"My father is wise and my sons admire me!"

Zhu Cixiang knew clearly that there were problems with Zhu Youjian's colonial route, but he still had to tell lies without conscience. Otherwise, what could he say? Call him a prodigal fool, and send military households to places that are not profitable and are particularly dangerous...

...If you do this recklessly, you will die sooner or later!

To be honest, it is cheaper to go to the west coast of America than to the Mongolian Plateau, and it is also more livable and there is still gold to be mined!

Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded. The traitor can finally speak human language...I have been very wise in my life! If you don't believe me, ask Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Niu Jinxing and others. They all say that I am wise and powerful, then...

You can’t go wrong!

"Brother Chun," Zhu Youjian stroked his beard, "Don't just flatter me. If you have any suggestions, you can also make them. As long as it's feasible, I will definitely do it."

"I do have an idea," Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "I also want 10 thousand households..."

"Oh, really?" Zhu Youjian squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Cihong maliciously.

Zhu Cixiang suddenly got goosebumps all over his body, and quickly explained: "Father, I want to arrange for these 10 thousand households to go to the west coast of the New World... Now I have reached an agreement with the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan.

The immigration ships we send to the New World can add supplies and rest ashore at Mito Port in Japan. Therefore, the time is ripe for large-scale colonization of the New World, and I want to open up a vassal state in the New World for my descendants."

"Oh, that's right..." Zhu Youjian nodded and laughed, "I also have the same idea. But isn't 10 thousand households a bit too much? The New World is so far away, and it's still separated by oceans and ships.

It takes more than a year to make one trip. A 600-ton sailing ship can only carry fifty or sixty households of immigrants, and 10 thousand households would need 200 boats to transport them all at once, right?"

"I'm afraid we need more than 300!" Zhu Cixiang said, "because we have to transport horses, cattle and sheep, wheat, oats, various weapons and supplies... Only in this way can we ensure that we can travel to the New World at once

Build a port fortress and nine thousand-household forts on the west coast."

Zhu Youjian glanced at his son and said in his heart: Okay, under my teachings, you will be able to be generous! Transport 10,000 households to the New World at a time... You are going to scare Philip IV to death!

In fact, the reason why Zhu Cixiang was so generous right from the beginning was because he didn't want Chongzhen to go to the Western Regions and Mongolia where there would be too many military households... In fact, the cost of going to the New World was lower than going to the Western Regions and the Mongolian Plateau.

Going to the New World may seem quite far, but taking a boat and traveling on the ocean currents, including the time to get on and off the ship and docking in Japan for supplies, it can be reached in three to four months.

Moreover, the supplies needed on the way were directly loaded onto the ship and they started traveling together. Then a boatload of immigrants arrived at the New World lying down (while suffering from seasickness)... Because they were inactive on the ship, they consumed less and they also became dizzy.

I can't eat too much either.

Going to the Western Regions or Mongolia often involves thousands of miles. A trip of thirty or forty miles a day would take at least three or four months, and a longer trip would take a year...and it's freezing cold.

We couldn't leave at that time. And there were no ships that could carry hundreds of tons of supplies to follow. We had to use animals to transport them or supply supplies along the way. The cost was much more expensive than going to the New World!

In addition, it is easy to make a profit by colonizing the New World - there are gold mines on the west coast of the New World. If you dig them out, you will make a profit! Not only can you collect taxes, but you can also gain huge commercial benefits. Because once the gold mines in the New World are discovered, a market can be formed immediately

, silk, porcelain, tea and various other things produced in the southeast can be transported to the New World for sale. Going to the New World to pan for gold will also become a good business, and then some people will pay for the ship tickets out of their own pockets.

In this way, the cost of immigration is reduced... So instead of letting Chongzhen send the population to the Western Regions and Mongolia, it is better to take the sea route to the New World!

Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang and asked: "Brother Chun, do you have 300 ships that can travel across the ocean? Also, if you send people to the New World like this, will it conflict with the Spanish?"

Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Father, don't worry, I have a way to get a ship! And I shipped 10,000 households to the New World at one time just to scare the Spanish!"

The Spaniards do not have any colonies in the northwest of the New World, so they will not immediately notice that our people have passed by. Even if they find out, they will not dare to easily attack the Ming Dynasty Wanhu in the New World with 10,000 soldiers. Instead, they will report it to Spain in Madrid.

The court, I am afraid it will be two or three years before Philip IV makes a decision and issues the order to the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

If we can send 10,000 households a year, there will already be 30,000 households in the New World by then. How dare the Governor-General of New Spain start a war? Even if it dares to start a war, we have 30,000 troops, which is enough to defeat them in one battle!"

"In that case," Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said, "then from now on ten thousand households in the New World will grant the title to the son born to you and Wu Sanmei!"

"Thank you, my dear father, for your support." Zhu Cixiang saluted Chongzhen again... His favorite was Silly Baitian, and now he could finally find a good place for him and Silly Baitian's sons.

Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded, then asked: "Then where do you plan to supervise the country? In Beijing or Nanjing?"

"In Nanjing." Zhu Cihong said, "It is easier for my son to raise food and salary for his father in Nanjing, and taking the sea route from the southeast to North Korea and Liaodong, as long as there is no headwind, the time required is faster than taking the land route from Beijing.

In addition, it is also convenient for the son-in-law to supervise the country in Nanjing and preside over the colonization of the New World, the Southern Continent, Nanyang and other places."

Zhu Youjian frowned and said to Zhu Cihong: "I know...you, after all, you look up to Nanjing and Southeast. But don't forget that although the wealth of Ming Dynasty comes from Southeast, it is used

The land of martial arts is in the north. Among the twelve armies I created, except for the imperial army, which is based in the southwest and is used for expeditions to the south, the other eleven armies are all based in the north. There are 4,000 nobles and 3 million troops.

Most of the households are in the north!"

The Twelve Army in front of the Zhang is the field force of the Ming Dynasty today, including the Left Army in front of the Zhang, the Right Army in front of the Zhang, the Dianqian Army, the Yuqian Army, the Zhili Army, the Yanning Army, the Xuan Da Army, the Gansu-Shaanxi Army, the Liaoxi Army, and the Liaodong Army.

, Dongjiang Army (Korean Aid Army), and Anxi Army. Each army is composed of two to three divisions, each with more than 10,000 men. The total strength of the Twelfth Army is close to 400,000.

In addition to these 400,000 people, Zhu Youjian also has a young army (reserve army), as well as local troops stationed in various places affiliated with the general army (provincial headquarters), governors and general offices, totaling more than 200,000 people, in addition to about 100,000

People's navy (including marines). So the Ming Dynasty now has a total standing army of up to 700,000 people!

Among the Twelve Army, except for the Imperial Army, the Eleventh Army and the young army that provides the backbone of the troops in front of the tent are all "Northern Army". Not only are they stationed in the north, but their military sources also come from military households and soldiers in the north.

There were also farmers from Zhili in the border formation.

If Zhu Cihong had been based in Nanjing and Jiangsu, it would be difficult for him to control the armies in front of his tent in the future...

Zhu Cihong, however, did not take it seriously and said with a smile: "My father was at his peak in the Spring and Autumn Period. The troops in front of the tent are driven by my father. My sons and ministers are focusing on finances in the southeast and can raise money, food, military equipment and equipment for my father's grand cause."
Chapter completed!