Daming Military Empire

Chapter 669 Build a new port and develop the Americas

The coast of East Asia is more than [-] miles away from the North American continent. In ancient times, without airplanes or ships, could anyone travel such a long distance from the coast of East Asia to North America?

Some people in later generations have really studied this problem. According to the analysis of wind direction and ocean current, only sailboats are used without any other power equipment. In September every year, if the sails are raised from the coast of East Asia and the wind is smooth, no matter what, two months later, You can reach the coast of North America!

This is not a purely theoretical analysis. Many people have practiced it. They prepared enough water and food, took a wooden sailboat, followed the monsoon and ocean currents, and passed the Ryukyu Islands, the southern part of Japan, and the southern part of the Aleutian Islands. reached the North American continent.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng and the others do not need to rely on monsoons and ocean currents. They all use ships, which are much faster than sailboats. If they go directly in a straight line and cut through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they will reach North America in less than a month.

However, generally no one dares to do this, because it is not safe.

The sea storm at this time is quite scary. Few people dare to cross the ocean directly. They usually go along with the land or the edge of the island chain, so that they can find a place to hide when they encounter a storm. To the storm is almost certain death.

After the huge colonial fleet left Edo Port, they did not sail directly eastward, but traveled north along the Dongying Islands, passed through the Kamchatka Peninsula, and arrived at the Aleutian Islands.

The so-called Aleutian Islands are a semi-circular island chain at the junction of the southern part of the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. If you go east along the Aleutian Islands, you can reach the northern part of the North American continent, and then sail south along the coastline for a period of time. Arrived at the bay where Jinshan Port is located.

At this time, the bay where Jinshan Port is located is not completely deserted. After the expedition found it last time, not all of them returned to Daming. Most of the officials from the Ministry of Industry and related technical personnel stayed behind, and some Jinyiwei and the elite navy and army also stayed. down.

They have already built simple wooden and stone structure piers on several coasts that are more suitable for ships to berth, and they have also built a small bastion near the coast as a base, and slowly searched around.

As soon as the colonial fleet led by Lu Xiangsheng resisted, the people left behind were naturally excited. They were truly alone overseas. The last time the expedition team set off from Dongdaying, it took nearly two months to arrive here. The journey was only a long way away. One can imagine.

People who are far away from their hometown can’t help but miss their hometown and their relatives, and the members of these expeditions especially miss Daming and their homeland. You must know that this place is nearly [-] miles away from Daming. What if the expedition team goes back and has an accident? What if the next fleet can't find it here?
If the expedition team fails to bring the news back to Daming, or if the follow-up personnel cannot find it here, then they will really become lonely ghosts!
The soldiers in the colonial fleet were also very excited. You must know that they are all in the army. They have basically been on ships, but they have never sat for so long like this time. After drifting at sea for a month, they can finally go ashore, saying no Excitement, that is false, the feeling of being down-to-earth is better than floating on the sea all day.

Lu Xiangsheng was even more excited. Since ancient times, civil servants and military generals have always regarded the expansion of territory as the highest honor. From the southeast peninsula, to South Asia, and then to Siberia, he almost participated in the large-scale expansion of the Ming Dynasty. He was also promoted from a legion commander to an army general. .

However, the previous few operations were basically led by the emperor himself, and he just assisted. This time, it was the first time that he led the army to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty in a real sense.

Moreover, according to what the emperor said, this area is even larger than the territory of Daming itself, bigger than the newly occupied Siberia, what an honor it is to occupy such a large territory for Daming!
Although he was excited, he didn't mess up his position. After he landed, he first ordered the soldiers of the legions to use several simple ports nearby to unload supplies such as food, grass and luggage. After that, he called relevant personnel to hold a meeting in the conference room of the simple bastion The first high-level meeting of the colonization of the North American continent was held.

There were not many people attending the meeting this time, apart from Lu Xiangsheng, there were only Zhongyong Army commander Yang Zhong, Dongying First Army commander Zu Dashou, Jinyiwei South Town Fusi Governor Zhao Mingfeng, and Ministry of Industry Du Shuiqing Official Division member Wailang Chen Tailai.

Yang Zhong and Zu Dashou came with him, while Zhao Mingfeng and Chen Tailai came with the last large-scale expedition and stayed here to take charge of building the port and scouting around.

This meeting is mainly to find out the surrounding situation and determine the location of the port and base. As for the colonial expansion, it will not start until the fleet returns to pick up the second batch of people. After all, there is no industrial foundation here, and it is impossible to build a railway No steel.

Regarding the location of the port and the base, it mainly depends on the opinion of Chen Tailai, a member of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, because he is an expert in this field, and he has led relevant professionals to investigate here for nearly three months.

According to his opinion, it is better to build the port inside the bay near the south coast, which is almost the location of Port Angeles later. This is mainly to avoid the storm outside, and it is also convenient for material loading and unloading.

Because according to his investigation, the joint base of the Army and the Navy is best built in the small crossing south of the bay, which is the location of the later Seattle, because there is a huge freshwater lake there.

The site selection is so coincidental. It can be seen that ancient and modern Chinese and foreign views on many things are interlinked, which also proves that Chen Yutai is indeed an expert in this field.

Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng has no objection to this. It is impossible for one person to be omnipotent. If it is said that there are few people in Ming Dynasty and even the whole world who can match him, but when it comes to the construction of this port and city, he is just a layman. .

Then there is the question of exploring the surrounding situation. This is mainly in charge of Zhao Mingfeng, the governor of Jinyiwei South Town Fusi. Before Lu Xiangsheng came, he had already started to explore. For example, the large freshwater lake was discovered by his Jinyiwei spies. , he also drew a sketch of the neighborhood.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw the simple map he took out, he couldn't help frowning. It's not that the map he drew was too sloppy to see clearly. Chen Yutai and his Jinyiwei spies were trained, and the map they drew was similar to that of Daming. The current standard map is exactly the same, even with latitude and longitude lines on it.

The main reason why Lu Xiangsheng frowned was that there were too many Indian tribes here. Surrounding this bay, Jin Yiwei discovered more than ten Indian tribes!

Regarding the Indian tribes, the emperor already had countermeasures. However, the site Chen Yutai chose to build the city happened to have an Indian tribe. This is really troublesome. Will they let you build a city on their land?

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