"Of course!"
Murong Yanran glanced at Qin Yuan with pride and said with a smile, "The fleet discovered a small island not far southeast of Quanzhou a few days ago."
"This small island is basically mountainous, except for some plains near the sea where crops can be grown."
"There are still some natives on the island. It's a completely poor place with no value."
Oh no!
Qin Yuan's eyes lit up.
This is the frog found.
This seems to indicate that they already had a certain level of navigation skills.
I just need a little guidance to fill in the map and find the good stuff.
If you go to Luzon Island, which is the Philippines, you can find many copper mines.
If we change direction and work harder, we might be able to reach Oceania, where there are many high-quality iron ore mines with great strategic value!
By the way, we can’t forget the ambitious Ben. This is not a good thing. It has never been honest throughout history.
Instead of waiting for others to take advantage of your weakness to cause trouble, it is better to strike first.
By then, all the men will be sent to Oceania to dig iron ore and keep kangaroos company.
All the women were confiscated and given to bachelors in the Zhou Dynasty as wives.
Well, perfect.
Qin Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
As long as the fleets going out to sea find these supplies and people, I believe it will be enough to make many people see the benefits of the great voyages.
Such huge benefits are enough to drive many people.
Some bold, adventurous and jealous people will definitely spontaneously open up new routes.
You know, every time Zheng He sailed to the West in later generations, he would bring huge wealth.
The timeline of almost every expedition of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di to Mobei coincided with the time when Zheng He returned from his voyage to the West.
These are not coincidences, but clear evidence that he had seized a huge amount of wealth through his voyages to the West.
The plan to sail to the West was cancelled on the grounds of "waste of money and labor", mainly because he kept all the money for himself and did not share it with other classes.
Such an astonishing wealth was monopolized by the emperor. This model was doomed to fail in the long run and would surely end with the death of the ruler.
Although the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban policy, there was an endless stream of merchant ships that went out to sea to trade privately by scholars and officials.
Some people even colluded with Japanese pirates to cause chaos, killing people and seizing goods, and became ungrateful.
Eventually the war spread to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.
With the reference of later generations' experience, Qin Yuan is very confident.
The gains from maritime trade will definitely attract many people, thus opening up a new era and building a different prosperous era!
Don't do anything, just get things done. This is his philosophy of life.
Thinking of this, Qin Yuan asked happily: "How many fleets can go out to sea now?"
“How big is it?”
"What is the maximum load of the largest ship?"
"Have you drawn a chart of the surrounding sea?"
“…”
A series of questions caught Murong Yanran and Yan Jiaoran off guard.
I have no idea how to answer this.
First of all, neither of them knew the answers to these questions.
Secondly, they couldn’t understand why Qin Yuan was so excited!
Apart from undrinkable water, there are also some small islands with few people in the sea.
There are many reefs on the seabed, and storms occur every now and then, making life and death unpredictable.
What on earth could make him so excited?
The two really couldn't figure it out.
Qin Yuan quickly came to his senses and explained with a smile, "Overseas business is more than just trade."
"There is a place like this where there are a lot of copper mines."
"There's also a place like this, with a lot of open-pit iron mines, and the quality is extremely high, more and better than the entire Great Zhou combined..."
The words fell.
Suddenly, a huge wave arose!
"Copper mine!"
"iron ore!"
"really!!!"
Yan Jiaoran stood up suddenly and looked at Qin Yuan with burning eyes.
Copper mines represent money and can be used to mint many, many coins.
High-quality iron ore can be used to cast weapons and agricultural tools.
They are all good things that will benefit the Great Zhou without any harm!
"Of course it's true." Qin Yuan smiled faintly.
"You...how did you know!" Yan Jiaoran asked impatiently.
Qin Yuan smiled wryly and said, "When I was young, I traveled around the world and saw many different landscapes."
Upon hearing this, an old man appeared in front of Yan Jiaoran and Murong Yanran.
He was holding a book in his hand and smiling amiably.
The old man slowly bent down and whispered in their ears:
“Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.”
"When I was young, I traveled the world with my sword, all over the northern desert. Those were such happy days of settling scores and taking revenge..."
Murong Yanran quickly found paper and pen, ground some ink, handed it to Qin Yuan, and asked:
"Master Qin, could you please mark the locations of these two islands?"
"I'll send someone to find Yanran right away!"
"No problem."
Qin Yuan suddenly had an idea and drew the outline of the world map on paper.
"Is this the map?" Murong Yanran said with a frown.
Because there were no boundary lines drawn, Murong Yanran couldn't tell where the map was from. She just knew that the map drawn on the white paper was a map.
"Well, guess where this map is." Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Once you guess it, I'll tell you where the iron ore and copper mine are."
After saying that, he looked up at Murong Yanran and Yan Jiaoran who came over.
These two people definitely won’t be able to guess it.
After all, how can someone who never leaves his home know how vast the world is?
Perhaps, no one in this world can recognize it.
"Are those the Yellow River and the Yangtze River?"
Suddenly, a voice came from the roof beam.
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