golden scales

The discovery of Australia is generally considered to be the great cause of British Captain Cook in the eighteenth century.However, later there were various evidences that were difficult to distinguish between true and false, indicating that the Portuguese had discovered Australia as early as the middle of the sixteenth century, but they did not let the outside world know about it out of secrecy.

This statement is not groundless, and it is not technically impossible.For the Portuguese who were able to sail from the Mediterranean Sea to the Timor Sea, it would be a piece of cake to discover Australia after five or six days further south.

And as early as the early sixteenth century, the island of New Guinea had been discovered by Europeans. There was even a land bridge composed of sandbars and islands at the southern end of the island leading to the Australian island, even primitive people could travel by canoe.

However, the number of European colonists and the medical level are the bottlenecks of colonial development.

New Guinea, the largest island in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest island in the world, did not even have a business station at this time, only tens of thousands of Stone Age headhunters who drank blood and ate human brains.As for Australia, it is an indigenous world. No matter who discovers it first, it cannot be developed earlier than the eighteenth century.

This is why Zhu Cihong firmly believes that it doesn't matter if Southeast Asia is left alone for 100 years.

The survey fleet with the golden dragon flag on the red background is nominally an expedition, but it was a shock to the Europeans in Nanyang.They knew that Emperor Ming was rich, but they didn't expect him to be so rich. This was not like an expedition at all, it was simply to build a colonial base.

This kind of admiration made people in Ming Dynasty very puzzled. Shouldn't they be fully prepared when they go to a place beyond Huahua?

"Actually, this is a result of comparison." Zheng Sen can speak Dutch and some simple Portuguese because of his family education. After communicating with European businessmen, he gained a lot of novel perspectives: "Thai and Western voyage explorers have no permanent property. Therefore, they are looking for a gold owner to invest in ships, sailors, and supplies. Since the gold owner has given the money, it is natural to get back the return, so it is not very convenient to pay the money. These explorers can only do it lightly. big."

Nothing at sea.The fleet entered the breezy sea again and could only drift with the current.Small boats were rowed to and fro between the larger ships, carrying food and clean water.The gentlemen on the big ship gathered in the boat building, wearing light gauze single clothes.Drinking warm tea, chatting to dispel the heat.

After Zheng Sen finished speaking, those who heard it naturally talked about it.Among the crowd was an associate professor from the Department of Natural History, who exclaimed, "You're already so poor, why go out to wander? I really want to go to Taixi to see for myself what kind of environment and soil support such a person."

"I heard that Taixi was originally a civilized place, which was similar to our Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It was later destroyed by barbarians. Since then, the cultural tradition has been cut off, and it has been cut off until now." Someone explained: "However, these rumors have not been sorted out. I will wait for the voyage Two months ago, the Ministry of Rites found priests from Taixi and asked them to compile "Records of the Western Kingdoms."

"Brother Bo Xiao, what do your geography departments think of Nanyang? If there are large-scale immigration, can it be reclaimed?" Someone asked.

Yin Ru Matsumoto made up his mind to just listen but not talk.Seeing the roll call, he said leisurely: "The land of Nanyang has good soil, but it's a pity that we can't emigrate in large numbers."

"Why is this?"

"Miasma and malaria." Yin Rusong laughed dryly, "It's not my specialty, let's listen to what the doctor has to say."

Naturally, there were professors and associate professors from Xinglin University sitting and chatting with each other, and they all started talking.Some people in the fleet were also infected with various Nanyang diseases, and some people died as a result.Therefore, everyone is very concerned and listens carefully to what they say.

The opinions of these medical professors were not unified, but after a short communication, a lecturer in his early twenties overwhelmed many old doctors.

"Although the disease here is violent and difficult to cure for a while, it is not a big problem in our dynasty." The young lecturer said confidently: "The people who are sick in the fleet are mostly Fujianese, and their hygiene habits are not good..."

A vein appeared on Zheng Sen's forehead.

"If the anti-epidemic regulations are strictly enforced, if you don't eat raw and cold food, and if you have land, many diseases can be avoided. Therefore, among the army and you gentlemen, no one will be infected with seasonal epidemics. At most, it is just the heat evil caused by the inaccuracy of the water and soil entering the body. "

After a moment in everyone's minds, it was indeed as the lecturer said.Anyone who has a certain status has never heard of anyone who has been ill. Looking at the lecturer, he also felt that this son was well-informed, and they all asked for his name.

"Wu Xinglin at Xinglin University." The young lecturer smiled.

Many people uttered an "oh", followed by the polite voice of "long admiration".

Zheng Sen was displeased to hear him say bad things about the Fujian people, and thought to himself: These poor and rotten scholars say "Long admiration" to a brat with no hair yet, how shameless they are!

"You're welcome..." Wu Xinglin repeated his greetings.

"What have they admired you for so long?" Zheng Sen finally couldn't help it, and asked.

Wu Xinglin choked for a moment: How can anyone chat like this?

"Haven't you heard of Men Shuang?" Someone replied for Wu Xinglin.

Of course Zheng Sen had heard of it, although he still couldn't remember the connection between this name and Men Shuang, it seemed that other people knew about it.If you continue to talk about it, you will not only expose your shortcomings, but even ask yourself to humiliate yourself.After all, he has the appearance of a hero, he got up and laughed, and strode out. Before many people figured it out, he had disappeared without a trace.

