However, there are those who are willing to stay and create a new world, and there are even more who hesitate.

Most of today's clan members are lazy and greedy for life and afraid of death. Although they will not be allowed to come alone, since they will definitely be equipped with corresponding guards and civilians here, they are still unwilling to work hard to cultivate fields and mines.

Zhu Zhanji was not in a hurry to force them, because the purpose of coming this time was just to let them see the overseas wind and moon, and not let them feel that all overseas were barbarian lands.

In Star City, it was divided into two groups, and Wang Jinghong took about 30,000 people to the West first. In Star City, a few thousand people were left to continue to garrison and build the new city, so Zhu Zhanji's main exploration team now is about 70,000 people.

The expedition team allocated 18,000 people, tens of thousands of people remained on the ship, and the other 40,000 people all went ashore to build an improvised base on the shore.

This base will not be in use for the time being, so the main task is to level the land, build the dock, and then there is a major task to build a water reservoir.

Because of the mountainous area to the west of the city, Brisbane is one of the three major water sources in Australia after Sydney and Melbourne.

There are two large rivers estuary, and in Nanzhou, where there is a lack of drinking water, it can be described as a treasure of feng shui.

Zhu Zhanji's chosen landing site was in Newsted, east of the city centre of Brisbane, a hilly area between two rivers.

There weren't many large trees, no large animals, and with the infiltration of two rivers, the soldiers dug less than two meters deep before groundwater was already popping up.

Although the water here is a bit alkaline and not very good, the same is true for the water further upstream, unless you go to the mountains to get water.

But when I got there, the big ship couldn't get in at all, and it was very inconvenient to get in and out, so I had to settle down.

More than 5,000 soldiers worked together to dig this reservoir very large, and in less than five days, more than 50,000 square meters of soil were dug up and a hill was piled up next to the reservoir.

This also means that the storage capacity of this reservoir exceeds 50,000 cubic meters.

After the cistern was dug up, the sand was still pulled from the beach by boat and covered with the bottom of the cistern.

In order to prevent water spoilage, a drainage outlet was dug at the lowest point to allow the seepage water to flow.

Zhu Zhanji put his interest in building a base, so the task of contacting the natives here was naturally assigned to Zheng He.

And Zheng He is indeed more suitable for this job than Zhu Zhanji, his personality is gentle, and his patience is also very good, and it is most suitable to come into contact with these natives.

On the fifth day after the expedition departed, some native representatives were brought to the base.

These natives had only a language, no writing, and formed the most rudimentary ruling class.

It is very difficult to deal with them, and if you want to have normal contact, you must first teach them to speak simple words.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji would not do these things, his grandson, in the hearts of their group of natives who did not have too many ranks, was not necessarily much more noble than others.

At most, I'm afraid it's the descendants of the tribal leaders they can understand!

But their tribal system is not a succession system, but a primitive system of election of whoever is strongest and the most capable.

Therefore, they can't understand Zhu Zhanji's identity at all.

In fact, in this respect, the most primitive political system is actually the most enlightened.

In the end, the whole society still adopts the election system.

They can't understand Zhu Zhanji's identity, but they can easily understand what they see.

After those natives were brought to the base, everyone saw the majestic warship, and they all knelt down and kowtowed, prayed, and treated the Ming people as if they were gods.

The clothing, food, housing, transportation, and salutation of the Ming people all triggered their imitation.

They soon learned to eat rice, eat noodles, and use chopsticks to follow the Ming people, and many of them wept with excitement as they ate these never-before-eaten meals.

The reason why Zhu Zhanji didn't see them was that they were too lazy to take care of them now, and another reason was that they were not used to wearing clothes.

It would be too shameful to bring such a savage to the grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. What's more, Zhu Zhanji stayed with his female dependents, and it was impossible for them to avoid them because of them.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, his own women are much more important than them.

What's more, he didn't have much interest in these savages either. In later generations, he saw many of their descendants.

He also knew that the savages of Australia had been divided into about 500 tribes at this time, and because of the weather, their population in the northern part of the southern continent was even greater than that in the south.

Because in the north, they don't need to wear clothes and cover them all year round.

But in the south, there is a subtropical climate with four distinct seasons, and in winter, you have to wear clothes.

And they don't make clothes, they only wear animal skins, and covering them with quilts is a luxury, and they can only use hay and animal skins.

Although the Australian natives are collectively known as the natives, they are divided into more than 500 large tribes, and the language is not incomprehensible.

