Fuzhou City.

Li Jin, Xu Da and Deng Yu discussed things in the city of Fuzhou.

"Li County Order, what do you mean is that you want the superior to send an army to occupy the Dragon Tooth Gate?"

Deng Yue's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Jin in disbelief.

You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang only wants to completely eliminate Mongolia in the north, and he is not very interested in these overseas islands.

Not to mention, the Dragon Tooth Gate is even more lonely overseas, and it is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty.

Trying to get Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to the garrison of the Dragon Tooth Gate is even more difficult than ascending to the sky.

This kind of thing can only be imagined by Li Jin, but Deng Yue feels that Zhu Yuanzhang will never agree to this matter.

Li Jin naturally knew what kind of temperament Zhu Yuanzhang was, but this was also the reason why Li Jin came in to discuss with Xu Da and Deng Yu.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he was at peace with what he encountered, and only set his sights on his own one-third of an acre.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was eloquent and strategic in the early stage, after his ass sat on the throne, he was a little at ease with what happened, and he thought of small farmers, and suffered from gains and losses.

This also caused Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions to become more and more serious.

But these have nothing to do with Li Jin, all he has to do is to find someone to write with him, be able to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang, send the navy, and be stationed in Longyamen.

The position of the Strait of Malacca is very important, and since Li Jin has caught up, he cannot let this position be lost from Huaxia's hands again.

Li Jin slowly took out a map from his sleeve.

The map is only a rough map of the South China Sea, and although it is sketchy, you can probably see the outlines of each country.

In particular, with the Dragon's Tooth Gate as the center, the geographical situation of the surrounding sea area is drawn, and it seems to be clear at a glance.

"Xu Dashuai, Deng Dashuai, please take a look."

Li Jin spread the map on the table in front of several people, slowly stood up, pointed to one of the places, and said:

"Longyamen is located on the main transportation route and is the most important strategic point on the sea."

"Two of you, please see, there are many island chains near the Dragon's Tooth Gate, and there is simply not a convenient route between these island chains that can be connected to each other."

"If you want to reach all parts of Nanyang from the Ming Dynasty, then the Dragon Tooth Gate is the first to bear the brunt."

"The most important route in the South Seas is located in Longyamen, as long as this place is controlled, such an important route will become our Ming private route."

"The reason why Chen Zuyi was able to develop and grow rapidly was because he occupied this place, and on this basis, he plundered passing merchant ships and collected various protection fees."

"In just a few years, he has grown from a rogue to a pirate king who dominates the seas of the South Seas."

"Just imagine, if our Ming Dynasty occupies this place, not to mention anything else, just building a fortress here and collecting customs duties will be a lot of income."

"In the future, if I open the sea in the Ming Dynasty, I will inevitably trade with the countries of the South Seas, and if I use this as a transit point, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty will sail farther away."

"The merchants and warships of the Ming Dynasty can also sail farther away, extending the influence of my Ming Dynasty to places like the South Seas."

Li Jin said it impassionedly, but Deng Yu was not very interested.

He was a general who immediately followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, so he was naturally more interested in land and the army.

And what Li Jin said about the marine strategy, he really didn't have much interest, and the land of the Dragon's Tooth Gate was just a land of projectiles, how could it be compared with the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the entire Nanyang is captured by the Ming Dynasty, what can it do?

These barbarian lands are full of savages, where can there be the wealth of the Ming Jiangnan and the Central Plains?

Speaking of which, although Deng Yu is also a forward-looking figure in this era, he is limited by the times after all.

Since ancient times, China has regarded itself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and some small countries around it have been looked down upon by Huaxia.

Not to mention the barbarians in the South Seas, there is nothing worth paying attention to.

Deng Yu was absent-minded, but Xu Da was different.

After these ups and downs at sea, Xu Da has a different view of the navy and the ocean.

Although there is a saying in Huaxia that whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world, Xu Da feels that the navy will also become an important military force in the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, the Navy's terrifying transportation capacity and artillery support capabilities alone are no longer comparable to the Army.

