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Chapter 415 The Great Wall
The initial communication between Yang Zhaolong and the natives of Xinming was not friendly at all. A few bangs rang, and the natives of Xinming were frightened and ran away with their heads covered. Tell them not to run.

No one listened at all, and they couldn't understand it.

They didn't hurt anyone from the beginning to the end. The imaginary friendly trade turned into a complete kidnapping. The cotton cloth they wanted to send out was not sent out, and a few people were tied back.

Yu Shaoyu, who happened to be writing a novel, was sent here by Chen Mu, and several local residents were sent to his place, where the literati taught them how to speak, provided food, and made clothes. They lived more comfortably than Yang Zhaolong himself.

There is no way, Yang Zhaolong wants to know Xinming's situation too much, just relying on him running around with his head covered and his eyes darkened, even by the end of next year, he may only be able to live a good life by the end of next year, and the prospecting requested by Chen Mu is simply impossible.

That is simply not something his few thousand families can do. Compared with this vast land, it is too difficult for others.

He needs more manpower, and the way to get manpower is the native people here.

The road to Xinming has just begun. In October of the seventh year of Longqing, a real big man came to Lu Song Kingdom - the former chief assistant of the empire, Gao Gong.

To be precise, it was Nanyangwei. When Chen Mu received the news of a major case from the court, the soldiers escorting Gao Gong to Nanyangwei were already on their way.

From the front street of his mansion in the capital, a man named Minister Wang rushed into the East Palace with a knife, intending to assassinate the little emperor, but was caught by the palace guards, who confessed that Gao Gong ordered him.

He personally took a boat to Nanyangwei to greet him, and finally saw Gao Gong again two years after the cabinet parted.

Compared with two years ago, the high arch seems to be more than ten years old.

Gao Xinzheng was nearly [-] years old when he was in power, but at that time he was radiant and full of energy when speaking. Compared with the past, Gao Gong who appeared in front of Chen Mu now looks more like a [-]-year-old man .

"The younger generation pays homage to Mr. Gao Ge!"

Seeing Gao Gong, Chen Muduan bowed uprightly, regardless of how the court affairs are fighting, it has nothing to do with him, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, Xu Jue, whether these people are good or bad, good or evil, are also related to him. It has nothing to do, the only thing that remains the same is that these people have given appropriate help at key points in his life.

"Chen Shuai doesn't need to be too polite. Gao is no longer a cabinet minister. Now he has been added as the governor of the Nanyang Military Mansion. He is in charge of overseas affairs. Gao is saluting to the general. Gao Gong..."

Before the old man finished speaking, Chen Mu stopped Gao Gong's movements, and said: "For public and private purposes, the old man should receive Chen's big gift. Don't salute the younger generation. The old man will suffer."

"suffer?"

Gao Gong was a bit miserable, but he chuckled unknowingly, and immediately said seriously: "Chen Shuai is fighting overseas, don't care about the affairs of the court, the old man has nothing to say, let's board the ship! How is the war in Nanyang?"

Gao Gong's unrestrained appearance left Chen Mu with nothing to say, so he had to lead the way and lead Gao Gong to the flagship Chihai, bid farewell to the old Nanyang Guard, and sailed to Chen Lai Island.

On the boat, Chen Mu sampled a few plug-type bayonets and the short saber that was going to be rewarded to the general as a personal gift, then introduced Gao Gong into the general's cabin on the boat, and Gao Gong said: "Your ship is not bad, old man I've heard people say how the Nanyang Navy is doing, and if we can see it today, it's not in vain to travel south."

Not only is it good, the Chihai ship is more than four Dafu ships that can hold Tianjin Port as the flagship of the general officer, and the sailors on board are full of artillery, so the ship is strong and the guns are powerful, which is exactly what Gao Gong expected of Chen Mu's navy.

After Gao Gong finished speaking, he was obviously waiting for Chen Mu to answer his previous question - how was the war in Nanyang.

