Although the Eastern Song Dynasty tried very hard to keep the secret of discovering the New World south of the Nanyang Windless Zone, the intelligence room of the New Zhoudu Military Control Commission learned about this amazing news at the beginning of the fifteenth year of the Republic!

"Really? Have you really discovered a new continent?" In Xuzhou Yunlong Villa, Wu Haogu looked at Wu Yijiu and Wu Yixin who sent him this news.

Wu Yixin has now grown into a brother who has a headache for Wu Yijiu - in the past few years, he has been leading troops on the northern grasslands. He is the military backstage of Queen Xi Xiao! Anyone who is not slapped with the Bei Xi army of Queen Xiao will send troops to pull it out.

After several years of hard work, Wu Yixin finally pulled himself to the position of Army General and Deputy Military Machinery.

And on the northern grasslands, there is no longer the existence of Dare to resist Queen Xiao!

Not long after becoming the deputy military aircraft, a new continent suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Sir," Wu Yixin nodded and said, "they must have discovered a new continent. They are located less than 1,000 miles south of the South Ocean Wind-free Belt. They should be a continent no less than China's size!

Moreover, the theory of earth round has also been confirmed. Because the expedition ship of Song State discovered that the south of the South Ocean's windless belt, the lower the temperature will be... it should be a very cold place in the north."

"Sir," Wu Yijiya said, "It is true to see people who cross the east... The continent they discovered should be located east of the earth, which is the place where the people cross the east! It can also be reached from Japan to the east."

"Oh." Wu Haogu nodded, not commenting.

Of course he knew that the "Earth Round Theory" had appeared. Moreover, by observing the changes in starry sky in different regions, scholars from the New Zhou and Song dynasties also calculated the circumference of the earth. Although the data is not accurate, it is still a very amazing achievement.

After calculating the circumference of the earth, scholars from Gezhi University proposed the theory of "North and South Poles". However, unlike the division of the two poles of the earth in later generations, Chinese geographers now believe that the North Poles are extremely cold, while the South Poles are extremely hot.

Therefore, the equatorial windless belt is regarded as the Antarctic, while south of the windless belt is regarded as the Western Hemisphere... Oh, not the Western Hemisphere, but as the "Eastern Hemisphere".

Because in the Chinese consciousness, Japan is east of China and the American continent is east of Japan. If we want to divide the earth into the east, China is undoubtedly in the west, and the United States is undoubtedly in the east.

In the Yuntai Academy, Gezhi University geographers regarded the equatorial windless belt as the Antarctic. Therefore, the "Australia Continent" that was just discovered is naturally located east of China, and is undoubtedly the legendary Yin people crossed the east.

As for whether this continent is connected to the extreme north of the Great Zhou, it is unknown.

Because the extreme north is too cold, it is difficult to explore.

"Have you calculated the distance?" Wu Haogu asked.

He did not point out the mistakes of geography scholars. It was not that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't do it.

Because scholars' understanding of the earth's circumference and shape is based on a large number of mathematical calculations and measurements - because there are great errors in the measurement, the calculation results are also a large range. In this way, their understanding of the earth will inevitably be wrong.

If Wu Haogu wants to support their mistakes, he must use more accurate measurement data and calculations to convince them. Otherwise, vernacular is not a rigorous and scientific attitude.

Moreover, based on scientific observations and calculation errors, it was still a great progress for medieval China - this was not observations and calculations promoted by Wu Haogukai's golden finger, but the spontaneous research by rational and empirical scholars.

This spontaneous, empirical and rational scientific research has become a very common activity in the academic circles of the New Zhou and the Eastern Song dynasties.

"Not far." Wuyi Channel said, "According to calculations, the west coast of the New World is about 5,000 miles away from the Bohai Island. You can arrive quickly even with a sailboat! And we have explored a large area of ​​sea to the east of the Bohai Island and found a series of islands leading to a huge peninsula. Perhaps that peninsula is part of the Yin continent!"

That is the Kamchatka Peninsula, which is called "Yinzhou" in this time and space.

"When can the Navy go to explore there?" Wu Haogu asked.

"This summer!" Wuyi said, "The Discovery and Enterprise have been prepared and will soon sail to Kamakura, Japan. After a brief rest, we will immediately set off for Bohai Prefecture, and then replenish supplies in Bohai Prefecture and sail to the 'Yindi' for exploration. There will also be land soldiers from the savage Jurchens and traitors captured on the Taihang Mountains. If we find an unmanned bay in Yin Prefecture that can establish a port, we will leave the land soldiers and traitors there for winter and let them build a castle port, thinking that it will be a long-term solution."

Since the Eastern Song Dynasty has discovered a new continent, the Great Zhou cannot fall behind... So the exploration of the Eastern Ocean that has been delayed for a long time is finally going to accelerate now!

If you don’t hurry up, the New World will have the surname Zhao!