"In the future, anyone who does not comply with the epidemic prevention regulations will be killed without mercy!" Zheng Sen went to the cabin below and announced sharply.

If Columbus and Magellan had such an attitude, the sailors would have rebelled long ago. For the Ming Navy, this is a perfectly normal order.It's just that when it got to Xiao Tugeng's ears, it became material to ridicule the navy, and it was even written in his diary.

——Violating the regulations should naturally be dealt with by military law, and the leader of the army frequently threatens the death penalty, which is evident in his own disregard of military law.Everyone in the army knows that the navy still has the bad habits of the old military towns, and now they believe it.

What Xiao Tugeng wrote was not just an ordinary diary. This investigation diary will be sent back to Beijing regularly, and will be kept in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of War, and the cabinet, and may even be submitted for preview.In the future, it will also be included in a large library for reading by scholars all over the world.

All in all, this is a very successful case of land-sea mutual blackmail.

After the fleet drifted for three days, the sea wind became stronger, and finally they could sail again.At this time, we can see the advantages of hard-sail Fuchuan in inspections. It can use a large amount of wind energy, has a high load, and is comfortable to ride.With such technical conditions and Daming's human resources, it is conceivable that in future targeted inspections, Daming will definitely leave Europe far behind.

On the eighth day after leaving Timor Island, the watchmen of the fleet clearly saw the dividing line between the deep sea and the offshore sea, and soon land appeared on the sea level.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, Yin Rusong stared in amazement at this stretch of coastline with a borrowed binoculars against the sea breeze.

"There are grass and trees, and the terrain can be steep or flat, so you can camp and defend." Yin Rusong held a binoculars and pretended to report the observation situation: "I didn't see people, and there were no seawater fortresses along the coast. It is indeed a barren land. "

A staff officer jotted down these words, ran up the ship building, and reported to Xiao Tugeng.

Although Xiao Tugeng was only in charge of safety matters in name, before he set off, the court had sent someone to repeatedly explain that except for their respective fields of intensive research, they must obey his arrangements.This gave Xiao Tugeng a lot of authority, and he could be regarded as the commander of this investigation.

Xiao Tugeng went to the top floor of the ship building, and looked at the shore with the fixed binoculars set up there.Before his eyes was a scene he had never seen before.There is no stretch of forest, and a short distance from the coastline to the inland is a desolate yellow-brown grassland with overgrown bushes and no human habitation.

"Report! The watchman found that there is a river flowing into the sea ahead." The soldier reported loudly.

Xiao Tugeng straightened his waist, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "This is what your Majesty said, send Cangshan Iron into the inland river, the fleet will dock, find a landing point, and build a simple camp!"

The fleet slowly approached the shore. Due to the insufficient depth of the sea, the Dafu boat could only stay on the far shore.The sailors first sent fifty army elites ashore, and continued to look for places where they could land and set up camp.

Xiao Tugeng was the second group to land, and there were several masons who landed with him.

"Did you see that protruding cliff?" Xiao Tugeng pointed to the cliff near the sea and said, "Where to erect a monument, the inscription has already been written, you should find a stone and carve it as soon as possible."

The inscription was written before departure. It is very simple, with only two short sentences: On a certain date, the Daming expedition team discovered this land without an owner, and hereby declare that this place will return to the emperor's map forever. God, never give up.People from all over the world, but if there is an invasion of size, it will be punished even if it is far away, so it is not unpredictable!

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The cold winds of the Ming Dynasty were blowing, and the sun was scorching like fire in the new territory of Nanyang.

The new year came again, and the Ming Dynasty ended the "Chongzhen" era and entered the Longjing era.This is the second year of Zhu Cilang's ascension to the throne, that is, the first year of Longjing.

Emperor Chongzhen, now the Supreme Emperor, was completely relieved.During his rule of the country, although the Ming Dynasty had the Jiashen State Change and the Eastern Captives invaded the country, they still suppressed the soldiers, reformed the administration of officials, and even recovered the Hetao area that had been hoped to be recovered since Jiajing.

With martial arts like this, any emperor should be satisfied.And Wenzhi was even more brilliant. The revenue of the treasury surpassed the richest Jiajing and Wanli periods, and became a new height of Ming Dynasty.The comprehensive promotion of medical care and education is destined to make him a great emperor surpassing Qin Huang Han Wu.

Of course, behind these achievements is mainly led by his son Zhu Cihong, but this does not deny the greatness of the emperor.

Chongzhen then thought: his son has already made such great achievements as the crown prince, and maybe he will go to a higher level after he officially takes over the country.

Thick gratification filled Chongzhen's chest.

"Father, this is a globe newly made by Jingshi University. The previous one should be put into storage." Zhu Cihong personally brought the globe to Qianqing Palace, which is still the sleeping palace of the Supreme Emperor. The new emperor's family lives in Zhongcui Palace.

Chongzhen had mentioned that he would move to Xiyuan, but the palace and gardens had to be rebuilt. In Zhu Cihong's view, it was an unnecessary expense. He simply became a filial son to the end and let the Supreme Emperor still live in Qianqing Palace.

"There is an extra piece here?" Chongzhen quickly discovered the change of the globe.

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