My Daming New Empire

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As long as the Aztecs can return to their hearts and recognize Ming's rule, they will be able to conquer the entire North American continent in the future with twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, if they are not convinced, five thousand soldiers are enough to destroy their entire country.

Therefore, the leader of this team is Yi Xin himself. He will first go to Rabunta on the east coast, where he will look for evidence that the local aborigines belong to the same ethnic group as Ming Dynasty.

Find it or not, he would then head all the way north, directly to Tenochtitlan (later Mexico City).

Of course, Zhu Zhanji pushed everything to "Magellan".It is said that Magellan once discovered almost the same architecture and race as that of Ming Dynasty in this place, and there are also the same characters.

No one dares to question Zhu Zhanji, and it cannot be said that everyone is convinced, but no one will violate Zhu Zhanji's order and act on his own.

According to Zhu Zhanji, even if there is a fault, nothing will happen.

But if you don't listen to Zhu Zhanji, even if you have credit, it is also a fault.

The fleet had one-third fewer men and one-third fewer ships.However, the remaining people are still very excited, because most of them know that their final destination is coming.

Just looking at the map, it is not far from the southern part of Mexico to Peru. Although it needs to pass through the equatorial windless belt, the destination is close at hand, and no matter how slow it is, it will take more than half a month to arrive.

The main destination of the fleet is Peru. The Inca Empire here is not only the richest country in America, but also the origin of rubber. For this fleet, rubber is their primary goal, followed by gold, corn, and potatoes , Sweet Potatoes, Peppers.

Hou Xian will lead a large army to stay here to contact the Incas. Only the fleet equipped with steam engines will go around the southernmost point of South America, and then draw a detailed map of the east coast.

Yang Dao will be a member of the expeditionary force. Apart from missing his relatives, he is also worried about one thing, that is, there is not much coal left.

Along the way, steam sailboats equipped with steam engines have more flexible handling than other ships and are more resistant to the power of the weather, so these steam sailboats also take on more responsibilities.

However, the carrying capacity on board is limited, and now only one-fifth of the coal on board is left.

When they arrived in the Inca Empire, their first task was to find coal mines. Otherwise, they would only rely on burning wood, requiring soldiers to go ashore to cut wood along the way, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"My lord Qian, Commander Liao sent a messenger ship to summon you to the main ship for discussion."

"Understood." Yang Dao took out a stack of marching plans from the drawer, and put them into his arms.

Liao Zhi was the only commander sent by the First Fleet, and he also traveled to Europa with His Highness.

As the commander of the First Fleet, he is in charge of the steam sailing fleet that has not yet been popularized.And this time, he will also be the commander of the exploration on the east coast of Dongzhou.

In total, Daming only tried twelve first-class warships and 48 second-class warships. This time, he sent half of the steam sailboats to sea, and the other half were tested offshore.

Being so reused, Liao Zhi certainly knew the heavy responsibility.

Although his ability is average and he is not considered a famous general, he is open-minded, respects the opinions of his subordinates, and is good at integrating the relationship between subordinates.

For Yang Dao and the others who graduated from Habayashi Eyaku, he did not dare to neglect, because Habayashi Eyaku possessed the most mysterious skill of drawing maps, and many of the knowledge they mastered were blocked by the imperial court.

During the three years of going to Europa, he has seen the abilities of Yang Dao and the others. They always discuss together when they encounter problems, and never act arbitrarily.

Although the soldiers of the current Habayashi Guard School are still middle and low-level generals, this is because they are still young. In another ten or twenty years, after these thousands of generals and guards are promoted, I am afraid that they will become the most united and most united in Ming Dynasty. Powerful gang.

Because they will all be true disciples of the emperor in the future...

Because of the approach of the messenger ship, the rollers on both sides of the stern have been hoisted up, leaving room for the messenger ship to berth.

Yang Dao climbed down the lowered ladder and got on the boat.

The three soldiers unhooked the boat and let the messenger ship separate from the warship.When they reached a safe position, they immediately raised the sails, adjusted the direction of the sails, and then let the order ship sail towards the main ship.

Yang Dao has been obsessively looking at the sea and sky in the distance. At this time, he still doesn't know that his beautiful wife is pregnant with his child. When he returns, the child will probably call him father.

