"Zeng Shen, Zuo Qiu Ming, you want to travel westward and travel around Western countries, but the few people are approved." Qingji smiled and said, "However, after all, you are a cloth cloth, why don't you seek a position in my Wu State?" Hearing this, Zuo Qiu Ming, who had participated in it, glanced at each other.

They did not exclude being in the Wu Kingdom, but they thought that they did not have enough knowledge and limited ability, so they politely rejected Qingji's kindness.

If you find a half-official position, you can get Qingji's funding with a title, so that you can travel around Western countries, why not?

"It's all up to the king to be crowned!" Zeng Shen knelt down, and Zuo Qiu Ming also knelt down, expressing his willingness to be a leader in Wu State.

Qingji then canonized Zeng Shen as a counselor, and Zuo Qiu Ming as the middle concubine. These are all temporary official positions, and when the two of them return from the West and think that they have enough knowledge, Qingji will promote them as appropriate and entrust them with important responsibilities.

"Wu Xun, what about you? Are you going to follow the west? Qingji set his eyes on Gongzixun's body with interest.

Gongzixun nodded and said, "Erchen is willing." ”

"You, the widow will not be crowned official, so let's go with us to broaden our knowledge and knowledge." After a pause, Qingji said again: "Since Da Wu organized the second westbound caravan, it has not been organized for more than ten years. It just so happens that this trip can be made. ”…… The next day, Qingji held a great court meeting in the Chongzheng Palace, and all ministers with an official rank of more than 600 stone must be present to participate.

"The widow is determined to organize the third westward caravan."

"There are 500 scholars, 500 merchants, 1,000 soldiers, and there is no limit to chariots, horses, goods, and personal retinues."

"Led by Muller and Yin Xi. After the beginning of spring next year, we will officially embark on the road to the west. ”

"No!" Muller and Yin Xi have traveled west more than once, so they have a lot of experience. With them at the forefront, it is basically guaranteed that this caravan will not be in danger.

Of course, the possibility of the caravan being attacked by Western countries or tribes is not ruled out. Having said that, for many years, Wu has relied on the Silk Road to make a lot of money.

There was no need for Wu officials to organize large-scale westward caravans, and the people could spontaneously go to the west to do business.

It is worth mentioning that the caravans of Wu have already reached the Mediterranean and traded with the Celts, Germans, and Carthaginians.

"My overseas land of Dawu still needs to be governed and developed." Qingji said slowly: "The widow is determined to organize the fleet to cross east and go south again. ”

"Come on, take out the charts!"

"No!" In a short time, two guards carried a huge nautical chart and laid it out on the floor of the Chongzheng Palace.

On the charts, a variety of islands are listed. There are also deserted islands, as well as continents where indigenous people live.

Qing Ji slowly walked down the platform, took the Longyuan Sword in his hand as a whip, and pointed to the blank land above the sea chart.

"My caravan of Dawu, through the Maritime Silk Road, has arrived near the Persian Gulf and has traded with the Persians and coastal countries."

"But it's not enough, it's not enough. Do the second and third sons remember the three hundred dark-skinned slaves that the Persians gave to the widow? Hearing this, the ministers all nodded.

"Those three hundred blacks are really unusual. The king, the minister originally thought that there were white-skinned barbarians in the world, and they were already amazing, but he didn't expect that there were black-skinned people on the contrary. ”

"If you are tall enough, you are too thin, like skinny skin. If not, you must be a good candidate for coolies! ”

"The king knows where those black nuns live?" Qingji smiled slightly: "Here, it is a new continent, and it is named 'Brother Ni Continent', and the people who live there are basically dark-skinned people." ”

"The purpose of this southern fleet is not only to establish trade with the coastal countries, but also to capture the blacks and serve as Kunlun slaves."

"This ......" Dazai Jiran stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, my Great Wu now has no less than a million Kunlun slaves, and it may have exceeded one and a half million, so why do you need so many Kunlun slaves?" I don't need it at all. ”

"No, the more the merrier." Qingji said meaningfully: "In the future, these dark-skinned Kunlun slaves can replace the yellow-skinned Kunlun slaves. The overseas land of my Dawu may not be an inseparable part. ”

"Shhh After hearing Qingji's thoughts, the ministers and doctors couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

Qingji's appetite is inevitably too big. Overseas colonization? No, not necessarily. For example, Zhuyazhou (Hainan Island) and Yizhou (Wanwan) can be included in the direct rule of Wu, and in other places, it is not impossible to establish a country overseas.

Qingji thought for a moment, and then said: "The responsibility of the southern fleet is heavy. The widow made up his mind to dispatch 30 sea-going ships, 100 warships, and 500 ships with big wings, small wings, sudden attacks, centipede ships, and sea ships. ”

"There are 2,000 soldiers, 5,000 auxiliary sailors, 300 merchants, 500 soldiers, and the rest of the retinue, goods, and merchant ships."

"Who wants to lead the team on a voyage with the second and third sons?" Qingji, where is this to go to business? It is clear that he is going to show off his might and launch a war to destroy the country.

It is conceivable that the size of this caravan will reach fifteen thousand people. Now the shipbuilding industry of Wu is very developed, basically at the level of the Ming Dynasty.

The sea ships of the Wu State were actually from the Ming Dynasty

"Treasure Ship", much the same. The large one is forty-four feet long and 18 feet wide, and the middle one is thirty-seven feet long and 15 feet wide.

The sea ship had 12 sails and carried 1,000 people, including 600 sailors, 400 soldiers and archers.

Use 20 to 30 rocking oars, 15 to 30 people per oar, just to operate the oars, you need 300 to 900 people!

It sails about 100 nautical miles a day, with an average speed of about 4 to 5 knots. If you convert, the sea ship of Wu is 124 meters long and 50 meters wide.

Displacement, about 3100 tons! It is worth mentioning that displacement is an important indicator used to indicate the size of the ship, and it is the quality of the water discharged when the ship is fully loaded with cargo according to the design requirements.

Displacement is usually expressed in terms of tonnage, which is the tonnage of water discharged by a ship in water.

Modern warships have a displacement of several thousand tons, and aircraft carriers are even more than tens of thousands of tons. The displacement of Wu Guohai's ships is about 3,000 tons, which can already be called ancient

"Aircraft carrier" too. Because, war horses can gallop back and forth on the deck of a sea ship! Of course, because there were no weapons such as artillery and firearms, the sea ships of Wu could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, my son is willing to go!" Childe stood up. He has a wealth of sailing experience, and has crossed the ocean and arrived on the Australian mainland, but he is not very familiar with the southern route of Wu.

"Wu Wei, you have another important responsibility." Qingji didn't intend to let Gongzi worry lead the Southern Airlines fleet.