After listening to Miura Yuzhen's words, several people present did not say anything for a while. Miura Yuzhen revealed too much information in these words, and they could not digest it for a while.
After a while, Li Jiqian was the first to come to his senses and said to Miura Yuzhen: "You mean, you have verified that the earth is a ball?" His voice was still slightly trembling.
"General Li, what you said is correct." Miura Yuzhen replied.
"It's actually been proven." Li Jiqian sighed again and said. He was a child more than forty years ago, and he had heard about it when his father had just taken him from Suzhou to the sea to become a bandit.
The theory of the round earth. Later, they captured a food scholar who traveled from Tianfang to the Central Plains. They gained a better understanding of this theory, and it corresponded one-to-one with the phenomena they observed during daily sailing. They were eight points and two points new to the theory of the round earth.
Doubtful. Now that this theory has finally been proven, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty has always wanted to verify this theory, but I didn't expect it to be verified by you Japanese." Li Jiqian looked at Miura Yuzhen with a complicated look and said, "Your Majesty will definitely reward you generously."
"Xiaguan explores the world not for the reward, but because of his original intention." Miura Yuzhen said.
Li Jiqian didn't know whether his words were true or not, so he stopped talking about the topic and asked, "What are your plans now? Are you going to return to Hanzhou after purchasing the goods, or are you going to the capital to see His Majesty?"
"Meet your Majesty? Will His Majesty the Emperor receive me?" Miura Yuzhen asked in surprise.
"If you prove that the earth is round, His Majesty will definitely be willing to receive you." At this time, Wen Di suddenly interrupted.
"Yes, Your Highness." Miura Yuzhen agreed subconsciously, and then became excited. Of course, Miura Yuzhen didn't like the Emperor Ming who forced the Emperor of Japan to no longer call himself the emperor, but after all, the Emperor Ming was the most important person in the world at this time.
The most powerful person would certainly be very excited if he could be received by such a person.
Seeing his expression, Wen Di couldn't help but smile and joked: "It will be better if you save your excitement until you meet His Majesty."
"When I meet His Majesty, I will definitely be even more excited than I am now. There is no need to save the excitement now for then." Miura Yuzhen replied subconsciously, and then realized that Wen Di had just spoken, and hurriedly saluted: "Exit
Your Majesty, please forgive me for your disgrace."
"If Meng Lang is the only one who came before me, how can I be forgiven for your sins?" Wen Di joked again.
This time, Miura Yuzhen realized that he was joking, so he laughed twice and did not apologize again.
With the help of Wen Di's jokes, the original serious atmosphere completely disappeared. Li Jiqian was reluctant, but of course he had nothing to do with Wen Di. He could only turn to Miura Yuzhen and said: "Are you going to the capital to see His Majesty right now?
After returning to Hanzhou, return to the capital from Hanzhou?"
"Of course we go to the capital from here." He immediately replied. But he then added: "Xiaguan Shi just heard what Xu Guandai said. His Majesty the Emperor conferred the title of His Royal Highness the Seventh Son to Egypt, and the army was about to join forces with Fu Yiguo's soldiers.
Capture Egypt?”
"Exactly." Li Jiqian replied.
"In this case, I want to stay here and see with my own eyes how the Heavenly Soldiers defeated the Egyptian soldiers. I have never seen the Heavenly Soldiers fight before," Miura Yuzhen said.
"Since you are willing to stay, then follow Gu. Gu is also very curious about the Hanzhou Continent and your voyage from Hanzhou to the Mojia Lie Continent, so I can ask you just in time." Wen Di said.
"But, Your Highness, I still want to lead troops to join the war." Miura Yuzhen said tactfully.
"Are you going to lead those six ships into the war?" Wen Di asked.
"Yes, Your Highness." Miura Yuzhen said.
"Aren't you anxious to get them back to Hanzhou as soon as possible? Why are you not in a hurry now?" Wen Di asked. Before Miura Youzhen could speak, he added: "Hanzhou is short of everything. If these six ships of goods can be transported
Returning to Hanzhou will be of great use to the local area, so it is best to transport it back as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Highness, I know this. Once the goods are purchased, let them go back." Miura Yuzhen agreed.
"If you hadn't led the Abyssinian fleet to rescue you in this battle, even if the Ming Dynasty Navy could defeat the Tianfang Cult fleet, it would have suffered heavy losses. Your Majesty will reward you for proving that the earth is round, but the rescue will naturally be done by
I want to give you a reward. I want to buy six merchant ships from Abyssinia and buy enough goods. All these cargoes will be given to you as a reward for me." Wen Di said again.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Miura Yuzhen said sincerely. Dongsaki Island is not short of gold, silver, or food, but it is short of all kinds of goods. I would be happy to have six more ships of goods than any other reward.
