The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 582: These days, there is really a place to pick up
Miyun Palace was originally located in the lobby of the county government office.

Everyone gathered around the big table, their eyes fixed on it.
Li Zhizao placed the huge scroll on the table and slowly unfolded it.

The world seemed to unfold slowly before everyone as the scroll unfolded.

Wanli looked at it carefully and nodded slightly.

This map is somewhat similar to the world map he has in mind.

Especially the area south of the South China Sea is very similar to the maps of later generations.

This proves that the dimensions on the map are not much different from the dimensions measured by satellites in later generations.

Li Zhizao is worthy of being a map maker, and the maps he surveyed are really accurate.

However, the place name this guy came up with is a bit weird.

This guy actually named the big island south of Luzon Penglai and Australia Fangzhang!

Of course, this is not the point. The place name can be anything, such as Penglai Island or Fangzhang Island.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then asked, "Are there many people on Penglai Island and Fangzhang Island?"

These two islands are extremely large.

Li Zhizao shook his head slightly and said, "I saw a few larger tribes in the north of Penglai Island. I also ordered people to search around Fangzhang Island, but there are no large tribes at all.

I estimate that the population of these two islands, which are larger than the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, is at most tens of thousands."

Not necessarily.

However, it doesn’t matter how many people there are.

Primitive tribes had no resistance to muskets and artillery.

Wanli thought about it carefully again, then asked, "How far is Fangzhang Island from here? Have you calculated it?"

This has naturally been calculated.

Li Zhizao raised his hand and gestured on the map, saying, "Fangzhang Island should be less than 20,000 miles from the capital. However, this route requires several detours, which adds up to more than 20,000 miles. It's probably more than 21,000 miles."

so far?
If there were no ships, and we had to rely solely on monsoons and ocean currents to get there, it would take at least a month.

However, it will take at least half a year to build a ship that can actually sail out to sea.

Moreover, shipbuilding takes time. It takes at least half a year to build a batch of ocean-going giant ships weighing more than 2,000 tons.

By this calculation, they may not have enough ships to take people over by this time next year.

He still didn't know when the colonial bandits ran over there. The sooner he could take over such a huge territory, the sooner he would feel at ease.

Wanli stared at the map for a while, then asked, "Guozhu, how many Fuchuan warships do you have now? How many Fuchuan warships are needed in America?"

I have so many Fujian warships under my command now that I can hardly manage them all.

Li Guozhu introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, I now have over a thousand Fuzhou warships of 2,000 tons under my command, and over 600 Fuzhou warships of 1,000 tons.

There is basically no need to transport any personnel from America now, and the food supply can be self-sufficient. My main task now is to transport sheep and horses over there, and bring gold, rubber and copper back.

These don't require too many Fuchuan warships. More than 200 Fuchuan warships of 2,000 tonnes are enough, and 400 to 500 of them are also enough."

Well, that’s right. Now their Fuchuan warships have finally grown to a certain size.

Although these more than 1,000 Fuchuan warships cannot be compared with the more than 10,000 ocean-going ships of the Netherlands, they should be much stronger than those of Spain.

Wanli nodded slightly, then said solemnly: "We are not in a hurry to go to war with the Spanish now, and you don't need too many Fuchuan warships.

We must take advantage of this opportunity to mobilize enough Fujian ships and warships to capture all the islands in the southern part of the South China Sea. If we let the colonial bandits get there first, we will be in trouble.

How about this? You allocate one thousand of the 2,000-ton Fuchuan warships to Commander Kemai, and this time you take a few of the 2,000-ton Fuchuan warships and the remaining 600 or so 1,000-ton Fuchuan warships to America."

Now there are more than 600 ships in America for transfer, which is indeed enough.

Upon hearing this, Li Guozhu bowed repeatedly and said, "I obey your order."

Now that we have the ship, the next thing to consider is how many people to bring over.

