Inuit, perhaps another name that is more familiar to people, is the Eskimo. They are distributed in and outside the Arctic Circle from Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, and belong to the Arctic type of Mongoloid race.

Zhao Weiji probably never dreamed that he would be able to meet Inuit people in this era.

When Wang Dayuan brought this man back to the Central Plains, Zhao Weiji thought he was an Indian. But after asking where Wang Dayuan landed, Zhao Weiji was sure that this man was an Inuit.

"Hello...my name is...Snow..." It seems that this Inuit learned a little bit of Chinese on the ship when it returned to the Central Plains. Although the pronunciation is very weird, it can be heard that he is working hard.

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"Hello." Then Zhao Weiji turned to Wang Dayuan and asked, "What is this?"

"Back to the prince, they said that their ancestors came from the distant western continent. Based on the direction of our ship's sailing, I guessed that they might have come from the Central Plains, so I brought someone back."

Zhao Weiji was happy when he heard this. It turned out that it was possible that the ancestors of the Inuit people came from China, and then the Indians who were relatives of the Inuit people might also have come from China. This could be put to good use in the future.

Although Wang Dayuan did not land on the west coast of the American continent this time, it would be good to find Alaska, which has rich gold reserves and extremely precious fur animals.

"Huanzhang, please let the crew go home first. We have all worked hard at being on the sea for such a long time. As for Snow, let him rest in the inn first. I have something to do with you."

After receiving Zhao Weiji's instructions, Wang Dayuan got everything in order, and then followed Zhao Weiji back to the palace and entered the study.

As soon as he entered the study room, Wang Dayuan saw something like a map hanging on the wall. Although the painting was ordinary, the content of the map was something Wang Dayuan had never seen before.

This map is a map of both sides of the Pacific that Zhao Weiji drew from memory. Although the drawing is average, it basically depicts the appearance of both sides of the North Pacific and the islands of Southeast Asia on the map.

"Huan Zhang, look carefully at the left side of the picture. Do you see anything special?"

With the questions asked by Zhao Weiji, Wang Dayuan looked at the left side of the map carefully, and soon he did see something. The left side of the map seemed to be the coastal zone of the Song Dynasty.

Especially the two big islands, one seems to be Liuqiu and the other is Qiongzhou. The peninsula further south seems to be the land where Jiaozhi, Siam, Khmer and other countries are located. And then there is the strait, which seems to be the sea.

The only way for trade to lead to the Arab Empire.

"This, this is the sea passage between the Song Dynasty and nearby countries." The Song Dynasty had many maps, but none of them ever depicted the sea. All the ships of the Song Dynasty relied more on experience when traveling on the sea.

and coastline. Although the map in front of him is still very crude in its depiction of the sea, it gave Wang Dayuan an inspiration as to whether he could draw a map of the sea.

Knowing that Wang Dayuan probably figured it out, Zhao Weiji guided him to look at the top of the map.

At the top of the map, Wang Dayuan found Japan. Then when he looked north, he saw two pieces of land that might be continents next to each other, but there was still a sea in the middle. Below the two continents was a

Island chain.

Seeing this, Wang Dayuan finally understood what Zhao Weiji wanted to see.

"My lord, do you mean that I arrived at the right side of the two continents?"

"That's right, you didn't say that you sailed along the island chain, and then landed after seeing the mainland, but what you saw after logging in was the vast snowfield. Then you met Snow's tribe on the snowfield. I miss you

What is described should be where you pointed out on the picture now."

After listening to Zhao Weiji's explanation, Wang Dayuan still couldn't believe that Zhao Weiji actually had the ability to draw the new continent directly on the map. But combined with the location of the land on the map and the description of the indigenous legend, Wang Dayuan felt that

The pictures drawn by Zhao Weiji are 10% true.

Who is this person? At this moment, Wang Dayuan felt that the person standing in front of him was not a person at all, but a monster.

Of course, Zhao Weiji noticed the change in Wang Dayuan's heart. He also knew that he seemed to have gone too far, but for the sake of his future great cause, he had to take out this map in advance. But Wang Dayuan must calm down his emotions now, otherwise

The rest of the conversation was impossible to carry on.

So Zhao Weiji was ready to come up with the old method, which was to teach from the gods. Anyway, he had already used this method to fool many people, and there were also some rumors about this statement from the outside world.

"Huanzhang doesn't need to look at me like a monster. This is not my ability, but something taught by the gods. The gods taught me this picture in my dream. I just drew it from my memory after I woke up."

When Zhao Weiji explained this, Wang Dayuan was relieved. It was not once or twice that this prince was blessed by the gods and came up with many novel things. There have always been many legends about the prince.

