The world map in which the Ming Dynasty is located has naturally been updated, after all, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the process of external expansion, even if the territory of the Central Plains has almost been fixed, but the vassal states are following the footsteps of the Ming army to expand externally.

With the nature of the Chinese sons and daughters who are attached to the land, those many people who are separated from the royal family and clan can obtain the land, then they will take root and multiply.

No matter what the reason, few people take the initiative to give up their own land, so China has always belonged to the country with agriculture as the main body, and that attachment to the land seems to be imprinted in the bones of the people.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not directly incorporate the vast land outside the Ming Dynasty into the Ming Dynasty's territory, it was still possible to control these places through the Ming clan's division of the vassal states.

As Zhu Houzhao himself said, no matter what happens in the future, even if one day in the future, the vassal states rebel and smash the world, it will be rotten meat in the pot, at least it will not let the alien race control the world, right.

On the map of the world, all the vassal states that belong to the Ming Dynasty are marked with the Ming Sun and Moon Flag, representing that these places are the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty.

A general hadn't seen the latest world map for at least half a year, and when he saw the latest world map that had been hung out, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Hey, there are so many vassal states, when did our Ming Dynasty actually lay down so much land and divide so many vassal states?" ”

These soldiers have been expanding outside the country since they left the country, and they have no time to know what is happening behind them.

Now looking at the world map, I found that Da Ming had already laid down such a large piece of land.

The purpose of asking Cheng Yu to hang out such a map of the world is not to let the generals present know how many vassal states the Ming Dynasty has divided, but to let the people understand the current world situation.

I saw Cheng Xiangwu take a few steps forward, and before he reached the world universe map, in Cheng Xiangwu's hand, a sword slid over the world universe map, and finally landed between a sea area.

Someone saw the location where Cheng Xiangwu's sword fell and said, "The sea of England? ”

Cheng Xiangwu is a high-level military official, and the news he has come into contact with is naturally not comparable to the generals at the bottom, so Cheng Xiangwu knew that at this time, the Ming fleet led by Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others was entangled with those maritime powers near the Mediterranean Sea.

In these years of understanding of the world, the Ming Dynasty divided the world's powers into two parts, one is the maritime power, and the other is the land power.

The most obvious thing about a maritime power is that it has a strong power on the sea, but its own land strength is actually very average.

Land powers, on the other hand, rarely involve the sea, which is very evident in the Western world.

According to this division, then the Ming itself should be biased towards a land power, but its own maritime strength is actually not bad at all.

Even in the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzu ordered Zheng He to go to the West to declare the prestige of the country to overseas countries.

It's a pity that later the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of banning the sea, completely abandoning the maritime affairs, even so, hundreds of years later, under the guidance of Chu Yi, the Ming Dynasty can still easily catch up with the incomparably thick foundation, and in a short period of time it became the world's first power again.

With Daming's investment in the navy, there was naturally an atmosphere of competition within the Ming military.

Competition between the navy and the army is inevitable in any country, and unless it is a completely landlocked country, there is no need to build a navy at all, and naturally there will be no competition between sea and land.

In addition to Cheng Xiangwu, there were several generals present who were born in the navy, led by Lu Dazhu, and almost eighty percent of the generals present were from the army.

Of course, this kind of competition is a healthy competition, so Cheng Xiangwu, as the boss of the navy, can easily take over the command of the army from Lu Dazhu by virtue of the will of the Son of Heaven.

If this is a vicious competition between the navy and the army, I am afraid that Lu Dazhu, with the support of most of the generals, will be able to completely empty Cheng Xiangwu.

Everyone's eyes were gathered on that sea area, which could be mentioned by Cheng Xiangwu, obviously that sea area was definitely not so simple.

Cheng Xiangwu nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it is this sea area, and now my Ming fleet is being led by Ding Xiangbo and others to fight against several major maritime powers in the West......"

With a sweep of his eyes, on the world map, if there was a straight line from their position towards the waters of England, there were at least a dozen countries involved in this straight line.

Especially the more you go to the west, the deeper you go into the heart of this continent, the more countries will naturally become.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow is just a beginning, if you go all the way west as Cheng Xiangwu said, there are at least a dozen countries waiting for them along the way.

