"Yes, these people eventually fled to America." Han Du's mood suddenly became relaxed and he glanced at Zhu Zhanji, who was in a state of nervousness.
Zhu Zhanji felt his scalp numb and asked hurriedly: "Master, does he know where these people are?"
Han Du nodded affirmatively, "I led the fleet to pursue them all the way to the Americas. I didn't know whether they were going north or south to escape, so I chose to go north. In the end, I only found a few people on a few ships, and from their I learned from my mouth that most of the people fled south."
Then, Han Du looked up into Zhu Zhanji's eyes and said:
"At that time, I had been at sea for too long, and the soldiers under my command had just narrowly escaped crossing the ocean. They were physically and mentally exhausted and had no energy left to continue the pursuit. Under such circumstances, I had to order a return trip."
Zhu Zhanji's face was always dark. After Han Du finished speaking, he thought for a while and said:
"So, sir, you guess these people are hiding in America?"
In fact, Han Du believed that those people would not hide in the Americas. They had long been frightened by him and wished they could stay as far away as possible. Although America is far away from Ming Dynasty, since they can catch up to America, they will never dare to stay there.
However, in order to make Xinming willingly contribute, Handu decided to continue to cheat:
"Yes."
Han Du deliberately lowered his voice and said:
"They fled all the way and lost too much. America has good weather and abundant products. If you were the place where they saw such riches, would you give up and continue traveling? If you travel far, the future is uncertain; if you stay, you can live a prosperous life. What would you choose?"
Do you still need to choose... Zhu Zhanji doesn't have to think about it, he will choose to take root in America.
And this is what Han Du wants Zhu Zhanji to know!
If Han Du said it himself, Zhu Zhanji might not completely believe it. But through the guidance of words, if Zhu Zhanji can think of it himself, then he will never doubt it again.
Zhu Zhanji's face became increasingly ugly, his eyes looked into the void, not knowing what he was thinking.
Han Du thought about it and said:
"You have been in America for many years, haven't you found any traces of these people?"
"No." Zhu Zhanji came back to his senses and shook his head vigorously.
"That's strange..." Han Du sighed.
He said to himself: "At first I found no trace of those people in the west of America, and thought they had all hid in the east. Could it be that your territory has not reached the east yet, so that's why you didn't find them?"
Zhu Zhanji shook his head more resolutely, "Impossible! Although we only arrived at the eastern coast last year, there are indigenous people everywhere we see, and there is no trace of Han people at all."
"My father-in-law also knows that there is a huge difference between us Han people and the indigenous people. As long as there are traces of the Han people's life, it is impossible for us not to discover it."
Han Du nodded subconsciously after hearing this... Indeed, no matter where the Han people go, their living habits cannot be changed.
The Han people like to build houses and farm. No matter where they go, they will build houses first. Even if the conditions are very limited and there are no trees to build houses, the Han people will still build houses even if they use stones.
It is completely different from the indigenous mud fence.
Another one is farming. Han people always plant land wherever they go. When those people first arrived on the continent, they also cultivated the land. Han Du didn't believe it. They would stop farming when they arrived in America.
Han Du sighed, looked at Zhu Zhanji, and took the initiative to guess:
"Is it possible that they were hiding somewhere else and you didn't notice them?"
"It's possible." Zhu Zhanji suppressed his emotions of surprise and joy, and pondered for a moment: "After all, America is so big, and according to my wishes, they don't have many people. If we hide in a remote place, we really can't. Can't be found."
America covers an area of more than 10,000 miles, and if two or three thousand people are thrown into it, it is like a sesame seed falling to the ground. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to find it at all.
"But sir..." Zhu Zhanji frowned and asked what was in his heart.
I wonder, "Could it be that those people didn't stay in America at all, but continued to escape?"
This was the biggest omission in Han Du's words. When Zhu Zhanji looked at him, Han Du's heart couldn't help but tighten slightly.
Fortunately, Han Du was caught in the flash of lightning and had already thought of his words:
"Of course it's possible!"
Han Du directly admitted this, which Zhu Zhanji did not expect.
When he spoke just now, he kept looking at Han Du's eyes, just to take this opportunity to test whether Han Du was lying to him.
But he never expected that Han Du would admit it so frankly, which caught Zhu Zhanji off guard.
"Oh, really?" Zhu Zhanji could only say something perfunctory with a dry smile.
But he didn't notice that his tone was more trusting to Han Du at this moment.
Han Du thought for a while, looked at Zhu Zhanji with a smile and said:
"It is indeed possible that they will not stop in America and leave directly. But..."
"But what?" Zhu Zhanji asked directly without thinking too much.
Han Du immediately sneered and said:
"But they passed by America, do you think they would know nothing about the situation in America? Even if they leave America, as long as the places they see next are not as good as America, do you think they will want to return? return?"
Zhu Zhanji took this situation very seriously and immediately asked, "Master, do you think they will return to America?"
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, Han Du was not anxious at all. He leaned back in his chair leisurely and put his hands in front of his stomach. "Maybe! It's possible! This is just my guess. Will they return?" I don’t know about America either. After all, I haven’t been to America for many years, and I don’t know the situation of those people.”
"Perhaps they will find a foothold further away in a land richer than America?"
Zhu Zhanji's expression did not change at all. He pondered for a moment, raised his head, and smiled reluctantly at Han Du: "I hope they do, but..."
Zhu Zhanji shook his head as he spoke. He didn't believe his own words.
Where are there so many treasures in this world? Even if there were, it would not be possible to surpass America.
Zhu Zhanji has seen with his own eyes how rich America is. In his eyes, America is much richer than Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the large number of natives, Zhu Zhanji would even think that America is the best place in the world.
"Master, where do you think those people would be hiding?" Zhu Zhanji stopped thinking and simply asked Han Du directly.
Since Han Du has been tracking those people for many years, he obviously knows them better than he does. The opinions given by Han Du must be higher than what he himself thinks.
Han Du was slightly stunned, instinctively doubting that Zhu Zhanji believed him so easily?
But he observed Zhu Zhanji for a moment and found no doubt in him, so he briefly analyzed it with him and said, "I have two ideas..."
"Please give me some advice, sir." Zhu Zhanji lowered his posture and bowed his hands.
Han Du pushed the tea cup away from the table and drew the position on the table with his fingers dipped in water:
"If they had stayed in the Americas from the beginning, since you didn't find them, they would probably be hiding in the south."...
Zhu Zhanji frowned and glanced at the position pointed by Han Du's finger, and asked, "What's the reason?"
