By the time the news of the battle of Talas arrived in front of Emperor Lu, the main premise of the battle between Lu Qi and Chula - always to give Emperor Lu an excuse to be famous, the operation had been carried out to the last moment.

The espionage department has been operating in Zhuluo for many years, and there is the Zhuluo Navy who hooks up with hands and feet.

This time the operation was the attack and killing of Chinese merchant ships by the Chola naval army.

Once such news was published in the newspapers, the case for war between the two countries was solidified.

Before this news, the front-page headlines published in newspapers inside and outside Jinling were "The world is round", "The world is a ball", "Ocean exploration" and so on.

The traditional concept of a round place has been rooted in the minds of Chinese for countless years, but there is always a voice that says that the earth is round. For example, Zhang Heng in the Han Dynasty, the heaven and the earth are like chickens, and the earth is like the yellow of an egg. It's just that there are too few such voices, and there hasn't even been one for many years. The person who is equal to Zhang Heng's level, the closest one is Shen Kuo, and the far one is Guo Shoujing. The latter's great-grandfather has not yet been born.

Therefore, Emperor Lu suddenly said that he had the guidance of Haotian God in his dream, the world is a ball, and the east is further east, separated by thousands of miles of oceans, and there is also a vast continent.

Such news spread from the court to the people, and I don't know how many people were shocked to the point that their brains went down.

How can the earth be like a ball in the air, and everything is attached to it? Isn't that man going down?

But it was Emperor Lu who said this, and Emperor Lu was a person who had been bestowed by God. When he succeeded to the throne, the colorful auspicious clouds showed the east, and the purple qi was full of the universe, which was witnessed by countless people.

Is the language that comes out of the mouth of such a master absurd?

Not to mention that Emperor Lu acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately issued an edict to lead five ships to patrol the east with Ruan Xiaoqi, the former head of the Nanyang Naval Division who returned to the dynasty to rest, as a general.

It's a direct empowerment action! So much so that the entire Jinling City was shaken, and after Ruan Xiaoqi selected the battleship and soldiers, the threshold of his house had been broken, and even Lu Qian was handed a message here.

So much so that the entire fleet had changed from five ships to twelve when the people were still talking, and the entourage had changed from less than 500 to more than 1,000 now.

"Two thousand years ago, Fengming Qishan, Zong Zhou established and Yin Shang died. There is a remnant of the family, which went north from Korea into the cold land, and then turned to the east to ......"

Ruan Xiaoqi's ears echoed with Emperor Lu's words, and what he thought of in his mind was a ball, a round ball, and the emperor called it a globe.

At that time, Emperor Lu drew a line on this ball, connecting the two continents. said: "In the past, there were roads connected here, and today the vicissitudes of the sea, the old roads in the past have long lived up." However, the remnants of the Yin Shang clan entered the other place along this road, and merged with the natives here, multiplying for more than 2,000 years, and I still don't know what it looks like......"

Ruan Xiaoqi thought that Emperor Lu was talking about the ancients, but the subsequent order issued by Emperor Lu told him that Emperor Lu was serious, that is, this matter was true?

Ruan Xiaoqi was convinced of the sacredness of Emperor Lu, so the Haotian God in the emperor's mouth was true.

"I asked you to lead the ship eastward, the purpose is not to find those Yin Shang relics, but to find this continent." Lu Qian's eyes flashed with golden light, Ruan Xiaoqi still remembered it clearly, the emperor who was rich in the world actually had a golden light in his eyes when he said about the New World, what a big benefit.

But Ruan Xiaoqi had concerns.

Now he is not the little fisherman in Shijie Village, he used to be the chief of the Nanyang Naval Division, leading the naval warships to fight against the Chola people on the ocean, he already knows the existing world, whether it is Heaven or Europe, or Africa in the emperor's mouth, there is civilization there, or there is a country there.

In his opinion, at this moment, there will also be civilizations and kingdoms in the distant and unknown mysterious continent in the east, just like Europe and Africa.

But he didn't say these words directly, because Ruan Xiaoqi understood that even so, that unknown mysterious continent was still a great treasure with golden light.

Take a look at Lu Qi's annual sea trade, the amount is increasing year by year, gold and silver are pouring into the country like a stream, and silver dollars and money have completely replaced "guan" as a unit on people's lips.

It should be clear that in the Lu Qi Dynasty, most of the banknotes were held by merchants, because they were easy to carry and easy to trade. Ordinary citizens, on the other hand, are suspicious of paper money, preferring real money.

Although there was a supplement of gold and silver from Japan, and although a lot of gold was seized by sweeping the South Seas, it cannot be denied that overseas trade was also a major source of gold and silver for China. Who makes China's local gold and silver production so alarming at the moment?

In late February, the 'Eastern Expeditionary Army' led by Nguyen Xiaoqi finally set off. According to the arrangement of the cabinet, the 12 ships that went east this time carried countless letters from Lu Qi and dozens of civil officials such as Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

Among the members of the entourage, one person was not included in the list of "special envoys", but he had the status of "special envoys". This person is Xu Guanzhong's brother-in-law Lu Renen.

Xu Guanzhong was originally nicknamed Living Map, and he had an extraordinary interest in overseas.

It's not that he is now the head of the cabinet, so he may not be able to ask for orders to follow.

Lu Qian had no choice but to stuff his wife and brother, a very pure historian, and a scholar who was also interested in overseas, into the team.

At this moment, the Chinese people who already have a specific understanding of the 'world' will no longer regard overseas as uncivilized and wild places, and even have a little caution because of this.

Just like an eagle that has just spread its wings and soared, even though it has already flown into the sky, it still maintains a sense of awe for the unknown outside world.

The newspaper has an overseas column that covers Egypt, then Persia, then Greece, and finally Rome, Eastern Rome, and the Great Eclipse.

Not only did they introduce empires, but they also introduced some heroes.

Is there any description of the Europeans in the heavenly world? Baghdad had not yet been destroyed by the Mongols, and the Al-Azhar Xingyue Monastery in Cairo was a serious university, even if it was a university of faith. It is the center of the faith and academic culture of the Celestial Sect. Caliph Aziz established the Royal Library in Cairo, which has a collection of 200,000 volumes and a large collection of rare books in various languages.

There is also the Science Museum. More than 100 years ago, Caliph al-Hakim invited renowned scholars from all over the world to conduct academic research in various disciplines such as faith, philosophy, and natural sciences. There is also a school, a library and an observatory. Before the Crusades, there was not even a shortage of European scholars.

In recent years, whether it was a businessman on the Lu Qi side or an agent of the Espionage Department, he used his money to buy a lot of books and materials, and natural science and history were the top priorities.

But it has created a high-profile hot spot for the "News"!

From this column, the Chinese see the demeanor of the 'outside', and the long history of those ancient countries is not inferior to China. Even though many people still can't get rid of the old prejudices in their hearts, they still have a bit of a B number.