Chapter 626: Go travel

Academician Liu also came here, and wanted to discuss with Xiao Peng, to bring the pregnant "Yuanyuan" back to the Institute of Zoology, after all, the care there is more elaborate.
However, Xiao Peng gave up his thoughts after only one sentence: "If you want its offspring to be born healthy, let them stay here."
Academician Liu is convinced of this. Now he almost sees Xiao Peng as a god. The infertile Baiji dolphin got pregnant soon after arriving at Qianliyan. Then think about the animals and human beings on the island of Qianliyan. The living state of unity, well, it is omnipotent to say that Xiao Peng is the of animals. . . . . .
This is rather ridiculous. The more you engage in scientific research, the easier it is to believe in gods.
The reason is simple. When doing scientific research, there will be many things that cannot be explained by science, and many people can only choose to believe in gods. Just like the great scientist Newton who was smashed by an apple, he devoted himself to studying theology after creating gravitation and became a generation of theological researchers. . . . . .
Xiao Peng took a big bucket to feed milk to the pets on the island. After having cows, Qianliyan really doesn't lack milk. Not only people drink it, but these big guys also like to drink it. However, Xiao Peng was obviously not in a good mood, and he was absent from it.
"Hey, what do you think?" Yang Meng came over with a bucket of milk, looked at Xiao Peng in a daze, and asked.
Xiao Peng sighed: "Why do you think people are so cheap? When you are outside, you think it's better to be at home, but when you stay at home, you want to run outside. Especially every time you come back, there are endless troubles. , It’s better to go outside and play in comfort."
When Yang Meng heard it, he was energetic: "Otherwise, let's go fishing. How about? I'm holding back on the island too much, and I want to go out and play."
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Fishing in this season is prone to typhoons."
"Then what do you want to do? Go on a trip? Didn't it all say that there is a walk-and-go tour in life?" Yang Meng was pouring milk in the rice bowl of the Bali tiger baby. The four little tigers grew rapidly, and now they can have it. More than half a meter long.
"Traveling if you want to leave?" Xiao Peng fell into deep thought when he heard Yang Meng's words.
"Hey, what's the matter with you? It's okay to put on a statue of the Thinker?" Yang Meng asked.
Xiao Peng didn't answer him, but ran back to the room, dragging a box and ran out.
Seeing Yang Meng standing there in a daze: "What are you doing in a daze? Pack your clothes! Go to the warehouse to eat all the time and move to the'Guo Chuan', let's leave. Let's take a sailing trip!"
"Huh?" Yang Meng looked at Xiao Peng dumbfounded: "What are you trying to fix?"
"If you want to go on a trip, are you going?" Xiao Peng said.
"It's the grandson who won't go!" Yang Meng finished speaking and went back to pack his clothes.
Xiao Peng asked Yang Meng to fill up the refrigerator on the boat, and he explained to Pan Peiyu to make him look after his family. After saying hello to their family, Xiao Peng and Yang Meng set sail and left Qianliyan.
"Hey, Xiao Peng, you are going to tell me where are we going?" Yang Meng's voice floated from the sky.
Well, it is not an exaggeration to say that in the sky, Yang Meng is climbing on the top of the mast for inspection and maintenance. You don’t know how to swim in sailing, because after all, there are life jackets. But you must not be afraid of heights, because the mast and sails are the life-roots of the sailing ship. The masts must be checked from time to time when sailing. The mast of the "Guo Chuan" can be 60 feet high, which is a six-story building. the height of. Yang Meng is trimming the universal joint on it.
Xiao Peng was adjusting the front sail. Hearing Yang Meng's answer, Xiao Peng grinned: "How about a trip on the Maritime Silk Road?"
China’s "Maritime Silk Road" has a long history. It took shape from the Qin and Han dynasties to its peak in the Song and Yuan dynasties. Later it declined a little bit, and then it was glorious again.
In "Hanshu-Geography", it is recorded that there were sea traffic routes at that time, carrying'miscellaneous', that is, silk exports overseas. In BC, China had two routes from the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Don’t forget, China The South is the birthplace of the Austronesian race. During the pre-Qin period, it was called the Baiyue nation. It is one of the most widely distributed nations in the world. They have excellent sailing experience and adventurous spirit, and they have traveled all over the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Now New Zealand, Hawaii, Madagascar have their descendants. In the pre-Qin period, trade ports were established in what is now Guangzhou and Xuwen, which also laid the foundation for the formation of the Silk Road in the future.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Silk Road on the sea really took shape and began to develop. During the Western Han Dynasty, the land and sea between the South Vietnam and the Indian Peninsula was opened. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the South Vietnam, the scale of maritime trade was expanded. "Road" officially emerged. According to historical records, the route at that time departed from Xuwen Hepu and entered the Malay Peninsula, the Gulf of Siam, and the Bay of Bengal to Sri Lanka through the South China Sea.
