Bai Tu was not worried about the Mayan civilization, which would be strong enough to contend with the Chu State...... Even if it's just a navy.

Although the Mayan civilization, in the Neolithic Age, has indeed figured out the "flowers", but after all, it is only the Neolithic Age.

It's like a monk in the world of cultivating immortals, who has been stuck in the Jindan period for thousands of years......

This is also why there are often good deeds in later generations, preaching things such as "the Maya did what modern people could not do" - because in contrast, the ancient civilizations of Asia, Africa and Europe "quickly" entered the Bronze Age, and it is normal for the Neolithic technology to be studied as deeply as the Maya.

If modern people can only use the means of Neolithic civilization, it is indeed difficult to achieve the same level.

After all, what can be easily done with metal, no one will study how to achieve it with Neolithic means, let alone steam, electricity......

If it were in the world of cultivation, the title of this kind of article would have been something like this - shock! The oldest Jindan monk actually has the aura of a half-step Yuan Infant, and the genius of God Transformation can't do it after he proclaimed himself Yuan Infant! The researcher in the Qi cultivation period next door suspects that he is a descendant of the Heavenly Immortals!

Just like now that Chu State's running has entered the "True Qi Machine Era", it will also miss a lot of skills that would have appeared in the Iron Age.

For example, the emergence of cement is destined to greatly inhibit the development of rammed earth walls, but ...... In essence, it is undoubtedly a bang.

Historically, before the Industrial Revolution, there was still a big gap between the achievements of the West in the period of agricultural civilization and the East, but it did not affect the suppression brought about by the comprehensive breakthrough in all aspects after the emergence of the generation gap, until the East also entered the industrial civilization.

Bai Tu does not believe in any extraterrestrial civilization theory, and his only expectation is ...... I hope that the Mayans also have a castle princess, so that it will be easier to communicate.

Theoretically, during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there were also city concubines, but it was only at the level of "legends", such as "it is said" that the Yellow Emperor tribe was upgraded to the Nine Heavens Xuannu that it gained the advantage against the Dongyi Alliance.

There is no special study, and no one has thought about why there is a castle hime, after all, for the people of the castle world, "castle queen" is like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, which is part of the laws of nature, and no one can say exactly when it was born and what the principle is......

"In other words, according to the 'earth theory', if I continue to go east, I will be able to come back, right?" Gan Ning thought about it and said.

"No, unless you're prepared to carve out a big wooden boat in the Golden State, or go around the huge Golden State, you can't continue east...... It's not something to be ventured on, and if you want to sail around the world, try heading west next time. Bai Tu specifically warned.

The earth theory was not specially thrown out by Bai Tu, but one of the hypotheses put forward by the doctors of the Ministry of Industry and widely recognized within the Ministry of Industry.

After it was published in the newspaper "Science", it sparked a debate among the people, and judging by the reaction of the residents of Jinling, most of the people must not believe it.

It's just that the state of Chu has always not armed itself with those mysterious and mysterious things, but emphasized with the eight policies for the founding of the country that the legal rationality of the state of Chu comes from the people of Chu.

Bai Tu never said that he was the incarnation of a black dragon and the incarnation of a divine object, and the only one who was compared to the father of the king of Chu was Chu Min.

"Heaven and man induction" and the like, in Chu State, it is even more "incorrect in the court", and now no one dares to mention it in the official face.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if it causes controversy, after all, it is just a folk cannon, whether it is the earth theory or the heaven and the earth theory, it has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the Chu State, and there is no need to worry about any turmoil.

However, if Ganning wants to verify that if he completes the circumnavigation of the world by heading all the way east, he needs to bypass South America and take the route from the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica.

That is, to reverse Magellan's route......

In contrast, it is obviously more convenient to go west next time, go to the Atlantic, bypass Africa, and land in the Americas from the Caribbean side - as long as you can join up with the pioneer forces remaining in the Golden State later, even if you have indirectly completed the round-the-world voyage, you don't have to die!

The scale of this trip to the Golden State was the largest overseas exploration of the Navy, just in case, and in the end, the Sixth Ministry and the Privy Council tried their best to suppress the number of accompanying "pioneer troops".

If the Golden State can be discovered and returned safely, it will not be too late to send a large number of pioneer troops and escort them with naval escort.

However, with Gan Ning's plan, as long as it is not too miserable when he arrives, a considerable part of the navy will definitely be left behind!

"Don't worry, as the Governor of the Navy, I have always been a cautious person." Gan Ning said with a smile.

Although he knew Gan Ning and would not easily drop the chain, but when he heard Gan Ning say this, Bai Tu still had the idea of writing a guarantee letter according to him.

Once arriving, although it is necessary to explore the Golden State, it is mainly about food supplies and crop collection.

After all, it is only two or three months at most, and there is not much information and harvest to be explored......

Even if you can't find the natives of the Golden State who have reached a certain level of civilization, Gan Ning may come back directly, and the exploration will continue with a part of the navy that remains behind.

