Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty - Chapter 629

In the summer of the same year, Wu Gongzheng led ten thousand soldiers and horses on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean!

Last winter, Wu Gong was appointed as Deputy Minister by the Ministry of Oceans! The Ministry of Oceans and the Ministry of the Army jointly issued an order to let Wu Gong lead the 10,000 navy to continue to explore the world and find new territory.

In the first half of the year, Wu Gong was still in the American continent, and he felt that the American continent was huge, much larger than the current Central Plains of the Song Dynasty! Owning the American continent, the land of the Song Dynasty can be doubled! In Wu Gong’s view, the biggest problem in the Song Dynasty now is also the population problem! Da Song’s population is already the world’s largest, but it still cannot meet the expanding needs of the country.

In July, Wu Gong came out of Hudson Bay and entered the Atlantic Ocean all the way, preparing to go all the way east.

In the original history, the Portuguese Magellan took three years to complete the circumnavigation, but Magellan spent half of his time on the American continent. In fact, he only sailed for a year and a half! The fleet led by Wu Gong is more advanced than Magellan at that time. He led a fleet of one treasure ship, three blessing ships, and thirty medium warships, and the speed will never be slower than Magellan. ! There are so many materials carried on the treasure ship, enough to supply the entire fleet for half a year!

The fleet is heading eastward continuously on the vast sea, and it has been a month since they are still above the sea!

At this time, everyone in the fleet felt horrible. They didn’t know when this voyage would end! Although they are both navy, they have never experienced such an endless voyage!

For fifty days, they still haven’t seen the end of the ocean.

On that night, they encountered a severe storm. Three medium-sized warships were destroyed by the storm. The crew on the remaining ships hurriedly rescued them, but dozens of people were still unaccounted for.

“My lord, keep going like this, don’t know when is the end?” On the treasure ship, a school lieutenant came to Wu Gong’s side and said with some worry.

“I am the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Oceans and Oceans. My mission is to explore the world. This is an order given to me by Your Majesty and the Council! The materials on our ship are enough to supply us for half a year of survival. In another month, if we still cannot find the mainland, We will start to return!” Wu Gong said in silence for a while.

“Good!” The captain nodded.

The storm gradually stopped. There was drizzle in the sky. Wu Gong was standing on the bow of the ship. He was also a little worried. He didn’t know when he would be able to see the new continent, even if it was a larger island. !

At this moment, he suddenly missed the life on land, his family, the military camp, and Dengzhou Tianjin Wei Gaoli. His eyes were a little wet.

But soon, he burst into laughter.

“Haha, a storm scared me Wu Gong like this, it’s ridiculous! When I was on the battlefield, facing the enemy’s swords, guns and arrows, I didn’t back down! I decided, in another month I let the rest of the soldiers go back, and I will continue to move forward even if I am rowing a small boat! I must go to the end of the world! My great power is strong, far from the Han and Tang Dynasties, whether it is agriculture, commerce, Military and education have reached the unprecedented culmination of China, but we still haven’t found the end of heaven and earth. I, Wu Gong, will find the end of heaven and earth for Song Dynasty and China!” Wu Gong’s face showed a firm look and said in his heart.

Until October, the fleet had already discussed returning to the voyage, and Wu Gong ordered to go on for another three days.

On the third day, the setting sun went down, everyone had disappointed expressions on their faces, but Wu Gong suddenly pointed forward and said, “Look, what is that?”

The countless soldiers on the treasure ship looked forward, and saw that there was a faint black line ahead, if there were none!

“Quick! Keep going!” Wu Gong ordered loudly.

The soldiers on the treasure ship also showed a curious look at this moment, and the fleet continued to move forward.

After a quarter of an hour, everyone on the fleet cheered!

Land has appeared ahead!

On the ninth day of October in the seventeenth year of Xuanwu, a fleet of 10,000 people led by Wu Gong arrived at the Cape of Barres near the sea in northwestern France.

They have not yet approached the coast, and countless fishing boats on the coast have spotted this fleet.

When they came to the shore, it immediately caused a sensation.

Countless Frenchmen with yellow hair and blue eyes are scrambling to watch these unprecedented ships on the shore!

Especially the huge size of the treasure ship amazed the French.

There are soldiers of the Song Army on board all the ships, and these soldiers of the Song Army are holding the most advanced killing weapon of this era-Song Nu! Their waists are equipped with sharp sabers!

With an expression of surprise on Wu Gong’s face, he led dozens of people down from the treasure ship, and soon someone surrounded him.

The people here are not only weird, but also weirdly dressed. Wu Gong has never seen these people! He has seen Indians and Arabs in the past, but their dressing is different from the people here.

A local man who appeared to be an official came over and asked.

“What did he say?” Wu Gong said.

The soldiers around shook their heads, no one could understand.

The official opposite was also stunned, not knowing what to do.

“Let the sailors come down!” Wu Arch said.

After a while, dozens of sailors got off the treasure ship! Treasure ships are the most advanced ships of the Song Dynasty. Such ships are now only equipped in the military, and the sailors on the ships are carefully selected by the State Council. Many sailors have experience in ocean voyages.