Except for the neighboring tribes, who brought the natives from the north to the south, they could not communicate with the other natives.

It is precisely because of such backwardness and clumsiness that Australia did not recognize them as human beings until the nineteenth century, and it was not until the seventies of the twentieth century that they were recognized as citizens.

Although Zhu Zhanji did not exterminate their thoughts, he just wanted to use them to do some manual work, and then leave their women to relieve the boredom of the soldiers who developed Nanzhou, rather than having humanitarian compassion.

Because of the influence of Confucianism, the Chinese are much more assimilative than those whites.

Whites have not been able to assimilate natives and blacks for hundreds of years, and the United States is still plagued by ethnic contradictions in the 21st century. Because there is no unified culture, their different ethnic groups cannot be integrated at all.

Compared to the Chinese, they lagged behind in assimilation for more than a hundred years.

By using their labor force first, then by sowing discord to reduce their males, and by using marriages to have their females having children with the Chinese, the number of purebred natives would be drastically reduced after a few generations.

When these people all use chopsticks, speak Chinese, and write Chinese characters, they naturally become a nation.

The inability of whites to assimilate other ethnic groups is not because of skin color, not because of ethnic integration, but mainly because whites have never been willing to give the same education to people of other colors, and because of the xenophobia of faith.

They want to maintain their superiority, artificially create barriers and hierarchies, and in the end they hurt themselves.

Faith is also an important factor, because their xenophobia leads to people of other colors looking for sustenance in front of their own national character, and artificially creating antagonism.

However, since the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the early Ming Dynasty, the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the East has formed an inclusive culture and a blend of beliefs with oriental characteristics, and has become the most advanced cultural system.

And this, due to the separation of Western society in terms of beliefs and cultures, makes it impossible for them to form a unified cultural integration at all.

The two different cultural models are definitely advanced in terms of ideology. But in terms of expansiveness, it is the Western culture that is more advanced.

Because of the unity of the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, a complete system of self-circulation has been formed. Under the shackles of the ideology of great unification, there is a lack of subversion and skepticism, which also leads to the backwardness of other applied disciplines in addition to ideology.

The artificial separation of culture and belief in the West has formed an active culture and a closed mind, which has also caused the law of the jungle in later generations.

In the past, Zhu Zhanji always believed that the Western system was right.

But when he came to this world, as he learned about the cultural, social aspects, he discovered the superiority of Eastern culture.

The world doesn't have to be antagonistic and competitive, but it can also be integrated and complementary.

Zhu Zhanji's use of Dongying people as laborers to carry out the policy of sinicization in Nanyang was actually influenced by this kind of thinking.

Of course, the actual situation in each region is different, and different approaches should be distinguished, and one framework cannot be applied to all regions.

This means that as long as the same goal can be achieved, it cannot be cared for in one way.

In this era, however, the ruling class tends to put a framework on top of everything, and that's the real problem.

After Zhu Zhanji communicated with Zheng He and his main subordinates, everyone began to contact the representatives of various small tribes in high spirits.

In this kind of chicken-duck communication, there have been many ironic oolong incidents.

For example, Daming students want to let each other learn to speak Daming through various ways; For example, through gesture communication, the Ming people wanted to ask the natives to take them to find gold, but they were brought to their enemies, wanting to use the power of the Ming people to destroy each other.

For example, the Ming people wanted to teach the natives etiquette and let them put on clothes, but they were not used to the feeling of the fabric sticking to their bodies, and the clothes they wore were taken off after a while.

There are also some natives who have no sense of shame at all, and can urinate and defecate in front of everyone, regardless of the occasion, and so on.

But mutual understanding and familiarity are stumbling and developing in the process of misunderstanding and frustration, teaching and grinding.

These natives can be described as extremely stupid in some aspects, but after all, they are human beings, and since they are human beings, they have the motivation to move forward, they have the heart to go up, and they have the wisdom that belongs to people.

Especially the younger natives, they are more receptive. After a few days, I can clearly distinguish the difference between you, me and him, and I have also learned to use gestures and expressions to communicate with the people of Daming.

Of course, this exchange is unequal and cannot be equal.

The self-feeling of the Ming people is as if they are incarnated as animal tamers in the beast training field, and they just want to quickly let the other party learn the simplest conversation.

And the richness of this place, after the return of the explorers, gradually became clear in front of everyone.