This kind of possibility is not nothing, after all, the Mayan civilization is mainly concentrated in the middle of the Golden State like a "bee's waist", and the northern continent and the southern continent are not too involved.

If the landing site is too different, it is very likely that Ganning will not be able to find the Mayans......

Once this happens, it is difficult for some strong people to search for wild corn and cotton all over the mountains.

Now Bai Tu's obsession with corn has become a lot more indifferent, after all, ...... With the amount of farmland in the Chu State, as well as the continuous improvement of the level of agriculture, the cultivation of rice and wheat is also very fragrant, and considering the nature of corn, even if there are seeds back, it is only more important for the development of animal husbandry.

Although the grain yield of corn is higher than that of rice and wheat, in terms of providing calories and protein, the value per unit weight is much smaller than that of rice and wheat, and it is more difficult to process......

After all, in later generations, corn is the "most weight-losing staple food", with lower calories, protein, and fat than rice and wheat, and dietary fiber is several times that of rice and wheat!

Except for some fine varieties, most of the other corn is used to feed pigs.

With the momentum of Chu State's current promotion of the "Pan Zhenqi Plan", it is also very important for corn to be used to feed pigs, and even in some places, rice and wheat are already used to feed pigs, which is too inefficient.

However, after all, it belongs to the category of "improving the quality of life", and it is not an urgent need.

In contrast, the cotton of the Golden State is much more important.

Although going to the southwest at this time, it is theoretically possible to go to the "body poison" to take Asian cotton, but in comparison, American cotton is more conducive to the play of the textile machine, and the effect of keeping out the cold is better.

In the history without the white chart effect, Asian cotton was introduced to China in the Song Dynasty, and American cotton, or upland cotton, was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty.

It was also from the beginning of the introduction that upland cotton began to almost completely replace Asian cotton, and the global output of Asian cotton in later generations accounted for only 2% of all cotton.

As for now......

The loom is only used to weave hemp, which is difficult to give full play to its advantages, and the brocade can only be a high-end route, which is of little significance to completely change people's lives.

Of course...... Ganning would not approve of this, Ganning's dream is that everyone can afford to wear brocade, and more importantly...... I hope everyone can learn how to distinguish which brocade is more noble!

After having upland cotton, even if the breeding is still very rudimentary, it is upland cotton after all, and it can begin to give full play to the advantages of the textile machine, which can be said to be an artifact of "shortening the winter" for the people at this time.

Before there was no cotton, the south was not very cold, so let's not mention it, and the props to keep out the cold in the north were generally quilts and stoves.

Rich people burn more advanced, ordinary people burn low-level, real cold areas, cats still want cats in winter.

This is true even in the northeastern part of the river, just for a shorter time.

That's why people don't want to fight in winter......

And just after the winter, the combat effectiveness of the army is generally very worrying - because the amount of training in winter is often seriously insufficient.

One cat after another has been in winter for a few months, what combat power is there to speak of?

However, if there is a mature cotton weaving industry, ordinary people can effectively fight winter!

Not only useful for the "north" in the sense of the Central Plains, but even ...... If you make good use of it, you can completely change the people's views on the "bitter cold places" such as Heshuo and Liaodong.

Only by doing this step now can we verify the value of "whether the 'black soil' in northeastern Liaoning has been formed".

With the climate where there is still snow in March, there is no effective and popular means of keeping out the cold, and any land is in vain!

As for going to the "body poison" to take Asian cotton to deal with it first?

Bai Tu also tried, after all, from Shu to the body poison, there was a business in the Western Han Dynasty, but it was a pity that no one brought the cotton back......

However, even if the state of Chu entrusts, the cycle of this trade road is too long, and Yizhou is still occupied by "chaotic ministers and thieves", and the caravan entrusted by the state of Chu has no news now, and the efficiency is probably not as good as taking the sea route to the Golden State.

After all, the only "enemy" of Chu in terms of navy and sea route expansion is nature.

As for the enemy......

Even if someone has to be an enemy, like the general of the dog slave country...... It's all stacked on top of each other, and there's not a single Bajun that can fight yet!

Put the Yizhou army ...... No, throwing the Jiangzhou Army of Ba County to the Golden State has no reason to lose.

This is one of the reasons why Gan Ning has been getting more and more bored lately - he now has less and less common language with other generals who are not directly under the Navy.

After all, for other generals, the Han Dynasty and the Wei State in the north of the Chu State, even the Shu Marquis Mansion in the west, and even the weak, pitiful and closed Jiaozhou in the south......

If there is more or less to go to war, there is also some pressure, especially the Han court and the Wei state.

And Gan Ning went to Yizhou, Zhouhu, Bozhou, and fried seafood peninsula all day long......

Fight? What to fight?

In terms of land battle command, Gan Ning has also become a "vegetable" visible to the naked eye, and he doesn't even have the mind to simulate a sand table......