"Daochang Chen, this time the trip is across the ocean, but there are many tribulations, can you prepare all the questions?" Wang Ze supported Liu Qing, who insisted on coming to see him off, and asked Chen Duan, who was also supporting the old man.

Even though he was about to leave the East China Sea and sail towards the other side of the ocean, Wang Ze still looked relaxed when he saw Chen Duan, so Wang Ze was very curious, didn't this brother have a little pressure in his heart?

Wang Ze was very worried about this voyage, but under Chen Duan's repeated emphasis and request, he provided the best ten ships and selected more than 1,000 entourage, including 800 sailors, some doctors, some agronomists, and some teachers and students of the biology department of the College of Science.

Although Wang Ze has provided the best logistical support according to his own ability, but in the face of the unknown in the ocean, Wang Ze still does not dare to say that he can guarantee that these people can come back safely, this time it is not only an operation organized by Chen Duan to spread the Daomen, but also responsible for the mission entrusted by Wang Ze to investigate the Americas.

If this operation fails, it will not only greatly affect Wang Ze's future overseas strategic layout, but also affect the needs of Wang Ze's many industrial constructions, and I don't know when it will be when he will organize another voyage next time.

Not only Wang Ze was worried, but even Liu Qing looked at Chen Duan with great concern, he couldn't know much about his own disciple, he was not only extremely curious since he was a child, but also very adventurous, and extremely assertive, so even in the face of the sword mountain and the sea of fire, he was extremely calm.

But this time is different from the past, in the past, Chen Duan was running alone in the north and south, coupled with his strong martial arts, he could run to the mountains and forests to hide at any time after encountering danger, but in the vast sea, in the face of monstrous waves, no matter how high your martial arts are, there is nowhere to hide!

In addition, this time, Chen Duan was not alone, but there were ten ships, so Liu Qing was very worried: "The water above the ocean is impermanent, although you are well-informed, you still listen to the opinions of sailors at sea, after all, they have more experience in sailing at sea all year round!" ”

Regarding Wang Ze and Liu Qing's worries, Chen Duan smiled very easily: "Master, little marquis, don't worry, we have made all the preparations, today the fleet set off from Pingyang County and went north along the coast, and after resting for two days on Whale Island, we will follow the Kuril Islands, Elephant Island (Kamchatka), and the Northland Islands (Aleutian Islands) all the way to the eastern continent!" ”

Elephant Island is the Kamchatka Peninsula in later generations, but at this time, because the first fishermen who discovered it thought it was a huge island when they sailed, and there were many fat walruses along the coast, so a large number of fishermen often came here to catch walruses, so it was called Elephant Island.

The Aleutian Islands, known as the North-Zemlya archipelago, were discovered by chance by the whaling fleet of Whale Island while chasing whales, and although they did not continue to explore eastward, the fleet also set up bases on the islands, and some of the islands also used natural harbors to build certain docks.

Wang Ze nodded and said, "Yes, yes, there was a supply base set up by the Whale Island whaling fleet on the Northland Islands before!" Once you get there, you'll be able to walk east along the island chain to the opposite continent, and the only thing you need to watch out for is the reefs, storms, and fog in the waters around the Northland archipelago! ”

Chen Duan said with a smile: "Yes, everyone has made so many preparations for us, how can we not go over, when we reach the opposite continent, as long as we walk along the coastline, we can make a living just by fishing, and we can also go ashore regularly to replenish supplies!" ”

Chen Duan's plan was very thorough, and Wang Ze was relieved after hearing it, but he thought about it and asked: "Although this is the case, you have to take into account the bad weather such as storms on the way, and it is very likely that you will be trapped in a harbor somewhere, so you must bring enough food supplies!" ”

"Haha, enough is enough!" Chen Duan said with a smile, "Not only do we bring enough food to eat for nearly half a year, but when we arrive at Whale Island, we can also replenish some fish floss from somewhere, and we can also kill whales as food when we pass through the Northland Islands!" And the continent across the ocean is also rich in products, enough to replenish! ”

On this voyage, all kinds of people plus dozens of Taoist priests organized by Chen Duan added up to a huge expedition team of 1,500 people, and the accompanying ships not only carried enough grain to be edible for half a year, but also a large number of carrots, oranges, tea, mung beans, soybeans and other vitamin-supplementing vegetables and beans.

Liu Qing was supported by the two, but his body was still strong, he listened to the conversation between Wang Ze and Chen Duan and finally gradually relaxed, but he still pulled his youngest disciple Chen Duan and instructed: "Although the people of Fusang are descendants of the White Emperor and Miao, they have been unable to speak for thousands of years since they wandered away from the Central Plains. ”

Parents are always very worried about their children's travels, although Chen Duan is only Liu Qing's disciple, but because Liu Qing has never married a wife in his life, there is no difference between him and his son, especially in the past two years, Liu Qing always feels that his health has begun to be worse than before, and he is even more worried that he can't live and wait for Chen Duan to come back!

