Chapter 1043 The Same Interest as Genghis Khan
As more and more children grew up around him, Su Mingzhe didn't want to cause trouble for his eldest son Su Xi.

Of course, Su Mingzhe wanted to maintain the unity of the Zheng Dynasty more.

The eleventh year of the Da Zheng calendar was the first year of the new emperor.

Su Mingzhe led the East China Sea Fleet of 3,000 and an army of 200,000, set sail and headed south.

A hundred years have passed since Magellan's great voyages in the West.

As Zheng Dynasty deepened its cultural exchanges with the West, it also collected a lot of nautical charts, and its understanding of the southern waters deepened.

Two hundred thousand troops and three thousand ships.

Cross the strait and travel in the South China Sea.

The beginning of the twelfth year of the Da Zheng calendar.

After careful selection, Su Mingzhe finally chose his first stop - Luzon Island.

Luzon Island began to develop during the Tang and Song dynasties.

Most of the original inhabitants were descendants of immigrants from the Tang and Song dynasties, Semites, and Kunlun slaves.

During the Wanli period, this place was occupied by the Portuguese.

When three thousand warships rolled out their guns in unison and lined up in the port of Luzon Island.

The Portuguese governor's originally rosy pockmarked face instantly turned as pale as gray.

"Tingting, make them surrender!"

Su Mingzhe sat on the dragon throne and gave an order to the beauty beside him.

"Yes!"

Xu Tingting, granddaughter of Xu Guangqi.

Influenced by her family's education, although Xu Tingting did not convert to Christianity, she learned a lot of Western languages ​​and was able to communicate with the Portuguese in a simple way.

When Su Mingzhe went south, he openly recruited talents who were familiar with Western learning.

When Xu Tingting learned the news, she secretly ran from Songjiang Prefecture to Yuhang to sign up.

The result was... because of her beautiful appearance and charming figure, she was taken into the harem by Su Mingzhe.

After receiving the instructions, Xu Tingting picked up the microphone and shouted a few words towards the city wall.

The Portuguese governor was naturally unwilling to surrender and was persuaded by just one sentence. He then replied and asked the fleet to leave quickly.

Su Mingzhe listened to Xu Tingting and the Portuguese shouting at each other for a few times, and gradually felt bored, so he waved his hand, and thousands of cannons fired at the same time.

The walls of Luzon were immediately bombarded by tens of thousands of artillery shells.

A quarter of an hour later.

The artillery fire stopped.

The city walls were hung with white flags.

"Sure enough, he is a coward who only bullies the weak and fears the strong!"

Su Mingzhe kicked away the local chief who was about to polish his shoes with disgust.

The Portuguese governor wanted to run over to protest, but was slapped away by Su Mingzhe.

"From now on, this place belongs to the Han Empire!"

"If you stay here, you will be rewarded with the nationality of the Great Han. If you do not agree with the Great Han, you will be given three days to leave!"

Su Mingzhe declared his sovereignty in a simple and crude manner, and then ordered Xu Tingting, who knew Portuguese, to post notices and recruit talents from the Portuguese.

After making the arrangements, Su Mingzhe called his second son Su Zheng:
"Zheng'er, from now on, this Luzon Island will be your fiefdom. Do you have the confidence to manage this Luzon Island well?"

As the second prince, Su Zheng received excellent educational resources since childhood and was granted a fiefdom at the age of fifteen.

When Su Mingzhe was about to go south last year, he sent a letter to his son, asking him if he was interested in building a country overseas.

Su Zheng was a restless kid. When he learned that he could establish a country overseas, he immediately brought his family to Yuhang.

"Father, the Luzon Island you are talking about is this one island, or does it include Greater Luzon and Lesser Luzon?"

Su Zheng has been with the fleet for nearly a year and is no stranger to the situation in the South China Sea and Luzon Island.

Luzon Island, literally speaking, includes two islands: Big Luzon and Little Luzon.

Broadly speaking, it includes hundreds of islands including Big Luzon and Little Luzon.

Su Zheng didn't dare to confirm whether what his father left him was an island or an archipelago.

"Of course it's the entire Luzon Islands!"

As a father, Su Mingzhe left the richest and most powerful Central Plains intact to his eldest son Su Xi, and naturally wanted to give his other children a share of the family business.

The Luzon Islands are the Philippines of later generations.

If you really calculate it, this area is not small. It is larger than the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River combined.

When Su Zheng heard that the entire archipelago was awarded to him, he was overjoyed:

"Thank you, father. I will make sure that the local natives become naturalized citizens of China!"

"Well, it's good that you have this confidence!"

Su Mingzhe knew that the second son had been diligent and hardworking during the more than one year he had been in the vassal state, otherwise he would not have invited him to follow him south.

Su Zheng himself was responsible for transforming Luzon Island into the Great Han Kingdom.

Su Mingzhe was too lazy to meddle in other people's business.

