"100,000 people, ten years to complete?" When Duan Fei heard that it would take many times longer than he had imagined, he couldn't help but raise his voice and ask rhetorically.

As a result, the experts' answers made him extremely disappointed: "Yes, Lord Governor, this is just ignoring all possible problems, and the estimated fastest time, if the construction really starts, we suspect that ten years is far from enough." ”

Duan Fei smiled bitterly and was speechless, and finally he decided to let these experts continue to raise plans to dig the canal, the canal would have to be dug sooner or later, even if it would take twenty years! Sooner rather than later, it's decided!

When the experts saw that Duan Fei insisted on digging the canal, they had no opinion, after all, the benefits of digging the canal were obvious.

Just when Duan Fei felt that his life was only afraid that he would have to spend a lot of time on this canal, the commando team he sent had returned victoriously, and thousands of people took advantage of the night to raid hundreds of unsuspecting people, and it was difficult to succeed if it did not succeed, but a news sent back by the commando team made Duan Fei a little surprised, and the information he got from the mouths of those Spanish prisoners said that these Spaniards were also ordered to come to the central part of the Americas to explore the terrain, preparing to dig the canal and connect the two oceans.

Duan Fei admired the king of Spain who made this decision, no wonder Spain would defeat Portugal and establish Spain's maritime supremacy for decades.

Duan Fei immediately led his team of experts to leave their temporary residence, landed in Central America, and walked to the east of the continent, and at the same time he ordered the fleet to disassemble the next part of the ship's cannons and transport them to the east, and also ordered some of the ships to return to the Rocky Mountain Port and bring a group of construction experts and shipbuilding and firearms experts to Central America.

If it takes more than ten years to dig the canal, it is enough for Duan Fei to build two large enough ports on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama where the canal is to be dug, and at the same time build a road, temporarily connect the two sides of the mainland with a straight road, and build ships and cannons on the east side of the continent, which can also do what the canal would have been able to do.

Duan Fei took the team that was digging the canal to the east coast of the mainland, where they met with their counterparts from Europe, and referred to the maps drawn by the Spaniards and the plans they had prepared.

The Spaniards had already made three plans, similar to the opinions of the experts in Dashu, that is, limited to the huge amount of the project, only one sluice canal could be excavated, and the three routes selected were also quite scientific, Duan Fei accompanied the experts of the daimyo to personally inspect the three routes, and finally selected the shortest one, at the end near the west coast of the Americas, the Governor Hoe the first hoe of the Panama Canal......

The ports on both sides of the Panama Canal were built almost simultaneously, and a large number of Southeast Asian and Japanese immigrants who had been heavily involved in the construction and development of North America were brought in from the north, to build ports, to build roads between the two ports, and to build canals between the two oceans......

The Spaniards were not willing to accept their successive defeats in the Americas while gaining the upper hand in the battle with the Portuguese, and they sent a fleet to try to regain the lost land, but Duan Fei had already prepared for a rainy day, and established many artillery batteries on the shore, and the power and accuracy of the general's cannon on land were much better than that year, and the guns repelled several Spanish invasions with the batteries, and after the shipyards in the port built warships one after another, the war began to turn around.

In the autumn of the 33rd year of Zhengde, the Atlantic Fleet began its journey to conquer the Caribbean Sea, defeating the allied fleet of the Spaniards and many Caribbean pirates.

At this time, it was the seventh year that Duan Fei came to the Americas, and it was also the third year that he came to Central America to dig the Panama Canal.

Before that, Duan Fei had heard that Zhengde had not been in good health recently, and now he had been sent back to Beijing without warning, Duan Fei couldn't help but wonder, could it be ...... Zhengde's body is not good? He wouldn't be like his father, who suddenly collapsed his body by taking the pill by mistake, right?

This is a great event, if Duan Fei's plan to conquer the world is not good, it will be aborted, and if it is not good, the domestic reform will also be interrupted, so Duan Fei immediately decided to go back to Beijing, and all his responsibilities in North America were handed over to Ruan Xiangshu, who followed him to the Americas and fought for several years.

Ruan Xiangshu stopped talking about Duan Fei's decision, and in the end he didn't say anything, just that the jailer Duan Fei would return as soon as possible, and no matter what happened to Daming, he would carry out Duan Fei's plan to the end.

Duan Fei left Central America in the winter of Zhengde 33, and when he returned to the Rocky Mountain port, the coldest winter in the northern hemisphere had passed, and the Rocky Mountain people gathered at the port to welcome Duan Fei's return, but Duan Fei only turned around on the dock and continued the voyage north.

In March of the 44th year of Zhengde, Duan Fei returned to Fangjin Port in Japan, where he stayed for a while, the Japanese cabinet had already changed for two terms, and Tanba Ohara actually nested in Fangjin Port and waited for Duan Fei after his retirement, waiting for several years.