Looking at Liu Qing's beard and hair, which had all turned white, Chen Duanchang knelt down and wept and said: "Master, if the disciple goes, it will be a year and a half soon, and three years if he is slow, he will definitely return!" Please also take care of your body and wait quietly for the apprentice to return as soon as possible! ”

The fleet consisted of ten large ships, so it still needed an experienced but good enough naval general to lead, and finally Wang Ze selected Mi Ke, the captain of the accompanying school who was originally stationed on Hai'an Island (Tsushima), as the leader, if he could return safely, it would be a great credit. Three-two

For Mi Ke Wang Ze is repeatedly advised, this time the most important responsibility for the voyage is Mi Ke, he is not only responsible for all the safety of the fleet, but also all the organizational activities are his finishing touches, and every member of the fleet is very precious, once lost is a great loss.

"Captain Mi, this time on this voyage, I'd rather be slower than safety first, after you set off for a while, I will let the whaling fleet further east to increase the port stronghold, if you encounter any big problems, you will rush back, don't take risks!"

As soon as Wang Ze finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, so he told again: "There is still a large continent thousands of miles south of Fusang, but there is a strange tree on the east coast of this continent, once the bark is cut, it will flow out of viscous white sap, you must find the sapling of this kind of tree and bring it back!" ”

Although it is strange for the little marquis to repeatedly emphasize that he wants to bring this kind of tree back, but in line with his trust in Wang Ze, Mi Ke secretly kept Wang Ze's advice in mind, maybe these trees are really important, otherwise how would the little marquis know that there is such a tree even though he has not been there?

Thinking of this, Mi Ke secretly admired, the little marquis really deserves to be a fairy child, obviously he has never been out, but he knows many things on the continent on the other side of the ocean, thinking of this, Mi Ke is even more serious about Wang Ze's explanation in his heart.

Seeing that the time was not early, Chen Duan personally led the Taoist priests to do the rituals, and then bid farewell to everyone and boarded the boat, and the fleet soon headed towards the north and quickly disappeared in the eyes of everyone.

Watching the fleet gradually move away, Wang Ze was speechless for a long time.

"Little Hou Ye, the kind of white glue tree you want people to look for is really that heavy?" Seeing the distant fleet gradually disappearing in front of him, Yang Ku beside Wang Ze asked with some doubts, and at this time, even Liu Xin, who has always been known to have read more than 10,000 books, listened with curiosity.

Wang Ze looked at a few people around him who were curious to look at, and then said with a smile: "This kind of tree is much more important than you think, this thing is similar to eucommia gum, but it is far better than eucommia gum, and many of our things will use this thing in the future, so it's a good thing to get it back early!" ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zexiao looked at Liu Xin and Yang Ku and said: "Mr. Liu, now the development of Beji Land has entered a critical moment, and the population of all parts of the Tongjiang River is almost 300,000 people, I am ready to set up counties on the basis of each city, and then set up Jiangzhou Left-behind Mansion, I don't know if Mr. is willing to take on this big responsibility?" ”

thought that Liu Xin would inevitably agree, but who knew that Liu Xin shook his head and refused Wang Ze's appointment after glancing at Yang Ku.

He shook his head and said: "Little Marquis, Mr. Yang and I have also discussed this matter these days, not only should the Jiangzhou Left-behind Mansion not be established, but even the Donghai Left-behind Mansion should be revoked!" Now my East China Sea has a population of millions, thousands of miles of places, and dozens of cities, even in the Central Plains, it is also a big country! But until now, the little marquis has never established a country and established a national name! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Ku and Liu Xin looked solemn, and bowed down together and said: "Therefore, the two of us are here to advise the little marquis to officially establish the country, the founding name, and the capital of the country, so as to correct the name of my Xia Kingdom in the East China Sea!" ”

In the final analysis, the Chinese have always paid attention to a proper name, but Wang Ze's side has only called the East China Sea Xia Kingdom to the outside world from the beginning, and Wang Ze, as the supreme ruler, only calls himself a marquis, so many people are very difficult to say when dealing with outsiders.

Hearing the advice of the two, Wang Ze was a little hesitant, because after all, there was still his father Wang Yong, and it was not good for him to ascend the throne and claim the throne like this, and in the past two years, Wang Ze invited Wang Yong to come to the East China Sea several times, but Wang Yong refused.

Just when Wang Ze hesitated, Liu Qingdao said: "Little Marquis, although the old man is a person outside the world, but he also knows the truth of righteousness, in the past, we only had hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the East China Sea, and they were all villagers from Changguang County and Sanqi, and they had the experience of sharing weal and woe, so it was no problem to be the king at that time."

But now we have more than 2 million people in the East China Sea, not only many people in the Han people have not had the same experience of weal and sorrow, but also there are a large number of naturalized people and naturalized natives under our rule. ”

Liu Qing's words can be said to have reached Wang Ze's heart, but Wang Ze still hesitated, seeing that Wang Ze was slow to express his position, Liu Xin and Yang Ku glanced at each other, and the two shouted together: "Please also ask Xiahou to call Wang Jianji!" Prosper my East China Sea Xia Kingdom! ”

The two shouted like this, and the surrounding officials, generals and a large number of soldiers also heard it, so these people also shouted: "Please also ask Xiahou to be the king!" Prosper my East China Sea Xia Kingdom! ”

"Please also ask Xiahou to call the king the system! Prosper my East China Sea Xia Kingdom! ”