Everything that happened in Beijing was soon known to Luo Jian, and now that the Ministry of Security was fully operational, it was not difficult to get this information.

Luo Jian was not worried about the military changes of the Manchu court, this kind of change of the Manchu court was only at a low level, and its root was still learning the Wehrmacht, and the real strength of the Wehrmacht they could not learn at all.

Luo Jian is still waiting, and so is the Nanjing government. Although the various military factories were operating at full capacity, the output was still not enough to support the Wehrmacht in World War I.

Liu Weimin and Wang Qiang both became relatives under the auspices of Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and the four people who came together had a home, Luo Jian felt that he no longer had the same impatience as before, I don't know why, Luo Jian even felt that he didn't have too much expectation for returning to the original time and space.

Wang Qiang rushed back to Jinan immediately after becoming a relative, the Seventh Division has been completely redressed, and the next step must be to increase the intensity of training, Wang Qiang must ensure that the whole division reaches the training level of a regiment as quickly as possible.

Liu Weimin is the director of the newly established Science and Technology Committee, Luo Jian has not assigned Liu Weimin a position in the provisional government, in fact, he wants him to be the leader of science and technology development, and Liu Weimin's performance in the past three years has also made everyone in the Nanjing government have no objection to him being able to hold this position.

At Shi Kefa's strong request, Liu Weimin still became one of the leaders of the provisional government, and Shi Kefa's reason was that if the directors of the science and technology committee were not government leaders, it would not mean that the government attached great importance to science and technology work.

Not long after the year, Shi Kefa began to nag again, and he had to go to Luo Jian's office every day to say a few words.

Shi Kefa is talking about the fleet that sailed away, it has been half a year, and the fleet has not returned, and Shi Kefa can't hold his breath in his heart.

It's not just Shi Kefa who can't hold his breath. Zheng Zhilong is also worried now, according to what he knows, even if the fleet goes to South America, it won't take so long to go back and forth.

Luo Jian also began to get anxious, although there were the most advanced ships at this time, and there were also the most advanced navigation methods. There are also mature routes, but there are countless emergencies encountered in sea navigation, what is the reason for the delay in the return of the fleet, almost all possibilities have been considered, and Luo Jian can't find a reason.

Just when everyone, including Luo Jian, was getting more and more worried, the ocean-going fleet returned.

The fleet was still moored at the temporary wharf in Zhenjiang, and Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, who received the report, rushed to Zhenjiang in person, especially Luo Jian, who had great expectations for this ocean voyage, was particularly urgent.

As soon as I arrived at the pier, I saw five ships moored in the Yangtze River. Luo Jian saw that there were many of them, and his heart was steady.

Looking closer, several merchant ships were all loaded with goods, and even the "Yue Fei" was not empty, Zheng Chenggong and Lu Wei were organizing people to unload from the ship.

Seeing Luo Jian and Shi Kefa coming, Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong hurriedly came over to salute and report.

"Did it go well? Were there any casualties? Luo Jian asked first.

"yes, why did you go for so long?" Shi Kefa also asked anxiously.

"The governor and the superintendent are hard to say. I have written a detailed report and will present it to the Governor and the Governor at once. Lu Wei said as he took out a folder from the bag he was carrying and handed it to Luo Jian.

"What kind of cargo are on merchant ships?" Luo Jian was not in a hurry to read Lu Wei's report. Instead, he asked, pointing to a merchant ship.

"The Governor, it's all rubber, it's just waiting there to fill the ship, and it's been a long time." Zheng Chenggong replied beside him.

"How many big ships of rubber?" Shi Kefa asked suspiciously, although he knew that this thing was extremely useful, he didn't know how to use it.

"It's probably tens of thousands of catties. The main thing is this thing, and there are not many other goods. Lu Wei said.

"Let's go, let's go to the house and talk slowly, it's not enough to just read the report, you two will explain the matter. When you're done, tell us about this voyage. ”

Luo Jian knew that Lu Wei's report must be half-written and half-white, and it must have seemed a little difficult, so he simply called the two of them to speak slowly.

"Governor, Governor, at the beginning our journey to South America was smooth, thanks to our excellent preparations, although we also encountered several major storms, but our ships were able to withstand it."

It was still Lu Wei who said in detail, Zheng Chenggong was making additions on the side, and just when Lu Wei was about to continue, Zheng Zhilong also arrived, and Zheng Zhilong, who had just arrived, saw that Lu Wei and his son were reporting, so he consciously sat down and did not speak.

"Didn't you encounter a pirate ship on the way?" Shi Kefa's attention was not attracted by Zheng Zhilong, he was concerned about why he had been gone for so long.

"Why haven't you encountered it, there are really a lot of pirate ships along the way, but when I saw our 'Yue Fei', they were all far away, where did they dare to provoke us?" Zheng Chenggong's tone was very proud, and after speaking, he glanced at Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting precariously.

