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Lu Wan’s first route to America was by means of the equatorial ocean current going east, but the speed of this ocean current was not very fast, and the wind was usually blowing head-on. Fortunately, Lu Wan’s boat was specially made and used The sails are hard and can sail against the wind, but it is precisely because of this reason that the speed of the ship is extremely slow. It took Lu Wan and the others so long to reach America, and they almost starved to death on the way because they ran out of food.

In other words, if you want to reach America through the equatorial ocean current, you must use the same boat as Lu Wan and the others, and the sailing speed is extremely slow. If the boat is loaded with goods, you must reduce the amount of food and fresh water. The team can't cross the Pacific Ocean at all, let alone the performance of most sea-going ships can't compare with Lu Wan's special ships.

It is also for this reason that although the first route to America discovered by Lu Wan is of great significance and brings back many American specialties, it has no commercial value.There are only a few brave businessmen who will order ships similar to Lu Wan's fleet, and then venture to America through this route, but only half of the fleet can return safely.

It was also under such circumstances that Lu Wan took the initiative to explore a new route, and this route had been suspected by Lu Wan long before they explored America for the first time, because it was also an eastward route. The ocean current, but it is located in the North Pacific Ocean, and it can be reached through the port of the Wa Kingdom. It is just that Lu Wan and the others thought that the equatorial ocean current was more reliable, so they did not choose to flow through the North Pacific Ocean.

For Lu Wan and his group's initiative, Li Min was naturally happy to find a commercial route to America.So after several months of preparation, Lu Wan and the others set off from Taiwan again by boat.Enter a powerful ocean current that travels all the way north.It happened to be able to reach the slave port of Wa Kingdom, and then Lu Wan and the others found an ocean current heading east by north, and set sail for America again.Capital Datang 606

In fact, the ocean current that Lu Wan and the others arrived at from Taiwan to the country of Wa is the ocean current known as the Kuroshio Current in later generations, and it can also be called the warm current of Japan. , forming the North Pacific Warm Current and going eastward all the way to the west coast of North America.

The warm North Pacific Current is no faster than the equatorial current.However, the western trade winds were blowing along the way, and the wind was quite strong, which also made the ships move extremely fast. In the end, it took Lu Wan and the others only more than 80 days to reach North America, and the journey went smoothly. It's unbelievable.At the same time, this also made Lu Wan and the others secretly resent why they didn't choose this route in the first place, otherwise they wouldn't have to suffer so much.

When they arrived in America for the second time, Lu Wan and the others seemed much calmer. They headed towards Mansa City on the west coast of North America.While communicating with the natives you meet.Occasionally, they would encounter some unfriendly Americans, but Lu Wan and the others would not be as patient as they were with Mansa City, but showed their fangs to America for the first time.This situation is also understandable, after all, most of the crew members of the fleet are from the slave hunting team.It is most appropriate to describe them as murderous, so they are facing some native Americans who are hostile to them and are still weak.Naturally, no friendly behavior will occur.

However, most of the Americans are still very hospitable, especially when they saw the various exquisite goods that Lu Wan and the others presented.They were also very willing to trade some native products of the tribe with the fleet, but Lu Wan found that the natives in North America were obviously not as wealthy as the Mayans in Central America.The trading items they can take out, except for some animal furs, are at most some scattered gems or gold, which are pitifully small.

Of course, Lu Wan and the others are not in vain. For example, they discovered a large-scale "open-pit" coal mine near the west coast of North America, and not far from this coal mine, there is also a natural harbor with quite good natural conditions. , This discovery made Lu Wan and the others extremely excited, and immediately marked it on the map.

The reason why Lu Wan was excited about a coal mine was mainly because he knew that before they set off, Li Min was already planning to use steamships to reach America. Of course, this required the establishment of many ports along the way so that the steamships could replenish fresh water and coal. From Luzon to the east, there are countless islands on the road where ports can be established, and coal can also be transported from Taiwan and the mainland.

But from Hawaii to the east, there is a blank area of ​​the island. If enough coal and fresh water are replenished in Hawaii, then it can reach the Americas directly, but it needs to be replenished in the Americas, and this requires a coal mine in the Americas. Well, although the coal they found in North America is a bit far away, it is undoubtedly a good sign. Even if no coal mines are found in Central America, they can still be mined and transported from here, which is nothing more than increasing the cost.

