Zheng He's voyages to the West in the early Ming Dynasty?
How is this possible? This boss has lived for 200 years?
Huo Yu completely lost his ability to think. The words in front of him were written clearly, but they were extremely absurd and illogical.
Zheng He was born in the fourth year of Hongwu (1371) in the Ming Dynasty and died in the eighth year of Xuande (1433).
He was a famous businessman, navigator and diplomat in the Ming Dynasty.
His greatest achievement was his seven voyages to the West.
In 1433, Zheng He died of illness due to overwork on his way back home at the age of sixty-two.
And when did Captain Jack live?
The legalization of piracy in the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets began in the sixteenth century and continued for more than two hundred years.
It was not until the eighteenth century that the rampant piracy exposed its many shortcomings and was finally banned by the country on which the sun never sets.
In other words, this legal pirate Captain Jack was originally from the sixteenth century.
How could Zheng He, who lived in the fourteenth century, and Jack, who lived in the Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century, meet?
Huo Yu's heart felt like a cat scratching his head, and he couldn't wait to look down.
[Zheng He, this strange-sounding name does not seem to be a personal name.
It is an official position, a title, or a certain family.
Because these Easterners told me that this leader is already the eleventh generation Zheng He.
The real Zheng He seems to be a very great navigator. In order to express his respect, the leaders of this fleet in the past generations are called "Zheng He".]
Huo Yu let out a long breath.
This makes sense.
It seems that the history of this world has deviated from here.
Zheng He's large fleet was not disbanded and even retained its establishment.
If this is the case, then Captain Jack will not regret losing.
How terrifying was Zheng He's fleet?
Guang said that the huge treasure ship he was riding on was 148 meters long and 60 meters wide. It was the largest wooden sailing ship in the world at that time.
Some scholars believe that Zheng He's treasure ship was nearly 100 times larger than Columbus's flagship "Santa Maria" when he discovered the New World!
If Zheng He's inheritance had not been lost, then after 200 years of improvement, it would be hard to imagine how terrifying the navigation technology of this fleet would be.
At least there is no problem in defeating a pirate king from the Western world.
[I was imprisoned in the ship by these Orientals for seven, seventy-nine days. Later I asked them why they had to be imprisoned for so many days. They said it was a nice number.
Of course I don't dare to complain, their strength is really terrifying.
The scale of that fleet was simply insane. When it set sail, the entire sea was covered with waving flags, and there was no edge as far as the eye could see. I couldn't even see an empty patch of sea water.
The translator told me that those flags are called Daban, which is a strange name.
The reason they let me go is because they asked me to return to Europe to send a message to other countries.
They are looking for allies, allies that can sail freely on the sea.
I don't understand what kind of enemy it is that makes this terrifying fleet need to seek allies.
In order to explain my doubts, the leader Zheng He took me to a place.
They say that there is the end of the world.】
Huo Yu's mind could no longer keep up with the various twists and turns described by Captain Jack.
Obviously I thought what he said was ridiculous, but this absurdity could actually correspond to what Huo Yu understood.
The ultimate of the world, isn't that what Xie Jie said is hidden at the North and South Poles?
Did the ancestors of China have the ability to reach the North Pole in that era?
If Zheng He's treasure ship was continuously upgraded and improved, this would be possible.
Moreover, it can be inferred from Captain Jack's words that there are enemies near the North Pole that even Zheng He's fleet can hardly defeat.
Who is that person?
[We started from Bincheng in China and sailed north along the coastline.
On the way, we passed through a rarely inhabited ice field, crossed the Bering Strait, and finally came to a sea full of glaciers.
Navigation became difficult.
At this time, I was already very happy that these Easterners defeated me and my companions and captured me on their ship.
Because this sea area is impossible for me to defeat.
The ice here is ridiculously thick and the weather is so cold that it makes people feel nervous.
It is impossible for us to survive in a place like this wearing only single clothes.
Even this great fleet is still unable to move forward.
Several of the largest building ships in the fleet were clearing the way ahead, using sharp iron rams to hit the ice to clear the way for the fleet.
Because the weather is too cold, almost everyone has frostbite on their body.
Even so, no one in the fleet complained.
I saw something in them that Western sailors did not have,
That is the sense of mission.]
From Captain Jack's simple description, Huo Yu quickly analyzed the channel that this fleet sailed.
It is the Northeast Passage through which icekeepers now enter the Arctic region.
The navigation time of this channel is about 33 days, which is 12-15 days shorter than the traditional channel.
It can be simply inferred that the fleet's sailing time should also be in the summer.
Because the ice in winter was extremely thick and Blue Star was in the Little Ice Age at that time, the temperature was much colder than it is now.
Going to the North Pole in winter is unrealistic, even for Zheng He's fleet.
[After nearly two months, we finally arrived at our destination.
Only then did I realize that my dream had come true. I had really arrived at the 'legendary waterway', that great waterway that everyone in the Western world fears and yearns for.
But by this time, I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment. It turned out that the Chinese people had already obtained what we dreamed of.
At the end of this channel there is no hell, not even land, just a continent made of ice and snow.
My journey had already ended, but these Chinese people only rested for one day, leaving a small number of people to guard the ship, while the others continued on foot into the depths of the ice and snow continent.
I am also in the advancing team.
I don’t want to recall the hardships, even these experienced Eastern crews suffered heavy casualties.
Finally, we finally reached the so-called ‘ultimate end of the world’.]
As I write this, this paragraph has come to an end.
Huo Yu could tell that the handwriting became much more sloppy at this time, and it seemed that the person writing was getting excited.
It is estimated that this was written by Captain Jack himself on the lid of his coffin.
【The end of the world is a despairing existence.
It makes me constantly reflect on the significance of us humans coming into this world.
He also made me understand how foolish I was in the first half of my life, wasting my limited life in endless internal fighting.
I have to admit that my life is over. In the words of these Easterners, I am completely disheartened.
They took me to see the fate that mankind must face, and then extended an invitation to me...to the entire Western world.