Colonization with competitors is different!

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Japan, Kanto Plain, Kamakura Castle.

In Kanto Yashu, Japan, where the plain terrain is mainly used, the Miura Peninsula where Kamakura is located is a rare and dangerous place. The entrance connecting the peninsula and the Kanto Plain is only about 20 miles wide, with a flat east side, and some low hills distributed to the west.

Kamakura is located on the west side of the entrance to the Miura Peninsula, facing the seaside of Sagami Bay. It is a flat land surrounded by low hills. Just guarding the surrounding hills and controlling the bay can ensure that Kamakura Castle is foolproof.

At the same time, Kamakura Castle is located between Sagami, Musashi, Anbashi, Upper, Lower, Izu, Izu (belonging to Tokaido).

Through Sagami Bay and Musashi Bay water transportation, the troops stationed in Kamakura can quickly reach the above six reticent countries. Most of the Kanto Plain is under control. And through the control of Sagami Korea Hakoneyama, the throat main route from Tokaido to Kanto Plain can be blocked.

The terrain of Kamakura is so critical, no wonder the Kamakura Shogunate has placed its fundamental place here in history.

It should also be mentioned that the Yokosuka Base, the largest naval base in the Far East, was also on the Miura Peninsula, only 12 kilometers away from Kamakura.

The Yokosuka Base in later generations has now become the home port of the Oriental Fleet of the Great Zhou Navy. It is known as the "Uraga Military Port", fortresses, docks, warehouses, forts, and other buildings, and is being built at the fastest speed.

Kamakura Castle and Kamakura Port, as well as Navy Kamakura Fortress and other defensive facilities have now been built and put into use.

Therefore, Wu Yiyong's military commander moved to Kamakura Fort last winter.

In a sense, Japan is now entering the Kamakura era.

It’s just that the “general” who ruled Japan was not from Genji, but from the mainland of Haixi.

However, this "general" from a foreign country did not face the stubborn resistance in Kanto as his father Wu Haogu imagined. Because the Japanese samurai group of this era had not yet taken shape and had not really learned to fight. At best, they were the manor housekeepers or thugs of the emperor, nobles and high-ranking samurai (half-noble ministers), and were not opponents of the Great Zhou Republic Army who had been through many battles.

Moreover, they do not have a very strong sense of national consciousness and their loyalty to the Emperor is limited. This is not the era when the Emperor is deified. The so-called samurai at the grassroots level are not interested in the Emperor. They are just loyal to any force that can provide the security (sanctuary).

Any force, of course, also includes "General Kamakura Yoshiyo". More than two years after Wu Yiyong landed in Japan, he had already received allegiance from a large number of Kanto nobles. He also married the Anxi, Miura, and the Ueto family in Kanto, and married the daughters of the three great nobles as his side room.

At the same time, the forces of the Kanto Genji, Hei, Fujiwara and the royal family were swept away by Wu Yiyong's army, and also wiped out many Kanto landlord bullies who resisted the liberation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At least half of the land that had been reclaimed in Kanto Hashishu (the level of development in the eastern country of Japan at this time was not high, and there was a large amount of wasteland) to the soldiers of the Republican Army who followed Wu Yiyong's expedition.

As for the other half of the land that had been reclaimed, it was allocated to the "Progressive Samurai" who was loyal to Kamakura.

While allocating land, Wu Yiyong also vigorously promoted the marriage between the Republican soldiers and local wealthy families in Kanto, and tried to build a "Sunday Combination" armed group as his pillar of rule over Japan.

While pacifying the Eight Prefectures of Dingguan and building an emerging ruling group, Wu Yiyong did not forget the development of industrial and commercial cities.

To the north of Uraga Military Port and east of Kamakura Castle, on the narrow and long plain along the coast, a city called "Miura City" (approximately the place in Yokohama in later generations) has begun to take shape.

In other parts of Japan, Wu Yiyong's conquest also made considerable progress.

The northeastern region of Japan east of Kanto has now been basically pacified by the army of Takeshiyoung. The Fujiwara clan's residence in the Oshu Fujiwara clan was captured by the army of Takeshiyoung in the autumn of the 14th year of the Republic. The leader of the Fujiwara clan of the Oshu Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara Kiyoung, surrendered with the entire clan and moved to Haizhou, becoming the ancestor of the Fuji surname of the Haizhou Fuji.

The Gao family regime, which occupied a part of the northeast of Japan and the Bohai Island, later surrendered to Kamakura and provided its Bohai Iron Cavalry to Takeo Yoshiyo.

If you look at it from the map, it is not difficult to find that Japan has been divided into two parts. Wu Yiyong's original idea has been fully achieved.

The Japanese dispatched corps of Zhou, which controlled the Kanto and Northeastern regions, also had enough energy to support the exploration of the Yin continent.

Two large exploration ships, Discovery and Enlightenment, set sail at this time.
Chapter completed!