With the arrival of a large number of personnel and fleets, the manpower was very rich, and of course, in terms of exploration, he began to be much bolder, exploring along the coastline, on land and water, and gradually figuring out this place.

It's really a big place, and the exploration fleet was right at all, and if it's an island, it's a very large island.

In the fleet, there are geological experts, they can judge the probability of the continent according to the rock formation, as well as the other conditions of the entire land, and a lot of evidence has been found so far, even if this is not a land, if it is an island, it is also an island close to the mainland, and there are obvious continental characteristics.

The scattered fleet, after almost 20 days of exploration, of course, the strength of the more people, with the joint efforts of everyone, finally completed the entire exploration process, the cumulative voyage of more than 3,000 kilometers, this is a single direction, the two directions combined, almost 6,000 kilometers, that is to say, this coastline has more than 6,000 kilometers, or has not found the end, which has proved that this is a continent.

Of course, let's take a look at it first, and slowly explore in the future, and along the way, I found some things, such as the existence of suitable as a port, and the trajectory of some human activities.

Obviously, there are people here, and this can also prove a point, but it can't be completely proved, Hainan, Ryukyu, there are people on it, and the same is true for Hokkaido and Jeju Island, these islands close to the mainland, even if the natural conditions are not necessarily good, but they can have exchanges, and some people go to the island and continue to exist and multiply.

The language barrier, you must not be able to contact, their people, for the entire continent, still have a little less, if you really tell Zhao Xin, this is an Indian country with a strong civilization, once there is a conflict, the other party will have an advantage in the local battle.

Quietly enter the village, don't shoot, if this is America, they just want to occupy a small position in some less important places, and then, it is to build, build their own defensive positions, and make themselves strong, and then they will have contact with the Americas, and when the time comes, whether it is attack or defense, they can be at ease.

In 20 days, the support of the follow-up base also came, such a huge island, even if it is just an island, must also be valued by the Dinghai Navy, and when the forward base has poured out, the follow-up supplies will of course come.

The arrival of at least 500 Spanish galleons, 3 regiments of regular soldiers, and a large number of laborers and supplies gave a sufficient impetus to the whole development work, and built a temporary port near the location where they were first discovered, which, once completed, would serve as an important connection point in the future.

It is with sufficient personnel support and material support that the exploration of the Dinghai Navy has gone smoothly, and now, everything has begun to speed up.

The soldiers of the 4 regiments, who could be a little bolder, not only controlled the most important heights, but also controlled the surrounding commanding heights, almost controlling an area of about 10 square kilometers, and the coastline was about 4 kilometers.

When the follow-up personnel arrived, they did not build a fortress, there was no need for that, the fortress can be said to be the strongest defensive building in the era of cold weapons, but in the era of hot weapons, it may not be enough.

Of course, in this era, those who have thermal weapons can only have a fixed navy, and they don't have to worry about the attack with thermal weapons.

If the wall is poured with a concrete structure, under the premise of being high enough, in addition to the shape is not as prominent as the fortress, the strength of everyone can be used, but in front of the Dinghai Navy with machine guns and artillery, the effect is almost the same.

The biggest advantage of the steel structure is that the construction is relatively fast, as long as there is enough steel and manpower, it can be completed in a short time, even if there are no walls around, as long as the first layer of the wall is completed, there will be enough defense, and then gradually improve it.

Under the arch of the field troops, at least 400 steel structures began to be built in their safe areas, the first batch of 40 was built, and troops have been stationed in them, their location is more suitable than those high grounds, and the steel buildings and the firing boundary together form a solid defensive line, enough to wrap everything in it.

To this extent, it can be regarded as a temporary foothold, but the follow-up construction is still continuing, and with the transmission of news, the first exploration team, the second, and the third, a total of 3,000 Spanish sailing ships will be mobilized, and the previous ones will also return, obtain materials from the follow-up base, and continue to be transported here.

While the advance base of the Dinghai Navy was frantically building on the American continent, a special relay was being carried out in the Pacific Ocean.

A ship, if from one end of the Pacific Ocean to another section, this is too expensive, long-term high-speed sailing, for everyone is also very stressful, in some key information, and can not go slowly, so choose a similar land 800 miles expedited way.

However, it is slightly different, changing people and ships, things are not changed, and at the same time, it will also be copied and spread, this news needs to be sent to most of the bases of the entire exploration fleet, and it is fast enough to use such a relay method.

Generally speaking, the clipper boat can ensure a speed of more than 18 knots, so that the speed per hour is about 32 kilometers per hour, 10 hours a day is guaranteed, that is, 320 kilometers, if it is strengthened a little more, 16 hours, it is close to 500 kilometers.

The danger at night is increased, and it is not suitable for high-speed sailing, but if you choose a reasonable direction and choose 500 kilometers as a basis, more than 10,000 kilometers may be delivered in less than 30 days.

In fact, the fastest speed was set before, and it took 20 ships to relay and arrive at Huludao in less than 20 days, sending key information.

The discovery of suspected America, or a huge island very close to the Americas, this is definitely not a trivial matter, and it is also the news that Zhao Xin has always paid attention to, and it must be sent to Zhao Xin as soon as possible.

In this way, even for the sake of insurance, 2 groups of ships were used, and they set off one day short.