"My lord, now that Japan is mired in the Goryeo war and can't extricate itself, please ask Lord Duan to point out the best tactics to quickly end the war, and relieve the people of our two countries from hanging upside down!" Tanba Ohara begged Duan Fei.

Duan Fei replied with a smile: "Be a man to be content, and it is the best way to end the war, now that Japan has occupied the richest plains of Goryeo, it is better to negotiate peace with the Goryeo royal family hiding in the northern mountains, and demarcate the national border with the place occupied by the two sides at the current opportunity, so that the war can not be ended?" ”

Tanba Ohara smiled bitterly: "But now the greedy is the king of Goryeo, he asks us to withdraw from Goryeo, otherwise there will be no truce, if we don't agree, the war will be inevitable, but if we agree to him, then the war in the past few years will not be in vain?" Didn't so many soldiers die in vain? Now we are in a dilemma, my lord, why don't we ask Emperor Jeongdeok to put pressure on the king of Goryeo to give up his territorial claims, and as your lord says, let's stop the war by dividing the borders of the country with the territory we actually occupy now. ”

Duan Fei groaned: "My lord has been away from the capital for a long time, I don't know what the situation in the capital is, if everything is okay, I will make a proposal to the emperor for you, but to what extent, this official can not say." ”

Tanba Ohara left with a thousand thanks, Duan Fei read the information sent to Japan, but he didn't see anything unusual, after all, he had been away from Beijing for seven or eight years, and it was inevitable that he would be a little worried in his heart, Ruan Xiangshu didn't say what he knew, he now ruled in North America in a much larger place than the Ming Dynasty, and there was a rumor in Beijing that he was going to become independent in North America, and it was a bit risky for him to go back at this time.

However, Duan Fei didn't want to see Da Ming suddenly split on the way to expansion, without Da Ming's huge financial and material resources to support him, his foundation in North America was simply a flash in the pan, so he had to go back.

After a night's rest in Fangjin Port, Duan Fei left Fangjin Port in good spirits the next day, and three days later, his ship arrived at Tianjin Port, and then Duan Fei hurried back to the capital......

The post office's eight-hundred-mile post envoy walked faster than Duan Fei, and the news that Wei Guogong was about to return to the capital caused a sensation in the city, and he has lived more and more nourishing in recent years, and he didn't have to worry about any nomadic invasion in the north The people were full of gratitude to Duan Fei, and when they heard that he had returned to Beijing, the people put down what they were doing and went out of Beijing to welcome the ten-mile long pavilion.

Outside the ten-mile long pavilion, the people were crowded, and there had never been such a lively, and I don't know who shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The people turned back one after another, and sure enough, they saw the dragon flag representing the Son of Heaven, as well as the mighty Taurus Guard, and the people knelt down one after another, seeing the wise emperor in their hearts.

When Duan Fei returned to the Ten Mile Long Pavilion, he saw the energetic Zhengde riding a black whirlwind to meet him, he was really taken aback, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted to salute Zhengde, but Zhengde rushed to shout: "Slow! ”

Duan Fei was stunned for a moment, and only listened to Zhengde said: "Spread my will, Duan Aiqing's merits are high...... Days, it will be sealed side by side...... The king of the Americas, Duan Aiqing, South America has not yet been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you have to work hard, lest this prince do a real thing! ”

"Wechen obeyed the order and thanked him, long live my emperor, long live...... Duan Fei replied with tears and laughter, and the people around him cheered in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor, long live the king of the Americas, long live, long live!" ”

Zhengde waved his hand and said solemnly: "If I live to live to ten thousand years, and Duan Aiqing only lives to be a thousand years old, won't I want to be a lonely person for nine thousand years?" No, no, you should say: Long live my emperor! The King of the Americas is ten thousand and one years old! That's pretty much it. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, Duan Fei approached Zhengde and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you are in a good mood today, you are in a hurry to send Weichen back to Beijing, won't it be just to crown Weichen as king in person, right?" Weichen was almost frightened when he received the holy decree, and thought that the emperor was in poor health. ”

Zhengde hehe, lowered his voice and said: "I have been cultivating myself in the past few years listening to your words, I don't know how good my body is, I just want you to misunderstand, otherwise you will definitely delay and not return, this matter will go back to the palace, let's go!" ”

At this time, the dressed queen led a strong young man in his early teens to Duan Fei, Duan Fei knew that the child in front of him was the current prince, that is, the child of Duan Fei and Qingqing, he hesitated slightly, but saw the queen command: "Xiao Fei, this is the great hero you have been obsessed with all day long, the invincible generalissimo Duan Guogong, now Duan Guogong is the king of the Americas, why don't you come forward and see it!" ”

"Huh?" Duan Fei was stunned, and asked the prince to come to see him, the queen mother made a mistake, right?

The crown prince Zhu Yaofei bowed to Duan Fei in reverence, and said, "The son of the retainer sees the ...... of the father-in-law."