In November of the forty-fourth year of orthodoxy, Taisun Zhu Jianshen finally completed his journey to Dongzhou, from the east coast of Dongzhou, bypassing the southernmost corner, and returning to the west coast.

In the city of Tangzhou, he will set sail for Middle-earth, together with a fleet of ships carrying gold, brass, saltpeter.

The location of Tangzhou City is the later city of Antofagasta, Chile, a desert city located by the sea, which is extremely desolate.

However, it is the largest resource base of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, for this fiefdom, many princes competed for a long time, and only then did Zhu Qigang, the king of Tang, who had the same father and mother as the prince, compete for this area.

This desert on one side and desert on the other may seem desolate, but it is home to the richest gold and copper mines in the world, and the world's largest natural saltpeter mine in the region.

Although due to the development of the chemical industry, saltpeter can also be synthesized by chemical synthesis, and the demand for saltpeter is no longer unique.

However, the cost of synthetic saltpeter is still not high compared to natural saltpeter. At present, more than 90% of the saltpeter mines needed by Daming are still natural saltpeter.

In the territory of Tangzhou Prefecture, two open-pit copper-gold mines and one saltpeter mine have been developed, and these three super mines alone can feed hundreds of thousands of people in the territory.

And the three super mines have also brought huge returns to Tang Wangfu, if it were not for the development of local agricultural self-sufficiency, a lot of money has been invested, their life would be even better.

Here, Zhu Jianshen also felt a warmer welcome than other state capitals, and Uncle Tang Wang's closeness to his nephew was not hidden at all.

Tangzhou Mansion is a force that Zhu Jianshen wants to win over very much, unlike other state capitals, there are still a large number of civilian classes.

In the territory of Tangzhou, there are only three port cities, three open-pit mines, and three railway lines.

Because of the geographical relationship, there is very little arable land here, and there are few natives, so they mainly rely on trade for food.

The local people are mainly naval soldiers, guards of the Tang Palace, as well as soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Transshipment Department and their families.

There are also natives who work in the three mines, and almost all of them are soldiers.

For this reason, the local government was almost non-existent, and the imperial court only let the Admiral's Office in charge of local civil affairs in the south of Dongzhou.

Compared with other palaces, the Tang Palaces had greater autonomy and a stronger army.

However, what makes Zhu Jianshen regret is that Tangzhou Mansion is too far away from Daming, almost on the other side of the world.

Even King Tang kept saying that he would support his nephew no matter what, but he couldn't reach it.

Of course, Zhu Jianshen didn't expect to rely on the support of King Tang to ascend to the throne, and the only one who could decide this matter was the emperor's grandfather.

After walking a long circle in Dongzhou, passing through more than half of the prince's fiefdoms, Zhu Jianshen also really knew the background of the Ming Dynasty in Dongzhou.

The strength and stability of Dongzhou are based on the sparse population and strong force here, which is a paradox, Zhu Jianshen didn't understand it originally, but now he really understands.

A sparse population is not a good thing, though, because in today's society, population is the foundation of strength.

However, because of the sparse population of Dongzhou, all the soldiers who came to Dongzhou at the beginning formed a strong ruling structure here.

And the Ming Dynasty was not short of manpower at the beginning, because there were 30 million natives here, and they made great contributions to the development of Dongzhou under the organization of the Ming Dynasty.

Forty years on, the number of native natives has dropped by nearly a third due to the virus brought about by the increase in foreign populations, as well as mining and natural deaths.

And the new natives, under the status advantage of the various palaces and soldiers, most of them already have the blood of the Ming people.

They already account for one-third of the 30 million indigenous people.

According to the current trend, in another 40 years, newborns with Ming blood can account for more than half of the total population.

At that time, Zhu Zhanji's goal could be regarded as truly achieved.

Compared with Zhongzhou, Dongzhou has a huge gap in culture, economy, and science and technology.

But at the political level, the East Continent is the same as the Middle Continent. And on the military side, the military is also more controlling.

Whether a country is strong or not is mainly concentrated in these five aspects.

Therefore, although the development of Dongzhou is uneven, it still has strong strength with the support of Zhongzhou.

Through the control of the economy and the leadership of science and technology, Zhongzhou will not have to worry about Dongzhou becoming a hidden danger for a long period of time.

Just when Zhu Jianshen was about to return to Zhongzhou, the technical team sent by the imperial court to Dongzhou came to Tangzhou City, and they brought more than 1,000 radio stations, so that all the palaces and official offices in Dongzhou could also directly receive orders from the center.

The advent of the wireless telegraph machine allowed the instructions of the imperial court to be conveyed at the first time, and the opening of the radio station allowed the army and the people of Dongzhou to understand the center's every move.