The navy can easily fire a thousand guns at every turn, and it is effortless, but the army is limited by the means of transportation on land, and it cannot be compared with the navy at all.

And not only that, Xu Da feels that the wealth on the sea is not necessarily less than on the land.

Not to mention anything else, just these days of suppressing bandits, Xu Da exterminated the pirates and pirates, and obtained no less than 10 million taels of silver.

If there is really poverty at sea, where does the wealth of these pirates come from?

Moreover, Li Jin once said that the maritime trade during the Song Dynasty could even support the expenses of nearly one million troops in the Song Dynasty, as well as the salaries of hundreds of thousands of officials.

It can be seen that the Navy has become more and more important.

Xu Da can also see that Zhu Yuanzhang has intended to reopen the sea, and what he and Li Jin are doing now is to prepare for the opening of the sea.

At this time, under Li Jin's explanation, Xu Da believed that this place in Longyamen was definitely a strategic place in the future.

Even though it is isolated from overseas, it still has military value elsewhere on the sea.

In the future, once the Ming Dynasty really opens the sea, then the Ming Dynasty is bound to establish a supply site at sea.

These places certainly serve as more than just supply locations, but also serve as distribution centers for goods, as well as military fortresses and other functions.

But no matter from the perspective of any function, the Dragon Tooth Gate has a unique geographical advantage.

"What Li County Commander said is right, I am willing to write with you to persuade the superior to garrison here."

After thinking about the cause and effect, Xu Da slowly spoke:

"This place is a gift from heaven to me, and I can't help but take it."

Deng Yumeng was stunned, originally he thought it was just Li Jin's nonsense, but he didn't expect Xu Da to be so serious.

Seeing this, Deng Yue looked at the map in Li Jin's hand again, and then Deng Yue seemed to have discovered something, pointed to a place above and said:

"This place next to the Dragon's Tooth Gate is marked in gold, what does this mean?"

"Oh, there's a mountain of gold here, and this country is also known as the Land of Gold, that's why it's marked in gold."

"Jinshan ??!!"

Deng Yu felt a rush of blood rushing towards the Heavenly Spirit Gai, and continued to ask:

"There's a lot of gold here?"

"A lot, the Buddha statues here are made of gold."

Li Jin nodded as a matter of course, and the two wanted to talk about Thailand, which would later be known as the Land of Ten Thousand Buddhas, but now it is called Siam.

Deng Yu looked at the golden light around the Dragon Tooth Gate, his heart was surging, and he said:

"I think this place is a blessed place, and it must not fall into the hands of others."

"Immediately write a letter and ask the superior to occupy the Dragon Tooth Gate here."

"When the time comes, if no one is willing to go, I will do it for me and bring this place into Daming's arms."

Li Jin was in a very good mood when he saw that Deng Yu and Xu Da all agreed to the book.

Longyamen is located here, bordering the South China Sea in the east and the Indian Ocean in the west.

It is a strategic point in South Asia and East Asia, and if you want to enter South Asia from East Asia and reach the Indian subcontinent, you must pass through the Strait of Malacca.

If you want to take a long detour, you are afraid that you will only detour twice the distance, and you may also run aground and sink, because other routes are not as smooth as this route in the Strait of Malacca.

The reason why Li Jin wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to occupy this place was because Li Jin knew that it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to send a large army.

If he really agreed to garrison the army, he would also let Li Jin's navy come.

At that time, Li Jin will be able to build the Dragon's Tooth Gate into a true free city according to his own wishes.

In Shanghu County, after all, under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose, there are many things that cannot be done publicly.

And when he arrived at the Dragon Tooth Gate, Li Jin could completely let himself go.

Subsequently, Li Jin, under the joint name of Xu Da and Deng Yu, wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would agree to send troops to Longyamen.

Just after the recital of several people was sent, Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree finally came to Fuzhou Mansion.