Once the decision is made, it’s time to implement it.

As the head of the "Internal Guards Department", Shi Lei has always been a secretive person in General Pinglu's mansion. Most of the time, outsiders will even ignore him, but he is one of the few who can go to the first place every day without reporting. It’s time to meet the prince’s people.

Any modern person understands the importance of intelligence work!

Intelligence work even directly determines the fate of the country. This is why Zhu Guoqiang attaches great importance to intelligence work. Of course, intelligence agencies can not only collect intelligence, but also complete other tasks.

The task of searching for Zheng He's treasure ship and nautical charts fell on the "Internal Security Department". However, only three days later, the intelligence station in the capital received the order.

After receiving the order, Li San, who had been lurking in the capital, was not worried. In his opinion, this was just a simple task.

As usual, around noon, Li San carried a food box into the Ministry of War Yamen and delivered meals to the senior men in the Yamen. The meals were also delivered in order, first to those with higher status, and then to those with lower status.

"Mr. Song, the meal you ordered."

Looking at the food on the table, Song Yu smiled.

"Li San, the food here looks pretty good. You can tell it's been carefully prepared."

"Of course you have to pay attention to the meals you give to the great men."

Li San asked with a smile.

"Mr. Song, I heard that you are in charge of the Ministry of War warehouse?"

Song Yu smiled and said:

"Well, it's just a short work trip. There are no weapons or medicines in this warehouse to sell, nor are there any secrets of classics for people to copy. They just have some old documents hidden away. It's really quite relaxing."

Because of the high literacy rate, the publishing industry in the Ming Dynasty was extremely developed, and bookshops printed everything. Printing books did not worry about sales, but there was a shortage of manuscripts, especially good manuscripts. When there was a shortage of manuscripts, booksellers set their sights on large collections of books. Although the government offices, especially the Wenyuan Pavilion, are not open to the common people, money can make people go around, and booksellers naturally have ways to do it.

The officials in the capital were poor but the booksellers were rich, so they paid high prices for officials to copy and publish the books, which formed a complete industrial chain. In fact, this became the capital for some officials in the capital to make a living.

However, this kind of thing obviously has nothing to do with Song Yu. The warehouse is the archives of China. Who needs those old documents?

Li San said.

"Mr. Song, a few days ago, a man from Zhejiang came to our restaurant. He said he wanted to copy some things from the Ministry of War warehouse. The man said that if the matter comes true, he will be grateful."

"Oh, is it so?"

"The man said he was willing to pay five hundred taels of silver."

In the afternoon of that day, Song Yu went to the warehouse alone after reading some information.

After seeing the ceremony, the treasurer asked.

"I wonder what documents Master Song is looking for?"

Song Yu smiled and said:

"The navigation chart of Sanbao Eunuch is the "Picture of sailing from the Bao Shipyard and leaving the water from Longjiang Pass to foreign countries", plus the "Minutes of the Construction of the Treasure Ship"."

The treasurer was puzzled for a while before he said.

"Master, wait a moment, let me look for it."

During the Chenghua period, some eunuchs suggested following the example of Yongle and sailing to the West to obtain treasures and money. Unexpectedly, Xiang Zhong, the minister of the Ministry of War, led his people to search for days and nights, but there was no trace of the information they were looking for. After some investigation, it was discovered that it was the chauffeur of the Ministry of War. Liu Daxia hid these information. In response, Liu Daxia asked confidently

"The Three Treasures Eunuch's voyage to the West cost tens of millions of money and food, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died... Even though the case exists, it should be destroyed..."

This means that even if the nautical chart is still there, it should be destroyed.

However, it was passed down as "take and burn", saying that Liu Daxia burned the navigation chart, and Liu Daxia became a national sinner on the Internet in later generations.

In fact, it's better to burn a hair. According to the Ming Dynasty law, burning a book is a serious crime that will kill one's head. Liu Daxia didn't dare to destroy it privately even though he had the courage to do so. At most, he could only hide it for a while.

Zheng He's navigation chart, at least during the Chongzhen period, was still well kept in the warehouse. Mao Yuanyi compiled "Wu Bei Zhi" and included it in it, covering dozens of pages!

