People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 405 Strange Land
Everything is so peaceful inside Xuanxia, ​​and the people still lead boring and comfortable lives day after day.

Of course, Xuanxia was also restless. A dispute between government-run and privately-run companies was raging. A great debate brought a storm of thought to Xuanxia. Everything was so vigorous and progressive. Even Liu Xie, the former emperor of the Han Dynasty, was fighting for his new career.

But no matter what happened, Xuanxia remained generally stable.

Lu Ping, King Wuli and several others maintained small-scale wars in the local area and constantly exerted external pressure, blocking all military risks outside the land of Xuanxia and creating long-term peace and tranquility within Xuanxia.

At the same time, the Xuanxia fleet, which had been sailing eastward from Bohai Sea and passing through the Three Han Kingdoms on the peninsula for several months, finally set foot on a new land.

"Is this Fuso Island?"

After walking down from the huge ship, Ma Yan saw the scenery of the coastline and asked a question with some uncertainty.

There are many mountains and forests on the coast, and there seems to be no trace of human survival. This may be because this is not an area where humans gather.

Although it is still uncertain whether this is Fuso, now that he has landed here, Ma Yan will definitely continue to explore it in depth. After all, the purpose of his trip is to explore the outside world near the coast of China.

According to the previous concept, barren land may not be considered a wealth, but rather a burden. All the value of land is reflected in growing food. As long as it is not possible to grow food, or the area is too remote and the cost of governance is too high, then this land has no meaning to the empire.

But now the times have changed, and the industrial revolution has begun. There is no inch of land that cannot be utilized. Even under the dead desert, there may be resources to be extracted.

Although Xuanxia's industrial process is still very weak and primitive, it can still use external land to grow cotton, spices, tea, sugarcane and all the necessary things, and obtain metal deposits, all of which need to be explored and determined by the current fleet.

It has to be said that even the Three Kingdoms of Korea on the peninsula were the marginal areas that Chinese civilization could reach in this era, and the land where Ma Yan landed was even more remote and completely unfamiliar.

"It is rumored that the First Emperor sent Xu Fu and 3,000 boys and girls to cross the sea to search for immortals in order to achieve immortality, but Xu Fu disappeared after that. Judging from the route we sailed, if Xu Fu did not die at sea, this should be the most likely place for him to end up."

Not long after, a young man stood behind Ma Yan. He was Zhou Liang, one of the students sent by the fleet's middle school.

Although the seagoing fleet was composed of different groups such as sailors, students, scholars from the Academy of Engineering, officials, etc., the core of the fleet was still the Yellow Turban Army. The eight or nine hundred sailors in the fleet were actually Yellow Turban soldiers who had been trained for sea going.

In a sense, they are not a fleet, but rather half a naval army. Since they have such a strong military color, the leader of the fleet must be a general of the Yellow Turbans. Ma Yan is the person who was ordered to lead the fleet on this voyage.

He knew what his mission was, which was to ensure the safety of the fleet, but the real technical work would be done by these students and bachelors.

"Xu Fu?" Ma Yan was somewhat interested: "Whether it is true or not, we will know when we find traces of human beings on the island."

As he spoke, the crowd behind him had already disembarked from the ships one after another. For a moment, the scene was quite spectacular. Most of the sailors put on light armor, took up their weapons, and lined up to wait for orders, while the bachelor students looked around with their bags on their backs. Zhou Liang, as the representative of the student group, was discussing the action plan with Ma Yan at this time.

"The prime minister said that there is the Yamatai Kingdom above Fuso. This must be correct. Since there can be a small country on the island, it at least shows that there is a considerable social order here. The general must be careful in his affairs." Zhou Liang did not look relaxed. After all, it was an unfamiliar environment and he could not control what he would encounter.

Ma Yan glanced at the soldiers lined up behind him and felt confident enough.

Although there are not many troops on this trip, these small foreign countries are weak and have scarce resources. Even if something bad really happens between the two sides, the one that should be worried is the other side.

In this era, Xuanxia's iron smelting technology is relatively speaking a black technology. As long as they put on armor and take up uniform weapons, the Yellow Turban sailors will not be just a few hundred soldiers in the eyes of these small countries, but hundreds of beasts armed to the teeth, which will definitely make their scalps tingle.

Not to mention, in Fuso's history, most of the battles involved hundreds or thousands of people, so the Yellow Turbans could kill people at will.

This is also the reason why Xu Chen was still confident in letting them go out to sea to explore even though the fleet was not large. At this time in the late Han Dynasty, if an army like the Yellow Turbans went out, even if there were only seven or eight hundred people, it would be a dimensionality reduction attack.

"Don't worry, just explore further. No matter what happens, we can guarantee your safety. Our biggest enemy on this voyage is the sea. Once we survive the storm, there will be nothing to worry about."

Ma Yan patted his chest confidently, then led his team forward.

Under his arrangement, the soldiers and sailors were soon divided into several teams, escorting the students and scholars in different directions.

Originally they thought that this exploration would take a lot of time. After all, the island was indeed large enough that it would not be possible to explore it completely in a short time.

But unexpectedly, after only a day or two, Ma Yan received a reward and discovered a village on the island.

Ma Yan immediately led his team to make contact. After some communication, they learned that this was indeed a small country on the island, and the ruler of this small country was a witch.

This news made Ma Yan, Zhou Liang and others very excited. Regardless of whether this small country was the Yamatai Kingdom mentioned by the prime minister, the fleet could at least exchange some supplies here to replenish its supplies.

Ma Yan would not rashly lead his army directly, but would first send officials as envoys to meet the so-called queen.

Fuso Island is geographically isolated from the outside world and there are few outsiders landing. This group of outsiders who drifted from the continent across the ocean inevitably brought some unrest to this secluded place.

I just don’t know what attitude the Queen of Yamatai will have towards the big country on the continent after she learns the news.

(End of this chapter)