"According to your opinion, North America is really wider than our Tang Dynasty?"

In the Summer Palace, Li Shimin listened to Li Geng telling the story of his trip to the sea with relish.

Originally, he just wanted to meet the guy who had watched him grow up and show his importance.

However, after a period of unnutritional greetings, the topic slowly turned to the experience of a trip to North America.

Li Geng's eloquence is very good, completely different from his Aye.

An already rich experience, after it emerged from his mouth, it felt like a storyteller was telling stories.

No wonder Li Shimin, Li Zhi and others listened with relish.

“Yes, we walked along the west coast of North America for nearly two months, from the hot south to the cold north, without completing the coastline of this continent.

Afterwards, we landed at several places and walked inland North America. The situation was very different when there was nowhere.

The one that entered North America the deepest, we not only met a herd of bison, but also a native tribe, and found it.”

"According to your opinion, it is relatively simple to find food for the adventure fleet to come to North America?"

Li Shimin also has some understanding of the risks of adventure.

Food and drinking water are the two most important replenishments.

Once any one of them can't keep up, the expedition team will risk being wiped out.

"There are still quite a lot of rivers in North America, so it is not difficult to replenish fresh water. However, judging from the situation we observed along the way, there should be some places in North America that are Gobi Deserts or desert areas. If you go there to explore, it may be very difficult to find water sources.

As for food, whether it is corn, wild sheep or bison, you can encounter it from time to time, so you can replenish it every now and then.

However, the size of the bison herds in North America is very large, and even if ordinary expeditions encounter them, they may not have the opportunity to obtain supplies.

If you are accidentally attacked by a herd of bison, you will even have your life worry."

Li Geng has encountered wild bison herds many times in North America, so he naturally knows the power of these landlords.

The buffalo weighing more than one thousand pounds or even more than two thousand pounds is like a fast running four-wheeled carriage.

When ordinary arrows hit it, they have no effect.

In addition, if you anger a bison, you will often attract a group of bison attacks, and the risk is really great.

Of course, he wouldn't emphasize risks too much.

Otherwise, Li Shimin's support for the adventure would decline, and he would have to cry.

"Kuan'er said that all the expedition members who were looking for the New World are warriors of our Tang Dynasty. I didn't have a deep understanding of this sentence before, but now I have learned a little bit after hearing about the story of North American adventure."

Li Shimin couldn't help but swear when he thought that Li Geng had completed an expedition in more than two years.

"Your Majesty, although my Tang Dynasty is vast and rich in resources, some land overseas are also rich in various resources. If we can include these lands in the ruling scope of the Tang Dynasty, then what His Highness the King of Chu said at the time that the Tang Dynasty will never set in the empire can be realized.

These lands, whether in Australia or America, have many advantages that the Tang Dynasty said were not available. When I passed by Yongping Port, I heard that there were very vast grasslands near Port-au-Prince in Australia, which were like spring all year round, and it was very suitable for breeding cattle and sheep.

The scale of the sheep around Port-au-Prince has expanded to thousands in just two years, and there is no problem at all.

In North America, we passed many plains, where the land was very fertile, and even the corn that the natives planted casually was growing very well.

If it were the people of our Tang Dynasty to plant it, the yield of crops would definitely set a new record.

The most important thing is that the lives of those natives are still very primitive and cannot be opponents of our Tang Dynasty.

As long as we arrange personnel to take over, we can occupy wherever we want. This is much easier than sending troops to the Western Regions."

After two years of dating overseas, Li Geng is now firmly convinced that the Tang Dynasty should march overseas, vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry, and encourage more people to immigrate to Australia and the Americas.

In his opinion, a Tang people created at least two or three times more wealth in Australia or America than in the Tang Dynasty.

As long as there are enough slaves, every Tang people have the hope of becoming a landlord in the new continent.

"It will take a long time to go from Chang'an City to Yangzhou, from Yangzhou to Guangzhou, and then pass through Puluozhong, Yongping Port, and Hope Port.

Li Geng, with such a distant sea route, it is difficult for our Tang Dynasty to immigrate to the Americas on a large scale, and how to manage the immigration is also a big problem.

I looked at the globe, from Yangzhou to North America, it seemed that I didn’t have to circle the south, cross it directly, or go from the north, and it seemed that it would be much closer."

Distance is a big problem.

With the communication level of this era, it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to truly incorporate America into rule.

Imagine what happened in North America, let’s not talk about whether there are any fleets that can return to the Tang Dynasty to report the situation in time.

