The Dutch saved money slowly and trained a large number of excellent sailors.

Spain's first look:

"Oh, I'll go, the Dutch are still getting along? That won't work, I can't let them make money anymore."

Therefore, in 1584, while controlling Portugal, Philip II directly banned Dutch ships from entering Lisbon.

The Dutch was stunned for a moment. This trick was so cruel that he cut off his wealth. So the two sides started to fight.

The Dutch, who had a good set of equipment, beat Spain up, but turned around and left with a cool sentence:

"I haven't gone to Lisbon to find a bargain, so I go directly to the East to purchase goods!"

There are many excellent sailors in the Netherlands. They soon arrived at the Spice Islands and happily did business here.

In 1598, the Dutch had established seven Oriental trading companies on Java, with a large number of armed merchant ships coming and going, and they were not afraid of Portugal and Spain at all.

The Dutch likes to take risks. In addition to making money, they also stroll around, draw maps, etc. Then, they come to Australia.

In early 1606, a Dutch ship arrived at the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia, and wanted to replenish some supplies here.

As a result, the indigenous people living nearby were very brave and killed nine crew members in just a few seconds. The Dutch had to escape.

In March of the same year, William Jansson commanded the "Duyvegan" and came here again, landed on the Cape York Peninsula, and set up camp to rest - this was the first time that Europeans had recorded landing in Australia.

Ten years later, another Dutch captain named Dirk Hartog landed on the westernmost Shark Bay in Australia, where a metal sign was erected.

It reads: "On October 25, 1616, the Anderhart came here from Amsterdam.

On October 27, 1616, he set out for Bantam Island." Just as he waved around the coast, Captain Hatog left...

28 years later, Dutch captain Abel Tasman came to the small island in southern New Zealand again, and he wrote in his diary:

"This is the second continent we discovered, and it looks like a good continent..."

But in fact, Dutch merchant ships have arrived on the Australian coast many times over the decades, but have no interest in it.

Because for most Dutch people, the spice business is already making a lot of money, so why do you still have to run around? It is still a waste of money to send a fleet out.

Australia has been on a route away from the spice business for a long time. Except for the occasional expedition, other people who boarded this continent encountered shipwrecks and were blown by the strong wind...

The wealthy Dutchman did not plan to ask for this place where birds would not shit even if he had a flag.

At this time, the British came over.

In 1688, a British pirate leader named William Dampier came to Melville Island near Australia during his "escape", which aroused his interest in this continent.

Ten years later, he set sail again and arrived at Shark Bay on the west coast of Australia.

Danpier wrote:

“Besides having fun exploring, the coast of New Holland is not very attractive to me. In addition, the most barren parts of the planet must be explored.”

Yes, although the Dutch despised this place, people still called this continent "New Holland" at that time.

William Dampier wandered on the West Coast of Australia for four months and was completely disappointed - what's the place? It's a waste of time.

The Portuguese were not interested, the Spaniards were not found, the Dutch looked disgusted, now it was Britain's turn, and they also disliked...

This disgust has been around for more than seventy years, and the whole world is full of lively, but no one cares about Australia.

It was not until 1770 that the British James Cook came to Australia again, and this time, he landed from the East Coast.

On April 30, 1770, Captain James Cook finally set foot on the Australian Botany Bay. It was indeed much more pleasing to the West Coast. At least it was covered with various plants, and it seemed like a place for individuals to stay.

Because of this, James Cook portrays Australia as a "vibrant" place in his own adventure book...

However, the British did not regard Australia as a paradise and still disliked it.

So, a few years later, the British decided to regard Australia as a new place for exile and turn it into a "natural prison."

On January 18, 1788, a fleet of 1,530 people led by Captain Philip arrived at Botanical Garden Bay in Australia, with 736 prisoners.

Eight days later, on January 26, 1788, they officially established the first British colonial area in Port Jackson, Australia.

This place has been growing in population and gradually became Sydney, Australia's largest city.

Of course Zhu Youjian knew this. When he heard King Ding Zhu Cijiong talk about the New World, he suddenly remembered the Australian continent.

Now is the fiftieth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. According to the Western saying, it is 1648.

At this time, Australia had been discovered by the Netherlands and the Portuguese, but they all pissed off and left.

As for the English, they had never seen Australia at that time.

If they knew that the continent they despised was full of treasures, they would not leave even if they were beaten to death.

You should know that Australia has more than 70 kinds of mineral resources and is known as the "country sitting in a mine cart".

Among them, bauxite reserves rank first in the world, accounting for about 35% of the total global reserves.

In addition to bauxite, Australia also has abundant reserves of mineral resources such as iron ore, bituminous coal, lignite, lead, nickel, silver, gold, zinc, uranium, natural gas, oil, and other mineral resources.

Australia is the world's largest exporter of bituminous coal, bauxite, lead and zinc, and is also the second largest exporter of iron ore, uranium ore, and the third largest exporter of gold.

Australia is the country with the largest iron ore reserves and production in the world, with iron ore resources of 146.2 billion tons, accounting for 17.88% of the world's total resources.

How could Zhu Youjian give up on Australia with so many resources? If it weren't for the mention of Ding King Zhu Cijiong, he would have almost forgotten.

At that time, other resources were not available, but silver, gold, coal, and iron ore were needed in the Ming Dynasty! It could also be exported to Western countries to make profits.

Now it can be obtained from Australia, and the local people in the Ming Dynasty will be kept away from their descendants for the time being.

As long as the Ming army stationed in Europe, other countries would be more difficult to reach the sky if they wanted to board the land of Europe.

The natives above will be paid slaves of the Ming Dynasty in the future. As long as they work honestly and do not resist the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not destroy them and will let them live a good life.

And they were given food or wages. After all, the natives and China had never had any conflicts there, so they still had to show mercy.

Zhu Youjian carefully explained the decision to the king and promised him:

"Auntie, as long as you take down that continent intact, you can be the master there in the future."

"Ding, congratulations to the host, the Ming Dynasty has taken over the entire territory of the Yarkand Khanate. Not only has it regained the Western Regions, but it has also added more than one million square kilometers of land to China, and rewarded 10 million points in war!"
Chapter completed!