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Chapter 10 - A White Book

Shi Dakai had never been so shocked in his life before, not even when he had attacked Tianjing City back then. The few thin pages of paper in his hands were actually like a heavy burden that weighed down on him like a thousand gold coins. He was unable to lift them up.

He never thought that the book Xiao Letian wanted to write would actually be … To think that it would be like this … It was so plain that Shi Dakai couldn't bear to look at it directly.

”In the west, in the southwest of Europa Continent, there was a weak country called the Portugal. There was a prince named Prince Enrique who first set sail with a fleet. He then discovered the island of Santos on the Madre Islands, and the following year, Madeira Island was discovered. ”After that, the fleet he sent discovered the various islands in the Azores, thus opening up the European The Age of Great Navigation …”

The article that Xiao Letian had written had already exceeded the limits of what Shi Dakai could imagine. There were no ancient characters, no poems, and no neat lines. There was only straightforwardness, just like a big fellow at the pier telling you stories overseas.

But Shi Dakai knew that what he saw wasn't a legend, but a true history. Military Advisor Xiao Letian had already guaranteed this countless of times, the story here might be a little wrong on some numbers, but it was definitely true.

More importantly, how could he hold up such a simple essay like this? He had to read it all in one go before he felt satisfied.

The article begins with Yongle's sixteen years of adventure, when the European desire for Oriental porcelain, spices, and silk was vividly portrayed.

The article begins to show a completely different western world to the Chinese with the structure of Zhang Hui's novel. Before the discovery of geography, Europe was a terrifying Middle Ages, with poor people and very poor education. At that time, China was regarded by Europeans as a land of gold.

Following Xiao Letian's brush, it was as if Shi Dakai had experienced a journey through time and space. He knew that while Prince Enrique was desperately searching for the west coast of Africa, the Great Ming Dynasty's fleet was already heading towards the east coast of Africa. At that time, China's navigational technology was far more advanced than that of the West.

When the Portuguese's sailing career reached its peak, the Spaniard began to rise. In the first five years of the Ming dynasty, in the year 1492 of the Western calendar, Columbus, an Italian, under the support of the Spaniard, began exploring the Western Atlantic Ocean and finally discovered the New World, which is now the United States.

Then came Magellan's worldwide adventure, which began fourteen years ago in the Righteous Realm. It was Magellan's effort that the Europeans finally understood that the earth was indeed a sphere, and that the sea was much larger than the land.

In these stories, Xiao Letian did not only use these stories to preach. In the article, he even interweaved the grudges and disputes between different countries in Europe, and there were even some wild stories and anecdotes. The political, economic and cultural aspects of Europe at that time were introduced in detail.

Each chapter was made up of several stories, and at the end of each chapter, Xiao Letian would leave a burden. He would definitely not decipher the chapter before the next one. There were a few times when Shi Dakai saw the words' If you want to know what happened afterwards, please resolve it in the next moment ', he was so angry that he slammed the table and opened his eyes. He wanted nothing more than to tear off Xiao Letian's head and see the later part of the story ahead of time.

However, every time he saw Xiao Letian writing by the window, he would no longer be able to say anything.

What are there in the West? What is their origin, their development, and their present fate? This knowledge was recorded in Xiao Letian's book. Which countries in Europe were strong, which were weak, and which were strong? What was the reason for the weak?

Sometimes, Shi Dakai even wanted to write a novel for Xiao Letian. He felt that if such a shocking book was not written in noble Chinese, it would be a crime. But Xiao Letian's one sentence had repressed all of his thoughts.

”Your Royal Highness, are there many illiterate people in this world, or are there many literate people? ”Since there are many people who can't read, it means that the strongest power lies in the masses. If you want to become strong in China, you have to make the lowest level of people wake up. Knowledge shouldn't be something that can only be found in the study of scholars …”

After listening to Xiao Letian's words, Shi Dakai's eyes filled with tears. Pity the heavens, the advisor was so generous. He could actually think of billions of illiterate citizens, and such magnanimity was already a higher grade than others.

How would Shi Dakai know? Xiao Letian didn't understand any ancient language at all, other than reciting a few ancient poems with two pairs of shoes on the floor and the bright moonlight in front of the bed, he couldn't even write properly. He looked like a child who had just opened his eyes.

Shi Dakai was now a Alone overseas. In order to make it easier for Xiao Letian to write his essays, he had actually used the secret methods in the capital, using gold ingots to buy pens, ink pens, pocket watches, toothbrushes, glass and other precious foreign goods for the Military Advisor. Just a small bag of foreign goods had cost him a whole ten taels of gold.

When Xiao Letian saw the bag of foreign goods, he was in a good mood and actually told the village soldiers the evaluation report, which was about the stories he had written. Who would have thought that the first lecture would be a success? The soldiers at the bottom of the sea listened to the stories from overseas and were as excited as if they were listening to Journey to the West, even more excited than if it were the new year.