In fact, Zhao Hao also attaches great importance to this global voyage.

Fifty years ago, Magellan had already achieved this achievement first.

Moreover, Zhao Hao also knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Captain Drake would start his second global voyage in 1577 AD, that is, the fifth year of Wanli.

It’s already very depressed that he didn’t achieve the first place, okay? How could Zhao Hao let a stinky pirate rob the runner-up?

This long voyage also has many practical significance.

It has been six years since he started his sect and spread science in the first year of Longqing. Through the word of mouth by Jiangnan Education Group, Jiangnan Press Group, and people, the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty have basically heard of the trick he preached.

But to be honest, not many people believe in it, not many people are interested. To be precise, it is because not many people are interested, not many people believe in it. Because the various scientific knowledge he spreads is too much more than common sense. How many scholars are interested in knowledge such as cells, leverage principles, cosine theorems, physiological hygiene, etc.?

This is completely understandable, because people's interest is in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs and essays. Even if you bring the Madberg hemisphere experiment, they just watch the fun.

There is no scientific soil completely. How to cultivate scientific ideas?

Not to mention, science also challenges ethics... For example, people firmly believe that the changes in heaven are a warning to the emperor, but science explains that they are all natural phenomena and can predict solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. Are you terrified if you don’t think about it carefully?

Even many students at Yufeng Academy and Xiangshan Academy may not have such a firm belief in science, but just treat it as a stepping stone to learn the imperial examination.

Therefore, Zhao Hao needs such a global journey that attracts everyone's attention. He intends to build it into a grand tour that shocks the souls of the Chinese people and opens his eyes to the world, and then he has created the strongest lineup-

The Longjiang Treasure Shipyard has been built for four years and only spent a huge amount of money to build the five thousand-fired Dafu ships as the flagship, supplemented by five new main warships newly launched by the Jiangnan Shipyard as frigates, and five well-made two thousand-fired Dafu ships as supply ships, forming a very combat-effective ocean-going fleet.

Especially the 5,000-food ship, which Zhao Hao vowed to build when he first went to Longjiang Treasure Shipyard!

Because it was the treasure ship that Zheng He rode on when he was voyage to the West, and it was said that it was not the largest at that time. However, due to the obstruction and destruction of Liu Daxia and other civil servants, not only did the voyage to the West completely stagnate, the best shipyard in the Ming Dynasty could not even build a sea ship of two thousand materials, let alone five thousand materials...

So Zhao Hao swore at that time that he must build one and then named it "The Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia", so that it can go back to the West, travel around the world, resume the Ming Dynasty's maritime career, and nail Liu Daxia to the pillar of shame forever!

Fortunately, Yang Fan told him that Liu Daxia only burned the information from the Ministry of War, and could not burn the treasure shipyard under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. In the treasure shipyard, there were also a complete set of construction drawings for the treasure ship, as well as sea charts and star charts for voyages to the West.

Of course, Liu Daxia is still a sinner for the ages, because he burned down "Zheng He's Mission to the Water", and all the original materials for his seven voyages to the West were there. In addition to the sea charts and star charts, there were also emperor's imperial edicts, fleet preparations, lists... and the most important navigation logs, accounts, etc., all of which were burned.

The charts left at the treasure shipyard can only be used to guide the route, while the star charts are used to repair the route. Only the navigation logs will tell you the real sea conditions along the way, and you will encounter dangers and difficulties during the sailing... That is a precious wealth accumulated by countless lives and decades.

For example, if there is a navigation log this time, if you know that this voyage is so dangerous, Lin Feng and Zhang Xiaojing might have rather spent more time sailing along the coast than following the previous six routes of the Western Ocean, leaving the Strait of Malacca, and heading westward to Ceylon Lion Kingdom.

So Liu Daxia is indeed a sinner for the ages!

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So, in October of the sixth year of Longqing, when this 5,000-item giant ship was launched, Zhao Hao insisted on naming it the "Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia"!

This incident caused quite a stir at that time, because the five thousand-pack sea ship had a displacement of about 1,600 tons. It was already on the same level as the "Lubeck Eagle" of the Hanseatic Alliance, the largest sailboat in the world in the same era.

Of course, the latter's displacement is about 2,000-3,000 tons, which is much larger than the "Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia". But there is no way, who made the Ming Dynasty lose a hundred years? It is worthy of being surpassed by others.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, such a giant ship was launched into the water, which caused a great sensation. If Gao Gong was placed in power, the Wangwang team would definitely be excited to bite him and fill Mr. Zhao with bullets.

But now, his father-in-law is in power, and his good friend, Eunuch Feng, and Empress Dowager Li, who is happy to be a member of the corporal department, he will be fine if he doesn't really bombard the Golden Palace!

However, this arrogant attitude deeply hurt the diehards who opposed the opening of the sea. They actually found Liu Daxia's great-grandson, Liu Yishou, and ran to Nanjing to write a letter, accusing the Jiangnan Group of insulting famous officials and illegally building sea ships with more than five masts, demanding that the other party immediately demolish the number and arrest the ship owner for "over-order".

Xie Dengzhi, the Minister of Justice of Nanjing, was a friend of Zhang Xianggong's hometown. He was just trying to transfer to Beijing. How could he make Xiaoge Lao unhappy? He asked Zhao Hao how to deal with this matter? Then, according to Xiaoge Lao's intention, he replied to Liu Yishou that this ship was a king's boat built for the Zhongshan Kingdom of Ryukyu, and it was not beyond the rules for the Zhongshan King.

As proof, he also presented the letter of entrustment from King Shangyuan of Zhongshan, with the seal of King Shangyuan who was given to him by the emperor...

