my days with tyrants

In the farewell of His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers, the Golden Harvest Fleet officially set sail.

Of course, they had to go to Fusang first.

And at least two months to stay in Fusang to complete various supplies, which means that the voyage across the Pacific Ocean will officially start in July, and the rest of the 24 new warships are a completely unknown world...

The unknown ocean.

Uncharted continent.

unknown person.

……

Everything is unknown.

The information that Yang Feng could provide them was not very helpful. After all, the first record of the west coast of North America by European colonists was 150 years later, and the actual record of the situation there was almost 400 years later.The situation recorded at that time could not be applied to 400 years ago, and Yang Feng didn't know what America is like now, and even the research of later generations can't help. The only thing we can know is probably at the end of Mayan civilization.

The Aztec Empire presumably had begun.

But only roughly.

As for North America, it is completely blank. Anyway, they are all Indians from the tribal era.

Fortunately, no matter what the situation, it should be impossible to resist Ma He's fleet...

This fleet is much stronger than Columbus and even later Cortez. The latter only brought a few hundred people, while Ma He's fleet has a total of more than 4000 people, and the level of equipment is similar, all of which are matchlock guns.

According to the plan, they will cross the Pacific Ocean, then go south along the American coastline, and finally reach Mexico and Central America, and use the various commodities they brought to trade with the natives to obtain various things that Yang Feng listed for them, and these The painters drew images and made models for them based on the pictures of Yang Feng's watches...

This is more intuitive.

including their plants.

This kind of business shouldn't be a problem, after all, giving the natives a glass bead, sword, and sugar is enough.

Especially ironware.

It is estimated that an ax can make them a magic weapon.

This is much stronger than their obsidian weapons.

After finishing these, Ma He will use the sextant and other instruments designed by Yang Feng for them, and finally return to the north of the equator by the northeast trade wind and the north equatorial warm current. After arriving in Luzon, he will go to Guangzhou from Luzon and then from Guangzhou go north.

Of course, that's the plan.

What actually happens at that time depends entirely on their own abilities.

It is not impossible to come back even if there is an accident.

Sailing tens of thousands of miles...

Everything is possible.

Out of the sea is life and death.

But Yang Feng would definitely not follow to Fusang, he just took a boat to Wa Country, and then took a boat from Wa Country to Longquan Mansion.

At this time, due to the surrender of the Wa Kingdom, coupled with the development of the coast of the Whale Sea, such as Longquan Mansion, the route from Daming to the north has become very stable. Although the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty are still not allowed to go to sea privately, the official transport ships and merchant ships from Japan, North Korea and other countries have stabilized. .However, it also gave birth to another situation, that is, a large number of businessmen from the Ming Dynasty went to the vassal country, falsely claiming to be businessmen from the vassal country, and then went to the Ming Dynasty for trade.

including smuggling.

That is to say, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of sea merchants gathered in Hirado.

It's not that dangerous right now.

The main reason is that the government does not ban the sea. The government allows legal trade, but it must use precious banknotes. The advantage of smuggling is that you can collect gold and silver.

As a result, merchants did not dare to trade gold and silver when they obtained them, so they had to hide them privately.

But they cost money after all.

They can't bury all the smuggled proceeds in the cellar, and it won't take long for their capital to dry up.

In short, smuggling does exist, but it is restricted for various reasons.

As for the pirates...

This is also inevitable.

However, because the Ming army is currently developing towards the sea, there are also many warships on the route. Large-scale pirates will definitely not be able to accommodate them, that is, small groups of robbery, and the main victims are merchant ships belonging to the country. They were robbed by pirates. It still needs to be purchased in Daming, so the Ming court also takes care of it, but it doesn't try its best to take care of it.

In the final analysis, as long as the ocean age starts, all these will appear.

Smuggle, pirate.

All are problems that cannot be eradicated even in modern times.

Of course, Daming will not do better.

But none of these can affect the gradual prosperity of Daming's maritime trade.

Benefits make people ignore everything.

Longquan Mansion.

"You have a great livelihood!"

Yang Feng patted Zhang Fu on the shoulder and looked at the bustling city.

This is already the most prosperous city on the territory of Huining Dusi.

It is more prosperous than Huining Mansion.

