Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 248 Novice Tasks
"Captain, there is a coastline ahead! I can see the coastline! It is the direction where the sun rises!"

On the main ship of the Fuchuan fleet, a naval soldier stood in the watchtower on the mast and shouted excitedly.

When "Dudu Gan" heard this, he immediately took to the air with armor and looked far away to the east where the sun had just risen...

Before going to sea, apart from Gan Ning's position as the prefect, which symbolized waiting for his return, Bai Tu also named him the captain of the navy.

This means that Gan Ning has the supreme command over the naval fleet, which can avoid possible disagreements and decentralization of power after going to sea to the greatest extent, ensuring that Gan Ning has the highest authority!

It can be said that if Gan Ning wanted to be "Xu Fu", he could just float along the current...

Of course, Bai Tu knew very well that Gan Ning would never become the Savage King - possessing supreme power, but having to cut corners, stay away from prosperity and enjoyment, and even stay away from aesthetics?Bai Tu doesn't know how others will choose, but Bai Tu believes that Gan Ning must be the same as him and will never choose like this!
Going to sea is different from being on land, especially if it is the first time to explore the sea route. No one knows how long it will be on the sea. Any slight restriction at this time may become the foreshadowing of the complete annihilation of this navy.

To give Gan Ning the greatest authority is to trust Gan Ning and be responsible for the safety of this navy!
Gan Ning soared into the sky and looked into the distance. The armor's helmet had "far-sighted lenses" protruding from the eye sockets - this was the function of a telescope.

Sure enough, it is the coastline that I have longed for. Although it is not like the land of China, it is also covered with mountains and forests, and there seem to be several islands connected. It is not like an ordinary small island - it has been three months since I set out to sea. Even Gan Ning, look Arriving at this coastline, I felt a little excited.

After all, it has been two months since I left the last land port. In the past 60 days or so, all I could see was the boundless sea around me, and the small islands I occasionally found were all miserable places. Everyone would be mentally disturbed.

Fortunately, we had prepared enough before. Not only was there sufficient fresh water, but also to prevent the fresh water from spoiling. We also brought a large amount of light wine for blending, beans for sprouting to prevent scurvy, tea leaves for making tea, and even special entertainment supplies. The utensils used were well prepared in all aspects...

This also enhanced the confidence of the navy soldiers. Otherwise, if there is insufficient water on the way, in this place with no village in front and no store in the back, morale will quickly disappear and people will easily become impatient.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were already terms such as Yizhou and Danzhou.

Although there are some folk rumors that this is the name of the "Overseas Fairy Mountain", in fact, some among the Jiangdong gentry are vaguely aware that there are two such islands overseas.

Because in the coastal areas of Wuyue, you can occasionally see the aborigines of the two states who came to trade, so in the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan sent Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen to the sea to find Yizhou and Qizhou, hoping to plunder overseas Yizhou to enrich Wu. country.

It was not that Sun Quan had a sudden idea to go overseas to look for "fairy mountains". At least at that time, Yizhou and Danzhou had sporadically communicated with the land of Wuyue.

Even Sun Quan believed it, based on the common sense summarized from "hearing and guessing", such as... I believe that Yizhou has more than [-] households, and I believe that Danzhou is further away and has a larger population...

The scholarly Confucian scholars at that time also inherited the mantle of Confucius. They relied on imagination to figure out things they didn't know.

He swears that Yizhou is two thousand miles southeast of Linhai County...

Well, Linhai County is a county east of Jiaozhou, which is roughly the location of Fujian in later generations. The general direction of southeast is correct, but...two thousand miles?This number is three or four times false!
Although many Wu officials at the time thought this was unreliable, Sun Quan still insisted on sending Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen out to sea - it can also be seen that Sun Quan was so desperate for the Northern Expedition that he would rather seek overseas barbarians. .

In history, Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen were even more miserable than Gan Ning. They sailed for more than a year, and according to the charts that people made up, [-]% of the tens of thousands of soldiers they brought with them died. The number of ships was also greatly reduced, and finally a year later, they arrived in Yizhou, which was the treasure island of later generations...

This is also the first time that the Chinese civilization began to form a cultural influence on Treasure Island!

It is a pity that Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen, with the remaining soldiers, cheated and robbed thousands of barbarians back. After returning, they were accused of "violating the imperial edict" and executed by Sun Quan - after all, the loss It was too disastrous, and the gains outweighed the losses, and a group of ministers had previously opposed it, and Sun Quan didn't want to take the blame himself!
In comparison, Gan Ning is much luckier now. Not only is he more prepared, but the route is clearer, and the Fuchuan fleet is larger and more technologically advanced. It only took three months from the time Wu Jun set sail. , the last time I went to sea in a coastal port was two months ago, and now I have seen "Yizhou"...

This is why Bai Tu regarded "finding Yizhou" as a novice mission for the navy instead of going north to Liaodong.

Judging from the historical experience of Soochow, it takes longer to go to Liaodong from Jiangdong than to find Yizhou. This is just because you can dock along the coast, so it is much safer, and more importantly... you will not lose your way.

In terms of actual distance and location, it is much easier to go to Yizhou than to go north to Liaodong.

However, the "Yizhou" Gan Ning saw at this time was not a treasure island, but the Penghu Islands not far from the treasure island!
But in the eyes of the Eastern Han people, these all belong to the category of "Yizhou".

