Chapter 551: Diaoyu Island

readx; It turns out that the uninhabited desert island where Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan live is it!

As a Chinese, Zhu Youjian has gazed at the beauty of Taiwan, which is close to the treasure island, from the video screen, countless times, and even landed on this sacred territory in a dream. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in his previous life, he didn't have time to wait for this opportunity. Due to the greed and shamelessness of the Japanese militarist government, coupled with the fact that the moldy emperor who is known as the world's policeman has a set of things behind his face, he would rather slap himself than help his dog's legs pull the frame, resulting in an extremely sensitive area that has always been an extremely sensitive area, and ordinary people have no chance to land on the island.

But after the crossing, by mistake, Zhu Youzhen boarded the one he had been longing for! Although he was familiar with the terrain and landforms, he didn't recognize it because he didn't think about it at first.

At this time, it was already clear, and he introduced Li Zhenyan like a few treasures: "Zhenyan, look, under our feet are the two small islands in the east, one south and one north, which are South Island and North Island. The two smaller ones in the northeast direction are called Beiyu and Nanyu respectively. The nearest and smallest island is called Feiyu. If you look northeast again, the faintly visible island is called Huangweiyu. More than 200 miles to the east, there is also a small island called Chiweiyu, but unfortunately it is impossible to see beyond the visual distance. ”

"Your Highness has never been here, how do you know so clearly?" Li Zhenyan said curiously.

"What's so strange about this," Zhu Youzhen said proudly, "the islands have been China's inherent territory since ancient times, not to mention far away, when the envoys of this dynasty sent an envoy to Ryukyu, Chiweiyu and other places were the only routes to pass through, and they have been marked in detail on the nautical chart. It is the Ryukyu region until Mt. Gume, the southwesternmost tip of the Ryukyu Islands, that is, Kume Island. There is also a black water ditch between Kume Island and Chiwei Island, that is, the Ryukyu Trench, which is the boundary between the Ming Dynasty and the Ryukyus. ”

Li Zhenyan saw Zhu Youzhen's solemn expression and didn't dare to beak. However, it can be seen from her expression that she is not too interested in the ownership of these uninhabited islands, but only cares about the location of the islands and whether there is any hope of returning to the mainland.

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that it is no wonder that the concept of territory of the Orientals in this era was not as clear as that of modern people, and they often only paid attention to the places where people lived, and did not pay much attention to the areas where no one was inhabited, nor did they deliberately demarcate the boundaries.

This is typical of Europeans, because Europe has a small territory, many feudal lords, if not 10,000, but almost thousands, so they attach great importance to the border issue, even if it is a hill or a stream, it must be clearly belonged.

It has to be said that this difference in concept has caused China to suffer a very big loss on the territorial issue after falling behind the West and being bullied by the Western powers. Like the large territories in the northeast and northwest, the imperial court originally used the policy of restraint to maintain its rule there, which lasted for more than a thousand years from the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. As a result, they were later forced to sign unequal treaties with Tsarist Russia, and these nomadic areas with no permanent population were seized by the other side for various reasons, resulting in the loss of more than 1.4 million square kilometers of land, which is really a great shame for modern China!

The same is true at sea, such as the islands, Xisha and Nansha Islands, which have been the traditional fishing grounds and resting places of Chinese fishermen since ancient times. According to the principle of "whoever discovers and uses it first, who has sovereignty", there is no dispute about the sovereignty of these at all. It is a pity that because these are far away from the mainland and the natural environment is harsh, the imperial court is unable to garrison troops or send officials; Second, it was also the time when officials failed to recognize the extreme importance of clearly asserting and defending maritime sovereignty due to historical limitations, resulting in these people effectively losing control.

After learning from the pain, Zhu Youzhen has secretly made up his mind: as long as he becomes the emperor, the first thing he will do is to accurately demarcate China's national borders! All the territories lost in history must be recovered, and even if they cannot be recovered for the time being, sovereignty must be declared!

But this is all later, and the question in front of Zhu Youzhen now is still the same one: how to leave the island and return to the mainland?

To be honest, since he knew that he was there, Zhu Youzhen didn't want to leave. He really wants to settle down here with Li Zhenyan, have children, multiply from generation to generation, turn an uninhabited island into an inhabited island, and save future generations of controversy.

On second thought, this is clearly unrealistic. Let's not say that the environment on the island is not suitable for human beings to survive for a long time, even if it is, it is impossible for him to be the owner of the island here! Daming is in danger, and he is still waiting for him to work hard; Relatives who have lost his news are still suffering in anxious waiting; Bao Yu has mercy on the fetus in her womb, waiting for him to come home to be a father and name him (her)!

So despite his infinite attachment, Zhu Youzhen still made up his mind to take Li Zhenyan out of here as soon as possible no matter what.

But when it comes to leaving, it's never easy. Zhu Youzhen knew very well that about 200 miles east of the island of Taiwan, this distance is certainly not a matter in modern times, and it can be reached in about 10 minutes by plane; Even if it is a slower steamer, it will arrive in half a day at most. But now it's the Ming Dynasty, and I don't have any ships, how can I cross the distance of more than 200 miles?

The first thing that came to his mind was the raft, that is, a square plane made of tree branches, on which people could stand and support the boat. But when this kind of thing goes to the sea, I'm afraid it can't be played, and the board of the boat I was on when I was brought to it is not equivalent to a raft? Last time, it was good luck that the plank didn't flip, and he didn't want to try next time.

And complex large sailing ships, he will not make them at all. Even if it can be done, the huge amount of work cannot be completed by just one or two people.

So now Zhu Youzhen has only two choices left: one is to wait for a boat to pass by and leave on someone's boat; The second is to make canoes.

In his previous life, he had read from books that there were indigenous people on small islands in Oceania, and these indigenous people could not have evolved from such a small island, but could only have migrated from other places by sea. And some are hundreds of nautical miles away from the surrounding islands, how did they get over such a long distance? The answer is the canoe, and it is this simple boat that primitive man relied on to travel across the ocean and open up a new world.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen did not know how to make a canoe. But he also doesn't want to wait stupidly for ships on the island, God knows when a ship will pass by?

Therefore, he said firmly to Li Zhenyan: "Zhenyan, in the next few days, food and fresh water will be entrusted to you." I'm going to figure out how to make a canoe so we can row back on our own! ”