Chapter 99 Beginners (revision)

The area between the northern and southern continents of Dongzhou is already considered tropical, and August is very hot.

Liao Zhi did not sit in the cabin, but sat on the roof of the rear command cabin.

Since Zhu Zhanji set up a play area for the female relatives behind his flagship, although the first-class battleship cannot be compared with his flagship, it does not have this condition.

But trends travel the fastest.Zhu Zhanji likes to set up wooden chairs, wooden tables, and parasols for the summer in a place where the command cabin does not affect the battle. These generals have also learned it.

These generals also followed suit. When the weather was sunny and sunny, they were unwilling to discuss matters in the cabin, but moved to the deck.

Liao Zhi was only wearing an unlined garment at this time, with his chest exposed, not at all like a commander, but more like a rich man resting in the cold.

When Yang Dao arrived, the other four chief executives were already seated. He saluted Liao Zhi, but Liao Zhi waved his hand.

"This is not a battlefield, so you don't need to pay attention to these vain rituals. I called you here today, one is to arrange the next itinerary, and the other is to supply coal."

Seeing that Liao Zhi was not in a hurry, Yang Dao felt relieved, and couldn't help asking: "Does the commander have instructions from His Highness?"

Liao Zhi laughed out loud, pointed at them and said with a smile: "What did Habayashi School of Medicine teach you? Why did everyone guess it as soon as I said it? It's too boring."

Yang Dao said with a smile: "The commander is too relaxed. If it is difficult to replenish the charcoal, I am afraid that he will not have time to rest."

Liao Zhi smiled again, stood up and came to the long table, pointed to the map on the table and said: "Your Highness has more information, and we have almost told me everything we need to know. It's been a smooth journey, There are not many times when the steam engine is used, but the charcoal prepared on board is almost exhausted.

Before coming, His Highness pointed me to several places with coal, which are said to have been discovered by the barbarians at the beginning, but it was cheaper for us.

However, these coal mines are all thousands of miles away recently. When we arrive in Inca, we still need to stay for a few days to cut down some wood for storage.

Everyone, please see that in the middle of the southern continent, there is a river here, and there is a coal mine on the seashore just south of the river's mouth.

Due to a certain deviation in the proportion of the original globe model, after testing with longitude and latitude lines, it should be about 37 degrees south latitude.

We are now at 220 degrees north latitude, calculated according to a dimension of [-] miles, we are still [-] to [-] miles away from the coal mine. "

In his previous life, Zhu Zhanji almost controlled Colombia, Peru, and nearly half of the mineral resources in Bolivia. He knew the distribution of minerals all over the world very well.

There is no shortage of coal in the entire Americas, and there are even many large coal mines that can be ranked among the top ten in the world.Whether it is Canada in North America, the United States, Mexico, or South America, almost every country has large coal mines.

But these coal mines, except for those in northern Colombia, are hardly near the sea.

The coal mines in northern Colombia are also on the Caribbean side. There is no Panama Canal now. If you want to dig it, you can only wait until you bypass the South American continent.

He thought about the globe for a long time before he remembered a past event.

In 2013, he was invited to Chile to attend a commemorative ceremony.The ceremony came after Chile closed its last coal mine.

Because of participating in this ceremony, he knew that Chile had started coal mining in Lota in the south-central part of Chile in 1852. Lota was once the industrial center of Chile, and more than [-] coal ships arrived in Hong Kong every year.

The whole of Chile is known as the country of copper mines. It is very rich in metal minerals, but coal resources are very scarce.In their entire country, only Lota and the seventh district north of Lota have two coal mines.

But when the upper layer of coal is hollowed out, mining costs skyrocket. In 96, the production cost of the National Coal Corporation of Chile was US$140 per ton, while the price of imported coal was US$57 per ton during the same period.

Due to heavy losses, coal mines in Chile were closed one after another in the following ten years. In 2011, they sold the remaining goods. In April 2013, they officially entered the liquidation stage and closed all coal mines.

Lota was an inconspicuous small county-sized city in later generations. Even Zhu Zhanji, who knew South America very well, knew about this place because he participated in the commemorative ceremony.