Chapter 405: Zhang Jin returns
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Don't you really say it, those civil officials in the capital really have a few brushes, and they quickly turned out a name that Chen Jialuo had never heard of before - Wang Dayuan, a navigator of the Yuan Dynasty, and found a lot of useful evidence from his book "Daoyi Zhiluo".
Wang Dayuan's words are renewed. Nanchang people. In the first year of Zhishun (1330), Wang Dayuan, who was only 20 years old, sailed from Quanzhou to the sea on a merchant ship for the first time, passing through Hainan Island, Champong, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Myanmar, India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt, crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Morocco, and then returning to Egypt, going out of the Red Sea to Somalia and Mozambique, crossing the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Java, and returning to Quanzhou through Australia to Kalimantan and the Philippines, which lasted 5 years. In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1337), Wang Dayuan set sail from Quanzhou again, passing through the South Sea Islands, the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Mozambique Strait in Africa and various parts of Australia, and returned to Quanzhou in the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1339). He sailed twice.
After returning to China, he wrote his own experience into a book of "Daoyi Zhiluo", but unfortunately most of them were lost during the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and were completely lost in the Ming Dynasty, but Kung Fu is not afraid of people with a heart, this group of literati saw that they had a chance to turn over in the new dynasty, how could they not seize it, there was a Hanlin remembered that he seemed to have seen a few pages of fragments of this book when compiling the "Siku Quanshu", and immediately reported and searched with all his might, and soon found the book collectors in Jiangnan with these few pages of fragments, and finally let this nautical masterpiece see the light of day again.
The most important thing in this book is to record the distribution of overseas Chinese around the world, including Quanzhou merchants in Timor, Yuan Dynasty officers and soldiers who stayed on Grand Island, brick towers built by Chinese on the east coast of India, and Chinese gathering places in Longyamen (Singapore). There is the experience of collecting precious corals in the Great Buddha Mountain (Sri Lanka), and there is even a Chinese Linzhang surnamed Chen who became a chief in northwest Iran; These are all useful materials in the future.
Of course, Ye is indispensable for the evidence that he has been to Australia, there are two sections in "Daoyi Zhiluo", there are two sections of Ma Na and Luo Susi, Luo Suos is the ancient name of China for Australia, and Ma Na is the area of the current Darwin Harbor; In his book, he describes the Anheng Peninsula and the Kippelli Terrace in northern Australia, "Strange peaks. Like a heavenly horse galloping, the situation is near the sea. These two verses detail the terroir and products of Australia, and should be the earliest written record of Australia that has been written in the world.
Chen Jialuo immediately pardoned all the guilt of this person, and gave him the position of vice president of the Royal Academy of Social Sciences, which was higher than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
While these people were working all night to flip through the books, Chen Jialuo personally went to the dock of the port. Prepare for the return of Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen's expedition fleet. A few days ago, the Navy's patrol fleet had already spotted them in the Sea of Japan and established contact, and it was almost time for the day to come.
"Sister Luo, don't worry, the tenth brother and the thirteenth brother have a great fortune and will definitely come back safely!" , Chen Jialuo comforted Luo Bing while looking into the distance.
Zhang Jin has a strange temperament, Luo Bing is very concerned about him, and he has been out for so long now. Luo Bing was inevitably worried, and heard Chen Jiale comforting him. She sighed and said, "Hey, the tenth brother has been here for a long time, I'm afraid I've lost weight." ”
Chen Jialuo, who screamed at this time, felt a wave in his heart, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he quietly pulled Luo Bing's jade hand and put it on himself. "Sister Luo just thinks about the tenth brother, and the younger brother has also lost weight in the past few days!"
"It's all the people who are emperors, and they're still not serious at all!" , Luo Bing was angry, but he didn't take his hand back.
There's a play! When I was wondering if I would have a chance tonight. There was a commotion on the docks, and someone shouted, "The ship of the Ten Masters is back!" ”
At that moment, the two of them didn't care about lingering, they immediately stood up and looked at the sea with binoculars, "One, two, three, four", Chen Jialuo counted, and when he went, there must have been a few fewer ships coming back, "I hope the tenth brother and the thirteenth brother can come back safely!" ”
"The tenth and thirteenth brothers are waving at the bow of the boat!" , Luo Bing shouted happily, "They're fine!" They came back safely! ”
At this time, Chen Jialuo also saw the two of them, "Haha! It's good to come back, it's good to come back! ”
Without waiting for the boat to dock, Chen Jialuo immediately greeted him, and the men and horses of the Royal Forest Army had already cleaned up the idle people on the dock, Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen also saw them, and they couldn't wait for the boat to stop, so they jumped down from the bow of the boat.
"Brother Ten! Thirteenth brother! Chen Jialuo hurriedly grabbed the two of them who were about to kneel, "The two brothers have made this great achievement, and they must not be polite!" ”
"Ten brothers, thirteen brothers! You're both cleared! Luo Bing wiped a handful of tears and said.
After greeting on the dock, Zhang Jin watched the crew carry all the things they had collected, and then took them to the rest place prepared for them by Chen Jialuo.
"Ahh It's been a long time since I've eaten hometown food! After gobbling it up, Zhang Jin remembered to introduce the guest he brought back to Chen Jialuo, "Your Majesty, this is my friend Wupa, who I met in the local area!" Upa is the warrior of the Apache tribe! ”
At this time, a tall Indian stood beside Zhang Jin, shirtless, with knotted muscles, his face smeared with red paint, and a few bright feathers in his hair.
Upa! Chen Jialuo snorted, and almost asked if you know Sun Wukong, your tribe has wood and Garinta, and so on. The Indian clasped his hands into fists and said in a stiff Chinese dialect, "The Apache Upa has seen His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
"No courtesy." Seeing Zhang Jin's smug appearance, he knew that Upa's Chinese must have been taught by him, Chen Jialuo asked curiously, "Upa, how did you meet Zhang Jin?" Remember that the Apache seemed to be the most warlike tribe in the Indians, right? Later generations of Mi people directly named their most advanced helicopters after this tribe.
Upa scratched his head embarrassedly, "Upa is the most powerful warrior in the clan, when he went out hunting that day, he met Brother Zhang who killed a bison empty-handed, and he went up to compete with Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang won me a few times but didn't kill it, and then we became friends!" ”
Hey, this is really a party person, as soon as I go, I got into a relationship with the local big tribe, and it will be much easier to immigrate there in the future! After praising Upa, he ordered some well-made weapons to be brought to the people who were with him, and began to drink all night.
On the second day, Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen were called to ask about the Americas. (To be continued......)