However, Lu Wan and the others obviously underestimated the mineral resources in Central America. After their fleet arrived at Mansa City and Luwan Port again, they were warmly welcomed by the Lord of Mansa City, especially some Maya who gave birth to children for the crew. The woman even held the child in her arms to welcome the return of her lover.And when Lu Wan showed the coal samples to Mansa City Lord, the other party told him with certainty that there was this kind of black stone there about four days' journey northeast of Mansa City.

Lu Wan and the others were very excited by the words of the Lord of Mansa. Lu Wan Port has been initially completed, and now there are coal mines. This has already established the basis for steam ships to dock. As long as a few more ports are built on the route, steam ships can naturally be used. between two continents.

In addition, the people in the fleet also saw a fleet from Taiwan in Luwan Harbor. This fleet came along the equatorial route they discovered. There were originally six ships in the fleet, but they were lost on the way. I bought two ships, and now there are only four ships left. There are a lot of people, more than 250 people.

This fleet belongs to a large trading company in Taiwan. They came here to transport a batch of chili powder back. Last time, the chili peppers that Lu Wan and the others brought back were very popular, but because the seeds were limited, the output was very low. It is sold by the gram.In addition, peppers have a three-year planting right, and other people can't grow them at all, so the price of peppers is comparable to gold. Big profits.

This fleet is naturally very happy to meet Lu Wan, a famous person in a foreign country like America, especially after hearing that Lu Wan and the others have found a new route to America, which only takes less than two round trips. For them, this was simply great news. Many crew members even couldn't help wiping away tears when they thought of the brothers who died on the road when they arrived.

Lu Wan and the others did not stay in Mansa City for too long. After all, this time they mainly explored new routes and no longer needed to collect crop seeds and seedlings. Therefore, after resting in Luwan Port for a period of time and confirming the existence of the coal mine, Immediately filled up the supplies and boarded the ship, followed the last North Equatorial Current and returned to Taiwan, and finally returned to Taiwan two months later.

The discovery of the North Pacific Ocean Current finally created a safer and faster channel between the Central Plains and the Americas, allowing a large amount of goods from all over the Central Plains to be sold to the Americas. At the same time, Li Yin also began to establish strongholds in the coastal areas of the Americas, although these strongholds Most of them are simple and there are not many people, but with the passage of time and the development of the Americas, it is believed that more and more people will choose to immigrate here.

In addition, the discovery of this route directly promoted the development of Wazhou, and at the same time, more Han people migrated here, which made Li Yin's rule over Wazhou more and more firm. The degree of Sinicization is also getting higher and higher, and even some young Japanese people have regarded themselves as a branch of the Han people and are proud of this identity. I believe that in a few decades, there will be no more Japanese people here.

In addition, what makes Li Yin most happy is the discovery of coal mines in America, because this also marks that he can extend the application of steamships to America, which will greatly facilitate the transportation between the two continents and pave the way for large-scale transportation in the future. Lay a solid foundation for the development of the Americas.

And at the same time when Lu Wan and the others returned from America for the second time, the Persian prince Perus also led [-] Tang troops through the Western Regions, and then reached the Persian border west of Congling, where he found the last Persian monarch Yazdgerd III, but the last king of Persia was too miserable.

When Belus, Qibi Heli, and Xue Wanche found each other, there was only a palace guard of about [-] people left beside Yazdgerd III, occupying a small village with a total population of less than [-] people. Moreover, the food production is also very limited, which also made Yazdgerd III unable to collect enough food, so he had to starve together with his guards.

As a son, Belus burst into tears when he saw his emaciated father, and then introduced Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche to King Yazdgerd III, which made the other party ecstatic, and immediately took out the The few belongings were given to Qibi Heli, who cried bitterly and accused the cannibal of his cruelty, hoping that Datang would uphold justice and so on.Capital Datang 606

For Yazdgerd III who lost his own kingdom, although Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche looked down on each other, they still comforted him with kind words, and promised on the spot that they would definitely drive out the Dashi army that invaded Persia , Return Persia a fair and so on.

It's just that Qibi Heli, Xue Wanche and others didn't know that just when they found Yazdgerd III, a Persian army of more than [-] people also got Yazdgerd III's hiding place. Now they are rushing to this side at a high speed, but they don't know the news that the Tang army has arrived, and the first confrontation between the two ** teams happened under such muddled circumstances. (to be continued...)