After listening to Fang Xiaoyu's explanation, Wu Yu's eyes lit up and said: "Young master, this is really a good opportunity to make a lot of money, with the protection of the navy, we can make money very safely, but what are we going to do in those shipyards?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Shipyards, we can build merchant ships, merchant ships have low costs and high profits." Moreover, the quality of commercial ships built in the shipyards of the Navy is guaranteed, and there must be many people vying to buy them. What's more, if the navy has money in the future, won't it want to build warships, as long as we can build warships, the navy will still go to the western continent to order them? The profit from building this warship is not ordinarily high, and the twenty percent of the profit obtained by Marshal Xiahou is not obediently sent back to me. ”

Fang Xiaoyu thought proudly, these days, he combined the problems he encountered in practice with the knowledge on the Internet in later generations, and had a deep understanding of business, which involves the calculation of making money, which is definitely better than Marshal Xiahou, who can only fight.

Wu Yu was stunned and said, "Then we don't make more money." After speaking, he glanced at Fang Xiaoyu and said with a sigh: "Since I followed the young master, I have learned what it means to make money, and I used to live in vain." Fang Xiaoyu patted Wu Yu's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as you follow the young master, there will be a lot of opportunities to make money in the future, this is just the beginning." In the future, I promise to use gold to give you local bricks to step on. Wu Yu nodded wistfully: "There will always be a day when you follow the young master." ”

There are three normal routes to the western continent, the first of which is to go all the way south to Siam in the south, and then follow the coastline of Siam, the Kingdom of Champsi, and the Persian Empire across the Southern Ocean to the west, and enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Sinai Canal.

The second route was to sail all the way east, across the Eastern Ocean, through the Oahu Kingdom to the Boston Empire in the New World, then along the coastline all the way south, around the Strait of Magellan in the southern New World, and then all the way north through the Stormy Ocean to the Saar Empire. The first of these two roads is relatively close, and the second road is far away, but you can go to the New World to do business, which is equivalent to an extra layer of profit.

Fang Xiaoyu decided to take the third road, that is, from Quanzhou Port all the way south to Siam, and then sail eastward, through the Kingdom of New Guinea and the Wild Continent, directly to the Strait of Magellan, and then sail all the way north to reach the Saar Empire, although this road is about the same distance as the second road, but the Kingdom of New Guinea and the Wild Continent have no special products, so this road is the least profitable, and there are usually no merchant ships to take this road.

One of the main reasons why Fang Xiaoyu wanted to take this road was that he wanted to go to the Wild Continent to have a look. The Savage Continent is a wasteland in the eyes of the civilized people of this world, and it is surrounded by reefs for thirty nautical miles, which are difficult for ordinary ships to navigate, except for a winding channel to the north.

According to the only expedition team that entered here, the climate here is unpredictable, there are several species of poisonous snakes and poisonous spiders, which caused great damage to the expedition team, and the groundwater here is saltwater, and the 100 kilometers they go deep are of no development value except for cliffs and deserts, so even the Kingdom of New Guinea, which claims sovereignty here, only established a small village-like Moore port on the coast with the only shipping route as a sign of sovereignty, and then completely ignored it.

Fang Xiaoyu stood on the boat, looking at the sunset on the horizon, pondering his investigation plan for the Savage Continent. In Fang Xiaoyu's understanding, there is no completely useless wasteland, the Arabian Peninsula was also a wasteland with only deserts, and it turned out that it was not that so much oil was found underground, making it a treasure sought after by the whole world.

Canada is close to the Arctic Circle, full of ice sheets, which were once considered wasteland, only to find numerous gold and other minerals there.

The situation in Siberia is similar to that of Canada, even the four most barren islands in Japan are also quite rich in geothermal resources, not to mention that what Fang Xiaoyu wants most now is just a completely unhindered territory that can develop freely, as for whether the resources are rich and whether the natural environment is superior, this is not within his consideration, because he is confident that Xiaofeng's scientific research ability does not need to rely too much on mineral or environmental advantages.

