"Mr. Jiao is too careful, the reason why I spend so much energy trying to plot North Korea and the Japanese State, naturally has my own reasons, among which North Korea must have seen you, since the merger to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is very satisfied with this, the scholars want the name, the people want the land, the merchants want money, these can be obtained from the North Korea, and with the North Korea as an example, I believe that more people will come out of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and then it will be able to alleviate the land annexation in the country."

Zhou Zhong paused when he said this, and then said slowly: "As for the Wa Country, I mainly need two places in the Wa Country, the first is the Iwami area of the Wa Country Kyushu Island, which is the largest silver mining area in the Wa Country, and the reason why the Wa Country is rich in silver is because of the silver mine, and I use silver as currency, but my own silver production is not high, so that kind of Iwami silver mine is very important to us, as for the other place, it is an extremely important port, It's about whether or not we'll be able to reach the distant American continent......"

Zhou Zhong then introduced the rich products of the American continent, and there are also European colonists who have begun to land in the Americas, if the Ming Dynasty allows the Europeans to use the resources of the Americas to develop, it will definitely pose a great threat to the Ming Dynasty in the future, which can be seen from the Portuguese attack on Malacca. If you want to reach the Americas from the Ming Dynasty, you must pass through the ocean currents on the side of the Wa Kingdom, so the Ming Dynasty also needs to have at least one port in the Wa Kingdom, and of course it is best to completely occupy the Wa Kingdom.

Even Jiao Fang's city government, after listening to Zhou Chong's narration, opened his mouth wide in shock. There was an incredible expression on his face. He didn't think of it anyway. The young man in front of him, who had just turned twenty years old, had such lofty ambitions, and even now he had begun to plan the future direction for Daming, could he become a governor at a young age, he used to think that this was the favor of His Majesty the Emperor, but now it seems that this Zhou Zhong already has a broader mind and far-sighted vision than him, which makes Jiao Fang naturally extremely shocked.

After a long while, Jiao Fang woke up from the shock. Immediately stood up and saluted Zhou Chong and said: "The Governor is ambitious, he is far beyond my generation, Jiao has lived in vain for so many years, but he is far from being able to compare with the Governor in terms of knowledge and mind, which really makes Jiao extremely ashamed!" ”

Seeing Jiao Fang saluting so solemnly, Zhou Chong was also taken aback, and hurriedly helped the other party up and said: "Boss Jiao really thinks too much about Zhou, as the so-called Qi family rules the country and the world, when Zhou was in the middle of the previous family, all he wanted was to revive the family business. However, he was later appreciated by His Majesty, which made Zhou naturally have the desire to repay Jun's kindness. So what Zhou is doing now is just to repay His Majesty's kindness, and he really doesn't deserve such praise from the boss! ”

"The Governor doesn't have to be modest, originally the old man saw that the Lord was so young, and he still had a little contempt in his heart, and even thought that the Lord was just relying on the favor of His Majesty, so he was able to go from a white body to the current high position, but now it seems that the old man is too ignorant, in the old man's view, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that no one can compare with the Governor!" Jiao Fang praised again.

He is now very glad that he had the cheekiness to ask Zhengde to come to Zhou Chong here, originally he just wanted to mix up an official body through the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas to satisfy his pursuit of fame, but now it seems that this is simply an opportunity for him to make a comeback, if he can assist Zhou Zhong to complete the annexation of the Wa Kingdom, and then reach the new continent that is said to be rich in gold and silver, and is also the homeland of corn and sweet potatoes, then his Jiao Fang's reputation will definitely reach another peak, at least definitely not lower than his original cabinet chief.

Zhou Chong also saw Jiao Fang's face full of fanaticism at this time, and he had already guessed what Jiao Fang was thinking, but he was happy to see Jiao Fang want to restore his reputation with the help of himself, after all, only Jiao Fang asked for himself, he would work harder in the future, although Jiao Fang is now eighty years old, but as long as he can persist for a few more years and lay a foundation for himself in government affairs, this is the greatest help to Zhou Chong, not to mention that Jiao Fang also has many disciples, such as his son Jiao Huangzhong, who is also a cadre, As long as Jiao Fang can really help, there is no need to worry about the lack of talent in the future.

Then Jiao Fang carefully inquired about Zhou Chong's plans for the future, after all, this is related to his hope of making a comeback, and Zhou Chong talked about the general trend of the entire world before telling his ambitions, especially the current situation of European countries, especially the two hungry wolves of Portugal and Spain, they have begun to colonize all parts of the world, if the Ming Dynasty does not hurry up, I am afraid that in the future, not only will they fall behind European countries, but they will even be bullied by European countries.

