Chapter Twenty-Five: From Aircraft Carriers Hundreds of Years Ago
The long history of China has left countless regrets and countless places that make future generations sigh.
In modern times, what China deplored the most was Zheng He's trip to the West, which was supposed to open the prelude to the glorious era of China, but ended in nothing.
And this has led to the treasure ship being dyed with countless mystical colors in it.
It's a pity that a fire destroyed the drawings of the treasure ship, and also wiped out all the Chinese people's thoughts about the treasure ship, and they can only find the slightest trace in the sporadic ancient books.
However, at this moment, the scientific research team unexpectedly came with news from Africa that a shipwreck suspected of being a treasure ship had been found in the northern part of the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
This made the entire archaeological community can't help but fry.
It's not just a matter of the treasure ship, but more importantly, the treasure ship was found at the Cape of Good Hope.
As we all know, Zheng He did not arrive at the Cape of Good Hope when he went to the Western Ocean, which has also become a pity for countless people, but at this moment, Zheng He's sea ship to the Western Ocean was found in the northern part of the Cape of Good Hope, which is not surprising.
For a while, in the entire territory of China, a famous archaeologist and a historian couldn't help but be restless at this moment.
Soon, an unusually large archaeological team organized by the Chinese government, as well as a salvage team, were formed.
Soon the procession was heading towards the Cape of Good Hope.
A month later.
The expedition fleet arrives at the Cape of Good Hope.
A series of probing began.
With more professional equipment and more professional technology, the entire submarine shipwreck will soon have clearer data presentation.
And when this new data was presented, the entire scientific research fleet couldn't help but be shocked.
"140 meters long and about 60 meters wide!"
"Oh my God, this, this!"
"It's so big!"
One after another exclamations arose, even from the data of the Jiaolong, they could understand that the wreck in front of them was extremely huge.
But at this moment, when the complete data was presented, everyone couldn't help but be surprised.
A behemoth with a length of 140 meters and a width of about 60 meters sank directly to the bottom of the sea, like a wooden aircraft carrier.
You must know that today's international aircraft carriers are divided into large and light, light aircraft carriers are more than 100 meters long and dozens of meters wide, in terms of volume, this shipwreck is equivalent to a modern light aircraft carrier, which is simply incredible.
I can't even understand that this is a wooden sea ship.
If this is indeed a treasure ship, it will be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in human history.
Zheng He's treasure ship will also set a new record for the largest wooden sailing ship.
You must know that more than 80 years after Zheng He went to the West, the Columbus fleet in the Atlantic Ocean was only composed of three sailing ships, and the largest Santa Maria had a displacement of only 120 tons, while Zheng He's treasure ship had a displacement nearly 100 times larger than Columbus's flagship, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.
The two are not at the same conceptual level at all.
Not to mention how significant it is for such a treasure ship to appear at the Cape of Good Hope.
Maybe the whole history will be completely rewritten.
And this moment undoubtedly made them even more excited.
In the midst of this excitement, the progress of underwater archaeology has undoubtedly become more rapid.
In less than ten days, the sludge from the huge wreck had been cleaned up, and the entire hull was gradually revealing its original appearance.
And the moment they saw the hull, the eyes of all the experts lit up.
Completely different from the structure of Western sailing ships, the unique structure of Chinese sailing ships seems to prove the identity of this sea ship to everyone.
Not to mention that there are enough objects on it to prove their identity.
"Treasure Ship!"
"This is really a treasure ship!"
"Sixty-two treasure ships, the largest one is forty-four zhang long and eighteen zhang wide"
Someone muttered to himself, and involuntarily read out the historical record of the treasure ship.
It can be said that there has been a lot of debate about treasure ships since ancient times.
Some people say that Zheng He's treasure ship is the general name of the sea ships in Zheng He's Western fleet, and Zheng He's fleet is composed of a variety of ships of different types, different scales, and different purposes, which are collectively called Zheng He's treasure ships.
Some people also say that Zheng He's treasure ship is actually not that big, but it is just exaggerated.
However, at this moment, when the style that belongs to the construction of Chinese sea ships is unique, and the cultural relics that are sunk at the bottom of the sea are presented, these arguments are naturally not arguments at all.
Because at this moment the real treasure ship appeared.
Towards China, and even the whole world, it proves his enormity.
And this is undoubtedly a carnival in the world of archaeology.
At least at this moment, the entire research fleet is undoubtedly crazy.
Excitement, ecstasy, and irrepressible surprise appeared on everyone's countenance.
And the news quickly spread back to China.
And such news also instantly stunned the entire country.
No one thought that in this far west, where the Cape of Good Hope, which was almost impossible for Zheng He to reach, would find Zheng He's treasure ship.
A treasure ship that can only be glimpsed vaguely in the literature.
This is undoubtedly a bombshell.
Soon, one by one, media people began to write manuscripts quickly.
It's just obvious that Jiang Chen doesn't know these things at this moment.
For more than a month, he was still chatting nonsense in various groups.
Occasionally, in the emperor's chat group, he communicated with Zhu Di, Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Yu, the emperor of the late Song Dynasty.
Gradually, he also got used to chatting in the group.
After all, there are still very few groups of this kind of serious exchange history.
In particular, he also discovered that although Zhu Di and Zhao Yu had less knowledge, their thinking was extremely sharp, and they were even enough to grasp some key points that he couldn't grasp.
There are even some things that can be perfected on it.
A group that can refine his ideas and accept the output of his ideas obviously doesn't get much more interesting than this.
"Old Zhu, you must know that although Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mongolia are in vain, at least the last two are in vain, rather than blindly brute force, it is better to come together with economic and military means."
"Yes, just like the Nanyang, the Ming can first conquer by force, and then let the Mongols provide cattle and sheep, and even wool, the Ming Dynasty traded in currency, and the Mongols then used currency to trade the necessary living materials, which can not only solve the northern border troubles, but also provide a steady stream of textile materials if the industrial revolution in the future."
At this moment, in the chat group, Jiang Chen was constantly typing words.
At this moment he even discussed the problem of the northern nomads.
As an ancient dynasty, the issue of nomads was almost unavoidable, and the same was true of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the issue of the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, modern people have countless views, and Jiang Chen also has them.
When Ming Chengzu Zhu Di described Zhu Di's expedition to Mongolia, Jiang Chen couldn't help but interject.