Daming Crazy Emperor

The temperature in the Bering Sea has risen significantly, and the melting speed of the floating ice on the sea is getting faster and faster.

The advancing speed of the Daming Navy Fleet is getting faster and faster. At the beginning, they advanced more than a hundred miles a day, but now their advancing speed has reached about two hundred miles a day.

About a month later, a huge bay finally appeared to the left front of the fleet.

The entrance of this bay is probably not more than a hundred miles wide, and there are peninsulas on both sides of the entrance that go deep into the sea for more than [-] miles.

That is to say, the width of the entrance seems to be only forty or fifty miles, but once you enter, it suddenly becomes clear, and it expands to more than a hundred miles in an instant.

This is really a good natural port. With the obstruction of the two peninsulas at the entrance, the wind and waves on the sea can basically not be swept in. The ships moored in the bay are quite safe.

Taichang turned the binoculars to the huge calm bay, and couldn't help sighing: "The world is so big, there are so many wonders, there is such a good harbor in the Bering Sea!
Li Qing, the place you are looking for is really good. "

Yuan Keli smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the bay outside is nothing but the freshwater lake inside."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised: "Is there a freshwater lake in this bay?"

Yuan Keli nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this bay is like a trumpet mouth, with a width of about seventy or eighty miles in front and only ten miles left.

Passing through the gap of about ten miles, the inside suddenly opened up, and there was a freshwater lake in the north and west. "

And this peculiar terrain?
Taichang thought for a while, and then asked, "Are those two freshwater lakes big?"

Yuan Keli said without hesitation: "The freshwater lake to the west is relatively large, and its area is about half of the bay. The freshwater lake to the north is relatively small, with a radius of only twenty or thirty miles."

There is also a freshwater lake with an area half the size of the bay!

What a great place!

Taichang couldn't help but asked with great interest: "Is your freezing point in that big freshwater lake?"

Yuan Keli shook his head slightly and said: "No, Your Majesty, our ice harvesting point is at the bottom of the trumpet mouth, which is more than ten miles wide.

Because we don't have enough manpower to explore the depth of the freshwater lake, and the freezing period of the freshwater lake is about a month longer than that of the Bering Sea.

There is no way, we can only build the pier and ice mining point at that gap.

It is washed by the water flow of rivers and lakes on both sides all the year round, and the depth is at least more than ten feet, which is a good place to build a dock. "

Makes sense.

Port wharves must be built in places with relatively deep water levels, especially large wharves. If the water level is not deep enough, dreadnoughts and Aegis ships will not be able to dock at all.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, let's go over and have a look later, the West Taiping City is built near the gap."

At this moment, the temperature in the Bering Sea has risen significantly, and there are not many ice floes in the bay. The speed of the [-] Spike warships is quite fast. In less than an hour, they came to the vicinity of the gap.

At this time, they could already see the pier at the gap and a large circle of courtyard-like buildings.

To be precise, it should be a square castle surrounded by twenty or so courtyards, and there is even a wall around Zhang Xu high outside, but the wall is not very wide.

At this time, the guards stationed here and their families had already seen the huge fleet, and they couldn't help but ran out of the small castle, cheering excitedly.

It's not easy, they can't go out for more than half a year in a year.

At this moment, before the ice and snow melted, Daming's fleet unexpectedly came over, and it was a huge fleet composed of thousands of ships, how could they not be overjoyed.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help smiling and said, "I don't know how happy they will be if they know that a large supply base will be established here."

Yuan Keli heard the words, sighed slightly: "Oh, there are really too few people in this place, and they can't go out in winter, ordinary people really can't bear such a life."

This is indeed a problem.

In fact, it's not that Ming Dynasty didn't know that there was a huge continent here, even the previous dynasties also knew about it, and many ancient maps of the previous dynasties had a rough picture of this continent.

However, on the ancient map of the Central Plains Dynasty, this place is not called Siberia, but Luo Wilderness.

The aborigines in this wilderness are called Raksha people.

That is to say, the Raksha people are not Tsarist Russians or Mongolian Yuan people, but people from primitive tribes here.

However, there are not many primitive tribes on this continent, and even if there were, most of them migrated to the south.

Because it is too cold here, especially in the twelfth lunar month of winter, it is even more frighteningly cold.

Ordinary people who dare to spend the winter here will probably freeze to death if they are not careful. Even the primitive tribes who live here all the year round may be terribly frozen in winter.

This is also the main reason why the Central Plains Dynasty has never been interested in this Luo Wilderness.

Of course, it's not wilderness here.

The resources here are abundant, whether it is mineral deposits, timber, or even fishery resources.

The question is, how to develop this place?

To develop such a large area, at least tens of millions of people are needed.

Where can he find so many people who are not afraid of the cold?

Taichang was frowning and thinking, but Zhu Cihong carefully asked, "Grandfather, do these people want a reward?"

Uh, this.

Taichang was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Mr. Li, how many people are there in total?"

