"Dongzhou! Dongzhou! Dongzhou..."
Amidst cheers, the bow of the treasure ship "Destiny" plowed through a white wave and sailed straight into the English Seaport.
The deck was filled with passengers and sailors who had been at sea for more than two months and almost three months. Everyone cheered loudly at the rolling hills on both sides of the English Seaport - no matter what the future holds, they finally see land now. Got it!
Zhao Lun and Sheng Xin were also standing on the back deck of a 2,000-material sailboat named Treasure Ship No. 66.
Xinzhou Emperor Zhao Lun didn't know whether he was homesick or was shocked by the magnificent mountains and rivers that belonged to him before him. Tears filled his eyes at this time.
Sheng Xin, who was standing with Zhao Lun, did not cry. He had been to the New World.
In fact, he was the one who discovered the New World! At least in the history of the future, only Sheng Xin discovered the New World, and there was no discovery of the New World by Columbus. More than ten years ago, he led two sailing ships across the ocean and entered the English Bay from this English Seaport.
Why are they called "English Seaport" and "English Bay"? Of course it's not that they worship foreigners, but Sheng Xin and the others really thought they were in the English Channel at that time... The earth is a ball or a bowl! Japan has traveled thousands of miles by sea to the east, so it’s time to reach Europe, right?
Moreover, the terrain of this "English Seaport" area is still very similar to the terrain of the English Channel that the Song Navy knew.
They all have a wide strait, with a continent to the south and a large island to the north. What Sheng Xin saw at the time was Vancouver Island, but he thought it was England, so Vancouver Island became England Island.
Later, they sailed eastward along the "English Channel", hoping to find a port where they could dock in the Frankish coastal area. However, after sailing for 300 miles, I did not find any port, nor did I see any man-made buildings on the beach in Frank, not even a single person.
Moreover, the topography of the "English Channel" is also wrong. The legendary English Channel is 1,000 miles long, and beyond it is the vast North Sea. But Sheng Xin and the others only sailed 300 miles in the strait before they came to an end. Moreover, after leaving the strait, I did not see the North Sea, but I saw an ocean dotted with islands of all sizes. And after they sailed around a huge and flat island, they saw the end of the sea... Obviously, they did not enter the sea to the east of the English Channel, but entered an unknown area. of bay.
Then, they found a small bay at the mouth of the bay on the coastline at the end of the bay, where they set foot on the land of the New World.
However, when they first landed, they still didn't know that they had arrived in an unknown and wild continent. They thought they had arrived somewhere on the European continent.
So they also carried letters of credence and gifts to the kings of England and Franks.
However, after they landed and searched for many days, they found no English or Franks, and no signs of human activity...
And there are various signs that this land has no human activities at all, at least no civilized human activities!
Since there are no humans or civilized humans here, and it looks very fertile, with large areas of flat land, forests, pastures, and rivers, everywhere you look is green and green. You can tell at a glance that it is quite humid, so it must be a good place! As a result, Sheng Xin made a prompt decision to find a piece of high ground to build a walled city in the river mouth area where he landed. Because Sheng Xin and others came here thanks to someone from Zhao, they named this walled city Zhaojiazhuang. Later, Zhaojiazhuang was expanded several times and became Zhaozhou City.
While building Zhaojiazhuang, Sheng Xin also ordered people to reclaim farmland around Zhaojiazhuang, and also ordered people to go south along Zhaoshui (the river), hunting and looking for "Franks".
At the same time, Sheng Xin also sent a sailboat north along the east coast of the bay to try to find the "English people"... and finally found them! However, the savages they found did not know how to farm and only made a living by hunting and fishing.
Moreover, the savages who lived by hunting did not know how to make bows and arrows, and the savages who lived by fishing did not know how to build nets.
But even such backward savages can actually eat and drink enough on this land... This shows the wealth of this wild land!
Later, Sheng Xin served as the governor of the new continent named Dongzhou Continent for several years. "Zhao", "Qin", "Wei", "Chu", "Yan", "Han", "Zheng", Thirteen states in the New World, including "Qi", "Lu", "Wu", "Yue", "Jin" and "Liang", were all established one after another under his leadership.
Therefore, he is the one who knows the vastness and wealth of Dongzhou Continent best... In his opinion, the achievements that Zhao Lun could achieve after becoming the Emperor of Dongzhou would definitely exceed what he could have achieved as the Song Dynasty. .
What’s so good about being the capital of the Song Dynasty?
Although the official family is almost 60 years old, he is as strong as an ox and there is no guarantee that he will live another 20 years. By then Zhao Lun will be in his early 60s, what else can he do?
Moreover, the Song Dynasty was already so prosperous. All Zhao Lun could do after coming to power was to maintain the status quo.
And this side of Dongzhou Continent...the land of destiny!
