Marin left the day very well. On January 1, 1510, the New Year of the Western Calendar, after leaving Panama, the fleet sailed west along the North Equator north of the equator on the upper Pacific Ocean.
At this latitude, the east wind belt is prevalent, and the wind is smooth. The one responsible for the navigation was naturally the sailors who had previously explored the Keelung route. Yamerico had already returned to China, but these sailors and navigators did not return to China. They were responsible for guiding Marin.
After the fleet sailed west for a distance, a navigator said while bragging with the sailors on the ship:
"Do you know? In this dimension, in the south, there is an archipelago, and there is a huge turtle on the island. Before you came, our captain took us out to sea for fishing, and then he happened to arrive at this archipelago. Then, he saw a huge turtle as big as a table on the island!" After saying that, the navigator also gestured at the size of the seamen, which made the sailors amazed.
When Malin, who was leaning against the railing, frowned and seemed to have thought of something...
"The giant sea turtle? Is he talking about the Galapagos turtle in the Galapagos Islands?"
Marin suddenly remembered, it seemed that the Galapagos turtle was the largest sea turtle in the world...
Its length can reach about 1.2 meters and its weight can reach two or three hundred kilograms, which is five or six hundred kilograms, which is very rare. The turtles in China are generally at most ten centimeters in length. In front of the huge Galapagos turtle, they are like a turtle grandson...
Malin smiled and continued to think about his own affairs. At this time, Malin suddenly had a frequent brain jump, thinking of a historical novel I had seen before traveling through time. What I want to be the prime minister. It is about the protagonist traveling through time to the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty as a child prodigy, the top scholar, and finally the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. One thing mentioned in this book is that the people of the Ming Dynasty regard the Galapagos elephant tortoise brought by the Spanish as a divine beast, the black turtle. Then, local officials presented the giant turtle as auspiciousness...
Speaking of this auspiciousness, the feudal dynasty in China had a very marketable market. The so-called auspiciousness refers to a sign of auspiciousness, which is considered by Confucianism to express the will of heaven and is beneficial to people. For example, colorful clouds appear, good weather and rain, wheat grows with two ears, sweet springs appearing from the ground, strange birds and beasts appearing, etc.
And the Galapagos turtle is exactly the last of these - strange birds and beasts appear...
After all, there has never been such a big turtle on the land of China. The most important thing is that in ancient Chinese myths and legends, the four great beasts, the blue dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the black trunk, the black trunk is an image of a unity of the tortoise and snake.
Moreover, Xuanwu is the God of Water and lives in the North Sea, which is a symbol of good weather and good weather. At the same time, the longevity of the turtle, and Xuanwu is also a symbol of immortality...
Good weather and immortality are exactly the two supreme goals pursued by the rulers of ancient feudal dynasties. Therefore, turtles were considered auspicious animals in ancient times. The strange turtles were regarded as auspicious and also called black turtles.
Moreover, the last sentence in "The Book of Songs, Lu Song, Panshui" is "I admire the Huaiyi, come to offer the Chen Dynasty, the black tortoise elephant teeth, and bribe the Nanjin". The black tortoise elephant teeth here are giant tortoise ivory, which was a rare treasure in ancient times.
But no matter what, in China, there are definitely no giant tortoises with a length of more than 1 meter. An ordinary turtle is only a dozen centimeters long, and a big turtle that is twenty or thirty centimeters long can be considered auspicious.
Moreover, for the ancient feudal dynasty in China, offering wealth is far less than pleasing to offer good fortune. For the ancient feudal dynasty in China, which regards itself as the center of the world, they do not look down on the wealth of barbarians at all. Even if it is not found in the Central Plains, it is just a rare thing.
However, auspiciousness is different. For feudal dynasties, the will of heaven and the people are very important. Auspiciousness is definitely a major event worthy of national celebration. Because this shows that the emperor is wise and the true destiny. All officials are also "all righteous in the court", and each of them is virtuous... Everyone feels very proud. If the court has face, it will never be stingy...
In fact, ancient emperors and ministers were very enthusiastic about the pursuit of auspiciousness. Some emperors even reached a perverted level of pursuit of auspiciousness.
Among them, the most perverted person who pursues auspiciousness is Song Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the father of Song Renzong...
Song Zhenzong was the son of Song Taizong and had no outstanding achievements in his life. However, he had a record, that is, he was the sixth emperor in the Chinese feudal dynasty to be in the Taishan Fengshan, and the last one. Of course, he was also the most shameless one...
Why do you say so? Because the five emperors in front of him were Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Eastern Han, Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang...
Look, the first five emperors have all made achievements and are of the right to go to Fengshan. I won’t talk about Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and I am recognized as the hero. Emperor Guangwu was also a famous monarch who restored the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Tang captured the largest territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had the Kaiyuan period at least...
What did Emperor Zhenzong of Song do? He was beaten by the Liao Kingdom and forced to sign a shameful agreement like the "Tanyuan Alliance". He was also embarrassed to go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan Mountains?
Not to mention, they are so embarrassed, they are very thick-skinned...
Moreover, Song Zhenzong's Fengshan was very technical. People forged it or asked their subordinates to forge the "Book of Heaven" - you see, auspiciousness came from the sky, I am the true emperor, go to Mount Tai for Fengshan...
During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, the entire Song Dynasty fell into a fanatical atmosphere of discovering and offering "auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspic
Emperor Jiajing during the Ming Dynasty was very interested in cultivating immortals because he was very interested in auspiciousness. For example, the treacherous minister Yan Song offered the "Five-Colored Divine Turtle" as auspiciousness and was deeply favored by Jiajing. But unexpectedly, this "Divine Turtle" was accidentally raised to death by the palace maids. In addition, there were rumors that Jiajing wanted to use the menstrual blood of the palace maids to refine immortal pills and Jiajing's harshness on the palace maids, which eventually led to the "Renyin Palace Change", and the palace maids almost strangled Emperor Jiajing to death...
Of course, Yan Song's "Five-Colored Turtle" is fake, it is an ordinary turtle that Yan Song found someone to apply with pigment. The elephant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands is real, and has stronger vitality and can live in arid areas. After all, the Galapagos Islands are arid areas.
However, the Galapagos Islands are located in a tropical area, and elephant turtles may not adapt to the cold climate in the north. Therefore, you need to pay attention to preventing cold. Otherwise, if the turtle is raised to death, Marin will also be implicated...
However, the current ruling is neither Emperor Zhenzong of Song nor Emperor Jiajing, but Emperor Zhengde. Emperor Zhengde is not interested in superstition or something, but this guy loves to play and likes rare treasures. And the giant tortoise like the Galapagos turtle is just a strange beast, which can completely win Zhengde's favor. As for the ministers in the court, they can also regard it as auspiciousness. Because only when auspiciousness appears in the world can we prove the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people, and also prove that they are all "virtuous"...
Thinking of this, Marin decisively recruited the navigator and ordered:
Chapter completed!