Wang Yue and Zhu Houxi continued their voyage westward until they reached Somalia.

Before coming, Zhu Houxi didn't have much expectations for overseas barbarian lands, and the only thing he had a little hope for was perhaps those strange animals.

But when Zhu Houxi arrived, he was completely stunned, there is not only a neat port, but also an equally neat land...... Tian Lianqian Mo, chickens and dogs smell each other.

The land in the distance is dominated by grain, and the adjacent land grows a variety of vegetables, all of which are growing well.

Villages, houses, bazaars...... There is almost no difference from Da Ming.

The only difference is that the people here are a little strange, but even if they look strange, they can basically speak fluent Chinese, and they suddenly become friendly.

"What's going on with these people?"

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but ask Wang Yue.

"They are all descendants of the personnel of Zheng He's fleet...... "Wang Yue really didn't lie, Zheng He's fleet numbered as many as tens of thousands of people to go to sea, and it was inevitable that some people would be injured and sick, and they would not be able to follow the fleet back." And for the next voyage, you also need overseas bases, so in this part of Somalia, there are really a lot of people left behind (not made up, even after hundreds of years, this group of people still exists).

Since the fleet was generally dominated by men, those who remained had to marry local women in order to reproduce, so there were many mixed-race children.

But this group of people is arrogant, they teach Chinese, read the Four Books and Five Classics, learn poetry and songs, wear Hanfu, and perform Han rituals, they firmly believe that one day, the Ming Dynasty will come back!

"Alas!"

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, "Sanyang misunderstands the country, Sanyang misunderstands the country!" ”

Seven voyages to the Western Ocean are not just fleets going back and forth!

Along the way, there are docks, warehouses, and supply bases, and a chain of pearls that stretches as far as Africa. What a lot of effort, and what an asset!

Let's not expect that in a few hundred years, this route will still be ours, and the land along the way can be ...... since ancient times. However, this route was maintained, and after the Great Voyage to the West, the Eastern world was not unaware. If we could grasp the changes in the world and keep up with the pace of the world, maybe the situation would be completely different.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking, the elite scholars of the Ming Dynasty may not be unaware of the overseas situation, so many Xiyi missionaries continue to pour into the Ming Dynasty, bringing a lot of new things, but it is difficult to wake up a group of people who are pretending to be asleep.

Zhu Houxi sighed, "It's really hard for them!" After waiting for so many years, Daming has failed them! ”

"Tell me that each man will be given two horses of silk, and that I will entertain all those over fifty years old, and I will drink with them."

Of course, Wang Yue will not object, it turns out that Zhu Houxi's means of winning people's hearts is really powerful.

After a meal of wine, everyone was grateful, and he asked the big guy to take him to visit the tombs of the members of the fleet.

There is no way, the Western Ocean has stopped for a hundred years, the veterans of the first generation are gone, and even the second generation is gone, leaving only some third generations. Their appearance is already a little different from that of the people of Daming.

But it does not prevent them from sacrificing their ancestors.

When Zhu Houxi spilled the wine in front of the grave, he suddenly cried.

After years of perseverance, it is finally worth it.

Dead ancestors, you can rest assured! Your Majesty has come to see you!

This not very prosperous land, with the arrival of more than four hundred Daming ships, fell into jubilation.

Zhu Houxi swept the hearts of the people in front and sacrificed to the ancestors. Wang Yue's work was much more specific, arranging personnel, expanding docks, and building towns.

Personnel were also arranged to look for coal and iron deposits to prepare for the next step of development.

According to Wang Yue's plan, he planned to use Somalia as a base to pass through the whole of Africa.

And Wang Yue is also laying out for the next step.

Don't look at the current allies with the Ottomans, when the Habsburgs fall, Wang Yue will definitely attack Egypt, at least swallow this part of Africa.

You must know that after Dad sent the fleet over, he publicized it in the Di newspaper, saying that it was a land extension of 5,000 miles, and the people of our old Wang family can't say it's not counted!

"Taishi, no matter what the plan is, Xiao Lao'er has only one suggestion."

The man who spoke was seventy-five years old, the oldest and most learned in the area.

"We can't break the inheritance of the Han family, there were more than 100 books brought by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures, and after so many years, there are only more than 30 left. There are less than ten people who can read the whole book and explain it clearly. If you don't send someone over, there will be no one to teach these books. ”

"Breaking off the connection with the imperial court, we people are like water without a source and a tree without roots, and we don't know how long we can last! Taishi, soldiers and horses are important, but the education of the Han family is the foundation of everything, and we must not forget it! One day, I'm really afraid that these overseas remnants will become savages like barbarians! ”

As he spoke, the old man fell to the ground and wept bitterly, grieving and complaining.

