"Fight with me, you're a little tender."

As an old driver with excellent driving skills, Wang Xiao said that he could easily settle even three sisters, not to mention two sisters.

"Prince, why are your legs shaking?"

Xu Bin, who was in the secret room, saw Wang Xiao’s face turned pale and his legs were weak, was immediately frightened. He thought Wang Xiao was poisoned or something.

"I'm fine!"

Wang Xiao proudly held his back and straightened up with his hands, "Maybe he had a stomachache at noon, so don't care about this little thing."

Xu Binxin said that if he really got a stomachache, he would be in trouble from the imperial kitchen to the eunuchs who bought ingredients.

Although Wang Xiao was in the East Palace on the surface, he seemed to have no attention to the outside world. In fact, he never felt a little relaxed in the outside surveillance.

Since the orphans of Jingnan who were exiled outside the pass, Xu Bin and others have completely devoted themselves to Wang Xiao.

Sun Ruowei is the crown princess. Because of this relationship, these orphans in Jingnan have become Wang Xiao’s iron-kicks.

King Zhao Zhu Gaosui had been sent to the distant mountains and forests to take up the vassal, and the Jinyiwei he had controlled before fell into Wang Xiao's hands.

The Jinyiwei did not give it to Yu Qian. This guy was not a secret spy at all. He was sent by Wang Xiao to Hanlin Academy to edit books.

Wang Xiao handed the Jinyiwei to Xu Bin's hands.

Xu Bin has a flexible mind and a quick mind, and is the best candidate to take over the Jinyiwei.

"This is a list of court officials who have had close contacts with King Zheng, and there are no ones above the sixth rank."

Xu Bin handed over a piece of paper, which read the list of people whom King Zheng gradually became active and took the initiative to move closer to the past.

"Although they are just small people, they are all ambitious." Wang Xiao quickly browsed and handed the list back. "Keep the file and deal with it after the matter is over. Those who know the truth will be sent overseas to promote education. If you don't know the truth, you can do it."

"General Ma Bao has been writing a letter recently, hoping to start his trip to the West again. However, the emperor doesn't seem to have such a plan."

Xu Bin next mentioned a hero that Wang Xiao values ​​very much.

Zheng He, who had completed his sixth trip to the West, was taking his army to the West to guard Yingtian Prefecture, and he was also the first eunuch in the Yingtian Prefecture garrison.

Zheng He wanted to go to the West seven times, but Zhu Gaochi refused his request on the grounds that the national treasury was empty.

Zhu Gaochi did not lie. The more than a year-long battle in the northern border almost drained the Ming Dynasty's last fiscal revenue. Even the later pension work has not been completed yet.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi, who has always been known for his stinginess, took out at least millions of taels of silver to build a fleet. There is no doubt that this is absolutely impossible.

For Zheng He, who spent his whole life on sailing, not being able to go out to sea was the greatest pain.

Wang Xiao stood up and went to the world map he was hand-painted by himself hanging beside him, and carefully observed the map above.

It is inevitable to expand outward through the sea route, but Wang Xiao’s choice is different from the views of the experts at the forums of later generations.

Of course, he knew that the Australian continent was rich in minerals, and he also knew that there was a lot of oil on Java Island. As for the New World, it was a place that countless times traveled through the dreams of his predecessors.

But the problem is that Wang Xiao is now in the fifteenth century, not five hundred years later.

Judging from the technological level of this era, even if people were sent to the Australian continent full of venomous snakes, venomous spiders, scorpions, and crocodiles, they even found those mines.

But then what?

Judging from the technical level of this era, how can those minerals buried underground be excavated?

Even if it can be excavated, how to transport it?

Even if it can be transported away, how can it be smelted?

This era indeed requires a large amount of iron tools, but this large amount is relatively not the astronomical demand in the industrialized era of later generations.

The demand for iron tools is mainly to build agricultural tools, weapons and armor, iron nails for daily life, etc.

In the 22nd year of Yongle, the population of the Ming Dynasty was counted at 53 million. Even if one person had an iron hoe and a set of armor, how much iron could he use?

Although China imported large-scale iron ore in later generations, in fact, China did not really lack iron ore, but only high-grade iron-rich ore.

Judging from the output of the Ming Dynasty at this time, there was no need to go to Australia to mine.

Australia wants to occupy it, but it is by no means the main goal.

Not to mention oil, before the internal combustion engine appeared and before the synthetic chemical industry began, the use of oil was to make a Greek fire.

Not to mention anything else, it is absolutely impossible to see the oil industry at least during Wang Xiao's lifetime.

Of course, the Nanyang islands can also be occupied, but like Australia, it is not the main target.

As for the New World, it has to be said that it is definitely a good place.

The area is large enough, the products are abundant enough, and the geographical environment is even more superior and unparalleled.

There is not even a decent country, and it feels easy to conquer.

Of course, Wang Xiao wanted to put the Ming Dynasty's sun, moon, and dragon flag on the New World in his lifetime. But he is now on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, not the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

You may not feel anything on the map, but in fact, from the west to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the distance is nearly 20,000 kilometers!

This distance is a suffocating number even in the later generations with extremely developed transportation.

