Xiong Tingbi also personally strengthened the prefectures and townships of the Ming Dynasty on Shikoku Island.

The Japanese refugees gathered here are divided into different counties and townships according to their ability and region.

The young and strong became peasants and soldiers, and the old and weak specialized in production, and under the repeated tug-of-war between the eastern and western armies on the island of Honshu of the Japanese country, it became a paradise chosen by many refugees.

Some people with seafaring experience or good craftsman ability were assigned to Baodao, Zhejiang and Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, and later became craftsmen in the construction of military tuns.

Just when the war in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty began, and the Wajima Eastern Army increased its troops by tens of thousands and attacked Osaka again, Xiong Tingbi, under the instruction of Wang Hongyu, took Shikoku Island and Ryukyu as the starting point to explore the vast Pacific Ocean.

This voyage was directed by Wang Hongyu, whose destination was Hawaii, and then further exploration of North America.

Wang Hongyu is well aware of the strategic significance and economic interests of the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific islands, and now he has sent people to find these unclaimed islands and resettle them for development.

The migration of displaced people from China, Wa and other countries to these islands not only reduces the hidden dangers of the local area, but also makes full use of these labor forces to develop new worlds one after another, giving these people a stable place to live.

He has been ready to spend huge manpower and financial resources to develop these islands and islands, although there is no return on the early payment, and even there will be certain sacrifices in exploration and development, which is the reality that the pioneers must face.

However, the search for the development of the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific Islands is of great significance to China, which is a more significant move than the conquest of Southeast Asia, especially the development of the Hawaiian Islands is also a springboard for the development of North America.

The fleet, consisting of dozens of warships, merchant ships, and large fishing boats, pressed down from Shikoku according to Wang Hongyu's sketch and arrived near the line drawn by Wang Hongyu: the South China Sea - the Philippines - Guam - the Hawaiian Islands, which is not a straight line parallel to the parallel.

This line is 13 degrees north latitude, and of course Wang Hongyu is not clear at this time, and there is no measuring instrument.

The Hawaiian Islands have not yet appeared on the map, indicating that they have not yet been discovered by Europeans, but the map of Europa, the archipelago south of Guam, has been marked, and Wang Hongyu speculates that Hawaii should be able to reach Hawaii by following the ocean currents from this island.

At this time, a group of people had been left on the island between Guam and Shikoku, which was later called Iwo Jima, because Shikoku was visited and now manned, and a pigeon station was established as the first base.

Guam is the second base, because there is a string of islands to the north of Guam, so some immigrants are left in Guam, and there is a 200-strong Han army stationed on Guam; Not far south of Guam is an island and reef that has been found to be inhabited by a small number of natives.

Continue to drift along the currents, and finally reach the Hawaiian Islands after a month.

Hawaii is located in the North Pacific Ocean, and the Hawaiian group has 8 large islands and 124 small islands, which cross the North Pacific Ocean in an arc and reach a length of 4,800 miles. This is an island formed by magma erupted from a crack in the seafloor fault zone.

The capital of later generations was Honolulu (Honolulu) on the island of Oahu.

In Hawaiian, Honolulu means "Shielded Bay" or "Shielded Land." Because sandalwood was abundant in the early days and was shipped back to China in large quantities, it was called Honolulu by the Chinese.

Honolulu is located in the southeast corner of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, stretching out on a riverside plain. The grass and trees are verdant in all seasons, the air is fresh, and the scenery is beautiful.

Because Hawaii is rich in sandalwood, it happens that the furniture workshop produces a batch of high-quality furniture, which is shipped back to China, and then Hawaii will be named Honolulu.

At this time, Hawaii was dominated by indigenous people, and the population was not tight, so the Chinese who visited were welcome.

This time, more than 30 warships and merchant ships came at once, and more than 3,000 people landed, bringing many tools for production and life, but they did not infringe on the territory of the aborigines.

Half of the 3,000 people landed on nearby islands, while the other half either returned or continued to explore the surrounding waters, and Hawaiians were willing to help.

The Chinese sent a delegation to communicate with the aborigines and gave many gifts, saying that the Chinese came to develop the Hawaiian Islands and would never infringe on the aborigines' sphere of influence.

The two sides have a large string of islands around Honolulu, stretching for nearly 5,000 miles, and the Ming Dynasty only develops the unowned islands. The Chinese and the indigenous people maintain friendship and cooperation.

It just so happens that the natives of Honolulu are very pioneering and seafaring islanders.

With limited technique, they explored and sailed throughout the Pacific Ocean with hand rowing boats and small hard sails.

With their help, a year later, the Ming Dynasty discovered that San Francisco on the west coast of North America, as well as several large islands south of the equator, were mostly desert islands, and only a few were inhabited or hunted by indigenous people.

In particular, the Ming people are very welcome, and the number of Chinese and Japanese people in Honolulu has gradually increased in one year.

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Exploration to the east gradually revealed many islands with rich specialties that could be used as important docks.

The route to the Americas to the east gradually added a few new routes to the west coast of North America through Guam and Hawaii in addition to the Esbanyaren route.

But at least for one or two hundred years, it will still be from South China, Southeast Asia, through Malacca, Singapore to the west, is the main logistics channel.

The fighting on the south-west side was particularly important.

Since more than 100 large and small warships arrived in Guangzhou, Nguyen Thi Annam changed the combat strategy of only defending but not attacking on the south bank of the Linjiang River, and began to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty's attack on Guangbei from Guangxi and Yunnan, so that Zheng Thi Annam could not draw too many troops to support the two battlefields in the north and northwest.

Yunnan direction Wang Hongyu's Tuntian Army of 33,000 Tuntian Army has 800 hand-pushed chariots, which Wang Hongyu specially designed for charging into battle, each chariot has a Franc cannon that can change the angle of inclination, and a tiger squat cannon.

Each vehicle has four sturdy gunners and cart pullers, two aiming gunners, two flintlock shooters and a turtledove-footed gunner, and an all-round reserve.

These people all have a number of abilities and can replace or help others at any time, except for the turtledove shooter, who specializes in shooting enemy commanders, snipers, warriors, and elephants.

A third of the Tuntian army were flintlock musketeers, and during hand-to-hand combat, they inserted three-edged bayonets into the upper part of the muzzle, so as not to interfere with the continued shooting. There were also artillerymen, grenadiers, crossbowmen, a small number of pikemen and shieldmen, and medics.

There is almost no difference between the equipment of the Tuntian soldiers and the battalion soldiers, and the only difference is that the battalion soldiers are out of production, and the Tuntian soldiers are semi-out of production. However, the Tuntian soldiers were physically stronger, and the marching and confrontation were stronger than the battalion soldiers, and the durability of the battle was also stronger than that of the battalion soldiers.

However, the training time of the battalion soldiers is much higher than that of the Tuntian soldiers, and the skills and skills are arranged in formation, so both sides have their own strengths.

The Mu family has also been preparing for 5 years, and Mu is already familiar with the terrain of Annan and Donghu.