The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The big ship gradually approached the bay.

The natives roared in anger and thrust out their spears in an offensive gesture, not wanting the ship to get closer.

Suddenly, the Hongyi general on the boat fired a cannon. The sound scared the natives and fled in all directions. In the blink of an eye, only a series of footprints were left on the shore.

"Brother, we've arrived in the Golden State."

Zhang Yanling stood by the ship window in high spirits, and the figure lying at his feet also quickly got up.

“The Golden State, this is the Golden State!”

Gao Feng was a little surprised. For more than half a year, these two people had disappeared after boarding the ship, but they were still alive.

Zhang Fuhua ordered the soldiers to eat some broken grains and landed half an hour later. The Franji people's ship could not be found in the field of view of the astronomical telescope.

"Where to go?"

Thousands of people on board needed food rations.

If you can't find the gold and silver mountains within half a month, you will need to open up wasteland and farmland here. You don't know when you can return to the Ming Dynasty.

"The Golden State is vast, but since we've been here once, we can definitely go up to the mountains."

Gao Feng stood up and pointed to the green mountains and rivers in the distance.

Standing on the mountains and rivers, you can use astronomical telescopes to find the Franji people's ships, and then seize the opportunity to seize their silver mines.

Liu Jin on the side secretly took out the map, not knowing where this map was.

The Zhang brothers were sharp-eyed and quickly got together. Liu Jin was a member of the Dog Emperor. The Dog Emperor and Yan Chengjin were together. This map was probably Yan Chengjin's.

"Brother, let's go with Liu Jin."

"Brother, you are smart!"

Liu Jin took the map back into his arms with a swish, and realized that he would not give up the first prize of gold and silver to the two Zhang brothers.

Zhang Heling was well aware of current affairs and said with an enthusiastic smile: "Brother Liu, my two brothers can read mineral veins."

"Yes, we were the ones who discovered it when we were in the island country. Can you take us with you?" Zhang Yanling looked at Liu Jin overjoyed. This dog eunuch has a map.

Gold and silver mines can be found with maps. It turns out that Yan Chengjin sent this eunuch to make preparations.

Liu Jin held the powdered hand in her arms and let go: "You two know how to look at the mine, so just follow us."

Despite the language barrier, maybe the people on the island know the map?

If you let them lead the way, it will be much faster to get to the location on the map.

The Ming army camped on the shore.

The natives seemed a little scared. What surprised Zhang Fuhua was that there was corn in the Golden State, which was grown by people. He thought these natives were eating dirt...

There is food!

The native held a spear and stood in front of the house, looking at the soldiers in front of him with a fierce expression.

"Brother Liu, the natives are not easy to deal with, so we can't go."

Liu Jin kicked Qian Ning away, walked to the native, opened the map, and made a few gestures.

With his overseas travels, even a simple tribe would have a map, but the format would be different.

The natives chatted a lot, but Liu Jin didn't know what they were talking about.

But with many years of observation in the palace, he could guess that the natives did not welcome them here and wanted to expel them.

"Go and get some rice noodles and grain."

"Brother Liu, is he from your hometown?" Zhang Yanling, the third boy, looked suspicious.

Qian Ning ran back to the camp kitchen and took away a pot of cooked rice.

After getting rice for several days in a row, the native's complexion seemed to soften a little.

Zhang Fuhua was a little displeased, "Eunuch Liu, there isn't much ration left in the camp! We still have to look for silver mountains."

"Mr. Zhang's stomach doesn't hurt anymore. Let's go look for mines by ourselves. We'll stay here for a few days."

There are Franji people on the island, but Liu Jin doesn't know how to fight.

Zhang Fuhua still needs to be in command. If we can grab the ore from the Franji people, it will be considered a great achievement.

Therefore, Liu Jin stopped Zhang Fuhua's medication.

"It doesn't seem to hurt anymore."

"Brother, follow me and have a look."

