How did Qian Qianyi make a deal with Ma Shiying, that had nothing to do with Yu Guozhen's half of the copper yuan, Qian Qianyi was dizzy and supported Cheng Xianzhen, so he had to pay the price for his support. Yu Guozhen has long been greedy for Shanghai, and he has taken this opportunity to get Shanghai first, which means that he can lay out the construction of the Yangtze River basin after reunification in advance.

It is necessary to build a railway and build a bridge over the Yangtze River, even if the current technical reserves are still a little reluctant, but the preliminary exploration work can already be done.

In Yu Guozhen's plan, Shanghai is a very important link, control here, almost control the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin, with the help of the Yangtze River's golden waterway, the process of integrating the Chinese system into the Yangtze River basin will be much faster.

After all, roads had to be built elsewhere to make the decrees of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee unimpeded, and the well-developed water network in the Yangtze River basin allowed this process to be greatly accelerated.

As for making another newspaper to compete with Nandu Weekend, it is also a matter of pushing the boat along the water, it is easier to find fault in this world than to pick right, no one can't find fault behind their buttocks, not to mention Cheng Xianzhen and others, who presided over Nandu Weekend, originally had a very disgraceful past!

The work of receiving Shanghai was very smooth, and I don't know how Qian Qianyi handled it, the envoy of the small court of Jinling had already arrived in Shanghai that night, so when Yu Guozhen's boat arrived, the Shanghai county magistrate had been waiting at the dock for a long time. Because it was an accident, Yu Guozhen had not prepared enough manpower, so he had to stay in Shanghai for another five days.

When he went south, he stayed in Keelung for three days, Guangzhou for three days, and Changhua for one day, waiting for him to return to Xinxiang. It's already mid-November.

The situation in Keelung can be described as a great rule, Wang Chuanlu has been in Qinzhou for a long time, and what he has heard and witnessed is Yu Guozhen's set, under his management, the process of dividing Dayuan Island into counties is very smooth, and those who are unwilling to be naturalized among the natives are also through semi-consultation and semi-coercion. It was enclosed in the mountains in the middle of Oyuan Island. Those who are willing to naturalize have already been registered in the county registers. The heads of the tribes, who had been most ardently opposed to naturalization, were not eliminated. It was raised in the name of "government affairs coordinator". The total population of the entire Dayuan Island is now counted as those over 14 years old. The total is 2.91 million, of which 2.7 million are immigrants. Keelung has also become a major mining, metallurgical and coal center, and the whole Dayuan is an important base for agricultural products and minerals.

The situation in Liangguang is not so good, mainly because the various local forces are intertwined, and there are quite stupid and lazy people, with the help of clan forces, they only want to take advantage of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee, but they are not willing to pay. In addition, the two Guangxi regions are vast. The landscape is complex, and ethnic relations are more difficult to deal with. Therefore, although the changes in Guangzhou are huge, on the whole, they are not as fast as Yu Guozhen imagined.

Hainan is a different story. The Huaxia Military Strategy Committee focused on the construction of iron ore and salt farms in Hainan, which was far less important in the sense of a tropical cash crop because of its control of the islands in the South China Sea, so the number of immigrants was not large.

This can be regarded as an inspection of the places under his rule, and seeing these places flourishing everywhere, Yu Guozhen's heart is full of joy and a sense of achievement. But it's back to Xinxiang. This joy disappeared as the Kasumi appeared in his field of vision.

This steam sail mast dual-purpose ship specially built for circumnavigating the world took Yu Guozhen a lot of effort, because it is impossible to replenish coal everywhere, so its steam engine can not only use coal, but also can use firewood as fuel, and because it is a round-the-world voyage, it needs to be able to carry more supplies, and it must also have a certain amount of armament - when it was first built, it was a beautiful ship painted as golden as a glow, and now it is a tattered and black ugly boy.

Such a change is not sad for Yu Guozhen, but sad is the death of Xu Xiake.

He died at sea, his body could not be brought back, and he was laid to rest forever at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. What he brought was only some relics of Xu Xiake, including his last letter to Yu Guozhen after he felt that he was dying. Xu Xiake embarked on this round-the-world voyage, as well as ten selected graduates of the secondary school, and the inspection notes they compiled along the way were another valuable asset for Huaxia. And the experience along the way made these originally immature teenagers mature rapidly, and even many people's eyes showed vicissitudes.

After all, the whole ship of eighty people set out, but only fifty-seven returned, and twenty-three of them slept in the sea for various reasons.

"Everyone has worked hard, have you had a good rest during this time?" The first thing Yu Guozhen did when he returned to Xinxiang was to gather these fifty-seven people. He hadn't had time to read the relevant reports in detail, but seeing the appearance of everyone, Yu Guozhen knew their hard work along the way.

This first circumnavigation of the world in China was a huge adventure to some extent, Yu Guozhen knew very well what difficulties they would face after they were sent out, and he was even mentally prepared to sacrifice the whole ship, Rao was so, Xu Xiake's death still made his heart ache.

"Report to the commander, well-rested!"