Although Jiao Fang did not believe that Daming would be bullied by those small countries in Europe, he had a certain vigilance against the rise of European countries, especially when he heard Zhou Chong's introduction that European firearms had surpassed the level of Daming's firearms, he was even more vigilant in his heart, because the reason why Taizu and Chengzu were able to drive Yuanmeng to the grassland at the beginning, the application of firearms played an important role, but now even the firearms that Daming is proud of have been surpassed, which makes Jiao Fang not vigilant?

After talking about the overall situation of the world and the situation in European countries, Zhou Zhong began to explain his plan for the future of the Ming Dynasty, this is also the second time he mentioned his plan to others, the first time he heard that this plan is Zhengde, and also got the other party's praise, the reason why Zhengde can spare no effort to support him, in addition to the two are brothers, in addition to the two are brothers, in addition to Zhou Chong's plan is very important, and even did not hesitate to let Zhou Zhong continue to conceal his identity, in order to be able to complete this plan more conveniently.

In Zhou Chong's plan, he divided the future direction of the Ming Dynasty into three major directions, the first direction is to capture the South Seas, this attack is not just to occupy by force, but to open the way with commerce, and then supplemented by force, as far as possible to incorporate the entire South Seas into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and completely turn the South Seas into the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

Nanyang not only has a wealth of extremely high products, but also has a vast area of islands, in this way, the Ming can not only get a lot of economic benefits from the Nanyang, but also can move some of the people in the country to the Nanyang, on the one hand, strengthen the rule of the Nanyang, on the other hand, can also solve the increasingly acute land annexation contradiction of the Ming Dynasty, can be described as killing two birds with one stone, I believe that after the development of the Nanyang, the entire Ming internal contradictions should also be transferred almost.

The products and land of Nanyang are urgently needed by the Ming Dynasty, so Zhou Zhong listed Nanyang as the first direction of the Ming Dynasty's outward expansion, and at the same time he also regarded the entire Nanyang as the forbidden territory of the Ming Dynasty, and any other forces were not allowed to touch it, so before the Portuguese wanted to enter the Nanyang, they were beaten back by Zhou Chong, and now they had to send envoys to negotiate peace.

While controlling the South Seas, Zhou Zhong did not forget the transaction with the Portuguese, which is his second direction of expansion, that is, the Indian Ocean region, which has now become the territory of the Portuguese, but Zhou Zhong knew that because the Portuguese army was too small, so he could not fully control the entire sea area, plus the Portuguese were defeated by themselves before, so now is a good time for him to invade the Indian Ocean, where he will command the caravan of the Ming Dynasty to compete with the Portuguese, It should be possible to win more commercial profits.

For the Indian Ocean region, Zhouzhong's ultimate goal is to completely squeeze Portugal out of the sea west of India at sea, and then instigate the other side to re-dig the blocked Suez Canal, as long as this golden waterway connecting Asia and Europe can be reopened, although the Portuguese can make huge profits from it, but this also allows the merchants of the Ming Dynasty to have the opportunity to reach Europe through here, and even extend the influence of the Ming Dynasty directly to Europe in the future.

The first two directions are to the south and west, and the third direction is to the east, that is, the American continent that Zhou Zhong said before, there are too many interests in this rich new continent, and the Ming must not be left behind, not to mention anything else, the huge gold and silver mines there alone are enough for the Ming to pay enough energy to open up the route, and there is infinite potential in the Americas, and now the Ming can occupy a place there, and there will be greater development in the future.

On the one hand, he didn't expect that the young Zhou Chong would have such an understanding of the general trend of the world, on the other hand, he didn't expect that Zhou Chong's plan was far more than the Wa Kingdom, there were also Nanyang and India, such a huge plan, Zhou Zhong should have enough time to complete, but at Jiao Fang's age, I am afraid that in this life, I don't want to see the implementation of this huge plan successful.

The thought that he was fortunate to participate in this huge plan, but he didn't have time to see the successful implementation of this plan, which made Jiao Fang feel a little depressed, but then he thought that he could lay the foundation for the entire plan at the beginning, and I am afraid that he would also be famous in history in the future, and he also had many disciples, they were still young, and they should be able to help Zhou Zhong complete his plan, and as long as the plan was successful, his name would also shine in the annals of history with the help of these disciples.

Thinking of this, Jiao Fang couldn't help but get excited, he had already made a decision in his heart at the moment, and when he went back this time, he would immediately write a letter to his disciples, asking them to come to Shuangyu Port as soon as possible, with the help of these people, it should be possible to shorten the development time of the three major directions of Zhouzhong, and he could also see more changes in the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)