Huining Mansion is not very popular, but it is different here. It has good agriculture. Although Hunchun is indeed in the range of minus [-] degrees, it is affected by the ocean climate after all, and it is better than inland after all.In the entire modern Jilin, Hunchun should be regarded as the warmest, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer. Although the temperature has not exceeded minus [-] degrees, this advantage has allowed it to provide stable agriculture. After all, it was also the core area of ​​Bohai State back then.Longquan Mansion, the capital of the Bohai Kingdom, is in Ning'an, and Longyuan Mansion in Tokyo is Hunchun, but now it is regarded as Longquan Mansion.

And this is also the place where North Korea, Huligai, Wudiha, Wuzhe and other tribes traded.

After all, all the materials shipped by sea are here.

As for Chongjin Port, it is very inconvenient for the tribes in the north.

It happens to be acceptable here.

Every year, one ship after another going north arrives at Maokouwei, and then transports the supplies here, and not only the supplies carried by the Daming Navy privately, but also the trading ships of the chieftains of Waguo and Fusang.

The former is inevitable.

It would be a miracle if warships in the age of sails were not smuggled.

The sailors go back and forth with their heads not on their belts. Every year, due to various reasons, the ship sinks continuously, and it is very common that there are no bones left. Then we must give them some motivation to continue working. The sailors who transport supplies to the north carry something that is valuable in Huining, such as Rock sugar, tea, silk and satin, these can’t be called smuggling, I brought my own drinks and clothes, but when I arrived in Huining, some natives wanted to exchange them with me for a bag of ginseng and some deer antler and tiger bones.

Is that smuggling?
We're just a friendly exchange, just like the American masters like to mail home souvenirs.

The key is that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Nobody cares.

The industrial and commercial restrictions of the Ming Dynasty do not exist here, and private salt is traded openly here. The sea salt field in the Bohai Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom was in the Maokouwei area, which is Yanzhou in the Liao Kingdom, so the military households of Longquanwei That's where the salt is made and sold to those tribes.

These, of course, do not pay taxes and will not be government-run.

The Ministry of Households sent someone to take care of it?

Those imperial examination Confucian scholars come here?

Trump's accounting plane can be shot down, why do you think they will not fall into the water.

"A man should run wild in the desert, how can he live here for a long time!"

Zhang Fu said melancholy.

"That sounds familiar!
Making so much money every year, can't stop your ambition? "

Yang Feng said.

"What's the use of making money here? Even if you have thousands of dollars in wealth, don't you have to face these savages every day?"

Zhang Fu pointed to the front.

The streets of this city are like demons dancing wildly.

Wa people, Korean people...

More than half of the races in Northeast Asia can be seen here, and there are even a few hairy ones. They should come from a few guards north of Vladivostok.These barbarians have hair like messy grass, covered in fur, and their faces have not been washed for many years. They are arguing with those Japanese and Koreans to discuss business issues.

From time to time someone would fight.

But no one cares.

Including those garrison soldiers, they were all applauding happily there.

The lack of entertainment makes this kind of thing a joy to watch.

Casualties...

Death and injury deserve it.

The whole city is like the port of Tortuga in Pirates of the Caribbean.

A Japanese businessman was thrown out of the upstairs by a bitter man, fell to the ground and howled, and he and his gang drew their knives angrily...

"Bastard, no knives allowed!"

Zhang Fu shouted majestically.

The Japanese hurriedly put away their knives humbly.

Ku Wu smiled happily upstairs, and then watched a few Japanese people help his companions up, so this city is not without rules, but you can't use knives in fights, but not using knives is obviously not good for Japanese people, after all, there is a difference in their size Some are big, but fortunately there are many of them, so it cannot be said that they are purely bullied.

"Do you really care?"

Yang Feng said.

"How do I manage it? As long as it's not winter, there are dozens of such things in the city a day. If I want to take care of it, I don't have to do anything this day, just get entangled with these bastards. Besides, I don't allow them to fight in the city. They also want to fight outside the city, or even kill people. Last month, a Japanese ship was robbed in the middle of the night. All the belongings on board were robbed, and the Japanese even the injured and dead bodies were set on fire inside. The most suspect Most of them are Koreans, most of them are in partnership with Udiha, the seventh surname, they are fighting for business, and the latter is grabbing things."

Zhang Fu said.

"They're all untamed!"

Yang Feng sighed with emotion.

Of course, if they like it, they can kill each other.

"If you really don't want to stay any longer, I'll give you a chance. After King Yan sends away the Ying Jiahe fleet, he will probably be transferred back to Beiping, and then he will lead [-] cavalry from Beiping Capital, Beiping Capital, and Shanxi Xingdu into Mobei. Sweep."

