I am Da Song

Chapter 380 Heading to the New World

Hearing the conversation between the officials and Sun Du, everyone in the hall was full of interest, as if listening to an interesting anecdote from afar.

Thanks to the civilization and opening up of the Song Dynasty, the common people today know a lot about outside the Central Plains.Several men sat and drank together, and they were able to express their views on the international situation during the meeting.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, at least the people of the Song Dynasty are not locked in the country, ignorant of the outside world, and their knowledge is locked in the few acres of thin fields in the countryside.

However, the things on the ice ocean are still beyond the cognition of most people.

How do these people live in the ice and snow for generations?

Zhao Huan was also very interested. He knew that there were Eskimos near the Arctic Circle. It is estimated that later generations of college students have vaguely heard this name once or twice.

Especially the existence of Erha, sled dogs are always associated with these Eskimos.

But as long as you pay a little attention, you will know that the name Eskimos is not liked by their nation.Because this is the name given to them by their enemies, the Indians, which means people who eat raw meat.

They really claim to be Inuit, a branch of the yellow race.

From their two names, we can know what kind of grand war and historical grievances there are.

The Inuit crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia and entered the American continent, but they were chased, intercepted and brutally killed by Indians in the process of going south.

So the Inuit had to fight and retreat, and moved to the ice ocean.The Indians in the south fought naked, covered with feathers, and were not used to the cold climate of the Arctic, so they stopped hunting.

In the end, the Inuit lived in Siberia, Alaska and Greenland on both sides of the Bering Strait.

But this road is no longer accessible. The reason why the Inuit can cross the Bering Strait is because the temperature was extremely cold ten thousand years ago, and the entire Bering Strait was frozen, so they were able to cross the raging strait.

Now that the climate is warming, the Bering Strait has already thawed. The technological level of the Inuit people makes it impossible for them to cross the vast Bering Strait on both sides of the ice sheet.

But this matter may not be a good thing for Da Song, or for Zhao Huan.

In the extremely cold climate thousands of years ago, the Inuit could travel long distances in ice and snow.Tens of thousands of years from now, the climate will not be as severe as it used to be, and it will be impossible to travel thousands of miles across the Bering Strait.

The [-]-mile-wide ice ocean on the Bering Strait is an insurmountable gap for the Inuit.For the giant ship of the Song Dynasty, it is not worth mentioning at all.This was originally one of the most prosperous water traffic arteries in later generations.The ships of the Song Dynasty can easily send people there.

For Da Song, the real difficulty is how the soldiers trek all the way in the ice and snow to reach the vicinity of the Bering Strait.

Crossing the Bering Strait and entering the American continent, this is Zhao Huan's direct history and geography hack for Song Dynasty.

This is the optimal solution of Song Dynasty, which can save tens of millions of people hundreds of years of exploration time.

Compared with the West who discovered America through sailing, Song Dynasty can only go here in the Bering Strait.

Because it is too difficult for Da Song's fleet to cross the entire Pacific Ocean and enter the Americas.

The Pacific Ocean is too wide, wide enough to accommodate the two super empires of later generations.

Relying on today's technology, the probability of crossing tens of thousands of miles of seas, arriving in America, and returning smoothly is so low that it is negligible.

Therefore, the aborigines who are active in the ice ocean are the top priority of Zhao Huan's plan.

Zhao Huan said to Sun Du with concern: "Qing, can you introduce the local natives in detail and the guide that your son is looking for."

Sun Du immediately said: "As far as I know, the local aborigines are not much different from some ethnic groups in our dynasty, especially similar to the Jurchens. It can be said that they are the Jurchens who live further north."

"Its skin color and hair are the same as those in the Central Plains. Like Jurchen, it lives by fishing and hunting. It mainly fishes with spears, and sometimes hunts giant sea monsters on the ice floes."

Hunting giant beasts is every man's romance.

Even the children of the rich families in the Central Plains and the queens of the princes all love to ride horses and carry bows, and hunt fierce tigers and giant bears.

Sun Du continued: "However, I have heard from Gouzi that most of the sea monsters hunted and killed by the local natives are docile and have a lot of fat."

Zhao Huan nodded, probably sea lions, walruses and the like.

In order to resist the severe cold in the north, the grease and fur on these creatures are extremely thick.If it can be transported back to the Central Plains, it will be a rare wealth.

"How about its customs, can it be barbaric by nature? Is it easy to communicate?"

"The customs and beliefs are the same as those of Jurchen and Mongolia. They all believe in shamans, believe that all things have spirits, and worship the sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers, clouds, wind and snow, etc."

"Also... it's a bit difficult to enter the hall of elegance, and I dare not insult the officials and family saints."

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said, "It's okay to be straightforward. Yidi's attitude is not the same as that of Hua. Don't be too fussy with the etiquette of the Central Plains."

Sun Du was relieved, and immediately replied: "The local natives are very enthusiastic, especially welcome foreign men. Once a young Central Plains man arrives, he must stay overnight and entertain warmly. There are customs of wives and guests, and there is also the custom of borrowing wives internally." .”

Suddenly there was a strange commotion in the hall.

This custom is really barbaric and chaotic in the eyes of the Central Plains civilization.

Ordinary Central Plains men simply cannot accept this kind of thing happening to them.

But Sun Du said: "I think this is not the ignorance of the local people, but one of the manifestations of the civilization of the local people. Due to the limited population, there are many close relatives among their tribes. In order to prevent the blood relationship from collapsing, they are extremely eager for fresh blood. Join. So once a young man from outside comes to visit, they half-softly and half-hardly force the foreign man to spend the night with the tribal women.”

"The custom of wives and guests is just one of the manifestations of this need. There are also stories of girls from this tribe actively marrying men from the Central Plains."

Having said that, Zhao Huan slowly nodded in agreement.Reproduction and inheritance is the most important instinct of human beings.

As for mother and daughter sharing the same bed, sleeping together... everything is to save time, isn't it?

Sun Du said with a smile: "I think this custom is much more advanced than the holy marriage of mother and son, father and daughter of Zoroastrianism, pure blood of Western nobles, and long-term marriage of close relatives."

There is some truth to it.

Zhao Huan immediately said: "Since the local aborigines are easy to communicate with, we might as well find more guides and set up more teams to explore. Go and see for me and Song, what is there in the far side of the ice ocean?"

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land? On the shore of the land, is it the king's subjects. I also really want to know how wide my world is."

This request is very straightforward. Let's see where the territory of Song Dynasty is?
As long as there is land ahead, it is clearly not the end of the frontier.Explorers, keep looking forward.

Having this requirement will soon push explorers to find the frontier of the continent and cross the Bering Strait.

And what's on the other side of the strait?
(End of this chapter)