Chen Mu didn't say any more, opened the world map in the cabin, and said: "Before this war, Nanyang was controlled by the Western Yi and Portuguese, and almost completely captured our tributary kingdom of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Lu Song has taken it back, Sulu, Luni, Java, and Ryukyu have sent envoys to pay tribute, and the four countries have set up a total of twelve guards, trained by the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and purchased old-style bird guns and small artillery pieces from the Ming Dynasty, and are under the command of the Nanyang Army."

"The Lu Song Kingdom is a little special. It is a country belonging to our Ming Dynasty. The officials have already cleared the land. Thirty percent of the fields are planted with cotton and [-] percent are planted with sweet potatoes. They will be transported to Guangdong and Fujian next year. However, there are also three guards. Luo Island has become my Great Ming enclave."

"The 66 Banner Army Headquarters of the Luzon Northern Guards was in Goto, Japan, to help Nizi's family, one of the county magistrates of [-] countries in Japan, to rise again. Xia Bei went to Kuwu Island to reset the three guards."

"In the Xinming in the south, more than a thousand households have been relocated to take root. The local land is barren and self-reliance is not easy. However, there should be some gold, silver, copper and iron in the local area. It is expected that within a few years it will be able to supply a little bit of what the Ming Dynasty needs. "

"In the east of Guam, Xiyi has sent thousands of warships from America, and the commander-in-chief of our army, Chen Chaojue, is fighting with them."

Chen Mu turned his fingers from America to Guam on the map, and said: "A few days ago, the battle report came, and the advance scouts sent Zong Lin Manjue with [-] people to deal with most of the enemy forces on the island for several months, defeating thousands of enemies; Afterwards, Deng Zilong, a vanguard officer, led the large ship Jiutiao and repelled more than [-] enemy ships at sea, of which [-] were large ships, which can be called a big victory."

"Good news is coming, just around the corner."

Gao Gong nodded noncommittally, and sat on the armchair to sip some tea. Some of these movements of the Ming army were known to him, and some he did not know, but even though he had read them in the battle report and carefully recorded them on the map of the cabinet Searching for various locations, Chen Mu pointed out one by one at this time, still found it unimaginable.

The route of the Ming army from Malacca to Japan encompassed the entire ocean.

For thousands of years, the last one to do this was the army of the former dynasty, and the results were much worse than this one. The fleets of the Yuan Dynasty went to sea, and almost none of them won; The court paid tribute, but it was not as bold as Chen Mu's multi-pronged approach to gain a lot.

Gao Gong has an experienced eye, and he can see clearly most of Chen Mu's deployments. For one purpose, while obtaining gold and stone wealth and tribute from the vassals, he also built an island defense line outside the Ming Dynasty relying on various countries. He nodded approvingly. : "This move is no different from the Great Wall at Sea."

But then, the old man who had been in charge of the empire for several years raised his finger to the northeast and asked, "Kuwu Island, what do you want it for?"

That place was absolutely useless. They could not rely on the savage Jurchen territory to deliver supplies, but only by sea. The local area had no gold, stones, or money or food. To contain Japan, the Five Islands would be enough. That would be superfluous.

"I don't know if this goal will be successful, but even if it is only possible, I still have to try. Maybe the war with Xiyi has come to an end; maybe the war with Xiyi has just begun."

Chen Mu exhaled deeply, and said: "In the battle report sent back by Lin Manjue's department in Guam, he recruited the natives of América, and the Xiyi brought smallpox to America; the Xiyi army was still blocked by the Lumi Kingdom to the west , America brought them saltpeter and gold and silver mines, next year the ice and snow will melt, and I want to send a fleet from Kuwu Island to America.”

"In the whole world, only I, Da Ming, have the method of vaccination against smallpox. If I don't kill people this time, the Da Ming fleet will go there to save people."

Maybe...can we plant a big tree that never sets?
　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)