At the same time that Chen Dexing was fully promoting the development of Zhoushan Island, the exploration of the New World was also advancing rapidly. According to the previous agreement on Putuo Mountain, the Eastern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty also went to participate in this exploration of the New World.

The Eastern Tang Dynasty was naturally the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, who was put on the shelves by the exterminating master. On the Southern Song Dynasty's side, it was Chen Dexing's old friend Wen Tianxiang.

The great monk Yongxin and the thirty-six stick monks all stayed in Putuo Mountain and did not leave - probably the great monk decided to go to debate with the Tianfang Sultan of Tianzhu and persuade people to convert to Buddhism, so he took the stick monks, right?

Wen Tianxiang went back to Lin'an to arrange the aftermath...... Wen Zhuangyuan didn't believe that there was any Mingzhou Continent at all, and the reason why he wanted to participate in this voyage was to die with his body!

I don't know if it was because of this spirit of defending the way of Confucius and Mencius that moved Jiangnan Shilin. Wen Tianxiang, who returned to Lin'an, no longer had the hat of a traitor on his head, and was once again regarded as the leader of the clear stream by Shilin.

The officials and scholars who came to visit every day were about to break the door of Wen Tianxiang's house (his official son was bigger than in history, so the Southern Song Dynasty court arranged a house for him). It's just that Wen Tianxiang is often not at home, and most of the visitors can't see this dignified Jiangxi celebrity.

At this time, the champion of Wenda was not in the house, but the light car Jane went to the bank of the canal outside Lin'an City. He came to bid farewell to Jiang Wanli, the teacher who also drove Jian Cong from Lin'an.

Jiang Wanli traveled in the capacity of the right prime minister and privy envoy to serve as the ambassador of the pacification system of Jiangnan West Road and the ambassador of the regimental training.

Needless to say, Chen Huaiqing's right prime minister and privy envoy has been dismissed, and Chen Dexing's original and concurrent positions and the title of King of Han have also been removed. There was only one lieutenant left. This is a punishment for Chen Dexing's occupation of Zhoushan Island!

However, what is unbelievable is that Chen Defang still serves as the general trade department. The official title has not been touched in the slightest. Obviously, the Great Song Dynasty of Jia Xiangdao was really inseparable from the annual tax of 13 million guan from the General Trade Department. If you tear your face. The court of the Great Song Dynasty was determined to go bankrupt, and Chen Dexing's life may not be impossible to live - he was a traitor and even robbed the Confucian Taoism, and he didn't dare to go ashore to rob money and women?

Now the Great Song Dynasty court does not have the capital to turn against Chen Dexing!

Therefore, Jiang Wanli, Li Tingzhi, Ma Guangzu, as well as Xiang Shibi, Shi Yanzhi, Du Shu and others who invited themselves to return to their hometowns to run regimental exercises, were also sent by pacification envoys and regimental training envoys (the regimental training envoys here are not Yaojun officials or regular officials awarded to military attachés, but a civilian dispatch invented by Jia Rudao), and hurriedly traveled to mobilize and organize regimental training in their hometowns.

And among all the regimental training envoys, the position is the most important. It was also Jiang Wanli who was pinned on the greatest hope by Jia Nidao and the Southern Song Dynasty court.

Because Jiangnan West Road was the poorest of the five Jiangnan roads controlled by the Southern Song Dynasty court-the truth that poor mountains and bad waters produce elite soldiers, how could the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty not know? Moreover, Jiangxi's geographical location is far from the sea, and the terrain is relatively complex, so it is not easy to be captured by Chen Dexing. Therefore, it has been secretly selected by Jia Yidao as a place of refuge for the imperial court......

"Wenshan, it's better to go to Jiangxi with the teacher, there is a lot to be done there!"

Jiang Wanli was just dressed in cloth, walking on the bank of the canal, with Wen Tianxiang beside him, and a few guards who had been following him for many years. They are all members of the Duchangjiang clan. With his current status, he can put on the shelf of the prime minister and swagger to Jiangxi to take office. However, in this way, officials along the way will inevitably be sent in accordance with the rules. It will inevitably be delayed. But the situation is already in jeopardy. No one knew when Chen Dexing would attack Lin'an, so Jiang Wanli couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly to Jiangxi. Naturally, he chose to follow the light car, and also transferred a car and ship from the navy to send him to Jiangxi.

And the send-off banquet. It had already been done the night before, and he politely refused to send it off to the high-ranking officials in the station. Today, only Wen Tianxiang, a former student of Bailuzhou Academy, was called.

"Teacher. The students still want to see if there is a Mingzhou continent in the end. ”

Jiang Wanli's face changed slightly: "What if there is really Mingzhou?" ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "I am Song Chen. Naturally, we have to defend the imperial court! It makes no difference whether there is a Ming Zhou or not! ”

Jiang Wanli breathed a sigh of relief, and said after a while: "Apart from you and the wine and meat monk of Shaolin Temple, is there anyone else going with you?" ”

Wen Tianxiang smiled casually: "There is also the Nine Lights Master of Lingyin Temple, he wants to stop by to the West to have a look." ”

"Confucian monk nine lights...... is a monk who can speak well, go with him, and you will not be lonely on the road. ”

Wen Tianxiang didn't want to talk about sailing, so he hurriedly said: "What are the plans of the teacher to go to Jiangxi?" ”

"Wenshan," Jiang Wanli smiled and looked at his protégé, "If you go to Jiangxi to sit in the position of a teacher, what will you do?" ”