In just half a month, the 18,000 explorers discovered four gold mines, two coal mines, and several bauxite mines in a semicircle with a diameter of 800 miles.

Although the land here is not fertile, some of the lower river beach land can still be reclaimed for farmland.

And some experienced old farmers, they will be the first to identify and wash the land, which is the most profound agricultural experts in this era.

They know how to adjust and change the fertility of the land, and the vast amount of land here makes them call it too wasteful.

On a continent not much smaller than Daming, there is only one prefecture and county in Daming with a larger population, and the land here has not been developed at all.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry are even more amazed that this is simply a treasure land, there are minerals everywhere, although I don't know the size of the mineral reserves here, but so many mines can be found in one place, it is simply incredible in Daming.

The most important thing in this is the gold mine that was kicked out by Duan Renzhi.

On Turtle Island, the soldiers found a piece of more than 200 catties of dog's head gold, which has already amazed everyone. And the piece of dog's head gold he found, after peeling off the skin, leaving only the part where the gold and the stone intersect, weighed more than 400 catties.

Being able to have such a large dog's head gold means that this gold mine will definitely not be small, and this is either a mountainous area or a flat land. Stripped of the top layer of floating soil, the bottom is the vein, and the development is very easy.

When the news of the discovery of this gold mine spread throughout the military camp, it attracted the heated discussion and attention of countless people, and seduced the minds of many soldiers and clansmen.

And this kind of change is exactly what Zhu Zhanji is willing to see.

He just wants to inspire everyone to expand outward, not coercion, but spontaneously.

The expansion of coercive orders, on the basis of no vital interest, will only slowly shrink.

And the expansion triggered by profit will give everyone a surging momentum, and it will continue to be sustained.

By the time all the staff returned, the base had already been built.

Of course, this is not the prototype of a city, but just a barracks, a port, and a water filtration center.

There were not a few houses built on the base, but only a few rows of wooden houses on the bank of the river, and this house was not for the Ming soldiers to live in, but for the natives.

Nowadays, the contact between the Ming Dynasty and the natives has not yet reached the level of division of power, and when they are treated differently, all the natives are treated equally, and they all retain the equal treatment of contact.

Of course, here in Daming, according to the size of the tribe, there will also be an internal distinction of importance.

The Ming Society left behind a fleet of 5,500 men, twenty first-class warships, thirty second-class warships, and twenty herald ships in Nanzhou.

There were also 400 Confucian scholars, soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order in Nanzhou, and these scholars were responsible for teaching representatives of various tribes to learn the Da Ming dialect.

This fleet will not only stay here, but will be responsible for the liaison and control of the entire Southern Continent. Therefore, the purpose of building a house on the shore is not to live for the Ming soldiers, but to build it for the natives, and turn this place into a center for contact and trade between the Ming and the natives.

At least for a year, Da Ming will not participate too much in the struggle on the shore, but try not to let them kill each other.

When Zhu Zhanji returned to Xingcheng from Nanzhou, he would shoot a herald ship back to Daming, and then organize a fleet stationed here for a long time to change guards.

At that time, a group of ordinary people will also be arranged, and at that time, it will be the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's real control of Nanzhou.

In Zhu Zhanji's plan, four settlements will be built in Nanzhou, namely Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth in the southwest corner.

More than 5,000 people control the entire southern continent, almost 1,000 people per settlement, and then there are mobile troops.

He was not afraid that only more than a thousand people would suffer in front of the natives, because they would basically only stay in the harbor area, and there were large ships, which could retreat at any time.

What's more, these natives today regard them as gods, and in the face of the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty, everyone only has a heart of worship and no heart of confrontation.

The Ming soldiers did not take the initiative to attack any of the tribes, and several tribes that dared to oppose the Ming Dynasty suffered great losses. Hearing the sound of Daming's gunshots, they knelt on the ground one by one in fright and fled in all directions.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty has always traded with them very "fairly", and they don't want the Ming people to leave, so they will have no salt, no shoes, and no bowls to eat.

After arranging all this, the Ming fleet left some representatives and set sail again.

When I arrived in Sydney, it was already mid-August. On the second day of landing, Zhu Zhanji and several concubines spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the beach of Rose Bay in Sydney.

Compared with Brisbane, which is surrounded by gentle mountains, Sydney at this time is more like an isolated place because it is surrounded by the Blue Mountains mountain range.

But the area surrounded by mountains, which is a bit larger than Brisbane, can feed millions of people alone.

