Borrow the day to change the day

"Caomin and others went to North America, but along the coast, the colder it gets as you go north. In the extreme north, this is the area."

When Li Wei said this, he pointed to the Bailing Strait area on the world map with his hand, and then continued: "From September to May of the following year is the ice-covered period, and ships cannot go. At this time, either from the ice You can go to North America on the closed ocean, or wait for the ice and snow to melt before you can go."

Generally speaking, the ice-covered period of the Bering Strait is from October to April of the following year.But at this time at the end of Ming Dynasty, it happened to be the Little Ice Age, and the climate was much colder, so the period of ice cover was longer.

Li Wei gradually became more comfortable as he spoke, as if he had forgotten that he was in the Forbidden City, in front of the emperor.He immersed himself in his memory and said: "But the climate there is unimaginably cold, and there are frequent blizzards. It is difficult for people to survive there. If you walk on the frozen ocean, the journey will be even more difficult after reaching the other shore. It’s not like a sea-going ship can sail around high mountains.”

Listening to Li Wei's explanation, Wen Tiren and Xu Guangqi unconsciously approached the world map and looked at the map between Asia and America.

At this time, hearing Li Wei say that the climate in that place is so bad, Wen Tiren couldn't help asking: "Why can't we cross the ocean earlier in a place closer to the south, and we must choose the narrowest place?"

Li Weishun glanced at him, and saw that it was a rather old man, with the majesty of a high-ranking person in his eyes, looking at himself, and quickly and carefully explained: "There is no wind and there are waves on the ocean. If you are not careful, the ship does not deviate from the direction. , is the end of the ship capsized. Therefore, if you can save some distance on the ocean, it is better to travel less.”

Xu Guangqi nodded in understanding, and he explained to Li Wei: "It's true on the ocean. When the disciples of the lower official talk about the ocean, they also have a lot of fear. The majesty of the world is really unimaginable to those who have never seen it. "

Zhong Jinwei looked sideways at the European part of the world map when Xu Guangqi said the word "religion friend", and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

Li Wei glanced at Xu Guangqi gratefully, and then continued to explain: "The width of this place is about seventy miles, and there are two small islands in the middle, which can be used for ships to stay and stay, so as not to lose their way."

Hearing this, Wen Tiren nodded, not expecting that this narrowest place would be so beneficial.

But Li Wei didn't finish talking, and continued to talk about the benefits of this place: "Moreover, there are many sea creatures infested here, and the individuals are huge. If you catch one, it will be enough for one person to eat for a long time. It is a natural supply point for going to North America."

Suddenly, a young and majestic voice sounded near Li Wei: "There are huge creatures in such a cold place?"

Li Wei turned his head and saw that it was the emperor in dragon robe who was sitting on it before, who had walked up to him at some point.A little flustered for a while, he stammered and replied: "Yes, it is very big, and there are still very big ones, but that one cannot be caught in the sea."

Wang Chengen was inserted between Emperor Chongzhen and Li Wei, but he did not block their sight.Seeing that this person could not speak clearly at this moment, he was about to scold him.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei opened his mouth, and he asked Li Wei, "Is it a sea beast with a smooth body and long teeth at the corner of its mouth, which can walk on land and swim quickly in the sea, and..."

Zhong Jinwei talked about several marine creatures near the Arctic Circle that he saw on TV, such as seals, walruses, fur seals, sea otters, sea lions and the like.

Li Wei kept nodding his head when he heard it, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes..."

He was a little surprised that these sea beasts did not appear in Daming, and he didn't know how this young man knew.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard that what Zhong Jinwei said was right, he knew that there would be no fakes.

Looking at the world map, he didn't seem to see that there were two small islands that Li Wei mentioned just now, so he frowned slightly and asked Zhong Jinwei, "Master Zhong, there seems to be only one point on this map?"

Li Wei was surprised when he heard it, he didn't expect this young man to be the emperor teacher, could it be that he is the fairy who descended to the earth to assist Ziweixing according to folk rumors in the capital?

Although he has the name of a Christian, in his bones he believes in the myths passed down from his ancestors.

Zhong Jinwei heard the words and took a closer look, and then saw the number traced on the lower right corner of the map, and said: "Your Majesty, the scale of this map is one to thirty-three million. The island is too small, so there are no numbers on the map. Click it."

Others didn't feel much after hearing it, but Li Wei was different. He was living at sea, and when Zhong Jinwei said this, he suddenly felt incredible.

If the map is drawn according to the scale mentioned by Zhong Jinwei, it must be measured in advance.But looking at this map, there are dots of different sizes in so many places in the ocean. Is this something that should exist in the world?

You must know that ancient maps, including the world map of the late Ming Dynasty, were all drawn based on estimates, and naturally they are not as accurate as those of later generations.

Emperor Chongzhen on one side already understood why the map was missing, so he said to Li Wei, "Go on."

Li Wei was taken aback, but immediately remembered that he was explaining the possibility of a large-scale fleet heading to North America.So he went on to say: "If the small fleet goes to North America, goes along the coast, and waits for the ocean to freeze and unseal in a suitable place, it is possible to pass through this sea area."

When Li Wei said this, he changed the subject and said: "But if it is a large fleet, it is not easy to obtain supplies in a suitable place while waiting for the ocean to thaw. After a long time, the nearby natural supplies are gone. It can be resupplied by the supplies on board. And the opportunities for ship repairs will also increase, which must be considered for ocean routes. If these problems can be solved, it will be feasible to go to North America on a large scale.”

After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei asked, "Does that mean that a large supply point will be established in a suitable place?"

Li Wei looked at Zhong Jinwei, nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right."

"Where is the best place to supply?" Zhong Jinwei asked immediately.

Li Wei thought for a while, then pointed to several places on the world map and said, "It would be best if there are supplies in these places."

When he was pointing, people around him, including Emperor Chongzhen, were watching carefully.

After seeing several places clearly, the brows of a group of people frowned.

Xu Guangqi pointed to the nearest place and asked, "Can this place be omitted?"

Zhong Jinwei looked at the place Xu Guangqi was pointing at, which is where Vladivostok of later generations is located.

Li Wei glanced at Xu Guangqi in surprise, and then replied: "Vladivostok is not frozen all year round, so it is an ideal supply point, and the supply points further up will be frozen, so you need to see the timing to go. If so It’s not impossible to set up supply points everywhere, or it will add a lot of difficulties to the voyage.”

Zhong Jinwei asked Xu Guangqi on the side: "Master Xu, do you think that the reason for removing the supply point here is because of Jianlu?"