My Daming New Empire

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Their main fleet will pass through Majapahit, Maluku, and then head to Turtle Island.

Turtle Island is New Guinea, the second largest island in the world. The environment here is harsh. Except for a few cannibals, there is no civilization on the island.

But Zhu Zhanji knew that there was one of the largest gold mines in the world, the Grasberg Gold Mine. Daming wanted to establish an important stronghold on the way to Nanzhou. This mine was very important.

In addition to the Daming Fleet, nearly a hundred ships from the Majapahit Kingdom will also travel with it, and the fleet will also make a short stop on Java Island.

There were many people who came to see him off. Almost all the envoys from various countries in Southeast Asia came to the pier to see him off in person. They would not set off to return home until Zhu Zhanji was sent off.

And some countries in the West will start preparations from now on to build new palaces to welcome Zhu Zhanji's arrival.

The most excited person here is Shi Jinqing. He could only be regarded as a lord of the country, with Daming and Manja Boyi on top, and all the tribes below are also obedient to him.

But after the Ming fleet killed the Bengkulu tribe neatly and authorized him to manage the entire Sumatra Island, he can now be said to be in power.

The Manjapahit Kingdom became fearful of Daming's firearms, and did not dare to persecute Jiugang too much. Those small tribes were even more afraid of Daming, and they dared not defy him any more.

In order to maintain his authority, Zhu Zhanji replaced the two fleets stationed in Nanyang with a thousand muskets. Although this fleet is not under his control, it can borrow this power.

In addition to the fleets stationed in Malaga and Old Port led by An Xiangbo Zhang Yong, Zhu Zhanji also left a fleet in Star City to build a new transshipment location.

This place is led by General Xu Shaoguang of the Second Fleet. His mission is to build Star City into a transshipment port bigger than Malaga within two years.

In addition to their three water villages, Zhu Zhanji also appointed Zhang Qian as the local trade admiral, in charge of business and civil affairs, and supported Zhou Hang to establish a comprehensive intelligence network in Nanyang.

Although Zhu Zhanji has temporarily left Nanyang, his sinicization policy in Nanyang will not change in any way.

After their ships set sail, Wang Jinghong also led the rest of the fleet to the West with the envoys of Western countries.

Their fleet now has a large number of cargo ships. The fleet has only 500 people in the young army and less than 3 people in the navy.Although this force is also invincible in the Nanyang region, they still prioritize safety and only trade in familiar countries, waiting for the return of the main fleet.

At this time, it was the middle of May in the 15th year of Yongle, and the south wind was blowing.

This is beneficial to the fleet sailing to the west or returning to Daming, but it is very unfavorable to Zhu Zhanji and the others sailing south.

But Zhu Zhanji has no choice, because they want to avoid the typhoon period in Nanzhou. In this era, for a fleet, there is nothing more terrible than a typhoon.

Sailing against the wind is nothing more than slowing down, but if there is a typhoon, half the fleet may be destroyed.

On May 24, the fleet reached the western tip of Java Island.In order to avoid the southwestern monsoon in Nanzhou this season, the fleet will not go directly to Nanzhou from the river, but continue eastward along the coastline.

On May 26, the fleet arrived at Majapahit, the capital of Majapahit, which is actually Surabaya, also known as Surabaya by the locals.

The trade between Daming and Majapahit has been completed at Xinggang. This time, nearly a hundred ships from Majapahit Kingdom are full of various goods from Daming.

There are several ships full of copper and silver coins brought from Daming.

Although Majapahit is a powerful country in Southeast Asia, it is only relatively speaking.Their smelting technology is very backward, and they are still unable to forge qualified copper coins by themselves.

Therefore, the commodity transactions in the Nanyang region, including Majapahit, have always used Daming copper coins.

The civil officials of Ming Dynasty not only did not realize the strength of this kind of economic control, but clamored from time to time to prevent the outflow of Ming copper coins.

Of course, there is a reason why Daming's copper output is too low, but through the Nanyang trade, the amount of copper ingots recovered by Daming each year is far more than the output of copper coins.

Also because the trade between the two sides has ended, Zhu Zhanji has no idea of ​​staying in Majapahit this time.

But since he came here, if he didn't stay here for a while, it would be even more unreasonable.

With the warm welcome of the subjects of the Manjapahit Kingdom, Zhu Zhanji landed in Surabaya, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites also used the most solemn etiquette to show the subjects of the Manjapahit Kingdom the etiquette and civilization of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji's dragon chariot like a palace, Daming's neat guard of honor, and all kinds of tedious details made everyone dumbfounded.

This country is a country that Zhu Zhanji does not want to interfere too deeply at present, because the population here is too large, and because the land is fertile, this small island has more than half of the population of Nanyang.

And because of these populations, this country has become the number one power.

But at the same time, people here believe in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Greenism. The proliferation of religious beliefs has led to discord among people.

It can be said that Zhu Zhanji would not even take it if he gave it to Zhu Zhanji.

When the layout of Nanyang is completed, the slave trade will be developed here, and the people here will be sold to other areas for mining, which is what Zhu Zhanji wants to do.

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Chapter 32 Gold mines and relay points

Zhu Zhanji didn't know that he didn't want to stay in Manjapahit country for a long time, and the ministers of Manjapahit country didn't want him to stay here for a long time.

Among other things, just the fleet that occupies the entire bay and cannot be seen at a glance is enough to make the people of Majapahit fear Daming.

Majapahit's sea-going ships of more than [-] stone are already their largest ships.

And relying on the bonded hull, it can only sail in the windless areas on both sides of the equator, and dare not go out of this range, because a storm may disintegrate the hull.

Daming is a colossus, a colossus that everyone fears.

Watching Daming's fleet finally leave, Yang Weixisha no longer needed to control his emotions, and let out a long sigh of relief.

In the past month, since arriving in Star City, knowing that the Bengkulu tribe had lost the war with no resistance at all, all the tribes in the countries and regions of the South Seas inevitably felt cold.

The original Majapahits were not afraid of Daming. They defeated Meng Yuan a few decades ago.

But now, Daming is getting stronger and stronger, and the musket that can hurt people from a distance is simply an irresistible weapon.

Jan Vexisha was also frightened.

When Daming held the competitive competition, Yang Weixisha watched it from beginning to end. He didn't care about those personal force competitions.

Daming already had a large number of people anyway, and the Nanyang countries could only rely on geographical advantages and climate, and even hide to deal with them if they wanted to resist.

It doesn't matter if it is three points stronger or five points stronger.

Anyway, it is impossible for Daming to stay in Nanyang forever, and they will naturally go back if they can't afford it.

What he paid most attention to were Daming's new muskets and cannons.

That musket can injure people at a distance of [-] meters, within this distance, as long as it is hit at a vital point, it will undoubtedly cause death.

And their new artillery is even more amazing, it can hit three or four miles.Like Majapahit ships, because the wood is soft and the structure is not tight, as long as they are hit by shelling, they will die.

When the Ming Dynasty's shelling competition started, the Southeast Asian countries became even more frustrated. Even their cities couldn't resist this kind of giant artillery.

Seeing how majestic and unstoppable Daming's army is, these days, Yang Weixisha has always felt a big stone in his heart.

And this His Royal Highness made him feel even more frightened. No one had ever put him under such great pressure.

He turned around and ordered: "Immediately set up a mission to pay tribute to Daming. This time I will go to Daming in person to see the greatness of the kingdom of heaven. I will do everything possible to obtain the method of making guns, so that I can satisfy myself." The warriors of Zheboyi can also use muskets."