Chapter 211: There are guests traveling thousands of miles across the sea (1)
In May of the eighth year of the Apocalypse, a southeasterly wind of magnitude 4 rattled the hard sails of Nanhai Ship Bing46, causing this ordinary merchant ship with a displacement of 260 tons to float on the calm waters of the Fujian Sea.
Drive north quickly.
In the cabin below deck, a man knocked on the door of a guest room.
"John Aksukh, are you resting?"
"No, I'm recording something. Yinsak Funisis, please come in."
The two of them spoke a language that was completely different from Persian, Dashi and other languages.
The door was pushed open and the man walked in. In the flickering candlelight, his appearance could be seen. He was twenty-six or seventeen years old, with brown hair, a large smooth forehead, and a pair of light gray eyes.
There was also a man sitting in the room. He turned his head and his whole person appeared in the candlelight.
He is twenty-three or four years old, with a hawk-like nose and deep eyes, slightly curly hair, and slightly dark skin. He looks very fierce. However, the wisdom in his eyes invisibly dilutes it.
The two of them were wearing oil silk gowns that are common in Lingnan. Yin Sak, who entered the door, was wearing gray, and John, who was sitting in the room, was wearing cyan.
"John, are you still keeping a diary?" Yinsak sat down at the table.
"Yes. I have been keeping records since we left Constantinople, and have been keeping records for two years and seven months." John replied.
Yin Sak hesitated for a while and couldn't help but ask: "John, do you think we have found the real Peach Blossom Stone Empire this time?"
John put down the hard pen dipped in ink in his hand, folded his hands and placed them on the table, his expression became solemn.
"Yinsak, according to various documents of the Turks, Persians and Saracens, there is a powerful empire east of the Persian country, further away in Khorasan. It has a territory of tens of thousands of miles, tens of millions of people, and
Five hundred thousand elite cavalry. Some are recorded as the Peach Blossom Stone Empire, some are recorded as the Qitayin Khanate, some are recorded as the Seris Kingdom, and some are recorded as the Tangus Empire..."
John said slowly, like a knowledgeable scholar.
"Serris means silk country. Because the fine silk comes from the east, it refers to the eastern country, which does not have much practical meaning. There are different opinions on the other names, and scholars also hold different opinions. According to my research, it is very
Maybe there were several powerful countries east of Khorasan with different names. Then they were slowly confused over a long period of time in legends..."
Yinsak nodded, "John, you are right. Since ancient times, the news from the East has been transferred to Persia, Turks, and Saracens many times. When it comes to our hands, many things have been added and deleted.
It’s hard to figure out which ones are real and which ones are fake.”
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John nodded and continued.
"But according to the information we got in Panyu City, Guangzhou, my guess may be correct. There is a country east of Khorasan called the Kara Khanate, which is most likely the Peach Blossom Stone Empire as we know it; and then to the east is Divide
The Khitan and Song Dynasties in the Eastern world. Only in rumors, they are said to be Qitayin and Tanggus."
"Qitayin sounds a bit like Khitan; Tangus, before the Song Dynasty, it was called Tang Dynasty, Tang - Tangus... Turks, Persians, Saracens, all have different accents. After passing it on several times,
It’s normal for your pronunciation to change..."
Speaking of this, John's face showed excitement.
"I never imagined that there are places like universities in the far East, and they don't just study God's will and designated scriptures. They learn everything and study it. Literature, history, geography, domestic and foreign, as well as mathematics and physics
...It’s really amazing. If it spread to the city of Rome, those damn traitors would be so scared that they couldn’t sleep. They would regard it as heresy and they would not stop until they burned all the people and books.”
"...It's a pity that Nanhai University only focuses on the South China Sea and Tianzhu areas, and has very little information about the west. The information we want to know can only go to Kaifeng City, the capital of the Song Dynasty. I heard that it is a floating city in the sky,
The City of Angels with a population of millions.”
Having said this, John couldn't help but draw a cross on his chest.
Yinsak also drew a cross beside him, and then asked hesitantly: "John, do you think we can complete your Majesty's commission?"
Just as John was speaking, the crew's voice sounded outside the door: "Mr. Yue, Mr. Yi, Quanzhou Port is about to arrive."
John and Yin Sak looked at each other, and John asked in strange Chinese: "Dago, is Quanzhou Port the Citong Port that the big cannibal calls?"
"Yes."
John and Yin Sak left the guest room and followed Da Geer through the busy cabin. They were about to enter Quanzhou Port and needed to unload some cargo and possibly load some cargo up.
The warehouse manager takes the book, counts the goods that need to be unloaded, and then instructs the sailors to clean the loading and unloading port area so as not to affect the loading and unloading of goods later.
Everyone was immersed in their work, and no one noticed the three of them.
John and Yinsak, led by Da Geer, walked up the wooden stairs to the deck.
A sea breeze with a salty smell came oncoming.
The sun is shining high, the wind is gentle and the waves are calm. White clouds are blooming, and the sails are flying. The blue sky and the sea are in perfect contrast.
In the distance, a sea of ships, like a weaving stream, gathered into black lines.
"The Song Dynasty is really prosperous and prosperous. We have seen Guangzhou and Quanzhou. Every port is as prosperous as Venice. It is said that there are several ports like them in the north. It is really unbelievable. There is a Venice in Europe.
, it’s already shocking, there are several sea areas in the Song Dynasty.”
Yinsak couldn't help but sigh.
He had been to Venice and had rich business travel and navigation experience, so he was sent to be John's deputy.
John's attention was attracted by several other large ships speeding towards him.
These five ships have pointed front and rear bridges, and are round in shape. They have three towering masts. The front mast is full of horizontal soft sails, and the two rear masts are full of vertical soft sails. There is also a mast that stretches far ahead.
The gaffing mast, with the large schooner hanging from it, had long since been furled.
Looking from a distance, you can see people standing on the crossbars of the three masts, furling the horizontal and vertical sails. The speed is also slowly decreasing, but it is faster than the No. 46 ship.
"Dago, where did these high-sea ships come from?"
John asked.
In Guangzhou Port, he had already initially learned about the types of Song Dynasty ships.
There are said to be tens of thousands of fishing boats, including Fu boats, Guang boats, sand boats, and bird boats of less than 200 tons. It is difficult for John to distinguish them. He only focuses on a few major boats.
The ship you are riding on is called a lock ship, or an offshore merchant ship.
I heard that these ships were being built all over the country. When John entered Guangzhou Port by boat, he saw many shipyards along the river. Some were repairing old ships, and more were building new ships.
There are dozens or hundreds of ships, and workers are busy like ants on them. I heard that the demand for this kind of ships is very high. In Guangzhou alone, dozens of lock ships of different sizes are launched every month.
John asked, this kind of lock ship usually runs along the coastline, or runs not far away. For example, the routes of Korea in the North Sea, Japan in the East, and some countries in the South China Sea.
John didn't know where these countries were, but he could tell that they were not far from the Song Dynasty, probably only as far as Constantinople to Venice. This chapter has been completed!