In terms of mineral resources, Sydney is located in a relatively small area, but there is water here, so it is very necessary to build a supply point here.

Because the mining period of later generations has passed, Zhu Zhanji does not remember any large gold or copper mines in this area of Sydney.

As in Brisbane, 18,000 people made a preliminary exploration of their surroundings. This time, only through the local natives, a gold mine and a coal mine were found.

Although few minerals have been found, the environment around Sydney is very satisfying. The climate is suitable, with rivers and hundreds of square kilometres of gentle land.

However, for these clans, without a gold mine, they can't be satisfied, and this time, there are far fewer clans who want to stay here.

But Zhu Zhanji doesn't care, because there are Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth gold mines behind him.

Departing from Sydney again, because the area surrounded by this mountain range found less minerals and fewer natives, the fleet did not even leave a man, and all the men sailed south together.

At this time, the fleet also experienced the gales of Nanzhou for the first time.

The winds near Melbourne were famous for their later generations, and there was more rain here than anywhere else.

But it is precisely because of the abundant rain that thousands of miles of fertile fields near Melbourne have been created, making it the largest grain producing area in Nanzhou.

When choosing Melbourne or Adelaide as the third base, Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a long time, and finally discussed the matter with his subordinates several times, but he did not make up his mind.

In terms of early development, Adelaide is certainly a better fit than Melbourne. This is the largest mining area in Nanzhou, whether it is gold, copper, or other non-ferrous metal mineral resources are very large, one of the world's top ten gold mines, the Olympic Dam is in the southeast of the city.

Although Melbourne is located in the state of countless minerals, it is not close to Melbourne, and it is concentrated in the west, the border with Adelaide.

But Melbourne has a lot of fertile farmland, and for the agriculture-oriented Ming Dynasty, the land that can grow food is the most important.

It wasn't until the ship arrived in Melbourne that Zhu Zhanji finally reversed his previous plan to come to Nanzhou and established five important settlements in Nanzhou, one more in Adelaide.

Because of this decision, the fleet was delayed for more than half a month, but this extra half a month also allowed the Ming fleet to establish a close trade relationship with the local Nuga tribe.

The indigenous groups in the north and south of the southern continent are completely different, and there are many tribes in the north, but most of them are small tribes.

And this Nuga tribe, because it is located in a temperate region, in order to withstand the cold weather, it is necessary for the tribe to work together against nature.

So in the south of Nanzhou, there are few tribes, but the tribes are very large.

This Nuga tribe is the largest tribe in southern southern China, with a population of more than 50,000 people.

In the whole tribe, the division of labor between different people is clear, and the primary model of government has been formed, but in management, it is still relatively extensive.

The women here are also the most enthusiastic, and those natives even specially organized hundreds of young girls to be sent to the Ming soldiers, the purpose of which is to leave seeds for them.

Although these girls are not very good-looking, they are young and in good health. Although most of the Ming soldiers couldn't accept them, there were not a few who wanted to vent their anger on them.

Because of this relationship, the Nuga tribe had the closest contact with the Ming Dynasty. The refined table salt of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the celadon coarse bowl, were their favorite commodities.

And the iron knife and spear made them willing to exchange the same weight of gold.

They did not have the ability to make iron, and they still used sticks, stones, and traps for hunting.

The sharpness and hardness of iron tools were unimaginable to them before. The southern part of Nanzhou is full of gold mines, and they exchange the gold they have picked up for these iron tools, thinking that they have taken advantage of it.

There was no war, no disputes, and the natives here faced the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty with a tolerant and even welcoming attitude at the beginning.

Of course, this is only the beginning, when the competition for resources and land enters a new stage, contradictions will naturally arise.

But that's for later.

When the fleet arrived in Perth, it was summer in Southland.

No one expected that as soon as they arrived in Perth, the fleet experienced a large-scale virus attack.

In the early summer season, he would face the invasion of typhoid fever, not to mention Zhu Zhanji, even those doctors did not expect it.

In order to prevent the spread, the soldiers who had just come ashore were all separated and returned to their ships and quarantined.

With the exception of the doctors and heralds, all the ships were out of contact with each other, and the doctors were busy treating the sick, but by the end of November the fleet had more than two hundred dead.

This loss was more than the number of people killed in the battle with Bengkulu, and it also demoralized the soldiers who were excited about the gold for the first time.

(The next chapter ends with the exploration of Nanzhou, there is no opponent's plot, and there is no spirit left for what I wrote)