Speaking of which, many people in later generations felt that in ancient times, China was outstanding, and other countries were scum. This is true, but it is also not.

Compared with Western Europe, it is not an exaggeration to say that kind of flower family is simply a paradise, such as Britain, Germany and France in the 21st century, and in the 10th century, it is basically equivalent to Bangladesh and Ethiopia in later generations, which are neither rich nor civilized.

(Therefore, the bourgeois revolution actually did not have such high requirements for the productive forces and the quality of the people, even in the Age of Discovery, the productive forces of the whole of Europe were not as good as 30% of the Ming Dynasty.) The wisdom of the people is almost none, and the literacy rate of the aristocracy is not high. ）

But correspondingly, the world of the color people is also highly developed, and the overall aspect is certainly far inferior to the Tang and Song dynasties, before the sixteenth century, there were only cities in the world with a population of more than one million people, but in terms of shipping, they were ahead of our times.

Or rather, these people are more than one era ahead of the world.

Sun Yue wants to engage in great voyages, must go to the new continent, not to mention the technology and risks, Sun Yue believes that where there is a will, everything can be done, but the problem is, the new route is not the first to develop this thing, the whole world to be a civilized baby, in the face of such high interests, the color eyes people may not come strong?

And if the Semu people and the Great Song Dynasty really started a naval battle, although it would be a bit of a morale boost, objectively speaking, the Great Song Dynasty really couldn't fight.

In the original history, the Semu people were the second-class nobles of the Mengyuan Empire, and they were considered the ruling class, but because of this, with the division of the Mengyuan Empire and Zhu Yuanzhang's expulsion of the Tartars, the Semu people also ate and scraped off together.

Therefore, before the shipbuilding foundation was solved, even if Sun Yue knew that he would find a new land full of gold all the way west, he never dared to set foot easily, because he was afraid that he would make a wedding dress for the Semu people in vain.

If it is feasible, it may be a good choice to push along the Silk Road along the Silk Road with the help of the army, wipe out all the Semu people, and then open up new routes.

However, in the final analysis, the army of the Song Dynasty was not strong enough to the point of the Tang Dynasty, and there were Khitans in the north, and the Dangxiang and Tubo people in the west were not vegetarians.

So it's a threshold that can't be bypassed.

Fortunately, today's Semu people are no longer the Semu people who united under the banner of the four caliphates in the seventh century, and now they are actually more like a plate of loose sand, and these people are ruled by religion, and the centripetal force of the common people towards the country is very low, even infinitely close to zero. (In fact, in ancient Europe, there was almost no concept of state, and they were all loyal to the lord.) ）

These merchants, in addition to their allegiance to their true God, seem to be loyal only to money, otherwise they would not have moved to Quanzhou in large numbers during the Mengyuan period.

Speaking of this time, in fact, if the Semu people at this time had to be divided into countries, it is difficult to say how many countries they should be counted in, but if we distinguish them by doctrine, it is relatively clear, that is, Sunnis in the Arab region and Shiites in the Persian region.

So this may be Sun Yue's opportunity.

Therefore, at the Guangzhou-Zhou Conference, Sun Yue enthusiastically introduced the friendship of the Great Song Dynasty to them, and decided to build six huge ports and two huge shipyards in one go funded by the 'group' and the imperial court, and then sincerely invited them to join the shares, and specially found those ancestors who had cooperated happily from Jizhou to tell them about the beautiful life of the Great Song Dynasty.

In order to show sincerity, Sun Yue even said that all the Semu people who settled in the Great Song Dynasty could pay for the construction of mosques at their own expense, and did not restrict their mission, anyway, the Han people naturally did not have the innate conditions for believing in any religion, although he knew that there would be some glass-hearted readers who didn't understand anything to scold his mother.

His idea is very simple, to put the ships and navigation skills of these people in the Great Song Dynasty before the opening of the Great Voyage, and when the time comes, if you really fight a naval battle with the people of the color eyes, you may not be afraid of them, if you can't do it, you can be more despicable, and after learning it, kill all these people of the color people, anyway, just leave the ship.

In addition, to be honest, the ***** of the 10th century was actually quite civilized, at least compared with other places in the world except for the Great Song Dynasty and the Khitan, whether political, military, philosophical, or cultural, it was superb, with the world's largest library, and the national literacy rate was much higher than that of the Great Song Dynasty, which was completely different from those green and terrifying cults in later generations.

The meeting began in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere, and ended in an atmosphere of stability and unity, but the progress was very limited, except for those who had settled in Jizhou before, the people of this route were not very interested in settling in Quanzhou, and there were few responders, but they promised Sun Yue to help him build Quanzhou City.

It's a bit of a gain, but it's far from the goal, and Sun Yue plans to empty the Semu people.

It's easy to say about profits, it's a big deal that Sun Yue can continue to make profits, any interest disputes in front of the Great Voyage are scum, as long as they can be put in, but the key trust problem has never been solved.

In the eyes of these Semu people, the Great Song Dynasty is quite dangerous, because the monarch here has almost unlimited rights, and they have nothing here except a ship to protect their lives, but the place where Sun Yue wants to cooperate with them is really a boat.

They can't understand this kind of power, they are in awe of this kind of power, in fact, those who live in the Great Song Dynasty have had enough of the hardships of the change of the imperial court, and those who have not lived in it are even more respectful.

This is sad for Sun Yue, he is not completely without a solution, but he doesn't want to use it, because it is the real killing of one thousand enemies and eight hundred.

So he had to go back this time.

After returning to Beijing, he learned that Zhao Tingmei's Silk Road was not as smooth as he imagined. The development of the Great Song Dynasty was two-legged, and the eastward and westward advances were not smooth.

Or rather, it was much, much less smooth than he had imagined.

The commonality of people is that when they come into contact with a strange country, they will always unconsciously substitute with their own country, and Zhao Tingmei also made this mistake, his Silk Road project was supported by all the nobles of the Gaochang Uighurs, and even the Gaochang Uighurs prepared tens of thousands of camels, which could be sold to the Great Song Dynasty at any time.

However, if he wants to walk out of the Silk Road like this, I have to say that he is too naïve and too young. 8)