In February of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Niu Jinxing sent more than a dozen ships back to Quanzhou from Sangqi, and after a little rest, he went directly to Tianjin Wei, unloading all the materials at the port of Tianjin, including frankincense and myrrh Chinese medicinal materials, many materials need to be transported to Beijing by inland river boat, as for the steward on the ship, he took the boat directly and left with some samples and intelligence, which Niu Jinxing had already said, and Qi Jin had already reported to Beijing with the post station on the road in Quanzhou with an eight-hundred-mile urgent report.

Zhu Youxiao was already full of hope for Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong's voyage, and had been patiently waiting for their news, Qi Jin's eight-hundred-mile express was much faster than returning the ship, and it reached Beijing in less than ten days, but what he delivered was only news, and there was not much substantive content, which made Zhu Youxiao very happy, full of expectations for the things on the ship, and full of confidence in the great cause of navigation.

The matter of going to sea trade was not studied at the cabinet meeting, it was carried out by Zhu Youxiao himself in the name of the Daming Royal Trading Company, even if it was a huge cost, it was also the Ming Royal Trading House itself, so this matter does not need to be discussed in the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao himself can deal with this matter, and the old antiques in the cabinet will not understand the huge impact of these things in the future, Zhu Youxiao took these people sent back from Sangqi directly to the Huangzhuang near the capital.

Don't talk about it in the cabinet, not all the people in the cabinet don't know, Zhu Youxiao let Sun Chengzong know about this matter, and gave him a detailed introduction, and the princes of the royal family also know about it. Today, Zhu Youxiao found all these people in the know to Huangzhuang and let them understand how big this world is.

There is a long table in the hall, Zhu Youxiao sits on the main seat, Sun Chengzong and some princes sit on both sides, there is a huge world map hanging behind Zhu Youxiao, and the table in front is full of all kinds of overseas specialties, as well as gold and silver, Zhu Youxiao asked everyone to sit down and listen to the people who came back to tell their experiences and experiences.

The returnees tell how to fight pirates on the sea, how to deal with the harsh sea conditions, how to discover the frequent trade of the Portuguese on the sea, how to make huge profits, and the advice of the bull Venus. When he said that he met Chen Qingyun there, the people in the entire hall were a little stunned, but they didn't expect that there were still Huaxia people firmly holding on to their beliefs in such a distant place.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao began his speech: "After listening to these stories, are you very shocked, the small Spaniards and Portuguese with only a few million people can crisscross the sea for one or two hundred years, and our dignified Ming has fallen behind a lot in this regard, which is not only related to the rich land we have, but most importantly related to our inherent way of thinking, so we must also learn again, open our minds, and must join this era of great navigation, To try our best to open up another field of ours, we need to devote our great energy to strive for more living environment and better living environment for our future generations. ”

Zhu Youxiao continued: "The advent of the Age of Discovery means that the distance between the world is getting closer and closer, the exchange of goods around the world is increasing, and it also means that all kinds of new technologies and new ideas will be integrated with each other. ”

"Many of the imperial historians and officials in the cabinet will not understand these things, it is too far away, too difficult, too dangerous for them. But for the royal family, the most core family of the Ming Dynasty, we must always have the awareness of this crisis, and we must think about the way to deal with it. After the establishment of the Ming official school, the most learned there are the members of the royal family, who know the most and have advanced ideas should also be us, I don't know what you think, who wants to say it first? ”

The first person to stand up and speak was Zhu Youxiang, the prince of King Fu, who opened his mouth and asked: "Does the imperial brother mean that you can go overseas now, can I be the first to go?" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Did you do it when I promoted you to the rank of general in the army?" "Zhu Youxiao is generally reluctant to use the words "I and widows".

Zhu Youxiang smiled embarrassedly: "No, they didn't let me go to the front line, for fear that it would be dangerous, so I was only allowed to be a staff officer in the back, maybe next year, then wait until I became a general." After speaking, Zhu Youxiang sat down and waited for the others to speak.

