open sea

Chapter 681 Ukyo
Chen Mu, who returned to Beiyang, was still a little dazed in his mind. Chen Mu was moved by the little emperor's obsessively making an antique salutation ceremony, but his position as Minister of the Ministry of War in Youjing made him very complicated.

The imperial court has always only had two capitals, the north and the south, but Chen Mu clearly knows where his 'right capital' is.

in Central America.

No, judging from his official position as an Asian strategist, I am afraid that Asia in the future will specifically refer to America.

"Brother, where is Youjing?"

As soon as Shao Tingda opened his mouth, Deng Zilong, Shi Qi, Lin Manjue and other old subordinates all flicked their necks to listen. Of course, there was also Fu Yuan who defected for nothing, all of whom were admirals.

Hei Xiao, Hei Yunlong, Juniper, Du Tong and others on the other side are army generals from Beiyang.

They are not as casual as the navy, all staring at the big eyes full of curiosity, sitting upright, pretending to be serious people, in fact, they were also like that before Shao Tingda and others came.

Chen Mu didn't tell others what kind of seal the emperor said to engrave him. After all, it hasn't come true. This voyage is much farther than the past, and the time is much longer. Everything is variable.

For Chen Mu, listen to the courteous treatment given by the emperor and keep it in mind.

No matter what happened in the future, the emperor tried his best to follow the ancient rituals and worship him as a general, at least at the moment in the ear chamber of the Qianqing Palace, the young Wanli sincerely granted him all the powers.

"I don't know where it is? I know."

Chen Mu spread out the map on the long table in the command room of the Beiyang Military Mansion. After Yang Tingxiang brought back the materials when he returned from Spain and the coastal intelligence recorded by himself, this Wanli five-year world map is more complete, at least in terms of continental shape. A world map approaching another era.

Chen Mu pointed his fingers in the middle of America, and said, "America, from now on it will be called Asia, and Youjing is in the middle of Asia. I don't know where it is, but it's in this place."

Chen Mu raised his hand and drew a large circle in the middle of America, and said, "Around here, wherever it is suitable to build a big city, and where it is suitable to connect the east and west coasts of the mainland, is the Right Zhili of the Ming Empire."

"As for hearing about Asia from the barbarian population in the future, that is Ottoman's territory."

Chen Mu has always thought that Asia specifically refers to Asia, but it is not. It comes from the ancient Phoenicians, like the left and right, east and west, with the Aegean Sea as the boundary. The west is called the sunset land, and the east is called the sunrise land. .

Chen Mu's generals are less than he knows, Deng Zilong turned his head and said: "What Asia?"

Seeing Chen Mu waving his hand, he asked again: "Did the Marshal ask His Majesty to set up You Zhili?"

After all, he is the only official in the Beiyang Navy and Army other than Chen Mu who can be called a commander in chief. Deng Zilong, who is now white and sitting among a group of generals, also has more right to speak.

"It's not me, it's the emperor who wants to set it up." Chen Mu shook his head and explained: "When His Majesty was 13 years old, he painted the map of the world presented by the Nanyang Military Mansion in Qianqing Palace, and distinguished its territories and geographical advantages by color. At the same time, he copied and drew it himself. I made one."

"I've seen that map. There is only one country, Ming Dynasty, and the world is divided into seven capitals and 82 provinces. At that time, the map didn't know much about Asia, and the map drawing was not accurate. There was only a big piece of Mexico to the south."

"Youjing is in that place, sitting on Youzhili and controlling Dazhou."

Everyone smiled when they heard it, but the navy and army generals were not familiar with each other for the time being, only Juniper was familiar with both sides, and he spoke more freely, saying: "The emperor was still young at that time, seven capitals and 82 provinces, really ambitious!"

Ambition is nice to hear, but in fact, the implication is idiot's dream.

How many years of effort have they spent to regain control of Nanyang with the help of their ancestors, the Western Ocean has only established three prefectures, and the Eastern Fleet has been limited by the geographical environment and has not yet fully set sail for two full years.

