Jinyi champion

Chapter 1103 Sail the Ming Dynasty
The fleet led by Zhu Hao officially set off.

It was April of the seventh year of Jiajing when we left, and we set off before the typhoon season. Although Zhu Hao also knew that it was unlikely that he would encounter a typhoon on the way, he had to try his best to avoid accidents.

More importantly, most of the Native Americans under his command lived in the tropics and were more adaptable to the hot summer weather.

It was still Daming's fleet when it came, and it was Zhu Hao's private army when it returned. The goal is no longer to help Daming colonize overseas territories, but to go back and capture Daming's cities, and Zhu Hao will control the development direction of Daming.

As for Zhu Si...

In Zhu Hao's view, this childhood partner did not meet his expectations, helping him complete the goal of industrializing Ming Dynasty and then conquering the world.

Zhu Hao didn't want to kill Zhu Si. All his goals revolved around helping Ming to embark on the road of industrialization. As for the outcome of the war, Zhu Hao would not deliberately plan anything. It is not impossible to treat Zhu Si as a mascot like the emperor of the Inca Empire.

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The first place the fleet is going is Australia in the southern hemisphere.

Because Zhu Hao started from SF City, which is also located in the southern hemisphere, he first traveled north along the cold current of Peru, and then headed southwest along the warm current of the South Pacific Ocean to reach the east coast of Australia smoothly.

Although in the name of returning to Daming, Zhu Hao didn't mean to conquer Daming as his sole purpose. During this trip, he still wanted to explore the situation in Australia, and then went northward from Australia and the Southeast Asian islands to reach the coastal waters of Daming.

This was an exploration trip, because most of the native soldiers under his command had no actual combat experience. After all, except for the sporadic European colonists in the entire Americas, they did not have the opportunity to use firearms in large-scale actual combat.

Going around from Australia is essentially a kind of combat training.

Zhu Hao has considered the itinerary. If he sailed directly to Daming, it took about three months to come. When he returned, due to the improvement of the steam turbine, most of the ships could reach the limit speed of 27 knots, which is about 24 kilometers per hour. Hours, sailing [-] hours a day, even at normal speed, the time will be compressed to about one and a half months.

But after the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the typhoon season in the Pacific Ocean is coming, so Zhu Hao first went to Australia for a survey, which took about three months, and then went north, so that he could successfully escape the typhoon season in the northern hemisphere. , arrived in Daming in October.

Zhu Hao had planned the route to Australia in advance, and he was going to land in the southeast corner of Australia, but before that, Zhu Hao planned to go to New Zealand along the East Australian warm current, and set up a monument to indicate the territorial ownership.

His goal is Australia's rich coal and iron mines.

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After Zhu Hao's expedition, the Inca Empire in South America, Panama in Central America, Xincheng, and coastal cities in Mexico have begun to operate independently.

Lou Suzhen and Guan Dezhao controlled almost all of the territory in South America, with Lou Suzhen in charge of administration and Guan Dezhao in charge of military affairs.

The east coast of Central America was under the direct control of Zhu Hao before, but now it is handed over to Su Xigui. The bridgehead, new city and Chang'an city on the west coast are under the responsibility of Lu Song.

At the same time as Zhu Hao went out, Lu Bing came back from the North American continent and brought back a large number of spoils. At the same time, he brought a news that in the next generation of Baja California and Colima, a large iron mining area was discovered. Coal deposits with rich reserves were discovered in New Mexico.

"Father, didn't we agree that we would return to Daming in about five years? Why hasn't Mr. Zhu informed us when we will leave?"

After several years of overseas training, Lu Bing has grown into a strong young man. When it is time to start a family and start a business, but because he has been working hard in the New World for the past few years, he has not met the girl he likes. After all, his demeanor was a bit off, and he couldn't look down on him because of his arrogance.

No matter how well Zhu Hao treated him, he couldn't help him get married. Now that Lu Bing wanted to go back to Daming, he wanted to get married and live a normal life.

Although Lu Song didn't know that Zhu Hao had left for the expedition, he vaguely felt that Zhu Hao couldn't easily let the father and son leave.

Lu Song first arranged for his son to bring the booty into Xincheng, and after the arrangement was complete, he called Lu Bing to the "Governor's Mansion". This is the residence of the highest military commander in Xincheng. This is equivalent to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Xiao Bing, there are some things that I have to tell you clearly."

Lu Song felt that Lu Bing was getting older, and there were some things that he should explain to his son, especially the secret of why he and Zhu Hao went overseas to do business. "You know, our family is from the hereditary Jinyiwei."

Lu Bing nodded.

Of course he knows this, he really wants to say, aren't we also Jinyiwei now?
Lu Song continued: "When your grandfather came to Anlu with the late emperor, he was ordered to investigate everything in Prince Xing's mansion and inform the senior officials of Jin Yiwei. In fact, he was indirectly led by Emperor Xiaozong, Emperor Wuzong and Empress Zhang... "

"Ah!? Father, aren't we the legendary spies?"

Lu Bing spoke very directly.

Lu Song nodded: "It can be said that, but we had to do it at that time, because the object of our allegiance was the imperial court, which was the royal orthodoxy. At that time, the Xingwang Mansion could not represent the imperial court. As for Mr. Zhu, the family behind him was also the imperial court. Arranged in Anlu, responsible for receiving the information we brought out, and then passed on our words to the imperial court to know.