Under such circumstances, there is no need to worry about anyone being able to deceive and deceive the people in the middle and bring the people to rebel.

As the grandson of Zhu Jianshen, he is very happy to hear about this.

He tried to communicate with the imperial grandfather in the palace, and then received an order from Zhu Zhanji, asking him not to return to Zhongzhou directly from the Ming Ocean, but to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Xizhou, and then return to Zhongzhou from Xizhou through the South Sea.

Of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is to let him go to Xizhou and put pressure on the Jin and Han palaces, so that they can successfully complete the relocation according to the will of the imperial court.

Zhu Jianshen also knew at this time that his worries had long been in the plan of the imperial grandfather, in order to allow him to control the overall situation smoothly, the imperial grandfather had decided to take action against the Han Wangfu and the Jin Wangfu, which had some tails that could not be shaken off.

At the same time, the Dongzhou fleet also received Zhu Zhanji's order, and Yang Dao sent a fleet of ten warships to prepare to escort Zhu Jianshen to Xizhou.

Zhu Zhanji's fleet originally had 6,000 men and 14 ships, but now it has more than 10,000 troops, 20 first-class warships, and two flagships.

After crossing the southernmost corner of the South Continent of Dongzhou, this huge fleet followed the counterclockwise South Atlantic Current and arrived at Jinju City in the southernmost corner of Xizhou after more than a month of sailing.

At this time, the Jin Mansion and the Han Mansion were already under the pressure of Xie Yun step by step, and they had lost their ground.

In Xizhou, the Jin Wangfu and the Han Wangfu should also be viewed separately and not simply as an interest group.

In fact, in many ways, the powerful Han Wangfu has been bullying the Jin Wangfu.

Taking the slave trade as an example, at the beginning of the division of power, the Han Wangfu was responsible for clearing the Kunlun slaves on the east coast, while the Jin Wangfu was responsible for the west coast.

However, the sphere of influence of the Han Dynasty has become larger and larger, occupying the central Western Continent, and the sphere of influence has extended to the west coast.

In the Songhai Kingdom (Nigeria) on the west coast, which is the most populous area of Kunlunnu, in order to rob Kunlunnu in this area, there were many conflicts between the two royal palaces, and even several lawsuits were brought to Zhu Zhanji.

Compared with the Han Palace, the Jin Palace's blood relationship with the royal family is more distant.

The father and son of the second-generation Jin king Zhu Jixi and the third-generation Jin king Zhu Meigui were imprisoned by Zhu Jixi for several years, and both father and son were timid and afraid of things.

The reason why they were able to develop in Xizhou was actually mainly due to the Li family of the Cao State Mansion.

In the fourth generation of Jin King Zhu Zhongxuan, although he is stronger than his father, the weak momentum of the Jin Palace, he cannot change it all at once.

In the face of the aggressive Han Wangfu, he will still choose to calm things down most of the time.

Each royal family has different nobles, and all the sons and daughters of the nobles have to grow up in Zhongzhou and receive education, but the vassal king can only stay in the fiefdom, and only after receiving the holy decree can he enter Beijing.

Zhu Zhongxuan grew up in Xizhou since he was a child, and he has only been to Beijing twice in total, and he has met Zhu Zhanji twice, he is not familiar with Zhu Zhanji, and he is not clear about the character of this uncle.

The alienation between the feudal palace and the center was deliberately done by the imperial family in order to prevent them from colluding with officials and becoming a hidden danger.

But this also made many feudal kings often become timid and afraid because they couldn't clearly understand the style of the royal family, and Zhu Zhongxuan is a typical example.

In the past, in the face of the Han Palace, he chose to back down, and more often launched the Li family to fight with the Han Palace.

But this time, the imperial court seemed to be going to make a move against the Jin Wangfu and the Han Wangfu, which made him a little panicked.

When Zhu Jianshen arrived, he was like a life-saving straw and hugged Zhu Jianshen's thighs tightly.

For Zhu Jianshen, he didn't expect that the Jin Wangfu was such a style, he came to Xizhou, and was not only offered by this imperial uncle, but also obeyed him.

This threat in his heart didn't seem to need to be cared about at all.

After learning about what Yun did in Xizhou, he had a clearer understanding of the situation in Xizhou, and he also appreciated this cadre even more.

After staying in Jinju for less than ten days, Zhu Jianshen set off by land and set off for the Golden City.

And in the Golden City, Xie Yun, who has been out for more than a year, is also waiting for Zhu Jianshen's arrival, and then completely solve the problem of Xizhou.

At the beginning, he regarded the problems of the Han Wangfu and the Jin Wangfu as very serious, and thought that it might take a lot of thought to solve their hidden dangers.

