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On the vast sea, a lucky ship sails against the wind.

This kind of sea ship with a sharp front and a wide tail, two upturned heads, and a high head and tail, with a tall hull and a draft of more than one zhang, represents the world's leading shipbuilding technology of the Great Song Dynasty, which is famous for its sturdiness and heavy load, and can go to the ocean to resist the deep sea waves.

Today's weather is clear, the sun is shining on the calm sea, the scenery is so charming, if it were not for the sailors tinkling to repair the railings that were broken by the waves, it is hard to imagine that last night was so stormy.

The top floor of the ship is guarded by guards, and the interior of the cabin is very luxurious, but full of exotic atmosphere...... The huge Persian jacquard carpet on the floor, the large round table of the knights' meeting, the Arab kettle, the Arabic scimitar on the wall, and even the incense in the incense burner are the smell of benzoin.

But there were no Arabs wearing robes and headbands, only two men wearing Han clothes. One of them was wearing a lilac brocade robe, tall and handsome Chen Ke, and the other was wearing a black brocade robe, not tall, but stocky, it was Li Fan, who followed Na Aziz to the Persian Gulf two years ago.

At this moment, the two of them were staring at a complex chart on the table drawn on parchment. This chart shows not only the land and the sea, but also the lines of latitude. In the Great Song Dynasty, there were almost no people who could understand this map, because its place names were marked in Arabic, and it also required knowledge of trigonometric functions to accurately interpret it.

Don't underestimate this chart, which in this day and age meant an infinite amount of treasure that was possessed only by a handful of seafaring families, even among Arab maritime merchants. In order to compete for a nautical chart, it is not uncommon for tragedy to occur.

And the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty. There are no such charts, and even if they do, they cannot be used. When they go to sea, they all follow the direction of the wind, and only when the monsoon is favorable do they know where they are sailing. Otherwise. It's hard to determine your place.

But with astrology, charts, and a compass, Chen Ke and the others knew where they were even if they were driving against the wind. However, this is the first time that Li Fan has sailed alone since he left the school, and it will inevitably make people sweat.

Fortunately, Chen Ke was deeply impressed by the world map of later generations. I know that this trip is not far from the mainland...... If you find something wrong, as long as you keep sailing west, you will return to the mainland. Of course, whether you can get to Liao or North Korea depends on the creation.

"My lord, last night's storm caused us to deviate." Li Fan finished calculating easily, raised his head and said, "It's already dozens of miles northeast of Tamluo. U-turn, right? Quite a few words"

"No, go on." Chen Ke shook his head, his gaze swept over the Tamna Island, which was later known as Jeju Island. Tamna Island is a good place to visit, it is located at the terminus of the Sino-Japanese Goryeo Sea and is an important transit port. It is also a very good place to raise horses.

It was a country of its own in ancient times. Sometimes it goes to Goryeo, sometimes it goes to Japan. The frequent blessings of the Song Dynasty and Goryeo and Japan's maritime trade are now the culmination of its prosperity. But it is precisely because of its prosperity that it attracted the covetousness of the Goryeo Dynasty, or it will not be long before it will be completely subjugated to Goryeo. It became Tamna-gun, Goryeo.

Chen Ke is very interested in this place, but this is not his destination this time: "Tamna is a good place, but you can go by yourself." "Implication. There are more important places to go.

"Then we're going to the Wa Kingdom, right? Quite a few words"

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded and said, "But it's not the main island, but its overseas island." ”

"Where?"

"You don't have a chart on it." Chen Ke frowned and groaned for a long time, then pointed his index finger and said, "It should be here." "It's normal to not be labeled, there are many islands off the coast, and Aziz is not a scientist. How can they be explored one by one. In fact, only the main ports are indicated. Drawing a rough coastline has taken the Arabs a hundred years. …,

"How do you know this location?" Li Fan is also an expert now, so he naturally knows that he can locate an island on a nautical chart just from memory, which means that he must be familiar with this sea surface!

But in his impression, Chen Ke seems to have just gone to sea for the first time......

Chen Ke smiled and didn't explain, he didn't want to maintain a sense of mystery, but he really couldn't explain.zhaosfok.

Fortunately, he had the aura of a champion and knew that it was not strange, so Li Fan was only amazed, and then asked again: "My lord, is this the golden land you promised us?" ”

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded.

"What's here?" In Li Fan's opinion, the location of this island is far worse than that of Tamna.

"In the land of gold, there is naturally gold." Chen Ke smiled: "Of course, there are also exiles. ”

"So, this is the Salmon Island of the Wa Kingdom?" Li Fan was very happy to hear the first half of the sentence, and his face turned green when he heard the second half of the sentence.

"Not bad." Chen Ke nodded and said, "But there is more oil and water here than Dongchuan." "From the Heian period until a thousand years later, it was the largest gold mine in Japan. It can be said that before Iwami Ginzan was discovered, this was the money bag of Japan.

