Chen Jiang rode a sampan down from the Shunfeng and boarded the ancient continent that would later be called the "New Song Continent".

He carried a red background with a large triangle flag with the character "Song" on it. This flag will be left on this land, symbolizing that this place belongs to the official family and the empress of the Song Dynasty.

After a slight sound of the "canopy", the bottom of the sampan hit the soft beach.

A sailor wanted to get off the boat, but was grabbed by Chen Jiang.

He wants to be the first to board this land that is at least a big island!

Because he vaguely knew that the first person to climb would be famous in history.

Although this is a small step for him, Chen Jiang, it is likely to be a big step for mankind!

Because there is probably no human on this "big island". At least there is no sign of human activity when you see it.

Chen Jiang stepped into the warm sea water with a soft beach. He carried the flagpole, waded in the water, and tried hard to move forward. The sailors also came down from the sampan one by one, and like him, waded in the sea water and walked towards the wild continent ahead.

Walking onto the white beach, the endless grasslands and hills came into view. There were no tall plants and the hills were low. Except for the seabirds flying in the sky, no other animals were active.

Everything seems quiet, primitive, and desolate.

"Divid into two teams!" Chen Jiang said, "One team follows me, let's go up the mountain to see. The other team is here."

"Here!"

After climbing the hill in the distance, Chen Jiang saw the ocean again. On the other side of the hill, about twenty or thirty miles away, there was a piece of water.

Is it an island? Or a peninsula?

If it is an island, it is not very valuable. It is just a deserted grassland island...

Then Chen Jiang looked north again and soon saw a large ocean. Then he turned south, and this time he did not see the sea again, but endless hills covered with low vegetation.

This place should be a bit dry and hot grassland. Chen Jiang thought to himself: If there is a river, you can replenish some fresh water, and then see if you can hunt... If you can catch some wild cattle and sheep, marinate them with salt, two exploration boats can stay in the nearby waters for a while and search them carefully.

When he returned from the hill, he suddenly found that the group of people who were left on the shore were besieging an animal that could jump upright and had a big tail.

The sailors shot it with crossbow arrows, and then poked it around the injured animal with a few long-distance knives... The scene was a bit bloody and very chaotic.

"What's this?" Chen Jiang ran over and took a look, but didn't recognize him.

"Chengjie, this guy came here by himself!" A sailor reported, "It looked quite succulent, so I caught it."

"It won't be poisonous, right?" Chen Jiang looked at it, "Wash it and peel it, take it back and hand it over to the kitchen, and let them cook it for the paddlers to eat... You can't give it to each one, find a few to try it. If you can't eat it, grab more!"

This is a cute kangaroo, of course, it will not kill people.

Carrying the washed and peeled kangaroo, Chen Jiang and others got on the sampan and returned to the "Shunfeng".

Not to mention the tasting of kangaroo meat, the two exploration ships commanded by Chen Jiang began to wander around the west coast of "Australia" in the next few days. The place where they landed was a peninsula, and you could see the coastline that could not be seen north and south.

A few more days later, on November 1, 3rd year of the Song Dynasty, Chen Jiang had basically confirmed that he had discovered a continent!

His sea craft sailed south along the coastline for two days, walked a thousand miles, and looked up and was still the coast extending south, boundless.

However, the climate, terrain and landform near the coast have undergone significant changes. The temperature has become lower and the climate has become wetter.

On November 1st, the lookout found forests and a river that flowed into the ocean.

But there are still no traces of human activities!

There are forests, rivers, and the temperature is appropriate, which means that there is a possibility of colonization and reclamation here!

Without any signs of human activity, it means that this place may really be a homeless continent.

Oh, it’s no longer a masterless person! Zhao Kai and Empress Wu Meiniang, the official family of the Song Dynasty, are the owners of this continent.

"It's here!" Chen Jiang ordered, "Stop the boat at the mouth of the river, then divide half of the people off the boat to search, hunt, catch more long-tailed jumping beasts (kangaroos), and fill the empty warehouses. We can eat bacon on the way back!"

The journey back is long because Chen Jiang did not plan to drive back to Bali directly, but would sail north along the coastline of the mainland.

He guessed that this continent and South Lantau are most likely to be the same continent!

If this guess is correct, it will be less than 1,000 miles from Sandalwood Island to the coast of the mainland... This is a very easy ocean to cross.

Moreover, after crossing the sea, there are woods everywhere and many rivers. Although the weather is too hot, there is not much possibility of development. However, it is still possible to establish several supply bases!

In this way, it will be easier to transport people to this new continent... Prisoners from the Song Dynasty can be sent here. It won't take too long to build the first city on this continent.

Now, there is really a place to open a semicolon in the Song Dynasty!

...

