For Gentiles, it may be difficult for the people to see one in their lifetime, so whenever they encounter one, they will definitely watch it as a rare thing. Later generations also had foreign affairs rules that would not be watched by foreign friends. For Zhu Ying, since she became sensible, she often entered the palace, and it was common for her to hide in the corner to watch the fun during the grand dynasty meeting.

Therefore, all kinds of foreigners wearing strange clothes and strange appearances were originally thought to be monsters when she was a child, but later she became commonplace and had already passed the age of surprise. Now that she is old, she has no interest in the great dynasty meeting, but it does not mean that she will forget the strange appearance of those Gentile envoys from the West.

So, her first reaction was that Lao Xianyu was fooling her, so she was naturally dissatisfied with the questioning. However, before Lao Xianyu could explain, she heard Zhang Shouyouyou say: "Yingying, you are not comprehensive. Westerners have blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin, curly hair, black skin like Kunlun slaves, but some look similar to us, as if they are of the same origin."

"For example, the Mongols, and the former Huns, Khitans, and Dangxiang people. If they comb the same hairstyle and wear the same clothes as us, then there is only a little difference." Because the races are not too different...

Zhu Ying usually agrees with Zhang Shou's statement, but at this time he said unconvincedly: "But that is the foreign race that borders our dynasty, which is like this. If we are far apart, it is impossible to look the same as us! This is what I discovered after seeing so many foreign envoys! Besides, Lao Xianyu is talking about the West, not the Southeast Asian. I have seen merchants from various countries in Europe, but they don't look like this!"

Seeing that the eldest lady was angry, Zhang Shou said calmly: "Didn't Emperor Taizu say that the place where we live is a huge ball? You should have also seen the ball of the military weapon bureau. Going westwards over Europa, there is actually a continent across the sea, and it can also be said to be the West. Of course, turn the ball around, just look at me from the east across the sea, or it can also be said to be the East."

Zhu Ying's heart was immediately suffocated. Of course she had seen this thing... There was one in the study of the East Nuan Pavilion of the Emperor Qianqing Palace. When she was a child, she often used it as a toy. However, Emperor Taizu called it a globe, and they saved a thing with the word "di" and it was not spread among the people. Only the story of Taizu dreaming of Emperor Tian has countless versions.

Zhang Shou spoke so hard in front of two unknown people, and the result of sailing west was to turn back to the east. Is this really good? You know, even those merchants in the southeast who make a living by going to sea for trade have few know that the earth is round.

Sure enough, she saw the old Xianyu being slightly stunned, and then she showed a concentrated expression of listening. Instead, Monk Zanghai yawned as if he was not very interested, and used his eyes to signal the guy who had just escaped to come back to work quickly.

After a while, the little commotion that had just aroused completely subsided. At this time, Zhang Shou changed his mind again.

"I remember a story. Legend has it that in the late Zhou Dynasty of Shang Dynasty, You Houxi led more than 100,000 troops to fight against the Dongyi. Halfway through the road, he heard that King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhou. He was loyal and immediately led his troops back to defend the king. However, before he had fought a few battles, he heard that King Zhou burned himself and the princes surrendered to Zhou. He was ashamed to be with these people, but he was unable to compete with King Wu of Zhou. Since then, he has disappeared with more than 100,000 people."

"In history books, in order to demonstrate its orthodox and righteousness, the Zhou Dynasty, even if the old ministers of the Shang Dynasty were unwilling to surrender, such as Boyi and Shuqi who starved to death in Shouyang Mountain, at least they had their endings. However, there were no records of so many people under Youhou Xi and his command. There are rumors that they actually made many large ships, floated eastward, and then moved to a land opposite the sea, and then moved there."

Zhang Shou's story actually involves the Shang Dynasty, which even records in history are relatively rare. Zhu Ying was attracted to it before he knew it. Even the old Xianyu couldn't help asking: "Doctor Zhang, what you said is true? That's not a river or lake, it's a sea of ​​big ships. Even those big ships now have to go there, let alone three thousand years ago!"

The fox's tail is finally revealed! You have never seen the globe. If you haven't walked through it, how do you know that it is a sea of ​​bosses? How do you know that it will take a lot of effort to go there? Why don't you question whether there is land opposite the sea?

