Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 662 Traveling Thousands of Miles in the Territory of the Ming Dynasty

Early the next morning, just after dawn, the city port of Xinluoyang became lively.

However, the excitement was not caused by the crowds, because there were not many people on the pier.

This early in the morning, the pier was crowded with cattle, sheep and horses!
The roar of the cow, the howling of the sheep, and the neighing of the horse are so loud that people can't sleep.

Carlinio and Desierra had no choice but to get up and run to the top of the dreadnought, turning the binoculars to scan, and were stunned.

They really couldn't figure out what Taichang was doing.

They were all in a daze along the way.

When they docked at the New Chang'an City Port, they were completely confused by the dense crowd.

The population of Daming is really frightening!

Jinling City has at least one million, Capital City has at least one million, and Wubei City has more than two million.

Originally, they all thought that Daming had the largest population in these three cities.

Who knows, they went to the first port of call overseas and saw millions of people.

The territory of Ming Dynasty is very large, they have known this for a long time, but they did not expect that there are densely populated cities everywhere in the huge territory of Ming Dynasty.

That's just on the port pier. I don't know how many people are there in and outside the city.

As for the things that were loaded onto the boat at that time, they seemed to be baskets of dried fish and bags of grain.

They can still understand those, after all, they are going to fight, so it must be right to prepare more food.

The problem, but they can't understand it now.

It's fine for these people to drive the horses into the boat, but why are the cattle and sheep also driven into the boat?

Horses can still be ridden to fight at any rate, so what are cattle and sheep used for?

Is it something to eat on the way?

This seems unnecessary, right?

It's not that they don't have meat to eat. There are dozens of large fishing boats in the fleet. They stop to fish every day when it's getting dark. They can't finish the fish, shrimp and crab.

Although beef and mutton are delicious, there is no need to take them on the road, right?
The journey was tens of thousands of miles, and they definitely couldn't finish eating so many cattle and sheep in a few days.

Moreover, it is quite troublesome to carry so many cattle and sheep, and they have to replenish fodder on the road, otherwise, these cattle and sheep will starve to death!

They're thinking a little too much.

Naturally, these cattle and sheep were not to be eaten on the way.

Taichang is not so greedy yet.

These horses were not taken to war either.

There are still a lot of war horses in North America, and it doesn't make much sense to bring these more than a thousand horses to be war horses.

These are actually his gifts to the various Indian dependent countries.

He wanted to provide the Indian tribe with some cows and goats, so that the Indian tribe would not have to eat only beef. Milk and mutton could at least enrich their taste.

As for the horses, these are the fine breeds introduced by Duke Wen over the past two years, which are even better than the original war horses. He also wants the various Indian tribes to raise them and give them a try.

On the wharf where the Emperor was docked, Taichang looked at the thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, and couldn't help but said with a little embarrassment: "Li Qing, these cattle, sheep and horses are all used for breeding, and they are worth a lot of money, otherwise, you Do the math, how much I paid you.

After all, this is not given to me, but I used it as a reward to the Indian tribe. I can't let you spend so much money. "

Yuan Keli heard the words, shook his head quickly and said: "Your Majesty, don't be polite to me. You gave me this Wen Guogong mansion. What are these cattle, sheep and horses? I just don't know how to repay you." Well, you can accept this little thing."

Uh, okay.

This person knows that being grateful is to make others feel more cordial, which is one of the reasons why he stops every time he passes by Duke Wen's mansion.

Taichang sighed slightly, and then asked again: "By the way, do you have enough ice storage?

The West Yindu Islands are not so hot. It's okay if I'm alone, but I can't let my wife and children suffer along with my family.

I estimate that I have to pull several boats across this ice every month. "

Yuan Keli said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, just send a boat to fetch as much as you want. At present, many rivers in the north are frozen all year round. If there is not enough ice in the ice cellar, I will order someone to drive a fishing boat to fetch it a few times." It's full."

I didn't expect that the Little Ice Age could bring such benefits.

Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "That's fine, as long as it doesn't affect your frozen seafood."

