"The Marquis said it well. We also know that this place is not Yingzhou, because not far from these islands is a large area of ​​land, with natives on it, saying that I was a Chinese language, and asked if it was a former Yan family who fled to North Korea to avoid disaster..." Cao Shen said quickly.

"The former Yan Kingdom?" Qin Shihuang looked at the map in confusion.

"Haha, Your Majesty, don't use suspicion. This matter must be correct. The Shanhai Jing is recorded. The Sea Nei Jing says: In the East China Sea, in the corner of the North China Sea, there is a country name in Korea and Tiandu. Korea is in Lieyang, north of the East China Sea, and south of the Shanhai. Lieyang belongs to Yan. These matters have been discussed by countless historians in the Daqin Metropolis Daily last year, and I also think there is no objection." Feng Quji stood beside him and spoke.

"I also know that North Korea is the fief of Shanghou Jizi, which is located in the northeast of Liaodong and borders the Donghu and Yan Kingdom. So the place Cao Qing found in the sea is the territory of Jizi Korea!" Qin Shihuang nodded.

"Your Majesty, this Jizi North Korea should not actually occupy such a large area. Jizi North Korea and Hu Yan border, and Cao Shen and others found a place where they went out to sea should not have any tribes. At most, there were some escaped Yan people, Hu people and Koreans, which were wilderness!" Chen Xu said with his chin.

Regarding the history of later South Korea, even the Koreans themselves were Mazarded, and all the information was learned through Chinese history. However, for Koreans, they considered themselves descendants of the Korean princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so they used to be the capital and Xinzheng, the center of China, and South Korea was divided from Jin State, and Jin State was once the overlord of the Central Plains. Therefore, Koreans naturally believed that the entire China once belonged to South Korea, and of course, the entire earth also belonged to South Korea, and Smida ruled the universe.

But fantasy is completely different from the real history. Even the Jizi Korea, which was enfeoffed in Liaodong, was just a small prince of the Shang Dynasty. After being unified by Emperor Wu of Han, the Korean Peninsula continued until the Ming Dynasty to re-emphasize the name of Korea. However, the races on the Korean Peninsula had long been mixed without any blood inheritance or dependent relationship. There were both merchants, Zhou people, Yan people, Hu people, etc., which could be called a standard hybrid race.

Given the shameless nature of the Smida race, Chen Xu was worried that he would become the ancestor of the Bangzi in the future, so he thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this Korean Peninsula has an enclave that grows from the Central Plains. Because Liaodong is blocked by mountains and ridges, it is very difficult to go from land, but it is very easy to go from the sea. Please see..." Chen Xu pointed at the sharpest position of the Shandong Peninsula, "If we set off in Langya County on the latest sailing boat and sailed straight east, we can reach the location found by Cao Shen and others in a maximum of three days. If we set up counties and counties here, we can quickly occupy a large amount of territory behind Jizi North Korea. When the time is ripe, we can attack and force Jizi North Korea from both sides of Liaodong to surrender, and completely incorporate this enclave into the territory of the Qin Dynasty!"

The reason why the Korean Peninsula has always been difficult to be ruled by the Central Plains is because of its unique geographical location, with a Changbai Mountain between them, and the territory of Korea is full of vast mountains, which is very unfavorable to the attack of the army. In addition to the Han Dynasty truly unified the Korean Peninsula in history, the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations also went to conquer the Sui Dynasty again and again, but they all returned in disgrace. Even the conquest of Liaodong and North Korea led to the collapse of the powerful Sui Dynasty, which made the Li Tang Dynasty cheaper. Li Shimin did not get any benefits in the conquest of Goryeo. Taizong personally led the expedition to avenge the children of the Sui Dynasty, but it still failed due to the terrain and weather. Since then, the Central Plains have no ability to rule the Korean Peninsula again.

According to Chen Xu's idea, it is not difficult to conquer North Korea. You only need to send a navy to land in South Korea, then gain a foothold and then immigrate and expand. You can quickly occupy the flattest area, so that you can control the entire Korean Peninsula. There is another advantage of controlling North Korea, that is, it is very close to Japan, and the ship will arrive in a day when it runs faster.

Japan is a place that Chen Xu must occupy. In his vision, it can not occupy places like Afghanistan and India, but South Korea and Japan must be included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty for rule, at least to ensure the security of the entire East China Sea. Later China has been constantly harassed by these two countries. The most important thing is that the Central Plains monarchs discriminated against the sea, believing that the Central Plains is vast and ignoring the development of overseas. In fact, overseas is the place where wealth is made. Western countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Britain, and France have made a fortune through navigation and plundering a large amount of resources. If they want to insert the dragon flag of the Qin Dynasty all over the earth, land attack can only be used as an auxiliary, and the most important thing is to expand colonies by sea.

Today, Daqin has begun to take the first step and find a sea route to the Korean Peninsula, which shows that the sailing ship he developed can finally start long-distance sailing.

Looking at the location where Chen Xu was guiding, Qin Shihuang's face was very calm. Regarding wild places like the Korean Peninsula, there was basically no threat except for a small country of Jizi and North Korea. According to Cao Shen, there were only some savages who fled from Yan and Donghu, which were not worth occupying at all. The problem of North Korea was completely different from that of Lingnan.

