"History is just a little girl who can be dressed up!" Dier ended the conversation between the couple with this sentence. As for the source of this sentence, it seemed that Dier heard from Li Jie at some time, and she herself didn't remember the specific time.

The first phase of Zikan Port has been completed, which also meets the needs of the port at this stage. As for whether it will expand in the future, Zhu Youshi has not yet considered this issue, because his and Dier's main energy is also focused on the exploration fleet sent before.

"According to the previous plan, the fleet should have completed the exploration of Southeast Oceania, and the time should be calculated. If everything goes well, they will choose a suitable location in the southeast as a stronghold, and we can move to the southeast." Zhu Youzhu looked at the Oceania map on the table and said.

Zikan Port is just an outpost for Zhu Youshuo and their land in Oceania. The ultimate goal is to migrate to the southeastern area that is more suitable for life. Not only is the climate pleasant, but the land is also relatively flat and fertile, which is very suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

The only disadvantage is that it is farther away from Daming and needs to bypass half of Oceania, but the problem is not big. After all, the steamship is very fast now, and as long as the route is opened, it will only take a few more days.

"Husband, I miss you. Should we send someone to take him over now?" Dier halfway down on the chair and said to Zhu Youzhu with a sad face.

It has been nearly a year since they came to Oceania. Most of the climate here is very hot. Although it is cooler during the rainy season, it is very humid. Now it is rainy, which also touches Dier's heart.

Zhu Youzun thought for a while after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "Let's wait a little longer. Although Zikangang has been completed, the conditions are still very harsh, especially the climate is hot and humid. Zikan is too young, so it will be very troublesome if he gets sick."

Zhu Youdun paused and then said, "In addition, thunderstorms are prone to occur here. Some time ago, more than a dozen natives were hit by lightning while working and turned directly into coke. Although we installed lightning rods on the construction, it is still not very safe."

When Dier heard her husband mention thunderstorms, she also showed some fear. When they came here, Li Jie told them that there were too many minerals here, which made it easy to cause thunderstorms. Dier had no idea about thunderstorms before, until she saw the scene of thunderstorms in person, just like the end of the world, she was so scared that she didn't sleep well for several days.

"What my husband said makes sense. The thunderstorm is so scary. We can't let my son take such a big risk, so we'd better wait until we go to the Southeast to settle it before picking him up!" Dier nodded immediately.

Zhu Youdang saw the fear in his wife's heart, and now caressed her hair and smiled: "Although the thunderstorm is terrible, it also has benefits. For example, point out the location of the minerals for us. The thunderstorm some time ago made us discover a gold mine. As long as it is mined, we don't have to worry about having no money to use it in the future!"

When Di'er mentioned the gold mine, his eyes lit up. Li Jie had long told them that there were many mines here, but because they only focused on building the port after they arrived, they had no spare time to send people out to explore the mines.

As a result, after a thunderstorm, they sent people to investigate the situation, but unexpectedly discovered the location of the gold mine. When the news came back, the couple was also very happy.

The natives who built the port before just got idle, so now they have all been sent to mine. In a few days, the first batch of gold will be officially produced. No matter where the gold is, it is hard currency, and it can be exchanged for the various supplies they need from Nanyang and the Ming Dynasty.

But at this moment, suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, and then a maid quickly came in to report: "Criminal, please ask the Chief Secretary to go to the port, saying that the fleet sent to the dispatched ship was back!"

"So fast!" Zhu Youzun and Di'er stood up when they heard the news. They were discussing whether the fleet was coming back, but they actually came back, which surprised both of them.

So Zhu Youzun immediately changed his clothes and rushed to the dock with Dier.

When they arrived at the dock, they saw that it was already crowded with people, and most of the people in the city had already arrived. After all, when the exploration fleet set off, people from the entire city also came to see them off. Everyone was very concerned about their exploration results.

The Changshi Xiangshan had already arrived here. When he saw Zhu Youzun and Dier, he immediately stepped forward to salute. Then someone came forward to salute and said, "Secretary Hong Shou greeted the prince!"

"Hong Dianbo doesn't have to be too polite. Thank you for your hard work this trip. I wonder what you have gained?" Zhu Youzun immediately helped the other party up and asked with concern.

This Hong Shou is the Duan of the Zhou royal palace. He was originally in charge of the drafting and annotation of the imperial court documents. However, after they went to sea, the responsibilities of officials have changed a lot. Even if you are a civil servant, as long as you have the ability to lead troops, you can command the army to fight.

"Fortunately, the subordinates led the fleet to the southeast area a month ago and found that there were a large number of indigenous people living there. These indigenous people were very fierce and had a conflict with us. Fortunately, their soldiers defeated them, and I also took the opportunity to establish a stronghold there and recorded the route and the local situation."

Hong Shou said and waved his hand, and someone immediately sent several documents. These were the route information they recorded, as well as the discoveries in the southeast region, including the local people's situation, local climate, geography, etc.

The most important one is a topographic map of the southeast coast. Although it is not very detailed, it is much better than the existing information in Zhu Youshuo.

Although Li Jie had invested heavily in the acquisition of Oceania, the southeast direction of Oceania was still too far away, so there was little information, and there was not even a detailed topographic map. So after Zhu Youzhu gained a foothold in Zikangang, he immediately sent someone to the southeast to personally investigate the situation.

Looking at these information, Zhu Youzhuo was also very happy and immediately ordered Xiang Shan next to him: "Shi Xiang, stay here to enter the return soldiers. Hong Dianbo and I go to the city, let's have a chat while eating!"

"yes!"

Xiangshan immediately agreed, and Zhu Youzun also brought Hong Shou back to the city. He was eager to know the situation in the southeast region. Although there was information, these information were dead after all, and it was not as intuitive as Hong Shou told it himself.
Chapter completed!