Xu Yifan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, now our Ming Empire has too little information about the Americas, I'm afraid it's not the best time to enter the palace to face the Americas......"

Zhu Jie looked at Shi Lang and Wu Xing, and shouted, "The two of you have not mastered anything useful during your trip to the Americas?" ”

Wu Xing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this eastward trip, the minister and General Shi have mastered a route on the spot, which can go directly to the Americas, at the same time, the minister has landed in Mexico for a few days, collected a lot of intelligence, and brought it back with the army, according to the information mastered by the minister, now the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Gulf in the middle of the Americas are all controlled by the Spaniards, in Mexico, and the nearby islands, the Spaniards stationed a small fleet, located in the Gulf of Mexico, however, if you want to go around the West Gulf of Mexico, you need to bypass most of the Americas, The journey is more than 10,000 miles, which is quite inconvenient, in addition, the Spaniards stationed 5,000 elite troops in Mexico, and recruited more than 20,000 armed forces from the local area, which is the strength in Mexico, and Spain also has a large colony in the south of the Americas, with a total strength, no less than 60,000 troops......"

"Sixty thousand?"

Zhu Jie said coldly, "It's not a big deal, the mobilization of the Tianxiong army in the two towns will wipe them out, and a thousand Ming people can't die in vain!" ”

Shi Lang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, this is naturally nothing? The combat power of the Tianxiong Army is strong, the crown is unbeatable, except for the Tianwei Army, in the invincible hand, however, starting from Songjiang Mansion, after the Dongying Islands, and further east, it is difficult to see even a desert island, if it is a few thousand people on an expedition to the Americas, it is still possible, the two towns of the Tianxiong Army, that is 50,000 people, to drift on the sea for more than half a year, how can we ensure the supply of military supplies? How many ships do we need to move with us to be able to guarantee this? Moreover, along the way, there is sea water everywhere, not even a bird can be seen, and it is difficult for elite soldiers to be safe and sound in such a lonely environment? The disease along the way alone is enough to make us lose our vitality, even if we go to Mexico, how much combat power our Tianxiong Army elite can retain, only God knows, now our main target is not the Americas, at least, not ...... now"

"Your honor, is there really such a horror in the depths of the Pacific Ocean? Can't even see a seabird? ”

Even the side of the check bolt feel a burst of creepy, sailing on the sea, the most frightening thing is not the shortage of drinking water and food, but the daunting loneliness, ten days and half a month can not see the land islands, if you can't see the land and islands for most of the year, even a seabird can't be seen, that's really life, no one can endure such a boring and boring environment for a long time!

Shi Lang nodded and replied: "Lord Ministry, it's true, Xiaguan's route detours from the north, and it is not to mention that it is close all the way along the Beihai Voyage, although it is deserted, but at least you can still see the land, but the route that Xiaguan and Xiongwuhou walked, the farthest one, more than four thousand miles, Xiaguan did not see even a desert island or even a reef, really within a month, did not see a single seabird......"

Cha Xuan and Xu Yifan gasped, knowing that ocean voyages were dangerous, but they didn't expect it to be so dangerous!

Wu Xing said astringently: "Two princes, I took more than 30 ships and more than 1,000 people to the Americas, and when I arrived in the Americas, more than 30 ships, there were only less than 20 searches left, and nearly half of them were sunk by the wind and waves along the way, and the sailors and sick people even drowned and died, and we directly reduced hundreds of people, such a sea route is really not a place for people to walk, and it is too difficult to pass through the Pacific Ocean with all the feathers......"

Zhu Jie replied lightly: "No matter how difficult it is, we also have to carry out ocean expeditions, and we also have to expedition to the Americas, Wu Xingzhen has already established the Xuanyuan Company after you left, which is responsible for ocean exploration and opening up shipping routes, you don't want to do this matter, completely leave it to Zunhou to do, Zunhou, I will only give you two to three years, and do my best to find the safest sea route to the Americas for me!" ”

Shi Lang nodded and replied: "Please rest assured, the minister will do his best, this time the minister and the Marquis of Xiongwu have also collected many navigation routes in Mexico, preparing to explore them one by one, hoping to find a desert island that can be replenished halfway......"

Zhu Jie stood up and said, "Honor, rest for a while, and after a month, go overseas again, my only request to you is that you must find a reliable foothold in the Americas as a springboard for our expedition to the Americas, understand?" Not to mention anything else, there is no springboard, if we want to go on an expedition to the Americas, it is indeed too difficult, and the lives of a thousand people will weigh on my heart, which will make it difficult for me to sleep and eat, and I will definitely not give up! ”

"Your Majesty, don't you remember that on your globe, there is an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? It's thousands of miles southeast of the Dongying Islands! ”

Xu Yifan said suddenly.

Zhu Jie was stunned and immediately came to his senses and shouted: "Liu Sili, get me the globe!" ”

Liu Sili hurriedly picked up the globe, although this is Zhu Jie's masterpiece, but after all, Zhu Jie also has a time of negligence, southeast of Dongying, thousands of nautical miles!

Zhu Jie and Xu Yifan finally discovered an archipelago!

"Haha, Yifan, thanks to your reminder, haha, it's the Honolulu Islands!"

Zhu Jie pointed to the hinterland of the Pacific Ocean and said with a smile, "This area is located in the hinterland of the Pacific Ocean, consisting of more than a hundred islands, and I don't have a very specific location here, but, honor, what I can tell you is that this island and reef definitely exist, and there will be a lot of indigenous people, and your next task is to find this island and establish the rule of our Ming Empire on it, and it must be a solid rule, as long as you can establish a regime to rule, you can pay any price, They can be said to be the only transit point from the Ming Dynasty to the Americas, and they must be in the hands of our Ming Empire! ”

Shi Lang frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, can you tell me the specific direction?" ”

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Honor, look at this globe, this is the general shape of our world, a ball, if we draw it according to the latitude and longitude, this archipelago is about 20 degrees north latitude, if it extends from the archipelago to the west, it should be near Qiongzhou Island, that is to say, starting from Qiongzhou Island, all the way to the east, don't deviate too much, it takes almost 20,000 miles to find the traces of this archipelago, and, what I want to tell you, from Guangzhou Mansion or Tainan, All the way to this Honolulu archipelago, drawing a bow shape to the south, there will be a lot of small islands, some people, some no, but there will definitely be a lot of islands, these islands are like a huge chain, connected together, across the Pacific Ocean, find this island chain, determine the location of the Honolulu Islands, this is the final task I give you! ”

(End of chapter)