The so-called Yangcheng painted by Ma Qiang for Xu Shu was Lhasa in later generations.

How far is this place from the West Sea where Xu Shu sets out...

It’s just four thousand miles away, almost the distance from Beijing to Macau in later generations.

Those who don’t know thought Xu Shu was preparing to come to the West to seek the scriptures.

Not to mention anything else, along the way, Xu Shu felt the simple customs and customs on the plateau.

The tribes on this plateau are more primitive and backward than each other, and they are all very ancient.

Even the Qiang people called these natives on the plateau barbarians.

But despite being primitive and backward, Xu Shu also found during his contact that these tribes on the plateau already had their own religions and formed a relatively loose alliance.

Xu Shu and Yan Xing were surprised to find that they could not occupy the Xizhou, which was drawn out by the general by subduing the Qiang people. On the plateau, there might be a long conquest war for them to fight.

Their opponents may not be strong, but it is also a lot of work to conquer such a vast land one by one.

After meeting the first tribe that was unwilling to accept the rule of the Han Dynasty, Yan Xing couldn't wait to show off his butcher knife.

These are all military achievements! What he, a surrendered general, needs most now is this thing!

It’s really God helping me!!

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On the sea, Xu Hong was still writing his notes.

"Today is the first day of the New Year. Captain Qin overturned the warehouse all night last night and found the best food to make a New Year's Eve dinner.

In addition to the seafood that you can never finish eating, there are also bacon, dried vegetables and a slice of fresh ginger for each person.

Who would have thought that the most common saury on the ground is more precious than anything else on the sea? I saw a crew member crying and eating this saury leaf.

We have been away from the Han Dynasty for four and a half months. In these four and a half months, we have experienced several storms, seen flying wildfires, met huge whales, and lost eight sergeants on the island named Giant Bear that we just left.

Speaking of which, I haven't described the island in detail.

Giant Bear Island is the largest island we have discovered along the Thousand Chain Islands all the way eastward to the point where we have discovered. Moreover, Giant Bear Island is not on the chain of the Thousand Chain Islands, but is located seventy miles south of the archipelago.

Giant Bear Island is very big, probably nearly two hundred miles north and south. The reason we call this island this name is because we found Giant Bear on the island.

The fur of this giant bear is brown, and it is nearly two people tall when it stands up, which is extremely terrible. Fortunately, the giant bear seems to be hibernating in winter, and was easily killed by us after finding it in a cave.

The eight sergeants we lost were not because we fought with these giant bears, but because we found many local natives on the island. These natives seemed to be very good at fighting. After discovering us, they immediately attacked us. Under the command of Battalion Commander Pan, our sergeants calmly responded to the battle, killed more than 200 of them, and burned down their village, but also damaged eight sergeants.

While cleaning up the battlefield, we found that the natives on Giant Bear Island, like the natives we found on the Thousand Chain Islands before, had no metal weapons, but the leader had metal jewelry on his body.

It seems that we are already very close to Dongshengzhou, and judging from this jewelry, there are not only people in Dongshengzhou, but also countries.

In addition, we found that the natives on Giant Bear Island do not seem to use fire, or do not like to use fire, and their food is mostly raw meat.

After the war, Commander Zheng held a meeting to ask why such a fierce conflict broke out, but no one knew the reason. It seemed that after our soldiers ignited the bear meat, these natives attacked us.

We cremated our eight sergeants. According to the opinions of Battalion Commander Pan and others, all the natives on the island should have been slaughtered, but the island was indeed too big. After discussion, we could only burn the village we found and give up.

We continued to set out towards Dongshengzhou. Speaking of which, the temperature is too cold now. Icebergs can often be seen on the sea. We had lost two ships because of these icebergs.

I hope we can arrive in Dongshengzhou as soon as possible.

January 1, 4th year of Xingping”

What Xu Hong didn't know was that they had actually arrived in Dongshengzhou.

The so-called Giant Bear Island is the Kodiak Island in later generations, and Giant Bear is the world's largest brown bear - Kodiak Island Brown Bear. This is a giant bear species that can easily reach more than three meters of self-standing, with extremely strong combat power.

Kodiak Island is actually only two hundred miles away from the Dongshengzhou continent. Moreover, because the Alaska current is affected by the warm climate of the northwest coast of Canada and Alaska, it shows the characteristics of a warm current, with sea water temperatures exceeding 4℃ and no large icebergs.

Three more days later, the Ocean Fleet finally saw the mainland.

Because of Giant Bear Island before, the sailors on the fleet thought at first that the land in front of them was still a big island.

But after sailing south for a day and a night, I found that the land was still land. The Ocean Fleet finally confirmed that it was definitely not a big island in front of them, but a real continent.

They finally found their destination - Dongshengzhou!!

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"I can't believe that we actually arrived!"

Zheng Ping only felt that his heart was beating twice as fast as before. He listened to the cheers around him and confirmed again and again that his location was indeed Dongshengzhou on the map.

"Here! We're finally here!

It's true! Everything the General said is true!!

Opposite the sea, there are no fairy islands, only Dongshengzhou!!!”

Gan Shi didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a moment. He kept reciting scriptures in his mouth, and his mind buzzed.

January 6, the first year of Jian'an

After almost half a year of voyage and exploration, the ocean-going fleet finally arrived in the new continent - Dongshengzhou!

But finding Dongshengzhou is not the end, but the beginning.

"It's too cold here. It's probably the northernmost end of Dongsheng Prefecture, just like Sakhalin Island.

Even if there are people in Dongshengzhou, there will not be too many in such places.

I think I'll explore it for a while and continue to go south. How about waiting for a warmer place to find the fairy grain?”

Zheng Ping analyzed it a little and asked Gan Shi.

"It makes sense, let's go to the dock first."

In contemplation with Zheng Ping's guess, the team of the back house explored the surrounding area for more than twenty miles, but no trace of a person was found.

Zheng Ping lit wolf smoke in the open space again, hoping to attract people with the wolf smoke, but after waiting for a day, except for some animals who came over curiously, one of them walked on both feet and did not come.

The fleet continued to go south after resting for a day, and this time they sailed for twenty days.

On this day, several small boats appeared in front of the ocean fleet.
Chapter completed!