Everyone here has a good understanding of the general situation of the world, not to mention how difficult it is to fight in one place, just judging from Chen Muyu's careful preparations in the past two years of the Eastern Army Mansion, they know how difficult things are for their logistics and intelligence conditions. .

Seven capitals and 82 provinces... Are you kidding me?
The grinning Shao Tingda said it well: "I am so poor all my life, I'm afraid that I can fulfill [-]% of the emperor's thoughts."

Over there, Hei Yunlong answered, "Uncle Sixteen, you can't say that."

"Now the imperial court has two capitals and thirteen provinces in its hands, and Nanyang has set up three other provinces. Waiting for the vassal king to seal off two more provinces, there is already one province in the West. The emperor has already set up the right capital for the second uncle's Dongyang, and eight more provinces in Asia. provinces, this is the 27 provinces in Sanjing!"

"If you want me to say, fulfilling [-]% of the emperor's wish, um, ten years, ten years can be expected!"

Hei Yunlong opened his mouth, and Hei Xiao frowned there, and then simply turned his head to the left to avoid looking at him... Damn, another uncle!

Hei Xiao was full of tears, waiting for Hei Yunlong to finish speaking, then turned his head and gritted his teeth, raised his two fingers and said to Hei Yunlong: "It would be nice if I got to know you later ? First get to know Mr. Chen Shuai and I will be your uncle!"

"In the future, when I have a son, I will name it Heiyunlong!"

Hei Yunlong was not angry when he heard Hei Xiao's words, but instead slapped his legs and laughed loudly, "Pull you down, you barbarian, you have been arrested by Luqi for more than ten years, and now you can't find a wife, and you still want to have a son, I'll show you something!"

In this era, the Mongols were called Tatars or Tartars in the south of the Great Wall most of the time, and it was a derogatory term to refer to the northern nomads for hundreds of years.

As the name suggests, it may be a good yearning, and the prisoner means a captive, as if calling someone this way makes it easier to capture on the battlefield.

Chen Mu, who was sitting at the top, didn't speak, just put his hands on his knees and watched the two of them arguing. It's not considered a military discussion at the moment, but he came back from the capital and the generals gathered together to greet him. Playing around is not considered rude.

What's more, Lu Shi and Sailor didn't know each other well enough, except for Hei Yunlong and Shao Tingda who had had a drink, no one else was embarrassed to talk, so it was just right to let these two creatures have a quarrel.

Hei Xiao and Hei Yunlong had the best relationship among them, and he was not worried that their jokes would hurt their relationship.

In the process of getting along with these people, he will consider how to allocate warships.

Hei Xiao was taken aback when he heard that Hei Yunlong scolded him as a 'barbarian'...he is Han, and Hei Yunlong's ancestor was from Jianzhou, and he also ridiculed himself for not being able to get a wife, so he couldn't help but fight back: "Hey! You This Jianzhou tartar actually said that Lao Tzu is a barbarian! I would say that I have returned to righteousness, and what about being taken captive as a slave, Hei will make great achievements as the Ma Taishi of the Xuanfu in the future!"

"All right, all right, you are Hei Taishi! So what's the matter with Jianzhou? My ancestor, the commander of Guangningwei, is the only one who wants to name my nephew Heiyunlong? Let me tell you, when we get to Asia, I'll get it The mountain is called Xiaoheishan to commemorate you, right uncle! Xiaoheishan!"

In the last sentence, Hei Yunlong turned his head and said it to Chen Mu, and the second uncle forced him to stop for a moment before realizing that he was calling him.

Hei Yunlong is really talking about running the train. No one in Beiyang takes his words of kinship seriously. It is an ethical and moral mouth. If a person takes it seriously, half of Beiyang's seniority will not be able to figure it out.

"Get a Xiaoheishan, get a Erheishan, and find another Xiaoerheishan, all belong to your Hei family."

Chen Mu pointed helplessly at the two of them separately, and said, "When you get on the boat, you two should separate, don't be in the same fleet."

(End of this chapter)