Duanwang Zhu Changhao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, as a child of the royal family, except for Brother Fu Wang, who has already become a vassal member, I am old, and I am willing to contribute to Your Majesty and win glory for the royal family, please arrange it for Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youxiao pointed to the map behind him and introduced it to everyone: "This small island is called Layer Baguo, and the small island to the north of it, where almost the world's cloves are produced, everyone should have seen this kind of thing, which can be used as medicinal herbs and commonly used spices, and now there are only a few indigenous blacks and big cannibals on it, so we want to subdue the blacks, destroy all the big cannibals, occupy the island, and then we can control the production and sales of cloves, which is the most profitable commodity, we must control it." ”

"And here," Zhu Youxiao pointed to the Somali area of later generations, "this place we call it the Wood Bone Dushu, when the Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng He once sent an envoy, here almost the world's frankincense, myrrh, and other spices, which are also our commonly used blood circulation and stasis medicine." This place is similar to the inhabitants of the Layer Pull Country, but the land conditions are not as good as there, but for the sake of frankincense and myrrh, we still have to get it, and we don't need too much area, just be able to control the origin of these two medicinal materials, and we also need a royal disciple to develop here. ”

Among the royal children present, except for the three imperial uncles who had already determined that they needed to go overseas, Zhu Youxiang asked for help on his own, and the others had not yet decided what to do, so after hearing this, Zhu Youxiang's eyes began to shine again, and it seemed that the imperial brother still wanted him to go out for a wandering.

Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao said next: "We don't need to discuss this matter through the cabinet, which means that we must have to bear the consequences alone, so we can't use the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in this dispatch, we can only recruit ourselves, the reason is that the security team, the security team of the Daming Royal Trading Bank and Tenglong Bank, if you want to gain a foothold there, you need at least 5,000 people, so we will recruit veterans who will retire and go home this year, and we will choose more brothers, because we may not be able to come back." ”

"In addition, didn't Brother Song Xian complain that his boss didn't give you a chance? Big brother will let you try it today, if you can recruit these soldiers within a month, you will be the commander of the security army, and the problem of weapons and military salaries will be solved by borrowing from Tenglong Bank. Uncle Duanhuang is in charge of the overall situation, Uncle Huihuang and Uncle Gui assist, how to solve the territory problem, the four of you will discuss it, and I will help you do a good job in logistics and supply, let's see if it's okay? ”

Looking at the expressions of the four of them, Zhu Youxiao was very relieved that the imperial uncles who had been raised as pigs in history gave them the best opportunity today, hoping that they could create a new world.

King Duan said, "In Your Majesty's opinion, where should we start better?" After all, our vision is not as good as Your Majesty's, and if we fail, we will lose our royal people. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "In my opinion, it's better to start from the top, didn't Niu Jinxing say that there is a person from Chen Qingyun there?" When you get there, listen to him and tell me about the situation there, and maybe you can get his help, so things will be much easier. ”

At this time, Sun Chengzong spoke, "My youngest son is also in his twenties, his name is Sun Yuzhi, he just graduated from the Daming Official Academy, can you let him follow Duan Wang Ye to experience it, and be a scholar or something for Duan Wang Ye, I don't know if Duan Wang Ye is willing?" ”

Sun Chengzong's youngest son is a concubine, but this guy is the youngest and the most favored at home, and he has won the true inheritance of Sun Chengzong, and he is a famous outstanding student in the Daming Official Academy, so King Duan is naturally willing.

This plan to enter Africa was decided from the Huangzhuang, which is also the first real step of the Ming Dynasty to go out, with the continuous progress of the Ming businessmen's thinking, the brain is becoming more and more active, since then it has opened the Ming Dynasty to open up overseas a *, here has become the holy land of the Ming overseas population, and this Huangzhuang meeting has become the Ming people issued a clarion call to conquer the world.