"Crackling~"

With the sound of firecrackers one after another, at the same time, there were bursts of melodious bells on the drum tower of the capital, and Hongzhi has been thirteen years.

Liu Jin stood next to the window of his study, looking at the gradually thinning snowflakes outside, Ruixue Zhaofeng year, this snow has been falling for two days and two nights, and it is two feet thick.

"It's been the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, and it's exactly 1500 years since the Common Era, and the 16th century has arrived."

Liu Jin was a little in a daze, and it had been a few years since he had unconsciously crossed over, and in retrospect, it was as if he had had a dream, which was so unreal.

The memories of the afterlife in my mind became more and more blurred, and many things were gradually forgotten, and I slowly integrated into this era, and gradually fell in love with this era.

Before the crossing, Liu Jin was just an inconspicuous member in the vast sea of people, living a 9-to-5 life, and now Liu Jin is already an official of the five grades, and he is a champion from the Hanlin Academy.

The career is smooth sailing, all kinds of trading is also prosperous, last year's dividends of more than 30 million taels of silver, rich to rival the country to describe it is nothing more than that.

has status, status and wealth, and there are two delicate beauties in the family, such a life is simply impossible in the future life.

So sometimes Liu Jin is actually very scared, afraid that everything in front of him is just a dream, and the dream will eventually wake up, once he really wakes up, he will return to the idle and ordinary Liu Jin.

"Hehe~"

Liu Jin smiled lightly, his eyes returned to the huge world map in the study, and his eyes looked at the three places of Nanyang, Luzon, and Australia.

This is the focus of this year, preferably in the South Seas, Luzon and Australia.

These three places are so important.

The natural conditions of the Nanyang and Luzon regions are extremely superior, not to mention anything else, just these places are used to grow rice, three crops a year, high yield, good quality, can occupy these places, the Ming Dynasty no longer has to worry about food.

In addition, this is also the most important route between the east and the west, especially the Strait of Malacca, which is the choke point, no matter what, Liu Jin also wants to occupy this place and control this choke point.

Needless to say, Australia has a vast territory and extremely rich resources, especially iron ore, lead ore, nickel ore, silver ore, zinc ore, etc., with very large reserves, and basically all of them are open-air, the key is that the quality is also quite high.

This is a chosen land, but it was given to the Maori, it is simply a tyrannical thing, how can it not be occupied.

Not to mention anything else, just the vast grasslands of Australia will be used to raise cattle and sheep in the future, and after arriving in the future, the descendants of Yan and Huang will not have to worry about eating meat.

After occupying Australia, you can also take the South Pacific from Australia to the South Golden Continent, the resources here are also very rich, and later Chile, Argentina, and Brazil are all world resource powers.

"The Luzon, Nanyang, and Australian routes must be opened, and colonies must be established along the way, and the colonies will slowly spread in all directions based on the colonies, and eventually all these places will be included in the scope of rule."

Liu Jin took out a pen and circled a few key points on the map.

A point is circled here in Luzon, a point is circled here in the Strait of Malacca, a point is circled on the Annam Siam side, and then a point is circled on the Australian side.

"If conditions permit, you can also go to South Asia, and when you get to South Asia, you will be very close to Arabia, and you will almost have access to Western civilization."

Liu Jin is also very satisfied after reading his plan, now is the opening of the Age of Discovery, the Europeans arrived here in the Golden Continent several years ago, and now they are opening up routes to the East.

Think about it, if the fleet of the Ming Dynasty meets the fleet of Europe above the sea, there will inevitably be a different scenery.

"After the establishment of the military academy and the compulsory military service system, after having a strong force, we must sweep away the Mobei grassland, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to release a thief."

Soon, Liu Jin looked at the north of the Ming Dynasty.

The little Tatar prince died in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, the Tatar tribes were also hit hard, the whole winter was extremely quiet, unprecedentedly quiet, it is said that the steppe people have retreated for hundreds of miles, and they do not dare to graze near the border at all.

However, Liu Jin knows that the grassland people are like the weeds on the grassland, the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows.

As long as they are given a while, they can slowly recover again, and in a few years, they will be howling steppe wolves again, and they will go south when the time comes.

And hit the Tatars hard, and there was also a varat.

The Tatars have been hit hard and suffered an unprecedented blow, and the Warat side is also ambitious, and is now trying to unify the steppe again, once the Warat unifies the steppe tribes, then the Mongol Empire, which once whipped the world, may resurrect, and then it will be a real headache.

Therefore, we must seize the time and opportunity to create a strong army, whether it is to colonize the world or to conquer all parties, it will not work without the support of a strong army.

There is a very vast land in the north of the Ming Dynasty, a vast grassland, and a more vast Siberia, where the resources are extremely rich, and the woolly bears of later generations are estimated to starve to death if they do not have the resources here.

With such a vast land just to the north of him, how can he leave it alone and finally let the woolly bear occupy it?

"It's easy to fight, but it's hard to govern~"

Liu Jin looked at the map, and his whole person fell into deep thought.

It is not difficult to win against the grassland people, and there are many dynasties in history that have won the victory against the grassland people and made the grassland people submit.

However, the grasslands do not seem to be of much use except for raising cattle and sheep, and the agricultural civilization is inherently unable to adapt to such a nomadic area.

Therefore, although it can be strong for a while, it cannot be strong for a lifetime, and when the dynasty weakens, the steppe people will wait for the opportunity to go south, and history is like a round wheel, and there is no way to jump out of this round wheel.

"Wool~"

"Only this thing can make people see the benefits, the power of trend capital into the grassland, when the time comes, a huge pasture will be encircled on the grassland, and the method of rotational grazing will be adopted, and sheep will be raised specifically to produce wool and be used for weaving."

Soon, Liu Jin thought of something.

Now the textile industry here in the capital is developing extremely rapidly, because of the emergence of new textile machines and looms, which greatly accelerate the efficiency of production.

Large and small textile factories have also sprung up in the capital, and the cloth produced is not only sold well in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, but also sold to Korea and the Japanese country through sea ships.

The rapid development of the textile industry has also brought about a problem, that is, the scarcity of raw materials.

The price of cotton and linen has skyrocketed, and it is often difficult to buy silver, and this year has not yet begun in spring, and people in many places are planning to plant more cotton and hemp.

Wool is used for weaving, which is also made by Liu Jin, and now there are businessmen who go to the grassland to buy wool that no one wants.

"Not only wool, but cotton can also be used~"

"The Hetao area of Ningxia is extremely suitable for the growth of cotton, and here in the Western Regions, it is also very suitable for the growth of cotton, and it seems that the power of capital must be well driven to develop in these places."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin's eyes looked at the Western Regions again, this place that was included in the Chinese territory during the Han Dynasty, but now it is the emperor of Tiangao, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can't control it at all.

The Western Regions is very important here, the geographical location is extremely important, it is the center point of cultural exchanges between China and the West, if it can be occupied here, it can enter Siberia, and the west can go to Central Asia, West Asia, and the south can also go down to South Asia, and even if it does not use the sea route, it can also renew the glory of the Silk Road on the way.

"Well, in the end, it still needs to be supported by a strong army!"

Thinking about it, Liu Jin also shook his head slightly, thinking too much about these things, and he was prone to headaches.

Because the current Ming Dynasty is good at sea, it is better to say that it does not have the ability of the other party to expand on land, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is too weak, relying on the current military system, there is no way to complete these Hongda ideas.

"The compulsory military service system will be implemented in Beizhili as soon as the New Year passes!"