When Ricci saw Li Guo asking, he didn't hide it, and Ricci Ricci, a Portuguese, was also sincere. ++x+ He said to Li Guo that Portugal is no longer the overlord of the sea, and told Li Guo in detail about the current situation on the ocean.

Speaking of maritime hegemony, we have to talk about the history of the development of navigation and the development of the navy.

In fact, there is no doubt that the Chinese are naturally intelligent, hard-working, and have been at the forefront of the world in all aspects. That includes sailing.

In the history of navigation in modern people's minds, Columbus is definitely a very famous man, because he discovered the American continent.

But Li Guo never agreed with this view. Li Guo has always believed that it should be the Chinese who discovered the American continent.

First, in the fifth century AD, the Chinese Buddhist monk Huishen went to Mexico and other places in the Americas to preach. The Book of Liang compiled by Yao Silian in the Tang Dynasty. There is an important record in the Book of Liang, Volume 54, "The Biography of Dongyi Lie":

"In the first year of Qi Yongyuan, the country of Fusang came to Jingzhou and said: Fusang is more than 20,000 miles east of the Han Dynasty, and it is in the east of China. Its soil is full of Fusang wood, so it is named. Fusang leaves are like paulownias, and the first born is like bamboo shoots. The Chinese people eat it, it is like a pear and red, and its skin is cloth, and it is considered to be clothing, and it is also thought to be cotton. It is a board house, without a city outline, with words, and uses Fusang skin as paper...... There are oxen, and their horns are very long, and they carry things with their horns, and they are better than twenty hundreds. There are horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and deer carts. Chinese people raise deer, such as Chinese cattle, and use milk as cheese. There are mulberry pears, which are not bad for many years, and there are many peach. There is no iron or copper in the land, no gold or silver, and no rent in the city. In his marriage, the son-in-law went to his daughter's house and made a house outside the door. Sprinkle and sweep in the morning and evening, and the woman is displeased after many years, that is, she drives it; Happiness is marriage. ”

The country of Fuso here is not our neighbor to the east. It's Mexico.

In the past, many people said that Fuso was the Toei archipelago, but in fact it was wrong. In almost all the historical books before the Song Dynasty in China, the official name of the Dongying Islands is "Wa Guo", and the location of the Wa State is only in the "East China Sea of the Belt Fang", "more than 12,000 miles to the Belt Fang"; The distance of Fusang is more than 30,000 miles away from China after calculating the distance of historical materials. It's much farther away than the Wa Kingdom. It can be seen from this that the country where Huishen went to spread Buddhism was not the Wa Kingdom, but Mexico.

So who did Huishen find when he went to the Americas? Li Guo believes that they are also of Chinese descent. There have been Westerners who have written about it. To say that the primitive race of the Americans came from Europe is pure nonsense. Look at the Native Indians, who have an Oriental face, and say they are from Europe. I don't believe it when I killed Li Guo.

Second. Xu Fu, who helped Qin Shi Huang find the elixir of life, took 3,000 boys and girls to sea, which is very clearly recorded.

All these show that the Chinese seafaring career began very early.

The Chinese naval military power was also quite remarkable, and the most brilliant was Zheng He's fleet. It's just a pity that the scenery is not there.

At this time, the West's maritime hegemony was in full swing.

Listening to Ricci's introduction, Li Guo understood little by little.

Originally, Portugal was indeed the hegemon of the entire ocean. By the middle of the 16th century, the Portuguese overseas empire had reached its heyday.

Portugal had a large number of trading posts on the east coast of Africa and the east and west coasts of India. It controlled the Indian Ocean islands of Ceylon, Hormuz, Malacca, the Spice Islands, and Macau, and had a stronghold in the Wa Kingdom. A foothold has also been established in Brazil. control of commercial routes that span half the world,

But Portugal is too small after all, not as big as China, with more people. There are disadvantages to having more people, but there are also advantages, at least in terms of group fights, the side with more people still has an advantage.

The first thing Portugal suffers is the loss of few people. In 1610, Portugal had only 6,000 seafarers in the world, which was enough for men! There were so few personnel that they simply could handle all of its ships. Therefore, because there are few people, they can't control the situation, and they slowly lose their dominant position at sea.

Hearing Ricci Ricci's introduction here, Li couldn't help but nod his head, very good, I have enough people in Huaxia, and there are enough people.

So who is dominating the oceans now? According to Ricci, Li Guo understood, no! At that time, the naval strength of the West was very good, like England, Spain, and the Netherlands, all of which were maritime powers, but none of them became hegemons.

Li Guo was happy in his heart, and thanks to his own passage, it seemed that his task was very heavy.

However, how to arrange the next plan is also a difficult problem, and it still needs to be carefully considered.

Seeing that Ricci had finished speaking, Li Guo ordered someone to take him down, arrange wine and food, and entertain him and the Portuguese well.

Then, Li Guo stood up and looked at the hazy generals who were listening, Li Guo asked, "Did everyone understand just now?" ”

There was no sound from below.

After a while, Li Twelve asked, "Brother, you understand what you and that Ricci said, but what does it have to do with us?" Let's be an emperor in Huaxia and it's over, what's the use of caring about things in the sea! ”

Li Guo scolded, "Stupid, our generation can ignore it, don't we think about future generations?" In the future, we don't have a navy, we don't have a navy, what should we do with these fanyi? To build the entire seashore and turn it into another Great Wall? That's not good, that's called closing the country! ”

Li Guo glanced around, and then said, "You remember, in the future, the development of sailors and the importance of the sea must not be worse than that on land, and each of us must have this awareness before we can dominate the sea!" ”

"What are the benefits of dominating the sea? First, we will make money, and second, our territory will be bigger. When we are really strong enough, can we really achieve the king and hegemony in the sea, and the people who follow us will be sent out as long as they want, and they will all be a prince or something? A few islands, or a piece of land, are kings! Li Guo began to make promises again.

However, these guys didn't seem to be very interested, Li Twelve muttered and said, "Brother, it's really like that in the future, don't seal me out, I'll stay by your side." ”

Gu Ying, Niu Decao and others also stood up, and Luo Hu, Wang Si and others from the child soldiers also stood up and expressed their intention to stay by Li Guo's side.

Li Guo scolded angrily, "Don't fuck the calf, Lao Tzu rarely let you go, sue you, when the time comes, some people are willing to go!" ”

Liu Tichun also stood up and helped Li Guo scold these generals, "Shut up, do whatever the tiger master says, what nonsense to say!" Have you forgotten military discipline and obeyed the command in one qiē action? ”

These people were silent.

When these people retreated, Li Guo was worried, and everyone's understanding of the importance of the ocean was still not enough. Actually, Li Guo is a little redundant, and some things come naturally.

At this time, a giggling chuckle suddenly came from behind Li Guo, and when Li Guo turned around, he forgot about her.

The one who laughs is Liu Ruyi! (To be continued......)