Yuan Keli thought for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do we want to send people to occupy the large piece of land in the north? Although it is not suitable for people to live in, there are quite rich timber resources, and I believe minerals will not Less, if we can occupy it, the resources will be more sufficient.”

Taichang has actually thought about this question, after all, it is also a huge territory.

However, he doesn't have enough manpower right now!

He could only sigh slightly: "Let's wait for this, until Bianjiao cleans up the nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall. At this moment, the entire Ming Dynasty really doesn't have any troops to adjust. I only brought one army with me this time." Wan Jinwei and thousands of Jinyiwei, when the time comes, I will have to borrow troops from the major Indian tribes."

Uh, well, if there are no pawns to adjust, there is no way.

Yuan Keli couldn't help but sighed slightly, and then asked again: "By the way, Your Majesty, what is the name of this string of islands to the north of Duke Wen's Mansion?
Also, from the northern end of this chain of islands to the Americas, there seems to be a large chain of islands, and it seems that the chain of islands has no name at the moment.

Every time Weichen cooperates with Western companies to fish shrimps and crabs there, he doesn't know what to say, so he can only point to the map and point out the location. "

This seems to have been forgotten.

What are these two archipelagos called in later generations?

Taichang thought about it for a while, but he didn't remember it.

This proves that the names of these two archipelagoes in later generations were definitely not chosen according to Ming's custom.

Now, these two archipelagos are the territory of Ming Dynasty, so naturally they have to be named according to the custom of Ming Dynasty.

He thought for a while, and then said decisively: "The islands to the north of Duke Wen's mansion should be called the Little Eastern Islands, and the chain of islands connecting the Eastern Ocean and North America should be called the North Pacific Islands."

The name is easy to remember.

Yuan Keli heard the words, nodded again and again and said: "I have made a note of it."

Seeing that they were talking about the island, Qi Jin suddenly patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I have a memory, Your Majesty, there is also an island to the north of the Duke of Wu's mansion. It seems to be called Sado Island. There seem to be gold mines and silver mines on it."

Oh, that would be great.

Who thinks too much gold and silver!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but asked with interest: "Then why are there large reserves of gold and silver mines on Sado Island?"

Qi Jin quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I only discovered it last year, and it seems that it was the main source of gold and silver for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

According to legend, it was because of the gold and silver mines on Sado Island that the Tokugawa family became the strongest force in Japan.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate has been keeping secrets from the outside world, and only their cronies know the situation there.

Moreover, when we hit the vicinity of Kanto, the Tokugawa shogunate sent people to seal off all the gold and silver mines there, and all the people on that island were relocated by them.

Weichen also heard that people often secretly rowed boats to dig there, so he was caught and interrogated.

As for the reserves of gold and silver mines over there, I am afraid that officials from the Ministry of Industry will have to be sent to investigate carefully.

Because the Tokugawa shogunate wiped out all the traces of gold and silver mining there, and blocked all the mines. "

Hey, it seems that the Tokugawa shogunate wants to keep the capital for a comeback. The gold and silver mine reserves there must be indispensable!

Taichang nodded again and again and said: "Very good, you can write a memorial after you go back, let the school quickly send people from the Ministry of Industry to explore, and then you will be responsible for organizing the mining, and the gold and silver mined there will be given to you. [-]% as a reward."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jin quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

At this time, the cattle, sheep and horses had already caught up with the boat, and all the fodder had been loaded, so it was time to set off.

After bidding farewell to Qi Jin and Yuan Keli, Taichang boarded the God King and continued to head for America.

The whole journey of the Xiaodongyang Islands is only about [-] miles away, and the fleet usually takes two or three days to pass through, so there is no supply point established on the way.

The North Pacific Islands are different. This long string of islands is four to five thousand miles long, and the climate in the middle is extremely unstable. The weather changes as soon as it is said, and storms at sea are even more frequent.

Therefore, several islands with fresh water resources in the middle of the North Pacific Islands have established supply points and temporary ports of call. Basically, there is one every other day. It is relatively safe for ships to sail among them.

Taichang led the fleet across the territory of more than [-] miles, and it took more than half a month to finally reach the North American continent.

Next, he will have a good time playing tricks with European countries.

(End of this chapter)