The Northern Hemisphere, Bering Sea.
Li Shimin, wrapped in a military green cotton overcoat, wore a verdant aviator cap.
His cheeks were flushed red from the cold wind, but it couldn't suppress the surging ambition in his heart.
After a long while, he looked at the people beside him and laughed, "Am I the first emperor to go abroad?"
Li Ji cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's words are true. Among the emperors of ancient times, there has never been one who truly went abroad. This event should be recorded in history!"
Li Shimin stroked his beard and laughed heartily, "Hahaha, no rush, no rush, we're just getting started! Haven't you seen An Zhi's globe? We're going to the other side of the Earth on this trip!"
After speaking, he pointed to the distant coastline and continued.
"Pass down the order, the fleet will dock. I want to go there and plant the Sun, Moon, and Five Stars flag!"
Fang Er, on another ship, received the order and had nothing to complain about.
Planting things could be addictive.
Especially planting flags!
This guy, along the way, had ordered a shore landing to plant a flag almost every day, regardless of whether the land he was planting on was inhabited or not!
Comparing the nautical charts, their current location was near the Kamchatka Peninsula of later generations.
The temperature here had dropped significantly. The highest temperature during the day was only around ten degrees Celsius. Leaving the air-conditioned cabin required putting on thick cotton clothes.
"We're landing again?"
Inside the cabin, Li Xiuning, who was playing "Three Kingdoms" with Mu Guiying and others, asked without looking up.
Sailing was tedious. After they got tired of playing "Dou Dizhu," Fang Er had made a set of "Three Kingdoms" cards from cardstock.
"Yep, the Emperor wants to plant flags again~"
Fang Er shrugged helplessly, then relayed the order via walkie-talkie.
The high-speed fleet began to slow down. Upon reaching the shallows, everyone transferred to helicopters and flew towards the shore.
The area of the Kamchatka Peninsula was almost the same as that of Wofu, but even in later generations, its population was only over two hundred thousand.
After the helicopter landed, Li Shimin carried an AK47 and had a Sun, Moon, and Five Stars flag on his shoulder.
He forcefully planted the flagpole in the sand and then said to Fang Er, "Come, the usual routine!"
Fang Er took out his phone and with a "click," captured the scene of the emperor personally expanding the territory.
Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui each piloted a helicopter, heading into the depths of the peninsula for reconnaissance.
Not far from the coast was a dense forest. Li Shimin, with great enthusiasm, pulled Li Ji and Li Xiaogong, leading a team of Dengzhou guards for a hunt.
Fang Er, on the other hand, stayed behind and took on the role of cook.
He piled up stones to form a stove pit, threw in dry wood, and lit it. A large pot brought from the ship was placed on top.
There was a small river not far from where everyone landed. He brought back fresh water, poured it into the pot, and started heating it, waiting for them to return from the hunt.
Changle happily picked up shells on the beach, with Mu Guiying and Qin Liangyu guarding her from either side.
These two heroines, having no family here, doted on her immensely, fearing any harm might come to the little girl.
Empress Changsun followed behind, looking at them with a benevolent gaze.
"Why didn't you bring Liangyu with you last time you went to Daming?"
Beside the stove pit, watching the crackling firewood burning brightly, Li Xiuning softly asked Fang Er.
With the arrival of Song Yingxing and Fang Yizhi, Qin Liangyu's trip to Daming could no longer be kept secret.
Although she didn't say anything after finding out, Li Xiuning noticed that this elder sister, past fifty, was always gazing into the southwest.
That was her home in Daming!
Fang Er hadn't expected her to ask this question and could only smile as he replied.
"It was only for two months, and even if we brought Old General Qin, there wouldn't be much time for her to reunite with her family.
Moreover, I didn't know if that Old General Qin of Daming was still alive. If he was, it would feel a bit inappropriate for two identical people to appear before her family."
"But rest assured, if there's a chance next time, I will definitely take her back to Daming to see!"
"Sha~ sha~ hu~ Sha Gongye! Discovered a situation~~ Sha~~ Wo~ Cha~"
Suddenly, Wang Xuance's intermittent voice came through the walkie-talkie, and it sounded like it was beyond the communication range, with the call breaking on and off, mixed with a lot of noise.
Fang Er's heart suddenly tightened. Kamchatka Peninsula was most famous for its volcanoes and hot springs.
In a small area, there were over a hundred volcanoes, twenty-nine of which were active!
"Could it be that a volcano erupted somewhere?"
He quickly got up and looked towards the depths of the peninsula, but all he could see were tall trees, and he couldn't see far.
"Wang Xuance, what happened! Respond!"
He called out several times on the walkie-talkie without receiving a response, and a sense of foreboding grew stronger in his heart.
He said urgently to Li Xiuning, "Mother, you all go back to the ship first!"
After that, he contacted the fleet to send two helicopters, one to take her and Changle and the others back to the ship, and the other to search for Wang Xuance.
Li Shimin and the others hadn't gone too far hunting. After hearing Fang Er's message, they emerged from the woods in less than half an hour.
Although they hadn't been gone long, they had some success. Several marmots and wild rabbits were carried by the soldiers.
But Fang Er was in no mood to care about that now. He quickly walked towards Li Shimin.
"Father, Wang Xuance just sent a message back, it seems something has happened. You all go back to the ship first, and I'll go and investigate!"
Li Shimin's eyes widened, "Let them go back, I'll go and see too!"
Although the helicopters on the destroyers weren't yet proficient due to limited time, the six helicopters brought on this voyage were not to be underestimated. Each one was equipped with two heavy machine guns and four rockets!
With these as a guarantee, Old Li didn't believe anyone could threaten his safety.
"Exactly, let the Grand Princess and the others return to the ship, what are we men afraid of?" Li Xiaogong also expressed his dissatisfaction with a glare.
Fang Er thought about it. Even if a volcano erupted, it would be visible from afar in the sky, and an early evacuation should not be a problem.
Therefore, he instructed Ge Luoyang to take the women back to the ship, while he personally piloted another helicopter, carrying Li Shimin and the others towards the direction Wang Xuance had left.
After ascending, all they could see were tranquil forests and majestic mountains.
Only a distant hot spring was emitting steam, and there seemed to be no unusual situation.