Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The fleet of the round-the-world tour still sails from Yangzhou, and this place still has some special significance for Xiao Zirong.

The fleet prepares many things before sailing.

Xiao Xuexing was a little surprised when he saw the list sent by the people below: "Why are there so many?"

Not to mention that other people brought a lot, especially the technicians, who prepared everything from boiler repairers to ship repairers, as well as various parts and components. Such complete preparations made Xiao Xuexing feel a little uncertain.

Xiao Zirong glanced at him and said, "You have to know, the place we are going to is very, very far away."

Hearing these words, the new emperor Xiao Zhun immediately became vigilant: "When does the emperor plan to come back?"

Xiao Zirong smiled and said: "That's not sure, anything can happen at sea, and I can't predict it."

Xiao Xuan immediately said: "Then don't go!"

The merchant ships that have gone to sea in recent years have not been smooth sailing. From time to time, it is heard that some ships have encountered shipwrecks caused by bad weather.

Xiao Zirong said with a serious face: "This voyage is very important. If you are lucky, you can find new food crops, and the yield of those food crops is very high."

Xiao Ji was dubious: "Really?"

Xiao Zirong said with some uncertainty: "It should, anyway, there is no harm in going there."

The origins of potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers are all in the Americas. As long as they can be introduced, it means a balanced diet for the upper class, and there are more choices for ordinary people.

Especially potatoes and sweet potatoes, once successfully introduced, it means that the resistance to disasters and the like will be greatly enhanced.

Oh, another goal of Xiao Zirong is pepper, but this is not as important as potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Seeing his serious expression, everyone didn't know what to say. If you don't believe it, Xiao Zirong never lied when he was serious, but the land in the Central Plains is fertile, and Fanbang actually has such good things?

Over the years, Qi State's foreign trade routes have become farther and farther away, but most of the products brought back are some distinctive commodities. There are not many grains and the like. There are occasional fruits, but many tastes are very uncomfortable.

Regardless of their doubts, Xiao Zirong insisted on going to sea, and Xiao Xuan couldn't control him. Once the reason for going to sea to find higher-yield grain for the people's food and clothing came out, basically no one could stop him.

As the current king of Jinling, Xiao Cheng ran up to Xiao Zirong and looked at him eagerly after hearing the news: "Uncle Huang, I want to go too."

Xiao Zirong touched his forehead and pushed his big face back: "What are you doing for fun?"

Xiao Cheng rubbed against him: "My nephew wants to go too, but my nephew hasn't been to sea yet!"

There is no boy who does not yearn for the outside world, especially Xiao Cheng and Xiao Zhun are two types, Xiao Cheng may not have to bear so many responsibilities, he is more lively than Xiao Zhun, and when facing Xiao Zirong More relaxed, dare to do anything coquettishly.

However, before he was 15 years old, it was cute to act like a spoiled child, and now... Xiao Zirong slowly turned his head to look at him: "Are you busy? Do you still want to go to sea?"

Jinling has become the most advanced and economically developed area in Qi, which even Chang'an can't match.

Of course, the political significance represented by Chang'an cannot be replaced by Jinling.

Xiao Cheng wanted to say something, and then saw his other uncle walking over.

After seeing Xiao Xuexing, Xiao Cheng stuck out his tongue, said hello and ran away.

Xiao Zirong said with a puzzled face, "I don't understand, why are they afraid of you and not me?"

Strictly speaking, Xiao Zirong was not merciful at all when he punished the two children. Once he found that they were slack in their studies, he would immediately urge them, but Xiao Xuexing basically didn't care about them.

Xiao Xuexing laughed lightly: "Probably because you are good-looking and talkative."

Xiao Zirong shook his head, it is true to say that he used to look easy to talk, but since he became King of Jinling, he has not been so easy to talk to.

Too easy to talk and easy to be bullied.

Xiao Zirong asked, "Are you all ready?"

Xiao Xuexing said a little tiredly: "Everything is ready."

Although this voyage makes people feel uncertain, the more unknown the more exciting.

Xiao Xuexing knew long ago that as long as Xiao Zirong abdicates, an exciting life awaits him.

Xiao Zirong hugged Xiao Xuexing's waist and said, "Let's go, let's go to rest. Leave early tomorrow morning!"

The next day Xiao Cheng looked enviously at the emperor's uncle boarding the boat. The largest ship in the Qi country, or the largest ship in the world, slowly left the port and sailed to the unknown world.

After boarding the ship, Xiao Zirong did not run to the deck but confirmed the route again.

This time his goal was America, so he drove east directly.

