The Black Continent refers to the African continent. It has been discovered long ago but still has a large number of unknown areas.

People don’t even know that there are waterways that can be orbited in the distant south of the African continent. They don’t know that there are rich lands suitable for human habitation and reclaiming in the south of the African continent.

In fact, Europeans, Indians and Arabs in the 12th century also believed that the hotter they went south. Therefore, the temperature south of the equator was unimaginable and it was very likely that people would die of heat.

So few people will drive ships to explore south along the coastline of Africa.

However, this problem seems to no longer exist with the discovery of the New World and the confirmation of Diyuan's theory.

"According to the records of the Greek historian Herodotus, about 1,800 years ago, Egypt's pharaoh sent a fleet of Phoenician waters to head south along the east coast of the Black Continent, sailing around the entire Black Continent, and finally entering the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar and returning to Egypt.

In the past, no one believed in the authenticity of this record, and even Herodotus himself doubted it. But now it seems that this record is likely to be true."

Moli said an almost fantasy record. In her Guangming Holy See, there is a huge library that contains countless "secret books" and almost all the books from all over the East and the West that can be found.

Among them are Herodotus's "Muse" also known as "History" and "History of the Hippopotamian War". In the first half of this book, a large number of history and cultures of Eastern countries are recorded, and many of them belong to Egypt and Persia.

Because Mori was a Persian and was very yearning for the brilliant civilization created by his ancestors, he turned over this book "History of the Hippo War" and understood it thoroughly. Of course, he also knew Herodotus' description of the route to Africa organized by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

Originally, Madam Mo did not believe this record (Herodot himself did not), but when she learned that the exploration of the New World by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Song Dynasty was successful, especially after the Eastern Song Dynasty successfully explored the sea south of the South Ocean, she immediately thought that the activities of ancient Egypt in exploring the coastline of the African continent recorded by Herodotot were likely to be real!

According to Herodotus' records, it took the Phoenicians three years to complete this epic voyage. In order to obtain the food needed during the voyage, the Phoenician sailors also sowed and harvested along the coast of Africa.

If all these records are true, it means that the African continent should be a wealthy and vast continent!

Yelu Dashi stroked his beard and frowned and thought for a while, "Saint, even if the black continent can be navigated in the south, what are the benefits for our Daliao?

The current path of East-West trade is shared by the four countries of the Great Liao, Egypt, the Great Food and Roman countries. If a merchant ship can travel around the Black Continent, will Nanjing Avashi Prefecture and Xijing Daburishi Prefecture still have the prosperity they are today?"

Of course, Yelu Dashi understood economics. He spent his youth and youth in Jiehe Market. He also studied at Yuntai Academy and Knights Academy. How could he not know the importance of the East-West trading path to his Great Liao Persian Empire?

If the East and West trade routes change to the African continent by detour, his country will become poorer.

"Your Majesty," said Moli, "If we don't explore the Black Continent, the navigators of Zhou and Song will sooner or later explore the Black Continent routes.

At that time, can the power of the Great Liao and I, Mani, stop them from going around the Black Continent to Europe?"

it's out of the question……

The maritime power of the Eastern Song and Northern Zhou dynasties could completely defeat the Great Liao and Manichaeism.

Dashi frowned deeply, as if he was in deep thought.

"Instead of letting them occupy the route of the Black Continent, it is better to start first." Mo Niangzi said, "We can turn all the ports along the Black Continent into the territory of the Great Liao by exploring the Black Continent and spreading the principles of light and brightness!

Even if there is a route to bypass the Black Continent in the future, we have to pay the Daliao.”

The purpose of exploring the Black Continent was of course to spread her Mani Heavenly Principles on the Black Continent. Mani Heavenly Principles and the Heavenly Principles were merged by Moli. In a sense, she was the great scholar who finally completed the religiousization of Confucianism.

Because the two schools of Neo-Confucianism and Tianli Buddhism only have the teaching of the heavenly principles, and there is no intimidation from evil spirits.

Manichaeism is a dual religion, with the god of light above and the demon king of darkness below. It also has the habit of merging with other religions. Therefore, it is natural to equate the laws of nature with light, linking darkness to human desires, that is, the evil thoughts in people's hearts arise from the temptation of the demon king of darkness.

In this way, the religious line of the light and heavenly principles to fight against dark evil desires will be perfected.

After completely integrating Manichaeism and the theory of nature, Mori changed the name of Manichaeism to "Theory of Light" and formulated an ambitious missionary plan.

However, missionary cannot be spread blindly, it cannot be spread eastward, it can only be spread westward.

Because the two Song and Northern Zhou dynasties in the East were basically the territory of Tianli Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, if the "Light and Heavenly Law" wanted to squeeze in and expand its power, it would easily lead to conflicts.

