There is not much in the southern part of the Philippines, except that there are many islands, all kinds of islands, all kinds of islands of different sizes.

In good weather conditions, the fleet didn't even need to go to special exploration, the lookout could see the land from a distance while standing on the mast, and in the next two months, Li Yuanjing continued to send people to land on those uninhabited islands to explore.

And the people sent by the family gate valve also began to participate, and after landing on the barren islands, they can be described as nervous and disappointed.

Nervous is that they are afraid that they will miss out on the best place for their own reasons, and disappointed to find that all the islands are basically the same after landing.

The vegetation and animals are quite lush, and they are simply surrounded by a circle, and the place is not small, but it is still a little small compared to a county in Datang.

Eating these islands is not a problem for them, and it is enough to even rely on the land in their hands to exchange it.

But in the same way, these islands are too small, which will restrict their development in the future, that is, the place is so big, the upper limit of development potential is there, and it can be seen now, let alone in the future.

Of course, nominally this area can be given to them, but there are some places that must not be allowed, such as some strategic points, these must be in the hands of the imperial court, and in the future, garrisons will also be sent for surveillance, once these feudal kings have a change, this will become a bridgehead for landing operations.

The fleet departed from Haizhou in early March, traveled south along the mainland, then to the Ryukyus, then south along the Ryukyus to Luzon, and then south along Luzon, exploring hundreds of large and small islands south of Luzon.

However, Li Yuanjing did not know the names of these islands, so he replaced them with numbers, each number corresponded to a general topographical map and a detailed description, of course, Li Yuanjing also had a complete map in his hand, from which the location of each island could be clearly seen.

Compared with the records in the Tang Dynasty documents, it is much clearer and more intuitive, and in the past, the Tang Dynasty, or the location of a certain location recorded in ancient books is very devastating, for example, the recorded Wa Kingdom is thousands of miles east of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more places in the east of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more places than one Wa State.

All the way down, the time has come to the end of July, and there are only two months left before the scheduled return time, but even if you return the same way, there is more time to spare.

Of course, Li Yuanjing naturally couldn't go back the same way, this time the goal was to go around the South China Sea, in fact, Li Yuanjing was still a little depressed, he had spent so much effort, and it was one or two hundred miles away from the seaside of his country......

"Your Highness, there is another big island in front of you, it looks like it's bigger than Island No. 1!" Cheng Chumo shouted excitedly, he was used to seeing small islands, and suddenly there was a big island that couldn't be seen at a glance, not to mention that this feeling was quite refreshing.

The big island in front of you is called Kalimantan, which is the third largest island in the world, but the climate and environment on it are a bit disgusting.

However, this has something to do with development, in the early years, the southern part of Datang was better than here, and the rainforest was full of miasma, but with the frequent human activities and the advancement of development progress, it will gradually become more suitable for human survival.

"If this place can be taken by the imperial court, the deterrent effect on those princes will be even stronger! It's a pity! Ma Zhou shook his head helplessly.

"What a pity? Wouldn't it be over if you just took it down? Cheng Chumo said with a big grin.

"The imperial court wants to go all out to develop Island No. 1, if you want to speed up the progress, the labor required is probably more than one million people, how much energy do you think Datang still has to invest another million people here to develop?" Ma Zhou said.

Overseas development burns money, and it takes a few years for such a development to come out, and you want to rely on labor to solve it? The time has just come to the beach, so the court must have enough funds to support the wages of these laborers, and also have to consider food and drink.

Don't look at the fact that Datang has built a lot of gold, silver and copper mines on the peninsula, and has also begun to promote a new monetary system on a small scale, but that is to a certain extent to make up for the loophole of Datang's copper money shortage, and the existing amount of funds is far from reaching the point of developing so many places at the same time.

"You may not have to develop a place when you see it, as long as you set up a military camp here, whether it is developed or not, this is the territory of Datang!" Li Yuanjing smiled.

If Datang insists on development, he has no opinion, anyway, he does not advocate development.

Don't look at the island is very large, but compared to Luzon, the land here is too barren, and there are not many natural resources, in Li Yuanjing's words, it is not there development value here, but it will slow down the speed of Datang.

It is enough to send troops here to train and live, and to maintain deterrence from the perimeter.

"What a waste of not developing such a large place......"

However, while the crowd was arguing, as the fleet got closer to the island, the steamships that had gone to explore brought the latest results.

There may be a state presence on the island......

This news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Cheng Chumo and others, and the basic policy of this voyage is to only explore uninhabited islands, and if they encounter islands with national existence, they will become friendly visits to prepare for the follow-up.

Although at this time, even if they directly send troops to attack and occupy this place, no one will crusade against them, but Datang does not have this energy, and the fleet also does not have this energy.

"The officials of the Ministry of Rites have finally come in handy......" Li Yuanjing said with a smile.

This time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were quite embarrassed, they have been out for a few months, and they have been to many places, but they have met the natives, but the problem is that there is no existence of a country, exchanges? If it doesn't exist, you can see it, but when people go to the deep mountains and old forests, you can't see it, where can you communicate?

Therefore, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have traveled for so long at public expense, although this trip is very tiring......

Next, the fleet continued to move at a constant speed, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for the landing visit, and this kind of state-to-state exchange, they were naturally at the expert level.

What can be done, what can be done can show the majesty of Datang, and what can not be done, which will damage Datang's face, they are very clear in their hearts.

In order to show his identity, the officials of the Ministry of Rites even took out the holy decree prepared in advance.

In order to cooperate with the voyage visit, the fleet brought a full twenty blank holy decrees, which were printed with the seals of each yamen, but it was not so easy to use the holy decrees, and it was necessary to obtain the consent of Li Yuanjing and the family gatekeepers, which was also a way of checking and balancing power.

However, after landing, everyone was dumbfounded, looking at everything in front of them, many officials of the Ministry of Rites who had read poetry and books had a feeling that they didn't know how to start......