Because the Fu Ship is a single-keel pointed-bottomed ship in structure, it has higher requirements for port depth and water conditions when docking. Therefore, Gan Ning only found a good location after circling for a short half of the circle. After getting as close to the island as possible, he dropped anchor. , take a boat and go to "Yizhou"!

Such a blatant circumnavigation of the island naturally attracted the attention of some "natives". When they landed, some people had already gathered on the shore...

But Gan Ning is not worried - he has elite soldiers here, and for these natives, even if some metal spearheads are "artifacts", what is there to fear?

This means that I don’t have any malicious intentions, otherwise the other person should be afraid!
And in fact, in the Penghu Islands, the two sides can still communicate simply...

The treasure island itself has been influenced by Chinese civilization since the Three Kingdoms period, but... the Penghu Islands had refugees from various Xia countries who came here to escape disaster during the pre-Qin period.

As for why the Penghu Islands are so close to Treasure Island, yet Chinese civilization failed to be brought to Treasure Island?

The main reason is that these people are here to avoid disaster, and most of them are survivors of the subjugated country who cannot survive. Although the indigenous people on Treasure Island are still very primitive, they have already grown in size and cannot be affected by these refugees.

For primitive civilization, "advanced" does not necessarily spread to "backward". If the fist is not big enough, the reverse is possible!
Moreover, the environment of the Penghu Islands, to be honest, has a very low livability index. It is far from being the result of development and improvement by later generations. These Xia remnants who came from the pre-Qin Dynasty to avoid disasters have not developed much, and even the civilization index is gradually deteriorating. They can export culture, which is difficult for others...

But it is better than landing directly on the treasure island and facing the local indigenous people directly. At least the navy brought by Gan Ning has the same origin as the people of the Penghu Islands. Although the two sides have [-]% language barriers, they can still speak and gesture. Simple communication.

And as immigrants from the Pre-Qin Dynasty, although they have thrived in such harsh conditions for hundreds of years, many of their living habits are already very different from those of the Han Dynasty, and conditions do not allow them to abide by the cumbersome etiquette of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, but... at least they will not be like the primitive tribes. They are just as barbaric, even if they fight each other, there are no cruel religious rituals and mutual massacres.

Some of the bamboo slips and utensils brought by their ancestors are even preserved.

The Penghu people...that is, the Yizhou people considered by Gan Ning's navy were still very enthusiastic at this time.

Although they were initially frightened by the large ship Gan Ning and others were riding on, and were a little wary, after discovering that Gan Ning and others did not mean any harm, they quickly brought out food and water to entertain these guests from afar.

At this time, Gan Ning specially brought only a few dozen human generals. In order not to arouse the other party's alertness and tension, he did not bring too many people and did not bring Ji Zao soldiers.

The leader was a man in his 30s who looked to be already middle-aged. He seemed to be familiar with Gan Ning. The two of them talked and gestured, but they didn't know if each other's meaning was really conveyed...

Gan Ning also ordered the crew to bring some wine, bacon, tea and silk as a return gift to these "Yizhou people".

Of course, the heaviest gift was what Bai Tu had reminded him to bring - boxes upon boxes of hoes and the iron heads of rakes!
Gan Ning even took off his own sword and gave it to the man who was chatting and laughing with him.

After seeing Gan Ning's kindness, these pre-Qin survivors also took them to their own settlements.

These metal farm tools allow them to welcome guests from afar in the grandest way...

They were originally remnants of the pre-Qin period, and there were not as many rules at that time as they are now.

Zhou Li?The Zhou rites belong to the upper class and scholar-bureaucrats, and have nothing to do with "refugees" like them.

Especially since they have thrived in this environment for hundreds of years, the customs... well, in Gan Ning's opinion, everyone is dressing a little "sexy".

After both sides gradually lowered their guard, Gan Ning took the leader of the middle-aged man back to the seaside and told him with gestures that there were many companions.

After that, the entire fleet, 3000 humans and more than [-] Ji Zao soldiers, began to land one after another.

The middle-aged man looked at Gan Ning excitedly after reading the first half, pointing and shaking his head.

Gan Ning also understood that this was telling himself - there is not so much food!

Gan Ning signaled that they had brought food and were not fleeing, and the middle-aged man felt relieved.

But...Gan Ning was really worried - if the so-called "Yizhou" was of this size, they would have really suffered a loss this time.

Although he was not worried that Bai Tu would pass the blame, Gan Ning himself was unwilling to do so...

Fortunately, there are still twenty scribes in the fleet - when they were selected, it was called a selection of dead soldiers!

Because the discovery of "Yizhou" was not the focus, and Bai Tu did not want to plunder the population and resources, but wanted to immigrate and control it, so he specially recruited a group of scribes - all "new learning" scribes trained by the General's Mansion.

They may have been able to read before, but what they really went to for "further study" was the "new learning" they learned in county schools.

And... most of them are from humble backgrounds, otherwise they would not be able to go to school, let alone sign up to go to sea.

Three days later, these scribes finally gradually figured out the situation here from those ancient artifacts and difficult exchanges with the indigenous people, and they also made Gan Ning know that this was not the real "Yizhou" yet...

(End of this chapter)