And during the Ming Dynasty, the sea route spanning 40,000 miles to the end of the sea, the distant shore. If Wang Xiao really issued such an order, Zheng He would probably sincerely ask him, "Brother, are you serious?"

What Wang Xiao wants is large-scale immigration, not a fleet adventure like Magellan.

It was indeed a difficult task for the Ming Dynasty at this time to send hundreds of thousands or even millions of people across the ocean across tens of thousands of miles.

All Wang Xiao could do was to send out expedition fleets to find relay islands in the general direction he remembered. Establish a transit base and slowly head towards the distant other shore.

Therefore, the New World is a secondary target for Wang Xiao.

And his real goal, or the goal that can be truly achieved in his lifetime, is on the South Asian subcontinent.

India, an ancient name.

One of the four ancient civilizations was once one of the four great ancient civilizations, with brilliant cultural achievements and invented Arabic numerals.

Well, the numbers invented by ancient India were not called Indian numbers but Arabic numbers, because ancient India had no heirs.

These are stories from thousands of years ago.

Ancient India was conquered by the ancient Aryans, and then the caste system completely made this land a paradise for aristocrats and a hell of serfs.

Now this area is millions of square kilometers, more than half of which are suitable for cultivation, with hundreds of large and small national states and small countries distributed on the land.

The British could conquer India with thousands of guns, and there was no reason why the Ming Dynasty could not do such a simple thing.

The benefits of setting the target on the Indian continent are obvious. There is a lot of land suitable for cultivation and the rainfall caused by trade winds in the Indian Ocean, which is definitely the first choice for the farming nations to start.

Moreover, these lands are different from the Nanyang Islands full of primeval forests, the deserted Australian continent, and the New World that has not been developed. The land here has been developed for thousands of years, like ripe fruits that can be eaten after being picked.

Zheng He passed by India many times when he was voyage to the West and was very familiar with the situation there.

The fleet walked along the coastline and could quickly and in large quantities send immigrants to that land.

The last point is the issue of resistance.

In Wang Xiao's view, the local people had no resistance in front of the Ming Dynasty.

The inferior people who have been enslaved for thousands of years cannot fight the Ming Dynasty. For them, at most they can change their masters.

If you occupy India, you can also use it as a springboard to enter the Middle East of the oil ocean, and then extend your hand from the Middle East to the Mediterranean.

As for Africa, let the black millet and millet sing and dance there.

With so many benefits, it is natural for Wang Xiao to take this place as his preferred target.

If God doesn’t take it, that’s a sin.

"You write a letter to Zheng He in my name."

Wang Xiao, who made up his final decision in front of the map, officially began the preliminary preparations.

"Tell him to be calm. He is a man from the sea and will not stay on the bed forever. The voyage to the West will definitely continue. Believe me in this. What he needs to do now is to train excellent sailors, guides, and translators. He also needs to supervise shipyards and sail from ocean to ocean, and need better ships."

Wang Xiao turned around and came to the cabinet, opened the cabinet with the key and searched for it. He found a thick stack of sailboat drawings he had drawn with his memory.

"Leave these to him and ask him to find a clever boatman to try to see if he can make it."

Wang Xiao did check relevant information before coming, and recorded it on paper as soon as possible after coming here.

But after all, a long time has passed, and Wang Xiao, whose memory has begun to blur, is not sure whether these things are useful.

Xu Bin took the drawing and saluted, "The official understands."

"Wait a minute." Wang Xiao called Xu Bin, who was about to leave, "Tell me to your companions. If there are still three melons and two dates in your pocket, go to the deep mountains and forests of the northeast to hire locals to cut trees, send the big trees that can be used to build ships to Huangniwa, and then tie them into wooden rafts to transport them along the sea route to the south. Keep it safe and you can make money."

Xu Bin looked at Wang Xiao in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

"I will vigorously carry out navigation operations in the future, and countless ships will be built. You orphans of Jingnan prepare dried wood in advance and can make a big profit. This is also a little compensation for you."

Xu Bin now understood and gave a big gift to Wang Xiao with a serious expression.

"The past has passed, and the prince does not need to worry about this matter anymore. The matter back then has nothing to do with the prince, and the prince does not need to take too much care of us."

"Don't slap the swollen face and pretend to be fat in front of me."

Wang Xiao reached out and pulled Xu Bin up, "How did the orphans of Jingnan who came back from outside the pass have lived? You have written a report to me. I took special care of them for Ruowei's sake. Don't let them eat savory food for your own face."

Xu Bin smiled gracefully, "The prince misunderstood. The subordinates just expressed their gratitude. It was not to reject the prince's kindness."

"Then what are you still standing here for?"

"Your Highness, Prince." Xu Bin bowed sincerely. "Not long after the orphans of Jingnan returned to the pass, they only had clothes to protect the cold and had rough food on their bodies. Where can they get the money to cut trees in the deep mountains and forests?"

"Although we all have a little savings, we have spent all the rescues to the orphans of Jingnan before."

A feeling of uneasiness surged in Wang Xiao's heart, and he slowly retreated without hesitation, "What do you want to say?"

Xu Bin looked at Wang Xiao sincerely.
Chapter completed!