Through Zhang Qin's painful recounting, Li Yu learned about the treacherous encounter of the Southeast China Sea expedition into the waters of the non-Babin Islands. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Not only was it attacked by the natives on Luzon Island, but the islands that were explored later encountered dozens of clashes with the natives, killing and wounding dozens of people.

Especially when sailing east after leaving Borneo, a sudden outbreak of disease on board sent the entire fleet into a panic.

After understanding the reason for the incident, Li Yu expressed his understanding of the fleet's move to abandon the dozens of sick crew members.

For infectious diseases, this is the best option until there is a cure.

In particular, it is a malignant tropical disease.

Based on the symptoms of the sick person according to Zhang Qin, Li Yu guessed that it was malaria. Wasn't Borneo the place where malaria was most common in Southeast Asia, except for the island of New Guinea?

Li Yu said in a deep voice: "For the thirty-three crew members left on the desert island, this king will give their families enough compensation, and when the expedition team is sent south again, he will give priority to the island to rescue them." ”

"If Your Highness wants to send an expedition fleet south, your subordinates are willing to go with the ship again. Since the subordinates failed to bring them all back to their hometowns this time, the subordinates will bring them back next time no matter what. Yu Hong said with a sad and firm mood.

"Good!" Yu Hong's love and righteousness really made Li Yu admire, how many people who could come back alive from sailing to the unknown sea are willing to take another risk? What's more, it's just for the life and death of dozens of cheap subordinates to go into a wild and exotic land again.

"Zhang Qin, the situation of this voyage to explore overseas islands, and the specific loss of personnel, you can briefly talk about it."

"No!" Zhang Qin gave a brief introduction to what the Southeast China Sea expedition had seen and heard along the way from Duli Town to Pyongyang, but his tone was tinged with apprehension and nervousness. Li Yu, who was listening, frowned, could it be that something bad had happened that made Zhang Qin, who had successfully returned, not confident enough to be punished by himself?

"When the fleet returned north, it encountered a storm on the east coast of Luzon, one ship sank, eighty-three people were killed, and twenty-five were missing......"

When Li Yu heard the number of losses, the whole person was shocked. A storm reduced the fleet by a third and boarded a solid ship worth more than a thousand strokes.

Zhang Qin saw that Li Yu's face was gloomy, and his heart couldn't stop pounding, you know, he still waited for the sin. Last year, the entire grain fleet was folded into the Silla Naval Division, and was almost beheaded by His Highness. Nuo didn't see that he had been to the South Seas, visited the Ryukyus, Luzon and other islands, and gave him a chance to make meritorious contributions.

But at this opportunity, Zhang Qin thought that he had messed up, and the personnel losses were too heavy, and only about 120 people came back from more than 300 people.

With two-thirds of the personnel lost, Li Yu didn't feel heartache until he saw the hell. The crew of the Southeast China Sea Expedition is carefully selected from Jiaolong HNNA, and the guards are also selected from the army.

Zhang Qin and Yu Hong both had their hearts in their throats, and the fleet with heavy casualties, as the general manager, it was difficult for them to hold the blame.

"Hey......" Li Yu sighed, and the fleet that had escaped the epidemic was finally planted on the storm at sea.

"All those who are killed or missing will be compensated according to the standard of fallen soldiers."

Fishermen on the southeast coast burn incense and worship Buddha when they go to sea, knowing that the risks at sea are unpredictable. Although the losses of the expedition far exceeded Li Yu's expectations, he could not punish Zhang and Yu for this.

On the contrary, Li Yu also gave a big reward to the two, and all those who came back alive would be rewarded, so as to inspire others to dare to go to sea and explore overseas places.

Li Yu said good words to appease Zhang and Yu, who were worried about being blamed, and persuaded that the wind and explosion at sea were beyond the reach of manpower, and the crime was not on the two.

His Royal Highness will not be held accountable, but will reward them generously, Zhang Qin and Yu Hong's worried hearts are always put down.

Next, Li Yu inquired in detail about Wang Haichong's mapping along the way, and the maps of the islands he found.

Zhang Qin, Wang Haichong and others were asked to summarize and submit the various materials collected from the exploration along the way, which were used as reference materials for Li Yu's decision-making overseas.

In five days, all the materials explored by the Southeast China Sea expedition were sorted out and presented in front of Li Yu.

A complete chart of the sea area explored by the Southeast China Sea expedition was drawn under the leadership of Wang Haichong, and docked with the existing Datang map.

Originally, there was only the southeast of the map of the Tang Dynasty, and a string of islands of different sizes appeared from north to south. It is marked with Danluo Kingdom, Japanese Kyushu Islands, Large and Small Ryukyu Islands, Luzon Island, and a series of islands in the south that were transliterated by local natives or named by Zhang Qin and others according to the characteristics of the islands.

Although Li Yu introduced Ptolemy's geographical work "Guide to Geography" from the West through Roman merchants, it brought the theory of latitude and longitude to the Chinese world, and further supported the theory of the circle of the earth of the Eastern Han Dynasty scientist Zhang Heng. In addition, Li Yu's understanding of modern geography pointed out that contemporary geography masters, such as Li Chunfeng and Hu Huichao, pointed out that the leapfrog development of geography in China has greatly improved the accuracy of geographical surveying and mapping.

However, the longitude measurement level has never been passed, and the east-west distance has to be estimated with even speculation.

As a result, the map presented in front of Li Yu shows that the sea distance between the mainland of Shenzhou and the islands in the southeast is seriously distorted. The sea route only indicates the approximate number of days it will take to reach the other side of the sea.

Li Yu was depressed about the map, so he had to ask Wang Haichong to remake a new map according to the area and shape of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea in his own image, so as to make the map look more like that.

After reading Zhang Qin and Wang Haichong's overseas exploration materials, Li Yu's eyes locked on the revised map, marked as a small island in Danluo Kingdom.

There are no more than 40,000 people in Danluo, and according to Wang Haichong, the population of its capital Maoxingxue is only 8,000. There are no walls in the stone caves, and there are no permanent armor.

Nuo wanted to cross the sea from Andong to the south and take all the islands in the southeast sea, while Danluo was a stepping stone for the southward sea arteries and crosses the sea.

The Danluo Kingdom, later known as Jeju Island in South Korea, was formed by an undersea volcanic eruption, and the small hills scattered throughout the island were actually extinct volcanic craters.

Wherever there are volcanoes, whether extinct or active, the surrounding soil is extremely fertile due to the accumulation of volcanic ash.

The Danluo people did not know how to farm, leaving behind hundreds of miles of uncultivated fertile soil.

By reclaiming it, the Norman immigrants can obtain more than 2 million acres of land, which can be used as a forward base for overseas development in the future, and obtain a double supply of troops and food.

What is remarkable is that the Hallasan Mountain area in the middle of the island is a pasture that is perfect for families and horses.

A horse warden was established in this area, and war horses were cultivated to supplement the army.

Li Yu thought of the extremely superior natural and geographical conditions of the island where the Danluo Kingdom was located, and he couldn't wait to send troops to conquer the Danluo Kingdom and take its land as his own.

Jiaolong HNNA's task of transporting the victims of the disaster was completed, and only a few ships were left to transport the migrants from the Central Plains to Andong spontaneously, and most of the transportation capacity was idle, and there were enough ships to transport 3,000 soldiers and horses to land in Danluo.

Li Yu sent a message to the generals and announced: "Danluo secretly communicated with Silla last year, and so far its lord will apologize for his sins in Pyongyang, and his sins are unforgivable." I intend to ask the teacher! ”