Chapter 153 Nanyang Map (2)

"What? We are so close to Australia?" Liu Rengui's eyes turned red and his breathing became rapid as soon as he heard this.

Of course, he also knew that the existence of Australia and that the reason why Li Zhen opened up the Age of Discovery was to conquer this place, but in their minds, since it was a continent, it must be very far from the Tang Dynasty. With the development speed of the Tang Dynasty, he would definitely not be able to reach here within at least fifty years.

However, looking at the mark on the map in mind, Australia seems not very far from the Tang Dynasty. At least it is okay to use the Nanyang Islands as a springboard and jump over step by step.

"Your Highness, please let your subordinates go out to sea. You are not the governor of the Yuezhou fleet. You are going to find Australia and you are going to expand your territory." Liu Rengui was anxious. This was a great contribution.

What is the best thing to be the governor of the Yuezhou fleet?

In the whole world, except for the Dengzhou Fleet, is anyone who will be the opponent of the Yuezhou Fleet?

In the Nanyang area, this fleet is simply tortureing children.

There was no energy at all when fighting.

Where can I compare to discovering a new world?

Not to mention whether it can be conquered. With the merits of discovering the new continent, Liu Rengui is enough to be granted a title of marquis and generals, and leave a name in history. His status in history can be compared with those ancient sages - after all, no matter how powerful the ancient sages are, can they find a new place for the millions of living people in China?

Impossible.

At most, they just use their mouths to fool others.

"I said you're a little too childish, right? Why did you think of it as soon as you come out?" Looking at Liu Rengui who was eager to try, Li Zhen laughed: "I just said I wanted to stab the Southern Tianzhu coalition forces in the back. Why did you forget the previous mission as soon as you see new credit?"

"But your Highness, I found that Australia's mission must be my subordinates." Liu Rengui fought for it: "It's not my subordinates who brag about it. In terms of the entire Tang Dynasty, who has more sailing experience than my subordinates? The Australian delegation must go through a lot of hardships. Who else can be more suitable for this world than my subordinates?

As for the war in India, there is no need to worry about this. Anyway, the mission of the Yuezhou fleet is to escort the army to land, and then fire a or two guns when they are in trouble. This is a task that everyone can do, but exploring Australia is not something that ordinary people can do, and this must be subordinate."

"Don't worry, the task of exploring Australia is of course yours, but it's not now, and exploring Australia is not as simple as a fleet." Li Zhen was a little helpless. He regretted putting out this map. Even a steady person like Liu Rengui was so crazy after hearing about Australia. If it were someone else, he might have to give him a desperate advice - such a contribution would not be given up.

But now is not the time to complain, so it is still important to be serious.

"I said, it's too great to go off topic, right? What were we just talking about?"

"Uh..." Liu Rengui was speechless, complaining in his heart that if you weren't your ability to lead the rhythm, would we have been wrong?

"Okay, continue with the topic just now." Li Zhen pointed to the line extending from the Indochina Peninsula: "I am asking you to see this."

"This is... OK, this is really God helping the Tang Dynasty." Liu Rengui looked at the line in Li Zhen's hand and immediately understood what Li Zhen meant, and was very happy, because the line Li Zhen pointed at was the Nanyang Islands (that is, the Malay Islands), a famous world's largest archipelago in later generations.

Through the map, we can see that the Nanyang Islands contain thousands of islands of all sizes, including Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippine Islands and many other islands, with huge scales.

This is nothing more exciting. What Liu Rengui is that the distance between these islands is not far, and there are a large number of small island connections. To be honest, as long as there is accurate course and sufficient supplies, you can paddle over even in a bathtub.

No wonder Li Zhen said that it was neither far sea nor near sea.

It makes sense indeed. The Nanyang Islands are indeed far away from the mainland in terms of distance, and of course they are considered far away from the sea.

But on the other hand, Li Zhen sent a fleet to explore these islands. The distance between the islands of the Nanyang Islands is so close that sailing from this island to that island cannot be considered far-sea anyway. This kind of distance navigation can be completed by captains who have received primary training, and there is no need for a big bull like Liu Rengui.

"Yes, this is indeed God bless the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhen was also very happy. This was the plan he prepared from the beginning. As long as there were enough ships, the entire Nanyang Islands belonged to the Tang Dynasty. As long as he controlled this place, Li Zhen could go further and use the Nanyang Islands as a springboard to set foot on the Australian continent in one fell swoop and completely conquer it.

If calculated based on the distance of the island, Datang is really not far from Australia. Even if sufficient supply stations are established on several key islands, the huge fleet does not even need to be fully loaded with supplies, and the entire ship is filled with cargo without worrying about being hungry. Even if the supply station is not built, the Nanyang Islands are rich in resources. As long as they take the right route, they will not starve to death by relying on the resources on the island.

More importantly, now the British are still eating raw meat and drinking blood, Germany and France are still called barbarians by the Byzantine Empire, and the Russians are still in the wilderness era. America is still the native world. Tianzhu is being flooded by the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty. Japan has lost its opportunity to rise. In a few years, the Tang Dynasty will set foot on their land. Half of the territory of the Nanbang has been occupied by the Tang Dynasty. The only remaining Silla is also trembling under the power of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, pretending to be grandchildren in various ways...

This is really the best era. In such an era, the future enemies of the Tang Dynasty either did not appear or had been destroyed. Even if they could threaten the Tang Dynasty now, they were destined to disappear under the smoke of the Tang Dynasty. In this era, the Tang Dynasty was the only overlord in the world, destined to be immortal forever.

"This is my plan." Li Zhen pointed to the map and said, "I haven't taken out this map before because we don't have enough ships. Once the news leaks, our enemies will definitely not sit and watch us grow stronger. But now, our ship is finally here, so there is no need to hide it."

With more than a thousand large ships, coupled with the supporting small boats, Li Zhen is confident that he can explore one-fifth of the Nanyang Islands by sailing at one time. Of course, it is definitely impossible for Li Zhen to drive all the ships out at one time.

The reason is very simple - no one is there.
Chapter completed!