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Chapter 1417 The Importance of Sea Power

On the other side, a group of Elizabeth, who had spent a long time crossing the ocean to the South China Sea region of the Pacific Ocean, and the crew of the Black Pearl finally arrived in the waters of Singapore. Now they are all like ghosts because they do not have their own big ship. Sneak into Singapore.

And after Zeng Yunfeng tossed about in the waters of Ryukyu Island, his fleet changed from one ship to several ships. At this time, he also came to Singapore. His purpose of coming here was actually the same as that of the crew of the Black Pearl. It was to get the nautical chart in Shao Feng's hand.

Others may not be necessary at sea, but the nautical chart necessary for the course is very important. With this thing, Zeng Yunfeng can go to many places.

Now Zeng Yunfeng already has a compass in his hand, and what he needs next is another thing that knows the secrets of the world, and it just so happens that the nautical chart in Shao Feng's hand has such a function.

At the same time, Zeng Yunfeng also wanted to verify whether the nautical chart in Shao Feng's hand was as Zeng Yunfeng inferred in his mind.

That nautical chart may have been left by Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty. Since there are so many magical and weird things in this world, then Zheng He was able to sail to the West so early, does it mean that Zheng He There is also some magical means in He's hands, and does the same nautical chart also have magical functions.

Zeng Yunfeng had seen Zheng He before when he was sailing to the West, but it was in another world.

As an eunuch, Zheng He's achievements can be said to have reached a position that most eunuchs in the world have not been able to achieve, and his voyages to the West are definitely pioneering.

It's just that in the later Xuande Dynasty, because of Comrade Zhu Zhanji's retreat, Jiaozhi was lost, which led to the indirect end of the era of great navigation in the entire Central Plains.

Most of the subsequent maritime trade was carried out by these people scattered, and no large-scale officially organized trade was formed.

The exploration of the world in the Central Plains has also slowed down a lot. In fact, according to Zeng Yunfeng's thinking, if he can continue to rule and deter Nanyang after Zheng He's great voyage, those places may become part of the territory of the Central Plains in the future. Just like the land of Yunnan and Guizhou back then.

It's just that Comrade Zhu Zhanji, the emperor of the Central Plains at that time, didn't consider these, because under the influence of his father, he felt that the land of the Central Plains was enough for him to govern.

He adopts benevolent rule for the people, which is actually an excuse for many literati and bureaucrats not to think about making progress. They hope to treat their people more kindly, but this is not the case.

As long as human beings continue to develop, they will continue to obtain resources from nature. With an increasing population, morality alone cannot satisfy these people at all.

There used to be a few people on a piece of land, but now there are dozens or hundreds of people. This order of magnitude change will eventually lead to a surge in demand.

In addition, these emperors who regarded themselves as emperors, and pretentious generals and princes, if they wanted to enjoy more luxurious lives, they would continue to plunder nature, which caused the degradation of many natural environments.

Of course, there is no way for the natural environment to restore the ecology through self-repair and adjustment, which will eventually lead to the decline of land fertility.
As the population gradually increases and land mergers become more and more serious, even if the common people continue to work for generations, the final result is basically the same.

A huge change basically ends in violence in the end. No matter what dynasty it is, it will experience such changes of the times. It has to be said that most of the societies with imperial power structures established in the Central Plains failed to escape such cages and endings.

Now, after more than three months of contact with Mrs. Zheng, Zeng Yunfeng finally has a basic understanding of the current land area of ​​the Central Plains.

Emperor Yongzheng is now determined to innovate and has killed many people, but the Central Plains is closed to the outside world. Although there is foreign trade, it is not so prosperous.

The real prosperity of foreign trade is estimated to wait until Qianlong, but this situation also has many, many limitations.

With the passing of the Kangxi period, the war in the entire country has slowly ended, and Emperor Yongzheng began to implement internal governance, but the research and development of firearms has almost stagnated, let alone sea-going ships.

However, Zeng Yunfeng can be happy about one thing, that is, even after Qianlong ascends the throne, he will still face threats from the size and size of the Hezhuo rebellion and the Zhungeer Khanate.

Of course, these are all threats on land. In the Qing Dynasty, which has a large number of cavalry, their threats on land are not so strong, but they don't care about threats at sea.

At a time when the East India Company, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries are expanding their territories on the sea, everyone on the land of the Central Plains is living in peace and ready to spend the rest of their lives together, without much sense of crisis at all.

It is even less vigilant about the upcoming struggle for sea power.

At least during Zeng Yunfeng's attack on Ryukyu, this was the case. The Ryukyu regime was infiltrated by the Japanese kingdom like a sieve, but the Central Plains Dynasty did not move at all.

The first thing Zeng Yunfeng took was Amami Oshima, which cut off the connection between Ryukyu and Wa Kingdom. Amami Oshima was originally a small island of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and it was a small island close to the Kyushu Island area of ​​the Wa Kingdom. occupied by.

The Kingdom of Ryukyu did not have the guts to claim back this place from the Wa Kingdom, so it could only be occupied by the Satsuma Fan of the Wa Kingdom, and now the regimes in the Zhongshan, Shannan, and Shanbei areas on the Ryukyu Island were also infiltrated by the Wa people. The reason this place started.

The Ryukyu Islands almost contained a gateway for the entire Central Plains to enter the Pacific Ocean. Later, after the Wa Kingdom annexed Ryukyu and that huge island, it almost formed a blockade of the Central Plains, which is the first island chain in later generations.

The Wa country has already started to plan the land of the Central Plains in this century, but the people in the land of the Central Plains are enjoying the peace of singing and dancing, admiring the heaven and the kingdom, and pretending to be deaf and dumb to the crisis.

Let alone be alert to this, Zeng Yunfeng was very disappointed when he said it, the bones of these literati have already weakened, and they will not be able to stand up in a short time.

The Qing Dynasty on the land of the Central Plains now pays more attention to the territory on land, but it doesn't care much about the territory on the sea.

When Zeng Yunfeng thought of this, he couldn't help thinking of the descendants of the Qing Dynasty. They had already forgotten how important the inheritance left by their ancestors was, and they cut off all these places piece by piece like cutting pork. Therefore, such a situation occurred because of the loss of sea power.

The most ridiculous situation is that this country established a navy not because they want to protect all its sea areas, but because they want to guard the gate of the capital and protect the royal family. It is a ridiculous thing to say.

The navy can't keep the enemy out of the country, how to guard the capital, these people's understanding of sea power has completely fallen to the ground, it is no wonder that it was later divided up by many countries, and the land of the Central Plains fell into the hands of aliens again.

Thinking of this, Zeng Yunfeng was a little relieved. Originally, the people who ruled this land now were foreigners, so how much knowledge could be expected from them.

Seeing the calm sea in the distance, Zeng Yunfeng felt many emotions in his heart.

Such a rich sea area is actually only used to produce things like coral and pearls, and no one cares about the rest, how ridiculous!
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