My Daming New Empire

Huang Yuan sighed and said, "It's not easy to go away from home." After sighing for a while, Huang Yuan asked again: "Governor Xu now has twelve large ships of more than 3000 shi under his name. There are about [-] Minzhuang hired by the natives, escorted, and self-protected, right?"

Xu Chai Lao didn't dare to expand his power at the beginning, but since he won the "official title" from Zheng He, in the name of the governor, he put the power of the dark side on the table, which also meant to deter the local natives.

So he was not panicked when the court knew his strength, and he admitted it.

Huang Yuan asked again about the size of the area he currently controls, handed him a piece of paper and said: "This is the supplies ordered by His Highness to prepare for you, and all these supplies do not require money, but you must get them to Luzon Island as soon as possible." Register all the people, and give them Chinese names, and let them learn to speak Daming Mandarin instead of Hokkien."

"How can this be done? There are less than 200 people under my name who can speak Daming official dialect."

Huang Yuan said with a smile: "Look at the list first, we will talk about other issues later."

When Xu Chai Lao saw the first column of the list, five hundred muskets, he was completely shocked...

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At the same time, Zheng He and Zhu Zhen led the right army and marched westward along the South China Sea of ​​Daming towards Jiaozhi.

Although Jiaozhi borders Daming, starting from Quanzhou, it is closer to Luzon.In addition, it was the trade wind period in the north at this time, and the fleet going south was faster. When Zhu Zhanji and the others arrived in Luzon, the right army only sailed to the waters of Danzhou.

Zheng He has been regretting that he underestimated Zhu Zhanji's control these days. What he thought was insignificant has now caused a huge gap between the two.

His power comes from the trust of the royal family. When there is no trust, his power will naturally become much smaller.Many things that could be decided with one word are now a little daunting.

The most obvious example is that Zhu Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the fleet and the commander-in-chief of the Third Fleet, is a little wary because of Zhu Zhanji's attitude towards him.

During this period of time, he has always liked to chat with Zhonghezi, who has recently been valued by the emperor and his grandson. This Taoist priest with outstanding medical skills also has a very attractive charm in his conduct.

Every time I chat with him, Zheng He always feels very comfortable, and he seems to find the answer to all his troubles.

Zheng He knows that he is a real master, and he has an admirable sense of helping the world.At the age of 73, I traveled thousands of miles to Jiaozhi to find a solution to miasma.

Zheng He also had a discussion with him on religious belief, but Zhonghezi had no answer on this aspect either.

Zheng He has done in-depth research on both green and Buddhism, and even made some research on Taoism because Taoism was listed as the state religion in the Ming Dynasty.

He has been thinking about the differences between religions, and researching the teachings of various religions, trying to find a common way out.

No matter what religion, there are similarities in justice, love, charity, love of enemies, fasting, prayer, light, love of money, no judgment, sincerity and deceit, listening to the word and doing the word, etc.

In terms of various moral standards, all religions are similar, but why does this kind of universal love become violent and cruel when facing different beliefs?

He has been to many small countries, and there seems to be no path to peace at all between different faiths.

The fights and struggles between tribes have been going on for hundreds of years.Jerusalem has been fighting endlessly for thousands of years, and Hindu sects have almost wiped out Buddhism in South Asia.

In the whole world, there is only Ming Dynasty, under the rule of power, the three religions of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism have been integrated into one.

But there is only one Ming Dynasty. In other regions, no regime can unify the forces of all parties. Even the powerful have become the thugs of religion, rather than controlling religion.

Therefore, Zheng He has always hoped that the power of Ming Dynasty can unify the world, so that people in all regions can live in peace. This is the way he believes that peace can be achieved.

Of course, this is just a small expectation of his own, and he never dared to tell others.He didn't know, if Zhu Zhanji knew that he thought so, he would definitely use him more.

One country unifies the world, which is something Zhu Zhanji dare not even imagine.If the current Daming has the technology of later generations, this matter is still possible.

But in this era, backward technology has lengthened the distance of space, and it is impossible for a country to unify the world.

It may take a year or two from Ying Tianfu to issue an order to Jerusalem.If you send troops there, if you go by land, you will not be able to get there in a year. How can you effectively manage such a situation.

Unifying the world is nothing but a dream.

Just like Archimedes' famous saying: Give me a fulcrum, and I can pry up the whole earth.

From a theoretical point of view, this sentence seems to be correct, but in fact, it is impossible.

Not to mention that the earth is rotating, and that there is no fulcrum in the universe, not to mention that there is no such a large lever.

If all the conditions are met, if such a long lever really exists in the world, and a suitable fulcrum is found, can Archimedes lift the earth?

If Archimedes could really lift the earth by one millimeter, the end of the lever he held would need to move a large circular arc in space, and the length of this arc would be about 1×10(17) km.

In other words, if Archimedes wanted to lift the earth by one millimeter, and if Archimedes lifted the earth at a speed of one meter per second, then calculated according to the equation, it would take about [-] million years!

It can be seen that even if Archimedes spent his whole life connecting the lever, he could not lift the earth as thin as a hair.

Under today's conditions, it is just such a dream to unify the world.

Because no matter in terms of time or space, the conditions for management cannot be met.

So Zhu Zhanji would think about enfeoffment, and then just occupy the territory and develop the population instead of establishing a sound management system.

However, Zhonghezi admired Zheng He's thoughts very much, because they are all people with a heart of helping the world.

What they value is Tao, rather than specific measures or methods.

When they came to Jiaozhi, the British official Zhang Fu gave them great face, and personally came from Thang Long Mansion to the Hongji Coal Mine by the sea to welcome them.

This huge coal mine stretching for hundreds of miles is still called Hongji Coal Mine, and it was named by Zhu Zhanji himself.

In this era, no matter where it is, as long as the name violates the taboo of the emperor, the name must be changed.During the scientific examination, even if the name of the king is written, one must be added or subtracted.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't care about this, and deliberately expressed his willingness to name it after himself so that his name would last forever.

Zhu Di didn't care about Zhu Zhanji's little eccentricity, and only thought he was messing around.When he named the coal mine Hongji Coal Mine, he just shook his head with a smile and followed his wishes.

Although this coal mine is large, Jiaozhi is located in the south, and there are not many uses for coal.

Now the boats from Guangzhou Prefecture come to pull coal the most, because there are more small traders in Guangzhou Prefecture, and it is more convenient to use coal stoves to set up stalls than to use firewood.

However, according to the information provided by Taisun, the Ministry of Industry has discovered an iron mine with rich reserves and high grade in Changjiang, Danzhou.

Although it is still in the road leveling period, the Hongji Coal Mine has started to build kilns for coking and has stored a large amount of coke, which is ready to be transported to Danzhou.

This iron ore is Shilu Iron Mine, known as the largest rich ore in Asia.

Although Huaxia has a vast land and abundant resources, the reserves of iron ore are not high, and the grade of iron ore is pitifully low.

Taking Daye Iron Mine as an example, the average grade is only over 40.00%, while Maanshan Iron Mine has a grade of only 30.00%.

However, the lowest grade of Shilu iron ore is around 40.00%, the average is around 50.00%60.00, and the highest grade reaches [-]%[-].

Such an iron mine, of course, made Zhu Di overjoyed, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to start working day and night to build a cement road leading to the sea.

When this road is repaired, a large amount of coal from Hongji Coal Mine will be transported to Danzhou.

Also because of the successive discoveries of the Iwami Silver Mine and the Danzhou Iron Mine, Zhu Di no longer has any doubts about the "Magellan" map.