Daming: I help my wife be the empress

These princes and their princes obviously also regarded Zhu Huiyan, the female prince, as a different kind of Zhu Ming's clan.

what?
You said that the current emperor of Zhaowu Zhu Yu is also a woman?
Today, His Majesty is a celestial girl, how can she be compared with ordinary people?
This Zhu Huiyan, who has never heard of her spells or supernatural powers, is a proper mortal, but she has become the first female heir of the Ming Dynasty, so she is an outlier in the clan.

Zhu Huiyan was a little uncomfortable with the strange eyes of these people, but she didn't care too much, and followed Zhu Changrun into the classroom.

Zhu Yihai greeted him with a hearty smile, and said, "King Hui is here, take your seat quickly."

Made him look like the master of this classroom.

The other six kings also came to say hello to Zhu Changrun one after another—although Zhu Changrun was obsessed with chanting Buddhism and neglecting affairs, he was the oldest of the seven kings of Fanyingzhou after all.

Yingzhou is vast, even if the seven kings are all in Yingzhou mainland, it is estimated that there will be no territorial conflicts for decades, so they all want to establish good relations with other princes, so that they can watch and help each other in Yingzhou.

The five princes and princes (Prince Zhou's son was not there when he was young) also chatted with each other, but Zhu Huiyan was left out in the cold.

She didn't care, she followed Zhu Changrun silently, listening to everyone's discussion——

"When Secretary Zheng talked about Yingzhou, he said that there are a lot of pig dragons there. I have ordered people to order a batch of special equipment. When we arrive in Yingzhou, we will hunt and kill pig dragons to eat meat and sell their skins for a small profit. .”

"There are the most kangaroos in Yingzhou. Their meat is similar to beef, but the taste is slightly inferior. Hunting kangaroos, making dried meat and selling them back to Daming is also a good way to make money."

"I think the most important thing about going to Australia is farming and land reclamation - rice and noodles are our staple food after all, and Yingzhou may be short of staple food within ten years, even if it is imported from the Nanyang Islands, the price may not be low.

If I grow surplus food and sell it to you, I can earn a lot of money. "

"I don't think what you said is mining to make money. Although the imperial court and we have the right to explore the mines in this territory for a hundred years, if we find any gold or silver mines, we can mine them ourselves. .”

"Whether it's hunting, farming, or mining, you need manpower. Therefore, we went to the most urgent place to try to naturalize the local aborigines..."

After listening for a while, Zhu Huiyan found that when the princes talked about the management and construction of the territory, it seemed like they were doing business.

However, in Zhu Huiyan's view, if this overseas territory wants to develop as soon as possible, it really has to be done as a business.

Not to mention that so many people who invest in them need to be reported, even from the perspective of attracting immigrants, it is also necessary to allow the territory to earn money, even a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Zhu Huiyan regretted not asking to listen to the "Yingzhou" course taught by Secretary Zheng with the princes before, and I don't know how much her father remembered.

If it doesn't work, maybe she should ask some prince to borrow a copy of the class notes.

Zhou Wang is a good person, it should be a good choice.

At nine o'clock, Zheng Sen came to the prince's class with two female clerks from the secretariat.

"Your Highnesses must be waiting impatiently, so I won't repeat myself, let's just look at the map."

Straight to the point, Zheng Sen hung a huge map of Yingzhou (topographic map) in the middle of the blackboard.

Zhu Yihai, Zhu Yujian and others quickly moved their desks and sat in the front row.

Zhu Huiyan also helped Zhu Changrun move the table.

Soon the seven vassal kings and their heirs were all in the front row.

Zhu Huiyan looked around, and saw that the main body of this map was the mainland of Yingzhou, and it also included surrounding islands such as Yanzhou, Fengzhou, Huangzhou, and Xuanzhou, but only Yingzhou and Yanzhou were marked with Arabic numerals .

While the princes and princes were watching with wide-eyed eyes, Zheng Sen pointed to the topographic map and said, "Your Highnesses, please see that there are 23 preset landing points marked in Arabic numerals.

But only the first thirteen places were the places where the Nanyang Squadron had initially explored and set up simple strongholds last time.

The next ten places are all marked unknown preset landing points according to Dijun's description.

It should be noted that the last ten landing points are not only farther away, but also have no strongholds. We have no knowledge of the specific conditions of these places for the time being.

In addition, in the next few years, if something goes wrong with these presets, it will be difficult for the imperial court to support, so you need to be careful when choosing. "

Having said that, Zheng Sen paused.

Seeing that several princes looked back at him from the map, he said: "This time, you will select territories in order of ranking in the qualification examination.

By the way, I still have some information about these 23 pre-set leader landing points. Your Highnesses can take a look first. "

After finishing speaking, Zheng Sen signaled the accompanying female secretary of the secretariat to send the materials he brought.