Even if there is one, it will be half a year later when the fleet returns to the Tang Dynasty.

The court discussed how to deal with it again, and then sent a fleet to America again, and it had been a year since then.

How can this kind of communication efficiency ensure the safety of the Americas?

"Your Majesty, you are right. Before leaving for America, I also asked His Highness the King of Chu for this question. Although the route is relatively circling, it is relatively safest.

Whether it is South Ocean or Australia, we are relatively familiar with this area of ​​sea, and the fleet can obtain supplies. The real danger is the distance from Australia to the Americas.

But if we cross directly from Yangzhou or Dengzhou to America, then there will be a vast Pacific Ocean along the way, and there will be no decent supply point.

Even if it is smooth sailing, it will probably take two or three months to reach the Americas, and once there is some risk, it will take longer.

The most troublesome thing is that once there is any situation, it may be difficult to find land in a short period of time, no matter which direction it is headed, and the risk is very high.

Therefore, at the current speed of ship navigation, His Highness the King of Chu does not recommend that we cross directly. Unless the steamship that His Highness the King of Chu said can be successfully launched.

When a sea boat is in the Pacific Ocean, there is no need to consider the wind direction. It can move forward day and night, and the speed can be twice as fast as it is now. Then, directly crossing the Pacific Ocean is a very good choice."

Li Geng wanders on the sea boat every day, and must have thought about many questions.

For example, this question that Li Shimin could think of, he had been studying it for a long time, and he almost ruined the globe on "Yang Benman" on "The Legend of the Confusing the World".

"What about the route to the north? Judging from the route, this route is much shorter than the ones now."

Li Shimin still didn't give up.

"This route to the north is feasible! However, it may only take about half a year to use it, otherwise you will encounter various dangers such as icebergs and floes.

Next, Huchen is preparing to explore the northern route to see if he can set out directly from Nambathin, Japan, and then find a suitable supply point in northern Japan. Through this supply point to travel to America during the Spring and Autumn Period every year."

"Okay! Judging from the chart, this route can save at least half of the time than it is now. Even if it only has half of the time a year to use, it is also very valuable for development."

When Li Shimin said this, he came to the globe specifically and looked at it carefully.

Judging from the distance on the globe, the distance from Japan to North America is about the same as the distance from Yangzhou to Puluo.

This will save more time.

Moreover, under the influence of the East China Sea fishery, Japan basically did whatever it wanted.

Even if they wanted to occupy a port in the north, the Nara's people couldn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, it's time for supper!"

Li Shimin and Li Geng originally wanted to continue the talk, but when the palace maid reminded him to eat, they found that it was already dark outside.

By accident, they talked for the whole afternoon.

"Li Geng, go and sort out the adventure process in America. Then let Kuan'er arrange a few people to help you."

"I obey the order!"

Li Geng's face turned bitter.

Unexpectedly, I still have to do such a writing job in the end.

Fortunately, Chen Sier has already started doing it, so she can just participate in it a little.

...

"Prince, I didn't expect that the situation in America is really similar to what you said before. The herd of bison there is priceless."

In the feudal era, the cow was definitely an extraordinary existence.

Even if the North American bison cannot be used as plowing ox, it is a different existence in everyone's eyes.

"If you want to talk about the vast land and vast resources, North America is more in line with our Tang Dynasty. The most important thing is that the local people there are still weak powers and have not formed any decent kingdoms. They are all scattered everywhere."

Li Kuan naturally hoped that America would become the America of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if the Tang Dynasty could not actually rule this area in the future and some ambitious people saw the opportunity, it would at least be the territory of the Han people.

By then, the worst result will be many Han countries in North America, South America, Australia, South Asia, and the West.

Although there will be some wars between each other, when facing other Hu countries, everyone can still focus on external affairs.

"From the globe, the northeastern region of North America seems to be full of lakes and rivers directly connected to the sea. This means that it is very suitable for the development of agriculture here, and then it can be directly connected to many places by ship."

Wu Meiniang has a very good vision.

Although Chen Sier introduced the situation today, they were in the western region of North America.

But Wu Meiniang felt that the northeastern region of North America seemed to be the easiest place to develop.

But it's just that it's too far.

"Mei Niang has a good vision. In this area, I gave it a name called the Great Lakes Region. If you want to immigrate to North America in the future, this is a good gathering point.

Of course, if America is so big and just a small-scale immigrant, there are too many places to be used as a gathering place."
To be continued...