Ming Zuo

Chapter 1584 Nanyang Raiders
Zheng Zhilong's expedition team discovered Australia.

Although the process is a bit coincidental, that's how adventures are, and it always takes some luck.

They set off from Mindanao and explored east along the dotted islands.

The existence of the New Guinea Islands keeps them from getting lost and they can easily obtain supplies.

And this sea area has also become the focus of their competition with the Spaniards.

Because of the sufficient support of the empire and the shorter route distance, Zheng Zhilong's expedition team has the absolute upper hand.

On the island of Papua, they fought a protracted and bloody fight with the Spanish colonists.

After paying a great sacrifice, he finally took Papua Island as his own.

"These islands, like Luzon, have had aboriginal people for a long time. It's just that the aborigines here are all dark-skinned, like clay figurines, and their lifestyle is quite primitive. They lived very hard under the enslavement of the Spanish. We captured here After that, the natives were liberated and given preferential treatment according to the policy of the empire. Now that they have accepted the rule of the empire, they only need to send officials there to smoothly incorporate these places into the empire’s territory.”

Although as an expedition team, Zheng Zhilong and others do not need to abide by any rules.But this person has always remained sober, knowing to leave a way out for himself.

Therefore, during the expedition, always pay attention to complying with the empire's policies as much as possible, while reducing killings, but also gaining benefits.

After occupying Papua Island, some people once proposed to separatize here and enjoy themselves.

Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan decisively rejected this idea.

No one knows the power of the empire better than them.

And now the empire has completely occupied Luzon, just a stone's throw away from the New Guinea Islands.Once the empire consolidates the situation in Luzon, it must not allow someone on the side of the couch to become the king and dominate.

Besides, Zheng Zhilong has no intention of severing one side, adventure and making money are what he is most passionate about.

When the field of exploration was getting farther and farther away, he felt more deeply that he could not do without the support of the empire.

Among other things, when fighting the Spaniards, they could not have won the victory without the guns and ships provided by the Empire.

Once they have a heart of independence, the empire doesn't need to do anything else, as long as the supplies are cut off, they will become rootless duckweed and eventually die in the vast sea.

Zheng Zhilong strictly abides by the agreement.

All the new territories discovered by exploration will be handed over to the country, and then the interests in these new territories will be shared.

Obviously, such an approach made the top management of the empire extremely satisfied.

"Tell me how you discovered this big island?"

When it comes to Australia, Zheng Zhilong is also very interested.

"After we captured Papua Island, we got information that the Spaniards had a trade distribution center on the eastern island. Therefore, we guessed that the Spaniards must have a route to get here from the New World. As long as we follow the vines, we will be able to get through to Southeast Asia sooner or later, so we Continue to move eastward. The Spaniards' trading center is called the Solomon Islands by them, but their strength is not very strong. After losing the naval battle to us, the Spaniards began to flee in a panic. They fled, we chased them, and found the Big Island."

The Spaniard's Clark ship is obviously not the opponent of the ship built by Zheng Zhilong's expedition, even in terms of speed.

In order to escape, the Spaniard had to change course and dive into the vast sea.

They underestimated Zheng Zhilong's courage, so they still couldn't get rid of it, and they were all wiped out by Zheng Zhilong's expedition team.

But it was precisely because of this pursuit that Zheng Zhilong's expedition was brought to Australia.

At first they thought it was just a small island, but the endless coastline is really shocking.

After discussing with Shi Daxuan, Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan decided to divide their troops into two groups, conduct surveys around the island, and finally meet up.

But I didn't expect that this detour would last as long as three months.

When the two teams reunited in the southern part of Australia, looking at the chart in his hand, Zheng Zhilong realized that they had discovered a super large island with an area not even inferior to that of the Central Plains.

In other words, this is already the mainland.

"The southeast and southwest of the island have a humid climate, abundant water and grass, and are suitable for living. Most of the areas are either deserts or Gobi, which are very desolate. There are some aborigines on the island who are ignorant and quite aggressive. We We had no choice but to use force to clear out a living area on it. In addition, there are some very novel animals on the island, which have never been seen before. In addition, there are many highly poisonous things, which can easily kill people."

Of course, Zuo Menggeng is very clear about the situation in Australia that Zheng Zhilong described.

He knows Australia better than anyone.

But now this rich new continent is destined to belong to the empire.

"According to what you said, the mineral resources here must be very rich, which can effectively make up for the shortage in the country. This time, you really made a great contribution."

Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to make a request.

"Some of the guys in the expedition team were seriously injured, and they can no longer go to sea. If the empire plans to develop on the big island, I hope these guys can be properly settled."

He was very careful in his request, but Zuo Menggeng was very generous.

"In the fertile land in the southeast, 300 million mu is reserved for you, and you can distribute it yourself. In addition, the minerals discovered will give you [-]% of the shares as dividends."

Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan smiled on the spot, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?
Now Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang have left the army and joined the National Defense Forces.After tempering, given time, he will surely rise step by step.

These two young children represent the future of their family.

Now Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan have accumulated a lot of wealth for the family through adventures.

If life is like this, what can the husband ask for?
What Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan didn't know was that Zuo Menggeng had decided to use them as an example to encourage the rest of the adventurers.

After discussing with the center, Zuo Menggeng promulgated the emperor's edict.

Zheng Zhilong was granted the title of Prince of Wuchang, Shi Daxuan was appointed Duke of Lai, and more than [-] people from the entire expedition were knighted.

When the news came out, it could be said to be a national sensation, and it further stimulated the hearts of the Chinese people to open up.

Hearing that a new continent not inferior to the Central Plains has been discovered, the center is even more inexplicably excited.

Under the auspices of Hou Xun, a huge team of nearly 3000 officials was quickly organized and began to march towards Nanyang.

According to the central plan, the newly discovered domain will be divided into Nanyang Province, which includes all the New Guinea Islands, and the Australian Province of the New World.

At this moment, except for Zuo Menggeng, no one else knows that from now on, the empire will no longer have to worry about the lack of mineral resources.

(End of this chapter)