Even if the nautical charts were destroyed, they were burned together with the millions of books in the Wenyuan Pavilion during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The treasurer searched according to the index for a while, and soon found the nautical chart. In addition to the full title of "From the Bao Shipyard to the Foreign Countries from the Longjiang Pass Water", there are hundreds of volumes of written materials similar to the navigation log.

, recording the customs, customs and specialties of various countries along the way.

Song Yu directly called several scribes to copy the full text of these materials, and also copied a copy of the nautical charts.

A few days later, when Song Yuming sent the copied charts and books to the restaurant and got the money, he looked at the white money and had only one thought in his mind.

"Five hundred taels of silver, this maritime merchant is really rich! But, what's the point of this chart?"

…

"Master, with these charts, I can definitely reach every place on the chart. Master, look here..."

Staring at the chart on the table, Li Huimei looked a little excited.

In fact, she has been learning how to use a sextant and a clock to measure longitude and latitude. However, these require calculations and a certain mathematical foundation. This cannot be learned in a few months. Moreover, just knowing how to measure longitude and latitude does not

It means that you can sail. After all, sailing on the sea also needs to face various problems including ocean currents and wind directions.

Zheng He's nautical chart happened to solve these problems, at least to some extent. Of course, more importantly, this kind of nautical chart that would be confusing to the world in the future was precisely the shipowner of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

What we are familiar with.

The navigation technology brought by Zhu Guoqiang in the early 19th century may be advanced, but it may not be popularized without a few years or even more than ten years of study. At present, these charts are the most suitable choice for colonizing Southeast Asia.

"Huimei, you don't have to go there in person. This month, try to use this chart to guide you to the river mouth. First, open a stronghold there, and then slowly send the immigrants there. It's a pity..."

Zhu Guoqiang shook his head and sighed.

"The construction records were actually burned. Otherwise, a large treasure ship could have been built, so that more immigrants could be transported there."

Although the nautical chart is in the capital, the construction records of the treasure ship have been stored in the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing. They have long been destroyed along with the shipyard in history. This is really a pity. After all, it was the legendary "10,000-ton giant ship".

"ah.

"Big treasure ship?"

Li Huimei asked rhetorically.

"Actually, the number of people transported by small boats is not necessarily small. Even a Fengzhou, which is more than 20 feet long, can only carry five or six hundred people at most. The larger the boat, the more people it seems to transport, but the boat can carry more people.

There are also many sailors, and the maneuvering is even less flexible. If something happens, the gain will not be worth the loss. After all, the ship is carrying people..."

Listening to Li Huimei explaining the pros and cons between big ships and small ships, Zhu Guoqiang just smiled and said.

"Big or small ships, it doesn't matter right now, but for the navy, heavy artillery and giant ships are the future. As for now, the most important thing is to transport people!"

His finger drew a line on the chart, and finally landed on the location of Taiwan, and he said again.

"We want to send people here, resettle hundreds of thousands or millions of people here, and then spread from here to the entire Nanyang..."

In fact, to a certain extent, today is probably the most suitable era for colonizing Taiwan. Due to the influence of the Little Ice Age, Taiwan is not considered to be in a subtropical area. It will snow heavily in the chicken coop in winter.

In Tainan, you still need to wear thick clothes in winter.

It’s no wonder, after all, it snows heavily in Hainan!

This temperate-like climate reduces many tropical diseases, which is undoubtedly more conducive to the colonization of immigrants.

"We can start here and then the mouth of the river,"

He traced his fingers on the map until he reached the location of the Mekong Delta in later generations, and then traced all over Southeast Asia.

These places should all belong to China since ancient times. After all, China was the first to discover these areas.

However, others have taken the lead now, but it is still too late to remedy the situation. As long as we seize the time, these areas will still become the new land of plenty for the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, to achieve all this, one thing must be solved first - the Netherlands!

In addition to the Netherlands, there is also the Zheng family, because they are an unavoidable force on this road. If they become enemies, they will definitely add a lot of risks to the immigrants.
Chapter completed!