February 18, the 15th year of Hongwu, the Great Song Dynasty.

Four Shenzhou Ding 4 3,000-stone expedition ships, including the Ping'an, Yong'an, Tai'an, Fu'an, etc., were loaded with various supplies and supplies, lined up on the pier outside Yuejiangmen in Nanjing, waiting to set sail and set sail to go east.

These four Shenzhou Ding 4 3000-stone expedition ships were improved on the basis of Shenzhou Ding 3 3000-stone gunships. They were specially used to carry out missions to explore Western Europe. They left the Yangtze River Estuary and headed eastward to Japan for a few days, and then added some supplies. When the southwest wind blew, they sailed westward. In less than three months, they could reach Western Europe!

Well, the eldest son of the emperor, King Lingwu, Zhao Lun, who is in charge of this matter, has studied it carefully, and has even studied the general landing location.

"Father, son Chen has studied these four expedition ships with Madam Bo (Natalie) and Madam Ma (Marihaxiya). If you take the north route all the way east, cross the East Ocean, and meet a big island, you will probably arrive in England!"

The person who was reporting the adventure preparations to Zhao Kai on the Yuejiang Tower was Zhao Lun who was very concerned about this adventure. This matter was related to whether he could successfully become the prince. How could he not have a 120-year-old thought?

"England" Zhao Kai nodded, thinking to himself that you don't even know about Ireland! Obviously, you haven't studied it carefully!

But it doesn’t matter. As long as the expedition fleet brings enough supplies and leaves Japan, and then closes its eyes and goes east, you will definitely discover the New World!

At that time, I will give you the title of Eastern Emperor and go to the New World to deal with Indians. They should not be called Indians, but “English savages” or “French natives”.

Thinking of this, he looked back at the beauty Bo and asked with a smile, "Natalie, you, Rakshasa lady, still know the situation in Western Europe?"

Natalie smiled and said, "It's so good for the officials to know that although I am a Rakshasa, I am a nobleman. My father is a bishop of the Principal of Galicia, so I have received education and know some of the situation in Western Europe."

Zhao Kai did not comment or mention Ireland, but then asked Zhao Lun, "What if there were no expeditions to arrive in England?"

"Then it is possible to reach the Frank Kingdom, which is south of England, across the sea from England."

The "France Kingdom" that historians believe is actually born, and was born when Hugo Cape, the Duke of Ile-de-France, was elected as the king of the Franks. However, because Hugo Cape and several subsequent kings were called the King of the Franks, the current Europeans do not know that there is the French Kingdom.

"There are some small countries and a green and fed country to the south of the Frank Kingdom," Zhao Chen said. "The territory of that green and fed country was originally the place where believers of the Church of God lived. Later, they were conquered by the Tianfangists from North Africa and established the green and fed country."

When Zhao Lun said this, his brow suddenly frowned, "But these countries, including England, Frank, and green and fed countries, are different from our Song Dynasty. The interior is extremely loose, the kings have lost power, and the princes have ruled one side. If Wanyan Xiebao can use the Central Plains to rectify the Eastern Roman Kingdom and Rakshasa, slash the princes, and concentrate their power. Then it is very likely to slash the European countries and unify the world of worshipping the God Church, it will be difficult to deal with it."

Zhao Lun really studied the political systems of European countries at this time, and obviously put his mind on it. However, he still underestimated the loose military power of the princes of the God-worshiping religion. Although this group of people could not fight the large army - because there were few leaders with enough prestige to gather them, they were still quite powerful once they were dispersed to fight public security wars. Wanyan Xiebao wanted to rely on his Jurchen nation and the weak Eastern Romans to unify them, and there was basically no chance.

Zhao Kai did not tell Zhao Lun about his views, because he knew that Zhao Lun could not meet Europeans at all, nor could he meet Wanyan Xiebao.

If you really encounter it, it means this is not the earth at all!

"Are all four expedition ships ready?" Zhao Kai asked about the preparations for the expedition ship.

"Everything is ready," Zhao Lun said, "The four Shenzhou Ding four-type 3,000-stone expedition ships are all modified with the Shenzhou Ding three-type under construction. The hull has been reinforced and the cabin plate has been added on the basis of the keel. Therefore, the hull is extremely strong and can definitely withstand the strong winds and waves on the sea."

There are actually two functions of the cabin plate: one is to prevent the hull from entering and sinking; the other is to act as a rib to strengthen the hull. The space separated by the cabin plate can also be used to store supplies.

Zhao Kai asked again, "How many sailors are there in total on the four boats? How much food and fresh water can you carry when you set out from Japan? This time you want to cross the East Ocean, it is not a coastal route. It is difficult to replenish food and fresh water, so you must prepare enough."

Zhao Lun said, "Because after landing, it is possible to have conflicts with the English, Franks and the Green-clothed Cannibals, each ship brought 200 sailors. These sailors are all skilled in martial arts and are equipped with Luoyang armor, divine arm bow, thunder bombing and other equipment armor."

