When Zheng Zhilong led the fleet to set off, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong also set off with the fleet, one of them went to the east, the other went north, the north was ready to go to Fusang to find a place to establish a base, and the east was also ready to settle in Luzon first, and then go south to find the Australian continent.

But Gao Yiming knew that if he went south along the east coast of Luzon, he would definitely be able to find it, and Daming needed coal and iron there, so he had to find it, and he gave this task to Shi Lang's deputy general, Zhao Dongliang, who was older, Shi Lang only followed the fleet to Luzon, Da Ni, Minions and other places, and let the queen return to Daming after inspecting the new city on behalf of the imperial court.

Zheng Zhilong led the fleet all the way to the north, walked three or four times to Libonan north of Sumatra, and easily occupied it, and then easily defeated the small number of Hongmao Navy entrenched in Sumatra, fully controlled the strait, handed over to the officials of Xincheng for management and construction, and he himself took the fleet to Ceylon.

In stark contrast to the ocean conquest, it is the fiery infrastructure construction in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the train has been extended, and the local train transportation that has been opened to the train has directly replaced the car and the ship, only the banks of the river and the coast, the ocean are still using the ship.

In order to expand the ocean-going shipping business, Gao Yiming ordered that steam turbine ships could be sold to ordinary people, but they had to be registered in real names, dismantling them without permission was prohibited, and all those who bought ships had to sign an agreement.

With the popularization of steamships, the ocean-going trade became more prosperous, for this reason, Gao Yiming also aimed to build two new civilian shipyards in Guangzhou and Bohai Bay, and the rich businessmen who heard the news placed orders one after another, and some of them directly placed three ships, and the orders were scheduled for seven or eight years.

The fleet led by Zheng Chenggong only went to the north of Fusang this time, in the Bering Sea area, and after demarcating the four connected islands, Gao Yiming sent craftsmen and civilians from the northeast region to establish a military base there, during which Fusang also sent envoys to ask the intentions of the Ming army, and they did not bother to ask after hearing that they wanted to establish an ocean-going base in these four barren lands, after all, they themselves were still in the Warring States Period, how could they have the energy to care about what the Ming army did, they only hoped that the Ming army would not interfere in their internal affairs

The fleet to the east was also very smooth, and countries such as Luzon, Da Ni, and Java were originally closely connected with the Ming Dynasty, and there were many Ming Dynasty people living in those countries, so the Ming army was very welcome to establish military bases in their own countries to protect their own security.

Since the friendly countries were in need, Gao Yiming was not polite, and sent nearly 10,000 Rao troops in these three places, which greatly increased the military presence of the Ming Dynasty in the southeast Pacific, so that the Dutch no longer dared to attack the Ming Dynasty all the way east.

After Shi Lang and Zhao Dongliang separated, Shi Lang went to Xincheng to inspect the defense, and Zhao Dongliang continued to go south with the main force of the fleet, three ironclad ships and eighty wooden sea ships, and started a journey to find Australia.

After Zheng Zhilong set off from Sumatra with his fleet, he headed all the way to the northeast, and after sailing for more than a month, he successfully arrived in Ceylon.

When the king of Ceylon heard that the Ming army was coming, he rode a clipper to meet him personally.

"Dear general, you are the first general of the dynasty to arrive in Ceylon with a warship after Lord Zheng He, we have been victimized by a group of red hairs over the years, and we have always wanted to go to the court for help, but the enemy does not allow it, now that you are here, please be sure to make decisions for us." The beauty of these words blames the Dutch for not paying tribute all these years, is this really the case? Of course not.

The Ming Dynasty was worried about foreign troubles during these years, and the rewards for the countries that went to pay tribute became less and less, so many countries immediately decided not to go anymore as soon as they saw the benefits, and immediately decided not to go, which is the case in Ceylon.

However, Zheng Zhilong didn't come to urge tribute this time, but to occupy the dock, so he just didn't know what was going on, and helped the king of Ceylon with a smile and said: "The king, please get up, we came this time to find that group of red-haired people, I don't know how many of them are in your country." ”

"There were thirty warships and more than seven hundred men."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong finally knew why Gao Yiming encouraged childbirth in the Ming Dynasty, you look at these red hairs, occupy a place and send such a few people, along the way he has seen the least of only twenty or thirty people, what is the use, the Ming Dynasty sent troops as little as thousands, more than tens of thousands, this is the population advantage, now the population of the country is close to 50,000, so I am not afraid of a large territory.

"Don't worry, king, stay on my warship, lest you be caught by the enemy and in danger."

As soon as the king heard that Zheng Zhilong was thinking about himself everywhere, he immediately gave Zheng Zhilong the label of a good person, and promised that after the enemy drove away, he would take people to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute.

It was at this time that the king was in the mood to look at the iron thing in front of him, and after being introduced by the Ming army, he called it incredible.

After asking about the enemy's situation, Zheng Zhilong immediately asked Yan Yingyuan to lead his troops to attack the Dutch, and after capturing Ceylon, he will build a large military base here that can accommodate 50,000 rao, to prepare for the next step into the Red Sea, and here he will also wait for the arrival of the Ming army to prepare for his last battle in the ocean.

The Dutch saw the Ming army's fierce killing, and immediately abandoned the Ceylon base, which was very close to their base camp, so they withdrew to the base camp in Guli on the Indian Peninsula, preparing to choose the opportunity to counterattack the Ming army, but unfortunately all their warships here totaled more than 300 ships, and the Ming army lost nearly 200 ships after several battles, and there were more than 20,000 people left.

The king of Ceylon saw that after the Ming army drove away the Dutch, he also had to establish a base in his own country to protect himself, and the weapons of the Ming army made him feel more secure, so he immediately agreed to choose a good port and painted a hundred acres of land for the Ming army.

Zheng Zhilong received all the orders, and ten years later, more than 60,000 people from the Ming Dynasty came here on more than 2,000 sea ships, all of whom set off from the Ming Dynasty three months ago and arrived safely along the route of the Ming army.