bring this peninsula under the rule of Great Qin, is there any other significance?" Qin Shi Huang pulled his beard and looked at the map for a long time before asking.

"Your Majesty, the purpose of the Marquis of Qinghe is to think that it is here......" Cao Shen pointed to the sea beyond the southeast of the Korean Peninsula, "Your Majesty, after we arrived at the Korean Peninsula, we continued to sail east along the coastline, and there were hundreds of islands of all sizes everywhere along the way, our fleet has been looking for the southeast, and arrived at another continent outside the East China Sea in the cold winter of last year, and there are also islands everywhere nearby, according to the map of the Marquis of Qinghe, this continent should be what the ancients called Yingzhou, in order to verify this conclusion, We waited until the southeast wind picked up after the start of spring, and then sailed straight west with the wind, and as expected......"

"What is the result?" The emperor couldn't help but ask.

"Your Majesty, when we returned, we actually arrived near Sheyang in Donghai County!" Cao Shen replied excitedly.

A group of princes and princes who followed the performance room to watch were in an uproar in an instant.

"That'...... What exactly is the so-called Yingzhou you found? Qin Shi Huang hesitated for a long time and then asked.

"Your Majesty, that Yingzhou is a barren land, there are still some mountain and wild aborigines gathered as villages, there is a language but no writing, similar to the face of my Central Plains people, these natives will also burn pottery to smelt copper and iron, and also plant rice and other grains and grow mulberry and silkworms, after the shipwright who is familiar with the situation in the East China Sea identification, these aborigines may also be the descendants of the Shang and Zhou dynasties who fled from the Central Plains and the people of the Central Plains in the land of Yanqi and Wuyue, many living habits are very similar to my Central Plains, and those who are familiar with ancient languages can also communicate a simple ...... or two."

Cao Shen roughly recounted what he saw on the island, and Qin Shi Huang was disappointed after hearing it.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the place that Cao Shen and others found is indeed the Yingzhou recorded in some ancient books, but this Yingzhou is not a fairy island of the sacred mountain, but a large land composed of large and small islands, and Yingzhou was connected with the Korean Peninsula and even my Central Plains in ancient times, but after the co-workers knocked down Buzhou Mountain, the sky fell northwest and the earth fell southeast, and it drifted away under the monstrous flood, forming the Yingzhou ...... found now."

Chen Xu saw that the emperor's face was very depressed, so he simply explained, and this explanation is not nonsense, according to the continental drift theory of later generations, the Japanese archipelago is indeed drifted out of the Chinese continent because of the violent movement of the earth's crust, and according to the inference of the Qishu Shanhaijing, in ancient times, there should have only been a huge land on the earth, and now the Daqin Metropolis Daily has repeatedly invited some scholars and hundreds of disciples who like to study ancient books to write manuscripts, In the newspaper published a lot of speculative articles discussing the geography of the mountains and rivers recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, these also set off a wave of research on the Classic of Mountains and Seas among the people, and now even the people get together to chat, chatting and chatting many times will talk about the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and begin to discuss some of the strange places and exotic beasts recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas with a longing face.

Interest is the driving force that drives all development.

Only when people from the court to the people begin to be interested in something will it be possible to explore ancient myths in the future.

And now that Yingzhou has been discovered, once this matter is really revealed in the newspaper, the entire Daqin will be a sensation, and it will be able to cause many people who are keen to explore the seclusion and hunt for curiosities to join in, the Age of Discovery is not something that can be completed by one person, and it requires the warm cooperation from the court to the people, Chen Xu's purpose is just to push this window open.

This Yingzhou is not Biyingzhou, and the emperor has no interest in continuing to explore the origin and truth of Yingzhou, because Chen Xu can't lie to him, so he didn't stay long in the military department and went back to the palace in a daze.

As for occupying Yingzhou to rule the Chinese ancestors who fled from the Central Plains, the emperor was even less interested, separated by thousands of miles of sea, he may not have the opportunity to take a look in his life, because it was a place that made him sad for a lifetime.

"Master Hou, the emperor seems to be unhappy?" Coming out of the military department, Cao Shen and Xiao He followed Chen Xu and said very nervously.

"It's okay, the emperor is just too disappointed!" Chen Xu waved his hand to get into the car and took Cao Shenxiao and He back to the house.

When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he arranged for the chef to first prepare a table of wine and food for Cao Shen and Xiao He, and then accompanied the two to drink and chat.

Successfully found the Korean Peninsula and Japan, which is definitely good news for Chen Xu.

"Last time, I asked Brother Yu and Miss Xia to send the little overlord to the East China Sea, have you ever seen it?" Chen Xu asked while eating.

"Master Hou rest assured, it has been arranged according to Brother Yu's instructions, and he has already brought Xiaobawang with him when he went to sea last year, and now Xiaobawang is in Yingzhou, and Brother Yu, Miss Xia, and Gai Nie are also there now." Xiao He hurriedly said.

"Have you ever found Gongsun Beiyan and Xiang Jing?"

"Not yet!" Cao Shen shook his head, but in a place on the Korean Peninsula that Hou Ye said, he found two sea ships of Fang Shi and Mo Tu, according to the local indigenous language, after these sea ships arrived, the people on them abandoned the ships and disappeared after going ashore, so they should have been hiding! ”

"Master Hou, when I found Yingzhou, I also saw the remains of a sinking ship near an island, and arranged for someone to go to the island to explore, in addition to finding a few bones of children and women who had long been decomposed, I also did not see those ink disciples and monks, and my subordinates speculated that they may have left the island on other ships to Yingzhou, but I have been searching near Yingzhou for a long time, because of the language barrier, so I have not heard useful information, and now Brother Yu and Miss Xia, Xiaobawang, Gai Nie and some boatmen went to Yingzhou to search under the leadership of the local aborigines, thinking that next time I go to Yingzhou later, I may be able to get the results......"

The three of them chatted while eating, and after half an hour, Chen Xu also roughly figured out the process and results of Cao Shenxiao He going to sea.

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