A snowfield, this was the first image when Wang Dayuan and the crew disembarked from the ship. Although they were shaken by the cold temperature when they were on the ship, they did not expect that what they finally saw after landing on land was white snow all over the ground.

Wang Dayuan clearly remembered that it was already April at this time. Why was there still snow on the land? This was not what the prince described.

In the prince's description, this land should be full of life, full of sunshine and beaches, instead of being like this now, a snowfield with no life at all.

Wang Dayuan, who had always been full of respect for Zhao Weiji, had doubts about Zhao Weiji's judgment for the first time. This kind of place is not suitable for people to live at all.

In fact, if Zhao Weiji were here, he should be able to determine where Wang Dayuan and the others landed. This place should be called Alaska in the future.

It's no wonder they found this place. If they followed Zhao Weiji's recommendation and sailed along the ocean currents, the first piece of land they saw on the American continent would definitely be Alaska, which is close to the Arctic Circle.

Moreover, Wang Dayuanxuan’s login time was wrong. It was indeed April at this time, and it should be spring, but that was for the Central Plains continent. This continent close to the North Pole had just left the polar night at this time, and the temperature had not yet fully recovered.

It was rising, so the snow covering the ground had not yet melted, so what was displayed in front of Wang Dayuan was a snowfield.

What to do now? This is a huge question facing Wang Dayuan. Should he explore this endless snowfield?

"What should I do now, sir?" Just when Wang Dayuan was deep in thought, his first mate asked him.

After much hesitation, Wang Dayuan sent a team of people into the depths of the continent to explore.

What Wang Dayuan didn't expect was that the exploration team actually found humans in this snowfield.

"There are actually people living here?" Wang Dayuan asked after hearing the reports from the returning team members.

"Yes, sir, they live in the snowfields, in a kind of house made of ice, and they look a lot like us."

"What does it mean to be similar to us?"

"Their clothes, hair color and outline are all very similar to us Han people, but we can't understand what they say."

This shocked everyone on the boat. There are actually humans who look very similar to us Han people living in this frozen and snowy place where birds don’t poop?

At this time, the people of the Song Dynasty certainly did not think that all human beings looked the same as the Han people. The Central Plains people had already dealt with white people from the Middle East and even Europe a long time ago. There were also Indians and people called Kunlun slaves.

black african.

At this moment, meeting a yellow race person in such a place really aroused Wang Dayuan's interest.

"Okay, you can take me to get to know this family."

After speaking, Wang Dayuan led more people to the depths of the snowfield.

Not long after entering the snowfield, Wang Dayuan met other members of the snowfield exploration team that had entered before. They were receiving the guidance of the local indigenous people, the group of Han-looking people who had reported earlier, and were building ice structures one by one.

Room.

"Sir, it's that group of people."

Wang Dayuan looked in the direction pointed by the scout and found a group of people dressed completely different from his own, but with similar faces.

"This is our Lord, our leader." After the scout led Wang Dayuan over, he introduced Wang Dayuan to the eldest man among the indigenous people with words and gestures.

"@#￥%%#@!" After hearing the scout's introduction, the old man also said this with gestures and words, but Wang Dayuan really couldn't understand what he said, but judging from his actions, he should

It means friendly.

"Hello." Although Wang Dayuan also knew that the other party might not understand, he still put on a friendly gesture and said hello to the old man.

After making sure that Wang Dayuan was not hostile, the old man led Wang Dayuan into his igloo. After entering, Wang Dayuan discovered that this kind of igloo was quite magical.

A fire was lit inside the house, but the igloo did not melt. Moreover, the fire made the inside of the igloo much warmer than the outside. The tables and other furniture in the igloo were also made of ice, but they did not melt next to the fire. They were covered with elastin.

But Wang Dayuan couldn't tell what kind of beast it was.

After entering the house, at the old man's signal, Wang Dayuan found a place to do it. Then he saw the old man gesticulating something towards him.

After the old man finished gesturing, Wang Dayuan thought about the meaning of the old man's gesticulation. The old man pointed in a direction, and then moved his two fingers on the table like a person walking. Wang Dayuan probably guessed what the old man meant.

I asked them if they came from the west, because the direction the old man pointed seemed to be the west.

Wang Dayuan shook his head, pointed in the direction the old man pointed just now, and then made a wave pattern with his hand, trying to tell the old man that he came from the sea.

