"Now that the warships of the Taixi countries have spread all over the world, their shadows can be seen in every ocean, and I naturally can't fall behind them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"In a restaurant near the port of Jinmen, Li You is seeing off the sailors of the expedition, and behind him is a global map, which he redrew by combining the map brought by Western missionaries and the memories of his own later generations, which indicates the location of the American continent, as well as the location of Australia and New Zealand, he pointed to the location of North America and said, "The vastness of this place even exceeds the continent of China, and the area of land that can be cultivated is far exceeded. Now the number of my Ming people is close to 10,000, and the land in the Central Plains is limited after all, so I have to seek a way to live for the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so the task of waiting for this time is very important, and we must not slack off. ”

"Now the English and the French have occupied the east coast here, but fortunately, the population of these two countries is far inferior to my Ming Dynasty, so they can only occupy a small amount of land on the east coast, and the vast territory of the west coast and the inland still belongs to the local indigenous people, it is said that the inhabitants of this place are migrated from my Central Plains during the Yin Shang period, so they are called Yin Di'an people, and they are also considered to be people who are connected with the blood of my Ming people, and I Ming should also take care of one or two." Sometimes some excuses are still very needed, and they can at least be used to make more sense in negotiations with England and other countries, and can also be used to convince the gentry and common people in the country.

After talking about the importance of the task, then it is time to talk about the encouragement of these people, "If you can find the route from the Central Plains to this place, it will be a good thing for me to benefit the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations, of course, I will not hesitate to reward you, once you return victoriously, the leader should be rewarded by the earl, and the rest of the soldiers can also be promoted to three levels in a row, and those who have made outstanding achievements will be rewarded for their merits." "Exchanging the title of Earl for the route from Daming to the Americas is definitely a great deal.

As soon as these words came out, many officers and men of the Northern Fleet were jealous, and deeply regretted why they did not take the initiative to sign up when the fleet was formed. Chen Guangfu, who pacified the Japanese Kingdom, and the Admiral of the Southern Navy who had just defeated the Spanish fleet and pacified the South Seas, if you count the earlier Zheng Zhilong, there were only four people, and seeing that the fifth title was placed in front of him, but was preempted by others, the mood of these people could be calm.

"The last general will not dishonor the king's life!" Chen Xu, the commander of the expedition fleet, replied categorically, led the officers and men of the fleet to salute in unison, and vowed to successfully complete this important mission.

"Don't be jealous, I will soon consider forming a fleet to explore this place." Li You pointed to the location of Australia and New Zealand, although the cultivated land area of these two places is not as large as North America, and the natural environment is not as superior as North America, but Australia is rich in minerals, New Zealand is very suitable for grazing, and these two lands are close to the Ming Dynasty, and there is no owner now, which is suitable for the Ming Dynasty to conquer, "If you have the heart to contribute to the country, you can prepare early." ”

Now the main energy of the Southern Naval Division is on the Nanyang Route and the attack on Tianzhu, and for the time being, there are no manpower and ships to do these things, so it can only be handed over to the Northern Naval Division.

"Okay, I won't say anything superfluous, come, I salute all the soldiers, I wish you a smooth journey and a successful return as soon as possible." After that, Li You took the wine glass and drank it all, and the officers and men of the fleet from Chen Xu also raised their glasses in response.

On the third day, this fleet set sail and embarked on a journey to the North American continent, they will first reach the Japanese country, follow the Japanese warm current into the Pacific Ocean, and then follow the North Pacific warm current to Canada, and when they return to the sea, they will first follow the cold current of California to the south, reach the vicinity of California, and then return to Asia along the warm current of the north equator, and arrive in the South Sea.

This is also the plan that Li You formulated for them according to the memories of later generations, but he can only draw a rough route, and the specific sea route still needs to be explored by these experienced sailors themselves.

If the route of the Ming Dynasty to the Americas can be successfully explored, then the people who have lost their land in the Central Plains will have another place to go, and with the population of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that they will soon be able to overwhelm the English and the French in North America, and draw a big cake on this rich land, plus Australia and New Zealand, which are still ignored by European countries, occupy such a vast land of the Ming Dynasty, and will occupy a great initiative in the global competition for hundreds of years in the future.

If all this can be realized, then the North Pacific Ocean can be said to be the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty, what a desirable scene, plus the Indian Ocean that the southern sailors have entered, the four oceans of the world are probably only left with the Atlantic Ocean for those Europeans to play, and Li You's mood is very good when he thinks of this.

Of course, it will take a long time to achieve this goal, scientific progress, the transformation of ideas, etc. will take time, at least within Li You's task period, he probably won't be able to see this day, but as long as the seed is planted, there will be a harvest in the future, and I will try to take care of it in this short time now, so that this seed can germinate smoothly.

For this matter, he asked Zhang Dai and others to spare no effort to brag about the wealth of overseas in the newspaper, while Sun Yuanhua and others were responsible for writing popular science knowledge, teaching the people of the Ming Dynasty how to adapt to navigation and overseas life, focusing on describing the gold and silver that can be seen everywhere overseas, and the vast fertile land, hoping to attract them to the sea; Feng Menglong and others also wrote one after another stories of the Ming people going to adventure overseas according to the information they obtained, and finally became rich and wealthy and hugged the beauties, in which Li You pointed out to them some tried and tested passages in later online novels, such as what kind of dick silk counterattack, pretending to be forced to slap the face and other routines, so that those people of the Ming Dynasty who have not seen much of these are addicted, and they have the idea of going to sea to adventure.

In addition, Li You also built universities in various places focusing on the study of Gezhi, reformed the admission standards of the imperial examination, and encouraged businessmen who tasted the sweetness to build universities to study science and technology, in order to promote the development of science and make the future of the Ming Dynasty brighter.