After the 3,000-man fleet entered the port, the 200,000-man army began to take turns to rest and replenish supplies. At the same time, Su Mingzhe ordered people to compile a detailed data of the "Great Han Kingdom" and send it back to Jinling, Dazheng, and let Su Xi send some unsatisfactory scholars to the "Great Han Kingdom" to govern the country.

Three months later.

News came from Nanjing that Su Xi agreed to relocate scholars and disaster victims to Luzon to help his second brother build the Han Kingdom.

Moreover, at the end of the letter, Su Xi also expressed that if Su Mingzhe continued to enfeoff his other brothers in the outer sea, he would be willing to support them to the end.

After each new country was established, he "gave millions of people as gifts".

"This kid is really generous!"

Su Mingzhe understood what Su Xi meant. She just wanted to dominate the Zheng Dynasty.

After Su Xi's letter, the fleet rested for another month, and Su Mingzhe set off again with the well-supplied fleet.

It was six years from the 13th to the 18th year of the Da Zheng calendar.

Su Mingzhe also established six kingdoms in Southeast Asia: Qin, Tang, Jin, Zhou, Shang, and Xia.

Su Xidu fulfilled his promise and relocated a total of seven million disaster victims to seven countries in Southeast Asia.

The nineteenth year of the Da Zheng calendar.

Su Mingzhe led the fleet to Australia in the future and established the Great Qi Kingdom.

The seven kingdoms of the Han Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, and Xia Dynasty had a large number of indigenous inhabitants, basically numbering millions. Also, because they frequently traded with Zheng Dynasty, their level of civilization was relatively high.

Su Xi immigrated seven million people from Da Zheng, which basically gave his seven sons the foundation for establishing a country.

The total number of indigenous people in Australia is only 200,000, which is less than the number of the Shanghai Division of the Fleet.

Moreover, these 200,000 people were in a primitive tribal state, divided into more than 500 tribes of varying sizes, and their languages ​​were different.

After the establishment of the Great Qi State, immigration speed was slow.

Three years later.

It was not until the end of the 22nd year of the Zheng calendar that one million people were relocated here.

"We are just in Australia, and the immigration rate is so slow. If we go to Latin America next, won't the immigration rate be even slower?"

Su Mingzhe thought for a long time and finally decided to slow down the pace of nation building.

More than a decade has passed, and Su Mingzhe now has more than thirty sons and more than a dozen daughters who have not been granted vassal states.

Su Mingzhe knew that Australia was a vast country with a sparse population, so he only planned to give the title to one of his sons.

After the founding of the Great Qi Kingdom, Su Mingzhe ordered the fleet to explore towards Latin America along the ocean currents, while ordering the Ming Dynasty to continue to immigrate to the Great Qi Kingdom.

The twenty-fifth year of the Da Zheng calendar.

Su Mingzhe led the fleet and continued to march towards Latin America!
In the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed.

Su Mingzhe led the naval division from the southern tip of Latin America all the way north to establish the country fifty years ago.

The time came to the 60th year of the Da Zheng calendar.

Su Mingzhe led the sea division and finally returned to Jinling.

The 200,000 marines who originally followed them to sea have already been replaced by two or three generations.

Of the three thousand warships, only more than five hundred were left.

The Pacific Ocean has become the 'inland lake' of the Chinese Empire.

Su Xi, who had been the emperor for fifty years, felt a little panic when he saw his father returning.

"You kid, you've been the emperor for fifty years, why are you still not willing to retire?"

Su Mingzhe looked at his eldest son with some pity in his eyes.

It is not possible to cultivate immortality in this world.

Even if Su Mingzhe taught him various magical skills, his life span could only be extended to about 120 years at most.

Su Xi was a little nervous when being questioned, and replied babble:

"I once asked the Crown Prince to be the regent, but he messed up state affairs..."

"No need to say more, just prepare yourself and abdicate as soon as possible!"

Su Mingzhe was too lazy to listen to Su Xi's explanation.

After he came back, he met his eldest grandson Su Wenjing, who was indeed a bit timid in character and looked like he could not bear the burden.

However, Su Mingzhe didn't believe that Su Wenjing could really turn Da Zheng, which already had a complete system, into a mess.

When Su Xi heard that her own father was forcing her to abdicate, feelings of resentment and panic surged in her heart.

However, he didn't have the courage to resist.

Finally, in the 61st year of the Da Zheng calendar, Su Xi abdicated the throne to Crown Prince Su Wenjing.

Emperor Zheng III ascended the throne.

Su Wenjing was grateful to his grandfather for allowing him to ascend the throne early, and was thinking about how to repay him.

As a result, after Su Mingzhe witnessed his grandson ascending the throne to become emperor, he led his army along the Western Regions route and embarked on a new journey westward.

Without the familiar plot and the desire to practice, the only thing Su Mingzhe wants to do is to be exactly like Genghis Khan:
Occupy the enemy's houses, listen to the enemy's crying, and enjoy the enemy's wives and daughters.

Only these three things can make Su Mingzhe feel the joy of life.

(End of this chapter)