Thinking that more than a dozen countries were waiting for them to conquer, many belligerent generals couldn't help but show excitement on their faces, and they almost didn't rush to Cheng Xiangwu to fight.

Cheng Xiangwu's eyes flashed with essence, he took a step forward, pressed his palm on the position of the sea area of England, and said slowly: "Everyone, this general wants to lead the army to return to the division with Yu Dayou and other generals, are you willing to help Cheng with a certain arm?" ”

The generals glanced at each other, and they heard everyone say in a deep voice: "I am willing to follow the general to open up the territory for my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Hahaha, in this case, General Ben is here to wish us and others a smooth rendezvous with Yu Dayou and others!"

Among the handsome tents, the generals had a goal in their hearts, the atmosphere became a little more eager, and many people became a lot calmer.

After all, because many people defeated the Grand Duchy of Moscow before, they had no goal in their hearts for a while, and naturally they were emotionally unstable.

Cheng Xiangwu, as the commander of the first army, was obviously aware of this, so he summoned a group of generals and took the initiative to explain the next goal to the generals, hoping to stabilize the morale of the army in this way.

I have to say that Cheng Xiangwu's methods are really extraordinary, and the originally somewhat impetuous military spirit was quickly stabilized.

A rush of footsteps came, and Cheng Xiangwu was discussing with Lu Dazhu and several high-ranking military officials how to march next.

A figure strode in, it was Cheng Xiangwu's son, Cheng Yu.

Seeing Cheng Yu's face with a little joy, he could see that there should be some happy event.

It had been a few days since the last gathering of the generals in the army, during which time the army was stationed in the city to rest and at the same time began a great raid on the city.

Whether it is grain or gold and silver property is indispensable for the army, without grain as a supplement, hundreds of thousands of troops are afraid that it will collapse in a few days, as for the looting of the historical gold and silver wealth is naturally their spoils, part of it is used to distribute to the officers and soldiers in the army, and the rest is naturally transported back to the Ming Dynasty and handed over to the treasury or the royal treasury.

Cheng Yu, as the son of Cheng Xiangwu, naturally got this beauty, and led thousands of elite soldiers to loot in the city in a few days.

Although he didn't dare to say that the sky was three feet high, Cheng Yu was not soft at all, there was no powerful person in the city who had time to get away in front of Cheng Yu's means, no one could carry it for three days and honestly explained where their treasure was.

raised his head and glanced at Cheng Yu, and the eyes of several generals of Lu Dazhu fell on Cheng Yu's body in unison.

I heard Lu Dazhu say with a smile: "Cheng Yuxian's nephew is so happy, I guess the results of the family raid have been counted in the past few days." ”

Facing Lu Dazhu's somewhat joking words, Cheng Yu coughed lightly, and saluted Lu Dazhu with a little surprise: "What Lu Shuai said is very true, and the last time I will come here is to show you what I have not obtained this time." ”

Cheng Xiangwu sat there as if to avoid suspicion and did not speak, but handed it over to Lu Dazhu.

Lu Dazhu sat there with Cheng Xiangwu, of course, he looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Yu, let's listen to it, what have we gained this time?" ”

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, took out a book from his cuff, looked at the contents recorded on the book, and said slowly: "Back to the generals, this time we have scavenged a total of 3.2 million stones of grain, 3.8 million taels of gold, 26 million taels of silver, and a total of 150,000 pieces of gold and silverware......

Although there are many gold and silver things, with the current status of Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu, to be honest, the temptation of gold and silver things to them has been greatly reduced, and what really makes them care is what Cheng Yu said about how much grain they have scavenged.

Because of the changeability of measurement, even if a stone represents how many dynasties and dynasties are not uniform, such as the Great Qin and Tang dynasties, the weight represented by a stone is different.

A stone in Daming almost represents more than 100 catties of grain, and if a soldier wants to ensure sufficient physical strength, he needs at least three or four catties of grain a day, that is to say, a stone of grain is enough for a soldier for a month at most.

For an army of more than 100,000 people, it takes at least more than 200,000 stones to eat and chew, and Cheng Yu said that the grain and straw that were scavenged this time are almost more than 3 million stones, if it is a little more abundant, these grains are almost enough for them to fight for more than a year.

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