"I wonder if Lu Demin has lost weight? He didn't mention this in the newspaper. I miss him very much. I haven't seen him for seven or eight years."
"Your Majesty is so considerate of me, and I am so grateful! I think Lu Jinglue must have lost weight. He has traveled thousands of miles and is not accustomed to the climate. If you put it on an ordinary person, he would lose some skin even if he died."
When Lu Jinglue, who was broad and fat, lived in eastern Australia, was besieged by local indigenous tribes, and was trapped in the tropical rain forest, unable to extricate himself, Emperor Wu Ding had decided to give up reinforcements to Australia and no longer send a single soldier to Australia.
The reason is very simple. With the current national strength of Da Qi, it is simply unable to support large-scale colonial activities.
Before fully occupying and digesting Southeast Asia, a large-scale landing in Australia would be a loss outweighing the gains.
This matter can only be carried out at least until the steam train and steam ship technology matures.
Otherwise, using national efforts to colonize foreign lands—whether landing on the east or west coast of Australia—is a foolish move.
I can only hope that Lu Demin will be blessed and return to Daqi safely.
Liu Zhaosun knew that a fat man's luck would never be too bad. Fatty Lu had always been very lucky. Most of the old men who had defected to Emperor Wuding together back then were now dead due to various reasons.
Lao Lu has been alive and well.
Being able to survive the brutal purges one after another depends not only on the desire to survive, but good luck is the key.
Emperor Wu Ding thought about it again and again. At present, the four territories of Daqi are still in danger of war.
In the west, the Daxi Emperor Zhang Zicheng was aggressive in Shanxi, and he might repeat Li Xianzhong's story at any time and lead the Daxi Army to launch an eastern expedition;
In the south, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty under the rule of Hongguang Emperor Zhu Changhuan was currently bathing in the warm breeze of the Qinhuai River. The entire court and the public were intoxicated and had no fighting spirit at all. They regarded Nanjing as Beijing, let alone the king's army heading north to the Central Plains. Ruan Dacheng and Zuo Liangyu, a group of elders, were fighting for power and profit, and continued the endless party struggle. Liu Zhaosun estimated that if this pace of development continued, Nanming would collapse again before he could raise troops to go south.
Zheng Chenggong, who lives in the southeast sea, has never spoken to Daqi again since he paid a ransom to Emperor Wu Ding two years ago. As in the original history, the surnamed master of the country has completely ignored his father. He probably wants to be old now. Zheng died in Daqi as soon as possible to consolidate his position as the number one pirate king in the Southeast.
The emperor sent envoys to Fujian to demand ransom, and both groups were killed by Zheng Chenggong.
Not only that, the Zheng family also actively purchased artillery, built warships, trained sailors, and secretly colluded with the Japanese red-haired barbarians. It is estimated that it will not be long before they have a showdown with the Daqi Navy.
The only thing that made Liu Zhaosun feel relieved was that the Cossacks in the north were basically expelled. Those who didn't have time to escape had their left legs chopped off and skipped back to Siberia to plant potatoes.
Although the Qi army defeated only the advance team of Tsarist Russia—not even the regular army of Tsarist Russia—but under the iron-blooded hand of the empire, all the Cossacks now changed their minds when talking about "Qi". In the next few years, Within a short period of time, various rumors about the Qi army spread in the vast area west of the Ural Mountains. Many people compared Liu Zhaosun and his army to the violent and cruel Satan Corps, which specialized in devouring human flesh for a living.
Although there are still hidden dangers in the empire, and even though the new round of great purges has not yet ended, Emperor Wu Ding's energy has begun to be directed to the other side of the ocean. The man who haunted countless people around him in his previous life. Yinzhou.
As far as travelers know, as early as the early seventeenth century, around the 20th year of Wanli, the Yinzhou Continent successively welcomed its first batch of real colonists, and the "colonists" who could only be viewed from a distance but not played with before were successively welcomed. Different from the "geographical discoverers", this group of European colonists who landed in Yinzhou, from the day they arrived, were thinking about how to kill the Indians, seize this "unclaimed land", and incidentally pay tribute to those Indians who had their scalps cut off. People, spread the gospel of God.
Regardless of his past life or this life, Liu Zhaosun was a staunch nationalist. However, in his previous life, (pseudo) democrats and (pseudo) nationalism were entangled. Under the leadership of a certain mysterious force, they fought with each other to the death. So in the end, when everyone mentioned the word nationalism, they thought it was derogatory, and the cerebral cortex would unconsciously think of elements such as Auschwitz concentration camp or the Iron Cross...
But now that the great cause has been accomplished (here refers to the establishment of totalitarianism in Da Qi), at least for now, Emperor Wu Ding's power has no boundaries. In other words, as long as he wants, he can do whatever he wants.
Although he knew that the empire was likely to end up in the endless abyss, he still felt a little relieved when he thought that he had more power and a crazier system than most of the time travellers.
Always comfort yourself in inexplicable places, this is human beings.
Colonists from the Netherlands, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and other countries have already encircled Yinzhou. They did whatever they wanted on the Indians' land, inserting walking sticks or chicken feathers at will. This land became a gift from God to them. .
The Emperor was very dissatisfied with the impolite behavior of the European bandits. What the Emperor wanted was not equal benefits and equal opportunities. Everyone sat down to eat hot pot and sing a song, and then divided the big cake of Yinzhou. .
The appeal of Emperor Wu Ding was the appeal of Da Qi. This appeal was simple and crude. Now, when the monarchs and ministers of Da Qi were discussing the Yinzhou issue in the northern border of the empire, Liu Zhaosun suddenly said this:
"There is only one god in the sky, and that is the Zhenwu God. There is only one emperor on earth, and that is the Emperor of Da Qi. It is me!"
The ministers were silent. Compared with the ambitious Emperor, the imperial elites with civilian backgrounds in front of them were very cautious. No one dared to step forward to dissuade the Emperor, because indeed, as the Emperor said, he was Da Qi.
The Supreme Emperor was so tough, like a huge stone. Even though he was sitting there motionless, he had an indescribable aura about him.
"Everyone, I'm here this time," Liu Zhaosun finally brought the topic to the point.
The ministers immediately became silent and looked up at the Supreme Emperor.
"I just want to discuss with you all to form a Yinzhou pioneering group. The number of people should not be too large, just two hundred people. We should go to Yinzhou to enclose the land early. As long as the marked places are all the land of Daqi."
The ministers looked at each other in disbelief, and there was a lot of discussion in the big tent.
"It's not hard to find two hundred soldiers, and we can gather a large ship and food. I'm worried that something might go wrong along the way."
"Sail south, all the way south, you can wait until...
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"Everyone, are there any suitable candidates to serve as the leader of the pioneering group?"
Emperor Wu Ding was thoughtful.
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