"After your grandfather passed away, for a few years, I didn't participate in related matters, but I was found by the superiors later, and after that, I did a lot of things that were sorry for the Xing Palace.

"Now that His Majesty ascended the throne, he held back at the beginning. After clearing out the dissidents in the court, he decided to thoroughly investigate the traitors in the Xing Palace. In fact, before we left Daming, our identities had already been exposed."

Lu Song's words made Lu Bing's eyes widen.

He always thought that he was the emperor's playmate. He grew up together and could enjoy the glory and wealth when he returned home, so he didn't bother to fight overseas.

Only now did I know that the Lu family had been playing the role of spies to spy on the inside information of Prince Xing's mansion, and now the emperor had noticed it, and the consequences were unpredictable.

"Then father, His Majesty shouldn't have pursued it?"

Lu Bing thought for a while, since the emperor did not do anything to the Lu family before leaving Daming, it means that the emperor missed the past and should have exposed this matter.

Moreover, his father is honest and honest, unlike the treacherous villain who once harmed Xing Wangfu.

Lu Song shook his head and smiled wryly, "If Mr. Zhu hadn't tried his best to defend him, maybe... everything is uncertain."

"Father, then we should go back and make it clear to His Majesty! Mother, younger brother, and younger sister are still in Daming. We have been here for several years, Your Majesty won't think that we fled in fear of crime, right? We didn't harm the palace. , just obeying orders, what's wrong?"

Lu Bing was quite stubborn.

Lu Song nodded slightly: "Xiao Bing, I have something to say to you alone. After going to sea, I found that Mr. Zhu has great ambitions and has always wanted to develop overseas. Now we only guard this land, and the population will increase. One million, with such a large city and population, if we train a group of soldiers who are proficient in using firearms, it may be a great threat to Ming... In other words, Mr. Zhu is likely to have disobedience."

"will not."

Lu Bing has great trust in Zhu Hao, and doesn't think that this childhood playmate who is also a teacher and friend will betray Zhu Si.

"Father, when His Majesty ascended the throne, Mr. Zhu was behind the scenes, and His Majesty trusted him a lot. How could Mr. Zhu...have the heart of disobedience? Father, don't worry too much!"

Lu Bing and Zhu Hao are more like brothers who are connected by bones.

He has a kind of admiration and admiration for Zhu Hao like a big brother, and he has always followed suit and wanted to do things like Zhu Hao, but now he is not even willing to accept his father's derogatory treatment of Zhu Hao.

Lu Song asked: "Then...in case Mr. Zhu and His Majesty really have any problems and meet each other in battle, where do you stand?"

Lu Bing was taken aback.

After all, he is no longer a child, and only now did he know the purpose of his father looking for him.

The previous words were to pave the way for the last sentence.

As a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he should stand firmly on the side of the emperor and eradicate the rebellious officials and thieves, but his father also said that they are also "rebellious officials and thieves" in the eyes of the emperor. If the rebellion is quelled, the Lu family may also be regarded as an accomplice.

"No, father, this kind of thing will never happen, why worry about it?"

Lu Bing couldn't answer.

Both sides are his good friends, he has always felt that Zhu Hao and Zhu Si are two in one, so why should he consider the issue of choosing sides?

Lu Song said: "You just came back, you should take a good rest these few days and think about this matter as clearly as possible. There will be a large number of ships traveling between Xincheng and Panama recently, and I will ask about the situation in the south."

Lu Bing asked: "Father, do you mean that we won't be returning to Daming for a short time?"

"Can not go back."

Lu Song sighed, "Unless Mr. Zhu can help us resolve the matter of Daming and His Majesty forgives us, we will face heavy scrutiny by Jin Yiwei after we go back. Now, are you willing to go back and accept the investigation, or stay here?"

"Definitely go back."

Although Lu Bing was unwilling to choose between Zhu Hao and Zhu Si, he was very firm about whether to stay in America or return to Daming.

Daming is the hometown he misses so much. At his age, he still loves his family very much.

"Ah."

Lu Song nodded, knowing what to do.

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SF City.

Lou Suzhen summoned Guan De. Now she is going to implement the development plan formulated by Zhu Hao, which is to build a second railway in the Inca Empire. This time, it will extend northward to a small coastal city more than 140 miles north of Shunfeng City. Because many immigrants were unable to enter Shunfeng City, Zuocheng had to build a city in the north where there was also a deep-water harbor to engage in trading activities.

Zhu Hao named it Gangcheng.

The port resources over there are very good. Zhu Hao has always wanted to put the shipyard for building large iron ships in South America there, but because of the poor road condition, Zhu Hao decided to build a railway connection.

"Mr. Zhu said that after he left, the most important thing to guard against is internal rebellion."

Lou Suzhen explained the situation to Guan Dezhao.

Guan Dezhao asked in surprise, "Who would rebel?"

"North."

Lou Suzhen said, "After going to sea for a long time, many people who came from Daming can integrate here smoothly, but those whose family members stayed in Daming cannot stay with peace of mind.

"If there is no majesty of Mr. Zhu, they are likely to rebel. When the time comes, they will take some ships and bring the gold, silver and jewels obtained here back to Daming, which will be troublesome!
"Never underestimate the evil in the human heart!"

(End of this chapter)