The New World Project refers to the exploration of the unknown world, mainly referring to the exploration of the American continent east of the Ming Dynasty and the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, and the places south of the Ming Dynasty and the South Pacific Ocean. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Among them, there is no hurry to explore the South Pacific, anyway, the land there is mostly barren, and the nearest civilized country is the Ming Dynasty, so there is no hurry.

But the American continent is different. Of course, there are not many people in the Ming Dynasty now, and the population will fill the country, and there is no shortage of this place; There are still more than 80 years left for Europeans to discover new shipping routes, and there is plenty of time.

Yun Xi mainly wants: first, to send out all the princes in the country, and at the same time, for the future generations of the Ming Dynasty to have a place open to receive immigrants when the population is particularly large; Second, it's for rubber.

Rubber is an important industrial raw material, and the development of modern industry is inseparable from the use of rubber. Even now, rubber can be used to improve the shock absorption of horse-drawn carriages, make rubber tires, and thus make better carriages; At the same time, it can also be used to make tapes, hoses, rubber shoes and other things, which is very versatile.

Of course, America is far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it is not good to explore the Americas as soon as you come up, and you are not in a hurry, so for the time being, you will send a fleet to explore the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the 11th archipelago and the waters near the Kamchatka Peninsula to prepare for the next step of exploring the Americas along the land bridge.

Yun Xi initially made a certain degree of change to the official system and official positions inside and outside the palace, strengthened the checks and balances, and temporarily satisfied his suspicions, so he took advantage of the beginning of spring to start preparing for the New World Plan.

A while ago, when Yun Xi was tinkering with sending troops to Nanyang, he took the opportunity to learn about the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and several full-time sailor generals, so he already had a plan for sending a fleet to explore the north.

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March 20, Songjiang Prefecture Sailor Wharf. On the seventh day of March, Zhang Xiaodong went to the capital to meet Yunxi, and after he returned, he organized the soldiers of Jinshanwei and Guanhaiwei to prepare for the time of departure. Then I found the host of the City God Temple, calculated the auspicious day of the zodiac, and was ready to go.

There were also some things that happened when the auspicious day was counted. Dinghaiwei's station is Ningbo, so I hope to find the Fuchenghuang of Ningbo Prefecture to count this day. Now Yunxi is actively using the Chenghuang system left by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the presiding officer of the local Chenghuang Temple is equivalent to the status of the monks and officials of the Daolu Division in various places, and the Chenghuang Temple has also become the largest local incense temple independent of Buddhism and Taoism.

The soldiers of Jinshanwei were naturally unwilling, and they had to be the host of the City God Temple in Songjiang Mansion, and the two sides quarreled endlessly. In the end, in order to balance, Zhang Xiaodong invited the host of the City God Temple in Hangzhou Mansion to count the days, and finally settled the matter.

The calculated day is naturally March 20th. In order to show that he attaches great importance to this battle, Dongguan Bo He Rong also feels that the recent rumors in Beijing are not right, so he must also take his team to go to sea with the sailors, at least to Guangdong first. So today, He Rong is leading the sailor to set off.

At the sea sacrifice ceremony before the trip, Xu Jingchang, the son of Xu Zengshou, and He Hongqi, the third son of He Rong, who stood aside and watched He Rong, Zhang Xiaodong and others worship, said: "Hongqi, I didn't have time to talk to you a few days ago, but today I finally have a chance to speak." Uncle He really agreed that you came out to make meritorious contributions? "Both of them often have fun at the party, they are very familiar, and there is no taboo in talking.

He Hongqi whispered: "Hey, if it weren't for my mother repeatedly begging my father, how could my father agree to let me come out and make meritorious deeds?" Even if he agreed to let me do the merit, he reprimanded me for half a day before leaving. ”

"It's you, I heard that Master Xu Si disciplined you very strictly at home, and I heard that he was beaten more times than me, why did Master Xu Si let you come out to make meritorious deeds?"

Xu Jingchang said triumphantly: "I am my father's eldest son, and I will inherit the family business in the future. It is a great sin to abolish the elders and establish the young. ”

"My father made it easier for me to inherit the hereditary command in the future, and also for the sake of looking better on his own face, so that I could have some merits, so let me mix up the merits."

The two were about to continue chatting, when this piece of music had come to an end, and Tang Mi, the eldest son of Tang He's eldest son, Tang Ding's second son, hurriedly poked Xu Jingchang to remind them. Xu Jingchang and He Hongqi are not white potatoes, and they also know what the situation is, so they are busy and silent.

After the sea sacrifice ceremony was held, He Rong took people to prepare to board the boat. The officials of the Zhejiang Capital Division naturally came to see him off. Fang Mingqian, the commander of the Zhejiang Capital Division, and Dongguan Bo He Rong and Zhang Xiaodong are very familiar with each other, and they are joking with them at this time: "Speaking of which, I haven't been to Nanyang for 30 years, and I have forgotten the others, but I remember that the mother-in-law of the Three Buddhas is very energetic, remember to bring me a few back." ”

He Rong smiled: "Don't worry, you can't forget it." Zhang Xiaodong also came up to make fun.

At this moment, one of Fang Mingqian's personal guards whispered to him: "My lord, there is a will for my lord to accept it." ”

Fang Mingqian was a little surprised: 'What are you doing with me?' But after all, he has also been in the officialdom for 30 years, and quietly sued He Rong and Zhang Xiaodong and went to receive the order. He Rong and Zhang Xiaodong knew that he was a person, and he would definitely leave because of something, so they didn't blame him.

The commander of the Zhejiang Capital Division sent it for a while, knowing that the time could not be too late, so he said goodbye to He Rong and went back, He Rong and others got on the boat, and then announced the departure of the ship.

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Li Jiqian, who was in a cabin, was lying on the boat worrying about his wife and sister: "I don't know if they are doing well in Shanghu County." I watched it once before I left, and life was fine, and no one bothered them. ’

But who knows if Shanghu County will always be like this. It would be terrible if it was just to coax us to go to sea with peace of mind, and when we went to sea, we didn't care about their changed faces and did anything. ’

He was worried, Hua Xiong came in and said, "Brother Li, it's time to eat, it's time to eat, let's go eat." ”

Li Jiqian said: "You go eat first, I'm not hungry." ”

Hua Xiong said: "Brother Li, although you are worried about your sister-in-law and little sister-in-law, you can't skip eating!" People are iron and rice is steel, and if they don't eat a meal, they are hungry and panicked, and they miss a meal, and everyone else has nothing to eat except for the person on duty, so now they have to eat. ”

Li Jiqian was right to listen to his reasoning, so even though he didn't have much appetite, he also got up and said, "Then I'll go to dinner." ”

Li Jiqian stood up and went to the dining hall with Hua Xiong. Li Jiqian glanced at Hua Xiong a few times at the same time, thinking: "Originally, I thought that Hua Xiong was brave and martial, and his heart was solid, so I was unwilling to marry my sister to him; But now that he is no longer a pirate, he will not have so many eyes to deal with the cunning people below, so when he returns, he will marry his sister to him. ’