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Chapter 610 Geographical Discovery

How many casualties did the large-scale cruel suppression bring to this island country? Historians gave a rough number five hundred years later, about one million. Chen Xie, a historical figure, was very fiercely debated by the historical community five hundred years later. The objective centrist attitude was very clear. There was no so-called concepts such as "axiom" and "human rights" in that era. It was a colonial era. It was a normal state for progressive society to plunder in backward society. What could people later blame him? The left advocated that Chen Xie was the Chinese nation.

The great pioneer, without the vast sea boundaries he has opened up, people would not be able to enjoy such huge living space and resources. Chen Xie was a great nationalist and a great historical figure. He would never allow the opposition to discredit him. Any act of discrediting him will resolutely smash the heads of the smearers. The rightist's statement is also very fierce, believing that Chen Xie was a narrow nationalist and inhuman ambitious, because his expansion behavior caused extremely heavy disasters to the vast island countries of the South China Sea, the Americas on the other side of the ocean, and other peoples.

Well, this is history. Chen Xie must not know. Just like the American imperialists in modern society, can many people do anything about Indians?

In the early summer of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Chen Xie, who was in Xinghai City, began a battle to clear up public security. With this five-year battle, the beginning of a highway was the beginning of a road. This road ran through Java from east to west and took ten years. Countless natives, because of this road, fell into the tropical jungle. Post-historians counted that at least 200,000 people died in the difficult construction of this highway, and the historian concluded: "A corpse of an indigenous person is buried under every meter of the road."

Chen Xie didn't care about what others would say about him at all. He firmly believed that history would evaluate himself fairly. No matter how bad it was, he could still define "national integration"? In early May, another group of Japanese mercenaries landed in Xinghai City. After simple adaptive training, 20,000 mercenaries were involved in the battle of purge from Xinghai City to the west.

After the peace meeting, Chen Xie corrected his order, which was to "death those who resisted." Instead, he tried to capture as many prisoners as possible and used for road construction projects. If a place wants to develop rapidly, it is definitely not possible without transportation guarantee. Propel northwest, cross the sea to Sumatra, open up the channel to the Strait of Malacca, and echo Singapore opposite the Strait.

If it weren't for road construction, the battle would not last for so long. Chen Xie's request was not to be fast, but to build the road step by step. Progress little by little. Although it was slow, every step was very solid. Every step would bring great and deep suffering to the locals. Of course, this was just a refusal to collaborate.

After the Battle of Bandung this year, most of hundreds of indigenous tribes, large and small, chose to fight unyieldingly with the invaders. The remaining half chose to cooperate and the other part was still waiting and watching. However, the waiting and watching period was not too long, less than two years. Even if they cooperated in terms of face, the fencemen made a choice.

Cooperation is not as easy as simply saying, but spiritual and material contributions are huge. The material contribution is only about paying taxes, commercial and agricultural taxes, and spiritual contributions are about forcibly promoting Chinese characters. Any tribe must invest in the construction of a primary school. The government-sponsored teachers to ensure that there are many graduates every year. Tribes that do not meet the standards will be severely punished.

These seemingly hateful practices in the eyes of the descendants of the natives are completely another answer. Five hundred years later, historians conducted a survey and unexpectedly found that the descendants of the natives did not feel much disgusted with Chen Xie, but were more of awe and gratitude. Why is this happening? A good man conducted a survey. The views of the descendants of the natives were unexpectedly unified. Most people believed that it was Chen Xie who brought them modern civilization. If it were not for Chen Xie, the descendants of the natives, who would still live in the mountains and forests, their fathers might have died because of a small disease. Since they could enjoy a modern and prosperous life, shouldn't they be grateful?

In September of the 17th year of Chongzhen (1645), a fleet of three third-class warships, three fourth-class warships, and ten armed merchant ships set out from Xinghai City, heading east to find the Hawaiian Islands, and encountered a storm when entering the Alaves Sea. The fleet persisted in the storm without much loss. After the storm passed, a new continent was accidentally discovered.

Fleet commander Anthony discovered a natural bay that could be used as a port. After docking, he landed and declared that the continent was the territory of Chen Xie, the Marquis of Xinghai, the Ming Dynasty. There was no doubt that this was a huge land. After landing, Anthony discovered many strange animals. After determining the general direction, he sent two warships back to send letters to Chen Xie and told him about his discovery.

