Chapter 527 Zhu Di’s Bargaining Chips

The beauty Wang paused slightly.

She looked up at Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao came back to his senses from a brief absence, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, saying, "Let's go and have a look together."

...

The carriage was on the way to the civilian dock.

Zhu Biao looked out the window, lost in thought again.

Sailing expedition.

He had heard about it a long time ago.

More than a decade ago, when the fourth brother had just conquered Luzon Province, the warships at that time were still powered by sails.

The fourth brother supported Yu Jing in leading a naval fleet to go out to sea for a sailing expedition.

Yu Jing lived up to expectations.

He found a territory for the fourth brother, Longzhou, which was not inferior to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this has not been confirmed.

Some people believe in Yanhua's propaganda.

Others are deeply skeptical of this.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben mentioned more than once that this was impossible!

They believed that the story of Longzhou was deliberately released by the fourth brother to confuse everyone.

The purpose was to make everyone relax their vigilance against him.

Let everyone think that the fourth brother has no interest in the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben believe that Yu Jing's seafaring expedition must have discovered some small islands and land.

But the territory is definitely not as large as Yanhua's propaganda.

Let's not talk about the truth of Longzhou.

At this moment, he wanted to see with his own eyes what a fleet that has been sailing on the sea for several years looks like.

I didn't have the chance to see it last time Yu Jing sailed and explored.

This time I have to take a good look.

...

Soon, the convoy drove into the civilian dock.

Zhu Biao put away his thoughts, just pushed open the car door, and stepped on the ground.

Before he could speak.

Woo woo woo...

A long horn sounded.

Zhu Biao looked in the direction where the sound came from.

His sight seemed to be stuck, and he could no longer move from the scene he saw.

A fleet...

How to describe it?

It can be said to be "broken"!

The broken mast stood alone on the deck.

Under the sunlight, like an unyielding general, he slowly sailed under the difficult drag of his "soldiers".

The tattered, black sails were like the flags that fluttered in the smoke of a war and never fell.

No ship was good.

Even the flagship at the front.

Everywhere you could see the damaged and repaired wooden boards outside the hull.

The horns were still ringing one after another.

The whole dock was silent as it watched this extremely "tragic" returning fleet.

'Is this Yanhua? '

Zhu Biao stared at it and couldn't help asking a question in his heart.

This seafaring expedition team in front of him.

It was slightly different from the first time with Yu Jing.

This was a civilian seafaring expedition team supported by the fourth brother.

As far as he knew, there were some retired naval officers and soldiers from Yanhua.

But among the members, there were more young people from Yanhua!

At the beginning, someone in the Yanhua branch of the Jinyiwei suggested sending a spy from the Jinyiwei to follow the expedition.

He didn't know whether the Jinyiwei who proposed this suggestion was from the court or someone infiltrated by the fourth brother.

After all, it has been proved through the theft and misappropriation incident.

The Jinyiwei system that he had ordered Ji Gang to lay out in Yanhua in the early days had been completely infiltrated by the fourth brother.

Now this system has been completely abandoned.

At that time, he did not pay attention to the suggestion made by the Jinyiwei.

And the Zhenfusi Yamen was not enthusiastic about this matter, thinking that it was completely going to die.

At this moment, he regretted not paying attention to this matter at that time.

It's not because of regret that he couldn't follow and watch what the expedition team found outside.

But regret that the people of the court didn't seize this opportunity to feel the real sea.

This expedition team, supported by the fourth brother, is almost composed of young and strong people from the Yanhua people.

Whether there are new discoveries or not.

But their spirit and courage have left the court and the Central Plains far behind.

This folk expedition team, to some extent, actually represents the folk spirit of Yanhua.

Brave, unrestrained, daring to pursue, and daring to take risks!

This is Yanhua, the concrete manifestation of the collective spirit of the future generation of young people!

What about the future generation of young people in the court?

Children of ordinary people are still struggling for how to live a good life.

The elite generation of young people are addicted to pleasure, and how to inherit the influence of their fathers' struggles, and the intrigue within the family.

After passing the imperial examination, they are obsessed with scheming.

The two sides represent the future generation of young people, and the gap is so huge.

How will the court compete with Yanhua in the future? What will it rely on to maintain its advantage and suppression over Yanhua?

…

Just as Zhu Biao was thinking in a trance.

