Chapter 845 Southern Song Dynasty

Among the people in Jiaozhi, nowadays most goods are exchanged by barter, and copper coins are mainly circulated among the upper class.

After the new coins came out and officials, sergeants, and workers in various places began to distribute them for use, Su You secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that the people of Cochin are not lazy, but lack circulation and exchange.

To break the self-sufficiency model, firstly, there needs to be enough commodities, and secondly, there must be sufficient currency.

The population of Jiaozhi is actually not large, but there are relatively few people who know that there is another way to live besides coarse rice to feed their families and bamboo walls to protect them from the rain.

People feel very satisfied to be able to live like this, but their satisfaction, in Su You's view, becomes laziness.

The most fundamental solution is to make them dissatisfied with their current life.

Judging from the transaction volume of Jiaozhou City Silkworm Market for the first time after having sufficient money, Su You felt that he might have misunderstood these locals.

The Western Army's expedition left behind many things that could not be taken back, such as military rations, medicines, and logistical military supplies such as matches, kettles, leather bags, pots, pans, stoves, and shovels.

Su You also asked Li Wen Sheng to open a shop in Silkworm Market to handle these supplies, which then triggered a panic buying trend.

The ones who rush to buy the most are the families of soldiers and prisoners, because they already know that these things are really useful.

So Su You felt relieved. He really thought you had no ambition to make progress. It turns out that there is nothing new under the sun.

People who are willing to work hard to pursue a better life are the norm and the vast majority.

July also ushered in a big event. Shao Bowen's scientific research ship finally returned safely despite Su You's fear and hope for the stars and the moon!

After Shao Bowen returned to Malujia, he learned that Su You had become Jiaozhi's transit envoy, so he rushed to Jiaozhou to meet him.

Su You rushed to Ninghai Port to greet him, and the first thing he said when he saw him was: "I guess you should have been here two months ago, what's going on?!"

Seeing Shao Bowen, Su You thought of a book - "Captain Grant's Children", about a sailing ship captain who was also less than twenty years old.

Only half of the people on the boat came back. Seeing Su You's worried look, Shao Bowen smiled and said, "Teacher, don't worry, half of the people are still staying at the station, and Lin Sui will lead the team there."

"The reason why I came back two months late is because this trip was a bit far..."

This time the scientific research ship brought back a lot of animal and plant specimens and information, as well as charts, ocean currents, and wind direction records.

Su You brought everyone to the shore and celebrated their success.

The crew of the scientific research ship are all the backbones of science and engineering, and Su You is their ancestor. This voyage has further proved the correctness of the theory of science and engineering on the earth. Now seeing the great mentor whom I have always admired is like seeing an idol in the future generations.

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After talking to Su You, he realized that Shao Bowen had really gone far.

After leaving Malujia, Shao Bowen drove the boat to the southwest along the archipelago. In February of the ninth year of Xining, the research ship crossed the equator at Srivijaya, passed through Boni and Korisha, and finally led by the guide of Korisha.

Go down and head all the way to the unknown sea area further southwest.

Along the way, we passed countless small countries and islands. The islanders were still in the civilized period three generations ago in ancient China. Most of them were naked, decorated with bird feathers painted on clay, using thatched huts as houses, and flints as weapons. They hunted birds, animals, fish and insects.

For food.

The main foods are taro, palm heart, banana heart, sweet potato and yam.

However, there are abundant fruits, and the scientific research ship exchanged a lot with the locals.

What’s funny is that some of the island folk are so tough that they come up to challenge them even though they are no match for them.

It turns out that according to the custom of his country, if a ship passes by and does not trade with them, it means looking down on them.

Shao Bowen was not a strong-willed maritime merchant like Zhang San, who would do anything if they disagreed. In the end, he had to use some canvas in exchange for some cattle and sheep, and there was no shortage of fresh meat along the way.

The sea was calm in that area and the ship's speed was very slow. Shao Bowen focused on stability and conducted a leapfrog exploration along the island. After a long time in June of the ninth year of Xining, he arrived at 25 degrees and 25 minutes east longitude.

