(I'm really sorry.,I wanted to promise a chapter a day.,But I broke my promise.,I'll definitely make it up in the future.,First of all, I'm sorry for your trust!) )

October of the 31st year of the summer calendar.

The uncertainty of the war situation in the South and Western Seas, and the continued obstruction of the sea trade routes made people anxious, and a large number of delayed Xia merchant ships finally formed a huge fleet of up to 500 large merchant ships under the leadership of the three major trading houses.

In addition, this fleet has nearly 100 warships to escort them along the way.

The general who led the escort naval fleet was Mi Ke, who led the fleet to Penglai Zhou, Yingzhou and other places, and it was precisely because he had good experience in sailing that this time he took on the important task of protecting the fleet and exploring new routes along the way.

After the fleet assembled and set sail in Qinjin County, it first sailed along the Ryukyu Islands, made a replenishment at the Ryukyu Grand Port, and then skipped Yizhou and sailed all the way to the east coast of Luhan County, which was also a rare time that a large merchant fleet of the Xia Kingdom did not anchor in Yizhou.

Because the distance from Ryukyu to the nearest county in the South Seas is nearly 3,000 miles by sea, the geographical location of Yizhou, which can provide a large amount of supplies and maintenance capabilities for passing ships, is extremely important at a time when there are still many limitations in navigation technology.

Over the years, it is precisely because of such a transit station in Yizhou that the merchant ships of the Xia Kingdom have been able to maintain a good ship retention rate at sea, and the people of Yizhou have also obtained a good income because of this.

But Wang Ze always had a worry in his heart, after all, Yizhou was too close to the Sui Empire, if the Sui Empire's navy suddenly attacked, even if there was still a Yizhou fleet stationed here, but the number of merchant ships in the Xia Kingdom was too much, and it was difficult to ensure the safety of all ships if they had to supply here.

Therefore, in the deeper part of the eastern ocean, it is still necessary to find a route that can skip Yizhou and sail directly to Luhan in the South Sea, and it is also more supported by Wang Ze.

Over the years, Xia has found a total of two routes to the South Seas.

In addition to this direct route from the Ryukyu Grand Port to Luhan-gun, it was also possible to go straight south from Binh Duong through a series of volcanic islands, and finally pass through the later Microcro Islands to the southernmost point of Luhan-gun.

However, this route was even more dangerous than the previous one, and it would not be used until it was forced to do so, so the fleet sailed directly from Ryukyu to Luhan.

As one of the counties with the longest development time in the Xia Kingdom, Luhan County now has a population of nearly 500,000, even compared with those counties in the East China Sea, Wanshui, and Nanshui basins in the Xia Kingdom, the population size is already a large data, both in terms of population and land area, it is already a large county.

With the expansion of the number of local Han people, the agriculture, industry and mining, and maritime trade of Luhan County have developed rapidly, and it has become the most important tropical crop and raw material production area in the Nanyang of the Xia Kingdom, and a large number of tropical crops, rubber, and spices are planted in large quantities.

At the same time as the plantations gradually expanded, the footprints of the Han people also spread throughout the archipelago, except for the southernmost island, the number of natives on the other islands has been very small, but the Kunlun slaves sold from Kunlun Island are the most popular, and the Xia Kingdom also built a large number of cities and ports around the island to facilitate the transportation of goods.

The small merchants who followed the fleet praised Lu Han's achievements, but because of the time constraints, they did not have time to land for a more detailed visit.

After resupplying at a small port on the east coast of Luhan, the fleet arrived at what would become Manado in Sulawesi, where there was also a large settlement of several thousand people, which had been carved out only three years earlier, and was predominantly agricultural.

The rich nutrients contained in the thick volcanic ash make the land here extremely fertile, although there are many volcanoes here, but the harvest is also one of the most fertile soil in the South Seas, so in just three years, a new Han city was gradually formed.

In addition to the high-yield fertile fields, a kind of cardamom spice grown here is also very popular with the merchants of the Xia Kingdom, whether it is in the Xia Kingdom or in the Western countries, these spices can be sold at a good price, and finally this place later has a name that stunned Wang Ze - Hong Kong.

In any case, the name of the people is also due to the spice trade, and this stronghold is basically the last stronghold that the fleet can supply along the way, and the control of the Southern Xia Kingdom is only a formality, although there are some strongholds, but most of them are small strongholds of no more than five hundred people.

These small strongholds could only meet their own needs, and could not afford to replenish a fleet of hundreds of ships, so the fleet began to enter the depths of the South Seas, a wild land, after making a final supply of vegetables and fruits in Hong Kong.

At this time, the small merchants who followed the team all the way felt that something was wrong, and they gathered together and found that the purpose of this fleet was probably not only to explore new routes, but also to have more other purposes.

However, there are still some merchants who are as confident in Xia Guo as Wu's shopkeeper, they believe that the government will not deceive them, with their persuasion, and there are still one hundred and ten warships escorting them all the way, the small merchants still barely put down their uneasy hearts. extraordinary

Sure enough, after heading south to a chain of islands, the fleet began to turn westward, sailing along the chain in the direction of the kingdom of Charentra.