If we consider the carrying capacity of the 2,000-ton Fuchuan warships, thousands of them could easily carry hundreds of thousands of troops.

The problem is that they cannot mobilize so many people to seize the territory at this moment.

They still had two major wars to fight: the encirclement and suppression of the Jiannu and the seizure of Spanish colonies, both of which would require a large number of troops. More importantly, there was no food there. Hundreds of thousands of troops would consume millions of dan of grain a year. If they really wanted to transport hundreds of thousands of troops there, they would have to transport millions more dan of grain.

They simply don't have the capacity right now.

Therefore, it would not be feasible to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to seize territory at this time.

However, the area over there is so large that it seems not enough to just bring a few people over there.

Perhaps we could consider sending cavalry over.

Cavalry and war horses can easily run two or three hundred miles a day. In sparsely populated areas, 10,000 cavalry can control a larger territory than 100,000 infantry.

Moreover, there are so many war horses produced in the major border towns at this time that it is no problem to convert all the border soldiers into cavalry. They are not short of cavalry.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then asked, "There should be a lot of grasslands on Penglai Island and Fangzhang Island, right?"

That's a scary amount.

Li Zhizao nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the primitive tribes over there don't know how to farm very well. There are plenty of grasslands on Penglai Island and Fangzhang Island, and there are also many mountains and forests."

Then send the cavalry.

Wanli pondered, "We can't send too many troops over there right now. If we send infantry, even hundreds of thousands of troops wouldn't be enough to control a large island.

Moreover, hundreds of thousands of troops would consume millions of shi of grain a year, but there is no grain over there, and we don’t have so many ships to transport the grain.

Therefore, I plan to send border cavalry over there. One hundred thousand border cavalry should be enough to control the two large islands.

We don't need to bring too much fodder for these 100,000 troops, as there is enough over there. The key is food, and we must bring them at least enough food for one year.

The wind is blowing from the south now. Zhenzhi, you take these one thousand Fujian warships with a capacity of 2,000 tons to Liaodong first. I will order people to purchase 1.2 million tons of grain from there and load them for you.

Also, I will order the border cavalry to assemble at Liaodong Town and board the ship. You will wait there. Once Kemai arrives and the north wind blows, you can set out for Penglai Island and Fangzhang Island."

what?
Should I go to Liaodong Regional Command and wait?

Upon hearing this, Li Zhizao said cautiously, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to survey the map of America yet?"

This surveying map is not as important as seizing territory.

Wanli shook his head slightly and said, “Now that we have the map of the route to America, we don’t have to rush to survey the land map.

We must quickly seize the vast territories of Penglai Island and Fangzhang Island. This will be considered an achievement in expanding our territory, and I will then confer upon you a title of nobility."

This can also be awarded a title of nobility!
To be honest, it is too easy to expand territory in this way. It is really no different from picking it up.

When His Majesty first told him this, he was a little bit skeptical.

Is there anything left to pick up on the land?

Moreover, the territory is larger than the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

He ran to the south of Nanyang and saw that there was really land to be found these days!
This large group of islands in the south of the Nanyang Sea is probably twice the size of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Such a large territory must be taken over quickly.

This achievement of expanding the territory cannot be missed, and you will be granted a title and a higher rank!
There is no need to rush to survey the map, let’s go and pick up the land first.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhizao bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I understand."

There's still one thing you don't understand.

Wanli then gave detailed instructions, "Before you leave, I will send a few ships of goods over.

When the time comes, you can take it to the tribe over there and have a good communication with them. It would be best if you can get them to join our Ming Dynasty.

If you don't want to, then don't worry about it. Let Kemai handle it."

What I mean is, if you don’t want it, destroy it!

Forget it, this is none of my business, so I won’t think about it.

Li Zhizao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he bowed and said, "I understand."

What do primitive tribes like most?

Just ask Zhu Guozuo.

It just so happens that he needs to learn more about the situation in America.

(End of this chapter)