Zhang Heling next to him understood Liu Jin's intention. Of course, the natives were the fastest to find things here. This dog eunuch was as naughty as Zhu Houzhao.

"Master Zhang, we just saw that Liu Jin had a map." Gao Feng whispered.

Liu Jin walked into the native's house. It was very simple, with a fire made of several stones and an earthen stove. A bow and arrow and animal skins were hung on the wall.

The old native asked them to drink water and handed them several bamboo cups.

Liu Jin took out the map again, but the natives looked at each other and seemed hesitant.

"Brother Liu, do they know the map?" Zhang Heling asked.

"...it's possible."

If they really had a map, they would have quickly taken it out by now.

At this time, the native took off the animal skin on the wall and opened it to the other side, revealing a map.

However, the outline is completely different from the one in Liu Jin's hand.

Useless at all.

"...I can only send Tang Qi to paint new ones."

Liu Jin planned to use the method of drawing squares in a plan and let the natives take Tangqi to draw this territory, which might take half a year.

This is the fastest way to find the mines on the map.

We need to farm here for half a year, Master Yan has tricked us...

…

Beijing, November.

A figure in a red scarlet robe came to the duty room of the Ministry of War, and Lu Wan looked a little solemn.

"Sir Yan, when I went to fight with Tubo, I found that the Han people were serving the Fan people."

Yan Kesong thought about it carefully and heard that the Han people who established the Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Hami, Tatar and Jurchen, were not friendly to the Han people and treated them as slaves.

...It’s a little strange.

"I will report this matter to the new emperor."

Lu Wan didn't mean to be serious, "The new emperor may not care, I just feel that I can't figure it out..."

Why did the Tang and Song Dynasties pay tribute to spices to the Ming Dynasty? Why does the Supreme Emperor avoid the princes? Why did the new emperor frequently write letters to the Tang and Song Dynasties?

Behind all this, is the moral decline...

It seems Yan Kesong doesn't know.

That adult still doesn't believe him...

He sat down at the desk and reviewed the memorials from the nine borders. After a few days, the clerk sent an urgent memorial from Datong:

Yang Yiqing attacked Atel inside the Wala, won two battles in a row, and was looking for the Wala's royal court.

But what surprised Lu Wan was that the troops of Tang and Song were also there.

A moment later, Fengtian Hall.

"What's so strange about this? The territory of Tang and Song is below Wala. As the saying goes, lips and teeth are cold. Without the protection of the Ming Dynasty, how can Tang and Song be safe?"

Zhu Houzhao was in high spirits after seeing the memorial. Yang Yiqing led his army to attack Atel, and then broke through Wala's royal court, and the territory belonged to the court.

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

Mobilizing troops is costly.

The surrounding small countries did not dare to mobilize troops easily, and were afraid of being invaded by other small countries, so they paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and sought protection.

"What Tang and Song did was too incredible."

Yan Chengjin's eyes moved slightly, although he knew that it would make Li Dongyang and the others suspicious.

But war would stagnate development, and it would take more than ten years to recover.

So Tang and Song went to war for Ming Dynasty, transferring the cost of war to Tang and Song.

Ming Dynasty reaped the fruits and hoped to see a prosperous era in its lifetime.

It was the same as a certain country in the previous life taking in younger brothers to contain other countries.

"Mr. Li's words make sense. I also think Tang and Song are strange. Do you want the Censorate to send someone to investigate?"

Jiang Mian looked at Yan Chengjin blankly, only to see that the boy looked normal, and dispelled the last ray of doubt in his heart.

"This is a good thing. The delegation needs to spend money to leave Beijing, so there is no need to investigate it in depth, right?"

Xie Qian nodded, and then Zhang Sheng and others also nodded.

They are doing good things, so why bother to investigate further? Besides, there are more important things to do right now.

"It is November now, and Wala will soon have heavy snow. Please ask the new emperor to order the troops to withdraw."