After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

"The fresh water and food on board have been consumed a lot, and we can replenish them at Tianzhu port." Maha only looked at the star board, and then used the octant to measure out of thin air, "We are now very far away from Trivan, the city of Tianzhu. Therefore, the villain suggested that the fleet should dock at Trivan first, and then buy some food and fresh water from the Tianzhu people.”

Hearing this, Qin Yu spread out the world map, and the two of them leaned their heads to look at it. The current position of the Ming Fleet is clear at a glance.

"We are currently going on an expedition to Persia by detour. It is too troublesome to go around a large sea route. Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will open up the land route from the Central Plains to Persia." Qin Yu saw on the map that the Ming Dynasty and Persia are still separated by many years country, so he said, "If the land route is not opened up, Persia will be an enclave of Ming Dynasty."

"And opening up the land route is also conducive to the transportation of oil."

"Get through the land route from Daming to Persia!?" Xu Da and Maha were shocked, "There are many countries between the two countries, sir, want to take them all?"

"It's just a concept at the moment." Qin Yu said.

"It turned out to be just an idea." Ma Ha only turned his head to Xu Da and asked, "Xu Shuai, do you have any money? After we dock, we will buy food and fresh water from the Tianzhu people."

Of course, you need to bring money when marching and fighting. You can't do anything without money.However, Xu Da didn't answer. It seems that he didn't want to spend money to buy it, but wanted to prostitute the fresh water and food of the Tianzhu people.

Anyway, Mr. Qin has said that he wants to open up the land route from Daming to Persia.

Moreover, the gold, silver and jewelry carried by the Ming Fleet will be used in large quantities after arriving in Persia, and the money will be used to open the way, and it cannot be wasted on buying food and fresh water.

"The fleet changed its course and headed for Tianzhu!" Xu Da ordered to his semaphore soldiers.

"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Qin Yu stopped him suddenly.

"What's your suggestion, sir?" Xu Da asked.

"Did you two see this atoll and the coral islands?" Qin Yu pointed to a place on the map surrounded by the ocean, and said to the two.

Seeing that the place Qin Yu pointed at was a series of small dots, Xu Da didn't take it seriously, and said, "I see, isn't it just a series of small islands, the land area should not be very large."

"Scattered islands like this in the sea should not even have people." Maha only said, "There are only poisonous snakes, poisonous fish and wild animals on them, and they are not of much value."

"Not much value?" Qin Yu couldn't help blurting out, "This long string of coral islands is the Maldives."

"Maldives? I haven't heard of it, is it the name given by the husband?" Xu Da asked.

Although Qin Yu is good at drawing world maps, it is impossible to mark every small place.

Therefore, the world map he is using now does not have the name of Maldives.

"No matter what, let's occupy it first." Qin Yu said, "while it's still early."

Remember that Maldives was occupied by the Portuguese in the seventeenth century.And now it is the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, 300 years earlier than Portugal, so he estimates that there is indeed no one in the Maldives.

Since there is no one, it is a land of no man, and whoever occupies the land of no man first will own it.

"Change the course to the Maldives!" Qin Yu ordered, "I believe the scenery on the island will be an eye-opener for the two of you. Moreover, there is plenty of fresh water on the island."

Hearing the words, the messenger directly waved the flag in his hand and commanded the fleet to change the course.

"After arriving in the Maldives, we first set up a stone tablet on the island, marking it as the territory of Ming Dynasty. In addition, we will send the ship back and ask Emperor Zhu to move some people to settle here." Qin Yu said,

"The climate in the Maldives is suitable for growing corn, bananas, and coconuts, and the surrounding fisheries are also very developed. After the people of Ming Dynasty migrated here, survival is no problem at all."

"The island is rich in tuna, lobster, sea cucumber, shark, hawksbill, all of which are top delicacies!"

"Living on an island in the ocean is tantamount to being isolated from the world. I'm afraid the people of Ming Dynasty are unwilling to migrate here and settle here," Xu Da said.

"The Maldives is a fairyland on earth, and they will find the benefits after living in it for a long time." Qin Yu said, "And you are wrong when you say that the isolated island in the sea is isolated from the world. The steamships are built, which will definitely drive the world's maritime traffic. Therefore, within a few decades, the Maldives of Ming Dynasty will become a tourist attraction all over the world.”

"More importantly, the climate in the Maldives is so pleasant that the average life expectancy of people living there is very long."

"Okay!" Xu Da said, "Let's go to occupy the Maldives first."

……

Ming Dynasty.

Ying Tian Fu,
Taibai restaurant.

Taibai Restaurant is considered to be the most prosperous restaurant among the many restaurants after Yingtian Mansion in Ming Dynasty prospered.Its scale level is comparable to the current five-star in the capital.

Customers include not only the dignitaries of Ming Dynasty, but also many overseas businessmen.

Due to the influence of the environment, the waiter inside the store can more or less speak a sentence or two of foreign languages.

"Shocking news, His Majesty actually took down more than 300 corrupt officials in Jiangnan at one time, and all of them were sentenced to death and ransacked their homes." One of the old "Jing Ye" said with a Wu Nong accent.Now the people of Yingtian Mansion have become the authentic masters of Yingtian, and the Jiangnan dialect has become the authentic accent of the capital.
"In addition to ransacking their homes, their descendants will never be allowed to be officials."

"Good guy, taking down more than 300 officials at once is unprecedented in all dynasties." The person next to him said.I have to sigh that Emperor Zhu's punishment for corruption is unprecedented.

"We don't understand this point. Why does His Majesty punish corrupt officials more and more?" A ragged scholar said, "More than 300 people were punished in Jiangnan Province alone, and it seems that all of them are corrupt officials. Same."

A restaurant is such a place, there are people of all kinds of teachings and high-levels inside. Once someone speaks, someone next to him will talk to him. It is the best place for entertainment and to pass the time to inquire about news.

"Could it be that His Majesty's method is wrong and shouldn't use such a severe method?" Someone raised a question.The crowd knew very well in their hearts that the reason why their emperor used such severe measures was entirely because when he was a child, dozens of members of his family were killed by corrupt officials, and he felt the pain of his heart.

"Your Majesty is right to use harsh punishments for corrupt officials, and there is nothing wrong with it at any time." An old man said slowly, "The reason why everyone has the illusion that corrupt officials are punished more and more, as if His Majesty's method is wrong, is entirely because of knowledge. Too superficial."

"How superficial?" Someone immediately asked unconvinced.