After explaining the matter of sending people to the three major lands in Qinghai, Shandong, Zhu Yunwen's attention was shifted from this, because Zheng He was back!

With the exploration of Southeast Asia and the three treasure eunuchs whom Zhu Yunwen was looking forward to the Quanzhou Port, which was reunited in late April, was just as the scholars from Fujian and Zhejiang entered Beijing. The place was in chaos at that time, and the trip to Sanbao eunuchs returned to Beijing was delayed and they did not enter Beijing successfully in May.

Before the latter could have time to rest, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly summoned into the palace.

"Come back?"

"Here I'm back."

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen looked at the black and thin guy in front of him and sighed: "It's just half a year, I've lost so much. It seems that you have suffered a lot during this period."

Zheng He was moved and crawled on the ground: "It's all what I should do, but I'm worried about it. I should die."

"Get up quickly, don't be so many rules and polite in my bedroom."

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen had given him tea and snacks, Zheng He was even more moved and burst into tears several times, saying that he didn't dare.

"I asked you to take this trip to see the overseas world and draw a chart, have you done it?"

After a few greetings, Zhu Yunwen brought the topic to the main business. He didn't know what Southeast Asia looks like in this time and space.

"I'm ready for everything."

Zheng He responded and took out a roll of drawings he carried with him: "Please look at your Majesty."

As he spoke, Zheng He called another eunuch to help him out, and the two of them completely unfolded the drawing, which was nearly ten feet long.

Zhu Yunwen walked down the imperial stairs and approached the sea chart. The densely drawn sections and texts made him dazzled, and he smiled bitterly: "You'd better introduce it."

As he said that, Zhu Yunwen reached out and called another eunuch, took over the work in Zheng He and pulled Zheng He to the chart so that the latter could give guidance.

"I went to sea at the end of the third year of Jianwen, and went south all the way, passing through Luzon, Java, Manragha, Bushuwa, Sumatra, Brunei, Old Port, Panga, Xinto, Pengfeng, Dengyan, Lingyaska, Kelantan, Fluan, Riroting, Qianmai, Bada, Shanmaling, Galaxi, Balinfeng, Xinto, Jianbi, Lan Wuli and other countries."

Zheng He's string of national names made Zhu Yunwen feel confused: "Just like this place the size of a palm, so many countries?"

"Yes."

Zheng He also smiled bitterly. If it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes, he would have said he would not believe anything.

Moreover, his voyage was not as good as in history, going west of the Strait of Malacca to Sri Lanka and Guli in South India, nor did he enter the Arabian Sea. This time he only traveled to Southeast Asia, namely Malaysia, Indonesia and other places, otherwise it would have been impossible for only seven months to travel.

However, after just one round, I wandered around twenty countries, which was really incredible.

"Some of these countries are indigenous countries, and many of them are established by our Ming Han descendants."

Zheng He explained one by one, "The reason why I was able to draw charts and communicate so smoothly this time was because of the help of these overseas Chinese people."

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were still a large number of Han people who wandered and fled in the South China Sea, not even fewer than those in the local natives. The words used naturally spoke the Central Plains dialect. It can only be said that as time goes by and John Bull's global colonization, the cultures of these countries have been turned into English culture.

"And this place is the country with the largest number of Han people."

Zheng He pointed at the name of the old port: "This old port is also called Palembang. It was earlier the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom, but was later destroyed by Java and established Palembang. The biggest force here is the pirates and local troops ruled by Liang Daoming and Chen Zuyi. When he heard that the slaves came, the two of them returned the congratulatory letter and prepared gifts."

The names of these two people sounded authentic compatriots.

Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly: "Can you understand the general situation of these countries clearly?"

Zheng He shook his head slightly: "I have been shorter this time this time, and I have not had time to inquire carefully. Moreover, there are too many small countries and there is no one to return to the country, so it is inevitable that there will be some chaos."

In the archipelago area, due to geographical factors, transportation depends entirely on crossing the sea. In this era, these small indigenous countries could not achieve force unification at all, and were naturally scattered like a pile of scattered sand.

There is not even a centralized state entity, so we cannot expect a roughly clear population.

Looking at the chart in front of him, Zhu Yunwen fell into silence.

Southeast Asia is bound to become the back garden of the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to follow John Niu's colonial policy and began to invade these indigenous people hundreds of years in advance, and then completely swallowed it up. Even if he could not establish the Ministry of Education, it would at least be incorporated into the imperial system of the Ming Dynasty and finally fully Chineseized these countries.

"Print more copies of this chart."

After having an idea in his mind, Zhu Yunwen explained.

After taking the life of the left and right, someone will hurry up to implement the job, and Zhu Yunwen greeted Zheng He to sit down again.

"What are your experiences and experiences to tell me?"

When Zheng He heard Zhu Yunwen ask a question, he organized a speech report. He seemed to be born with a sense of closeness to maritime affairs. He immediately started talking endlessly. Zhu Yunwen was also surprised by what he said.

"The ancients said that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. I am sure I won't deceive you."

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "If you hadn't gone to the sea this time, I'm afraid everyone in the world would have thought that there was only one country in the Ming Dynasty and the barbarian countries around us."

