As the ship sailed on the Atlantic Ocean, Zai Chun saw a scene that surprised him even more. The scene here was different from that of the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and Asia. This was the center of world shipping.
Zaichun had seen the prosperity of Europe and the development of the navigation industry in the Mediterranean before. Unfortunately, the layout of the Mediterranean was still too small, and the countries along the Mediterranean were not wealthy enough, and many countries were not highly industrialized.
Where Zai Chun saw mostly fishing boats, small merchant ships of less than 100 tons, and a large number of private aristocratic yachts, the Mediterranean Sea was more like a pond for Europeans.
But the Atlantic Ocean is different. It has the main waterways of North America, South America, and Africa. This is Europe's earliest backyard.
This is the starting point for Europeans to explore the ocean. The earliest direction of colonization was North and South America and Africa. During the Spanish rule, countless gold, silver, ivory, coffee, sugar, wood, and various precious goods were transported across the Atlantic for European consumption.
Before the opening of the Suez Canal, Europeans who wanted to sail to Asia had to go around the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa. At that time, the Cape of Good Hope was not called this name. The Europeans named it the very terrifying Cape of Storms. Countless exploration ships Where to be buried.
It is conceivable that if you want to challenge that dangerous route and pull more goods from the colonies, the tonnage of the sea-going ships will not be enough.
Entering the Atlantic Ocean, Zai Chun really opened his eyes. More than half of the vast sea were huge sailing merchant ships with a displacement of more than a thousand tons. The entire sail of the three-masted sailboat was spread higher than the battle mast of the Zhiyuan.
Some merchant ships were already approaching the battleships in size, and they were moving like mountains on the waterway, overwhelming them.
"God, there are so many such big merchant ships?" Zai Chun couldn't help but exclaimed. In front of his eyes, the ships formed a river one after another.
Xiao Letian smiled and put his arm around his shoulders and said, "This is already the coastal waters of Portugal, and just ahead is the Bay of Biscay. Basically, the waterways of South America and Africa meet here..."
"This is like the traffic flow of several streets suddenly converging on one avenue. Can you say it can't be too much? But that's fine. Let you see the real Europe. Let you see what happened in the past four hundred years. what are you doing!"
"What we Chinese people have lost in the sea, they have not lost it. Instead, they have persisted day by day, made breakthroughs year by year, and transformed from a poor man into a tall, rich and handsome man!"
"Open your eyes! Chinese people, please open your eyes. Don't close your doors and think that you are the center of the world. It is no longer the center of the world!"
At this moment, a British merchant ship a hundred meters away discovered the Zhiyuan in the combined fleet and also discovered the temporarily hoisted Golden Dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty.
"Look... it's the envoy from the East! The Emperor of China is here... We've caught up with this event! Long live..."
The whistle suddenly sounded across the sea, and the sailors on the deck and mast waved desperately. They were paying respect to the emperor in the far east.
The strange behavior of a merchant ship immediately affected all the cargo ships on the entire route. This made the entire waterway lively and turned into a sea of cheers.
I have to say that the ancient people were simple. They did not have TV or the Internet to instill miscellaneous things into them. Their thoughts were simpler. They did not understand the fight between emperors and generals, nor could they hear or see it. They only knew about the battleships on the opposite side. The one on board is the emperor of the mysterious East.
He is the supreme ruler of a thousand-year-old country, and he is also the first Chinese king to visit Europe in human history... These are enough. This is the reason for people to respect him, simple and pure.
There are more and more whistles on the sea, and there are already more greetings than the flag bearer can translate. The cheers can be heard clearly from hundreds of meters away, coming one after another like ocean waves.
Zai Chun could no longer control his emotions at this time. His face turned red as if he was yelling, but Da Si Xi held the little emperor's hand tightly and said, "Calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down... Those are just common people." Ah, you have to hold on!"
"Have you seen it? My Ama, Ama, have you seen it in the sky? Our son is treated so politely in Europe, and even the Europeans support us so much..."
"I! I am appointed by heaven! Aixinjueluo is the master of destiny! We took the wrong path before, and we were all deceived by those Confucian scholars..."
"The country should not be closed to the outside world. Why didn't our Qing Dynasty build a navy and rush out? Mistakes, they are all mistakes... I want to reverse this mistake, and I want to be the master of the resurgence of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Listen, listen! Even the Europeans are cheering for me, and they are praising me... I am indeed very popular, and I am indeed the True Dragon Emperor! Hahaha..."
Zai Chun was already a little crazy at this moment. Xiao Letian looked at him blankly. He suddenly found that this apprentice was a little afraid to recognize him.
Since taking him out of Sijiu City, Zai Chun has not called himself me for a long time. He has always called himself me.
Today, the Europeans' fanatical welcome has awakened some sleeping genes in his bloodline. The dragon clan is still a dragon clan. Although it is small, the dragon power will also wake up one day.
Da Sixi almost cried. His responsibility was to be responsible for the etiquette of the little emperor. If anything disrespectful happened, Da Sixi would be the first to be skinned and cramped when he returned to the Forbidden City.
This is not an adjective. Once he fails to complete the task of his fourth birthday, he may really be skinned alive and thrown into a manure pit and drowned alive.
He was scared when he thought of this. Da Sixi could only turn his eyes to Xiao Letian for help. At this moment, only the head of state could calm the little emperor.
Now the sea is full of European ships, including warships and merchant ships. Spanking in public is absolutely not allowed, and slapping is even more unacceptable.
Relying on words to persuade? Da Sixi has already tried it, and it is obvious that Zai Chun is too excited at the moment, and his ears have begun to reject different sounds.
Xiao Letian took half a step back, looked at the thick flesh of Zai Chun's butt, stretched out his hand and pinched it.
Just pinch a little of the skin, and then twist it hard. "What are you thinking about? Calm down!"
"Hiss... Ouch!" Zai Chun screamed and then suddenly turned around and shouted viciously.
"Who! So brave..."
With these words, the entire ship's bow fell silent, and even Xiao Letian was stunned, because at that moment he saw a trace of ruthlessness in Zai Chun's eyes, like a wounded lone wolf, full of cruelty.
"It's me...what do you want? What can you do? What do you dare to do?" Xiao Letian said coldly.
The redness on Zai Chun's face suddenly receded like a tide, and he returned to his previous humble appearance and said with a low eyebrow, "It turns out to be the master, I thought it was the slave Da Sixi...hehehe , Did I just lose my temper?"
Da Sixi's face turned pale with fright, but he still had to reach this level. "Your Majesty... you don't need to wave, just nod at those foreign devils... nod..."
Da Sixi's palms and back were covered in cold sweat, cold and slippery!