Feeling urgent, but helpless.

The fleet approached the dock.

Docked at one berth after another.

Tan Wu and Jin Mi led everyone to line up on the deck.

As soon as the boat stabilized, they quickly got off the boat.

Seeing Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang coming to greet him personally.

Tan Wu and Jin Mi looked at each other, quickened their pace, rushed over, stood at attention and saluted, "Your Majesty (Master), Prince (Master)!"

When Zhu Di was talking to Tan Wu.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and patted Jin Mi on the shoulder, "A few days ago, your master mentioned you and was very worried. Let's say that you, little guy, are very smart and will definitely come back safely."

Jin Mi smiled and scratched his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What interesting things have been found during this expedition? Don't tell the master. We have found another continent that is equivalent to the territory of Longzhou!"

"Master, it's bigger than Longzhou!"

Jin Mi's words immediately attracted everyone, led by Zhu Biao, who was standing behind to listen.

Everyone looked at Jin Mi in surprise.

Zhu Di glanced at the student with a smile, and while talking to Tan Wu in a low voice, he looked at Jin Mi.

Compared to everyone else, he was not surprised at all.

The area of ​​North and South America is much larger than Longzhou.

There are more than ten times Longzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di in surprise, his eyes fell on Jin Mi again, and he urged curiously: "Tell the master quickly."

"Master, starting from Xufu Province, heading north along the coast of Nurgandusi, you will arrive at Shuibin Mansion (Vladivostok) of the Bohai Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty. Then continue north along the coastline and you will arrive. The northernmost strait in the Pacific Ocean, the master named this strait after Uncle Tan..."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened patiently.

He had heard about the strait named after Tan Wu, the fourth son of his family.

“In this strait, even in summer, there will be a small amount of floating ice on the northernmost sea. And further north, through this strait, the sea connected to the Pacific Ocean, because in the extreme north, and because of the four seasons of the year, Most of the time, it is frozen, and the sea conditions are very dangerous. We call this sea the Arctic Ocean..."

…

Zhu Di frowned slightly and asked Tan Wu in a low voice: "You guys are still exploring the Arctic Ocean?"

The two oceans with the most dangerous sea conditions in the world.

Undoubtedly the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

In comparison, the Pacific Ocean can really be considered extremely gentle.

Even so, in the thousands of years of civilization history of the Central Plains, it has never conquered the Pacific Ocean. It must be said that it is very regrettable.

Such regret.

in this era.

He can say with great pride: no longer exists!

Tan Wu nodded, smiled bitterly and whispered: "We turned back. It happened to be summer now, so we thought we would take a trip and go deep into the Arctic Ocean. Unexpectedly, even in summer, the harshness of the Arctic Ocean was beyond our expectation. Going deep into it was beyond our expectation. On the fifth day, a very strong sea storm occurred. The masts of three ships were directly blown off. The storm rolled up ice floes from the depths of the Arctic Ocean and hit us. For a time, we thought that we could not come back... …”

Zhu Di was also very worried when he heard this.

A few wooden warships set off to explore the Arctic Ocean.

I have to say, Tan Wu and the others are very courageous!

You know, even in history, the era of armored battleships.

The battle between polar bears and fuso.

Send a fleet to the Pacific.

They all took a detour through the Strait of Malacca and did not dare to take the shortcut to the Pacific Ocean.

It was not until science and technology further developed, the hull structure became stronger, and large icebreakers appeared that the Arctic Ocean channel was opened.

They are so courageous.

Now there is no way to cross the Pacific Ocean. To get to America, the only way is through the "Tanwu Strait".

Just dare to go deep into the Arctic Ocean.

If not for good luck, I might not be able to come back.

Of course, he was even more pleased with their courage.

Zhu Di and Tan Wu ended their conversation. Although they were familiar with America, they still listened carefully to Jin Mi's description.

"Master, the geographical environment of this New World is really great. There are countless plains suitable for growing food. There are plains and woods everywhere, especially in the central part of the New World. The overall climate environment is similar to that of our Central Plains..."

…

"During our inspection, we visited an area with five huge lakes..."

…

"In our Central Plains, there is a saying that if the lakes and Guangzhou are mature, the world is sufficient. The area we have been to, with the five major lakes, once developed, I think that if the five major lakes are mature, there will be no problem in feeding at least 10 million people!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh.