Just when the small merchants were becoming more and more uneasy, they were shocked to find that many well-equipped Xia soldiers had appeared one after another from the fleets of the three major trading houses, and the banner turned out to be 20,000 people under the command of Fang Lei, the vanguard of the Central Guardian Army, who respected His Majesty the King the most.

Even an idiot in this fleet understood what the real purpose of this fleet was, and it was a military movement under the guise of this voyage.

Looking at the direction of the fleet, some small merchants who had participated in the Xia army speculated that this team should be attacking the flank and rear direction of the Charentra Kingdom, so as to make a full response to the frontal attack on the Charentra Kingdom.

The speculation of these small businessmen is similar to the real purpose of the Xia army, but this operation is not to conceal the Nanyang countries but the Sui Empire and the Turkic Empire, after all, only in this way can they not know the deployment of Xia State's external forces, and they will not act rashly.

In the past, because other merchant ships passed by, so the soldiers had been hiding in the cabins of the three major trading houses, and now they came out because no one would know about it anymore, and I am afraid that other directions will also start to attack them at this time.

At first, after knowing that the main purpose of this fleet was to attack the kingdom of Charentra, the small merchants who came with the fleet were extremely afraid, but soon they realized that the Xia army had always been very good to the people in their own country and would not use themselves as cannon fodder.

At this time, Mi Ke, who was escorting, finally called a meeting of all the small merchants, and it turned out that the merchant fleet really had to continue to go west to the Western Ocean, but it was only necessary to wait until the advance guard cooperated with the blue wolf army to break through the kingdom of Charentla, so everyone had to continue to wait.

The panicked hearts of the small merchants finally calmed down, and although everyone had to continue to wait, as long as there was a precise arrangement, they were not afraid to wait.

Because the fleet had a large number of non-combatants, such as merchants, doctors, and surveys, the fleet did not directly attack the kingdom of Charentra, but landed on a large island to the east not far from Java, preparing to establish a base area.

"What a beautiful place!" Although Mi Ke has traveled a lot of places, but all in all, the island in front of him can be ranked in the top three, although the weather here is hot, but it is a good place to escape the cold in winter.

"General Mi, Your Majesty has an order, as long as you are the first to discover the local Xia people, you are qualified to name it, and please name this place!" Fang Lei finally couldn't wear that armor this time, he was just wearing a silk coat with a sleeveless leather shoulder.

Mi Ke, who is accustomed to excellent armor, is also very uncomfortable for a while, but this is Nanyang, you force people to wear iron armor, and it is estimated that he will fall half of himself before he fights.

"I would like to name this place Nanhai City, but Guangzhou has been named Nanhai County during the Nanyue period!" Mi Ke is also polite, but after all, he doesn't know what his name is.

After he thought about it, Fang Lei smiled and said: "Since it is the two of us together now, why don't I name this sea, and you will name the island?" What does General Fang think? ”

can name an island with a small area, how can Fang Lei not want to? Immediately nodded in agreement.

It's just that how to name it now stumped two rough people who didn't read much, and after half a day, they finally got inspiration from the corals scattered nearby, so this sea became the Coral Sea, and the famous Bali became Coral Island.

Since the establishment of the Xia Army, I don't know how many landing operations have experience, so the trivial things of landing are naturally led by the officers below, and by the time Fang Lei led the pro-military battalion to land, a military camp with a large area had been established on the shore.

"General," as soon as Fang Lei landed, more than a dozen scouts rushed over and said, "Our brothers who were on guard outside were attacked by the natives on the island, and several brothers died!" ”

"It's just right that we're short of manpower, and we're organizing soldiers to capture these natives just in time to be able to do coolies!" One of Fang Lei's lieutenants suggested.

Fang Lei shook his head: "Don't, these natives are lazy and lazy, and they are quite familiar with the environment on the local island, once they escape with the snake, it will be a great threat, and we are now going to quickly launch an attack on the Charentra Kingdom, and there are not so many people to guard these indigenous slaves!" ”

Speaking of this, Fang Lei looked around, and then waved his hand and said: "A lot of land here is relatively flat, and it will be a good place in the future, let the battalions organize and slaughter all the natives on the island and throw them into the sea!" We'll just move Hermes-Epitek here in the future! ”

Fang Lei's remarks will definitely be classified as ** remarks, but at this time, no one will say irresponsible remarks, it may be that Confucianism at this time has a certain spirit of internationalism, but no one in Xia Guo will object.

The newly named coral island was only tens of thousands of indigenous savages at this time, facing an army of 20,000 avant-garde troops and tens of thousands of sailors, except for a very few who fled when the situation was not good, all the others were slaughtered by the Xia army, and after a few days, there was finally a safe reserve base, and the Xia army was also ready to attack the kingdom of Charentra.