Chapter 605: Seven Years of Zhenguan
During the Spring Festival of the seventh year of Zhenguan, the people of the entire Tang Dynasty spent it in a joyful atmosphere, except for the few rooms for study in Sun Mansion in Jiuyuan County.
The knowledge taught here is already somewhat out of the real society of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Tai's group of boys is a bit like listening to a story, listening to Sun Xiangfu's descriptions of the ecological environment, animals, and plants of the overseas world conceived out of thin air, which makes them more curious about the overseas world.
"Zhao He, Wang Qiang, Zhang Lin, Er Xiao, the four of you, will represent our agricultural gate to carry out the first overseas agricultural exploration, do you all remember the species you each need to introduce, as well as the preservation methods of seeds?" After the teaching of a class, Sun Xiangfu finally named the names of the four first-generation children of Nongmen.
They are in their youth, and their physical strength and energy are at their peak, Sun Xiangfu brought them from Shanyang before, because their own agricultural skills have been solid enough to do special research, but now they can only hand over this task of introducing species to them, because Sun Xiangfu can't find a more suitable person than them.
"I don't know if these things really exist, but I'm already familiar with them, but you promised us that if these species really exist, when we come back, we'll study and grow them." There was some excitement in Zhao He's eyes, and he patted his notebook and said.
Sun Xiangfu drew a big cake for them, what mu yields 10,000 catties, no longer have to worry about natural disasters and the like, it has stimulated the blood of these teenagers to a boiling state, but it made Sun Xiaomei and Zhang Jin, who couldn't go to sea, look at them with some envy in their eyes.
"Don't worry, what I told you during this time, theoretically, should all exist, and there may be some discrepancies with my description, but you can distinguish carefully, if you can really introduce such a species to our homeland, then, in the annals, there will definitely be your name."
"Then it's decided, who told us that we are good at water!"
"Hehe, as far as your kid's water nature, too? Go to the sea, you know, good water is useless, strong will, cautious heart and rich experience and knowledge, is the key to be able to save your life at sea, you only have half a month to study in this comfortable environment, after the Yuan Festival, set off with me, first for a four-month sea training. ”
Zhao Long is Zhao He's uncle, a few years of sea sailing experience, although he has mastered more sailing experience, but also has a deeper awe of the ocean, that is an angry and manpower can not resist the existence, always keep the spirit tight, cautious and careful, in order to have a greater chance of avoiding the crisis that may destroy them again and again.
I remember once in the sea of the Wa Kingdom, used to monitor the humidity of the air dry saw, there was a situation of bonding and wet, they chose the fastest speed at the first time, out of the sea area, the cattle pulling the water wheel was driven by their whipping, they were in a group of three, took turns to push the water wheel with manpower, lasted for two days and two nights, they successfully avoided a round of storm, the storm, directly destroyed all the ships and houses on the coast, when half a month later, When they returned, the dock where they had been able to dock was completely deserted, and if they had hesitated at that time and missed the best time to escape, then their boat would have been smashed against the wall of the shore by the waves.
Another time, when they were going to Luzon, they encountered continuous heavy rainfall, and the rain that flew horizontally continued to enter the cabin, and all the crew had to keep scooping water out to ensure that the ship would not sink because of too much water, and it rained heavily for three days and two nights, and all their crew members scooped up for three days and two nights without sleep, and in the end, they kept the ship and themselves.
This kind of life is in danger at any time, and it is necessary to be cautious at all times, if it lasts for a long time, then it is a very big test of people's willpower, with the local methods of this period, it is impossible to predict all the situations that may occur at any time at sea, and it is almost inevitable to encounter accidents, so don't look at Zhao Long They are alive now, their experience has long made them different from ordinary people.
"Four, four months? Wouldn't it be boring! Zhao He glanced at his majestic uncle, Zhao Longdao.
"It's really boring at sea, but if you can't even last four months, you won't be able to complete your mission at all, so you have to be mentally prepared that this trip to the sea may be a year or two, or even longer."
In fact, when Magellan, the first globetrotter to cross the Pacific Ocean, his fleet was actually used to cross the western end of the Strait of Magellan to the waters of the Philippine Islands, but it took more than 100 days.
Even if Sun Xiangfu no longer has knowledge of the ocean, he knows the origin of the name "Pacific Ocean", precisely because Magellan's fleet arrived in the Philippine Islands from South America through the equatorial windless belt without danger and danger, so this ocean was named "Pacific Ocean".
However, Sun Xiangfu only knew a rough outline of the world map, where the location of the so-called central Pacific Ocean and the equatorial windless belt was, and he needed to explore the fleet to explore the field, Sun Xiangfu only drew a line between Luzon Island and the South American continent for Zhao Long and them as a general guide.