The five major lake areas mentioned by Jin Mi.

It must be the world-famous Great Lakes region in later generations.

…

"Along the coastline of the New World, in an area further south, various birds have inhabited for unknown number of years, forming an extremely vast and deep guano area..."

Zhu Biao listened in surprise.

Looked at Zhu Di silently.

Guano is an excellent fertilizer.

Lao Si had heard about this when he first developed Jilong Island.

It is said that at first, bird droppings were accumulated on the beach in Jilong Island Bay. When Laosi was building the resettlement village, these bird droppings were used as fertilizer.

And in Jin Mi's depiction.

It seems that they can't wait any longer, hoping that Yanhua's businessmen will go to the area they discovered that is rich in bird droppings and open a factory.

The guano was dug out, put into sacks, and then transported back on sea ships.

…

Everyone was completely immersed in the new world described by Jin Mi.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "So, are there other political powers in this new continent? Is anyone there?"

Jin Mi patted his forehead and smiled sarcastically.

Forgot the most important part.

He nodded and said: "Some people, the north is mainly composed of tribes, ranging from tens of thousands to thousands. These northern tribes have not even formed yet. A political system similar to the tribal alliance in the grassland is very loose."

"The south is different. There are seven or eight small countries with a population ranging from 3 to 400,000 to 7.8 million. The most is a small country called Cusco, which has the strongest national power and has a population of about 800,000."

"These small southern countries have established a relatively rough but relatively complete city-state. As for the Kingdom of Cusco, we don't know what they are called. We got this name based on transliteration."

...

Jin Mi's expression became serious as he spoke, "Master, based on our investigation of the civilization of the New World, especially the investigation of the northern tribal civilization, we suspect that the people in the northern part of the New World are most likely the ancestors from the Central Plains. We even infer that they should be the ancestors of the Xia and Shang dynasties..."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and deliberately asked, "Don't brag. Do you have any evidence for your judgment?"

This judgment of the brat.

It doesn't matter whether it is true or false.

What he cares about is the discourse power of future world civilization!

In history.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Central Plains lost the discourse power of world civilization.

Not only did it lead to many inventions and creations of the Central Plains being introduced to the West and being changed and claimed as their own.

It is also in the methodology of telling world civilization.

They all lost the discourse power.

The discourse power of civilization is very important.

Especially, when he became the leader of a regime, he understood more and more the importance of the right to speak of civilization.

In a small way.

As long as Jin Mi and others can produce solid evidence, even if it is imperfect.

They can let the Central Plains and the descendants of Yan and Huang have a reasonable and legal permanent legal system for the ownership of the new continent.

In a big way, when the young generation of Yanhua is guided to understand and value the importance of the right to speak.

In the future, how to explain the right to speak of world civilization will be firmly controlled by Yanhua and the descendants of Yan and Huang!

Even if these young people come up with a world where only the descendants of Yan and Huang have noble blood and the descendants of Yan and Huang are the best, other ethnic groups can only listen humbly and accept humbly!

As for how the young people in the future will take this path, he doesn't care.

But he must give future generations the right to speak of civilization, grab it first, and firmly grasp it in his hands.

"Master, we have brought back the evidence." Jin Mi answered seriously and waved to the boat.

I saw.

A strange man wearing only shorts, with a naked upper body, colorful patterns on his face and a beautiful feather on his head, followed the crew.

From the face, he was no different from the people in the Central Plains.

When the strange man approached, Jin Mi introduced: "Master, Master, this is the aboriginal in the northern part of the New World, our good friend. I gave him a name, Zi Yi, and his surname was taken from the surname of the king of the Shang Dynasty."

Zhu Di's lips curled up slightly.

This brat is worthy of being his student.

There is no definite evidence whether the aboriginals in the north are the ancestors of the Xia and Shang dynasties.

This kid was given the surname of the king of the Shang Dynasty.

It is clear that the identity of the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty is to be confirmed.

For the descendants of Yan and Huang, to occupy the New World reasonably and legally, and lay the foundation for the legal system.

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled and stared.

He has eaten more salt than Jin Mi has eaten rice. What this little guy wants to do, how can he hide it from his eyes?

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di from the corner of his eye.

The fourth brother Yanhua, not to mention the other ethnic groups that were assimilated and annexed.