As the deputy commander of the Navy of Xinghaicheng in the Ming Dynasty, Anthony has always tried hard to become a governor, just like Lin Ya, he is the greatest in a land. This wish is undoubtedly difficult to achieve. In front of him, Xilai Jing achieved this goal and is now the commander of the navy and the governor of Temasek. The governor's jurisdiction is quite large. Not only is Temasek, but he also keeps looking at the mainland. The entire peninsula was declared as the territory of Xinghaihou by these colonists, and belongs to the Temasek Province.

Well, now these guys have this problem. When they go to a place, they completely ignore the existence of local natives and directly declare that this place belongs to the territory of Chen Xie, the Marquis of Xinghai, Daming. It is guaranteed that it is correct. Every time they find out, they can get a large number of rewards.

What really made these outsiders crazy was not how big the land was, but when the two parties traded, the indigenous people took out the iron and cloth things they brought, and they were actually shining yellow gold. In the minds of the indigenous people, these metals were not very valuable.

Anthony decided to take an expedition team in person, and spent three cans and a box of biscuits to hire several natives as guides to follow them along a river to the depths. This is a novel land with strange species on it, and Anthony drew all these things. Compared to Java, the natives here get along better with them. They hold back weapons and are willing to trade with these outsiders after verifying the sharpness of the iron weapons.

The expedition team had a total of 150 people, including 30 Europeans, 73 Chinese, and 47 Japanese.

He walked on his heavy equipment for three days. At a night of dusk, a Chinese man named Cai Dongguo looked for a place to shit because of a stomachache. When he solved the problem, he was stumbling by a stone. He almost fell down. He angrily lifted the stone and wanted to throw it away to vent, but he was unexpectedly sunk.

This discovery surprised him. After washing the stone in the stream and removing the soil layer above, his eyes were blinded. The gold mine was discovered, and the news was extremely exciting. Three kilograms of dog-headed gold immediately became the object of envy for everyone. But this guy named Cai Dongguo said that this dog-headed gold should be given to the Marquis first.

After drawing the map, the expedition team returned to the coast, the discovery immediately caused a sensation. If Anthony hadn't tried his best to press, these people wouldn't have planned to continue sailing, so you would dig a gold mine first. Anthony would ask everyone, do you have the right tools? In principle, the gold mines found belong to the Marquis. Does the Marquis allow you to mine? In the end, they would vote, and all the ships returned to Xinghai City. After obtaining the Marquis' permission, they formed a group to hunt for gold.

Before leaving, Anthony asked someone to erect a sign on the beach and wrote: The territory of the Daming Xinghaihou.

The fleet returned to Xinghai City, and the news brought back directly detonated the entire city. It was so gold! Anthony was received by Chen Xie and reported this major geographical discovery in person. Chen Xie looked at the map he brought back, took a deep breath, and secretly wanted to slap himself in the face. Isn’t this Australia? If you are right, this is Darwin Bay.

"General Anthony, this is a great geographical discovery. I decided to call this continent Australia. The bay you discovered is named Anthony Bay. In this place, we want to build a city, name it Anthony City." As soon as Chen Xie was halfway through, Anthony knelt down, just like a devout believer kneeling down to worship God.

"His great Marquis, Anthony has always been your most loyal slave. Thank you for the honor you gave me, and my descendants and I will remember it in my heart." This loyalty is very sincere, and the true heart is beyond Anthony's expectations.

"Get up, as the deputy commander of the navy, you will get a more important appointment next. Australia needs a governor and someone to explore more places along the coast. I think it is best for you to do this position. Regarding the discovery of this gold mine, I mean to form a joint-stock company. I personally account for 30% of the shares. The other shares are divided by all members of the fleet this time, and everyone is a shareholder. I sent a general manager to manage the development of this gold mine. I don't think everyone has too many opinions, right?" Chen Xie said this, who dares to say no. Even all the fleet members cheered "Long Live" after hearing the news, especially those Japanese, who were just so happy. On the street at night, there were many drunk guys who shouted: Marquis on board!

A company called an Australian Development Company was listed in Xinghaicheng. The general manager was a shopkeeper from Shandong. He turned out to be a runner-up of the joint business Jinan semicolon. He came to Xinghaicheng in order to make a future. His past resume helped him and entered Chen Xie's sight and was selected as the manager of the development company. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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