The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 538 Candidates for the Colony
Before the [-]th century, ocean-going ships wanted to eat some fresh meat and vegetables, so they could only farm and breed chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep on board.This not only takes up precious space in the cabin and increases the load on the warship, but also smells very bad, which greatly reduces the quality of life of the sailors.

But if you don’t do this, who can stand dry biscuits and bacon every day after sailing at sea for several months or even years?The emergence of canned food just perfectly solved the problem of eating and drinking on board.A wide variety of vegetables and meat can not only greatly boost the morale of the sailors, but also can be easily transported without taking up space. One or two cabins filled with canned goods are enough to feed the entire ship for several months.

It can be said that in the same ocean-going operations, the Daming Navy can carry nearly [-]% more than warships of other countries in terms of canned food.

Just because they brought over [-] bottles of canned food from Zhoushan, after this distress, the navy has never worried about food.

Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong seemed to be recalling the days of wandering aimlessly at sea, and he couldn't help but sighed, "It wasn't until the navy regrouped, settled the wounded and searched for the scattered people around, that I realized that I was in A never-before-seen ocean.

"You can only wait for a while based on the stars to judge that it should be extremely southeast at that time, far away from Daming, and the fresh water on board was destroyed by the storm, and there is only less than seven days left.

"When I was in a dilemma, I remembered the map that His Highness had drawn. My subordinate waited to take it out for comparison, and found that the island of 'New Guinea' that His Highness mentioned was less than three hundred miles to the south."

Zhu Linmei was familiar with the accurate world maps of later generations, so she drew one for the navy. Among them, whether it was North and South America, the Indian Peninsula, or even the North and South Poles, they were much more detailed than the maps of this era.

However, the location of the map he drew only from memory is still different from the facts, and it lacks parameter labels, so it cannot be directly used as a nautical chart.Fortunately, the island of New Guinea is very large. Even if the location is inaccurate, it is enough for Zheng Chenggong to judge that he is on the north side of it.

"This subordinate couldn't think of any other way, so he took the risk of sailing south, and it turned out that, as His Highness said, there really is an extremely large island there!"

Then Zheng Chenggong described in detail the situation after the navy landed on the island.

They soon encountered natives who had painted their faces black, wore animal bones and feathers, and were naked.During the later get-togethers, the officers and soldiers of the navy learned that these aborigines had the habit of cannibalism, but when they met the Daming navy, these aborigines were shocked by the navy's neat military uniforms and formations, and they didn't want to be violent at all. mean.

Later, without much effort, the navy "conquered" the natives with a few pieces of jade ornaments, two binoculars, and a pocket watch, and became their distinguished guests.

With the help of the natives, the navy roughly repaired the hull and replenished enough fresh water and food before sailing back to Daming.Of course, before leaving, they did not forget to leave the military flag of the Daming Navy on the island.

Zhu Linming also sighed when she heard the words. Fortunately, she left a map for the navy, otherwise if they turned around and returned to Daming, they would probably die of thirst on the way.

He suddenly remembered that although European navigators had sailed near New Guinea in the late Ming Dynasty, there was no western force there for the time being. This is a treasure land rich in resources!With this unexpected voyage experience, maybe we should send a ship there as soon as possible to declare Ming Dynasty's rights to this place.

In the future, New Guinea can also be used as a springboard to advance to Australia. The latter is a new continent that has not been discovered so far, and it is a treasure land with extremely rich resources!

Zheng Chenggong continued: "Fortunately, the journey home was smooth and the sea was extremely calm, so the navy was able to return to Daming quickly."

Zhu Linmei immediately instructed him: "We must carefully arrange the pensions for the soldiers in distress. You must personally take care of this matter."

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Zheng Chenggong saluted, and said with great regret, "This time the Navy lost a lot, and I don't know when we will have to wait until the decisive battle with the captives..."

"It won't be long." Zhu Lin said, "I have allocated 20 taels of silver for the repair of Longjiang Shipyard, and soon a large number of warships will be built here.

"In addition, Yongbeili and Nan'an also allocated more than [-] taels of silver to build new warships. The enemy after the navy may not only be the Jianlu family, but also the Korean navy and Dongfan's Hongyi. Wait for me The planned warship is launched into the water, and there must be a battle to determine the universe!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart. Now that the Ming and Qing are confronting both sides of the Yangtze River, the navy has become extremely important. It can be said that whoever defeats the opponent's navy and then controls the Yangtze River will take the absolute initiative—— You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.Therefore, he just invested 50% of the [-] taels he earned from Liang Xiuxing in the shipyard in a blink of an eye. It seems that he had to find another way to do a lot of things such as the glass factory, iron factory, and road construction that he originally planned.

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Pan Mingzhong looked at the dilapidated Guang signal and couldn't help frowning. He personally participated in the construction of this ship, but at this time there was only half of the mainmast left, the mizzen mast disappeared, and the bow seemed to be eaten off by a giant beast. A large piece, simply covered with wooden boards.There is only one base left of the poop, and the upper part is missing.In addition, I heard from the sailor that the rudder was also injured...

He glanced again at the [-]-ton giant warship that was drawing to a close on the berth. It was the most proud work of his life.But the navy was pressing hard, so he had to devote his energy to presiding over the repair of the broadcast signal.

"It would be great if Li De and Pan Yang were here. They can handle this kind of maintenance." He shook his head. "It's just a coincidence that so many things happened when I just went to Nanjing."

Li De and Pan Yang were the two Nanyang craftsmen recruited by Zheng Zhilong. Because they can speak Spanish, they became Pan Mingzhong's right-hand men.However, both of them are currently transferred to Longjiang Shipyard to bring in new shipbuilders.

Although the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are now able to complete the repair work of the [-]-ton Galen warship independently, the navy requires that it be repaired within half a month, which requires the participation of Pan Mingzhong, who is more skilled.

Pan Mingzhong was instructing the craftsmen to cooperate with the sailors to drag Guangsignal into the dock, when he saw Guan Xiangyun, the head of Dushui Qingli Department, walking quickly.

The latter stuffed a secret order into his hand, but immediately remembered that although he barely learned Chinese, he was still illiterate, so he had to pull her aside and confessed in a low voice.

Pan Mingzhong was immediately surprised and said, "His Royal Highness wants me to imitate a common warship in Manila..."

"Keep your voice down, this is a court secret!" Guan Xiangyun hurriedly covered his mouth, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, and then continued, "Your Highness said that armed merchant ships are also available, and it is best to complete it within half a month." .”

"My God! Another half month..."

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