Zhu Yunwen naturally knew what the world was like, but even though he knew, he would not say it.

His identity is to guide, not to end up in person like a tour guide, which is really too bad.

This is like Zhu Yunwen never took the initiative to propose some wonderful ideas to let the craftsmen below invent and create. He was a dignified emperor and did not have time to think about the technology tree all day long. The only thing he could do was to encourage those people to open their minds and then provide financial support.

Zhu Yunwen has always believed that the Chinese nation is a smart, hardworking and creative nation. The four great inventions are enough to explain everything. The Confucian cage that restricts national thought has been gradually destroyed and destroyed by him. It can be said that Zhu Yunwen has provided the best stage for the Ming people in this time and space. The rest of the way depends on them.

Zheng He echoed, and he really opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the climate change in the past few days of going south is the deepest change I feel. I remember that when I was still in Peiping, March was still very cold, but when I went south, March was also so hot that I almost burned my body."

"oh?"

Zhu Yunwen's eyebrows jumped: "I didn't notice it if you didn't say it. Why is the north colder than the south?"

As he asked, he was looking forward to Zheng He's discovery of geography, but Zhu Yunwen was a little disappointed. Zheng He seemed to have not understood this question yet.

It's like no one in the world now believes that they live on the same ball.

"The climate is different, and living habits and dietary customs are different."

Jumping over from the issue of geography, Zheng He continued to tell his experiences along the way, but a spark suddenly flashed through Zhu Yunwen's mind.

"Do you have sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes in these places you go?"

Zhu Yunwen vaguely remembered that it seemed that in the late Ming Dynasty, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and other species were coastal provinces such as Fujian and Guangdong, which were introduced from Southeast Asia. They then began to gradually become popular across the country. Unfortunately, before there was time to promote the planting on a large scale, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.

If you last for a few more years, the Ming Dynasty might be able to survive for many years with these high-yield crops.

"Sweet potato? Sweet potato?"

Zheng He was confused when he heard this, Zhu Yunwen introduced the appearance characteristics of these two crops to him. The latter frowned and thought for a long time but shook his head.

"Back to your Majesty, no."

No?

This made Zhu Yunwen stunned. It was impossible.

He remembered that these things were clearly the Ming Dynasty that was spread to Southeast Asia, so how could it not be there?

I almost forgot that the origin of these two things is America.

Zhu Yunwen slapped his forehead.

The Age of Discovery has not yet begun, Columbus has not been born, and no one has proposed the heliocentric theory. Without the heliocentric theory, Columbus would not have believed that he could reach Japan and China in the East by traveling west to prove that the earth is a sphere, and would not have discovered a new continent in the Americas, and naturally it would not have been possible to bring these two things out.

I will give this contribution from Copernicus and Columbus to Zheng He.

Is it very interesting to train Zheng He to be an astronomer and geographer?

"I remember the last time you said that when you were clearing the pirates, you met a group of red-haired Yi who came to us by relying on the Arab cannibals. If you go out to sea again next time, go to the Arab tribes."

Zhu Yunwen planned to adjust Zheng He's life trajectory.

"In the past two years, the Fujian-Zhejiang Navy has been expanding. I will add you the title of Jinghai Governor. You can select the ships to sea and the soldiers and brave soldiers on your own. I will give you a message to the General Staff and provide full support."

Zheng He was a general who was a eunuch and was also a precedent in history.

This made Zheng He crawl and express his gratitude excitedly.

After sending Zheng He, Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes and rested for a moment, and said, "Summon Xue Ke and Zhu Mengjiong into the palace."

The Marquis of Yongcheng Xue Ke and the son of the King of Chu Zhu Mengjiong, these two generals of Ryukyu were still stunned when they received the summons.

The former was a general of the navy, and the emperor summoned him without any other things than to fight. The latter was just an idle clan in Nanjing. What did he call him to do?

"I plan to let you two take the navy south to travel overseas countries."

Zhu Yunwen's first words stunned the two of them.

"Previously, Zheng He went south to the archipelago to bring me a chart. I have ordered people to print it. Then you can take one with you and visit me one by one according to this chart."

Trade with Southeast Asia must be carried out, but before it was carried out, Zhu Yunwen felt that he should show off his muscles first.

If you don’t convince them, how can you determine the price of this trade?

Xue Ke was not very worried about this. He would not think so much. He only knew that he would hit whoever the emperor asked him to hit.

Those who are generals only consider how to win the battle, and other things are not subject to him.

"After you go, don't fight and kill as soon as you come up. I want to trade with them, not to go to the death."

There are dozens of countries in Southeast Asia. Even if they are not as large as the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen doesn't want to fight with artillery fire all day long. So he looked at Zhu Mengjiong and gave him the opportunity in person.

"A lot of those countries are established by our Han people, and many of them are our Han people's forces. You must first try these forces."

All the kings under the world are the kings, and all the kings are the kings and ministers in the boundaries of the earth.

Since everyone is all Han, it should be a natural family and a force that can unite.

However, the foundation of this unity must be dominated by the Ming Dynasty.
To be continued...