Zhang Shou was in a great mood and then laughed: "So I just said that it was a legend."

Zhu Ying was completely serious. When Zhang Shou suddenly said something like this, she immediately said angrily: "Ashou, I won't take you like this! I've said this so much, and then I'll say another sentence. That's a legend... Why haven't I heard of such a legend before!"

So, fortunately, Emperor Taizu did not popularize the legend of merchants going east to others... Otherwise, it would be impossible for me to use this story to bluff the old salted fish! Even in later generations, this was not recognized by the historical community. The problem is to tell them that the Mongolian race entered America through the Arctic Bering Bridge, and later the Bering Bridge disappeared due to plate changes. Who can understand?

Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but laughed and said, "The reason why legends are legends is because they cannot be verified. However, did those Confucian scholars often say that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were like this in ancient times? Who can be sure that Youhouxi did not have his way to travel across the ocean? Furthermore, from ancient times to the present for thousands of years, countless people have been away from their hometowns, and it is normal to leave a race of the same origin overseas."

"So, what Lao Xianyu said may not be lies."

Seeing that Zhang Shou was just using such a story to defend himself, the old salted fish was immediately mixed. He wanted to ask whether the merchant Zhang Shou was a legend or a fact, but was afraid of showing his flaws. So he could only smile dryly: "Fortunately, Dr. Zhang is knowledgeable and talented, otherwise I would not be able to clean it even if I jumped to the Yellow River."

Zhu Ying snorted in her stomach, "You salted fish still want to clean it?" I'm looking at you everywhere!"

People brought back from overseas did not report to the government, but hid in such a place quietly? And judging from the number of people at present, it was not one or two, what was they trying to do?

As if he had noticed Zhu Ying's sharp gaze, the old Xianyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly explained with apologies: "When I brought the person back, of course I wanted to report it to the government. After all, it is a serious crime to privately carry overseas barbarians. But Miss, you and Dr. Zhang have also seen it. Xu Cheng, the magistrate of Changlu County, has been insatiable for five years, and he is insatiable. Who dares to deal with him?"

He said, pointing to the monks and so-called barbarians who were working from all directions, his face full of sincerity.

"Look at them. Don't talk about the weather in April. When working, I started to try not to wear clothes as much as possible. Why? Because I would lose my clothes when working, and I didn't have that much money to buy them! Not to mention them, just the dead monk from Zanghai and the disciples under him. Who can bare your shirt on weekdays? Who makes it too expensive to make clothes!"

The old salted fish became more and more sad the more they spoke, and their eyes were filled with tears.

"This is the life of poor people... I don't even have the money to prepare a few more clothes. Where can I get the money to pay taxes for them one by one? Alas, I just have kindness to bring people back and give them a way out, but I have no money! It's better to Zanghai manage the farm and plant vegetable fields for Wanghai Temple, otherwise there will be no place to take them in."

Seeing that Zhu Ying seemed to have been moved by the old man, Zhang Shou suddenly said, "So, aren't you treating them as slaves who don't want money and just eat?"

"How could I have it!" This time, the old salted fish finally jumped up like it was being stepped on with its tail. "Dr. Zhang, if you don't believe me, are they happy to stay here..."

"You have made a plan. Those overseas people who do not have household registration are awkward in their words. If you are not happy to stay with you, where else can you go?" Zhu Ying finally realized this time and immediately snorted, "You admitted it yourself just now. You can't even afford clothes, just keep in mind."

"I do care about food, but I also have two sets of clothes a year. Just like that, I brought them back and placed here in the past few years. As for the harvest... how much money can I earn by planting some fruits, vegetables and vegetables? What's more, after I first planted it, I was still not suitable for the local environment, and cotton has not grown yet."

Lao Xianyu didn't care about Zhu Ying's attitude and shouted: "But even if I just care about food, it's not easy. Look at Cangzhou. Isn't the reason why the crowd was angry and causing such a thing was because I wanted to have a meal without getting enough?"

Speaking of this, his head raised and said hard: "It's time for dinner later. You can also see if the disciples in Zanghai and his apprentices are the same as those of the barbarians who come across the ocean!"