Once this smooth navigation route that is conducive to navigation all year round is found, then it only takes about a year to have a relatively safe navigation between the South American continent and the Asian continent, which will basically allow Datang to enjoy the species of South America.
Of course, there is another route for overseas exploration ships, which is to cross the Indian Ocean and explore the Atlantic.
In later generations, the Atlantic coast was the most economically developed region on almost all continents, gathering a number of capitalist countries, occupying more than three-fifths of the world's ports, and having two-thirds of the world's cargo turnover and throughput.
There are too many places that this exploration fleet can reach, Sun Xiangfu can't mark it clearly, and even, he doesn't require them to complete the task at one time, slowly lay, and occupy the maritime trade routes and ports between Western Europe, North America, South America, and Africa in more than a generation, then, in the future, as long as no country can defeat Datang at sea, Datang will always be the strongest country in the world, because Datang can rely on sea control to firmly control the world's economy.
Sun Xiangfu didn't know the specific situation of those overseas places at all, and the exploration fleet might encounter a lot of dangers or emergencies, because they needed a lot of time to go ashore to search, study all kinds of unknown animals and plants, and encounter various natives, and it was a good situation to be able to produce some results in two years.
Hearing Zhao Long open his mouth for a year or two, Zhao He and the others felt the difficulty of this mission even more, but pressure will become their motivation, after all, it is a major task to solve the food problem of all the people.
"Boss, you can rest assured! We'll get the job done. Zhao He cheered up a few of his people.
"Okay, I believe in you, but faith comes from excellent skills, after you go to the sea, you must concentrate on studying, and when you bring back those species I have demarcated, maybe in the future, you will be able to create more advanced things, so that our future generations can more easily crisscross this world." Sun Xiangfu patted a few young people on the shoulder, finished today's schoolwork, and went to the hall with everyone to have a New Year's dinner.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, inside and outside the city of Broken Leaves, the snow was heavy, and Changsun Chong and Sun Erli, who had just arrived in office, were in the big tent of the military camp, eating, drinking and drinking with Xue Li, Xi Junmai and other generals who were familiar with each other.
This is a festival belonging to the Han people, the locals in the west do not have much sense of substitution for the festival, Cheng Biting Jin is a rough man, he only cares about whether his subordinate soldiers eat well or not, whether they are warm or not, for those local people, he can't control it.
After Changsun Chong took over, in order to promote the festival culture of the Han people to the local area, he specially asked the sergeants to send wine, meat and food to the people in the city door to door, but let the local people praise him, the newly appointed chief officer, and even sent representatives to come to the barracks to present singing and dancing programs for them.
"The people here are actually friendlier than the Turkic people when I took over Dingxiang City, as long as we work hard, within three years, this place may be able to become a prosperous place like Dingxiang, generals, you can help me in the future!" Changsun Chong raised his glass and raised his glass to the many generals in the army.
What is Dingxiang City like, of course the generals who just came from Dingxiang know that Changsun Chong can make such a feat, and no one does not admire him, so they raise their glasses to greet each other and drink the wine in their cups.
At this time, Xi Junmai, a militant who was already six or seven points drunk, answered, "Whether it is the Hu people outside the Guanwai or the Hu people in the Western Regions, under the rule of my Datang, they can live and work in peace and contentment, and live a life without worrying about food and clothing, so ah! We, the generals, want to lay more places, so that more people in the world can also live a good life like our Tang people, the eldest grandson and the long history, Your Majesty is training the soldiers so desperately, is there a big war after the beginning of the year? When the time comes, don't forget me! I am the number one military general in the world, and I must fight this vanguard leader. ”
"You have to add the word 'fists and feet' in front of you, the first in the world, when it comes to leading troops to fight, of course I'm the first in the world to fight horses, the eldest grandson Changshi, don't you say." Xue Li, who was also a little drunk, raised his wine glass and said.
When the eldest grandson Chong heard this, he was silent for a while, and after a while, he said, "You are all the top generals in the world, and everyone has the strength to be a pioneer, but after arriving here, I feel that what Brother Zhengming insisted on is more reasonable, but Your Majesty, hey······"
Changsun Chong's long sigh contained a lot of emotions, even Xi Junmai and Xue Li, who had drunk a lot of wine, after hearing it, some different ideas rose in their minds.
They are military generals, they want to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, it can be said that the emotions they showed just now are the emotions of the entire Anxi capital to protect the territory and more than 300,000 winter training troops, however, is it really necessary for Datang to fight a war of aggression against the outside world now? When all the places are defeated by these generals who want to make contributions, what will happen next? ()
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