The answer to Yu Guozhen was Sui Kecheng, the captain of the Xialao. He is a naval captain with six years of experience as a captain and is a calm and resolute man. Yu Guozhen shook his hand tightly: "That's good, that's good, your achievements for Huaxia are not inferior to Zhang Qian and Gan Ying, and I am happier than I am to win a big victory when I see you come back!" ”

Yu Guozhen's words were very simple, but everyone knew that this was Yu Guozhen's true words. Previously, Yu Guozhen was still commanding the decisive battle with Jianyu at Qingdao Pass, the battlefield had not been cleaned up, and Yu Guozhen did not participate in the post-war commendation, so he hurried south to meet them. Although this has the meaning of welcoming Xu Xiake's spiritual position, it is also the importance of these survivors.

"I am going to set up a kind of medal, called the Xiake Medal, which will be specially awarded to you to participate in this round-the-world voyage of the Chinese bravery." Yu Guozhen said again: "In addition, your relevant deeds will also be spread in factories and farms in Huaxia. You are ready, I am afraid that you will have to preach in the next six months. ”

The Chinese nation has never been a self-contained nation, and those foreign slaves who have been brainwashed by foreigners think that the introverted nature of the Chinese nation is closed, and only then do they regard the frivolity of Daoyi as openness. If the Chinese nation is really resting on its laurels, how can it expand from the Yellow River Valley to its current territory, and how can countless tribes be included in it!

Even in the face of the great desert, the prairie, the mountains and the sea, such geographical dangerous borders, the outstanding people of the Chinese nation still dare to dig through the peerless region and crisscross the four seas. If it weren't for the nation, there would be this kind of passion and blood, not to mention explorers like Zhang Qian and Zheng He, who were supported by the imperial government, or monks like Xuanzang, Fa Xian, Jianzhen, and Qiu Chuji, where could they leave their own strong colors in the history of the spread of human civilization!

Yu Guozhen hopes that with the help of the expedition of the Xialao, this passion and blood in the Chinese national spirit will be awakened as much as possible.

"Here are a few letters, letters sent to the commander-in-chief in the countries we pass through." Sui Kecheng thanked Yu Guozhen for his compliment, and handed over a few letters to Yu Guozhen.

Most of these letters were in Latin, and Yu Guozhen naturally didn't know them, so he just put them aside and asked with a smile: "I heard that you also brought a few Europeans here, tell me about their situation." ”

Everyone laughed at the mention of the Europeans.

"Some of the Europeans who came with us were rescued at sea when we were in Europe, and we were passing through ......"

Soon, these Europeans appeared in front of Yu Guozhen.

The leader had a red beard and thick and powerful limbs, and after seeing Yu Guozhen, he knelt down on one knee and saluted Yu Guozhen. Yu Guozhen motioned for him to get up and looked him up and down a few more times.

This guy's name is Duncan? Goodmandelson, who claimed to be a member of the Holy Roman Empire, had served as an officer under Wallenstein, who had served for the Holy Roman Empire, but the current HRE people did not have the arrogance of later Germans, and when he met Yu Guozhen, he was humble and shy almost to the point of flattery.

"I heard you know me in Europe?"

"Yes, my honorable lord, when we were fighting in Breitenfeld, there was a Spaniard among my companions, who mentioned to me more than once that in the far east a great monarch drove out the damned Dutch. Your captain rescued us in a desperate situation, and I thought it must have been God's will for me to come to the far east to serve a great monarch like you. ”

The sycophants from Europe are bad, and even if they want to beg for food under Yu Guozhen, they have to have something to do with that god. Yu Guozhen pouted with some disdain: "Work for me? I have elite soldiers, I have brave generals who can beat ten of you at a time—what can you do for me? ”

If these people were really useless to Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen would not have seen them. Since turning his face with the Spaniards and taking Manila, now Luzon, Yu Guozhen's old friend, that Louis? Garcia never appeared again. I don't know if he was torn apart by his angry compatriots, or if he was afraid that Yu Guozhen would settle accounts with him, so he no longer came to the East. This left Yu Guozhen without a reliable channel to understand European affairs, and Yu Guozhen did not believe the news brought by those missionaries.

"We know that we have seen your invincible army, your muskets, your artillery, and your fleet that can sweep across Europe, and God, if Your Excellency Wallenstein could have half of your fleet, we would not have been defeated!" Duncan maintained his humility, the movement of kneeling on one knee did not change at all, and he looked at Yu Guozhen sincerely: "Your Excellency, just accept the respect of your humble servant, I will definitely be useful to you, there is no doubt that sooner or later you will have to settle accounts with those damned Dutch, at that time, a servant who is familiar with the situation in Europe can make it much easier for you." ”

"We don't like the Dutch, but your allies, the Spaniards, are just as unpopular here." Yu Guozhen smiled faintly.

"Your Excellency, the most important news is that, as far as I know, there are people in Europe who are trying to organize a post-war expeditionary force, and the target is your country." Seeing that he was not taken seriously, Duncan finally revealed a hidden secret.