Yuan Keli said without hesitation: "There are a total of [-] Tunwei households with [-] people."

All right, since it's Tunwei, then give a reward.

Anyway, there are only twenty households, so it doesn't cost much.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Lang'er, go and prepare twenty red envelopes of 100 taels with Cheng En, and send them to the guards here."

Zhu Cihong followed Wang Chengen to prepare red envelopes, and the flagship slowly approached the pier.

There was no telegram here yet, so the guards stationed here naturally didn't know it was the emperor, they thought it was some naval general.

Unexpectedly, after the hanging ladder was lowered, it was Wen Guogong Yuan Keli who came out.

Moreover, Wen Guogong still stood aside respectfully.

Who in this world can make Wen Guogong stand aside respectfully?
A sharp-eyed Tunwei saw Taichang's yellow robe under the mink collar at once.

This is the emperor!
He carefully reminded the others, and hundreds of people immediately lay down on the ground and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Well, winks are appreciated.

Taichang nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Excuse me, let me be flat."

Immediately afterwards, he let go of his hand again, patted Zhu Cihong's back lightly, and motioned him to go up and offer a reward.

Zhu Cilang walked up without hesitation, and said crisply: "Everyone has worked hard, and all the guards are stepping forward to receive the reward."

Uh, who is this?
How dare you stand in front of the emperor and speak loudly!

His Royal Highness?
No, His Royal Highness is at least twenty, and this kid is obviously only in his teens!

Seeing this, Yuan Keli hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness has rewarded you, why are you still in a daze?"

It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun.

Hearing the words, the twenty guards here hurried over respectfully and lined up in a neat row.

Zhu Cihong skillfully picked up the red envelope from the tray and handed it over, not forgetting to say "Thanks for your hard work".

All the guards were moved, tears welling up in their eyes.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong had finished distributing all the red envelopes, Taichang asked, "Are you familiar with the terrain here? I want to build a supply base here. Do you know where it is suitable?"

Tunwei Xiaoqi, who is in charge here, quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, we are quite familiar with the terrain here, but I don't know how big a supply base you want to build."

Taichang thought for a while, then estimated: "Let's build an acropolis first, this time the time is limited, we can't build a large supply base, and it will definitely be expanded in the future.

By the way, at least one hundred large piers need to be built here, and the water level near the Acropolis must be more than ten feet. "

Tunwei Xiaoqi, who is in charge here, couldn't help being too excited to die when he heard this.

An acropolis, hundreds of large piers, at least thousands of people must be transferred!
Finally, they don't have to stay here alone.

As for the water depth of more than ten feet, this is simple.

He just thought about it for a while, then pointed to the south and said, "Your Majesty, more than ten miles to the south of this gap has been washed by the lake water flowing out of it all year round, and the water depth is more than ten feet, so there must be no problem in building a large wharf.

It's just that the water source is a bit troublesome.

Because the lake water here merges with the sea water in the bay, it is already a bit salty.

If you want to get enough fresh water, you have to dig a canal to draw water from the freshwater lake behind. "

Dig a canal?
How much water can the canal bring?
Taichang thought for a while, then asked, "How far is the coast here from the freshwater lake behind?"

Tunwei Xiaoqi, who is in charge here, said without hesitation: "This is a peninsula with a width of about twenty miles. In other words, the coast here is about twenty miles away from the freshwater lake behind."

Isn't it simple?

An acropolis can be built in a radius of five miles, but if an acropolis for water storage is added behind, it will be ten miles.

Just dig another ten-mile-long canal to bring the fresh water from the lake behind.

Taichang thought for a while, then waved his hand and said: "You follow me on board, let's take a look around this peninsula."

Tunwei Xiaoqi, who was in charge here, quickly followed Taichang to the flagship.

Immediately afterwards, the [-] Spike warships began to clear the ice floes on the shore, and the flagship followed leisurely, making a half-circle around the peninsula.

This place is indeed a good place. Not only is there a huge bay in front that is suitable for building a port, but there is also a huge freshwater lake behind to provide water.

Moreover, the freshwater lake is surrounded by forests, and the scenery is quite good.

After Taichang looked at it, he couldn't help sighing: "If the world is peaceful, how attractive it would be to build a big city here, build a batch of small boats, and arrange a few large fishing boats to catch seafood nearby.

Come here to escape the heat in summer, not only can you enjoy the beautiful scenery by boating on the lake, but also a variety of fresh seafood.

Presumably this must become a famous summer resort. "

Uh, okay.

In midsummer, it is only over 20 degrees here, and it is very cool. It is indeed a summer resort.

It's a pity that this place is really too desolate, and it's no exaggeration to say that there are thousands of miles of uninhabited people.

If this Luo wilderness can be developed, I don't know what kind of grand scene it will be.

When Yuan Keli, Zhang Yuanfang and others heard the words, there was a look of longing on their faces.

It would be great if there is peace in this world, and I must bring my family to have fun when the time comes.