"There are hibiscus trees on the Tang Valley, where I bathe for ten days, in the north of Black Teeth."
Just when the big ships were racing to set sail at the dock, Xiao Han, at the Municipal Shipping Department Yamen, was looking at the ancient "Book of Mountains and Seas" in his hand, frowning.
Classic of Mountains and Seas,
This ancient book that has been handed down since the pre-Qin Dynasty is actually not just an ancient mythology as many people think.
It is actually divided into 4 parts: "Wuzangshan Sutra", "Four Sutras of Great Wilderness", "Five Sutras in the Sea" and "Four Sutras Overseas", with a total of 18 chapters.
Among them, mountains and rivers, geography, ethnic groups, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors, etc. are all included!
With all this complicated knowledge, it is hard to believe that this book was actually written by one person!
I remember that in my previous life, when Xiao Han was young, I read this book with my old dean.
However, at that time, he only listened to it as a book of mythological stories, and was only interested in the mythical beasts such as Nephew, Qiongqi, and Suanni described in it.
At that time, Xiao Han often imagined that one day he would be able to raise a mythical beast, and let them take him to heaven and earth, and be omnipotent.
However, as he grew older, he gradually stopped having these unrealistic fantasies.
I don’t know where the Classic of Mountains and Seas was lost. Now I see this book again in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. In a trance, I feel like I have traveled through time and space again.
"Fusang Country, doesn't it refer to Japan? Why is it recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that it is 32,000 miles away from China? Isn't this distance exactly the distance from the Central Plains to America?" He looked at the book and read: Tattoo Country
(Mutsu Kingdom, one of the ancient Japanese kingdoms) is more than 7,000 miles northeast of Wa Kingdom (Kyushu, the Yamato Kingdom of Kansai), and Dahan Kingdom (generally refers to a tall man, and it should be near Siberia based on the distance) is east of Tattoo Country.
Five thousand miles. And Fusang, another record of twenty thousand miles east of the sea, Xiao Han gradually fell into deep thought.
If measured according to the records in this book, then the Fusang Kingdom probably refers to the American continent in the far east! But if Fusang is really there, then how did the ancestors know the landforms there during the pre-Qin period? Is it possible?
, were there people traveling to and from the American continent at that time? If that were true, wouldn’t Columbus have cried to death on the road?
"In the first year of Yongyuan of the Qi Dynasty in the Fusang Kingdom, Huishen, a monk in his country, came to Jingzhou and said: 'Fusang is more than 20,000 miles east of the Han Dynasty, and the land is in the east of China. There are many Fusang trees in the land, so it is named after it."
Just when Xiao Han was deep in thought, the voice of County Magistrate Zhang suddenly came from the door.
"Who?" Awakened by the voice, Xiao Han suddenly opened his eyes and looked out the door! When he found out that the person who came was County Magistrate Zhang, he gradually softened his gaze and said, "Mr. Zhang, when did you come?"
"Just arrived, just arrived." Old County Magistrate Zhang said hello with a smile, then entered the lobby from the outside corridor, and asked Xiao Han who was holding a book: "I just heard Xiao Hou ask a question, and I couldn't help but speak out.
Sorry for disturbing you, Marquis Xiao, please don’t blame me.”
"Haha, sir, why is it so strange for you to answer students' questions?" Xiao Han stood up humbly, bowed his hands to the old county magistrate and said, "But who is Master Huishen in the first year of Qi Yong that you just mentioned?"
"Master Huishen?" County Magistrate Zhang had been with Xiao Han for a long time and knew his temper, so he did not deliberately be respectful. He just smiled and said, "He is a Buddhist monk who lived one hundred and thirty years ago.
He likes to travel all over the world, and once went to Jingzhou to talk about the east, but because his words were too absurd, no one believed him!"
"Oh? What did he say?" Xiao Han's heart tightened and he subconsciously asked.
County Magistrate Zhang was a truly well-read Confucian scholar. He only thought about Xiao Han's question for a moment before replying: "He once said that in the Fusang Kingdom, there are no city walls and no armor, so we can't capture them! There are so many horns there.
It is long and can be used to carry things. It is also said that there is grain there and the yield is very large. If you sow it wherever you like, you will have endless grain after autumn!"
"Long horns, high grain yield?" When Magistrate Zhang said this, Xiao Han's mouth was already open enough to fit a whole fist!
Damn it! This is not talking about America, but where is it talking about? Is it possible that Huishen is also a time traveler? Since he is a time traveler and came back from the Americas, why didn't he bring some potatoes and sweet potatoes? If that's not possible, he could also bring some chili peppers.
Okay! Does anyone know that a person who once had no pleasure in spicy food has been forced to eat dogwood to satisfy his craving for these years?
"Xiao Hou? Xiao Hou!"
At first, County Magistrate Zhang only told Xiao Han these things as anecdotes recorded in the book, but when he noticed that Xiao Han's expression was different, he unknowingly stopped ignoring them.
Because he knew very well: Although the young marquis in front of him seemed unreliable, he never missed any mistakes in everything he did!
"Huh? What's wrong!" Being woken up by Magistrate Zhang, Xiao Han was startled first, and then looked at Magistrate Zhang: "What did you say?"
Seeing Xiao Han's expression, County Magistrate Zhang reconfirmed in his mind: "Xiao Hou, is it possible that this Fusang Kingdom really exists?"
"Exists?" Xiao Han's mouth twitched twice, and he nodded with a wry smile: "Exists, how come it doesn't exist! The place I asked those pirates to go to should be the legendary Fuso Kingdom! That big horned bull can produce an acre.
Dozens of kilograms of food are all there! In addition, there are trees that can ooze white gum, peppers that taste like fire when eaten, and peanuts that can be squeezed for oil. It can be said that it is a land favored by the gods!
"
"A yield of tens of shi per acre?!"
County Magistrate Zhang did not hear what Xiao Han said next, because when he heard "tens of stones per mu", his brain had completely shut down, and there were only three words "tens of stones" in his mind
Big characters keep flashing!
"Xiao Hou, are you lying to me?"
After swallowing hard, Magistrate Zhang asked, holding Xiao Han tightly, his old fingers almost piercing the fur coat Xiao Han was wearing.
"It's true!" Xiao Han wanted to get rid of the old man in front of him, but he was afraid of using too much force and hurting him, so after trying a few times, he had no choice but to sigh helplessly: "Otherwise, you'll think I'm crazy.
Providing ships, people, and food to those pirates? What I want is for them to go to that place and bring back all the seeds of those things!"
I originally thought that such a sophisticated plan and profound foresight of my own would definitely shock the little old man in front of me to the point where he would be bowed to me!
Unexpectedly, when Xiao Han was posing and waiting for the old man to come to pay homage, he received a heavy blow on the top of his head!
"What? You let a group of thieves do such a big thing?"
Raising his palms, County Magistrate Zhang glared at Xiao Han angrily, as if looking at a prodigal son who had ruined all his ancestors' fortunes!
