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Zhu Hao led the fleet along the ocean currents and arrived at the northeast corner of the Australian mainland in about a month.

Large tracts of uncultivated land are a novel area to Zhu Hao. This continent has astonishing reserves of coal and iron ore, but in this era, there are almost no people, and the number of aborigines is extremely rare. I never thought about establishing a foothold in Australia.

To develop, in addition to having sufficient mineral deposits, there must also be a population and food to feed these populations.

Apparently only the Americas are eligible.

Migrating to Australia is not in line with the principle of maximizing benefits at all. Only after he develops in the Americas will he consider using this place as a transit point for immigrants and develop the necessary industrial system.

In fact, there is one advantage of developing here, that is, it is closer to Daming, especially Australia's iron ore production area is mainly in the northwest corner of the mainland, and the establishment of a port there can transport enough iron ore to Daming more conveniently. Therefore, the route from Australia through Southeast Asia to Daming, the islands along the way must also be captured by Zhu Hao as soon as possible.

Zhu Hao landed with his troops.

The first thing he wanted to find was the coal mining area near Sydney in later generations.

The major mineral veins in Australia, which he had studied in his previous life, were easier than prospecting in the Americas, and the first problem he faced after the army landed was still how to deal with the aborigines.

They are also aborigines. The aborigines in Australia are very different from the aborigines in America. First of all, the aborigines here have darker skin, and they have not been invaded by Europeans for the time being.

European colonization of the Americas began in the 230th century, while the colonization of Australia began in the middle and late [-]th century, with a gap of about [-] years. However, Australia was discovered by the mainstream of the world, not in the [-]th century. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zheng He This continent was discovered and mapped during the western period, but at that time the Ming court did not use this land as a place for immigrants, nor did it ever think about conquering this land.

The main reason why Zhu Hao deliberately detoured to Australia was to plot the coal and iron resources on this continent.

The coastal aborigines have several tribes, and the population is probably only a few thousand. This is still a high estimate. These aborigines live by the sea, farming and fishing at the same time, to make a living.When they discovered that the fleet led by Zhu Hao had arrived, the first thing they did was to attack.

But their attack, not to mention Zhu Hao, even those native soldiers from America felt that it was too primitive.

They were also in the Stone Age before, and they also had no fighting power, but in short, the Native Americans still had some social and cultural development. The living together allowed them to build a city-state, and gradually established a huge empire, forming a set of top-down rule. system.

But the Australian aborigines in front of them are more like a group of savages, who still eat the last meal and never stop.

It can only be said that there are no such easy-to-grow and extremely high-yield crops as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes in Australia. The survival pressure of the indigenous people here is not small.

Just imagine, if you can't even guarantee the basic rations, how can you develop the ethnic group?

If the ethnic group cannot develop, how can it produce culture?

Ru Mao drinking blood, has become the basic characteristics of Australian aborigines.

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After the landing, the so-called Australian aborigines' attacks had no practical significance to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao is now trying to judge the direction of the mountains and rivers on the mainland. In his memory, the best landing point is in the south of Sydney, and the minerals around Sydney are mainly distributed in the north.

This time Zhu Hao is going to come here to mine aluminum ore and other minerals. Such a geomantic treasure is basically his personal possession now, and he must manage it well in the future to create huge value for his new empire.

"I caught a few savages and came back, but I didn't kill them. I threw the net and caught them!"

Guan Jing entered the big tent of the Chinese army, saw Zhu Hao was still studying the map, and leaned over to have a look, then said with a smile.

Zhu Haodao: "It's unrealistic to expect the aborigines here to mine, so we still have to emigrate from the Americas to this side. The distance of this route is not close, and the minerals have to be transported directly back to the Americas. The transportation cost is too high. Not too bad."

Guan Jing asked, "How long will it take?"

"Years, even decades, is possible."

Zhu Hao said helplessly, "There are coal mines here, but no iron mines. Next, we will go west and then north along the coast. This time, it is more meaningful to explore hydrology and geology. We can find a way from Daming or Nanyang."

Guan Jing couldn't help asking: "Sir, I want to ask, if we go all the way south from here, where is the end of the sea? Why is it so cold here even though it's summer?"

Zhu Hao laughed and said, "Because this place is located in the southern hemisphere, the climate of the northern hemisphere where Daming is located is originally opposite to the climate of the northern hemisphere, just like you are in America. Can you distinguish the four seasons of the year?"

Guan Jing was dumbfounded, and then carefully recalled the climate differences between Central America and South America, and felt that many things he had experienced in the past few years had completely subverted his inherent cognition.

"Okay, let's move on tomorrow, find a place to land after a short voyage, and do some careful exploration... We need to speed up the voyage, but we still need to determine where the hidden reef is. The closer to the land, the more we need to do a good job in hydrographic surveying and mapping. .”