But when he really came to Xizhou and saw the actual situation here, he had already removed the threat of the Jin Wangfu, leaving only the Han Wangfu family.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in the southern corner and southwest of Xizhou occupied by the Jin Palace, as long as the army of the Golden City is dispatched, plus the navy is dispatched, the Jin Wangfu will have nowhere to escape.

The Han Wangfu is different, they not only occupy the east coast, but also the west coast, their territory is more than four million square kilometers, and with only tens of thousands of soldiers, they can't completely submit them at all.

Therefore, today's Han Wangfu is still relatively tough, and it has not bowed to him.

But the Han Wangfu didn't know that they had taken the trouble to bring in seven palaces from Nanzhou, and wanted to use the interests of joint mining to make them their allies, which was actually in the hands of Xie Yun.

Xie Yun has been waiting for a good opportunity, and Zhu Jianshen's arrival is such a good opportunity.

"Your Royal Highness, the situation in Xizhou is mainly these at present, and now everything is easy to say in the Jin Palace, and the area they actually control is only the southern corner of Xizhou, and in most other areas, the orders of the Jin Palace's Mansion have not yet been used by the Cao Guo Mansion, let alone the imperial court official mansion.

But the Han Mansion is different, their current private soldiers far exceed the permission of the imperial court, although most of the soldiers are not registered, but as long as we have a household registration check, we can greatly weaken the power of the Han Palace. ”

Zhu Jianshen listened to Xie Yun's introduction of all the situation, and thanked Xie Yun for clasping his fists before saying, "So how should the King of Han deal with other palaces today?" The emperor's name cannot be corrupted on them. ”

Xie Yun said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, behind this matter, there is also our force, otherwise, how can the Han Palace's Mansion directly contact the major palaces of the Southern Continent." For the Han Palace, their purpose was to try to win over the palace to become their help. However, His Majesty did not want to weaken the strength of the palace, but only wanted to weaken the strength of the Han Palace.

There are only two palaces in Xizhou, but there are fifteen in the Nanzhou Continent, and the gap is too big. They are now co-opting Ning Wangfu and other seven royal mansions, thinking that they are arm help, but according to His Majesty's intentions, they just moved Ning Wangfu and their families to Xizhou to fight with Han Wangfu. ”

"Has the Imperial Ancestor decided to let those families move over?"

"It wasn't determined before, but now, since King Ning and they like to come to Xizhou to open mines so much, let them come over, and only eight princes' mansions will be left in Nanzhou, so that Xizhou will become nine. It can balance the power of each family. ”

Zhu Jianshen said with a long sigh: "Since the bachelor has a comprehensive plan, Lone is naturally also dispatched by the bachelor, what should I do, listen to the bachelor." ”

When Xie Yun looked at the second assistant Peng beside him, the two of them glanced at each other and smiled, but Xie Yun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Zhu Jianshen said this in front of Peng Shi, although he showed that he valued himself, but there was a gap between the two bachelors, or there was competition.

This is not what Xie Yun is willing to see, after all, they have dissolved the family, starting from their ancestors, the first rule of the ancestral training is to be loyal to the king and not to participate in the succession battle.

Zhu Jianshen thought that he was helping him, but in fact, he was just doing what His Majesty ordered.

At this time, he clasped his fists at Peng Shi and said, "What is the best plan for Lord Cifu?" ”

Peng Shi said with a smile: "The old minister thinks that His Royal Highness has finally come to Xizhou, and the matter of dealing with the Han Wangfu can be delayed a little, but it is important to meet the meritorious soldiers and then make an appearance in front of the elite soldiers and strong generals of the Golden City." ”

Xie Yun hurriedly said, "That's how it should be...... Later, Sunan, the governor of the Golden City, came to visit His Highness, and it was good to hear his arrangements. ”

Zhu Jianshen said: "This golden city has been famous for a long time, and it is rare to come here, not only the soldiers and soldiers should see it, but also the miners here." ”

Peng Shi shook his head and said: "Your Highness, don't forget, the miners here are not Dongzhou, they are mainly Sinicized natives, and they are all eunuchs Kunlun slaves as miners!" ”

Zhu Jianshen's face flushed, knowing that he wanted to perform, but he was a little anxious. Originally, he also knew that most of the Kunlun slaves were in the mines here, but now he forgot about it all of a sudden.

But he quickly remedied. "Lonely has just arrived, let's listen to the arrangement of Governor Su and the two bachelors! There are occasions when it is necessary to come forward alone, and it is necessary to be alone. ”

(When I returned from a business trip, I was tired and rushed to 4,000 words...... ）