After sighing with emotion, Li Jiqian organized manpower to repair the damaged deck, treat the wounded, gather prisoners, and replenish artillery shells. At the same time, he sent someone to notify Wen Di who was hiding in the cabin.
When Wen Di heard that the battle was over, he went to the deck under the protection of the guards.
"Vice Admiral Li was able to win this battle with less than one-tenth of the enemy's warships, which is worthy of the Ming Dynasty Navy. I will definitely mention this battle in my letter to His Majesty, and greatly commend Vice Admiral Li's achievements." Wen Di
He said with a smile. Not to mention that Li Jiqian's victory in this battle saved his future. Even if it was just an ordinary battle, Wen Di would write to his father to brag about Li Jiqian. After all, Li Jiqian was his uncle.
But he didn't want to. Li Jiqian said: "Of course I have to take credit for winning this battle. But these friendly troops to the west also helped a lot."
"Friendly forces?" After hearing this, Wen Di quickly turned his head and looked to the west, and saw several Ming warships, several Ming armed civilian ships and dozens of unknown ships. He turned to Li Jiqian and said: "
Where did these friendly forces come from?"
"Your Highness, you don't know?" Li Jiqian was very surprised. He thought that these were reinforcements sent by a country that His Majesty ordered someone to contact before departure, but it was unexpected that His Highness the Seventh Prince didn't know?
"Why do you think Gu should know?" Wen Di asked rhetorically.
"Isn't this arranged by His Majesty?" Li Jiqian expressed his guess.
"This is definitely not arranged by His Majesty. If it was arranged by His Majesty, why didn't you tell me?" Wen Di said.
"Then this is very strange. How did the friendly forces come here?" Li Jiqian said.
"No matter how hard I think about it, I can't think of it. Immediately send an order to the ships mixed with the friendly forces and ask them to send people to explain the matter." Wen Di said.
Li Jiqian had actually wanted to ask for a long time, but he thought Wen Di knew about it, so he refrained from asking. But since His Highness didn't know, Li Jiqian immediately ordered him to wave a flag to convey the order.
The ships responded and said they would send someone to explain. Then several small boats hung from the warships and were rowed by sailors towards the Success. At the same time, an armed civilian ship and an unknown warship came from
He also lowered the boat and headed towards the Victory.
Not long after, three small boats docked next to the Success, and Li Jiqian lowered the ladder to pick up the people. Soon, seven or eight people climbed up the ladder to the deck, and were led by a Ming Dynasty warship captain to Wenwen.
In front of Di, he saluted one after another and said: "Xiaguan Jinghai, Commander Xu Fa, has met His Highness."
"I met His Highness the Seventh Son of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Miura Youzhen of the Lower Eastern Expedition Team."
"The Commander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian Imperial Navy, Mengistu Hailemariam, has met His Royal Highness the Ming Dynasty Prince. May God bless you."
"What is the Dongtu Expedition Team? What is this?" Wen Di asked in surprise. Even if this man who looked like a whisker could say the above paragraph to him in Chinese, he would not be surprised, but he was surprised.
A man who spoke fluent Chinese, named Kazuto, and claimed to be from a yamen he had never heard of was very curious.
"Your Highness, the Dongtu Expedition Team was established with the approval of His Highnesses King Shang, King Yin and King Bo of the Hanzhou Continent." Miura Yuzhen first stated that his expedition team was a reasonable and legal organization, and then
Then he continued to explain: "The Hanzhou Continent is not only extremely vast, but there are also many islands nearby. However, the several highnesses who have been sealed in the Hanzhou Continent are unable to explore the mainland, let alone explore the islands, so private individuals who are allowed to come to the Hanzhou Continent are
Form an exploration team to explore the islands near the mainland. I have liked exploring unknown lands since I was a child, so I formed this expedition team."
He was about to continue explaining when Wen Di interrupted: "Are you from Hanzhou Continent?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Miura Yuzhen replied.
"The mainland of Hanzhou is in the far east of the Ming Dynasty, and this is to the west of the Ming Dynasty. How could you appear here?" After saying this, Wen Di remembered the theory of the round earth proposed by the chief secretary of Gezhiyuan, and couldn't help but
The voice was trembling: "Could it be, could it be..."
"Your Highness, we sailed all the way to the east and arrived here. After arriving in the country of Abyssinia, we discovered that this should be the land west of the Ming Dynasty. So it is enough to prove that the earth under our feet is a sphere!" Miura Yuzhenya's voice was slightly audible.
He said with some excitement.
"What! You set off from the Hanzhou Continent in the far east and came to the Mojia Hunter Continent in the far west?" Li Jiqian also shouted in surprise.
Hearing Li Jiqian's shout, countless people turned to look at them. Li Jiqian suddenly realized something and said to Wen Di and others: "Go to the cabin and continue talking." He then said to Wen Di's guards and his own guards beside him: "
You cannot tell anyone what you just heard. If others know about it, your lives will be in danger!"