The news of the discovery of the "New Song Continent" was only sent to the Nanyang Navy Admiral Division on Xingzhou Island in early March of the fourth year of the Song Dynasty.

Xie Yong, who was in charge of this matter, was almost dying of a hurry, and he thought Chen Jiang and the others had died in the Southern Ocean.

According to the plan, they set out from Bali for only 40 days. At the end of the third year of Hezhong, it was time to arrive in Xingzhou.

But now it is March of the fourth year of Hezhong... If they had not found islands that could be replenished in the Southern Ocean, they would have starved to death and died of thirst!

But just as Xie Yong was about to hold a funeral for Chen Jiang and the others, the Shunfeng and Ruyi drove into the Xingzhou Island Military Port.

Chen Jiang did not send the Clippers to report it, and he came back with two boats.

What is the situation?

Don't want to rest in Bali? That place is good...

Just when he was a little surprised, Chen Jiang ran over excitedly.

"Admiral! I found it, finally found it..."

“What did you find?”

"Continent! A continent..."

Xie Yong was stunned, "How big is a continent?"

Chen Jiang shook his head, "I don't know! Shunfeng and Ruyi sailed along the west coast of this continent for 20 days! The length of the west coast alone should be more than 5,000 miles..."

"5000 miles!?" Xie Yong exclaimed.

5,000 miles! There is no 5,000 miles to travel from south to north in the Song Dynasty, and it is only 3,000 miles at most!

The length of this continent is more than 5,000 miles in the north and south, isn’t it even bigger than that of the Song Dynasty?

"Really or not?" Xie Yong asked.

"Really! Really..." Chen Jiang said, "I can't be wrong... If the admiral doesn't believe it, you can go and see it yourself. It only takes 1,000 miles of sea and land from Sandalwood Island!

That Nanlantu is actually part of this continent!”

"Not less than 1,000 miles?" Xie Yong calculated, "It can pass in 2 days... By the way, what is the climate there? What is the water and soil? Is there a national city?"

"The official family is right, it's really cooler the more you go south!" Chen Jiang said, "There are grasslands, forests, and fertile land suitable for cultivation on that continent... But there are no cities and countries, only some small savages, black people, eating raw meat and drinking blood, and there are very few."

Chen Jiang and the others met several Australian natives... They also captured one of them and locked them in a cage to bring Xingzhou, but they were kept dead on the road and buried them in Sandalwood Island.

"Wait," Xie Yong suddenly thought of something, and the excited expression on his face disappeared and turned into nervousness. "Is it not leaking the matter about the New World?"

"No!" Chen Jiang shook his head, "Admiral, I, Old Chen, are not confused! Bali and Sandalwood Island are not our territory now... The news cannot be leaked, otherwise the fleet of the vicious will take action."

"The people on the boat..."

"Apart from Xiaguan and Xiaguan's brothers, everyone has never got off the boat in Sandow Island and Bali." Chen Jiang said, "and he went straight to the military port when he arrived in Xingzhou."

"Okay! Well done!" Xie Yong breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly rang the bell and called a military opportunity, and immediately issued an order for martial law at the military port.

There are barracks in the military port for Shunfeng, and the crew members on the Ruyi rest, and there is also enough venue for them to move.

So they can't leave the barracks for the time being and have to wait there.

"I will arrange for you to go to Jiangning Mansion to meet the saint!" Xie Yong said, "Everyone else has to stay in Xingzhou Camp."

"Xiaoguan understand," said Chen Jiang, "Xiaoguan can set out today."

"Okay!" Xie Yong paused, "Let's go today! It's spring now, and it's just the wind. In addition, I will write another document for help and you will take it with you."

"Seeking help?"

Xie Yong nodded and said, "There are not many warships in Xingzhou. If you really want to fight, the Nanyang Navy may not be able to win!"

He had already thought of competing for territory with Dazhou!

Now the Eastern Song Dynasty has launched active actions in the Western Ocean and the Chao Phraya River estuary. Some of the main forces of the South China Sea navy have gone to the Western Ocean, while some are supporting colonial activities in the Chao Phraya River estuary.

There were very few warships left in Xingzhou, while the Nanyang Fleet of Zhou State deployed a large number of ships in Palembang and Zia.

Once war begins, the situation will be very unfavorable to the Eastern Song Dynasty.

And what's worse is that Java Island, the first island in Nanyang (because the fertile land is also the highest level of development) is firmly controlled by Xinzhou.

This gives Xinzhou the ability to invest more troops and fleets in Nanyang!

Therefore, it is best for the Eastern Song Dynasty to completely control Bali, Sandalwood Island and other places after Xinzhou learned about the discovery of the New World, and build fortresses and station heavy troops.
Chapter completed!