Lu Wei opened a tightly wrapped map and spread it out on the desk in the room. This map is not a product of this era, but Luo Jian got it from the computer, although the accuracy is extremely high, but some small islands in the Pacific Ocean are not marked in detail.

While listening to Lu Wei's narration, Luo Jian looked at the many small dots that had been marked in the middle of this map, which were obviously the islands they had discovered on this voyage.

Although there are ready-made routes, the current sea positioning is not very accurate, and it is common for the time difference to be tens of kilometers, Lu Wei and they have been correcting the route, and because there are no small islands on the map provided by Luo Jian, this has caused some trouble for the fleet's navigation.

"It's not too much trouble, but it took a little more time, and we walked for more than half a month to get here." Lu Wei pointed to the Hawaiian Islands on the map.

"We've never seen anyone like this before, it's like a wild man, but we've added a lot of vegetables and food here."

Luo Jian knew that Lu Wei was talking about the natives living in the Hawaiian Islands at this time, and just wanted to say something, he saw Zheng Chenggong's face a little unnatural.

"I said that this place is not yet civilized, and I will leave after replenishing fresh water and food, but..."

"I'll tell you. I think this island is really good, if this place is built, we will have a foothold on the way to the United States in the future, and I think the climate of this place is the same as the growth climate of rubber trees that the Metropolitan Governor said, I want to occupy this island, anyway, the island is now uncivilized savages. ”

Luo Jian looked at Zheng Chenggong in surprise. He really didn't expect Zheng Chenggong to have such an idea, and occupying the Hawaiian Islands was not in the plan of this voyage.

Zheng Chenggong saw Luo Jian's surprised look, his heart tightened, and he looked at Luo Jian very worriedly, not daring to say anything more.

"Ohki, what did you do afterwards? And then on. Luo Jian noticed Zheng Chenggong's uneasiness and hurriedly said.

"Metropolitan Governor, I..." Zheng Chenggong was still a little hesitant.

"It's okay, just say it."

"I left more than 200 people on the island. He also fought a battle with the local savages and killed many people. Zheng Chenggong said and lowered his head.

"These are the people I asked for advice, and they volunteered to stay on the island." Zheng Chenggong said hesitantly.

"Have you left enough weapons and ammunition for them?" Luo Jian didn't care how many people Zheng Chenggong had killed on the Hawaiian Islands, and asked.

Luo Jian's words surprised everyone in the room, and Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian hesitantly.

"Xinghua, this island is more than 10,000 miles away from us, right? Are you trying to occupy this island? ”

"Why not?" Luo Jian asked rhetorically.

Except for Zheng Chenggong, a room full of people were stunned by Luo Jian's words.

"Grand Duke, I have left them a lot of weapons and ammunition. They are on this island now, and we will go to see them when we return. They have taken the whole island. ”

Listening to Luo Jian's words, Zheng Chenggong was very excited, pointing to Oahu, the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands, and said to Luo Jian.

"That's not enough, we still have to strengthen management, and in the next few years, we will slowly migrate to this island, and we will turn this archipelago into one of our provinces."

Luo Jian gritted his teeth and said. He remembered his own time and space, the European navigator James in 1778? The Hawaiian Islands were first discovered by Cook, and immigrants from various countries came to the islands in the 18th century until they were annexed by the United States in 1898, and now Zheng Chenggong has actually occupied them. This can't be allowed to become a state in the United States anymore.

"Then we continued our voyage from this island, and although we encountered a lot of trouble along the way, we finally got through it, and we arrived here fifty-two days before departure."

Lu Wei pointed to the map and said, Luo Jian saw that the location of Lu Wei's finger was Peru, but Luo Jian didn't know what the current Peru was called.

"We're fighting the Franciscans here." Zheng Chenggong said it lightly, but Zheng Zhilong, who was listening next to him, stood up in shock.

Shi Kefa was also very surprised, he knew that the previous red-clothed cannon was actually the Franco cannon, which was passed down by the Franco man, but he didn't expect that these Franco people had also arrived in the United States.

"With the continuous progress of science and technology, especially shipbuilding technology and mechanical technology, these Europa people have begun to explore the world, and when they encounter weak and backward peoples and regions, they will conquer them by force, colonize and enslave them, and when they encounter a big country like our Ming Dynasty, they will do business with us. So far, they have appeared all over the world, except for the snow-covered poles. ”

Luo Jian saw that everyone showed surprised expressions, and then explained.

"Did you win the war?" As soon as Shi Kefa asked this, he felt that it was wrong, and scratched his head a little embarrassed.

In fact, Luo Jian knew that the Francois at this time was Spain, since the battle with Britain in the English Channel and the "Invincible Armada" was almost completely annihilated, Spain had begun to decline at this time.

"We met the Francos at sea, about a hundred miles from the coast. They had a lot of warships, more than thirty of them, and some merchant ships, which were not small. Probably frightened by our 'Yue Fei', they weren't ready to go to war with us at first. ”

With Lu Wei's narration, although everyone knew that the fleet had returned safely, their hearts were still raised. (To be continued.) )