Many of these sailors could speak Arabic or Tianzhu Indian, but they still couldn’t understand the local officials on the opposite side.

After only one sailor listened for a while, he suddenly asked in another strange language. The French official on the opposite side showed a happy expression on his face and immediately asked.

“My lord, the language they speak is a bit similar to the language west of the big eclipse, and the little man can understand it.” The sailor said.

It turned out that the French official spoke French, the sailor responded in Latin, and the official also spoke Latin! Da Shi is Arabia, which is the ancient Chinese name for Arabia.

“Come and ask, what is this place?” Wu Gong said joyfully.

The sailor began to ask. After a while, the sailor said, “My lord, this is west of the eclipse!”

A surprised expression appeared on Wu Gong’s face and said, “West of the Great Food? This is in the west of my China? But we came here all the way east! No!”

The faces of the rest of the soldiers also had confused expressions, including the sailors.

“My lord, they welcome us!” After a while, the sailor said again.

“Come here, present our gifts.” Wu Gong smiled.

Soon someone brought up exquisite porcelain, silk, books, etc. Seeing these gifts, the surrounding French were once again amazed. In this era, Chinese porcelain and embroidery have been spread to Europe through Indian and Arab merchants. However, the price is extremely high in Europe. There are hundreds of porcelains presented by Wu Gong, and each one is carefully prepared by the State Administration. The porcelain brought here by Indian and Arab merchants is much more exquisite! As for silk, it is also carefully selected, far better than what they have seen before! Those books are exuding the fragrance of pen and ink, but are printed with the latest movable type, but the people here cannot understand the words on them.

Afterwards, Wu Gong and others stayed here.

When they came out, they carried enough gold and silver. In any place in ancient times, gold and silver were precious money.

While contacting the French here and learning the language, Wu Gong sent people to investigate the situation in this continent.

It wasn’t until the first month of the seventeenth year of Xuanwu that he had a general understanding of this place.

The country they are in is called France, and it is a famous big country on this continent.

But this country has no emperor, only a king, and the king’s name is Henry IV! However, the king of this country simply cannot manage every part of the country. There are also nobles such as dukes, marquises, etc. in the country. Many nobles have their own fiefs, and nobles are almost equal to the emperor in the fief! Even some high-ranking knights have their own fiefs!

There is a huge island in the north, and there are three countries on that island, England, Scotland, and Wales! The country there is the same as France. In addition to the king, they also have dukes, marquis, knights, and so on.

However, the most powerful country on this road is neither England nor France, but a country called the “Holy Roman Empire”.

The emperor of the “Holy Roman Empire” has just signed an agreement with the pope. The emperor recognizes the power of the king, and the emperor must be canonized by the pope when he is enthroned!

On this continent, all the people believe in a religion, and they go to church every seven days! The pope’s status is supreme. In addition to the pope, there are several cardinals, and those cardinals have greater rights than the king!

Wu Gong felt incredible about the information collected! Why is this continent so chaotic? Why does the pope have more power than the emperor or king?

He didn’t know that it was the most chaotic and darkest Middle Ages in European history!

The power of the Holy See reached its culmination in this era. Popes and bishops are the true rulers of this continent. Inquisitions are scattered all over Europe. Whether it is aristocrats, commoners, or even kings, as long as they violate the teachings of the Holy See, the inquisitions are all Can be convicted! The Holy See opposes all new things and new technologies, and strictly controls the dissemination of scientific thoughts! There are schools in Europe in this era, but all schools are seminaries! The famous library of ancient Rome was torched by the Holy See, and various ancient Greek books were also burned by the Holy See. The Italian astronomer Dascoli was burned alive as a heresy. He was charged with violating the teachings of the Bible and demonstrating that the earth was present. Spherical, think that there are humans in the other hemisphere!

The whole of Europe is highly hierarchical. At the top of the pyramid is undoubtedly the Pope, then the Holy Roman Emperor of Germany, then the Cardinal, and then the kings, dukes, marquis, earls, viscounts, knights, etc., almost All nobles have their own territories, and the king is actually only ruling his own territory, not the entire country. The Holy Roman Empire is actually a loose body composed of countless principalities, aristocratic territories, and city-states. The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is selected from eight “grandfathers”, and then he can be regarded as enthroned by the canon of the Pope.

“My lord, we have asked carefully. From here, we can go all the way to the east, and we can indeed go to the big food, and then to the east is Tianzhu, and then we are Da Song! We originally came out of the Da Song and walked east, why? Have you walked back to the Song Dynasty again?” said several navigators who accompanied the ship.

These mariners are people who are specially to determine sea lanes and sea lines, and their sailing experience is extremely rich.

“Are you sure we didn’t go wrong?” Wu Gong frowned and said.

“My lord, there can be nothing wrong! We are indeed going all the way east! The direction of the compass cannot be wrong!” The ship master said.

“Weird, really weird! Unbelievable!” Wu Gong said.