Regarding Australia's discovery is generally believed to be the great cause of Captain Cook in the UK in the 18th century. However, there were various evidences that were difficult to distinguish between true and false, which showed that the Portuguese had discovered Australia as early as the mid-16th century, but for the sake of confidentiality, it was not allowed to be known to the outside world.

This statement is not groundless, and it is not technically impossible. For the Portuguese who could sail from the Mediterranean to the Timor Sea, driving south for another five or six days, it was discovered that Australia was just a piece of cake.

Moreover, as early as the early 16th century, New Guinea Island had been discovered by Europeans. There were even sandbanks at the southern end of the island. The continental bridge composed of islands led to the Australian Island, and even primitive people could travel with canoes.

However, the number of European colonists and medical level were bottlenecks in colonial development.

New Guinea, the largest island in the Pacific and the second largest island in the world, did not even have a commercial station at this time, and only tens of thousands of headhunters of the Stone Age that drank blood and ate human brains. As for Australia, it is an indigenous world. No matter who discovered it first, it could not have been developed earlier than the 18th century.

This is also the reason why Zhu Cilang firmly believes that Southeast Asia will not matter even if it is left for a hundred years.

The inspection fleet with the red-bottomed golden dragon flag was nominally an expedition team, but it was shocked to the Europeans in Southeast Asia. They knew that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was rich, but they did not expect that it was so rich. This was not like an expedition, it was simply to build a colonial base.

This admiration made the Ming people very puzzled. Shouldn’t we be ready to go to the place outside of the world?

"Actually, this is a comparison." Zheng Sen, because of his family, can speak Dutch and some simple Portuguese, gained many novel visions after communicating with European merchants: "The Thais have no permanent property, so they have to seek financial owners to invest in ships, sailors, and supplies. Since the financial owners have given silver money, they naturally have to recover the rewards, so it is not very easy to pay for money. These explorers can only take a light boat and often dozens of people are already very large in scale."

There was nothing at the sea. The fleet entered the breeze again and could only float with the ocean currents. The paddle boats came and went between the big ships, conveying food and clear water. The men on the big ship gathered in the boat building, wearing gauze-style clothes, drinking warm tea, and chatting to relieve the heat.

After Zheng Sen said that, the listener naturally made some discussion. Among them was an associate professor in the Department of Museums. He sighed: "We are already so poor, why are we still coming out to wander around? I really want to go to Taixi in person to see what kind of water and soil are the ones that raise such people."

"I heard that Taixi originally had a civilized land similar to our Shang and Zhou dynasties. Later, it was destroyed by the barbarians. Since then, the literary system has been cut off. As for now, some people explained: "But these rumors have not been sorted out yet. Two months before we set out, the Ministry of Rites found Taixi priests and asked them to write "Records of the Kingdoms of Taixi."

"Brother Bo Xiao, what do you think about Southeast Asia? If you immigrate in large quantities, can you cultivate it?" someone asked.

Yin Rusongmoto made up his mind to hear nothing and called him. He just said casually: "The soil in the South China Sea is pretty good, but it's a pity that we can't immigrate in large quantities."

"Why is this?"

"Malmias and malaria." Yin Rusong laughed dryly: "This is not my director, so what the doctor said?"

Of course, there were professors and associate professors from Xinglin University who were chatting together. Some people in the fleet were infected with various South Asian diseases, and some died because of this, so everyone was very concerned and listened carefully to their comments.

The opinions of these medical professors were not consistent. However, after a brief communication, a lecturer in his early twenties suppressed many old doctors.

"Although this prescription has a violent disease and is difficult to treat for a while, it is not a big problem in our dynasty." The young lecturer said confidently: "The people who are infected with the disease in the fleet are mostly Fujian people, and their hygiene habits are poor..."

A vein appeared on Zheng Sen's forehead.

"If the epidemic prevention regulations are strictly implemented, we will not eat raw and cold food. We will be convenient and have land, and many diseases can be avoided. Therefore, no one among the army and all of you will get infected with the epidemic. At most, it is just the heat evil caused by the incompatibility of the water and the water."

As everyone thought, it was indeed as the lecturer said. Anyone with a certain identity had never heard of anyone getting sick. When looking at the lecturer, he felt that this child had a thorough understanding and asked about his name one after another.

"Wu Xinglin, Xiaxinglin University." The young lecturer smiled.

Many people made a "oh" sound, followed by a polite voice of "Looking for a long time".

When Zheng Sen heard him say bad things about Fujian people, he was displeased and said to him: These poor and corrupt scholars said "Looking for a long time" to a little kid who has not even grown all over. It is so shameless!

"You're welcome..." Wu Xinglin returned the gifts repeatedly.

"What did they rely on you for a long time?" Zheng Sen finally couldn't help it and asked.

Wu Xinglin said for a moment: Who is the one who chats like this?

"Have you heard of Menshuang?" someone replied for Wu Xinglin.

Of course, Zheng Sen had heard of it. Although he still couldn't remember the connection between this name and Menshuang, it seemed that others knew it. If we continue, not only would he reveal his shortcomings, but he even humiliated himself. He was as heroic as a hero. He stood up and laughed, and walked out with big strides. Many people had disappeared without a trace before they touched their heads.