"Your Majesty, don't be sad!" Sheng Xin saw that Zhao Lun was still crying secretly, so he came up to him and whispered, "The country of Zhongyuan is actually incomparable to the Emperor of Dongzhou... I am in charge of the affairs of Dongzhou. Over the past few years, several expeditions have been sent to Europe to find the road to Europe, but they found nothing!
Because the road to the east is almost endless! After traveling 3,000 miles east from Zhaozhou, it is still a vast wilderness... There is neither a city nor a country. Occasionally, we encounter some indigenous people. They are all people who drink blood like hair and drink blood. They are not worth mentioning!
Your Majesty...this may be your destiny! "
"Destiny? What destiny?" Zhao Lun wiped his tears. He was just homesick now, and he never thought about what kind of destiny he faced?
"Of course, it's destiny to carry the three-foot sword and open up thousands of miles of territory!" Sheng Xin raised his arm and pointed to the east with excitement on his face, "Your Majesty, if you travel 3,000 miles east from here, you will find an endless plain. It may be a thousand miles to the end!"
Sheng Xin pointed to the south again, the expression on his face became even more excited, "Your Majesty, the north and south sides of Dongzhou are also boundless! When I was in charge of Dongzhou, I once sent an expedition ship to the south and followed the coastline. In 3 months, I have traveled thousands of miles and still haven’t found the end!
I guess that the land of Dongzhou is more than 10,000 miles from east to west. And from north to south, I'm afraid it's more than fifteen thousand miles! "
"It is indeed vast!" Zhao Lun nodded lightly.
Although Zhao Lun has never been to the New World, he has carefully studied the expedition reports sent by the Naval Capital Control Department and the Dongzhou Jiedushi Department. Of course, he knows that the Dongzhou Continent is almost endless.
He then shook his head and said: "Although it is very big, it is too desolate and the population is too small... How many Han people are there in Dongzhou Continent now?"
"If you don't count our group, there are about 50,000 households and more than 200,000 people..." Sheng Xin's expression was a little excited, "If we include the people who came to Xinzhou with His Majesty, there are about 50,000 households. The number should be 80,000, and the mouth should be more than 300,000!
Although there are not many, Dongzhou is rich in land, gold, silver, and there are many bison and birds that can be captured. No matter how many people come, they will not worry about food and drink, or no place to settle... We can use the grant of land and Allowing gold mining and silver mining methods to attract immigrants from China, we can also do everything possible to encourage the cultivation of Chinese people. "
Zhao Lun still frowned, "People from the Middle Earth have to cross the ocean to come to the East Continent... and to reproduce, the growth will be even slower. I am afraid that they will not reach the Central Plains in hundreds of years." Quantity!”
"That's a good thing!" Sheng Xin still looked happy, "The land of Dongzhou is much wider than the Great Song Dynasty in China. Even if it has a population of 10 million, it may not be able to occupy it all. Our population is slowly growing. The territory will slowly expand. And as long as the territory can continue to expand... Your Majesty and your descendants can sit back and relax!
The dynasty founded by His Majesty may be passed down in Dongzhou for 1,000 years! "
Zhao Lun felt much better after being told this by Sheng Xin... The reason why he couldn't survive in the past dynasties was that the pie was not enough!
There is not enough land, not enough gold and silver, and there are many ferocious barbarians coming to snatch it from next door... Sooner or later, the Central Plains Dynasty will have to fall into internal and external troubles.
But it’s different here in Dongzhou Continent!
This is a big, edgeless pancake!
Chew whatever you want!
Open creation!
Anyway, there is not enough land to occupy, and there is not enough gold and silver to dig out. If you have enough benefits, you will naturally know etiquette, justice, integrity, and the principles of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
Moreover, the barbarians here are extremely weak. They have no horses, no bows and arrows, no armor, no copper and iron, and not even wheels... Such barbarians are simply the target of being beaten, and they start training with such an opponent. , you don’t have to worry about being beaten down, and you can also practice martial arts.
Therefore, it is easier for the Chinese people on Dongzhou Continent to unite and fight against the outside world, because it is easy to win against the outside world and the losses are not large. Of course, it is much more cost-effective than fighting among themselves.
You can spread out the flatbread, but of course you can’t roll it up to make a burrito.
Even the mainland of the Song Dynasty could follow suit, as long as it could continue to send excess population, defeated lords in political struggles, or aristocratic children who had nowhere to settle to Dongzhou. The internal conflicts of the Song Dynasty will be alleviated a lot as a result.
Zhao Lun's brows finally opened, and his face became brighter. He straightened his chest and looked at the majestic mountains and rivers on both sides of Haikou. A huge amount of pride suddenly rose in his chest and abdomen.
"Sheng Qing, you are right," Zhao Lun said loudly, "My destiny is in Dongzhou... Not only is my destiny here, but also the destiny of 300,000 Dongzhou people, and It turns out that I am the destined person of the Song Dynasty!"
