"It's coming, it's coming." The chief came over with a roll of maps, and the people next to him immediately shared the table.

The map is not large, three feet long and more than two feet wide, and the map of the continents of Eurasia and Africa includes a part of the sea.

It is a very poor practical map, Zhu Wentian first drew one, and then drew a large, navigational map little by little.

Nautical charts are no joke, to ensure the safety of the Ming fleet going to sea, including monsoons, ocean currents, underwater reef groups......

Like the map of the Ming Dynasty, it is divided into one piece, each of which is a location, large, so that the ship knows its latitude and longitude at any time.

"Your Majesty, look here." The governor pointed to the location of the Suez Canal, where the Mediterranean Sea connects to the Red Sea.

"This place was naturally connected many, many years ago, and then the ground rose and separated the two places, and then someone dug up the canal and someone destroyed the canal.

Now it's blocked again, and as long as it is dug up, the fleet can go straight through, and now they are walking a land route of several hundred miles. ”

Listening to the chief's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully, he was actually more curious about the places next to Daming, Goryeo, Japan, Luzon......

"Then we're going to send someone to dig it? How far? Zhu Yuanzhang thought about how much manpower and material resources would be used for hundreds of miles of canals.

"No, Your Majesty, our fleet is good, let's go around here." The governor pointed to the Cape of Good Hope, which is south of Africa.

"Around?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the place of the canal again, and then looked at the distance that needed to be rounded: "Oops! Circle...... Good! Wrap it up! Wrapping around is something precious, they can only walk, right? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we can tell the people over there, as long as they dig through the river, they can easily come over, let them dig, do we want to send someone to guard it?

Let's tell them, after digging is over, wait for the toll to be collected, people dig it, and your boat will pay normally.

Like the Rouge River, some tolls are charged, and the merchants who sail must also agree, otherwise they can come by a long detour. ”

"Our one is from Zhejiang Mansion and other surrounding state capitals, who cares who collects the money? Other businessmen...... Forget it! Not bad for that money.

But it's better to have your idea of yin damage, no, it's good!

Since they can collect money, some people want to take it and collect money from others, and some people don't want to give money, and then they fight each other.

It's better for them to fight than to worry about us, look, according to this position, the land can pass, and it will be connected. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang found something interesting, he could get to the Suez Canal on land.

"There was a connection between previous dynasties, and some of our crops were sent from there.

Your Majesty, look here, this side is to the north of Horin, there is Haizi, it is a large freshwater lake, and there are saltwater marine life in it.

From here, the ship can reach the sea in the north, if we occupy it, Your Majesty will see if our Ming Dynasty's external transportation line will be bigger. ”

The lieutenant said about Lake Baikal again, he didn't say that it was difficult to survive there in winter, anyway, the Northern Yuan would move northwest from there, and finally find a place to survive in a circle, otherwise people would die every winter.

According to Hanhanjiao, the lieutenant will occupy it first, let it belong to the Ming Dynasty, and then consider how to use it later.

Potatoes can be grown there, and they are not cold in the summer, but sometimes they can reach minus 50 degrees in the winter.

"It's a long time! Who drew this picture? We'll just look at it. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it and suddenly asked.

"I'm following the picture! It's been a long time! The lieutenant replied.

"Let's roll it up and take it away, go back and ask someone to follow the painting and then send it back to Ling, eat first."

Zhu Yuanzhang began to roll the picture by himself, he was not afraid of getting dirty, the painting was worthless, and he wanted to save the original manuscript in the ancestral hall of Xiaqiu Village like the others.

Lieutenant: "......"

Zhu Yuanzhang washed his hands: "Yichang, is it not easy to sail there?" The location you give? ”

"Sometimes the waves are 30 meters high, there are many storms, undercurrents are almost everywhere, and the critical shore is easy to run aground, and the ship will be hit by the wind and waves against the cliff wall.

Another thing is that it's foggy, it's always foggy, visibility is very low, it's dark at night, and you don't know where you are during the day. ”

The lieutenant nodded and said the situation in that place, anyway, ordinary ships go there and belong to nine deaths.

Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed his saliva: "How are we going to get over?" Can a ship of 10,000 stone work? ”

The lieutenant shook his head: "No, it can't go through directly, we can build a port around there, there is a lot of gold and diamonds there."

Let's build a few more sheltered ports, and rush to the next port while the weather is clear.

The port was stocked with goods and supplies, and the population was small and powerful, with no muskets and spears and bows for hunting.

Give them something to eat, give them some medicine, and they will think hello, they are much less dangerous than the Yiren who trade with us.

Let's repair the port, and if the Yi people in other places want to rest in the port, they will have to spend a lot of money.

Otherwise, they can only solve the problem by force, we are not afraid of this, there will be disputes when we contact people, and we are afraid that people will ride on the head. ”

The governor introduced the method, and there was a lot of gold, and if you farmed the land, the land was fertile.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked around, and resisted the idea of opening the map again: "Drink, you should go back and write a ......"

"Question book?" The lieutenant asked.

"No, the format of the question book is not easy to write, you can write casually, write about the situation there, let's take a look." Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that the question book is difficult.

"I'm done." The chief stretched out his hand into his arms, took out a booklet, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with his eyes, and wrote in vain?

"You've been carrying it?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.

"I took it when I took the map." The lieutenant shook his head, who would carry such a thick booklet? Isn't it sinking?

"It's hard work, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, if it's all the same as Yichang, why do we have so much heart?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the booklet and praised the chief on the side, and he wanted to drop it in his heart! Xiaqiu Village is doing things safely.

Queen Ma, who was still silent, smiled: "Chongba always stays in Xiaqiu Village, and it becomes more and more unpleasant to see other courtiers. There are only these people in Xiaqiu Village, and it is useless to distribute them to all parts of Datang. ”

"Why divide it? We don't need it, let's keep it for the eldest child, there should be female officials in the court, and the female officials in the Wu Cao era are not as powerful as the female officials we are now.

How can the female officials in our palace be compared with the real female officials, Ling'er and the others will be a Zhizhou, and we will look at it.

Who says women can't be in charge? When we were fighting, our sister was in charge of the logistics. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly talked about the establishment of a women's official position, and now there is, but he is only responsible for the harem and uses it to restrict the concubines.

The female officials he wants now are from the court, for example, one of the household servants is a woman.

When other women are guaranteed to be targeted, they will be replaced by women in Xiaqiu Village, such as Ling'er, who dares to target?

In this way, when the eldest son inherits the position, the men and women of Xiaqiu Village can help, and the fate of the women in Xiaqiu Village is doomed, and they cannot marry outside.

If you have married out, you can only enjoy the things given by the village, and you can't go back to the village to learn special skills.

The married woman does not return to her parents' house, but sends someone to her mother's house to invite all the people, and then returns with a large number of gifts.

Because they are studying and participating in the affairs of the village, they are afraid that they will be robbed when they return to their parents' homes.

(End of chapter)