Far on the other side of the sea.
Liu Jin smiled brightly in the sunshine.
I originally thought that this shabby place was deserted, but I didn't expect to meet so many natives after crossing a mountain.
These natives existed in the form of tribes, and in one place there was even a rudimentary town.
Of course, these natives were obviously no match for the Marines - they were still using primitive and backward weapons such as bone spears. A thousand Marines only needed one round of volleys to completely crush the will of these natives.
It's a pity that they couldn't communicate in the same language, but seeing that they were kneeling on the ground, it was clear that they had surrendered. Since they had surrendered, Liu Jin remembered Fu Xiaoguan's words and decided not to kill them all, as they might be useful in the future.
These tribal leaders presented countless gold treasures, but Liu Jin felt that the most precious things were what were in those dozens of boxes - those were plant seeds!
He didn't know what those plants were, he only knew that His Majesty had repeatedly instructed him to collect them.
Under Liu Jin's coercion, the natives also built three cargo ships for Liu Jin. There was no news of the cargo ships that had originally gone out to sea together, and it was probably destroyed in the storm.
As a token of his occupation of this place, Liu Jin planted a tall dragon flag at the highest point of the town.
We have been staying on this island for more than a month. It seems that we have robbed everything we need to rob, and now the cargo ship has been built, so it is time to set off.
But here comes the problem.
"I strongly suggest turning back!" Xiong Er, looking at Liu Jin by the well, said righteously, "We have no idea about the route ahead. It's June now, the time when storms are most likely to occur at sea. If things go wrong, we'll be hit by another storm. I'm afraid we won't be as lucky as we were this time!"
Liu Jin was a little unhappy. Now that the supplies were complete, if the gold, silver and jewelry scattered on the three cargo ships were collected into just one ship... it seemed a bit uneconomical!
"My opinion is that we should continue along this coast. The civilization here is relatively backward, and perhaps we will encounter a tribe like this."
"There are many hidden reefs near the coast, and we have no idea what's happening there. If we run aground... even the 'Liu Jin' wouldn't be able to retreat safely!" Xiong Er argued, adding, "Master Liu, think about it this way. We've been sailing on the sea for three full months since leaving Wu Dynasty! That's already a very long distance! From Liu Kingdom to Wu Dynasty, it's only a month's voyage, and we didn't even know the name of this place when we arrived. If we continue on, what if... I mean what if something happens and we can't get back? Wouldn't that mean we'd be wasting our time?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he thought it made sense.
After three months of sea voyage, it was almost October when we returned to Wu Dynasty.
Your Majesty is probably still waiting for news from me. Your Majesty is so worried about me. Not knowing whether I am alive or dead for such a long time, Your Majesty must be unable to sleep or eat... I cannot let Your Majesty worry about a servant like me.
"Okay, let's return!"
Xiong Er at the well finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that this ignorant little eunuch would continue forward, which would most likely be a road of no return!
But at this moment, Senior Brother Su Jue spoke:
"I've completed the nautical chart that leads to this place. Based on the pronunciation of the natives, I named this place Alaska. There's a circle of islands outside it called the Aleutian Islands."
"There are two copies of this map. You take one and return to Wu Dynasty by sea."
Su Mo was startled and his eyes widened, "Big Brother... do you still want to stay here?"
Su Jue raised his hands and straightened his hat. "Big Brother, it's not that I want to stay here, but Junior Brother once told me that the world is round. I want to cross the strait and travel east by land. If the world is round, I can walk back to the Wu Dynasty."
"But what if the earth isn't round?"
"...Then I'll see where this leads."
Gao Yuanyuan immediately became interested and said, "That's a good idea. I'll go with you, Senior Brother!"
Su Mo felt terrible. "How am I going to explain this to Third Senior Sister when I get back?"
Su Jue took out a letter from his bosom and said, "Give this letter to your third senior sister. She will naturally understand my thoughts."
Su Mo hesitated for a while before taking the letter and looked at Gao Yuanyuan again. "Second Senior Brother, did you also write a letter to Meili Xuehong? She's still waiting for you at the Taoist temple!"
Gao Yuanyuan rubbed her hands and said, "This has just been decided. If I write it now, she will understand."
Anyway, Liu Jin and Jingbian Xiong Er couldn't understand it.
Is the earth round?
Why is the sea flat?
This place is who knows how many miles away from Wu Dynasty, and they actually have to walk back... Even if they can really walk back, how long will it take?
No one knows how long it will take Su Jue and Gao Yuanyuan to walk back to Wu Dynasty, and no one knows what they will encounter after crossing the Bering Strait.
In short, on the morning of the next day, Liu Jin, with the farewell of thousands of natives, boarded the "Liu Jin", left the port with three cargo ships, and embarked on his return journey.
The leaders of these tribes waved goodbye to them on the shore. After the boat disappeared from their sight, they returned to their tribes, stroking the silk that Liu Jin had given them, and thought that all the people on that boat were idiots!
They didn't know that this thing was called silk, but it felt smooth and delicate, and the embroidered cloud patterns on it looked like they were made by immortals.
They actually exchanged such exquisite things for useless gold, silver and jewelry!
Are you stupid?
The natives laughed heartily.
I hope they can come again and ask the people in the tribe to dig up more useless gold, silver and jewelry so that they can exchange more next time.
On the same morning, Su Mo and Gao Yuanyuan sailed a boat along the coast towards the Bering Strait.
Three days later, they arrived here. The distance between the two sides of the strait in this world was not wide. Another day later, they came to the other side. After a few days, they discovered that there was a tribe living here that was almost the same as the one on the other side.
"The world is so big, there really is nothing strange!"
Su Jue said with great emotion: "Back then, Junior Brother said that the world should be divided into five continents and four oceans. He also said that beyond the sea was a vast land, where people of all different skin colors also lived... In fact, we haven't been to the place Junior Brother mentioned, but we have seen different people, so Junior Brother is right!"
"Big Brother, I don't understand how Junior Brother knows this when he has never been to sea."
Su Jue shook his head. "Didn't Master say that before? He said Junior Brother is born with knowledge. I think that probably means Junior Brother knows everything."
Gao Yuanyuan thought about it and it seemed to be true.
"Should we go and rob that tribe now?"
"Keep it, I'll grab it next time. Let's go!"
The two lonely travelers set off on their journey, but what they didn't know was that two months later, a fleet from the European continent also mysteriously entered the Aleutian Islands and landed on the same land.
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