Zhou Lu said to the men: "I know that you like to conquer, are afraid of the cold, and want land."

The nobles looked at me and I looked at you without saying a word. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It is useless what they say.

Zhou Lu continued: "It doesn't matter. I know where there is an excellent large piece of land. It is basically undeveloped now and is very backward. It is vast and sparsely populated, but it is rich in gold and gems. The area is two or three times that of the Ming Dynasty. The scenery is magnificent. The main thing is

It’s not cold at all.”

Zhou Lu used accent on "gold, precious stones" and "two or three times".

The eyes of the aristocratic class of the former Qing Dynasty lit up.

The place described by the Ming Emperor was simply paradise to them.

But they didn’t understand, what did Emperor Ming mean by saying this?

Still no one said a word, but they all raised their ears, waiting for the Ming Emperor to continue speaking.

Zhou Lu glanced at them and said with a smile: "I will not kill you, nor punish you, but I will send you to that place to develop."

There was a roar!

It is unbelievable that the Ming Emperor would make such a ruling.

Wang Cheng'en, Wu Kong and other Ming soldiers were a little confused, but they didn't say a word because they believed that every decision made by the emperor was wise.

Da Yuer was greatly surprised. He just praised the Ming Emperor and said that she was wise and kind, but she has become so good?

The aristocratic class of the former Qing Dynasty suddenly whispered to each other, discussed variously, and were overjoyed.

They can't believe that they don't have to die and can go to a paradise-like place.

"Does your Majesty really mean what he said?" a former Qing prince couldn't help but ask.

"You have no joke." Zhou Lu said simply and clearly, "You will definitely fall in love with it."

"Your Majesty, shall we go too?" one said timidly.

Zhou Lu shook his head: "You have other plans."

thereafter.

Zhou Lu roughly divided the people of the former Qing Dynasty into two categories.

The first category is the female aristocracy including Da Yu'er, as well as all ordinary civilians, who are sent to work in the Jiangnan National Workshop, or cross the sea to develop in Taiwan.

Taiwan has an advantageous geographical location and will develop into an extremely important overseas trade and naval supply port in the future. It is necessary to recruit more people to develop it in advance.

The second category includes the male aristocracy and all captured Qing soldiers.

They are qualified to go to "heaven" to develop.

Historical records call it: "1644, the great wave of immigration."

Zheng He made seven previous voyages to the West and had already explored the route.

To a certain extent, this time can also be regarded as the eighth voyage of the Ming Dynasty to the West.

To form an ocean-going fleet, you need to recruit many suitable ships for modification, as well as recruit a large number of sailors and captains.

Zhou Lu promoted and reused a person.

Zheng Chenggong!

At this time, Zheng Chenggong was still a young man with a small official position. His father, Zheng Zhilong, was a great pirate. During the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy, he tenaciously controlled a maritime empire and later surrendered to the imperial court.

The Zheng family is very knowledgeable and experienced in sailing.

Zhou Lu hoped that the Ming Dynasty could get a share of the Age of Discovery, so Zheng Chenggong, who was good at navigation and had strong commanding ability, must be reused.

Most of the ships suitable for ocean going are located in the Fujian area, so they are called Fu Ships.

More than a month later,

More than a thousand large and small ocean-going ships carried hope, carrying male nobles and soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty, as well as ceramics, tea and other goods, all the way to the Western Ocean.

The Ming Dynasty sent people to "heaven" to develop, and at the same time they could make money through trade.

Everyone is happy.

There is a popular saying among the fleet: "Fortunate ship, blessed ship, happy ship."

Nobles and soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty also sang.

It is worth mentioning that most of the warships in the ocean-going fleet are equipped with Chinese naval guns that were modified under the leadership of the Ming Emperor himself. The sailors are equipped with enhanced versions of firecrackers, which have an astonishing range and lethality.

The pirates and the European fleet were able to get some information, and the super fleet of more than a thousand ships made them dare not act rashly.

The Chinese fleet successfully arrived at the "Somali Peninsula" in Africa.

It is a commercial transit port called "Mogadishu".

The fleet put down the nobles and soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty, unloaded the goods, and traded with the locals.

Then, the lucky ship loaded gold, silver, spices and other goods, Yang Fan, and headed back home.

At first, the nobles and soldiers of the former Qing Dynasty were very happy and rejoiced. What the Ming Emperor said was true. It was indeed rich in gold, silver and gems. The climate was not cold. The land was vast and sparsely populated. A group of local indigenous people even lived a primitive life.

Not wearing enough clothes to cover your body is too backward.

It's just that they don't understand the language of the local aborigines, so the way the local aborigines look at them is a bit strange.

A week later, they were speechless and asked the sky, and many of them cried.

It's not cold at all, but it's so damn hot.

The sun is very harsh and your skin will tan instantly.

What's even worse is that they were actually sold to several local chiefs to do hard labor in mining.

They, like ceramics and tea, are also goods.

They wanted to resist, but they had no weapons. Although the local indigenous people were backward, they had knives and firecrackers purchased from the Ming Dynasty, and they were unfamiliar with the place.

No matter what, Daming made a lot of money.

No wonder, not much cargo was carried off the ship, but a lot of gold, silver, ivory, cotton and other goods were carried away. The Ming fleet returned almost fully loaded.

I was deceived by the Ming Emperor!

From then on, these more than 50,000 people who liked violent killings came to the more barbaric and vast African continent to start their new life.

There is another problem. They are all men, and they are surrounded by black and black African women. If they want to reproduce...

This is a later topic, so let’s not mention it for now.

His eyes turned back to Daming.

Zhou Lu really wanted to go back and rescue Sikong Feiyan, but he didn't know what to do before he could go back.

Therefore, he devoted himself to revitalizing the Ming Dynasty and completed the hidden tasks first.

At the same time, he was also making some arrangements for his departure.

It cannot be said that it was not easy to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, but it was in a mess after leaving.

In addition to developing handicrafts and technology, working hard to enhance firearms, and building a powerful naval fleet, institutional changes are imperative.

Zhou Lu didn't understand the national system, but he had never eaten pork, which does not mean he had never seen the pig Zhou Lu. Moreover, he had the help of the memory bank of "seeing thousands of years at a glance".

He implemented a similar constitutional monarchy and initiated a cabinet-parliamentary system.

In the absence of the emperor, major domestic military and government affairs, parliament, and cabinet decisions will be decided by vote.

Cabinet members must be both civil and military, those who can only write and write but cannot lead troops to fight, or those who only know how to fight, cannot enter the cabinet.

The functions of the Jinyiwei are enhanced. They are not only responsible for patrolling places, inquiring, and tracing officials, but are also sent to Europe and other places to collect information, secrets, etc., which is equivalent to the spies of later generations.

A series of drastic reforms were staggering, but no one dared to stop them.

Because the Ming Emperor found a better way to deal with the obstructionists than to kill them all and send them all to Africa.

For example, there were a group of big profiteers and big landowners in eastern Zhejiang. Because they affected their interests, they secretly obstructed the development of national large workshops. After being discovered by the Jin Yiwei, they all had their homes confiscated and imprisoned. When the ocean-going fleet led by Zheng Chenggong went to the Western Ocean for trade again,

Send them to Africa to mine together.

All their wealth was added to the national treasury, and their fields were returned to the state or distributed to poor people.

In this way, no one will dare to get into trouble again.

Zhou Lu made drastic changes and the policies were quickly implemented.

The country has stabilized, is prosperous and prosperous.

With the cabinet and parliament, the Ming Dynasty could continue to develop and operate normally even if the emperor was absent for a long time.
Chapter completed!