Even Jin Mi and others, the authentic disciples of the Central Plains.

They are completely different from the young people in the Central Plains now.

He can be sure that most of the young people in the Central Plains will first look down on this "Zi Yi" from the bottom of their hearts.

During Jin Mi's introduction, Zi Yi was a little nervous, and he also imitated Jin Mi and others to salute in a funny way, saluted Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang, and greeted them in poor Chinese.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, father and son, also treated Zi Yi very grandly.

Not only did he ask and talk in detail, Zhu Yuanzhang even shook Zi Yi's hand and talked with him without any disgust.

Then, Jin Mi compared Zi Yi's outfit with beautiful feathers on his head with the outfit of the Shang Dynasty people.

He also took out the hieroglyphics and tribal sacrificial totems of the northern tribe where Zi Yi was located...

Led by Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang, the civil servants of Daming and Yanhua were instantly attracted.

...

After a period of excitement at the dock.

A group of people returned to the palace.

Inside the palace.

A banana forest, in the cool-down area.

Everyone sat around a stone table, discussing whether the aborigines of the New World were the ancestors of the Central Plains during the Xia and Shang dynasties.

Zhu Biao listened to the excited discussions around him and couldn't calm down for a long time.

A continent that is more than ten times larger than Longzhou.

In other words, the rich new continent that is more than ten times larger than Daming was discovered by the civilian expedition team of the fourth brother Yanhua!

Zhu Biao turned his head and looked at Zhu Di, who was whispering with Zhu Yuanzhang next to him. The corners of his lips moved and his voice rang out: "Fourth brother, about the Great Cross Railway Plan..."

After hearing this, several tables nearby ended their conversations and looked at Zhu Biao.

Whether it was Daming or Yanhua.

Everyone understood why Zhu Biao mentioned the Great Cross Railway Project at this moment.

With the visit.

And the news brought back by the expedition team.

The court, no, to be more precise, the prince's available chips are getting fewer and fewer.

"Dinner is ready!"

At this moment, a cheerful voice broke the silence.

Led by Qi Huan, a group of children came happily with plates.

Qi Huan came to the table where Zhu Di was.

Put the black, seemingly burnt food on the plate on the stone table.

When Zhu Di saw it, his eyes lit up.

On the dock, Jin Mi talked more about the geography and humanities of the New World, and did not mention what animals and plants they brought back on this trip.

Unexpectedly, they really brought back potatoes.

Zhu Yuanzhang poked the burnt potatoes with his hand, looked up at Qi Hua, and said with a smile: "Girl, don't tell the emperor grandfather, this is your cooking skills, you can't get married with your cooking skills!"

Haha...

Everyone laughed heartily.

Qi Hua's pretty face flushed, and she stamped her feet, "Imperial grandfather, this is baked by my senior brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved to Jin Mi, and after Jin Mi came over, he asked with a smile: "How do you eat this food?"

Jin Mi did it himself.

When the burnt skin on the outside was peeled off a little, Zhu Yuanzhang and others smelled a very sweet and pleasant smell at the same time.

Jin Mi handed the peeled potatoes to Zhu Yuanzhang, pointing to the kimchi that Qi Hua had brought at the same time, "Master, this kind of food, we call it earth lumps, it grows in the soil, has a huge yield, and does not require much soil and rain..."

"It tastes better with kimchi. The slash-and-burn farming method in the New World does not require too much effort, and you can also fill your stomach with this crop..."

...

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned, looking at the slightly hot and fragrant "earth lumps" in his hand.

Took a bite gently.

Chewed carefully.

Seeing this, the others stopped talking.

They all started.

After eating.

The people from the Ming Dynasty who were on the trip all looked solemn.

At this moment, they realized more clearly the benefits brought by Yanhua's maritime expedition.

After eating one, Zhu Yuanzhang burped and asked, "Can we grow this crop in the Central Plains?"

"It should be possible." Jin Mi replied, "However, I think that before large-scale planting, it is best for our Yanhua Agricultural Science Department and the biological research team of my junior brother Zhou Chao to carry out climate adaptation cultivation."

...

Zhu Biao listened and looked at the delicious roasted potatoes in his hand, feeling very complicated.

Undoubtedly, the chips in the hands of the fourth brother are getting more and more.

He only has one chip left, and this chip is the one he least wants to give to the fourth brother!

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