"I will definitely not dare to spread the news!" Everyone agreed.
Seeing that everyone agreed so simply, Li Jiqian nodded and was about to look back when he saw a man who claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the Abyssinian Navy. He subconsciously wanted to kill this man with a knife, but then he thought
Miura Tomozhen must have seen these Abyssinians for some time. Has he already told them about this?
"General, don't worry, I have not told any Abyssinian that the earth under my feet is round, and he can only speak the same sentence in Chinese." Miura Yuzhen said.
Li Jiqian breathed a sigh of relief, loosened his grip on the knife handle, and asked Wen Di to go first. Then he led Miura Yuzhen and Jinghai's commander Xu Faye into the cabin, and then ordered the captain of the battleship to entertain Menges.
Tuhairmariam.
When several of them entered the cabin, which was usually used for discussions, Li Jiqian closed the cabin door tightly and asked: "How did you come to Abyssinia? What is the ins and outs? The earth under your feet,
Is it really a ball?" At the end of the sentence, his voice couldn't help but tremble.
"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, Vice-General Li, the whole story is as follows." Miura Yuzhen talked about the incident in detail.
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Higashi Sakishima Mihara Port. (Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic)
"Have you really decided to lead people to explore eastward yourself?" Fujiwara Keikoku asked Miura Yuzhen in a tavern next to the pier.
"Yes." Miura Yuzhen said without saying anything more.
"You don't have to do this. Although you have explored to the limit to the south, and even seen a land completely covered with ice and snow, you can no longer explore; but you can still explore to the north. It is just a few hundred miles north of Xiushan Island (Cuba)
, there is a large piece of land, you can go north along this piece of land and explore the north instead of east." Fujiwara Jingjiu said again.
"Jingjiu, please stop trying to persuade me. Although I explore the islands near the Hanzhou continent with the idea of finding a new living space for us and others, I am indeed a person who likes to explore unknown lands. Since Hanzhou
I set off from the continent to continue exploring eastward in order to fulfill a wish. I must personally lead the fleet to explore." Miura Yuzhen said firmly.
Hearing what he said, Fujiwara Keiku didn't know how to continue persuading him. Ever since he heard about the round earth theory, Miura Yuzhen was like a man possessed, and he must prove whether the earth under his feet is a sphere. It's just that
Without the conditions before, he could only explore along the mainland coastline; now after years of hard work, Kazuto has taken control of Higashikata Island, established a settlement and opened a shipyard on the island, and finally has the conditions to continue exploring eastward.
Miura Yuzhen will soon personally lead the fleet to explore.
"How many ships do you want to take? What route do you want to take?" After a moment of silence, Fujiwara Keikou asked.
After hearing this, Miura Yuzhen was very happy to know that he had agreed to explore eastward. Fujiwara Keiku was the leader of Kazuto on the island. If he had not agreed, he would never have set out. "Thank you, Brother Keiku!"
Said with sincerity.
"I plan to bring eight ships. I am just going to explore, not to immigrate. There is no need to bring too many ships. As for the route, I plan to sail straight east along the 19th north latitude. I will bring enough to eat for five people on board.
If we still haven’t found any land after sailing for two and a half months, we will return to Higashi Sakishima." Miura Yuzhen added.
"Okay, eight boats are eight boats. I will prepare everything you need." Fujiwara Keiku said.
"Thank you so much, Brother Jingjiu." Miura Youzhen couldn't help but said again.
"Thank you for nothing. You discovered Higashi Sakishima. All the benefits we and our people have achieved here are due to you. It is not too much for you to ask for eight ships to explore eastward." Fujiwara Keikyu said.
Hearing this, Miura Yuzhen didn't say anything, but just smiled. Fujiwara Keikyu thought for a while and said: "And your exploration eastward is also good for us and people. If the earth is really round, that means
By sailing westward from the Ming Dynasty, we can also reach Dongxian Island. It would be great if this is true."
"Because Dongxian Island is located to the west of Hanzhou mainland, ships from the west of the Pacific Ocean cannot directly reach Dongxian Island. They must pass through King Bo's fiefdom. This means how many people came to Hanzhou and how many things we sent
We are completely under the eyes of King Bo, and he can also forcibly expropriate our population and things. And those people from the Yan family actually took advantage of this condition and their identities as Ming people to take away Sanyuan from us.
island!"
Speaking of Mihara Island being taken away by the Yan family, Fujiwara Keiku was still very angry even though it had been a long time. Mihara Island was also discovered by Miura Yuzhen. Because the island was large and in good condition, they originally planned to take it away.
The island was Kazuto's land, but he didn't want it to be taken away by the Yan family. At that time, Fujiwara Keiku wanted to call all the Kazuto men to fight to the death with the Yan family, but in the end he endured the persuasion of everyone and gave up Mihara Island.