"Me?" Wen Tianxiang didn't think about this problem, he was stunned for a moment, and then said slowly, "The student union immediately summoned classmates and friends and Jiangxi Dazong to make an oath to defend the Holy Dao and protect the Great Song Dynasty." And then ...... Recruit and select generals, follow Chen Dexing's method of military training, train strictly, and at the same time teach the soldiers with the way of Confucius and Mencius, the doctrine of loyalty and righteousness, and let the sergeants and soldiers know about Chen Rebellious's evil deeds. ”

"Wait, you want to teach the way of Confucius and Mencius?" Jiang Wanli was stunned, he shook his head, "Scribe, how can you be so pedantic?" ”

"Pedanty? Why did the teacher say this? ”

Jiang Wanli said: "The way of a general lies in rewards and punishments, and in governing the army strictly. Strict rewards and punishments, and clear orders, the elite soldiers will become their own. Didn't the teacher teach you? ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "I have been taught, but the students have also studied Chen Dexing's art of war. It has set up righteous instructors in the army, and every day it uses the great righteousness of the nation and the heresy of heaven to deceive people's minds. At the same time, the barracks were closed off from inside and outside, so that the sergeants did not know the truth and thought that what they said was true. In the long run, the whole army will be strong-hearted, hard-working, and fearless of death......"

Without waiting for Wen Tianxiang to finish speaking, Jiang Wanli laughed loudly: "Ah, yes, Wen Shan didn't say it, the old man actually forgot." Although this thief is disobedient, there is still a way to win with soldiers! This time, I want to repay the other in the other way, and let him understand the power of my great Song Shizi! ”

……

"What? Jia seems to want to hold a big group exercise? Reliable messaging? ”

"It's true!" Liu Yang, the head of the secret service, wore a black robe and followed Chen Dexing on a military dock in Shenjiamen Port, answering questions in a low voice. "Li Tingzhi, Ma Guangzu, Xiang Shibi, Shi Yanzhi, Du Shu and others have left the Xingzai. They went to their hometowns to recruit soldiers. Jiang Wanli will also set off for Jiangnan West Road in the near future. ”

Chen Dexing walked onto the gangplank leading to a large dhowing boat with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "Have you seen that Bai Zhanji?" ”

"I've seen it, and people are quite smart." Liu Yang replied.

"Can you recruit Jinyiwei?" Chen Dexing stepped onto the deck, and the sailors on the ship saw him come up and hurriedly knelt down and saluted. Chen Dexing just waved his hand and let them be exempted.

"Yes, my subordinates think so too," Liu Yang said, "This kid's family is on Zhoushan Island, and he doesn't dare to rebel." ”

"He's still read, hasn't he?"

After reading, his family was originally a wealthy family, but his father went to sea to do business for many years and was not heard from before he fell into ruin. So he read books when he was young, and he was called Bai Xiucai. ”

"Then make good use of it!" Chen Dexing waved his hand and motioned for Liu Yang to retire.

A black man with a stubbly beard but a shaved head saw Liu Yang retreat, so he stepped forward a few steps forward and bowed a big bow and said: "Navy Major, the bow of the Mingzhou expedition ship, the sergeant, the minister Zhou Xiaoqi greets my king long live." ”

As soon as Zhou Xiaoqi's words fell, another young officer wearing a red battle jacket came up, and also bowed and said: "Second lieutenant of the army, captain of the Mingzhou expedition, sergeant, long live the minister's visit to my king." ”

"Flat!" Chen Dexing smiled and let the two of them get up, nodded and said, "Xiao Qi, cover up, you are all good!" You'll all go down in history when you come back from this expedition! ”

The four expedition ships, all of which had a deadweight of more than 3,000 stones, were converted to almost 200 tons in tonnage, much larger than the 120 tons that Columbus used to discover the New World, the Santa Maria. And the crew on the four ships was also several times more than the 87 people on the three expedition ships of Columbus that year, as many as 290 people.

In addition, the ship was equipped with weapons such as cannons, bows, crossbows, spears, swords and armor. Two hot air balloons for the show were also carried. There was also a large amount of cloth and thunder - cloth and thunder were not shipped to Mingshu, but goods to Japan. After seeing the power of the heavenly thunder again, Hojo Naga, the ruler of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, immediately converted to the Tendo religion. It was also promised to build a great shrine in Kamakura. As a result, permission was obtained to purchase a certain number of heavenly mines. Chen Dexing sent four expedition ships to Kamakura with Tianlei and some cloth to be sold in Japan.

Then, with the proceeds from the sale of the cloth, they bought food, liquor, fuel, medicine and other supplies on the spot in Japan, as well as some Japanese lacquerware and knives to exchange with the locals of Mingzhou - preferably gold and silver! It's the most effective thing to get people to travel to the New World!

Chen Dexing's wishful thinking was to use the gold and silver of the New World to seduce the poor people in the south of the Yangtze River to go to the New World to pan for gold and silver. At the same time, it was also necessary to establish colonial bases in what would become Vancouver, San Francisco, and San Diego.

When the conditions were ripe, he could transfer the nobility to the New World and let them establish a manor there. If possible, he can also send his sons to Mingzhou to be kings.

One of the four sailing ships that traveled east would return as soon as the New World was discovered. The remaining three ships will investigate the Mingzhou Continent while looking for a suitable foothold for gold. Two of them will also head south in search of a route to the Atlantic Ocean and the Tianzhu Ocean...... (To be continued......)