At this time, Wu Yu came over and said, "Young Master, temporarily switch to this big ship, our cargo is not enough, and many cabins are still empty." Fang Xiaoyu said: "This ship uses a steam engine, which consumes more coal, didn't it load more coal?" Wu Yu said: "This ship has a displacement of 3,000 tons, and it is a supply ship, with many cargo holds, and a lot of coal has been carried, which is enough for us to sail thousands of nautical miles." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "It's okay, we came out this time and brought a lot of money, you can go to Siam to buy some more spices to bring, these things are very profitable in the Western Continent." "Fang Xiaoyu's knowledge of the Western Continent was all heard from Xia Tingwei.

After more than ten days of sailing, Fang Xiaoyu's ship did not stop much after buying a large amount of spices in Siam, and headed straight for the Wild Continent, which was already close at hand at this moment.

The low houses and dilapidated trestle bridge in Moore Harbor were so simple that Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but be a little surprised. Even if there is a natural deep-water harbor near Moore Harbor, but with that small trestle bridge, it is impossible to dock this huge naval supply ship, and Fang Xiaoyu, who did not take into account this situation, has no choice, so he had to let the supply ship anchor half a kilometer away from the port, and Fang Xiaoyu and the others went ashore in a small boat.

Landing on the land of the Savage Continent, Fang Xiaoyu found that there was already a group of people waiting there. It's rare to get a ship here all year round, let alone such a huge steamship. One of the first people stepped forward and saluted: "The Governor of Port Moore, Lai Dehua, salutes you, I don't know who your Excellency is?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "Colonel Fang Xiaoyu of the Lanfang Imperial Army, disturb His Excellency the Governor." ”

Lai Dehua was a little surprised when he heard Fang Xiaoyu's words, he couldn't believe that such a young child actually had the rank of colonel, and he knew that the army commander of the Kingdom of New Guinea was only a colonel. However, he had heard that there were many nobles in the Lanfang Empire, and the royal family there or the important sons of some big nobles were born with positions, and it was possible to become a high-ranking official at such a young age.

If it was a big man in the kingdom, it was not something that he, a small governor, could afford to provoke, he said carefully: "It turned out to be the lord of the Lanfang Empire, it is really a blessing, I don't know what is the matter with Lord Lu Dao coming here?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu looked at the surrounding scenery and smiled very easily: "I like to explore more, and I came here to explore this time." ”

"Adventure?" Lai Dehua was a little surprised, since the only expedition returned, there had been no expedition since the only expedition returned, that expedition entered the continent but there were more than 300 people, and only 11 people came out alive, and it is said that most of them died of thirst and poisonous snakes.

Lai Dehua kindly reminded: "My lord, the Wild Continent is very dangerous, and only eleven people from the expedition of more than 300 people who entered at the beginning came back alive, and the people who came back have all become crazy. "Ryder is very afraid that this lord will die here, and if a big man dies here, he, the little governor, cannot afford it.

Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "It's okay, we have all the preparations to ensure that nothing will happen." Since Fang Xiaoyu insisted like this, Lai Dehua had no choice, after all, New Guinea did not have a law that did not allow exploration to the wild continent, and he had no right to stop it.

There is a large river near Moore Harbor, which is the only source of water for Moore Harbor. After a detailed inquiry of Governor Lai Dehua, Fang Xiaoyu knew that even if wells were drilled in the inland areas of Lang Dao, most of them were salt water, so he needed to prepare more fresh water on the way, but Fang Xiaoyu was not worried about having chips for opportunism. On the night of staying in Moore Harbor, Fang Xiaoyu deliberately went to the river and secretly loaded a large amount of fresh water into the chip's agricultural equipment warehouse for temporary storage.

The next morning, Fang Xiaoyu's expedition was ready to go. There were thirty members of the Predator Guard who set off together this time, plus Elena and Fang Xiaoyu, and the scale of this expedition was very small. In order to survive in the wild for a long time, everyone in the expedition team brought enough supplies, but Fang Xiaoyu specifically instructed them not to bring water except for the water bottle they carried.

Seeing the team members who were already eager to try, Liu Junxi, who was left behind, said to Xiaoyu who was a little uneasy: "Young master, I think it's better not to go, I heard what the governor said that it is very dangerous here, in case something happens, how can I explain to a few masters." ”