"What?" Li Fandeng's eyes lit up and said, "There is still this in the book...... I mean, these are all things that grown-ups look at from books? ”

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded, happy that he didn't need to explain: "So 'there is a golden house in the book'." ”

"No wonder the adults abandoned the Dongchuan Copper Mine." Li Fan suddenly realized: "It turns out that there are more advanced things!" ”

"A thousand copper plates can only be exchanged for one tael of silver, and one tael of silver can only be exchanged for one penny of gold, and the value of this is thousands of times worse!" Chen Ke said with a smile: "Besides, after having Yunnan copper, domestic copper coins will inevitably increase greatly." At that time, the price of gold and copper will increase! So let them mint copper coins, let's play gold! ”

"My lord, I always thought that you were dedicated to the country and had no self-interest." Li Fan looked at Chen Ke for a long time and held back such a sentence. Judging from Chen Ke's previous performance, this is indeed the case.

"Hehe......" Chen Ke smiled disappreciatively: "In the next few years, I have to keep my head in the dark and can't be in the limelight anymore." What's more, after all, this is at the doorstep of the Wa Kingdom, and it will be complicated for the imperial court to do it. Let's eat it quietly......"

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Li Fan wanted to recalculate and correct the course, so Chen Ke stepped out of the cabin and saw Liu Yue'e leaning on the railing, looking at the seagulls passing the bow of the boat.

"Feeling better?" Last night, a storm hit, and the huge sea ship was tossed and shook by the huge waves, which made Liu Yue'e toss a lot. But she's just amazing, she vomited like that last night, and today it's like it's fine. But Chen Ke's cool words made her angry enough: "Didn't you lose your soul from last night's breeze?" ”

"You say it's a little breeze?" Liu Yue's face was still a little yellow, she turned her head and corrected, "That's a terrible storm!" ”

"Storm? That's not all," Chen Ke shook his head with a smile and said, "It's winter now, and it's the north here, where is there any big storm." As long as the ship is stable and the sea is wide, a little wind like this, the sailors don't pay attention to it at all. After a pause, he looked at Liu Yue'e and said, "Of course, when you go to sea for the first time, it's no wonder that you make a fuss...... Ba Wang hurried ashore, didn't he? ”

"Don't underestimate people." This trick has been tried, and Liu Yue'e said with a strong face: "I didn't make a fuss, it doesn't matter if I drift for another month." I'm just, just a little weird......"

"What's weird?"

"Why didn't you see a single ship along the way?"

"Because we're hiding." Chen Ke said with a smile. In fact, this is the time when the ship departs from Japan and sails to China. Chen Ke and they went to sea against the wind, and in order to take advantage of the wind, the ship took a zigzag route, so the chance of encountering the fleet was very small. …,

"Why are you hiding?" Liu Yue'e naturally couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood of his words.

"It's hard to see." Chen Ke said with a smile: "Sado Island is our family's future treasury, of course we can't let others know." ”

Liu Yue'e is immune to his nonsense, and she doesn't argue about 'your family is not mine', otherwise she will have to fight barely. With a sad look on her face, she said, "You can't contain the fire in the paper, and the news of the discovery of gold mines there will leak sooner or later." You said that it was so close to the Wa Kingdom, would they trouble you? ”

"There is some truth in what you said," Chen Ke said from the goodness: "Okay, this Sado Island, let's not go secretly, we have to go in the light!" ”

"As an official of the imperial court, you dare to go to other countries without will?" Liu Yue'e was speechless at this madman.

"Storms, it's all storms that cause trouble." Chen Ke said solemnly: "We encountered a storm, is this true?" A lot of words were sent to the country by the storm, which is also a common thing, right? Quite a few words"

"This ......" Liu Yue'e said depressedly, "You just said it was a breeze ......"

"It's a storm to the outside, remember, don't say it." Chen Ke was not embarrassed and said: "The country of Wa has a big palm, can you see their big guy when you get there?" When the time comes, I won't believe that I won't be able to bite this piece of meat! Seeing the worry on the girl's face, he comforted softly: "Their emperor is not as good as Duan Silian. And the princes of the country are fighting each other again......"

Today's Japan is at the end of the Heian Dynasty period, the elegant and lascivious era depicted in the Tale of Genji. Its regime is corrupt and split, and the awe of the Great Song Dynasty is also at its peak, which is where Chen Ke's confidence lies in daring to pull out his teeth!

Liu Yue'e couldn't help but shudder, she immediately thought of how Chen Ke calculated the monarchs and ministers of Dali at the beginning. Ladies and gentlemen, you of the Wa Kingdom, ask yourselves for many blessings......

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Well, Japan doesn't expand and write, after all, Chen Ke doesn't have time to delay ............,