Wu Gong was originally going to continue to stay in the area of Cape Barres, but who knew that in the first month, they were actually expelled!

The gifts they gave to the local officials were reported to the bishop of France, who considered them corrupting people's hearts and decided that Wu Gong and others were heretics who did not believe in God, so he ordered the local officials to expel Wu Gong.

"We originally wanted the officials of this continent to agree to trade, but who knew that they actually expelled us, my lord, where are we going now?" On the treasure ship, a lieutenant said.

"The highest status on this continent is the Pope, who resides in a city called Rome! These days, I've got a lot of maps of this continent in my hands, and you see, it's also an ocean, and from here you can go straight to Rome! Let's go to the Pope, and then we're going to ask the Pope to agree to trade. Wu Gongdao.

The fleet led by Wu Gong headed south along the sea, and at the end of the first month they came to the Strait of Gibraltar, through which they could enter the Mediterranean!

The treasure ship went all the way forward in the Strait of Gibraltar, Wu Gong looked at the surrounding scenery curiously, and said, "The terrain here is extremely important!" With this in mind, we have mastered the passage of the two oceans! Let's write down this place, and the imperial court may send troops here in the future! ”

The Strait of Gibraltar is truly of great importance, the only way from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, and it has been called the lifeline of the Mediterranean Sea in later generations! Its northern part was occupied by the British, and until the later Zhao Chen crossed, the Spaniards tried to gain control of the Strait of Gibraltar from the British!

In mid-February, the Great Song fleet came to the sea west of Rome.

The whole Rome was in chaos, countless papal knights came to the shore, they did not allow the ships of the Great Song Dynasty to dock at all, and in the end, Wu Gong had no choice but to send more than ten envoys ashore to ask for trade, but the Pope of Rome did not agree at all!

They stayed in the sea west of Rome for three days, and Wu Gong even went ashore to ask for a meeting with the Pope, but unfortunately he didn't even see the shadow of the Pope, and Wu Gong led the fleet out of Rome three days later.

They continued along the Mediterranean, and in March they came to the waters north of Egypt and finally to Cairo.

They were very well received here!

Egypt at this time had already been Arabized, it was an Arab empire, and the locals promised to trade, and said that they had been trading with the Chinese for hundreds of years, and now there were Chinese merchants in Egypt.

After hearing the news, Wu Gong and his soldiers were surprised.

Soon after, they met a Han merchant, and sure enough, it was from the Great Song Dynasty!

"Where are you from?" In the city of Cairo, Wu Gong couldn't help asking.

"My lord, we entered the Western Ocean along the South China Sea, and finally came to Guli, and after staying in Guli for a while, we came here again." The merchant said.

"Sure enough, is the earth beneath our feet a sphere?" Wu Gong muttered.

"My lord, now the sea lines along the way are under the control of my Great Song Dynasty, and all merchants obey the laws of my Great Song Dynasty, and now no one dares to bully my Great Song merchants!" The merchant said excitedly.

"Good, I know about it! If you return to Guli or the Great Song Dynasty, tell the local generals about me. Wu Gongdao.

In May, Wu Gong's fleet left Egypt, and in late May, they came to the Strait of Gibraltar again, after which they headed east along the east coast of the Atlantic!

In June, they entered the African continent!

It was an unusually hot, barren, dry continent, and there were many dark-skinned people on this continent, who were so backward that they almost looked like savages!

Wu Gong led his soldiers on an expedition to the African continent and finally came to the conclusion that there was no need for trade here! Because it is so poor that there is no production, it doesn't make much sense to travel tens of thousands of miles to trade! The territory here is very vast, but it is almost impossible to grow crops, and later generations have long proved that the average crop yield of African land is only one-fifteenth of that of Asia, and now there is a fertile new continent waiting to be cultivated in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no need to rush to occupy it now, but it is necessary to build a few ports and wharves here.

Along the way, Wu Gong's vision has become wider and wider, and he deeply feels that what Zhao Chen said about the theory of sea power is very correct! If you control the sea, you can launch an active attack on any enemy country from the sea, and the enemy can only defend passively! Only by controlling the sea can we ensure the normal operation of commerce and trade, and only then can we ensure the prosperity and strength of the country!

When he was in the Americas, Wu Gong had found many strange crops, which were later shipped to China, including corn, peppers, etc., and he had hoped to find some crops in Africa, but unfortunately the results disappointed him.

Here, he just found many strange animals, such as giraffes and so on! They drove several giraffes to the treasure ship to be transported back home.

It wasn't until October that they came to the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa, where the wind and waves were extremely strong, but fortunately the Song army had strong warships, otherwise they would not have been able to pass at all.

After leaving the Cape of Good Hope, they entered the Indian Ocean and then began to head northeast!

It's another long voyage, and they hope to find land before they run out of food and water on board!

All the soldiers have to drink a cup of green tea every day, which is something that Zhao Chen personally instructed Wu Gong!

The most terrible thing about ocean voyages is not storms, but diseases, especially the famous "scurvy" in history! In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many European sailors died of scurvy, the root cause of which was the lack of vitamin C, and it was not until the end of the eighteenth century that Europeans discovered that lemon juice could cure scurvy, but they did not understand the principle! During the Song Dynasty in China, there were also people who sailed to the sea, but few people got scurvy, and the main reason was because of tea! Chinese have a tradition of drinking tea, and tea, especially green tea, has a very high vitamin C content, which is the main reason why the ancient Chinese did not get scurvy in large quantities.

It took three months for a continent to appear in front of them.

In fact, this is not a continent, but a large island, which is where Indonesia will be located in the future!

In February, they made a detour to Malacca, where they met Wu Luan!

"Second uncle!" Seeing Wu Luan, Wu Gong was extremely happy in his heart.

"You didn't go all the way east, how did you get here?" Wu Lan was surprised!

He looked at Wu Gong carefully and found that Wu Gong was now dark and thin, and the clothes on Wu Gong's body were also extremely shabby, and the whole person was extremely embarrassed, but Wu Gong was in good spirits, which made Wu Gong very happy.

"We did go all the way east, through two huge oceans, and we ended up back here! Second uncle, there is a big ball under our feet! Now that's the only way to explain why we're here! Wu Gong said excitedly.

Wu Lan was incredulous and said, "Are you going the wrong way?" ”

"You can't go wrong! Can we have people try it again and see where it is all the way east or all the way west? There should be no mistake! Second uncle, we also went to a new continent, and there are many countries and people on that continent, and we can go there to do business! Wu Gongdao.

"What is it?" Wu said.

"It's a continent ruled by the Pope, and we call it the Papal States! However, it can't be regarded as a 'country', it is very chaotic, and the population is probably tens of millions! When I was on the boat, I was thinking, if everyone there could wear my Da Song silk, use my Da Song porcelain, and tea, how much would my Da Song earn? It's endless! Countless goods in my Da Song can be transported there and sold to the people there! Wu Gongdao.

He was talking excitedly about the things there, and gradually Wu Luan's eyes showed an excited look.

"There are some important strongholds there, you must take them! But it's too far to get there, and it takes more than half a year to go east or west! Wu Gong said again.