Chapter 630 Political Changes 1
Wu Dong looked at these people carefully and found that their faces were full of vicissitudes of life. www Welcome to reading
On the vast sea, for nearly three years, being exposed to rain and wind every day, it is normal for the skin to become rough and the person to look vicissitudes of life.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!" Wu Dong said.
"What's so hard? These are things we do willingly! I don't think it's hard at all. On the contrary, the journey makes me very happy!" Yelu Dashi said with a smile.
"Tell me about the scenery along the way?" Wu Dong said.
"Okay!" Yelu Dashi started talking at that moment! He was a Khitan noble and had been a leader. His eloquence was the best, better than Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaoer and others, so he stepped forward without hesitation.
"The New World is really different! The products there are extremely rich. There are many exotic crops, many forests, many animals, and many minerals! There are some indigenous people there, but the indigenous population is very small.
, the civilization of the indigenous people is also extremely backward! The indigenous people have also established some countries, but they are less than one
Such a small country! We Central Plains people can completely occupy the New Continent and immigrate there! The New Continent is much larger than the Central Plains. After occupying it, we Central Plains people will no longer be short of land, and the problems of land annexation in the past dynasties will be eliminated.
It will be completely solved!" When talking about North and South America, Yelu Dashi said excitedly.
"Occupying the New World is worth considering! However, the New World is on the other side of the vast sea and is too far away from the Central Plains. We want to occupy it and it will not happen overnight!" Wu Dong said.
"Yes! Without a hundred years, it is impossible for us to occupy that place!" Chao Gai nodded.
"The main thing is, is there anyone willing to go there? If many people are willing to go there, it will be easy to occupy it! After occupying the new continent, the sea in front of you will be the inland sea of our Central Plains!" Yelu Dashi said with a smile.
Pacific Ocean? Wu Dong smiled faintly.
"When we were on the ship, we always called that huge piece of land New World! Your Majesty, please name it now!" Chao Gai said.
"The name of New World is very good. From now on we will call it New World." Wu Dong said.
Therefore, from this day on, North and South America were named the "New World" by Daliang, and they were the first choice for immigrants from Daliang in the future.
"To the east of the New World, there is another sea. After crossing the sea, we came to a very hot continent! The area of that continent is also very large, and there are a lot of people on it, but they are all Kunlun slaves! It seems that there is
This is the hometown of the Kunlun slaves! Unlike the New World, that continent is very barren. Many places are deserts, and crops do not grow in many places! Only the Kunlun slaves are tall, so maybe we can recruit them as soldiers or slaves." Yelu Dashi added.
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"Oh!" Wu Dong nodded.
When Europeans began to enter the American continent in later generations, due to lack of labor, a large number of black people were sold to the Americas and became humble slaves. Therefore, there were a very large number of black people in the United States in later generations. If the Chinese wanted to develop the New World, they might also need these black slaves. Of course.
It's not time to consider this matter now. The real development of the New World is an extremely long-term thing, and it is impossible to achieve it within one or two hundred years.
"Your Majesty, please name this continent!" Chao Gai said.
"Since it's extremely hot there, it's called Yanzhou!" Wu Dong said.
Originally, he wanted to name the place "Africa", but he also understood that this name seemed a bit confusing now, so he named it directly after Yanzhou.
"Well, this name is appropriate! After leaving Yanzhou, we went all the way north, passing by countless islands, and finally came to the hometown of the red-haired people... The population there is extremely large, and there is civilization there, and the civilization there is
Far more than the New World or Yanzhou! We originally
We have to stay there for a while, but unfortunately they don't seem to welcome us very much. Our envoys were killed by them. This revenge must be avenged if possible! It's just that it is too far away from the Central Plains. The conquest
The price there is really too high!" Yelu Dashi said.
Wu Dong nodded, it turned out that they had come to Europe.
Europe in this era was still in the Middle Ages, and later generations were called the "Dark Ages." In this era, Europe did not have a strong political power to rule the world, and a large number of so-called barbarian countries appeared, with feudal separatist regimes everywhere.
It was a war, and the people of Europe were living in despair.
In this era, the only relatively powerful one is the Holy See. Unfortunately, the Holy See brutally persecutes heretics and cracks down on all scientific inventions that are inconsistent with the teachings. Today's Europe is much darker than China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For the fleets from China
It is also conceivable to feel fear, terror, and therefore persecution.
"After leaving the hometown of the red-haired people, we continued south, bypassed Yanzhou again, and came to another sea! After arriving at that sea, we went east to Tianzhu! Later we found out that Persia was also there
That area! By that time, we will know
The Taoist Academy of Science’s statement is correct. The world is not a round sky and a square earth at all, but a round ball! All of us live on a very large ball. Because it is too big, so on the surface we
It looks even!" Yelu Dashi laughed loudly.
"Your Majesty, since we live on a sphere, why won't we fall off the sphere?" Chao Gai said with some confusion.
"This needs to be answered by scholars from the Academy of Sciences. I hope they can give us the answer." Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, now we have reached a certain conclusion." said a scholar from the Academy of Sciences.
"Oh? What conclusion?" Wu Dong said.
"The sphere we live in has a very strong attraction for us, not only for us, but also for everything, even for the moon! The reason why the moon can revolve around the sphere
Rotation is precisely because of attraction! Moreover, not only is the sphere attractive to us, but the sun further away is also attractive to the sphere, and the sun is a larger sphere." said the scholar.
Wu Dong nodded secretly. What the scholar said were already some applications of the law of gravity. It seems that the achievements of the Academy of Sciences in recent years are indeed quite remarkable.
"That's it!" Yelu Dashi nodded.
Everyone else in the room looked at the ground beneath their feet curiously. They could not believe that the ground under their feet was actually attractive to them, and everyone was filled with curiosity.
"We used to only focus on fighting for power and the world, but now we realize that there are too many things we don't know." Yelu Jinning said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, my nephew has recorded everything he saw and heard along the way, including maps of various continents, humans, civilizations, animals and plants, etc. You can take a look!" Yelu Dashi said.
"Oh! Are those records with you now? If so, show me!" Wu Dong asked curiously.
At that moment, Yelu Jinning took out a package from his arms with great care. After opening the package, he lifted several layers of oilcloth and finally took out his notes!
Wu Dong read through it carefully, and he became more and more surprised. The records recorded by Yelu Jinning were extremely detailed. After reading the records, he had a preliminary understanding of the current situation in each continent. But he didn't
I know that Yelu Jinning was a famous naturalist in Daliang later, similar to Darwin's status in history. Later Yelu Jinning traveled around the world and discovered many things, and even proposed the theory of plate drift.
"This is so precious!" The note was very thick, and Wu Dong couldn't help but admire it after just reading it for ten years.
"I just recorded everything I saw. In fact, we still traveled very little! We didn't go deep into the New World at all!" Yelu Jinning said.
"In the future, we will send more manpower to explore the New World." Wu Dong said.
"Your Majesty, we want to rest for a while before continuing to the New World!" Yelu Dashi said.
"Okay! You need to have a good rest! In addition, a lot of things have happened in Daliang recently, and there are intense discussions in the country! Wait until the political situation is stable before you go out." Wu Dong said.
"The political situation is stable? What happened? Does anyone want to rebel?" Chao Gai said in surprise.
"That's not true!" Wu Dong shook his head.
Chapter completed!