Yang Feng said.

"I am Huining Dusi."

Zhang Fu said.

"Then it depends on your own ability. There should be many people thinking about your fat job, right?"

Yang Feng said.

This is indeed a fat difference.

Although it is a lonely place, all kinds of legal and illegal income add up to 10,000 guan every year. This is only Zhang Fu himself. In fact, many people in the Zhang family are relying on Longquan Mansion to make money.Not to mention that the annual ginseng trade alone can earn the Zhang family 20+ guan. Although ginseng is not expensive at this time, it can't support the large quantity!They are all transported to the south with thousands of catties or tens of thousands of catties. In the current Changbai Mountains, these things are no different from weeds.Originally, in history, because the wild boar skin annoyed him, Wanli once ordered him to pay tribute to him for three years. In the end, the wild boar skin hoarded more than [-] catties of ginseng and rotted.

It was also because of this that he was forced to explore the ginseng processing technology.

Zhang Fu felt melancholy...

To realize his ideal of leading troops to fight in the desert, he had to give up his annual income of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If you want to make money, you can't pursue your ideals.

"You can think clearly, if you really want to come out, some people are willing to come."

Yang Feng said.

Of course, he doesn't need to care about this.

Immediately afterwards, he and the accompanying green slave went to the latter's natal family, that is, Huli Gaibu, but now he is the Xuanfu envoy of Dongning in Ming Dynasty, and the city of Xuanfu envoy is actually in Yanji.Aha Chu or Li Jinzhong, the current Xuanfu envoy of Daming Dongning, has been loyal to Daming these years, and he even sent troops to conquer the Wa Kingdom last time.

After passing Dongning to the south, it is a long lawsuit belonging to Dongning Xuanfu Division.

In fact, it is Helong.

On the other side, roughly in Huining of North Korea, it is Jimiwei, and the commander is Li Jinzhong's son Mengge Buhua.

Of course, now his name is Li Shan.

Yang Feng reached the upper reaches of the Songhua River in this way, and then boarded the small boat that Li Jinzhong had prepared for him and started drifting towards Changbai Shouyu Qianhusuo. After arriving at this small town guarded alone in the mountains, he changed into a big boat and continued to go down the river. , Drifting all the way to Jilinwei, and then re-arriving by land to his reclamation area.At this time, the reclamation area here has exceeded [-] mu. Large plows, driven by cattle purchased or rented from herdsmen, plow open the ancient and barren black land, turning the originally growing grass to the bottom. Let it out in the sun.On the land where soybeans have been planted, the reclamation team members are weeding, including the women, who are also working.

Yang Feng's formerly delicate adopted daughters have now become real peasant women...

Don't worry about this.

They adapt themselves to their roles.

After all, they were originally poor families from North Korea and Japan.

Although it is indeed very happy in the capital.

But for them, having a family of their own is another matter. They have to work hard for their future with their men. Women these days are not so hypocritical.

On the vast green plain, there are patches of farmland, canals and ponds, dotted with small villages, and there are pigs and sheep grazing everywhere...

"As long as it's not winter, this place still looks like a paradise."

Zhang Dingbian sighed with emotion.

The old monk is now estimated to have completely lost his ambitions.

He is currently in charge of this reclamation area.

This is an armed reclamation regiment that has expanded to 8000 people. How could it be possible that there is no strong commander under its command? Otherwise, all kinds of internal conflicts can make them kill each other, but there is Zhang Dingbian who commands thousands of troops. Veteran suppression, everything will be in order.In other words, this is the existence of Zhi'er Night Cry in the south of the Yangtze River back then, and hundreds of thousands of troops can manage it, let alone this little person. Although his official status is still the presiding officer of the Chijian Yongning Temple, in fact, he only waits for him in Yongning Temple. for several months.The people from Whale Sea Guard theoretically want to supervise him, but they have been bribed long ago, and they don't care where he goes.

"As long as you want, Daming is a paradise everywhere. We had a population here at that time. We were also a province at that time, called Heilongjiang Province, with a total population of more than 3000 million, which is equivalent to half of the current Daming. The city of Huining is a prosperous city. There are millions of people in that area alone, not only here, but even the Whale Triton area is also a city, but it belonged to another country at that time.

Paradise is created by people. "

Yang Feng said.