My Daming New Empire

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Having found this gold mine, Zhu Zhan was basically a little uncertain and settled down.

Although Turtle Island can be said to be a forgotten corner in later generations, in his plan, this relay point is very important.

In the era when there were no power boats, if you want to go to Nanzhou, you need to watch the weather and luck.The construction here will play a very critical role in the development of Nanzhou.

And everyone was even more excited. That night, several commanders asked Zhu Zhen to apply to Zhu Zhanji to be stationed on Turtle Island in the future.

But Zhu Zhanji just smiled. It is not the time for real development yet. This time he is just a road-finding trip, not a development trip.

So as the clean water on board was replenished sufficiently, Zhu Zhanji gave an order, and the fleet set sail and moved on.

(Happy Mid-autumn Festival)

Thanks for the bamboo sticks, the lights see people, and the rewards for running with the pigs, thank you for your support

Chapter 33 Arriving in South Africa

In addition to these admirals, those clans have also become active.I used to only hear that there are gold mines in Nanyang, but I have never seen them, so they are not active.

But now seeing this large piece of dog's head gold was discovered, and this huge gold mine appeared in front of him, everyone's thoughts began to turn.

When the fleet left Turtle Island, they all became pleasing to the eye when they saw this desolate island.

But it's not time for them to act, because this is the first place. It is said that there are also gold mines in Nanzhou, and it is even bigger there.

But this place is still the first choice in their hearts.Because it is very close to the South Seas, it is not far from here to the Spice Islands, and the inner prison has merchant ships to the Spice Islands all year round, so it is not remote.

It is said that it takes a month or two to go from here to the southern part of Nanzhou. That is the real barbarian land!

This time out to sea, the clan members were divided into four large ships. These four ships belonged to a formation, escorted by four warships, supplied by four supply ships, and communicated by order ships.

Since last year, the emperor issued a decree, ordering the princes and county princes to send their sons, and the county kings to follow the grandson.

These palaces already had a premonition that the emperor might cut down the domain again.

But there are golden books and iron scrolls from Taizu, and Zhu Di originally rebelled against the superior because of cutting the vassal, so he pays more attention to fame and righteousness, and cares more about the support of the clan for his righteousness, so the princes are not afraid of him like Zhu Yunwen acted against the law like that.

They dare not disobey Zhu Di's imperial decree, but at the same time, they are all people who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles. Anyway, they have made up their minds.

Forgive Zhu Di for leaving his name in the history books, and dare not do anything to them.

Of course, only some feudal palaces that have not made mistakes are so stubborn, and the feudal palaces that Zhu Di has grasped have been planning from the very beginning, how to strive for the greatest benefit for themselves.

Zhu Zhanji actually doesn't care what these clans think, no matter whether these clans are capable or useless, what he needs is their names.

Even if they are pigs, at least their surname is Zhu.

The world in the future will enter a stage of rapid development. With backward communication and transportation methods, it is impossible for the central court to effectively control remote corners, so they need to occupy the name of righteousness.

They are capable people, but Zhu Zhanji will worry that after they become powerful, they will ignore the central court and become kings on their own.

If they are all incompetent people, they only need to occupy this position, which will make it easier to intervene and manage in the future.

Even if they were angry and complained, at worst, they would change their descendants to become princes in the future, these places will always be in the hands of the descendants surnamed Zhu.

So, he just planted some eyeliner on the boat and let them do whatever they want.

It's not yet time. To move the clan overseas, not only they need to be voluntary, but also need the approval of the whole society.

Otherwise, just being a harsh clan will put the royal family in a difficult situation and fall into a situation where everyone's mouth is worth their money.

Even the emperor must follow the rules of this era in terms of customs and customs.

The fleet continued to sail, and most of the clan felt that it didn't matter. Although the gold mine was discovered here, there might be better ones in the future.

Moreover, although the island is large in size, it is too hot, and most people are not satisfied with the environment here.