The shortest distance from Asia to America must be across the Pacific Ocean.

However, if that was the case, Xiao Zirong felt that it was very likely that they would capsize in the Pacific Ocean.

The Pacific Ocean is too vast, and the dangers are too great, and the little knowledge they have learned after exploring the ocean cannot be applied to the Pacific Ocean.

Those recorded in the library are not of much reference value, especially the convenient blank areas of ancient creatures.

As soon as later generations mention it, they think that the dangerous animals in the ocean are whale sharks and the like, but who knows if there are any other species that are not extinct these days.

It is true that Xiao Zirong can be found by searching the library, but it is not necessary.

The route he stipulated was to start from the Yellow Sea and then sail to the East China Sea.

Oh, this East China Sea is still controversial in later generations. Some people call the sea near Japan in later generations the East China Sea, but Japan seems to like to call it the Sea of ​​Japan.

When passing by, Xiao Zirong thought for a long time whether to let the island sink first. After all, without the island, this sea is the East China Sea, and there are not so many worrying things in later generations.

But after thinking about it, let's talk about it when we come back, this place is still an important supply point for them.

Now the archipelago is divided into two regimes, one part is Yamato, which is commonly known as Wa country.

With the development of the navigation industry, the Wa Kingdom and the Central Plains also had a lot of business exchanges.

However, the fleet of Xiao Zirong still alarmed the king of the Wa Kingdom. Well, yes, there was no such title as the Emperor in the Wa Kingdom in this period. .

However, Xiao Zirong didn't plan to meet the king of the Wa Kingdom, basically he just had people inspect the ship and supplies before leaving.

Because it is not far from Yangzhou, there is no need for large-scale maintenance.

After leaving Yamato, their first stop was Ezo before heading to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

The so-called Ezo is actually Hokkaido in the future. The ethnic groups in this place are furry people in the records of the Central Plains. Because the latitude is getting higher and higher, the temperature here is gradually decreasing.

The marine life in this sea area is already very different from that of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. The cod and plaice that are abundant here are the types that Xiao Zirong prefers to eat.

It's a pity that he hasn't eaten these things since he traveled here, and if he didn't go to sea this time, he probably wouldn't be able to eat them.

He turned the cod into fillets, and the plaice tastes best when it is steamed.

Xiao Xuexing didn't comment on his behavior of eating wherever he went, after all, it was really delicious.

The fleet sailed all the way from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to Siberia, and then carried out a wave of repairs and supplies in the later Ocean City.

The people who stayed here were the Kamchatka people, also known as Itelmen, who spoke the Loravitland language and had their own mythology system.

The above is from a library plug-in, and this country would be called the country of ghosts in the Tang Dynasty.

As for why it is called this name, according to the historical records of the Yasha Kingdom, etc., in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, these people with relatively tall average heights and who look a bit like ruthless and blood-drinking people may be very similar to the legendary Yasha ghosts.

Even Xiao Xuexing was a little surprised when he saw these people for the first time.

When they continued to sail along the Siberian mainland, when they saw the Chukchi people, most of the crew thought they had gone to hell—how could these people still have fangs!

When Xiao Xuexing saw it, his first reaction was to pull Xiao Zirong back, for fear that these green-faced and fang-toothed people would rush up and hurt Xiao Zirong.

In fact, those people saw their reaction and retreated subconsciously.

Xiao Zirong felt that the reason why Xiao Xuexing thought these people had green faces and long fangs was because those people were frozen because of the cold weather on the one hand, and the folk customs of the Chukchi people on the other hand.

The men of the Chukchi will have holes pierced at the two corners of the lower lip, and then insert animal teeth, animal bones, shells, stones and wood for decoration, making it look like they have fangs.

Xiao Zirong had no intention of conflicting with the locals, but the inability to communicate was indeed a problem.

Fortunately, the Chukchi people have writing. The language they speak is Chukchi, and the text they use is Cyrillic.

The only thing that is not sure is whether the Cyrillic script of this era is the same as that of later generations.

He wrote a few words by hand, trying to be brought over to communicate, but for the safety of his own people, he still asked someone to bring a weapon.

Xiao Xuexing watched Xiao Zirong write a bunch of ghostly symbols for people to take over, he was a little worried and said, "If possible, don't have too much contact with these people, in case they regard us as enemies..."

As a result, before he finished his sentence, he watched the Chukchi people who were watching them vigilantly. After taking two steps forward, he turned his head and scattered, yelling something and ran away.

Xiao Zirong was silent for a moment and looked at Xiao Xuexing: "I think...they seem to be more afraid of us bullying them."