The Mongol Empire not only created a miracle in human history, it also marked the end of the era of human hegemony on land.
The Mongol Empire was the peak of human hegemony on land. After the decline of the Mongol Empire, mankind entered the era of maritime hegemony. Subsequently, countries relying on the ocean began to rise one after another, and mankind entered the Age of Discovery.
Perhaps it was because he saw the drawbacks of land hegemony that Kublai Khan began to actively train the navy after establishing the Yuan Dynasty.
During Kublai Khan's reign, Japan angered him many times.
Therefore, in 1274 AD, Kublai Khan ordered Xindu, the governor of Fengzhou, and Hong Chali, the general manager of the military and civilians of Goryeo, to lead 28,000 troops from Mongolia and Goryeo, divided into 900 warships, to invade Japan for the first time. This was the first large-scale cross-sea operation in human history.
The Mongolian army marched towards Japan in great force, but ultimately failed and was defeated by the "divine wind".
Kublai Khan was very unwilling to accept the failure of his first expedition to Japan. He urgently hoped to wash away the shame of the previous defeat with a victory, so he launched another attack on Japan seven years later.
In 1281 AD, Kublai Khan ordered the Yuan army to split into two groups and launch another expedition to Japan.
One of the two armies was led by the Mongolian Xindu, most of whose troops were Mongolians and Semites, about 40,000 people. The other army was a 100,000-strong Han army from Jiangnan led by Fan Wenhu. Both armies were led by the Yuan Dynasty general Alahan, who ordered the two armies to meet on Iki Island in Japan in July of that year.
As a result, during this expedition, the Mongolian army once again encountered the so-called "divine wind", and the result was the same as the first time, ending in failure.
Many historians attributed the failure of Kublai Khan's two expeditions to Japan in the 13th century to divine wind or typhoon help.
We can indeed find records of those two typhoons in ancient documents, and scientists have also determined, through analysis of changes in sediments and changes in strontium concentrations, that the frequency of typhoons in the area was much higher than it is now.
But the problem is that scientists still cannot determine the specific intensity of the two storms that year, nor how much the storms were related to the sinking of the Mongolian fleet.
In other words, the real reason for the failure of the Mongolian army's expedition to Japan is still unknown.
The wreck was buried in the mud on the seabed. The keel of the ship was about 20 meters long and more than 80 centimeters wide. Xiang Yang guessed that when the Mongolian warship was intact, its total length might have been more than 30 meters.
Seven hundred years ago, the appearance of a warship over 30 meters in length on the sea was definitely a miracle.
Xiang Yang guessed that this should not be an ordinary warship.
On the top floor of the cabin, Xiang Yang finally found a body.
After seven hundred years of being soaked in sea water, the corpse had long since rotted into a pile of bones.
But in the arms of the pile of bones, there was a long stone box tightly held.
"This, is this bloodstone?" Xiang Yang stared at the long box for a while and widened his eyes in disbelief.
Xiang Yang doesn't know much about jade.
But our country is a major jade country, not only because Chinese people have a long history of using jade, but also because there are many jades on the 9.6 million square meters of land.
my country is a jade powerhouse in both spiritual and cultural terms, and in terms of material wealth. Chinese people are famous for their love of jade. There is a saying among the people that men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha. Officials also have jade seals and other things. Some celebrities also like to wear jade rings or jade bracelets. Among the jades in China, there are 10 kinds of jade that are very famous. Even Xiang Yang, who doesn't know much about jade, knows some of them.
And bloodstone is one of the ten major jades.
Xiang Yang once saw a report about bloodstone.
Bloodstone gets its name from the cinnabar that is as red as chicken blood.
The red part of the stone is blood, and the part other than the blood is the ground, which generally has a waxy or oily luster.
According to the color of the base, combined with the color type and transparency, bloodstone can be divided into varieties such as mutton fat jelly, hibiscus jelly, lotus root powder jelly, bayberry jelly, red jelly, yellow jelly, gray jelly, black jelly, multi-color jelly, porcelain white base, safflower base, water grass flower, peanut cake, Dahongpao, and red hat.
The bloodstone in front of Xiang Yang's eyes is scattered on the ground in the shape of fine veins, stripes, lumps, spots and clouds. It has a very bright red, crystal clear color and is naturally beautiful.
Chicken Blood Stone is ranked alongside Shoushan Stone and Tianhuang Stone, and is known as the national stone. It has a cultural history of thousands of years in my country.
Moreover, because of the beauty, crystal clearness and rarity of bloodstone, it has always been known as the "Queen of Stone", "Princess of Seal Stone" and "Queen of Seal Stone".
However, the development of bloodstone has come to an end, so the output of bloodstone is quite limited. It has become the only one left in the world, extremely rare and its value is beyond words.
The long stone box that Xiang Yang saw was more than one meter long and more than ten centimeters wide. If one were to estimate its value... it was priceless and there was no way to estimate it.
Xiang Yang swallowed his saliva. Even a box containing items was priceless. What exactly was in the box
"Senior, I'm sorry for the offense." Xiang Yang apologized to the corpse, then carefully pulled the long box out of the corpse's arms.
The box is heavy.
Very heavy.
If Xiang Yang had not been diving frequently during this period and occasionally helping with some physical work, and if the mysterious jade shell had not been improving his body, he would not have been able to lift the jade box at all.
"Could it be the scepter of the Mongol Empire?" Xiang Yang underestimated in his heart.
Facts proved that Xiang Yang was overthinking.
The jade box was opened, revealing a sword inside.
A long sword.
The sword is all white and nearly three feet long. The blade looks like a calamus leaf. The sword body is very thick and the hilt is decorated with a sharp sword like fish joints.
Xiang Yang blinked. This sword had been submerged in the sea for seven hundred years, but the blade still flashed with a sharp cold light. It was simply incredible.
Xiang Yang gently stroked the hilt of the sword.
He suddenly saw three characters at the connection between the hilt and the blade.
These three characters are all in Japanese. Xiang Yang likes watching Japanese comics very much. He has watched thousands of episodes of Detective Conan and has already mastered homicide, assassination, accidental killing... No, he has already mastered Japanese.
"The translation of these three characters into Chinese means," Xiang Yang murmured, "Tian Ye Yun?"
"Is it the name of the sword?" Xiang Yang frowned. His knowledge of swords was limited to famous historical swords such as Gan Jiang, Yu Zang, Qixing, Qinglong Yanyue, etc. He had never heard of Tian Yeyun's name among the famous swords.
Xiang Yang was a little disappointed. He thought that such a precious box contained a scepter of the Mongol Empire, but he didn't expect it to be just an unknown sword.