Chapter 153: The Round-the-World Voyage Begins

A few months later, Zhao Yan led the family to the port to see off Zhao Jia, among which Yang Yan followed Cao Ying with a shy and reluctant face, a few days ago the doctor had diagnosed her pregnancy, which also made her very happy, but this was just pregnant, Zhao Jia was going to start his long-planned voyage around the world, as a wife, she would not stop her husband from fulfilling his wish, but would only support silently behind her back.

Zhao Jia stepped on the deck of the ship he was on at this time, and then turned his head to wave goodbye to his family on the dock, when he saw his parents and wife and children, he couldn't help but have an urge to stay, but thinking of the ambition he had set since he was a child, and the preparations he had made for the round-the-world voyage over the years, he finally made him ruthless, but he also secretly swore in his heart that after the end of this round-the-world voyage, he would never go to sea again, and he would spend his life at home with his parents, wife and children in the future.

Zhao Yan on the dock looked at the son of Yushu Linfeng at the bow of the boat, and his eyes couldn't help but overflow with tears, although he had already agreed to Zhao Jia to sail around the world, but when he thought of the dangers that might be encountered during the voyage, he still couldn't help but be very worried, and even wanted to regret letting Zhao Jia stay, but in the end he couldn't help but didn't speak.

"Father, son is gone, you will have to worry about the affairs of Europe!" At this time, Zhao Jia on the deck solemnly saluted Zhao Yan, and then said loudly.

"Go ahead, be careful along the way, put your own safety first, your mother and I are here waiting for you to come back!" Zhao Yan also said loudly at this time, although the round-the-world voyage is very meaningful, but in his opinion, nothing is as important as his son's safety, which is also something he has repeatedly advised.

Next, Zhao Jia saluted Cao Ying and the others to say goodbye, and the other people who participated in the voyage were also saying goodbye to their families and friends. Because this voyage is full of unknown dangers, no one even knows when they will return. However, it is precisely because of this that the people who participated in this voyage were all voluntary, these people were all gathered by Zhao Jia little by little in the past, and they were all the same as Zhao Jia, full of curiosity about the world. So no matter how great the danger is in the future, they will never back down.

After a sad farewell, the morning sun has also hung in the eastern sky, so Zhao Jia and their fleet around the world finally set sail slowly, this time Zhao Jia's fleet is all sailboats, because they have to go through a long voyage, and it is likely that they will not be able to find fuel replenishment on the road, so the steamship cannot be used at all.

In addition, although the number of people participating in this round-the-world voyage was voluntary, it was not small. There are twelve large ships in the entire fleet, and the number of people in the fleet is more than 1,000, half of whom are from the navy, these naval officers are the core strength of the fleet, and at the same time, the fleet has quite strong force, even if it encounters pirates, there is no need to worry, so the only thing that worries people is the harsh natural conditions on the sea. After all, who knows what they will encounter at sea?

Zhao Yan watched his son's fleet leave, and waited until the fleet slowly disappeared ******. Only then did she help Cao Ying go back, but Cao Ying was already crying silently, although she was more enlightened than Zhao Yan, but women are emotional animals after all, and intellectual support cannot completely replace emotional sadness, in fact, she almost didn't sleep all night last night. Instead, he was busy preparing clothes and supplies for Zhao Jia's long journey, and together with the things prepared by Yang Yan this morning, it took two carriages to transport them to the ship.

After sending his son away, Zhao Yan continued to consolidate his rule over the Holy Roman Empire, although he forced the great nobles to surrender their fiefs and armies. But it is not easy to fully accept these fiefs and armies, not to mention that there are some nobles who are not dead hearted, and they are still active frequently in private, so we must not underestimate the energy of these people, after all, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty in Europe is still shallow, and on the surface, under the name of Agnes, it can only be fooled for a while, and now most people already know that behind Agnes is the Great Song Dynasty, and the Holy Roman Empire has been completely controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention anything else, just among the officials sent to various places, most of them are Song people.

It is precisely because of this that those who are unwilling to fail within the Holy Roman Empire also claim that this is a foreign invasion, and like Attila, the whip of God, it is the invasion of the yellow race against the European white race, and they must completely enslave them, so they must unite to resist and drive the Song people out of the territory of Europe, only in this way can they get rid of the slavery of the yellow race and gain freedom.

The above propaganda actually has a certain sense of alienism, but it is a pity that the ordinary people here in Europe basically have no culture, and they were exploited by the Holy See, the empire and the aristocracy in the past, and their lives were extremely difficult, and now the arrival of the Song people has greatly improved their lives, which also makes ordinary people have a good impression of the Song people, so the racial theory declared by those reactionary aristocrats does not have much market, so they are destined to become nothing atmospheric.

In addition to the enemies within the empire, the Holy Roman Empire also faced diplomatic problems with other countries in Europe, although the Holy Roman Empire was strong, but Europe was not the only country in the Holy Roman Empire, there were other kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, etc., and the original Kingdom of England was also an independent kingdom, only because of little Henry, it was captured by the Holy Roman Empire.

Of course, those kingdoms in Europe are generally not strong, and the threat to the Holy Roman Empire is not great, even the Kingdom of Hungary, which has the largest land area, is less than half of the Holy Roman Empire, and the military operations of Zhao Jia and Zhao Yan within the empire before have also greatly deterred the surrounding countries, so these countries do not dare to provoke the Holy Roman Empire easily, not to mention that there is a more powerful and mysterious Great Song Empire behind this powerful empire.

However, Europe is not only those small kingdoms, there is also a powerful empire that cannot be ignored, that is, the ancient and long-standing Eastern Roman Empire, strictly speaking, the Eastern Roman Empire is not a pure European country, nearly half of their country's territory belongs to Asia Minor in Asia, and for the sake of the competition for this territory, as well as differences in beliefs, they and the countries of Central Asia are constantly at war, the Persian Empire has fallen, and the more powerful Arab Empire has stood up again, It was not easy to wait until the Arab Empire was divided, and as a result, another Seljuk Empire rose, and whether it was the Eastern Roman Empire or the Seljuk Empire, it was a big threat to the Holy Roman Empire controlled by Zhao Yan and them. (To be continued.) )