So Moli focused his missionary focus on the West. But the West also has three powerful religions, namely Tianfang religion, Christianity and Brahminism. Even if the principles of Guangming are blessed by Yelu Dashi, they will only make breakthroughs in the former land of Persia.

And in the ignorant black continent, there should be no strong religion, which just allows Guangming Tianli to occupy the territory.

In addition, by exploring and colonizing the Black Continent, the status of the Persians under the Western Liao Dynasty can also be significantly improved.

Because the Han people brought by Yelu Dashi from the East, the Khitans could not sail. The Persians had a long history of navigation and rich experience in navigation.

Guangming Tianli and Buddhism itself also absorbed a lot of experience in navigation from the Eastern Song Dynasty and Northern Zhou Dynasty. It also had channels to order merchant ships and warships produced by the Eastern Song Dynasty and Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Yelu Dashi thought for a moment and nodded: "Saint, I can support the exploration of the Black Continent.

If necessary, you can also form a navy in Avas Mansion, Nanjing. But you have to do me a favor, too!”

Moli smiled and said, "Your Majesty has something to do to help you with slaves, just issue an order."

"Did you know that the Jurchens have moved to the Volga River basin in the north?"

"The Jurchens arrived at the Volga River? How many were there?"

"There are hundreds of thousands of people," said Yelu Dashi, "it was a family migration."

"The Volga River is far from Tabriz," asked Mo's wife, "it probably won't be done again, right?"

Yelu Dashi smiled and said, "It's impossible to fight within twenty years, so it's hard to say in the future... But the saint should know what kind of god it believes in in the West is very important. If the Jurchens are allowed to join the Tianfang Sect or the Catholic Sect, they will definitely be the enemy of the Daliao in the future."

"What your Majesty mean is to ask the Guangmingding to send envoys to preach on both sides of the Volga River?"

Dashi nodded: "The Jurchen mission is on his way to Tabriz. The leader is our old acquaintance Wang Zongbi. The saint can meet him in Tabriz... If Zongbi is willing to convert to the Heavenly Law of Guangming, then the Jinguan Kingdom of the Daliao and the Jurchen people will be able to form an alliance."

Yelu Dashi's national policy was not to advance north, but to advance westward and become the master of Anatolia. If it was possible, even invade the Balkans and regard Constantinople as its capital, of course, this national policy only existed in Dashi's heart and was not disclosed.

However, the policy of avoiding war with the Jurchens has long been a consensus among the Liao people in Tabriz.

"It was Moli who wanted to be able to pass the light and heaven on the banks of the Volga River." Mo smiled, "Moli was waiting to meet Zongbi in Tabriz, and by the way, he could also organize the exploration of the Black Continent for His Majesty."

"Okay!" Yelu Dashi nodded with a smile, "I will entrust this matter to you. Just talk to me if you need a lot of money."

...

While Mo Madam was busy between Tabriz and Avas, she was conducting exploration of the Black Continent. Wanyan Zongbi, who was on a mission to the West in the name of the Prince of Peach Blossom Stone, had already arrived at Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire, on a merchant ship provided by the Venetians.

Yes, when Wanyan Zongbi visited, he called himself the Prince of Taohua Mountain, which was the Prince of China. At the same time, he called his monarch Wu Qimai the King of Peach Blossom Stone, which was the King of Gold Tent of China.

In other words, the Jurchens in the Jinzhang Kingdom did not regard themselves as a barbarian country at all, but regarded themselves as civilized and advanced Chinese.

This allows them to gain a sense of condescending superiority when interacting with Western countries.

Because over the past 20 years, with the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, many European, Middle East and North Africa countries have already understood the Chinese civilization in the East.

The history of the westward advance of the New Zhou, Eastern Song, Western Xia, and Western Liao also let Westerners know the power of the Eastern Taohua Mountain civilization.

For the Jurchens who fled thousands of miles away, it is absolutely no harm to emphasize their Chinese identity.

So according to the official proposition of the Jinzhang Kingdom, the group of exiles who had traveled more than 20,000 miles were not Jurchens, but Han people from the Central Plains. They were born from the noble Wang family of Langya, and their bloodline was quite noble!

It was only in the late Western Jin Dynasty that he moved to Liaodong because he escaped from the war in the Central Plains.

Later, they established their own kingdom in Liaodong and became vassals of the Emperor of the Great Liao and Emperors of the Great Song Dynasty.

Later, because they were defeated in the civil war in China, they had to migrate with their clans and arrived along the Volga River, more than 20,000 miles away from the Central Plains...

Of course, Wang Zongbi did not say that he was a Chinese prince in vernacular terms, but he looked like a real Chinese prince no matter how he looked.
Chapter completed!