2037 Atlantic Passage
When the boat was sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, Zai Chun saw a scene that surprised him even more. The scene here is different from the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and Asia, and this is the center of world maritime transportation.
Zaichun had seen the prosperity of Europe and the development of navigation industry in the Mediterranean before. Unfortunately, the Mediterranean pattern is still too small, and the countries along the Mediterranean coast are not rich enough, and many countries are not industrialized at a high level.
Wherever Zaichun saw most of the fishing boats, small merchant ships within a hundred tons, and a large number of private aristocratic yachts. The Mediterranean Sea is more like a pond for Europeans.
But the Atlantic Ocean is different. It has the main channel of North America, South America and Africa, which is the earliest back garden operated in Europe.
The starting point for Europeans to explore the ocean is here. The earliest direction for outward colonization was North and South America and Africa. During the Spanish rule, countless gold, silver, ivory, coffee, sugar, and wood, and various precious goods were crossed the Atlantic Ocean for Europeans to consume.
Before the Suez Canal was opened, Europeans had to detour the southernmost Cape of Good Hope in Africa if they wanted to sail in Asia. The Cape of Good Hope was not the name at that time. The name given there by Europeans back then was the very terrifying Storm Cape, where countless expedition ships were buried.
It is conceivable that if you want to challenge that dangerous route and to pull more cargo from the colony, the tonnage of the sea ship is not enough.
When entering the Atlantic Ocean, Zaichun was truly open to his horizons. More than half of the vast sea were huge sail merchant ships with displacement of more than 1,000 tons. The entire sail of the three-masted sailboat was even higher than the combat mast of the Zhiyuan.
Some merchant ships were already close to battleships in size and rushed over like mountains on the waterway.
"God, there are so many merchant ships like this?" Zai Chun couldn't help but exclaim. In front of him, the ships had formed a river one after another.
Xiao Letian smiled and hugged his shoulder and said, "This is already near Portugal. There are Bay of Biscay in front. Basically, the waterways in South America and Africa meet here..."
"It's like traffic from several streets suddenly gathering on a highway. How about not much? But this is good, let's see the real Europe and let's see what they are doing for more than four hundred years!"
"The sea that we Chinese have lost has not been lost. Instead, we persisted day by day and made breakthroughs year by year, and changed from a poor and short slut to a tall, rich and handsome man!"
"Open your eyes! Chinese people will open their eyes. Don't close the door and think it's the center of the world. It's not like that!"
At this moment, a British merchant ship a hundred meters away discovered the Zhiyuan in the joint fleet, and also found the Qing Dynasty golden dragon flag that was temporarily hung.
"Look... It's an envoy from the East! The emperor of China is here... We are catching up with this grand event! Long live..."
The sound of the whistle suddenly rang across the sea, and the sailors on the deck and on the mast waved desperately, paying tribute to the emperor in the far east.
The strange actions of a merchant ship immediately affected all the cargo ships on the entire route, and the entire channel suddenly turned into a cheering ocean.
I have to say that ancient people were simple and simple. They did not have television. The Internet instilled in them all with mixed things. Their thoughts were simpler. They did not understand the battle between emperors, generals and ministers, and they could not hear or see them. They only knew that the warship opposite was the mysterious emperor of the East.
He was the supreme ruler of a thousand-year-old country, and he was the first Chinese king in human history to visit Europe... It is enough to have these, and this is the reason why people respect it, simple and pure.
There were more and more whistles on the sea, and there were so many greetings from the flag bearer that he could not translate them. The cheers could be heard clearly through hundreds of meters, and waves were coming like waves.
Zai Chun could no longer control his emotions at this time. He blushed and his face seemed to roar twice, but the big four Xi was holding the little emperor's hand desperately, "Calm down, Your Majesty, you must calm down... Those are all grass-roots people, you have to hold on!"
"Did you see it? My Ama, did you see it in heaven? My son received such courtesy in Europe, and even the Europeans supported us so much..."
"I! I am appointed by heaven! Aisin Gioro is the Lord of Destiny! We have taken the wrong path before, and we have all been deceived by those Confucian scholars before..."
"We shouldn't be closed to the country. Why didn't our Qing Dynasty establish a navy and rush out? What a mistake, it's all wrong... I want to reverse this mistake, I want to be the lord of the Qing Dynasty's revival!"
"Listen, listen! Even the Europeans are cheering at me, and they praise me... I have really won the hearts of the people, and I am indeed the true dragon emperor! Hahaha..."
Zaichun was already a little crazy at this moment. Xiao Letian was stunned by the side. He suddenly realized that the apprentice was a little afraid to recognize him.
Since he brought him out of Sijiu City, Zaichun has not called himself me for a long time. He has always called himself me.
Today, the Europeans' fanatical welcome and enthusiasm awakened some sleeping genes in his bloodline. The dragon clan is the dragon clan after all. Although it is small, the dragon power will also awaken one day.
The eldest son Xi was almost crying. His responsibility was to be responsible for the etiquette of the young emperor. If any rude thing happened, he would be the first to be skinned and cramped when he returned to the Forbidden City.
This is not an adjective. Once he has not completed his mission in his senior year, he may be skinned and thrown into a cesspool and drowned alive.
Thinking of this, he was scared. The big four Xi could only turn his eyes to Xiao Letian for help. At this moment, only the head of state could calm the little emperor down.
Now there are European ships everywhere on the sea, including warships and merchant ships. It is absolutely impossible to spank in front of everyone, and even more so, slap in the face.
Relying on language persuasion? The big four-year-old has tried it. It is obvious that Zai Chun is too excited at the moment, and his ears have begun to repel different voices.
Xiao Letian took a step back, looked at the thick part of Zaichun's butt, and reached out to pinch it down.
Just pinch a little bit of skin, then twist it hard, "What are you thinking, calm down!"
"Hiss...Ouch!" Zai Chun screamed and then suddenly turned back fiercely.
"Who! So brave..."
With this sentence, the entire ship's bow became quiet, and even Xiao Letian was stunned because at that moment he saw a trace of cruelty in Zai Chun's eyes, like a wounded lone wolf, full of cruelty.
"It's me... what do you want? What can you do? What dare you?" Xiao Letian said coldly.
The redness on Zaichun's face suddenly faded like a tide. He turned into the humble look he used to be, lowered his eyebrows and said with a pleasing look, "So it's the master. I thought it was the slave of the big four Xi... Hahaha, I just lost my composure, right?"
The senior Xi's face turned pale, but he still had to be the step. "Your Majesty... You don't have to wave your hand and nod to those foreigners... nodded..."
Da Sixi's palms and back were covered in cold sweat, cold and slippery!
Chapter completed!