Zhang Shou seemed to have just asked casually, but in fact he was not just trying to figure out what attitude Lao Xianyu treated these so-called "barbarians" who had lost their homes, and whether he treated people as slaves. What he was even more curious about was where people came from.

You should know that there is actually not much difference between races from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia. These so-called overseas barbarians may not come from the Americas, but from those closer places.

Moreover, if these so-called barbarians really come from America, then are these people completely Native Americans or descendants of Taizu's fleet?

So, when someone picked up the dinner meal in a bucket, opened the lid, but added the bean rice with salted fish. Zhang Shouyan saw that everyone was a big bowl, and the shocked "barbarian" who had eaten it was extremely sweet. Even his companions and some people whispered to the bald monks, he turned around and bowed to the angry old salted fish.

"I blame you for your mistake, sorry."

The fat monk Zanghai didn't say much since the beginning, and he was just watching Lao Xianyu confronting this group of noble guests. Seeing Zhang Shou apologizing so bluntly, he couldn't help but be surprised. When he saw Lao Xianyu's appearance as if he was wronged, he said it was okay. He couldn't help but grab the completely hairless head, and he didn't know who the two were the drama masters.

He couldn't help it, so he simply coughed and came out to be a peacemaker.

"Ahem, it's just a misunderstanding. There's no need for Dr. Zhang to take it seriously, right? Actually, when the old salt fish threw people to me, I was furious. Don't look at the fact that I was in charge of the fields of Wanghai Temple in name, I just had to send some rice, grain, vegetables and vegetables up every year, but that would have to be a good year. If there weren't those salt fields in the east to supplement the salt fields, I wouldn't be able to bear the year if I encountered a disaster. But..."

He paused, and then smiled at Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, "However, these overseas barbarians are really satisfied as long as they have enough food and clothing. You don't know about Dr. Zhang and Miss. It is said that their place is even more scarier than Mongolia and the Wusizang Xuanwei Department in the west. What is the use of children's skulls as magic tools? This is all pediatrics."

"Most of their city-states will take people to sacrifice to heaven and gods when they have nothing to do. It is common to have sacrifices once, killing more than ten or twenty. If you encounter a high sacrifice, you will be at least hundreds of times."

"It would be fine if there were prisoners of war in war. If there were no prisoners of war, they would kill their own people. The so-called king is the high priest in charge of divine affairs... When the natural disaster was at its worst, even the king even dedicated his daughter to some gods, which sounded creepy."

Zanghai said, scratching his head and then sighed.

"I heard that a few decades ago, someone traveled across the ocean to these barbarians and taught them our official language, so we can still communicate with these people. When the old salted fish brought them over, I heard those, I felt that I was back when I was Jie and Zhou of Xia... Ah, Dr. Zhang, you probably don't know that the tribes of these barbarians in front of me had just made bronze not long ago."

"And that was the guidance of a group of seamen who were wandering there. At that time, the ship sank and a lot of people died. Is it necessary to build a ship when I come back? Well, I finally convinced a tribe of barbarians and was offered as a god, but they didn't know what was going on in their place. They were flooded and drought tornadoes all day long, and they were almost turned over by several priests who had lost their power."

"There are no big livestock in that place. They had three sea boats, but they had more than a dozen horses, but they couldn't help but grow old. After all, they died of illness and old age, and they were unable to even mate. After all, the boats going to sea were actually fed with beans. They were extremely luxurious. I don't know where the majestic sea passengers came from, and they were still waiting for the route..."

"This group of seafarers educated people there, encouraged childbirth, increased population, breeding, farming and weaving. I don't know why they migrated several times. Although they could build ships long ago, more people think they should prepare all the tools and make sufficient plans, otherwise they would also wait for death at sea. It is said that many years have passed, and the surviving seafarers are old and dead, and finally they have made bronze."

The fat monk spoke vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"As a result, during a migration, he started fighting with another city-state. Although he had a tragic victory, the last of the seamen who were regarded as prophets was about to die. Before he died, someone was carrying him to the beach. If the old Xianyu's boat had not arrived, he would have died quietly. In order to go home, he had really fought hard, but unfortunately he was shocked to come back."

The old Xianyu did not stop the story of Zanghai, but when it came to an end, he asked indifferently: "It's a pity that the last seaman did not come back either. Instead, these barbarians came back with my boat."
Chapter completed!