Kai Fu Han

Chapter 154 Jianghua Bay

"It's okay. Just test it a few more times and then you can basically determine the direction. It's almost the same." Li Cang replied.

This is a way to increase the number of measurements and reduce the impact of errors.

"After I return, I will ask people to do more research on how to identify the direction and position more quickly and accurately."

Liu Xinqi plans to make a globe after returning home, and then teach Liu Zhimu and Gao Hui the knowledge of revolution, autobiography, solar system, milky way, and universe, and let them lead researchers to conduct research on direction measurement and maritime positioning, and strive to let the shipping fleet of the Xinghan League You can take a straight route on the sea, and you no longer have to sail along the coastline to avoid getting lost.

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For this trade with Goryeo, Liu Xinqi planned to go directly to "Kaijing", the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty. After opening the market in Kaijing, he would wholesale the goods to Goryeo merchants, and the local Goryeo merchants would sell the products of the Xinghan League to all parts of Goryeo.

After the fleet set off from the sea off Wendeng on July 21, it sailed at sea for two days.

On the third day, at noon on July 23, the lookout on the Qizhou reported that the coastline was sighted in the north.

Liu Xinqi came to the steering room and looked at the map with Li Cang, and determined that the northern coastline should be the southern coast of Wengjin County, Goryeo.

This shows that the fleet has entered Ganghwa Bay, west of Kaijing.

Sailing forward for half a day, Liu Xinqi could already see the coastlines to the north and east even standing on the deck.

He did not continue sailing after dark, so he stopped off the coast of Haikou County to rest, planning to land on the Zhenzhou coast east of Haikou County the next morning.

Haikou County is also known as Jianghua Island in later generations, which belongs to South Korea in later generations.

Ganghwa Island's location is very advantageous, at the mouth of three rivers.

It is only about one kilometer away from the Korean Peninsula in the east.

To the north is the estuary of Yeseong River, and to the east is the estuary of the confluence of Imjin River and Han River.

The strait between Ganghwa Island and the mainland is called the "Salt River" by the Koreans because of its narrow distance.

According to later historical records, monarchs of the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties often avoided this place when they encountered invasions from northern tribes.

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Before coming to Goryeo, Liu Xinqi and several naval officers studied the map of Goryeo. Because the maps of this era were too crude, it was impossible to see how wide and deep the Licheng River was from the map.Due to the sharp bottom of the lucky ship, I was worried that it would run aground after entering the Yeseong River. Therefore, although the distance from Yeseong River to Kaegyeong was shorter, I finally chose to land on the west coast of Jeongju and then go to Kaegyeong by land.

After sailing for two hours, the fleet entered the sea channel between Qiaotong Island and Seimao Island, two small islands immediately west of Ganghwa Island at the end of Sishi.

The strength of the Goryeo Navy in this era was really too weak. For more than 200 years since the founding of the Goryeo Dynasty, there had been no major foreign wars, which resulted in the coastal defense outside the capital being so lax.

It was not until the third fleet entered the seaway between Qiaotong Island and Ximao Island that they were stopped by two sailless sword ships of the Koryo Navy.

Facing such a huge fleet on the opposite side, these two small sword ships dared to intercept them on the sea channel, which was considered courageous.

As long as the Qizhou doesn't stop, it can directly crush the two ships without causing even a big shock to the Qizhou.

However, under Liu Xinqi's order, the Qizhou still adjusted its sails (the sails were not facing the wind) and slowly stopped.While stopping the ship, a signal was sent back, and other ships following behind also stopped in the channel.

A small sword boat paddled close to the Qizhou, and then climbed up along the rope ladder two Koreans wearing Korean "Hanfu".

After boarding the ship, they looked up. Since they were on the lower deck, they didn't see anyone who looked like a supervisor. "Where is the captain? Come out and answer." One of them shouted twice in Korean and Jurchen dialect.

Another person shouted the sentence again in Chinese.

"Bring them here." Liu Xinqi ordered Cui Wu beside him.

Cui Wu understands four languages, one of which is Korean, which facilitates communication and translation.

After Liu Xinqi's strategy value increased, his memory greatly improved. He also learned some basic Korean and Japanese languages ​​​​from Cui Wu on the ship in the past few days, but he was only able to communicate briefly, and he was not proficient enough and his vocabulary was not sufficient.

After a while, two Koreans were brought up. Along the way, they saw that the boat was full of strong men. From time to time, they could see a few unique warriors from Korea, who were two heads taller than themselves.

When he came in front of Liu Xinqi, his attitude became much more humble.

"Where does your lord come from?" the Korean who can speak Chinese took the initiative to ask.

It should have been clear on the way to the first deck that the people on this ship are all Han Chinese.

"We are from Dengzhou, people from the State of Zhao. We came to Goryeo this time for trade, with no ill intentions. Who are you two?"

Although the Zhao people were still a little curious about why the flag with the word "Han" was hung on the ship, no one dared to ask when they came over. The Koreans who could speak Chinese quickly answered Liu Xinqi's question.

"We are the offshore patrol of the Goryeo Navy. If you want to trade, you can go to Haikou County, where there is a market dedicated to foreign trade."

Liu Xinqi did not agree with this person's suggestion, but instead asked: "Since you are an offshore patrol officer, why did you come to intercept and check when we are about to enter the Saltwater River?"

The man hesitated for a moment, looked at the circle of warriors around him, and replied timidly: "Your fleet was discovered by our Korean Navy when it entered Ganghwa Bay, but we are not sure of your purpose of coming. , so there was no rash obstruction."

The answer was very tactful, but Liu Xinqi already understood.

The Korean navy had already discovered the third fleet when it entered Ganghwa Bay. However, due to the sudden arrival of the third fleet and the large number of ships, it did not know its intention and did not dare to step forward to block it until it was about to approach the capital. On the coast of Zhenzhou, two small boats were sent over just now to explore.

Don't embarrass these two soldiers anymore.

"We plan to dock in Zhenzhou and then go to Kaijing for trade. The items carried on the ship this time are too valuable. There should be no merchants in Haikou County who can buy them."

"This……"

The two people must have come here with a mission. They didn't dare to make the decision to let the fleet dock without authorization, and murmured not knowing how to reply.

Liu Xinqi gestured to an attendant, who took out a palm-sized mirror from his package and handed it to Liu Xinqi.

This is the "sample" prepared by Liu Xinqi for gifting and displaying to lower-level dealers.

Liu Xinqi took the small mirror and then handed it to the soldier who spoke Chinese.

"Look, we have bigger mirrors like this, and we have a boatload of them, as well as many other glassware and goods."

Xiao Bing stepped forward and took the mirror carefully, and then looked at himself. He was shocked by the subtle impact in the mirror, and finally believed Liu Xinqi's words.

(End of this chapter)