Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 606. Time goes by (finale)

"Xiu Yuan, it's been ready over the past decade. Are you sure you want to go?"

Zhang Nan, who used to be a bit frivolous, has now become more mature due to the baptism of time. The current Han navy has long been spread across the East China Sea, Southeast Asia and other places.

"Go, of course you should go. You two are easy to talk to, especially you, a naval commander who has not made any great achievements so far. I don't even bother to say anything to you. Look at Yi Zhong, his son is promising and he himself is very capable."

Feng Xi, who was also over 40 years old, was still the same and ridiculed Zhang Nan a few times, but Zhang Nan just gave him the middle finger.

After Feng Xi did this once, Zhang Nan pestered him for a month before Feng Xi patiently told him the meaning. Since then, Zhang Nan has also fallen in love with this action and spread it to almost the entire Jingzhou.

"You two are doing well, but I am not. If I hadn't refused before, I would ask you, if I went to the Northern Expedition and beat up those barbarians, and gained a lot like You Chang and his men, how do you think His Majesty should reward me?"

Feng Xi was too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Nan. He tapped the table with his fingers and spoke in a low voice.

"This……"

Zhang Nan was silent too. Although Feng Xi had not reached the highest position in his official rank, he was still the General of the Guards. But no matter if it was General of the Cavalry Guan Xing, General Zhang Bao, or General of the Chariots and Cavalry Ma Su, who dared to give orders to Feng Xi?
Even these people would come to Feng Xi every now and then to ask for advice on military affairs and weapons.

Since Feng Xi's southern expedition to Kushan, he has hardly cared about the war. He has been educating his children in Jingzhou, continuing to have children with Guan Yinping, and guiding the development of science and technology.

Even if Huang Quan and Li Yan did not occasionally ask for his opinions on political affairs, Feng Xi would not ask about them. Feng Xi's eldest son Feng Zhen had previously participated in the Northern Expedition with Ma Su and Deng Ai, and had also made contributions. Now he is considered a young talent in the court, and his future is promising.

"I know you can't answer it either. The answer is that there is no room for promotion. Although Yinping and I can barely be considered relatives of His Majesty, we are not blood relatives, but if I am given the position of general, it will still be a bit sensitive for the court. Besides, I am already a county marquis. I can't be a king next time, right? You know, Emperor Gaozu once swore by beheading a white horse that only those with the surname Liu could be king. It can't be that we defeated Cao Pi and now he is fickle, right?"

Feng Xi sighed as he looked at Zhang Nan's expression. He had decided to retire at such a high level, so he must have thought of a way out.

"Don't talk about this anymore. I just want to ask you if you want to go. Yi Zhong is willing to come."

Feng Xi knocked on the table and got back to business.

"Go, grandma, your two sons have grown up and are quite comfortable in the court, but how come my son is only so old..."

Zhang Nan was so angry that his teeth itched when he talked about this. Both Feng Zhen and Fu Qian were already the leaders of the younger generation of the Han Dynasty. Zhang Nan's own son Zhang Lin was only thirteen years old and was still by his side.

"Don't blame others if you can't do it yourself. Okay, I've written the memorial, let's get ready to go."

Feng Xi waved his hand, and the three of them walked out of the hall of Nanjun Marquis Mansion in Jiangling, went back to their homes, and began to prepare themselves.

In the 19th year of Zhongxing, General Feng Xi, General Fu Zhuo, and General Zhang Nan jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, asking him to go out to sea for exploration. Liu Chan was reluctant at first, but the 65-year-old Prime Minister Zhuge Liang secretly met with Liu Chan, and Liu Chan agreed to the three generals' request to go out to sea.

In the same year, the three of them, along with some of their families, went out to sea and headed south, and disappeared. Liu Chan searched for a long time without success, so he could only let Feng Zhen, who was still in the court, inherit his father's title as Marquis of Yiling - this was also proposed by Feng Xi in the past. He did not want his son to inherit the title of Marquis of a county, but only the title of Marquis of a county.

The operation of the Han Dynasty did not come to a halt because of the loss of a few people. In the middle of the Restoration, Liu Chan learned from merchants in the Western Regions that Rome still existed in the west, and sent merchants and spies to inquire about the news.

Unfortunately, the Roman Empire was at the peak of internal and external troubles at this time. Philip the Arab, who was supported by the army, was killed by the rebellious general Decius. Decius died in the war with the Goths a few years later, and Gallus, who succeeded him, encountered the plague...

Under such circumstances, Rome was even weaker than the former Kushan Empire. Under the guidance of the "Encyclopedia of Han Dynasty" compiled by Feng Xi in the past, the Han Dynasty had already invented the most basic cement, and even steam-engine-based means of transportation became popular. Even traveling from Luoyang to the Western Regions was no longer a difficult task.

