My Daming New Empire

But Zhu Zhanji is also very clear that although the founding of the Ming Dynasty was only three generations, just 50 years ago, all of these clans today are lazy and lazy, and few are knowledgeable.

As for suffering and suffering, no one is willing.

Who is willing to give up the glory and wealth of the palace!

Even if there is gold here, Zhu Zhanji must lay a solid foundation in advance, otherwise, it would be impossible for them to come here and start from scratch.

It is impossible for Zhu Zhanji to find all the gold mines, but he can establish a control node all over the world through some resources he knows.

As long as Ming Dynasty can control the crossroads of the world and relay the key points, then the Western Age of Discovery will never be able to develop.

Turtle Island is an important node that Zhu Zhanji wants to build.

When Zhu Zhanji's flagship arrived at the mouth of the Dimika River, looking at this inconspicuous small river, he was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Anchor to park the ship, call the fleet commander and above, Yuanwailang , and the various clans came to the meeting."

The rainy season in Nanyang has passed, today's weather is fine, the sun is setting, and the temperature is just right.

According to Zhu Zhanji's instructions, the servants arranged a row of tables and chairs in a concave shape on the third deck of the bow.

Zhu Zhanji sat at the head, with civil officials on the left and generals on the right. Those clans sat behind him and had no right to speak.

Everyone was clearly separated, each of them was quiet, not daring to make a sound.

On the flagship, all the sails were down, and the weak sea breeze did not bring a single sound.Only on other warships in the distance, there were soldiers entertaining together, and there was a burst of cheers from time to time, but it did not affect the conversation on the flagship.

"Your Highness, everyone is here."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, glanced left and right, and said, "It has been more than five months since I went to sea in the first lunar month. In the previous trip, all the places I have visited have been visited by my Ming Fleet before. But since then, all the itineraries will be unknown, and there will be no welcome crowds. Take the island around us as an example. Although the island is rich in resources, it is too far away from civilized society. Only some cannibals survive above, no civilization at all. So, why are we developing these places?"

Jin Chun smiled and said, "Of course we found more land for our Chinese people."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said with a smile: "What Jin Shangshu said is reasonable, but it is a long-term plan. Throughout the ages, the changes of dynasties in the past, except for the corruption of officials, are more due to the serious land annexation. The ministers and generals occupy it, and the common people have nothing to eat, so they naturally want to rebel.

However, it was only 50 years since I founded the Ming Dynasty, and the population of the entire Ming Dynasty is less than half of what it was in the Southern Song Dynasty. Now, countless lands in the Ming Dynasty are still abandoned, but I am committed to expanding the territory, not only because of the land, but also because of Because of gold. "

There was a sound of breathing, and even the princes didn't dare to make a sound at this time.

It is already extraordinarily merciful for them to be allowed to observe.They can grow up in the palace, and they are all human beings.He is not a human being, and has already been eliminated.

Zhu Zhanji took out a gold coin and played with it between his fingers.When everyone calmed down, he pointed to the big island in the north with his right arm, and said loudly, "On a mountain two hundred miles away from us, there is a large gold mine with an annual output of 50 taels of gold, all of which belong to us." Daming's wealth."

Everyone was a little confused, even the mature and prudent Xie Jin couldn't believe it, and said in surprise: "Your Highness, could it be that you made a mistake, 50 taels of gold is a quarter of the tax of the Ming Dynasty in previous years! "

Zhu Zhanji shook his head with a smile, 50 taels of gold sounds really scary, but it is only fifteen tons.

Of course, this amount is already very astonishing, and the total amount of gold circulating in Daming is only ten times this amount at most.

But compared with the gold mined by the later republics in a year exceeding [-] tons, it is nothing.

"Whether it's true or not, I'll find out tomorrow by sending people to investigate. What I want you to do now is to all cooperate and send boats up the river along the river to the foot of the mountain. Then climb to the top of the mountain on the west side of the highest peak. It is said that the The mountain is almost full of gold. In addition to looking for gold, I need you to open up a piece of farmland at the foot of the mountain, transport sand from the sea, build a reservoir at a suitable location, and make it a freshwater supply point for my Ming Dynasty to enter the South Continent. "

If a freshwater reservoir is simply built here, if the management is neglected, it will be abandoned in a few months.It is useless to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, no one wants to stay here.

But with gold mines, you can garrison troops, with garrisons, you can emigrate, with silver people, you can farm, mine, and maintain this fresh water supply point.

It is very difficult to obtain water suitable for human consumption in the tropical rainforest, and the amount of clean water replenished by the fleet is by no means enough to be satisfied by digging a well.

So now it is necessary to dig a well, then filter it with sea sand, and do a good job of anti-bacterial management.

With the attraction of gold, everyone's interest was high. In less than an hour, the various departments have discussed the work arrangement for tomorrow.

This is all the function of gold. If there is no attraction of gold, no one will have such a high interest.

So much so that Zhu Zhanji had to pour cold water on them, so that they should not ignore the harsh environment here.

Entering here, big pythons are not the scariest thing, because the survey team has a large number of people, no matter how big the python is, it will only become a meal on the plate.

The most terrifying thing here is the ubiquitous miasma, as well as the numerous and annoying poisonous insects.

In the early morning of the second day, almost all the order ships, flat-bottomed sand boats, and small mother-child ships were selected.

In addition to oars, the soldiers also prepared a lot of bamboo poles, which can be used for strength when going upstream.

Everyone was wearing long trousers, and the cuffs and cuffs of the trousers were all tied up, and those who had hats even put on their hats.

Zhu Zhanji led the messengers to personally beat the five drums on the flagship to see off the expedition team.

The first team entered the river, and the boats behind also began to look for beaches by the sea, filled the boats with sand, and entered the river at noon.

Zhu Zhanji's arrangement is very simple, one is to find gold mines, the other is to reclaim wasteland, and the other is to establish a suitable water supply point.

But it is not a simple matter to do these three things well.

Because these three places are definitely not together.

The gold mine is on the mountain. On the Google map of later generations, a super big pit was dug from the top of the mountain.

Even if the miners' settlement is not built on the mountain, it must be built on the mountainside or at the foot of the mountain.

However, the water supply point must be closer to the sea, as long as it avoids the backflow and infiltration of seawater.

If it is built too far away, getting water becomes a hassle.

As for the farmland, of course you have to choose a fertile area, it is impossible to choose a rotten rocky beach for farming.

Therefore, these three different teams not only had to cooperate with each other when selecting the site, but also accommodated each other to facilitate unified management in the future.

When everyone entered the Dimeka River, the rest of the people had to wait.

The first day passed, and the reporter came back to report that from a place about two miles away from the shore to about twenty miles away, there was a large area of ​​flat black land.

But they didn't stop, because these jobs are meaningless when no gold is found.

If there is no gold mine, it is impossible to reclaim wasteland here. Even if you want to build a water supply point, you will not choose this place.

On the second day, the reporter reported that the survey team had arrived at the foot of the mountain, and now that the boat could not go, they had already started to climb the mountain from land.

Day three...

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On the sixth day, some soldiers finally returned, and on the boat they rowed back, they loaded 200 yuan of gold-containing ore.

One piece of dog-head gold, together with the stone, weighed two hundred catties.

But the group of soldiers who found them couldn't bear to smash it open, so ten people took turns to carry it down the mountain.