Xu Yin did not get an answer from the woman in yellow. After preparing all the supplies, he waited for the wind direction in Haining Prefecture for nearly a month.
During this period, considering long-distance travel, the risks are unpredictable.
Xu Yin had nothing to do, so he made a telescope with a low magnification according to the old books projected by the broken bronze sword.
Then he used the telescope and ruler to make a simple sextant.
After all preparations were completed, we immediately set sail and headed east.
This trip crossed the Yellow Sea and reached North Korea. No fleet would dare to do this in ordinary times.
With the navigation technology at this time, it was usually impossible for a sea-going ship to travel too far from the coast, otherwise it would be easy to get lost at sea and become trapped to death.
When going to North Korea, you usually sail along the coast of the Bohai Sea, so you won't lose your way.
Xu Yin dared to leave the coast and go straight because he could use a sextant to calculate his longitude and latitude at sea based on the stars and the sun.
He taught the usage and principles of the sextant to Hao Du, the captain of the ship, who was so shocked that he could not put it down and at the same time, he was extremely respectful to Xu Yin.
The ship relied on a compass and a simple sextant to reach North Korea without any danger.
Afterwards, some supplies were carried out... Of course, as for pirates, the so-called supplies were actually robbed, but no one felt any psychological burden when robbing these aliens.
Then go to Japan. At this time, Japan was in a state of seclusion due to the Mongolian attack decades ago. Ships could not dock and could only sail northward along the coast.
Whenever possible, he would look for weak points to land and grab a wave of local lords. Xu Yin even intervened in several civil wars.
It turned out to be a three-masted sea-going ship, but after two months, it was actually very fat.
Even because Xu Yin had nothing to do, he intervened in several Japanese civil wars during the supply period and accidentally saved a dozen blacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, and samurai.
At this time, Japan was in the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the north and the south were fighting each other. The north was originally slightly stronger, but Japan has always had the habit of defeating the superior.
Therefore, internal turmoil often breaks out in the north, criticizing the legitimacy of the Muromachi shogunate.
To put it simply, the northern faction represents the interests of the landowning and samurai class, while the southern faction represents the interests of the royal family and civil servants and temples.
Several battles that Xu Yin participated in were internal struggles within the Muromachi shogunate in the Northern Dynasties, and several lords who rebelled against the shogunate were wiped out.
Xu Yin happened to meet him and rescued the fleeing warriors and craftsmen. He took these people in because of ship maintenance and other considerations.
Because Japan has always had the idea of respecting China, and after the fall of the Song Dynasty, some scholar-bureaucrats fled to Japan.
Therefore, among the Japanese cultural class, there are also many people who understand Sinology.
Among those who joined, the samurai with the highest status, Nitta Gisuke, understood Chinese and could communicate directly.
Half of the remaining samurai could not speak, but they could write Chinese characters and could communicate through cursive writing.
Therefore, I can command these people on the ship.
These warriors are not mediocre warriors, they all have the strength of first-class warriors, otherwise it would be impossible to escape from defeat.
Among them, the samurai leader Nitta Gisuke has the strength of an ordinary martial arts elder, and his swordsmanship is very sharp.
Xu Yin would fight with him whenever he had nothing to do, learn the principles of his swordsmanship, and use it to enhance his own swordsmanship.
The further north the ship sails, the colder the weather becomes, the more icebergs and reefs there are, and the speed becomes slower.
It was difficult to keep warm with just the furs brought from plunder. Although the coal they carried was enough, they didn't know how long the journey ahead was, so they could only use it as sparingly as possible.
After some discussion between Xu Yin and Huang Shinu, they could only say that they were lucky that everyone on this ship, except for the craftsmen, had practiced martial arts. Even if they did not know the internal skills, their external skills were not weak.
Xu Yin thought about it and decided to teach everyone some basic internal skills so that they could withstand the severe cold.
It took them more than five months, and they lost their way several times during the journey, and even hit rocks and were in danger.
After overhauling the ship four times along the way, we finally saw a towering volcano at the end of the Bering Strait.
At this time, even the Tomb Sect members, who were not emotionally disturbed, couldn't help but cheer loudly.
After landing, Xu Yin looked at the dilapidated and almost scrapped ship and sighed sincerely.
The boss of the ship, Hao Du, patted Xu Yin on the shoulder and said, "Master Xu, I'm afraid only Ice and Fire Island can have this kind of scenery!"
Xu Yin said: "The ship has been seriously damaged and needs major repairs. Fortunately, we have no shortage of craftsmen. Master Hao, please restrain everyone and fix the ship. Don't let the wind and waves destroy it. I will go up with Miss Yang and the others first."
Explore the island!”
The woman in yellow shirt and the eight male and female disciples of the Tomb Sect were curiously looking at the scenery on the island. Half of it was ice and half was fire. It was really spectacular!
Xu Yin walked up to the girl in yellow shirt. Along the way, he commanded carefully, determined the route, looted supplies, worried about everything, and made very precise decisions. Therefore, he had great prestige, even among several disciples of the Ancient Tomb Sect.
I was very respectful to him.
At this time, seeing that Xu Yin had something to say to the girl in yellow shirt, they all stood up and stood away.
Xu Yin pointed to the distance and said: "Although this island seems very small, if you go further east, even if you cut wood and make boats, you can reach another continent. That place is rich in species, prolific in food, and more prosperous in the Central Plains.
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The number of us here is too small. If there were ten times more people, we would definitely be able to colonize this place! Going south from that continent is a land with pleasant climate and vast plains, which can be called a land given by God!
One day, when the world is at peace, I will definitely lead tens of thousands of people to establish the Chinese heritage here and spread my civilization overseas!"
Where Xu Yin pointed was Alaska, and to the south was the vast North American continent. Except for the Indian savages, there was no existence that could rival China!
The girl in yellow shirt was fascinated by what she heard, but she also didn't believe it. "You have never been here, and the words of Zhang Cuishan and others that you recited when you were on the boat also show that they have not explored eastward. So why do you know this?"
Xu Yin laughed loudly, "Xu knows someone for life, can Miss Yang be trusted?"
The woman in yellow shirt shook her head, unable to believe that such a place existed overseas.
"If there really is such a fertile continent as you said, how could a powerful civilization not be born?
Even in the deserts of the Western Regions, there are many city-state civilizations that developed following the trade oases.
During the Song Dynasty, due to the eastward expansion of the Green Sect and the decline of Buddhism, these commercial city-states were united and shared a common belief, which is now even more difficult to shake.
This is true for places with harsh environments. Since there is a land of abundance in the distance, there should be a strong country, and there is no way that there are only savages like you said."
Xu Yin hesitated for a moment, but he didn't expect that the girl in yellow shirt even knew about the civilization of the Western Regions.
As for why there was no iconic civilization comparable to the Roman Empire in the American continent, he didn't quite know the reason, so he didn't know how to answer it for a while.
He just said: "Believe it or not, we are going to stay here for a long time anyway. How about taking a boat trip and exploring it?"
The woman in the yellow shirt had a smile on her lips, but before she could answer, a rough voice suddenly came.
"I have been here for more than ten years, and I have never known that there is a larger continent to the east. If what you kid said is true, then I would like to see it! Tell me, you guys have come all the way from the Central Plains to come here.