Along the way, Zhu Hao discovered that the biggest problem was actually not being familiar with the waters.

It is impossible for him to remember every place with reefs in the world, and there are many islands and reefs around Australia, it is not easy for large ships to dock.

And the coastal area of ​​the Australian mainland, where Zhu Hao will go next, happens to be the place where hidden reefs gather.

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Zhu Hao's exploration has been going along the coastline of Australia.

The local aborigines will be captured along the way. For the army brought by Zhu Hao, these aborigines can be said to have no fighting power at all. Yes, show me the way.

When Zhu Hao came this time, he also trained the aborigines first, and found some smart aborigines to go back to "civilize", teach them language and writing, and prepare for the subsequent official colonization of Australia.

Just like before he went to the American continent, he asked Lu Bing and Guan Jing to go to the Americas first, and plundered some natives. He was very particular about procedures.

If you just bring Daming or immigrants from the Americas here, and you are not familiar with anything, how can you open a mine?
And the next time he comes, he probably won't come in person, so this time he brought some craftsmen and exploration professionals, and the future mining will be mainly entrusted to them, and there are various mines established in America before. With field experience, these people can serve as professional managers to help him complete the mining business. At the same time, people who are good at building cities will come to build towns at key nodes in the Australian mainland bit by bit.

Australia is relatively quiet. It is far away from the European countries. Generally, there is no need to worry about the Europeans killing them. It will be almost isolated from the world for the next 200 years, which is also conducive to the development of industry and agriculture.

However, Zhu Hao is not sure whether the butterfly effect caused by his arrival will change the course of history here on a large scale. In the future, news of minerals produced in Australia will soon spread all over the world. It is inevitable that Europeans will come to explore. A place that needs to be vigilant, so there will be troops stationed in the Australian mainland in the future.

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Zhu Hao went all the way south along the east coast of Australia, first went to New Zealand, then turned west and sailed along the south coast of Australia until he reached the coast of the Indian Ocean.

The fleet traveled very fast. It took about two months, plus the exploration time along the way, to finally complete the survey of Australia’s main coal mines and iron ore producing areas, that is, the southeast and northwest corners. Along the way, two large Coal mining areas, and some small iron mining areas.

It was not until the northwest corner of Australia that the fleet found the large-scale iron ore production area, and it was two or three hundred miles deep into the land. If Zhu Hao hadn't had an impression in his mind, it would have been difficult to find it.

The northwest corner of the Australian mainland is mostly barren Gobi Desert, and there are almost no aborigines. Obviously, the aborigines will find some areas with better climate conditions to settle down.

After Zhu Hao came to Australia, he found that the distribution of the aborigines in Australia was very messy. They were basically based on tribes, without any city-states, and most of the tribes lived in the coastal areas... Maybe only living by the sea can the aborigines supplement by fishing. rations.

Zhu Hao brought corn and sweet potatoes to these tribes, which was regarded as a kind of "show of favor".

But the tribe's attitude towards him was extremely unfriendly. After all, Zhu Hao's arrival had destroyed the life pattern of thousands or even tens of thousands of years here.

Australians have complex languages, but some tribes actually have their own scripts. This is different from the Inca Empire, a country that still uses knotted ropes to record things. In the evolution of tens of thousands of years, Australians have almost all developed in tribes, and each tribe The relationship between them is not as incompatible as that of the Americans.

In most cases, Australians have formed a peaceful life pattern, each with its own territory, and rarely violates each other.

Zhu Hao couldn't understand this.

The living conditions in Australia's primitive society are extremely backward, and almost everyone is struggling on the line of food and clothing. It stands to reason that in order to survive, wars for supplies should follow everywhere... It can only be explained that a tacit understanding has been formed among the tribes. They are also the way of getting along after a series of wars.

Unless the tribe wants to perish, some kind of rules must be followed.

But the Malthusian trap also exists... This seems to be worthy of Zhu Hao's study.

In any case, this trip to Australia has yielded a lot for Zhu Hao. The most important thing is... he discovered a vein that is bigger than several coal mines and iron ore producing areas in America. It can be mined as long as people move here, but how? The problem of turning these ores into steel products and transportation needs to be solved urgently.

However, with his improvement of the ship, the steam ship has the ability to sail in the ocean, and the speed of [-] knots is obviously more than twice that of sailing, and the minerals produced here can be transported out.

When Zhu Hao returned from the inland of Australia to the coastal port in the northwest corner of the mainland, boarded the ship, looked at the sky to the north, and sighed: "The next step is to wave the master!
"Going back to the place where I have lived for more than ten years, I should have been close to my hometown, or full of joy in my heart, but this time we will no longer be tolerated by Daming when we go back. The consequences are unpredictable!"

Guan Jing heard the words and supported the handle of the knife on his waist, and said loudly: "Does the prince and general Xiangning have a kind?"