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Chapter 669 Northern Patrol
"The Xinming (Australia) aborigines are similar to the Kunlun (Papua) aborigines. They are both brown-skinned and naked. However, the Xinming aborigines have reddish skin and the Kunlun aborigines are darker. The Xinming aborigines have curly hair, while the Kunlun King has straight hair..."

"The climate of Kunlun Island is hot and humid, and it is covered with rain forests. The indigenous people among them generally have the custom of headhunting. Regardless of the enemy's relatives, their heads will be dried and shrunk after death. This is a culture..."

"Compared with Con Dao, Xin Ming Island has a larger land, but lacks resources. There are luxuriant grasses here, but there are not many edible crops, let alone cattle and sheep. The lives of the Xin Ming indigenous people are generally more hungry, and their staple food is Various prey meats are a kind of nut unique to Xinming, and the Marquis of Donghai calls it Xinming fruit..."

Although there are no rare treasures in Xinmingzhou, there are many exotic animals. One of them is relatively common and is also used as food by the indigenous people. This animal looks like a rat, but is as big as a human. It can stand upright and has a pocket on its abdomen. The Marquis of Donghai calls it a giant kangaroo..."

"Although the diet of the Xinming indigenous people is poor, they have not developed the headhunting and cannibalism custom of the Kunqi indigenous people. Instead, they are generally more friendly to outsiders. It is incredible..."

Kang Zifei's fleet stayed along the eastern coast of Xinmingzhou for more than three months and reached exchanges with several indigenous tribes.

In the end, it was concluded that this continent was too poor. Although the environment and climate were good and suitable for human survival, the material reserves were even scarcer than the previous Kunlun Island.

There are actually no edible crops here, maybe he hasn't discovered them yet.

But even if no discovery is made, it proves that there are very few crops here. The previous nuts cannot even be regarded as crops, but can only be regarded as a kind of fruit.

Apart from crops, there are no domesticated cattle or sheep here.

He has also raised cattle and sheep, and he still knows the basic requirements for livestock.
There are quite a lot of animal species in Xinmingzhou, including kangaroos, emus, porcupines, rat martens, Australian monitor lizards, turtles... none of them are suitable for breeding and domestication.

Either they are too ferocious and difficult to tame, or they produce no meat or fur at all, and they eat a lot, so the cost of taming them is frighteningly high.

In order to survive, the indigenous people here eat the larvae of an insect as their staple food.

But what makes him incredible is that even though the living environment is so harsh, the indigenous people here have not evolved the custom of cannibalism, let alone the habit of headhunting.

Whenever they eat, they will give priority to the elderly people in the tribe who have low labor power, and they will also eat relatively good portions.

So primitive and ignorant, but with a hint of civilization, we can try to educate it.

As for the problem of lack of supplies, this is easy to solve.

Xinmingzhou has a mild climate and a suitable environment, which makes it possible to raise cattle, sheep and poultry on a large scale and grow food crops such as rice and wheat.

Historically, the greatest (only) contribution made by the British when they came here was to bring abundant cattle, sheep and poultry to the local area.

The two main types of cattle raised in Xinmingzhou in later generations came from the British.

……

Shanghai.

A fleet took the sea route and headed north.

The flagship of the fleet was flying the royal flag, and His Royal Highness Zhu Boqi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, was seasick on the ship at this moment.

"vomit……"

For three whole days, Zhu Boxi vomited on the ship, but his symptoms have improved significantly, and he can lie on the deck to vomit today.

The ministers were initially opposed to the emperor's sudden request for the prince to patrol the north and appease the soldiers and people on the front line in northern Xinjiang on behalf of the emperor.

After all, the prince is the crown prince of the country, and he cannot afford to make any mistakes, especially since the prince has just been married for less than a year and has not yet given birth to any children.

But Zhu Yijiong didn't listen. What was it like for the dignified prince of a country to stay in Nanjing all day?
Moreover, he also had other political purposes in sending the Crown Prince on this northern tour, because the destination of this trip happened to be in Beijing.

