Although Yoonhiro did not hear the conversation between Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his eldest son, Ashikaga Yoshinori, he could think of the idea of someone attacking the gold mines of Kanning (Kamchatka) with his toes. Who wouldn't want www.biquge.info a completely open-pit gold mine with a very low cost to mine?

And the fact that a large amount of gold entered Beijing could not be concealed at all, and the envoys of Fanguo in Beijing knew that they would inevitably tell their monarchs when they returned.

Other countries are just that, Fuso and North Korea are in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and they also have the strength to send fleets north, how can they let go of such an open-pit gold mine. There are also those 'maritime merchants' who have some strength, I am afraid they will also go to the north to explore.

Yun Xi also asked Fang Mingqian to set off with the fleet again on the second day of the first month of February. One is to explore the way, and the other is to transport the gold back.

According to Fang Mingqian, this gold mine is very large, although Yun Xi sent three sailors to guard this time, it may not be able to transport all the gold there, and the fleet cannot always be there to guard, it is very likely that some of the gold will fall into the hands of others.

Yun Xi wants to say that it is false not to feel distressed, but he can't help it. There are four guards in the Su domain, and the coastal areas must be guarded by water divisions, and the three guards are already the largest. The Jingwei in Yun Xi's hands has two guards, the left guard of the water division and the right guard of the water division, but Yun Xi only dares to send out one guard, and he always has to leave one guard as a mobile force.

However, if the gold falls into the hands of maritime merchants, it may not be a good thing if it falls into the hands of North Korea or Fuso.

Inflation does not only occur in the era of paper money, in history before 1644, the Manchu Qing Dynasty plundered countless gold, silver and jewelry, but because the productivity of the Northeast was very backward at that time, there was serious inflation, in the north of the Guannei almost one tael of silver and one stone of grain was sold in the Northeast to twenty taels of stone, many ordinary flag people had to do the work of wrapping clothes.

Daming itself has a large economy, and the impact of hundreds of thousands of taels of gold entering the market is still small, but Yun Xi is still very cautious, for fear of causing prices to rise, and more than 400,000 taels of gold are placed in the warehouse.

With the scale of the economies of North Korea and Fuso, gold cannot be distributed equally to the entire population, but will be controlled by a very small number of people, which is likely to cause prices to rise wildly, and a large number of ordinary people, even middle- and lower-level bureaucrats and samurai, will live in poverty or even go bankrupt.

Therefore, Yun Xi sometimes hopes that a certain country in North Korea or Fuso will get a lot of gold to verify the economic theories he has learned in his previous life.

As for the exploration of paths and the establishment of settlements, it was mainly in preparation for the next step in the discovery of the Americas. The last time Fang Mingqian led the fleet to the Bering Strait, it was the end of August and the beginning of September of the lunar calendar, and it was already very cold. This time, Yun Xi planned to let him explore the Bering Strait at the hottest time in the Northern Hemisphere, that is, in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, in preparation for the next trip along the continental shelf to the Americas.

Indeed, even if you don't take the continental shelf route, you can definitely reach the American continent by heading east from the capital and replenishing Yokohama. At this time, although there was no means to accurately measure longitude, the latitude could be accurately measured, and there was no need to worry about deviation when sailing east-west.

(See the first chronicle of the 48th volume of the "Yuan History", during the time of Kublai Khan, the latitude of a series of places from Qiongzhou to Lake Baikal was measured)

The problem is that Yun Xi knows that there must be a continent 20,000 miles east from Yokohama, and the others don't know. A soldier is not an NPC, he will do whatever you ask him to do; There are too few islands in the North Pacific to serve as transit points. Even if Yun Xi reluctantly let the fleet go to sea, they would definitely not follow Yun Xi's order to sail directly to the east.

Therefore, we can only honestly take the continental shelf route.

After Yun Xi officially gave the order for Fang Mingqian to lead the fleet to sea, he looked at the map of the North Sea (Okhotsk Sea) and further north regions that he had drawn according to his memory and Fang Mingqian's exploration last year, and said softly: "Next time, next time, we will send a fleet to discover America." ”

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At this time, the Daming Water Division in Huating County was full of people. The officers and soldiers of the three guards were lining up to board the ship under the command of thousands of households and hundreds of households, and the commanders of each guard were chatting and laughing with the generals of the Zhejiang Prefecture and the military generals of the Right Army Governor's Mansion who came to see them off.

Zhang Yi, the Left Governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, smiled at Fang Mingqian and said, "Brother Fang, this time I led my troops to Jinning, how much gold do you plan to bring back to Your Majesty?" ”

Fang Mingqian also smiled: "Lord Zhang, there are a lot more ships this time than last time, and it is estimated that you can always bring back seventy or eighty thousand catties of gold." ”

Xu Zengshou said with a little sarcasm: "Last time I brought back 30,000 catties of gold, Lord Fang added the title of Marquis, and this time I brought back more gold, I can probably add the title of the Duke of the Kingdom." ”

Xu Zengshou was a little disdainful of Fang Mingqian, thinking that he was just lucky to be crowned a marquis, and he was very unconvinced.

Of course, Fang Mingqian understood what Xu Zengshou meant, and he also knew that there were many people in the entire Five Armies Governor's Mansion who thought like this, so he just smiled faintly and said, "Brother Xu, I am indeed lucky to be crowned Marquis by His Majesty Longen." It's a shame to be in vain. ”

Xu Zengshou was about to say something, but was interrupted by Xu Huizu: "Okay, the auspicious time has come, Brother Fang, hurry up and ask the host of the City God Temple to come over and hold a sea sacrifice ceremony." ”

"I heard that in recent years, there have been more and more people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who envelope Tianfei Niangniang (Mazu)? There is a Mazu temple outside the Shanghai City? Let the host of the Mazu Temple come over to worship the sea and ask for peace of mind. ”

Fang Mingqian saw that it was indeed time, and hurriedly beckoned the city god to come over to worship the sea, and prepared to go to sea.

When everyone dispersed, Xu Huizu said to Xu Zengshou: "What did you sarcastically do to Fang Mingqian just now, to provoke enemies for our Xu family?" ”

Xu Zengshou immediately said: "Big brother, I have no such intention. Just thought that he had discovered a gold mine and added the title of marquis, and his heart was unbalanced. ”

"Even if it's unbalanced, you have to endure it! Although the Fang family is not very powerful, they can't be offended at will. What's more, Fang Mingqian had already teased himself just now, do you still want to be unforgiving? You have not only offended Fang Mingqian, but also offended all the officers and soldiers of the three guards who went to sea this time, and it will also make Your Majesty feel uncomfortable. No matter how powerful our Xu family is, we can't help but provoke enemies like this. Xu Huizu taught.

Xu Zengshou knew that what Xu Huizu said was reasonable, and he didn't dare to refute it, but he still muttered.

Seeing him like this, Xu Huizu said: "I also know your thoughts, isn't it that I have not been knighted and I am unwilling!" ”

"If you really want to be knighted, apply to go to the Yongvassal Kingdom in the Northeast, or the Pu Domain to be the left minister. The eldest brother looked at it, and sooner or later His Majesty would knight the left prime minister there. ”

Xu Zengshou said: "Go and go." After returning to Beijing in two days, I applied to go to the Yongvan Kingdom to be the left minister. ”