Seeing the gestures Wang Dayuan was making, the old man thought for a moment and left the igloo. Just when Wang Dayuan was wondering, the old man came back again, holding a ball of snow in his hand.

Then Wang Dayuan saw the old man quickly shape the snow into the shape of a boat with his hands, then pointed to the boat, then to the west, and then to Wang Dayuan.

Now Wang Dayuan completely understood. The old man's behavior just now was that he roughly understood what he meant and wanted to be sure, so Wang Dayuan nodded vigorously.

After seeing Wang Dayuan's nod, the old man burst into tears. This made Wang Dayuan suddenly feel at a loss. How could such a good person suddenly start crying?

Just when Wang Dayuan wanted to step forward to comfort the old man, the old man suddenly stopped crying, grabbed Wang Dayuan, and took him out of the igloo.

Then the old man found a group of young people and started babbling something to this group of young people. Before Wang Dayuan could react, the group of young people began to draw pictures on the ground.

Soon after, something like a long story scroll was formed on the snow. By interpreting the scroll and matching the old man's gestures, Wang Dayuan roughly guessed what the old man wanted to tell.

It turns out that the ancestors of this group of indigenous people were people who lived on the continent to the west. Later, due to various reasons, they continued to migrate to the east. In the end, some settled here after they moved there, while others continued further east.

.These people who settled down gradually became the ancestors of the people Wang Dayuan and others met today.

After these people had settled on this continent for many years, they had the idea of ​​returning to the West. However, when some people actually took action, they found that the road they came from had turned into the ocean. Although these people could build ships, they could not

We can only build a very small disembarkation boat, which is impossible to cross the wide sea.

As a result, the desire to go home became a reality, and as time slowly passed, many people forgot that they were actually from the distant western continent.

This old man seems to be someone similar to a priest in the local tribe. Such priests have always passed down legends about their life experiences.

That's why the old man behaved like that when he learned that Wang Dayuan was from the Western Continent.

After reading the whole story, Wang Dayuan was shocked. The ancestors of these indigenous people might actually be Han people, which Wang Dayuan couldn't accept.

But then he observed that the living customs of this group of indigenous people were indeed somewhat similar to some details in ancient myths described in history books.

Moreover, after listening to the conversations among the indigenous people, Wang Dayuan discovered that many of the pronunciations they spoke were somewhat similar to those in Central Plains Chinese.

So Wang Dayuan found the old man again for testing. He was surprised to find that in the language used by the old man, there were many words that had the same pronunciation as Chinese and expressed very similar meanings.

In this way, Wang Dayuan began to believe what the old man said.

So Wang Dayuan tentatively asked the old man if he was willing to send someone to follow the ship back to the Central Plains. Because this place did not seem to be as Zhao Weiji described, Wang Dayuan planned to return to the Central Plains first to discuss with Zhao Weiji before making any plans.

But when Wang Dayuan asked the old man for his opinion, he also tactfully stated that those who went back to the Central Plains might never come back. Now the old man was in a dilemma. He wanted to go, but first of all, due to his priestly duties, he could not leave the tribe at will.

, and besides, he seemed to be quite young, and it was unclear whether he could withstand the storms at sea and return to the Central Plains smoothly. So the old man himself gave up this opportunity.

But when the old man announced this to the tribe, he encountered a cold wave. This group of indigenous people here showed a custom similar to that of the Han people in the Central Plains, that is, it is difficult to leave their homeland. After living here for many generations

, it seems that this group of natives have no interest in the hometown in Western movies. Besides, since there is a possibility that they will not be able to come back, no one wants to go there.

Just when Wang Dayuan thought that no one here wanted to follow the ship to the Central Plains, a thin-looking boy stood up.

The old man was happy now and happily sent the boy into Wang Dayuan's team. Wang Dayuan was also very happy to see that someone wanted to follow the ship back to the Central Plains, so after bidding farewell to the old man, Wang Dayuan led the team and led the child back.

On the ship, the return journey began.

Just as Wang Dayuan began his return journey, the Central Plains [***] broke out again, because the dark side in Zhao Yuanxi's heart defeated his conscience.

He agreed to the deal sent by the Khitan Kingdom and prepared to betray the country for profit. But everything he did did not escape the eyes of the three people.

At this time, what choices will Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Weiji and Zhao Heng make after knowing what Zhao Yuanxi has done? A fierce political game is about to begin in the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!