Chapter 906: Discovering Oceania
"Huaiyu, you have also heard it, since your four emperor uncles have already expressed their position, then I will simply say it!"
Li Shimin stretched out his hand and knocked on the handrail, and said, "I guess you have heard your father say before that in the vast world, we are not the only country in the Tang Dynasty. The countries that are known to have been destroyed by our Tang Dynasty are the Wa Kingdom, Silla, and Baekje, and the smaller island countries in the South Seas are a little farther away......"
When he said this, Li Shimin deliberately turned his head to look at Qin Huaiyu and the others, and found that these little guys were all listening attentively, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
"After that, there are Tianzhu, Persia, Dashi, and Eastern Rome, which are tens of thousands of miles away...... These countries are on a different continent than our Datang...... Well, here I am not talking about the road under our ordinary feet, but also the land! Just like Asia where we are located, there are also Africa and Europe, which have already included the territory of our Tang Dynasty, and Oceania, North America, South America and Antarctica in this world. ”
They hadn't heard of this statement, although they knew that in addition to Asia, there were also Europe and Africa, but in detail there were several other continents, and they didn't even know their father.
"Listen to your four emperor uncles, the continents that have civilization and form countries are the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, and the other continents, except for Antarctica, which is not very suitable for us people's survival, Oceania, South America, and North America are just some uncivilized indigenous people."
Li Shimin paused, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said: "Right now, what we Datang have to do is to stick to the land we have occupied and actively explore the continents that have not yet been discovered......
"That, Brother Huang, I'm going to ...... it" At this moment, Li Yuanba suddenly interrupted Li Shimin and said, "Oceania has been discovered by us, just because of the long distance. I've only sent a fleet of steam warfare, and if you count the time, they should be back in another seven or eight months. ”
"Huh?" Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said a little strangely: "When did you send the battle fleet, why didn't anyone report it to me?" ”
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel surprised, because the newly manufactured steam warships were all recorded in the Datang Ministry of Industry, and the start of production time, man-hours consumed, off-line time, and specific whereabouts of each warship were ...... Like these are all well documented, Li Shimin has no reason not to know?
Of course, this is not to say that Li Shimin blames Li Yuanba for not reporting to him. Instead, he felt a little strange, how could a steam battle fleet, consisting of at least ten steam warships, disappear out of thin air under his nose?
Li Yuanba smiled, and some women said deceitfully: "Brother Huang, could it be that you forgot to send the five steam battle fleets to the Dingtian Capital Protectorate a year ago to transfer my Tang Dynasty soldiers?" When they came back, there were only three, and at that time, I reported that I had left two warfleets to prepare for war, but in fact, I sent a warfleet with enough weapons and equipment, sufficient food and grass, and experienced navigators and soldiers to go to several other continents! ”
"Was it ...... a year ago?"
Li Shimin wrinkled his brows and thought carefully for a while. His eyes lit up, and he said: "You kid is really enough for women to cheat, you can do such a thing, I really think you have released two warfleets to prepare for war!" ”
Li Yuanba's face immediately showed a smug look. said: "Brother Huang, this can't blame me, if I go to the court, I'm afraid it's those imperial historians of the Imperial History Tower." will also say that the younger brother is deliberately stationed overseas and has ulterior motives, and the younger brother can't afford such a crime! ”
"Alright, alright. Don't talk about those who don't, tell me now, has there been any losses in the fleet that went to sea, has there been casualties among the personnel on it, and is there any news from the other three continents? ”
When Li Shimin heard the problem, it was like a series of cannons, which made Li Yuanba a little stunned.
And at this moment, regardless of whether it is Princess Gaoyang or Qin Huaiyu, they have already listened to the stupidity, this private army is already a serious crime, not to mention listening to Li Yuanba's words, it is obviously premeditated.
If this had been left on someone else, I am afraid that it would have died eight hundred times a long time ago.
It seems that this old man is really relieved to the Four Emperor Uncles, otherwise, with the things that the Four Emperor Uncles did, where would he be able to sit here peacefully.
"Uh...... Brother Huang, I don't know the specifics, after all, the other continents are too far away from our Datang, and there is no one for a year and a half, and it is really difficult for them to turn back! ”
Li Yuanba shook his head and said: "But some time ago, I received a report that our steam battle fleet has successfully arrived at an ocean continent, which must be Oceania, and if Oceania is discovered, the distance between North America and South America should not be far away......"
Li Shimin, who didn't get a specific answer from Li Yuanba, was somewhat disappointed, but when he heard that the fleet had discovered Oceania, his disappointed look was instantly swept away, and he said with some excitement: "What did you just say, Oceania has been discovered, how far is this Oceania from my Datang?" ”
Li Yuanba thought carefully about the distance from Huaxia to Australia in his previous life, and then calculated the comparison of the kilometers between Datang and his previous life in his heart, and then said: "If you go from the Ryukyu Islands, it will look like about 30,000 miles, maybe more than 30,000 miles......
"Three, thirty thousand miles......" Before Li Yuanba finished speaking, Princess Gaoyang had already screamed, and then the little girl looked at Li Shimin with some resentment like a cat with her tail stepped on, and said, "Father, you don't want to send Huaiyu and them to Oceania, right?" ”
Li Shimin was furious by Princess Gaoyang's extremely resentful little eyes, and couldn't help but say: "I didn't say let them go there, just ask, ask!" ”
Li Yuanba didn't care about what the father and daughter talked about, and continued: "Judging from the current speed of our steam warship, if everything goes well, it will take at least more than two months to reach Oceania!" ”
"More than two months, that is, half a year has passed just for a round trip!"
For such a journey, Sensei said that Gao Yang and their little girls were so young, even the eldest princess and Wu Shun secretly smacked their tongues.
"Okay, let's discuss Oceania and North and South America later, so I'll share my thoughts!"
couldn't stand the eyes of Gao Yang and their little girls, Li Shimin directly began to change the topic. (To be continued.) )