"Don't worry about it for now. Huanzhang, just look southeast along the land where you landed."

Wang Dayuan looked along the southeast direction and indeed saw a large new continent. This continent was actually connected to the land they landed on. However, the land they landed on was too far to the north, so it was still covered in ice and snow that month.

.Although Wang Dayuan didn't know that the reason for this situation was related to the tilt angle of the earth and the sun, Wang Dayuan had heard the legend of the extreme north and roughly guessed that the land was like that because it was too far north.

If it is really as depicted on Zhao Weiji's map, is the land underneath this place the real land we are looking for?

Zhao Weiji saw Wang Dayuan's doubts, he nodded and said: "Indeed, the continent down here is the continent I hope you are looking for."

Now Wang Dayuan was a little puzzled: "Since the prince is looking for the continent below, why do you need the ship to move along that "ocean current"? Wouldn't it be over if you just cross this ocean."

"This is where I made a mistake in my thinking. I wanted the ship to be able to follow the ocean current to prevent the ship from losing power in calm weather, but judging from the time it took for you to return, I still underestimated the capabilities of the new ship. This time

I am going to go to sea with you and go to a new continent together. This time we will go directly through this sea."

After hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Wang Dayuan became a little excited again. Indeed, this disappointing return was a big blow to Wang Dayuan, but it was not without any benefits. At least it became clear that there was not everything on the other side of the sea. If the map drawn by Zhao Weiji

If it is true, then it is really possible to find a new continent this time.

"We will prepare for another three months. We will definitely be able to find a new continent this time. And that Snow, you find someone to teach him more Chinese as soon as possible. I can use this person."

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Just as Zhao Weiji was preparing for his second voyage, Zhao Heng in the capital also started to take action. He did not hand it over to Zhao Guangyi as soon as he got the account book, because the account book had another use for him.

Although Zhao Heng has a somewhat cowardly personality, it does not mean that he is stupid. He knows that this account book records too many things, and he wants to use the things recorded in the account book to make more articles.

After all, there were too many ministers involved, and Zhao Heng wanted to use this to find out which ministers in the court were more worthy of reuse.

When Zhao Heng was looking at the account book over and over again, Zhao Yuanxi was panicking because he had discovered that the account book had been stolen.

Wouldn't he know what was written in the account book as a record? Once the account book is exposed, not only will his head be dislocated, but even Zhao Pu will not end well. So he wanted to use this to force Zhao Pu to finally

Pay attention to him.

But when he told Zhao Pu the whole thing, he was betrayed ruthlessly by Zhao Pu. At this time, Zhao Pu was of course extremely scared after knowing the incident, but after carefully asking about the time when Zhao Yuanxi's account books were lost, Zhao Pu concluded that at least until

So far, Zhao Guangyi has not seen this account book. So after repeated weighing, Zhao Pu decided to abandon Zhao Yuanxi in order to protect himself.

After Zhao Yuanxi was betrayed by Zhao Pu, of course he could only return to his palace angrily. Zhao Yuanxi, who had already lost his account books and was ready to die at home due to the revelation of the Tongliao incident, suffered another disaster the day after returning to the palace.

Arrived as well as the hammer.

Zhao Pu proposed to become an official at the court. The reason was that he was old and sick and wanted to retire and return to his hometown. Zhao Guangyi also agreed, and granted Zhao Pu the title of Taishi, the Duke of Wei, and enjoyed the treatment of the prime minister. Zhao Pu withdrew from the political stage in this way.

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When everyone didn't understand why Zhao Pu suddenly asked to become an official, only Zhao Yuanxi understood the reason. This old fox was trying to protect himself, because once the account books were exposed, Zhao Pu would definitely not end well. It would be better to choose to become an official at this time, and then the account books would be kept

Even if he is exposed, it is unlikely that Zhao Guangyi will punish a veteran of two dynasties who has already retired from office.

Although Zhao Pu's move saved himself, it also pushed Zhao Yuanxi completely to the edge of the cliff, because after Zhao Pu withdrew, the responsibility for all the facts recorded in the account books had to be borne by Zhao Yuanxi alone.

But what Zhao Yuanxi doesn't understand is why no one has come to trouble him about the Tongliao incident, and why the account books have not been exposed yet.

Of course he didn't know that the reason why the Tongliao incident hadn't broken out yet was because the father he hated had destroyed all the evidence that might be used against him. And the account books hadn't been exposed yet because his brother was still studying the account books.

Can you dig out more useful things?

But he will never know this.
Chapter completed!