In addition, the Ming Dynasty did not have any provisions on naming ships. As long as they were not disrespectful and did not violate public order and good customs, the government had no right to interfere.

As for why the King of Zhongshan wanted to give such a name, the plaintiff had to ask the King of Zhongshan. If Shang Yuan agreed to change the name, it would be better. If we don’t agree, our six ministries would not be able to take care of others’ Ryukyu…

As a result, the ship was unscathed and the name was not changed...

When it comes to playing... Oh no, I abide by the law. Jiangnan Group is not targeting anyone, everyone here is rubbish.

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Zhao Hao also equipped the fleet with the best personnel. The five armed merchant ships were crew members who had been transported for more than two years in the Royal Maritime Transportation. The flagship and five warships were even used by the coast guard officers and soldiers from Qingyishui.

As for the fleet commander, he landed on Lin Feng's head.

First, no one can get ahead of the sea adventure. Second, senior police officers have a heavy responsibility, so how can they go outside for several years? Third, Zhao Hao deliberately wanted to let Lin Feng overwhelm Drake to satisfy his historical vanity.

The most important point is that his wife also wants to go out to sea. Can you feel at ease when you get a man as your companion?!

Don't think he didn't know that the sea water in the Atlantic in Ming Dynasty was green...

So, Lin Feng, a preparatory police officer who had just graduated from the first place among the police cadets and entered the Police Academy for further studies, was directly pulled back from Danluo Island and became the commander of this fleet.

Zhao Hao specially awarded her the wartime rank of "Senior Police Inspector". He ordered the accompanying Portuguese translation to translate it as "Capit?o de Mare Guerra" - Navy Colonel!

It's not about personal gain.

Because you have to deal with Folang Jiren during this trip, and the levels must be equal.

In fact, it is not easy to make this voyage. Because whether it is the Spaniards or the Portuguese, they regard their ocean-going routes as their own balls and are absolutely not allowed to touch them.

Otherwise, the British, the Netherlands, and the French would have been rushing gold all over the world, so how could they just watch these two countries eat alone?

Without it, because it cannot break through the blockade of the fleets of the two countries, it can only watch.

The voyage of the 'Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia' was thanks to the naval battle in the South Ao Island in the fifth year of Longqing.

During the Battle of Nan'ao Island, Zhao Hao wiped out the Macau fleet and captured more than a thousand red-haired ghosts. Then, Lin Daoqian took advantage of the empty Macau troops and raided in one fell swoop, captured Hao Jing'ao, and captured nearly nine thousand red-haired ghosts in the city.

This total of ten thousand red-haired ghosts is the biggest capital for Zhao Hao to negotiate with the Indian deputy king of Portugal.

Because Portugal has a population of millions, and the losses of ten thousand people are not even the Governor of Malacca, even the deputy king of India cannot bear this responsibility.

If these people had a young and energetic Portuguese king Sebastian, they would have sent them all to the gallows.

So in the negotiations in the sixth year of Longqing, Zhao Hao completely ignored the other party's threat and took this ten thousand people as hostages. He forced the Portuguese to have no choice but to let him mercy. In a contract that would later be called the "Malacca Secret Agreement", the two parties agreed:

1. Reply to the trade between the two countries immediately. 2. The Portuguese withdrew from Macau and the fleet was no longer close to the coast of Daming. 3. Portugal's strongholds and routes east of Malacca were opened to the South China Sea Group. A ten-year tax exemption period was granted as war compensation.

In addition, it is to allow a fleet of Ming Dynasty to conduct a global sailing through the Asian and African routes controlled by the Portuguese and be responsible for its safety in the sea.

Except for the first item, the other three items are difficult to accept. Even if the last item is only allowed to transit once, the first one is the most precious one. Once the other party walks through it from beginning to end, there will be no secret to the other party. This is even more dangerous than the third item...

But the Indian deputy king had no choice. After Zhao Hao released a thousand old and weak hostages and promised that the ocean fleet would return them, he finally signed the unequal treaty.

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Because of the publicity, the entire Ming Dynasty knew that the Jiangnan Group was going to organize a long voyage.

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty was so idle that he liked to travel. How could he miss this first opportunity to travel abroad in 140 years?

The high emotional intelligence statement is that the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty were full of curiosity. The world was so big that they had long wanted to go out and take a look.

They had long been full of doubts and curiosity about Zhao Hao's claim that the earth was round. Many people wanted to confirm it themselves, but they didn't know that they could go to Dongguan, then to Malacca, to India... to Africa, Europe, America, and finally return to the starting point.

So in the past year, more than 10,000 people have signed up. After layers of screening of the organizing committee, three hundred young and strong passengers who are suitable for going to sea, close to science, have a uniform distribution of hometowns and a high social reputation were selected. Among them is Liu Daxia's great-grandson Liu Yishou!

Of course, they are going to criticize him. Mr. Zhao was humble and happily criticized him for boarding the ship.

Nothing is more shocking than Liu Daxia's descendants who admit that he is a sinner for the ages...

In addition, there are 300 researchers sent by Xishan Island Research Center, Yufeng Academy, Kunshan Agricultural College, Group companies, and Danluo Island Religious Association, each of whom boarded the ship with different topics.

Among them is Xue Lang. He has completely realized the power of the Chezhi Dan Sect. He mainly requires Journey to the West and to experience it at his opponent's nest. He also learns from his fellow practitioners of the Tianfang Sect and Hinduism.

So after more than a year of careful preparation, this huge fleet of ships mixed with countless destinations finally completed the preparations for the long voyage in the summer of the first year of Wanli.
Chapter completed!