The fleet that departed from the Hong Kong Overseas Territory, passed through Manila in Batavia, and finally arrived at the Australian Overseas Territory Christmas Island, sailed all the way to Chang'an Town, and took 20 days, I have to say that the time is indeed a bit long, and it is very dangerous to sail at sea for a long time if you do not have enough experience and supplies. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, Wu Zhengdao's fleet is transporting thousands of immigrants, and the supplies he wants are not a little bit, in order to send people to the mainland better and safer, he has been very careful along the way, trying to rest and recuperate at every supply point.

With the exception of a shorter recuperation time in Manila, the other two supply points had a break of more than two days, which is definitely not cost-effective in terms of cost, but fortunately the shipyard's new ships have been commissioned.

Although they are currently the warships of the navy, but also as a migration work, in the routine change of guard, they will carry a part of the immigrants to the mainland, this is also the task assigned to them by the Executive Committee, according to the speed of immigration of the Executive Committee, the Australian population will reach 50,000 by the end of this year, or even more, in addition to the population to speed up, there is also a major reason is that it is getting closer and closer to 1644.

This point in time is very important for the traversal, after all, this is a major event related to the security of the situation in the future Ming Dynasty, whether to send troops to intervene in 44 is still being discussed, according to the adventurist plan is, directly in Shanhaiguan to block.

But doing so must ensure that Li Zicheng has no chance to enter the capital, so there is more than one point to face, of course, there is another problem, that is, whether Chongzhen can accept Australia and be controlled by Australia.

Imagine that this question seems a little impossible, after all, Chongzhen is a very proud person, and it is a little strange that he can accept Australians.

This is not a suitable plan, neither Yang Yi nor Xu Renguo agreed, even if they intervened in 44, they would need to invest at least 10,000 troops, which is nothing for the Ming Dynasty, but there are few Australians, and it is very good to be able to draw out 5,000 troops, let alone 10,000 troops.

So the most important issue now is immigration, and there is an inevitable connection between the increasing number of immigrants in order to expand the army.

Wu Zhengdao's return can be said to have brought the latest information on the situation in Daming to the Executive Committee, after all, he has personally visited Daming, and his opinion is related to the final decision of the Executive Committee.

In addition to the thousands of immigrants who returned this time, there were more than a dozen merchant ships, which had to be converted and installed with steam engines to become steam engine ships.

Once Australia has a fleet of steam engine ships, it will greatly increase its transportation capacity, and at the same time, it will also improve its combat deployment capability.

This is one of the main reasons why the Dutch have always wanted to get their hands on Australian steam merchant ships, so that they can get steam ships to better transport goods and to deliver their troops to the battlefield they want to reach at any time.

Time is money, and if you can quickly put it into the battlefield, you can see how much impact it will have on the battle, and the same is true for the goods transported, so they are not unaware of the importance of steamships.

On the way back from Daming, Wu Zhengdao met with the governor of Manila and the governor of Batavia, and they showed that they were very eager to get a steamship, hoping that Australia could provide them with this help.

Of course, Wu Zhengdao could not agree, after all, he did not have this right, and if he had this right, it would be equivalent to treason and would be sanctioned by the Executive Committee.

On this return, he also brought back news from the Dutch and Spain, and the main purpose was how to reconcile the relationship between the two sides.

More than a dozen ships entered the port, which is the first time for Australia, especially when it sees so many ships still belong to itself, and the mood of crossing the public is understandable, after all, it is the first time to have so many ships, which means that the right to speak at sea will be more and more.

Without much rest, Wu Zhengdao went to report, and the members of the executive committee were already waiting in the office.

At this time, everyone wants to know what the situation of Daming is, although the information will be transmitted back, but sometimes there will be some small deviations, so at this time, it is more accurate to listen to the report of the person who came back from there.

"The war in the north of the Ming Dynasty has become more and more tense, Li Zicheng's army has been victorious, the Ming court is afraid that it will not last long, if we want to send troops in two years, this possibility is a bit low, after all, Li Zicheng will not listen to us, and even Chongzhen will not either."

Wu Zhengdao told the situation that Daming saw one by one, after all, the situation in Daming was complicated, and if he wanted to send troops to intervene, he must first get the support of the local government, and this regime was not hostile to the crossing people.

Obviously, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng are both difficult to control and will not listen to Australia's suggestions, so forcibly supporting them is unlikely to bring much benefit in exchange for much and may be hated by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and it is much better to choose an obedient person than a disobedient one.

In fact, those in the Nanming regime are very easy to control, Emperor Yongli is a good choice, Wu Zhengdao and Zhou Yang have already discussed and discussed in Hong Kong, although this person often escapes, but he still listens to the minister's advice, as long as he can ensure enough safety, he will not choose to escape.

Of course, this still needs to be decided by the Executive Committee, after all, it will only be known after discussion.

"There are more and more people fleeing, which is a good thing for us to speed up immigration, but for Daming, it also shows that the north is becoming more and more chaotic and out of control."

According to Wu Zhengdao's analysis, it is true, if the control is strong, it is impossible for so many people to keep going to the north and south, and having this possibility shows a problem, that is, it is becoming more and more chaotic.

At the same time, Billy Zhou is also building a northern intelligence network, which will play a key role in the future war.

It is needless to know that having an adequate intelligence network is very important for operational deployment.

In fact, Wu Zhengdao came back this time and brought a lot of news, in addition to the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, there are also the ideas of the Dutch, and the ideas of the Spaniards, if you can, at least don't be enemies with these two, at least when you participate in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, it is not appropriate to be enemies with them, after all, the transportation line from Australia to the Ming Dynasty needs to pass through their territory too much, once they want to participate in something, this is not a good thing for Australia. (To be continued.) )