After Zhu Huiyan got the information, she found that the content was really very little.Although the introduction of each landing point occupies a sheet of paper, many of them are less than a hundred words.

It roughly introduces the terrain of the place, the climate, and the time it takes to sail from Luzon Island.In addition, the first thirteen landing sites also introduced some local products.

That's it, it's gone.

After reading it, Zhu Huiyan was quite disappointed, but she knew that it was very rare for the court to provide these materials.

Then she thought about which landing point to choose - although her father was the last one to choose the territory, the others could only pick six.

That is to say, even if the best six preset territories are excluded, she still needs to choose one of the seventeen preset territories.

After about half an hour, Zheng Sen said: "His Royal Highness, please choose first."

King Zhou hesitated for a moment, then said, "Gu chooses No. 15 to pre-receive."

Everyone looked at the map of Yingzhou, and saw that the pre-set No. 15 was located in the southeast corner of the continent of Yingzhou (Victoria-Olbost).

Although this is an unexplored place by the Nanyang Squadron, it is only a 14th preset collar away from the last explored place.

Moreover, there are mountains, hills, and plains here, and it faces Xuanzhou across the sea. From all aspects, it is a territory with a very good foundation.

Zhu Yihai was jealous.

In fact, the pre-college on the 15th was also the place he wanted most, but he didn't expect that King Zhou would pick it up.

"His Royal Highness Zhou Wang has a good eye. This is indeed a good place." Zheng Sen only praised him briefly, then looked at Zhu Yujian, and asked, "Where does His Royal Highness Tang choose?"

Tang Wang stared at the map and said without hesitation: "Guxuan No. 6 is the pre-set leader."

number 6?
Everyone looked towards a place west of the south coast of Yanzhou (New Guinea Island) (Indonesia-Papua Province-Marauke County).

Immediately, Zhu Yihai couldn't help asking: "Why did King Tang choose this place?"

Zhu Yujian said: "Firstly, this place is closer to Ming Dynasty, so we can become a feudal clan as soon as possible. Secondly, it is similar to Luzon Island later on. In the first few years, we can plant several rounds of crops vigorously to ensure the food demand of the territory.

Three, whether it is going south or north, there is good room for territorial expansion. "

Zhu Yihai couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and reminded: "But this place is also very close to the Portuguese and Dutch forces, and may even encounter the Spaniards."

Zhu Yujian smiled and said: "If we are afraid of fighting with others, why rush to go overseas? Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Daming for the elderly and enjoy the blessings?"

After hearing Zhu Yujian's rhetorical question, Zhu Yihai was silent for a moment.

Zheng Sen said: "His Royal Highness, it's your turn to choose."

Zhu Yihai looked at the map and hesitated for a while before saying, "Orphan No. 13 is pre-set (New South Wales - Port Macquarie.)."

This is the last preset area where the South China Sea Squadron has explored the landing point. From the map, it is mainly hilly terrain, the climate is not bad, and there is a lot of room for development to the west. The landing point is a good port, and it is also a very good place. place.

Immediately, Huai Wang Zhu Changqing chose the No. 2 pre-set collar (Northern Territory-Newland Bay).

What he thought was that he could land here early, and he was very close to the Nanyang Islands to the north.If it is not easy to develop to the inland of Yingzhou, he can still develop to the sea.

In the end, Yi Wang Zhu Youben chose the No. 11 preset collar, and Heng Wang Zhu Youqu chose the No. 12 preset collar, planning to take root in the eastern part of Yingzhou together with King Lu.

"His Royal Highness, it's your turn to choose." Zheng Sen looked at Zhu Changrun with a smile.

Now that Shangzuo had asked her to confer the title of heir, Zhu Changrun was ready to lie down, so he said, "It's fine for Huiyan to choose for Gu."

Zhu Huiyan was a little confused at this time.

She aimed at two places, one was No. 7 in the east of Yanzhou, and the other was No. 16 on the southeast coast of Yingzhou.

After thinking about it again and again, she finally said, "I'll pick number 16 to get the collar!"

Everyone looked at the map and found that No. 16 was preset to be located in the southeast and west of Yingzhou, with plains in the east, west, and north directions. At first glance, it was indeed a good place. (Victoria - Warrnambool)

but···
"Huiyan, is it too far from here?" Zhu Changrun, who had just laid down, couldn't help but doubt his daughter's decision on the spot.

Zhu Huiyan explained: "Father, this place is relatively far away, but it can be developed into a big granary in Yingzhou, and there is also a lot of room for development. There is a lot to do in the future!"

Zhu Changrun took a closer look at the pre-set collar of No. 16, sighed, and decided to lie flat, and said, "Okay, it's up to you."

What he actually thinks is that the climate here should be good, suitable for his retirement, maybe he can live for a few more years.

Second more.

Good night~