An island at 13 degrees 58 minutes south latitude.

The longitude here is determined with Bianjing as the prime meridian, which is actually the Groote Island in later generations.

On that island, Shao Bowen found a group of savages who were dark, tall, friendly and docile.

This group of people also has a chief system similar to the previous three generations, but their number is small, only one or two thousand, and they make a living by gathering and hunting.

The arrival of the scientific research ship surprised this group of people, and they worshiped Shao Bowen and his party like gods.

In a cave they worshiped, similar to the temple of the indigenous people, Shao Bowen discovered ancient rock paintings left by the ancestors of these people.

On the rock paintings, there is a small boat like the one on Wangjiasi Island that I saw on the way here.

The ship looked like the Chinese character "Yong" had been squashed, so Shao Bowen called this group of people the Yonggu people.

The folk customs in this place are simple and honest, so the scientific expedition team decided to build an observation station on the top of the mountain here.

After a year, with the help of local indigenous people, they established a stronghold and taught the locals how to build wooden houses, farm, herd, and make pottery...

There are a lot of hawksbill turtles, shells, and sea cucumbers here. These things are worthless here. The first two are thrown everywhere after eating the meat, and the last one is not eaten at all.

Shao Bowen remembered Su You's teachings, and after deciding on the location of the observatory, he prepared to return.

As a result, the wind direction was unfavorable, so Shao Bowen left Lin Sui to build the base station, and he led half of the crew to continue exploring and sailing to the southwest.

Only then did I realize that I was in a huge bay.

After rounding the northeastern corner of the bay, you can continue sailing southwest along the coast.

As a result, the more we sailed, the more surprised we became. After two months of sailing, the wind became stronger and stronger, the ship became faster and faster, and this coastline never ended!

This is not an island at all, this is a new continent!

In this sea area to the east of the mainland, the water is very warm and there are endless coral forests under the water.

It’s really a forest! There are five-foot coral trees and seven-foot coral trees everywhere here!

The animals on this continent have also refreshed the knowledge of scientific researchers. What kind of weird things are they?!

A two-legged giant rat with a bag on its belly, a beast with a duck's bill and duck's feet, a huge flightless bird, in short, it is the kind of ancient wilderness described in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"!

The local indigenous people are also very similar to the people of the Song Dynasty, but they are still primitive tribes. They tie grass as skirts and build the ground as stoves. They can also make wine. They also have the tattoo and carving customs of the ancient Wuyue people, as well as wood carving, stone tools and other processing techniques.

They love singing, dancing and music, and like to sing and dance around the campfire while beating wooden drums.

Shao Bowen believed that this was a microcosm of ancient society and a precious relic of the barbaric era recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, so he focused on investigating it here for two months.

It was not until the wind direction changed again that he returned with various specimens and records, which took a lot of time, but he thought it was very worthwhile.

This is something more important than the Southern Sky Star Map. It has great reference significance for revealing the social structure before the Three Generations!

Similarly, there were wars and greed in this land, and some tribes once wanted to attack them. However, Shao Bowen was very cautious and never strayed far from the waterways. The warning was also sent out far away. Whoever attacked him would only suffer a loss.

In vain, I added a lot of specimens of war patterns and weapons from the three ancient generations to the inspection team.

As they went south, the wind and waves got worse, and the fringing reefs and coral reefs were very scary. Shao Bowen did not continue. Finally, he arrived at a beach area that looked like gold was sprinkled on it. After measuring the longitude and latitude, he drove the boat back.

The farthest place Shao Bowen reached was 42 degrees 02 minutes east longitude and 27 degrees 28 minutes south latitude in the Song Dynasty latitude and longitude system.

This place was named Golden Beach by Shao Bowen, and later became Brisbane, Australia.

This continent was named Nan Songzhou, and the island where they established the astronomical observatory was named Mingzu Island.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas": "The cities formed in the Ming Dynasty live in the sea."
Chapter completed!