However, the sons of King Zhu of Jin were imprisoned one after another, and now they are panicking. Among all the clans, they are the ones who most want to move overseas.

Zhu Wei, Zhu Jixuan, and Zhu Jixuan were successively deposed and imprisoned during the reign of Yongle.Zhu Jixuan didn't care about the relationship between father and son, so he imprisoned his biological mother, boiled his father's maid, imprisoned his elder brother Zhu Jixi, and nephew Zhu Meigui.

Years ago, the emperor sent Jin Yiwei to Taiyuan to investigate, abolished Zhu Jixi, and rescued Zhu Jixi and Zhu Meigui, but they still haven't been crowned the throne, and the family of Prince Jin's family is walking on thin ice.

King Qingcheng Zhu Jixuan once participated in the case of Zhu Jixuan falsely accusing his brother Zhu Jixuan. Now that Zhu Jixuan is imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang, he is very afraid that the emperor will remember that he also participated in the case of false accusation, so this trip to sea was decided from the beginning. The idea of ​​wanting to leave Daming as soon as possible.

Although the environment of this Turtle Island is harsh to others, in his eyes, it is a treasure.

This Turtle Island has a huge area, larger than the entire Jiangnan area of ​​Daming.Although there are some poisonous snakes and insects on the island, there are endless forests, and all kinds of precious wood are everywhere.

Especially this gold mine, as long as it is managed properly, even if most of the income is handed over to the imperial court every year, it can still earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. In addition, immigrants farming and selling timber, it is better than it is now many.

He is now stationed in Fenzhou, and his annual income is only ten thousand taels of silver. Throughout the year, there is not much silver left in his hands.

So seeing this, he wanted to contact the various clans and take this gold mine into his own hands.

As long as he takes the initiative to move the domain, the emperor will no longer remember his fault.

"Fourth brother really doesn't care about his hometown and wants to emigrate overseas?"

The person who spoke was Zhu Jihuan, king of Ninghua. He was the fifth son of King Jin, and he was more valued by the royal family than Zhu Jixuan, the fourth son of a concubine.

Joo Ji-hyun was worried about being abolished, but Joo Ji-hwan had no such worries.

"I don't want to be like this either, but I am different from my fifth younger brother. Now I am afraid that I am the one who has committed a crime in the emperor's heart. If I perform a crime and perform meritorious service, I am afraid that the emperor will forgive me."

Zhu Jihuan sighed: "Although this Turtle Island is large in size, it is sparsely populated. It is said that there are cannibals on it. It is bound to be difficult to develop here."

Zhu Jixuan shook his head and said: "I don't think so. Although the population here is small, it is close to my Ming Dynasty, and it is convenient to emigrate. And with this gold mine, at the worst, I can become a rich man, a king of the mountain, and I don't need to live in Daming." Live in fear."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Zhu Jihuan sighed and said, "Then how would fourth brother want me to help you?"

Zhu Jixuan bowed and said: "Brother, I would like to invite the fifth younger brother to come to the grandson to find out what the rules are for this clan to voluntarily move overseas."

At the same time, in other rooms on the ship, other clans had a lot of discussions about Turtle Island. This rich gold mine attracted more than just Zhu Jixuan.

Nowadays, the only ones who can play freely without worry are the group of clan children who have not yet grown up.

Like Zhu Zhanyu and Zhu Zhanyong, they don't have any worries about this at all now.For them, this trip to sea is to come out to see the world.

Faced with the temptations of the clans, Zhu Zhanji never gave a definite answer, and just dismissed everyone with a little peace of mind.

Because this matter was suppressed under Xie Jin's strong support.

Because of his previous life experience, Zhu Zhanji likes to cut through the mess quickly and solve everything directly.

But this kind of personality may be a good thing in business, but for people who play politics, such a personality is really out of date.

Because there is no right or wrong in politics, and there are only compromises in politics.