Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 696 The Great Voyage (Twenty)

Winter of the second year of Republic 480 (692)
Wang Zhi and others wandered around the "British Isles" for several months, replenishing a lot of food and fresh water, and invited five "Roman-British people" on board, hoping that these "Roman-British people" would become their guides. Guide yourself to Rome proper.

Until now, Wang Zhi still believes that these indigenous people, who seem to have very low levels of civilization, must be Romans.

"Although they seem to be very backward and ignorant, aren't there many uncivilized savages living in the interior of the Central Plains? For example, the Shanyue people, Danyang people, etc. Maybe these people are barbarian tribes attached to Rome. Woolen cloth?"

"Since Journey to the West says that Britain is in the northwest of Rome, it means that as long as we continue to travel eastward, we will definitely reach Rome itself."

Wang Zhi vowed that the reason why he did not turn southeast was because he was afraid of getting lost. If he kept heading east, he could keep heading west when he came back without worrying about getting lost.

The sailors had no choice but to believe Wang Zhi's statement.

They set sail and continued eastward, leaving the "British Isles (Hawaiian Islands)" full of volcanoes.

One month later

"I can not stand it any more!"

"Return! Return!"

"I want to go home!"

The sailors were completely angry. They could not see land for another month and were drifting on the vast sea.

Not only that, because the food was about to run out, Wang Zhi also cut the rations of each sailor, which made the already dissatisfied sailors completely explode.

They asked to return to the "British Isles" to replenish food and water sources, and then quickly return to the Yan Kingdom.

"Please believe me! Please believe me!"

"Hold on for one more month! If we still can't find Rome in one month, we will return!"

Li Huamei came out to persuade the sailors. She was of noble birth and could persuade the sailors more easily than Wang Zhi.

The sailors calmed down for a while, but everyone was frowning, and had no interest in the voyage at all.

"I really should have followed the old sailor back to the Yan Kingdom, but now I'm floating around on the vast sea. What's the matter? Alas!"

"You will be tried by the Navigation Court if you leave the route without authorization!"

"Being tried by the Navigation Court is better than starving to death at sea!"

Everyone grimaced and continued sailing eastward.

Fifteen days later
Still no land in sight, the sailors grew impatient.

"There are still fifteen days, there are still fifteen days, please hold on!"

Li Huamei came out to appease everyone.

In the cabin, Wang Zhi had committed suicide and had written a suicide note in advance. Next to the suicide note was a letter addressed to Li Huamei, saying to Li Huamei:
"The new route to Rome this time is most likely to fail. The previous archipelago may not be the British Isles, just an ordinary indigenous archipelago."

"I took more than 100 young men with bright futures overseas to die. I have no face to live, and I can only apologize with death!"

"Miss Li Huamei, from now on, you are the new captain of the expedition fleet. You can take the expedition fleet back to the Kingdom of Yan. Please apologize to the sailors on my behalf. It was me who harmed them."

"Please also return my suicide note to my wife and daughter after you return to Yan State. If she wants to remarry, let her remarry. There is no need to remain a widow for a clown like me. For the sake of our daughter, remarry It is also necessary to gain a new life."

Li Huamei, who returned to the cabin, looked at the letter and remained silent for a long time.

"Open up new routes! Open up new routes! Is it really that difficult?!"

"Roman, where are you?"

Li Huamei announced the news of Wang Zhi's death, but she did not give up and continued to look eastward for Rome.

"We have persisted for nearly five months and sailed on the vast sea for nearly five months. Should we give up halfway and give up?"

Li Huamei gave an impassioned speech to boost the morale of the sailors.

another ten days later
"Return!"

"Return!"

"Return!"

The sailors were shouting loudly. Now their dissatisfaction has reached the extreme. No matter how Li Huamei persuades them, it will not help.There are even sailors holding daggers tightly, preparing to subdue Li Huamei and stage a fleet coup.

Just when the atmosphere in the fleet was extremely tense, a large-scale fight could break out at any time.

"It's land! It's land!"

Suddenly, a sailor shouted loudly.

Then, all the sailors looked ahead and saw the endless coastline.

Looking at the length of this coastline, it should be a continent, not an island.

"Rome! There's Rome ahead!"

Li Huamei quickly pointed to the coastline in front and shouted.

The sailors' dissatisfaction disappeared instantly, and they all stared at the coastline ahead.

Soon after, the expedition ship arrived at the coast, stopped the ship and set foot on the coveted Roman continent (North America-Los Angeles).

"We finally arrived in Rome!"

Li Huamei knelt on the muddy beach and prayed devoutly to the Holy Spirit Kang. Then, she led the sailors ashore, looking for the Romans and collecting food and fresh water.

They found a river (the Los Angeles River), and the sailors, who had not bathed for a long time, took off their clothes and jumped into the river to bathe.

Li Huamei also hadn't taken a shower for a long time, and her body smelled stinky, which is unbearable for any woman who loves beauty.

Without too many worries, she also took off her clothes and took a bath in the river with the sailors.

After taking a bath and changing into new clothes, everyone found a "Roman village" near the river.

Strangely, these Romans (Native Americans) also looked very backward, wearing animal skin clothing and holding wooden sticks inlaid with obsidian.

"Perhaps they are barbarians attached to Rome? For example, the Germans?"

Li Huamei guessed based on the description of Journey to the West that she was unwilling to admit that she had not discovered Rome.

No matter what, this must be Rome, and it must be Rome, otherwise, their expedition will be a failure!
"*jenjxujej@nd::n*#"

These "Romans" spoke a strange language that Li Huamei couldn't understand, and neither did the sailors.

Both parties use body language to communicate. Whether they can understand the meaning of this body language depends entirely on luck.

Li Huamei used a silver dagger to trade an [Obsidian Sword] from the "Roman".

The so-called obsidian sword is a wooden stick inlaid with many sharp obsidian fragments.

The "Romans" were very shocked by the indestructible silver dagger. They had never seen such a terrifying weapon.

The smelting technology of Yan State was simply a dimensionality-reducing blow to these "Romans".

A middle-aged man who looked like a "Roman" nobleman brandished the silver dagger that Li Huamei had traded to them. He used the dagger to stab the surrounding trees and cut open the animal skins.

The animal skin was cut open easily by the dagger, and all the "Romans" shouted words that Li Huamei could not understand.

"Artifact!"

"Artifact!"

"Artifact!"

These natives of the New World regarded an ordinary dagger from Yan Kingdom as a divine weapon.

However, the language they spoke was not understandable to Li Huamei.

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The female navigator Li Huamei, until the moment of her death, still firmly believed that what she discovered must be the legendary Rome, not some wild new world.

Her companion Wang Zhi was even more miserable. Until the moment of his death, he was unable to see the New World with his own eyes. The dream in his heart had been completely shattered. ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

(End of this chapter)