Wang Yue hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled it up, "Don't worry, old man, in fact, I have thought about this matter, I will send a group of teachers from Daming, and I will also open a special school here." One more thing, I will set up a special school for girls! ”

"Female school?"

The old man looked at Wang Yue stupidly, "Taishi, a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, how can she run a women's school?" ”

"Hahaha!"

Wang Yue laughed loudly, "Have you ever thought about why there are fewer and fewer overseas remnants who can understand the books of the Han family?" It's getting harder and harder to educate? After all, this man is literate, he has to work outside, he has to support his family, and he has to earn money to survive. He learns knowledge, often his own. But women are different, women teach their husbands and children at home, women are literate, that is a family literacy! Only by allowing all children to read and write can they be educated and prosperous, and can there be a real source of living water. ”

Wang Yue continued: "I have already calculated and sent a letter to the Ottomans, nothing else, they still have a lot of slaves. I exchanged supplies with them. Then we will choose a site to build a school, and when the teacher is sent, we will immediately let the child go to school! ”

……

In the entire Sanbao Village, there are less than 1,000 men, women, and children. But in order to build a school for them, Wang Yue took out 100,000 silver dollars.

In addition to the primary and secondary schools, Wang Yue also plans to build a branch of Xishan Academy, and there is also a martial arts school and a maritime academy.

This scale is clearly not just for the diaspora, but also for the whole of Africa, and even the Mediterranean.

"Your Majesty, give me a name, I have a hunch that this academy will become the best overseas academy, and it will be famous in the world, even if it is hundreds of years later, people will look up to it, and even compete to be proud of being admitted to the academy!"

Wang Yue pointed to a mess of rocks and grass, and said unashamedly.

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyelids, "You're using my signboard as a tiger skin again!" You have bad intentions! ”

Wang Yue exclaimed, "Your Majesty, don't you believe that this academy will be famous? ”

"Of course I do!" Zhu Houxi said unceremoniously: "As long as you are willing to invest, can you still make a name for yourself in the place where these three continents gather?" It's just that I don't want to be taken advantage of, it's your turn this time! ”

Zhu Houxi suddenly turned to the little eunuch and said, "Quick, bring me a pen and paper!" ”

After a while, Zhu Houxi splashed ink and immediately wrote down four words.

"Nirvana University!"

After reading it, Wang Yue was so angry that his nose was crooked.

"Your Majesty, you have gone too far!"

Zhu Houxi smiled again: "What is excessive? It's that you think simply, you can see if I explain it. ”

After speaking, he really wrote a line of small words below: The prosperity of education cares about the rich country and the noble people, the country is rich and strong, the people are noble and respectful, and the world is governed!

"Xiao Fugui, what do you think of my interpretation?"

Wang Yue said helplessly: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that someone only cares about the dignity of the small people and doesn't care about the prosperity and strength of the country?" ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned, there are still such hypocritical people?

He shook his head, "I only care about normal people, if you are sick, you should take medicine, don't be embarrassed all over the world." ”

At this point, Wang Yue was no longer recruited, and a rich university was born on the seashore, and as many as 3,000 slaves were invested in the construction of the school.

These slaves are messy, they have all skin colors, and the Ottomans have been fighting for many years and expanding wildly, and they are really not boasting. And in this group of slaves, there was an old man in his early fifties, don't look at him a little older, but he worked very hard, and every time he passed Zhu Houxi's imperial pen, he would stay for a while.

The square words seemed to have magical powers, and he was fascinated.

It took half a month for him to know the exact meaning of the words from the mouth of the overseer.

"Rich country and noble people, rich country and noble people......"

He muttered, and suddenly tears blurred in his eyes, and he actually knelt on the ground, kowtowed vigorously, and then stood up.

"Sure enough, it is the weather of the country, and it is worthy of being the most perfectly governed country!" As soon as he turned around, he saw his slaves following him, waved at them, and called everyone in front of him.

"I see, I see! We failed because we wanted to build a kingdom without the papacy, without the nobility, but with God! I was wrong, I was so wrong, I ignored that whether it was the Holy See or the lords, they were all vassals of God, and it was God who gave them the power to oppress us! ”

"What we should really do is to destroy everything and build a civilized country like the Ming Dynasty, with the Ming as a teacher, and the rich country and noble people. People, that's all that matters! ”