Therefore, Liu Chan, who was in his middle age, resolutely ordered the Han army to prepare and take advantage of the weakness of the Roman Empire. The Han army, which had been dormant for more than ten years, showed its fangs again. Under the leadership of General Ma Su, General Deng Ai, and General Feng Zhen, the Han army set out from the Western Regions, crossing Persia and heading straight to the Eastern Roman region.

The arrival of the Han army became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the weakened Roman Empire. Under internal and external troubles, Rome was simply unable to fight the Han army. Moreover, forces in various places took the opportunity to declare independence, causing the Roman Empire to fall apart almost instantly.

The Han army followed Ma Su's advice and deliberately fostered the independence of different ethnic groups in the area, splitting the Roman Empire into pieces and making them very hostile to each other. The Han army also packed up many documents, scholars, and treasures to bring back to the Han Dynasty to enrich the Han Dynasty's heritage.

At the same time, the Han army was extremely unethical. Under the orders of Ma Su, they used local materials and used the salt water from the Mediterranean to turn all the fields of the Roman Empire within sight into saline-alkali land, fundamentally reducing the possibility of the Roman Empire's revival.

By the time the Han army's four-year Western Expedition ended, the amount of gold, silver and other items brought back to the Han Dynasty was incalculable. The documents and books from Greece, Rome and other places alone filled several large carts. The rest that could not be taken away were all burned at Ma Su's order.

Ma Su really learned a lot from Feng Xi, and he integrated it well, so he made great military achievements whether against Dingling, the Three Han or the Roman Empire at that time.

The nearly one thousand scholars who were captured also successfully provided the Han Dynasty with a lot of information about Europe. Combined with the world map, the Han Dynasty also learned a lot about another continent thousands of miles away.

Time flies, and the Han Dynasty soon changed. After Liu Chan's death, he was called Emperor Xingwu of Han, and was buried in the imperial mausoleum in Luoyang with his father Emperor Zhaolie. The Han Dynasty founded by Liu Bei was later called the Later Han Dynasty, or the Later Han Dynasty, to distinguish it from the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties.

After that, the Han Dynasty lasted for another 600 years before the last emperor was incompetent and ignored state affairs, which led to widespread resentment among the people and eventually ended in civil war. However, by the time the Han Dynasty ended, the style of the painting had become strange. Whether it was the rebel army in various places or the Han army, they all had rifles, machine guns, artillery, armored vehicles, etc. If you don't look at the era, you might think it was the First World War in the original timeline.

The new dynasty that replaced the Han Dynasty was named Ming. The Ming Dynasty naturally continued the previous dynasty. In addition to regaining control of the former Han territory, it also incorporated the southern Kushan and southern Kyushu, which were previously beyond the control of the Han Dynasty. The area that was later called Southeast Asia was also incorporated into the Ming territory and called Yangzhou.

However, when controlling Oceania, the Ming Dynasty discovered an interesting thing: the world map in the "Da Han Encyclopedia" that was used as a reference was actually wrong.

After exploration by the Ming Dynasty navy, it was discovered that there was a huge island south of Yangzhou, which was much larger than Wa Island and Izu Island. However, such a huge island was located in an ocean in the "Dahan Encyclopedia".

The Ming army naturally could not miss this anomaly. After a period of preparation, the first batch of Ming troops landed on this "new continent" that had never been recorded on the world map.

The Ming army unexpectedly discovered that there were already people living there, and their clothing and language were no different from those of the Han people. After questioning, they learned that these people were the people who came here to settle in the early period of the Later Han Dynasty. This place was also called "Guzhou" by the local rulers, meaning a place isolated from the world.

After exploration and understanding, the Ming army discovered that although the technological development of the isolated island lagged far behind that of the Ming Dynasty, it was not much behind in terms of ideology. Moreover, the three major surnames on the island were "Feng", "Fu" and "Zhang", and they were also the main decision-makers on the island.

The crops grown on the island are the same as those in the Ming Dynasty, and the islanders all say that they were brought by their ancestors.

After the Ming army communicated with the Feng family on the island, under the leadership of the current head of the Feng family, the Ming army came to a desert in the middle of the isolated island. This place was later called Ayers Rock, but now it is called Sun and Moon Rock.

Although it is said that its original intention was to be a great place to watch the sunrise and the stars, it inexplicably became associated with the current name of the Ming Dynasty.

In a corner of the Sun and Moon Rock, there is a place protected by a wall and where incense is constantly burned. There are three tombstones.

Only when the Ming army came forward could they clearly see the name of the tomb owner engraved on it:

Tomb of Fu Zhun, the former general and governor of Wadao, Han Dynasty
Tomb of Zhang Nan, the Right General and Admiral of the Navy of the Han Dynasty

Tomb of Feng Xi, General of the Imperial Guards and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Marquis of Nanjun, Han Dynasty
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