"In the future, anyone who does not comply with the epidemic prevention regulations will be killed without mercy!" Zheng Sen went to the cabin below and announced sternly.

If Columbus and Magellan had such an attitude, the sailors would have rebelled long ago, and this was a normal order for the Ming Navy. However, it was passed to Xiao Tugeng's ears and became a material to ridicule the navy and even written into the diary.

——Unregarding the regulations should naturally be dealt with by military law, and the leaders of the army are often threatened with extreme punishment. It can be seen that their disregard for military law. Everyone in the army knows that the navy still has many bad habits in the past military camps, and now they believe it.

Xiao Tugeng wrote an unusual diary. This investigation diary will be regularly sent back to Beijing and will be archived in the Grand Governor's Office, the Ministry of War, and the cabinet. Maybe it will be submitted to preview. In the future, it will also be included in the large library for readers all over the world to read.

In short, this is a very successful case of mutual criticism between land and sea.

After the fleet drifted for three days, the sea breeze gradually became stronger and I finally sailed again. At this time, I saw the advantages of the hard sailing and blessed ships in the inspection. The wind energy it can be used is high, the load is high, and the ride is comfortable. With such technical conditions and the human resources of the Ming Dynasty, it can be imagined that in the future directional investigation, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably leave Europe far behind.

On the eighth day after leaving Timor Island, the fleet's lookout clearly saw the dividing line between the deep sea and the near sea, and soon land appeared at sea level.

Yin Rusong looked at this endless coastline in awe in the sea breeze and carrying a borrowed thousand-mile mirror under the blue sky and white clouds.

"There are grass and trees, the terrain is steep and flat, so you can camp and guard it." Yin Rusong held a thousand-mile mirror and pretended to report the observation: "I didn't see the crowds, and there was no sea waterproof village along the coast. It was indeed a wilderness in Huawai."

A staff officer wrote down these words and ran up the boat building to report to Xiao Tugeng.

Although Xiao Tugeng was nominally responsible for security matters, before leaving, the court had sent people to explain repeatedly that in addition to their respective areas of study, they must obey his arrangements. This made Xiao Tugeng very authoritative and could be regarded as the commander of this investigation.

Xiao Tugeng went up to the top of the boat building and looked at the shore with the fixed set there. What he saw was a scene he had never seen before. There were no forests. Not long after walking from the coastline to the interior, there was a desolate yellow-brown grassland with bushes and no people.

"Report! The lookout saw a river flowing into the sea in front of him." The soldier reported loudly.

Xiao Tugeng straightened his waist, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said, "Your Majesty is talking about here, send Cangshan Iron into the inland river, the fleet docks, finds a landing point, and builds a simple camp!"

The fleet slowly landed. Because the sea water depth was insufficient, the Dafu ship could only stay on the far shore. The sailors first sent fifty elite army soldiers to the shore and continued to find places where they could land and camp.

Xiao Tugeng was the second batch of landings, and there were several stonemasons who landed with him.

"Did you see the raised cliff?" Xiao Tugeng pointed to the cliff in Linhai and said, "Where are you going to erect a monument? The inscription has been written. You can find a stone to carve it as soon as possible."

The inscription was written before departure. It was very simple, with only two short sentences: A certain year, month and day, the Ming Dynasty expedition team discovered this unparalleled land, and hereby announced that the place would return to the emperor forever, respect the rituals and laws, respect the heaven and respect the emperor, and never abandon it forever. People from all over the country, but if there is a size invasion, they will be punished even if they are far away, so don’t say that they will not be prepared!

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The cold wind in the Ming Dynasty was flying, and the sun was scorching on the new territory of Nanyang.

The new year came again, and the Ming Dynasty ended the "Chongzhen" era and entered the Longjing era. This was the second year when Zhu Cilang ascended the top, that is, the first year of Longjing.

Emperor Chongzhen, now the Supreme Emperor, breathed a sigh of relief. During his rule of law, although the Ming Dynasty had the Jiashen Kingdom and the Eastern Captains invaded, he finally stopped the army and reformed the administration of the government, and even recovered the Hetao area that he had always hoped to recover since Jiajing.

With such martial arts, any emperor should be satisfied. The civil governance was even more brilliant. The treasury income exceeded the wealthiest Jiajing and Wanli periods, and it became a new height in the Ming Dynasty. The comprehensive promotion of medical care and education was destined to become a great emperor who surpassed Qin and Hanwu.

Of course, behind these achievements is mainly led by his son Zhu Cilang, but this cannot deny the emperor's greatness.

Chongzhen then thought: his son was able to make such great achievements on the throne of crown prince, and he might have gone to a higher level after the official country.

A strong sense of relief filled Chongzhen's chest.

"Father, this is a newly created globe from Jingshi University. Let's go into the warehouse before." Zhu Cixuan personally brought the globe to the Qianqing Palace, which was also the bedroom of the Emperor's Supreme Emperor, and the new emperor and his family lived in Zhongcui Palace.

Chongzhen mentioned that he wanted to move to Xiyuan, but he had to rebuild the palace and garden. In Zhu Cilang's opinion, it was unnecessary expenses for money, so he simply wanted to be a filial son to the end and let the Supreme Emperor still live in the Ganqing Palace.

"Are there more here?" Chongzhen soon discovered the changes in the globe.
Chapter completed!