This is tantamount to leaving a choice for future emperors and princes. Should they set the capital in Nanjing, or wait for the right time to move the capital to Beijing?

Anyway, when he is in power, he will definitely not be able to move the capital. It is not that he covets the prosperity of Nanjing, but if the capital is moved now, the efforts of tens of millions of taels of money on the Yellow River and the nearly ten years of governance will all be in vain. Today is not the future, with heavy industrial machinery, and managing the Yellow River cannot be achieved overnight!
Even in later generations, the Yellow River was managed for decades but could not be completely managed.

This is also due to the mess left by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which has reached an irreparable point hundreds of years later.

But it's different now. Now that he's here, the Yellow River must not be left alone.

The Huanghuai floods flood every year, and the northern dams break almost every year (small breaches, not major diversions).

Aren't they pitiful for the people who were displaced because of this and even went to the river to feed the fish?

The Ming and Qing Dynasties only knew how to continuously raise the dams, so that the Yellow River became an above-ground river. The reason was that the capital was in Beijing. If the Yellow River was controlled, water transportation would be paralyzed, and sea transportation alone could not supply food and supplies for Beijing's millions of soldiers and civilians.

However, Zhu Yijiong estimated that starting from him, when he died, the Yellow River should be managed almost as well, and then there would be money invested in maintenance every year.

Moreover, after he opened the sea, he also strengthened the Ming Dynasty's shipping capabilities. By then, it will be up to his sons, or his children and grandchildren, whether they want to move the capital.

Zhu Boqi could also figure out some of the meaning, because during his northern tour, his father specifically asked him to see the military defense and civil affairs of Beizhili.

"Your Highness, the deck is bumpy, it's better to come back and take a rest!"

"It's okay. I feel a lot better today. I still want to see the sea view again."

Although the emperor insisted on the prince's trip, he still chose a favorable time.

Moreover, navy experts with excellent water skills were specially dispatched to serve as the prince's personal guards in case of any unexpected events.

Prince Zhu Boxi was very happy about this northern tour. Although he was very seasick, it was a rare trip.

I usually stay in Nanjing City, either at the military academy or the imperial palace. I occasionally go to the Imperial College. The most interesting place I have been to is probably the time I was dragged by my second son to watch Cuju... No, it should be called a football match now. .

My father gave me this name, and it was quite appropriate.

As a prince, although he enjoys the best resources, it is not as easy and comfortable as the world thinks.

Let me ask, we are open all year round, running on the front line at two o'clock every day, and there are not many entertainment activities.

Of course, the same goes for his brothers. When they reach their age, they have to be treated the same as him as the prince, except that they don't have one-on-one with a famous teacher, but it's not comfortable either.

Another day later, the symptoms of seasickness improved greatly. Looking at the vast sea in the distance, the young Zhu Boxi suddenly felt infinite pride in his heart. His father conquered all over the world, expanded thousands of miles, and traveled as far as the Han and Tang Dynasties. As a son, he naturally regarded his father as a role model that he admired and wanted to surpass.

On this trip to Northern Xinjiang, he not only wanted to appease the soldiers and civilians of Northern Xinjiang for his father, but also wanted to take a look at the border grasslands.

Take a look at the majestic grassland and the majesty of the Ming Dynasty cavalry and horses.

By the way, there is also the bitter cold land of Liaodong. The memorials of those ministers have such rhetoric about Liaodong, and even the literati evaluate Liaodong in the same way.

He just happened to take advantage of this opportunity to inspect the people in the north to see if Liaodong was really like this. Since his father was able to establish a province here, there was no way it was really bitter and cold.

Emperor Zhu was quite successful in raising his son. The young prince obviously had some judgment of his own when it came to his ministers.

Although he is still very immature, he is a good head.

　Off work

　　
　
(End of this chapter)