Everything went smoothly on the road, under the premise of the crazy relay, it took a total of 23 days to send it to Huludao, and from Huludao, it was much more convenient, there was a steam train to pass, this one is the highest level of package, of course, it was sent all the way to the palace.

Zhao Xin received the package as soon as possible, and after seeing the things on the package, he was immediately overjoyed.

Although it is still suspicious in the telling, Zhao Xin can basically determine that this should be the Aleutian Peninsula, because on the American continent, near this side of the Pacific Ocean, there are not such huge islands, more than 1 million square kilometers, it must be a continent, it cannot be an island, and there are no such large islands in the whole of North America.

In order to explore the Americas, Zhao Xin has paid a lot, and in recent years, the forced implementation of the exploration of the Americas has cost many manpower and material resources, and how many disputes have been caused.

Next, it is necessary to determine the shipping route, and at the same time, a large number of troops must be sent to ensure safety, and some American crops also need to be brought back, once these things are returned, there will be direct benefits for the Dinghai Navy.

I don't know if it's grown in the north of the Americas, but if it is, it will save a lot of things if it comes directly from the north of the Americas, without exploring to the south.

Historically, the description of the Indians, because of the extinction of the Western colonizers, can no longer be found, where the Indians are distributed, and what are the plantings, this, Zhao Xin does not know much, fortunately, with contact, everything can be unveiled after arriving on the North American continent, and the answer can be found.

Although, according to the exploration fleet, it is not sure whether this is an island or a land, whether it is a real discovery of America, and wants to wait until it is confirmed before rewarding.

But for Zhao Xin, he now needs to present awards to these lucky people who have worked hard for the waterway, even if they do not play a vital role, but this leader and pioneer must be guaranteed, which is not an exaggeration.

For the time being, Zhao Xin did not make a big fanfare, a distance of more than 10,000 miles, for the vast majority of people, at the end of the earth, in their cognition, there is some deviation, in their opinion, how much profit there is.

Of course, if Zhao Xin focuses on gold and silver, the gold and silver of the Americas are the best in the whole world, starting from the great discovery of navigation, the world's silver has gradually increased, and a large amount of gold and silver has been brought to China by the trade deficit, which is also the root of the general equivalent after the Ming Dynasty, silver, otherwise, there is not much silver in the whole of China, and it cannot be used as this at all.

Dinghai is now implementing Dinghai currency, which will be gradually converted into paper money in the future, which reduces the demand for gold and silver, gold and silver in addition to the general equivalent, other uses are relatively small, maybe the future with others trade will be used, but in the present, the role is not great.

The role of the Americas is the plants of the Americas, the three high-yield crops, rubber, tobacco, and many vegetation and cash crops in the primeval forests of South America, which are really lasting things, unlike gold and silver, their value is suddenly exploding, rather than lasting manifestation.

History proves that Portugal and Spain obtained a large amount of gold and silver in the Americas, but these gold and silver were exchanged for luxury goods and things, and the two countries lived happily for a long time, but after that, there was not enough foundation and strength, once the strength was exhausted, it was a piece of chicken feathers, and perhaps later, you could eat a series of old books, and it was just the same as eating old books.

Just like the Netherlands, which later declined, clinging to Indonesia and Spain also controlling the Philippines, one was beaten by the United States and the other was beaten by Japan, all of them tore off their masks and became weak and unbearable, and they used to have a little influence in the world, but after that, they were all marginalized.

Zhao Xin, who came from later generations, is very aware of this, compared with the gold and silver obtained directly, only these high-value cash crops are the real foundation, once successfully planted in China, in a long historical period, China no longer has to worry about the problem of food, can follow the current step to explode the population.

China is different from foreign countries, from ancient times to the present, that is, there are many sons and many blessings, even if there is no rule of the navy, there is no various welfare status of the navy, but the rate of population explosion will be very fast, generally speaking, the world is a little peaceful, there is no war for one or two hundred years, and the population will naturally recover.

This is what is said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, because of the relationship between land annexation and war dynasty change, China's population has been oscillating between 10 million and 50 million, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, and after that, because of the increase in various technical means and the increase in land area, the Song Dynasty reached its peak, exceeding 100 million people.

If there is no major turmoil, this population of more than 100 million is already the limit of the population that can be accommodated on the ground of the whole of China.

However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emergence of high-yield crops from the Americas, and the forced cultivation of the Qing Dynasty, this had the basis for the population explosion, and China's population stabilized.

This is the foundation, if there are such three high-yield crops in the Americas, it can reverse the state of the whole of China, so that the Dinghai Navy does not have to worry about food in a short period of time. ，

Zhao Xin promoted the development of the Dinghai Navy in the process, the population occupies a very important position, from the later generations of 1.3 billion Zhao Xin, feel that the current population of more than 100 million, is nothing at all, land annexation, food crisis, at least for the time being, in the reasonable development of land, and scientific planting under the premise, grain production more than doubled, this is not much of a problem, from this, before the population of the Dinghai Navy expanded 4 times, do not have to worry about the problem of food.

Dinghai has enough time, slowly wait for the population to grow, now after the development, and then consider the problem of food, now found the Americas, North America three high-yield crops obtained, it is only a matter of time, after finding the three major products, and in the Dinghai successfully cultivated, and then large-scale planting, with 3-5 years to popularize, and then after the promotion, let the Dinghai Navy's food products, get multiplied, and then for a long time, do not have to worry about the contradiction between population growth and food.