Chapter 636: A Dangerous Trip to the Americas
The route and purpose to the Americas and the relevant information are only known to Gao Shun and Gao Wei, including Li Qiang and others, who do not understand, he does not want to bring the Americas into people's field of vision too early, and he is not sure about the consequences of this move, so he has taken secrecy measures.
Gao Shun chose the Columbus route and first arrived in the West Indies.
He originally planned that after reaching the Isthmus of Central America, he could sail in three fleets, the first group going north from Central America to build forts all the way to the Great Lakes region, where he would establish a base; He crossed the Isthmus of Central America by land to the Pacific coast, and then sent Gao Wei to lead the fleet south, building forts along the way, bypassing South America and heading north to the Great Lakes; He led the fleet north along the west coast of North America to what would become the Vancouver area, and then abandoned ship and crossed the North American continent to the Great Lakes. In this case, the whole of South America and half of North America will become his territory, estimated at tens of millions of square kilometers, at least five more levels.
However, when he arrived in the West Indies, something unexpected happened that made him resolutely abandon his previous plans.
The map of his system could show terrain and human information within a thousand kilometers, but regions such as South and Central America and later Mexico were very blurry, and there was also a lightning effect in that area, which stimulated the nerves very unpleasantly, which surprised him and frightened him to quit the system immediately.
After a long time, he calmed down, and then immediately ordered the fleet to turn north, not to the Gulf of Mexico, and his target was changed to the southern regions of the United States and Canada.
For a few days, he was in a very nervous mood, especially frightened.
Everyone was very puzzled by Gao Shun's expression, what kind of wind and waves have not been encountered for so many years? And at such an age, he has already cultivated a calm character, and they estimate that Gao Shun must have encountered something very dangerous, but it is inconvenient to tell everyone, and everyone dare not ask.
It wasn't until more than ten days later that Gao Shun suddenly realized that it must be the area where the Mayans lived.
In his previous life, he had only heard that the Mayan civilization was a civilization created by aliens, and that the Mayan civilization had suddenly risen to prominence, not like humans in other regions, and that there was an obvious process of development, and then the Mayan civilization suddenly disappeared, which has been puzzling, and their mathematics, astronomical knowledge, architecture, etc. are very developed, with exquisite carvings, paintings, and art.
Not to mention the present, even in his previous life, when science and technology were highly developed, there were many things that could not be explained by scientific knowledge.
Even such a thing as a crossing can happen, and it is not surprising that alien civilizations are possible.
He had to regretfully tell everyone that upgrading was not as simple as everyone imagined, and it was the limit to be able to upgrade to another level; Now his territory is 67.1 million square kilometers, and he only needs 2.9 million square kilometers to upgrade, but now he is not ready to fight the whole of North America, he can be upgraded to one level and give everyone an explanation, he will be satisfied.
The crowd was very disappointed.
When he arrived in the eastern part of the Florida peninsula, now Gao Shun's mood gradually stabilized, and away from that area, the system map returned to normal function, and that terrible phenomenon no longer appeared.
Judging from the map, there are many red dots on the territory of the United States, which are very widely distributed, but very scattered and sparse, Gao Shun estimates that the north is cold and is not the main living range of the Indians, and he can expand his territory in the north.
So, Gao Shun left enough supplies on a boat, and Qin Guan and a thousand senior infantry accompanied several grandsons and their families to wait on Grand Bahama Island, and he and the others went to open up the territory.
Grand Bahama Island is a low-lying island, with a mild climate, pine trees, and beautiful scenery along the coast with white and smooth beaches.
In order to meet the upgrade conditions as soon as possible, Gao Shun established a large city in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, named Yancheng, as the capital of the kingdom where one of his grandsons, Gao Hongyan, was located, and the country was named Yanguo; Leaving 30,000 senior cavalry and 30,000 senior infantry, as well as 50,000 junior cavalry and 50,000 junior infantry, Li Qiang and Sun Cheng expanded to the west and north respectively, allowing the three senior generals to lead the army to conquer the Florida Peninsula.
There are also Indians here, but they are still in an extremely backward state, using the most primitive weapons, not planting, and living by hunting and fishing.
The people called this backward race barbarians, and they had a sense of self-pride and exaltation, and they had no psychological pressure to kill barbarians.
It has fertile, flat land, a mild climate, and abundant water, which is very suitable for human survival, and everyone is very satisfied with the conditions here, and it is believed that it will develop into a powerful country.
Gao Shun has no regrets about abandoning Central and South America, where resources are very uneven, and it is difficult to develop advanced civilization and modern sections; The United States and southern Canada are different in that they are very rich in metal reserves, with many varieties and quantities, and there are abundant coal resources, and even the oil resources used later are also very rich; Convenient transportation, flat terrain, and excellent agriculture are the foundation of a highly developed civilization.
He believed that even in a closed environment, with the same language and the same script, as long as the population base was large enough, it would be able to independently develop a highly developed civilization.
Gao Shun continued to the north and established a large city in the Washington area in later times, preparing to establish a kingdom, named the state of Lu, and preparing to have Gao Honglu as the king; Leaving the same number of officers and soldiers, Ma Gui, Cao Shan, and Zhao Xiong expanded their territory in three directions: south, north, and west.
Subsequently, a kingdom was established in Ottawa, which was to appoint Gao Honglie as king, and the state was called Qi State, and the territory under its jurisdiction was the region north of the Great Lakes, of course, Xiang Rong and Fang Liang were in charge of expanding their territory to the east and west or north, respectively.
Finally, another city was established in the Chicago area in later generations, which was a healthy city, and Gao Hongkang was prepared to be the king here, and the name of the kingdom was the Western Jin Dynasty; Zhou Fei and Feng Yong expanded their territory to the west and south respectively.
The farther north, the stronger and more ferocious the Indians, but also the fewer numerous, and vulnerable to the mighty armies.
In North America, all but four large cities he founded were small cities; Even the four great cities he built were made of black bricks, with a side length of only three miles and a height of less than five zhang; He didn't dare to use huge stones to build for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
To this day, he is still very jealous of the Mayan civilization; He was under the impression that many of the buildings of the Mayan civilization were built with megaliths, and even in his previous life, those scientists still did not understand how the Mayans built those magnificent buildings.
He even suspected that there was a lucky person among the Mayans who had traveled from the afterlife like him and had the help of the system, and he didn't want to meet and collide with him.
Subsequently, Gao Shun and Gao Wei returned to Lu from Health City, and ordered Gao Wei to pick up his four grandsons according to his plan and escort them to various places to take office; He also informed everyone that he would be in peace with the Lu National Assembly in three years, regardless of whether he could be upgraded or not, and he would be evacuated.
As for the evacuation, everyone did not object, anyway, the four kingdoms here are all owned by Gao Shun's grandson, and they are working hard to expand their territory, just so that the system can be upgraded, so that they can get benefits, since they have little expectation for the upgrade, the evacuation is also reasonable.