In Yun Xi's view, Fang Mingqian's exploration was very successful. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info officially confirmed the discovery of the American continent, the discovery of the Aleutian Islands, and brought back 350,000 taels of gold, not to mention that this time only some small ships sank and most of the crew were rescued, and all the large and medium-sized ships were able to return to the sea, so it can be said that the losses are small but the results are huge.

Yun Xi then opened his mouth to praise Fang Mingqian a few words, and said: "Fang Mingqian listens to the order, I will promote you to the governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion Tongzhi, add the title of Governor of the Governor, and confer the rank of Ronglu Doctor." "Fang Mingqian can't be promoted anymore, how can there be a reason to be crowned a prince without fighting? So Yunxi promoted him, and added false titles and loose ranks.

The next time he led the fleet to discover the Americas, he had already thought about the rewards he would get when he returned: he was actually awarded the governor, promoted to the rank of Guanglu doctor, and ate a good food.

Of course, Fang Mingqian himself knew that it was impossible to crown the Duke of the Kingdom, so he accepted Yun Xi's reward with trepidation. Then he said, as usual, "Your Majesty, please name the place that has been discovered this time." ”

Yun Xi thought for a moment and said, "Since that string of islands can be connected from Jinning to a large area of land to the east, let's name it the Corridor Islands." (Aleutian Islands)

"The corridor archipelago and the continent to the north enclose an ocean? Since they are near Beijing and uninhabited, let's name this ocean Beijing; The strait in the north separating the east and west landmasses is named the Beijing Strait. (Bering Sea, Bering Strait)

"The island in the middle of the Beijing Strait is named Wenyi Island. (St. Lawrence Island)" Yunxi suddenly remembered his second daughter who had just been born, so he named it after his second daughter.

Since the name of the second daughter is used, the eldest daughter cannot be left behind. "As for the land to the east, it is not certain whether it is a continent or not, so I will not name it for the time being. But the westernmost place, I named Mindi. (Kotlik, Alaska)

"As for the names of the islands in the Corridor Islands, Fang Mingqian, you named them after the first soldier under your command to land on the islands."

"Your Majesty!" Fang Mingqian raised his head in surprise and looked at Yun Xi, the same was true of the three people behind him, but they were even more surprised, the eyes of the three of them were full of fear of naming the place after the soldier, and there was also envy for the soldier who might be able to name the island soldier after himself.

Yun Xi raised his hand to stop what Fang Mingqian was about to say: "The names of a few islands are not worth anything. Besides, I can't think of so many names. ”

But Fang Mingqian still admonished: "Your Majesty, you must not name a soldier." I'm afraid that the named soldier will not be able to sleep. ”

Yun Xi thought about it, as if there was only a precedent in China since ancient times to name a place after an emperor or a magnat, and there was no custom in Western countries to name it after the first discoverer, and it was probably not a good thing for soldiers to forcibly name it.

Yun Xi thought about it again and said, "In this case, I will hand over the naming right to your fleet of northern patrols, and you can figure out what name you can come up with, and report it to me for approval." The next time you explore, find a stone carved on the island. ”

Fang Mingqian stopped admonishing at this time.

Yun Xi remembered something again and asked, "Didn't you see the pirates when you came back this time?" ”

"When I returned to your Majesty, I saw a small force of pirates, but when they saw the size of the fleet, they avoided it far away; The big pirates didn't see it. ”

"Huh?" Yunxi felt very strange, where did all the pirates of the Fuso people go?

Fang Mingqian himself is actually very strange. Although the Yongming Sea (Fusang Sea) is not the main area of pirates in normal times, there are many fleets that have recently gone north to look for gold, and there are many pirates who are not active here on weekdays who enter the Yongming Sea, trying to find gold or eat black, but he just hasn't seen any large groups of pirates.

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After that, Yun Xi met with a few generals behind Fang Mingqian who had been kneeling for an hour and had performed well in the Northern Tour.

Fang Mingqian stood up and introduced: "Your Majesty, the person on Your Majesty's left is named Xiahou Yuanrang, his ancestral home is Heyan, and Donghaiwei has a hundred hereditary households. This time, when he was exploring north, he discovered the ice floe several times in advance, allowing the fleet to avoid many losses. ”

Yun Xi talked to him for a few words, thinking that he might have a natural instinct for danger. There are such people in real life, and they can always feel the breath of danger and avoid them in advance.

Such a person is a natural navigator! Yun Xi sighed.

After that, he said: "I remember that Xiahou Yuanrang was the expression of Xiahou Tang during the Three Kingdoms? Why, your ideal is to become a general like Xiahoudun? ”

"Your Majesty, the ranking of the minister's generation is the word 'Yuan', so my father named the minister Xiahou Yuanrang, and it is a complete coincidence that the name of the Three Kingdoms General Xiahoudun is the same, my father does not read, and I don't know the word Yuanrang of the general Xiahoudun."

"However, General Xiahou has made great contributions to Cao Wei, and the minister also wants to make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty like General Xiahou." Xiahou Yuanrang said.

Yoon-hee laughed. This man's answer was very clever, explaining the origin of his name and expressing his desire to serve the country. He then decided to raise the reward given to Xiahou Yuanrang by one level.

Fang Mingqian also introduced: "The person on the right hand side of Your Majesty is named Cao Guangxiao, his ancestral home is Shandong, and he has a hundred hereditary households in Donghaiwei. In two expeditions, he was distinguished from the infestation of pirates. ”

Yun Xi praised a few words.

Fang Mingqian finally introduced: "The person standing between the two just now, named Zhao Yuanyuan, whose ancestral home is directly under Changzhou Mansion, was originally a soldier of the Haining garrison of a thousand households, serving as the general flag. This man was extremely brave, and many times he led a small boat to clear the way for the army, and twice the boat capsized but survived. ”

This is a lucky star! It is very unusual that such a cold place in the Beijing Sea (Bering Sea) can escape back when the ship capsizes, and the fleet needs such a lucky star when sailing; And he's very brave.

Yun Xi also praised him a few words.

After thinking about it, Yun Xi said: "Xiahou Yuanrang, Cao Guangxiao, and Zhao Yuanyuan listen to the order. Xiahou Yuan was crowned hereditary on the Zhiwei Thousand Households, and the guerrilla general of the Northern Patrol Fleet was appointed; Cao Guangxiao was crowned as the hereditary thousand households of the Shangzhiwei, and the guerrilla general of the Northern Patrol Fleet was appointed; Zhao Yuanyuan was crowned as the hereditary commander and the chief officer of the vanguard fleet. ”

The Northern Patrol Fleet was formed from the personnel drawn from various guards, and it was a temporary dispatch establishment, and Fang Mingqian had always held the rank of chief soldier and his deputy had the rank of deputy general. Because it is a temporary dispatch establishment, there is no fixed rank, but the guerrilla general is about equal to a thousand households; The promoter is not a good analogy, but he stands alone.

Several people knelt down to give thanks. Yun Xi said a few more words to them and told them to step down. Before retreating, Yun Xi said to Fang Mingqian: "Next year, I may still send you to lead the fleet to the north, you have to be prepared." ”