Later, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the maritime road further developed. In the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Wu actively developed the navy in order to fight Cao Wei Liu Shu. At that time, Sun Wu's shipbuilding industry was already leading the world: the hull was large, the keel structure was high in quality, and at the same time Sun Wu's silk manufacturing industry has far exceeded the level and scale of the Han Dynasty. So after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a coastal route was opened, and Guangzhou became the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. It passed through the South China Sea and passed through the Xisha Islands to the South China Sea countries, passed through the Strait of Malacca, and headed directly to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. , Foreign trade involves up to 15 countries and regions!
We often read online novels. The protagonist in it traveled to the Tang Dynasty, developed the navy to Ryukyu and Taidao to grab food, and went to the South China Sea to find the Spice Island. In fact, there was a big loophole in it, because before the Tang Dynasty , Our hard-working and smart ancestors have gone to the Red Sea to play. Not to mention the small South Asian islands mentioned in the online novels? It's been discovered long ago!
But one thing is true, that is, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was indeed the prosperous period of the Maritime Silk Road. At that time, Guangzhou had become the largest port in China and a world-famous eastern port city. The route to the countries in the Persian Gulf via the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean was already the longest ocean route in the world at that time.
If it is said that before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Maritime Silk Road was only a supplementary form of the land Silk Road, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the continuous war in the Western Regions, the Maritime Silk Road had replaced the land Silk Road and became the main channel for China’s foreign exchanges. At that time, this route was called the "Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road", which was the earliest name for my country's Maritime Silk Road. At that time, the main export commodities were silk, porcelain, and tea, while the back imports were mainly spices, flowers, and some rare treasures for the court to enjoy. This situation has been extended to the Song and Yuan dynasties.
As the navigation and shipbuilding techniques of the Song Dynasty improved significantly, the compass began to be widely used, the long-distance voyage capability of China Merchant Marine was greatly enhanced, and private maritime trade was also greatly developed under the encouragement of the government. In this way, China's silk and porcelain were spread more and more widely. Bigger.
Until the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, Europeans successively carried out global maritime expansion activities, opening the era of great navigation. At that time, maritime commercial activities were often accompanied by the smoke of war and armed robbery. Just like the famous Zheng He's voyages to the West, more than 60 large ships about 70 meters long and about 20 meters wide are invincible at sea. At that time, the King of Sri Lanka had to pay tolls with Zheng He, so Zheng He was caught directly and sent back to Kyoto as a mascot. . . . . .
At that time, China also had a route from Guangzhou to Latin America, sailing from Guangzhou, via Macau to the Philippines, crossing the San Bernardino Strait into the Pacific Ocean, and going east into the Mexican coast. So far, the development of the Maritime Silk Road through the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.
But since then, due to the government’s maritime ban policy, Guangzhou became the only trade program open to the outside world on the China Maritime Silk Road during the period. Guangzhou’s trade has achieved greater development, forming an unprecedented global circular trade, and it has continued to cooperate. Keep it until the eve of the Opium War. Later, when the Opium War broke out, China lost its sea power and became a semi-colonial colony of Western powers. Coastal ports were forced to open up, becoming markets for Western dumping goods and plundering China's resources. From then on, the Maritime Silk Road collapsed and entered a period of decline.
However, since the establishment of New China, the advancement of science and technology and the development of China's ocean shipping industry, China's ocean-going trading vessels have now traveled all over the world! Xiao Peng's idea is to re-walk along the Maritime Silk Road.
Yang Meng climbed down from the mast: "Take the Maritime Silk Road? Then you have to go through a few countries? Don't you want to go to the Stars and Stripes country? Is this time too late?"
Xiao Peng chuckled: "I have already thought about it. We will walk around the Cape of Good Hope, bypass Africa, cross the Atlantic Ocean, and arrive at the Stars and Stripes. When we finish this circle, as long as we don't waste time in the countries along the road, we have more than enough time along the way. How is the mast okay?"
Yang Meng lay on the side of the boat and washed his hands with sea water: "No problem, it's all a minor problem. How long has the sailboat been unmoved since you came back? It doesn't take care of it. So it's a bit sluggish. It's done now, no matter what you toss about!"
"That's OK, raise the main sail, go ahead at full speed! Hey, why am I still a little excited?" Xiao Peng smiled.
Yang Meng said speechlessly, "Hey, I'm so excited. Last time we came back from Ukraine, we have already walked through it again, right?
Xiao Peng showed a mysterious expression: "This time is different. The treasures on the bottom of the sea are beckoning like us!"
"Treasure?" Yang Meng's eyes lit up after hearing this, "I like this! So that's your kid's purpose!"
That's right, Xiao Peng's other purpose this time is the sinking of the Maritime Silk Road. That can be full of wealth.
Anyway, idle is idle, it's not bad to find the sunken ship!