There are 200 people in one boat, and 800 people in four boats. If all of them are covered with iron armor and the saint arm bow and bomb on their backs, it will be considered a force in Europe.

In addition, a total of 48 5-jin long cannons were equipped on the four expedition ships!

Zhao Lun then said, "As for food, you will prepare a year's share, and each boat will also carry enough salt to pickle the captured prey.

Freshwater is not easy to preserve, so it will purchase 2,800 stone of wine in Japan and load it on four expedition ships. Calculate that one person consumes 5 kilograms of wine per day. The 200 sailors need 1,000 kilograms of wine per day, which is about six or seven stones. One boat loads 700 stone of wine, which is enough to drink for 100 days. Each boat carries some wine koji, and if necessary, you can also make some wine by yourself.

In addition, each ship carries ten thousand pieces of silk. This is used to exchange supplies with the English, the Franks and the Cannibals, and to offer them to the King of England, the Franks and the Caliphs or the Sultans."

Zhao Lun also prepared a three-point letter to the English, Frank, and the monarchs who were very considerate.

"By the way, are there any horses on the boat?" Zhao Kai suddenly thought of the horses at this time.

As far as he knew, there were no horses in the Americas before the Europeans arrived there, and only alpacas could ride. If the first Song people who climbed to the New World had horses and could form a small-scale cavalry, that would be amazing.

"Ma? I'm not prepared." Zhao Lun shook his head.

There are horses in Europe, and Is it okay to buy them after I go to Europe?

Zhao Kai ordered, "Please carry twenty or thirty horses on each boat!"

"My son is here to do it right away." Of course, Zhao Lu did not dare to disobey his father's intentions, so he had to agree.

Zhao Kai nodded, "No need, just go to the stables of the imperial city to lead some horses and don't miss the auspicious time! Madam Bo, you go and do it!"

It turns out that today is a good day for the expedition fleet to set off. It’s February 18th, I’ll send it!

Natalie, a beauty-pornstar, took Zhao Kai's questioning and did not dare to neglect at all. She immediately took several female squads and took Zhao Kai's gold medal to lead the horse.

Zhao Kai thought about it and felt that there was nothing to say, so he said to Zhao Lun, "Let the bows of the four boats come and see you!"

The bows of these four expedition ships are all carefully selected by Zhao Lun. Because the Northern Song army had no navy a few years ago, these bows all jumped from the Southern Song Navy.

Among them, the bow of the Ping'an ship was Sheng Xin, a native of Yuhang, in his forties, he was a martial artist in the Southern Song Dynasty. After that, he served in the navy and later became Zhao Shu's confidant and joined the Northern Song Dynasty Navy with Zhao Shu. He was also the commander of this expedition.

The bow of the Yong'an ship was named Yang Qin, who was about the same age as Sheng Xin. He was a fisherman from Dongting Lake. He applied for the navy and first served in the Yangtze River Navy, then transferred to the navy. He served under Zhaoshu and Zhao Buqiu, and finally followed them to the Song Dynasty court.

The bows of the Tai'an and Fu'an are both from Southeast Maritime Businessmen, and have a lot of experience in sailing, especially familiar with the routes to Japan.

The four people were quickly taken to Zhao Kai, bowed and bowed, and then stood in a row, waiting for Emperor Zhao to speak.

Zhao Kai looked at them and said solemnly, "Today is the day for you to leave Nanjing and set out east to find a route to Europe.

I have a premonition that you will definitely gain a lot when you go this trip and will be famous in history in the future. Since Xu Fu went east to seek immortality, no one of us Chinese has ever thought of exploring the vast ocean in the east, right? What a pity!"

Have you gained a lot? What can you gain?

Zhao Lun and the four bows did not understand what Zhao Kai meant. What is there in the sea in the east? It could not be an island where immortals live, right? And it doesn’t seem to matter if you go to that Rome route. If you don’t find it, what’s the point?

At this time, Zhao Kai had already smiled, looked at the direction of the eastward direction of the river with a deep look, and said to himself, "If I expected it, the world of great voyage will start from today. And people of us can live in the same world and achieve great things, and we will really live up to this life!"

At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from the downstairs of Yuejiang. Zhao Kai stretched his neck and looked down. He saw that Natalie was leading more than a hundred horses with her, leading more than a hundred horses, and they were all the horses. Although they were not Qinghai, they were strong enough and not old enough. They were the best time to be physically strong.

There were dozens of carriages and horse materials that came with these horses, which were for more than a hundred horses to eat on their way to Japan.

Seeing that the horse had arrived, Zhao Kai smiled and said to the four bows, "It's almost time. You can get on the boat and I'll wait for your good news in Nanjing. I hope you don't let me down!"

The four of them bowed together and said, "Please rest assured, and I will not be humiliated!"

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Chapter completed!