After that, there was nothing important to say. Wen Di joked a little with Miura Yuzhen, sent his bodyguard to invite Mengistu Hailemariam, and expressed his gratitude to Abyssinia for sending a fleet to rescue.
The Ming Dynasty will definitely not treat Abyssinia badly.
Mengistu Hailemariam was very excited. Wasn't the purpose of leading the fleet to rescue the Ming Dynasty fleet to have good relations with the Ming Dynasty? Now that he has achieved his goal, he is naturally happy and even said that God will bless you. Wen Di frowned, but
Still smiling, he spoke to Mariam for a few words before ordering someone to send him back.
At this time, the sky was almost darkening. Wen Di spoke a few words to Miura Yuzhen and asked him to go back. However, before leaving, Wen Di said to Miura Yuzhen in an understatement: "Prove that
The earth is round, so don’t tell any outsiders about opening up new shipping routes.”
"Yes, Your Highness." Miura Yuzhen agreed, bowed again, and left the ship.
He quickly returned to the Chongjin. Seeing him coming back, Fukuyama Rokuro immediately rushed to him and asked: "How is it? How did you tell the prince of the Ming Dynasty? What did you say to the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
"I told them that we came from the Hanzhou continent, which proved that the earth is round." Miura Yuzhen said.
"How could you tell them this!" Fukuyama Rokuro immediately shouted: "We must have agreed to keep this secret, how could you tell them!"
"Do you think they won't know if I don't tell you?" Miura Yuzhen asked: "That is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the commander of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty. How can he not care about Hanzhou or Japan?"
Known merchants? If I gave them a false name, I might be exposed; as long as I gave my real name, the Ming prince and General Li might have seen my name in the letters and memorials of the three kings of Hanzhou. If I lied
If he didn’t come from Hanzhou, wouldn’t he be discovered immediately?”
"You are considered a big shot. You can be reported to the newspaper." Fukuyama Rokuro said sarcastically.
"Although I am not a big shot, I may not have been mentioned by His Highness Prince Bo in his letter to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Miura Yuzhen was not angry, and said calmly: "People like me who explore everywhere are not
More, it can be said to be very little, King Bo mentioned it in his letter, which is normal."
"Even so, the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the generals of the Nanyang Navy may not know you." Fukuyama Rokuro also suppressed his anger and said.
"They may not know me. But they can't take the risk. If they are found to be lying, they will be severely punished. Moreover, even if I keep a secret, the secret may not be discovered. There are too many loopholes in the fleet.
, as long as the naval generals of the Ming Dynasty observe carefully, they will find that there is something wrong with our fleet, and after careful questioning, they will find that we are from Hanzhou. Rather than being discovered, it is better to reveal it proactively." Miura Yuzhen added.
In fact, why would Miura Tomozhen be willing to let the people of the Ming Dynasty know about this new route? But in his opinion, this is when he met the people of the Ming Dynasty who he told Fujiwara Keiku before departure that he could tell his identity. He could not hide it at all and could only tell the truth.
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"What Miura-kun said makes sense, Fukuyama-kun, please stop questioning me." Tamanosuke Ito also came to the ship at this time and advised Fukuyama Rokuro.
Fukuyama Rokuro took a deep breath and said: "Since you told the prince of the Ming Kingdom about this matter, the prince of the Ming Kingdom will definitely receive a reward. What reward is it?"
"The prince of the Ming Dynasty does have a reward, but it's not for proving that the earth is round. He wants to reward us with six shiploads of goods because we led the navy of Abyssinia to the rescue." He said Wendi.
words at that time.
"This is really great." Tamanosuke Ito smiled.
"That's good, but where do the sailors come from?" Fukuyama Rokuro said with a slightly brightened expression.
"Buy Kunlun slaves!" Miura Yuzhen said: "We had discussed buying Kunlun slaves before, but we didn't buy it because it was more important to deliver the goods back. Now that there are six more ships, we can just buy Kunlun slaves to serve as sailors."
"That's a good idea," Tamano Ito said. Fukuyama Rokuro didn't say anything, acquiescing.
Miura Yuzhen added: "This is a reward from the Ming Dynasty prince. As for proving that the earth is round, the Ming Dynasty prince said that he had no right to reward me. He asked me to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to meet the Ming Dynasty emperor, who would then answer the question.
I will reward you."
"You are going to meet the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" everyone shouted. Seeing Miura Yuzhen nodding, everyone had different expressions, but they were all very surprised, and some were even a little jealous.
Miura Youzhen didn't care about these expressions, and just said: "After I see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely ask him to reward us and others with part of the land on the Moga Lie Continent, in order to increase the land of the people."