"I just said that I wanted to incorporate this peninsula into the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Does it have any other meaning?" Qin Shihuang asked after plucking his beard and looking at the map for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the subordinates of Qinghe Hou thought it was here..." Cao Shen pointed to the sea outside the southeast of the Korean Peninsula. "Your Majesty, after we arrived at the Korean Peninsula, we continued to sail east along the coastline. There were hundreds of islands of all sizes everywhere along the way. Our fleet kept searching southeast. In the cold winter of last year, we arrived at another continent outside the East China Sea. There were also islands everywhere nearby. According to Qinghe Hou's map, this continent should be what was called Yingzhou in ancient times. In order to verify this conclusion, we waited until the wind broke out in the southeast after spring, and then sailed westward with the wind. As expected..."

"What kind of result is it?" the emperor couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, when we returned, we actually arrived near Sheyang in Donghai County!" Cao Shen replied excitedly.

The deduction room followed the group of princes, princes and ministers who were watching were in an uproar in an instant.

"Then... what exactly is the so-called Yingzhou you found?" Qin Shihuang asked after hesitating for a long time.

"Your Majesty, Yingzhou is a wild land. There are still some indigenous people in the mountains gathered into villages, with language but no writing, similar to the people of the Central Plains. These indigenous people can also burn pottery and smeltembly copper and iron, and plant grains such as rice and mulberry trees and silkworms. After being identified by ship workers who are familiar with the situation in the East China Sea, these indigenous people may also be descendants of Shang and Zhou who fled from the Central Plains and people of the Central Plains in Yan, Qi, Wu and Yue. Many living habits are very similar to those of our Central Plains. Those who are familiar with the ancient language can also communicate simply..."

Cao Shen roughly told the situation he saw on the island, but Qin Shihuang was very disappointed after hearing it.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the place where Cao Shen and others found was indeed Yingzhou recorded in some ancient books, but this Yingzhou is not a sacred fairy island, but a large area of ​​land composed of islands of all sizes. In ancient times, Yingzhou was connected with the Korean Peninsula and even the Central Plains. However, after Gonggong knocked down Buzhou Mountain, the sky was tilted northwest and southeast, and drifted away under the erosion of floods, forming the Yingzhou we are currently finding..."

Seeing that the emperor's face was very depressed, Chen Xu explained it briefly, and this explanation was not nonsense. According to the continental drift in later generations, the Japanese archipelago indeed drifted out of the Chinese continent due to violent crust movement. According to the inference of the strange books of Shanhaijing, in ancient times, there should be only a huge land on the earth. Now, the Daqin Metropolis Daily has invited some alchemists and disciples who like to study ancient books to write manuscripts, and published many speculative articles in the newspaper discussing the mountain and river geography recorded in the Shanhaijing. These have also set off a wave of research among the people to study Shanhaijing. Now, even if the folks gather together to chat, they often talk about the Shanhaijing, and start discussing some extremely strange places and strange beasts recorded in the Shanhaijing with their faces of longing.

Interest is the driving force for all development.

Only when people from the court to the people begin to be interested in something, will it be very likely to explore ancient myths in the future.

Now that Yingzhou is discovered, once this matter is really revealed in the newspaper, the entire Qin Dynasty will be sensational, which will attract many people from the public who are keen on exploring and curiosity to join in. The Age of Discovery cannot be accomplished by one person, and it requires enthusiastic cooperation from the court to the people. Chen Xu's purpose is just to push the window open.

This Yingzhou is not the Yingzhou, and the emperor lost interest and continued to explore the origin and truth of Yingzhou. Because Chen Xu could not deceive him, he did not stay in the Ministry of War for a long time and went back to the palace to go in a daze.

As for occupying Yingzhou to rule the ancestors of the Chinese who fled from the Central Plains, the emperor was even less interested. He might not have the chance to take a look in his life, because it was a place that made him sad for the rest of his life.

"Marty, the emperor seems unhappy?" After coming out of the Ministry of War, Cao Shen and Xiao He followed Chen Xu and said nervously.

"It's okay, the emperor is just too disappointed!" Chen Xu waved his hand into the car and took Cao Shen and Xiao He back to the house.

When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he arranged for the chef to prepare a table of food and drinks for Cao Shen and Xiao He, and then accompanied them to drink and chat.

The successful finding of the Korean Peninsula and Japan is definitely good news for Chen Xu.

"Last time I asked Brother Yu and Miss Xia to send the little bastard to Donghai. Have you ever seen him?" Chen Xu asked while eating.

"Don't worry, the Marquis has already arranged according to Brother Yu's advice. He took the Little Bastard with him when he went to sea last year. Now the Little Bastard is in Yingzhou. Brother Yu and Miss Xia, and Gai Nie are there now." Xiao He said quickly.

"Have you ever found Gongsun Beiyan and Xiang Jing?"

"Not yet!" Cao Shen shook his head, but he found two sea boats from the old alchemist and Mo Tu in a place on the Korean Peninsula that the Marquis said. According to the local indigenous people, after these sea boats arrived, the people above abandoned the ship and went ashore and disappeared. They should have been hiding!"

"Marty, when we found Yingzhou, we also saw the remains of a sea boat that had sunk near an island. We arranged for people to go to the island to investigate. Apart from finding the corpses of a few rotten children and women, we never saw those Motus and alchemists. Our subordinates speculated that they might have left the island to Yingzhou on other sea boats. However, we searched near Yingzhou for a long time, because of the language, so we did not find useful information. Now Brother Yu, Miss Xia, Xiaobawang, Gai Nie and some boatmen have been leading the local natives to search on Yingzhou. I think we will go to Yingzhou next time, and we may get the results..."
Chapter completed!