"Mirzayev, what do you think of the president of the Ba'ath Army?" Nikolayevich asked the attendant beside him on the way back.
"That man is very young, but he is extremely mature and steady, like an old politician, but he is still far behind your Majesty. Moreover, his judgment of the situation is not accurate. There is no need for them to come up with it now.
Use your own things to please His Majesty."
"No, you only saw the surface. They don't suffer, it's us who have always suffered, and we are still a confident and ambitious man..."
"I always feel that he may be our most dangerous enemy in the future."
"Your Majesty, you are too humble."
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This meeting is the last stop of Dong Shuheng's western tour, and he will prepare to go back next.
When I go back this time, I may not have such a long internal tour for a while.
The development of the Renaissance Army has entered the fast lane. More complex problems will arise. He will have to focus on internal affairs for a while.
Xinhua Bay, southern Xinhua Island,
Young Master Lu Shun has been back here for a while.
He first took his group of friends to rest at his home for a while, and every day he took out the women he collected and shared them with his friends.
Only Master Lu can do such a ridiculous thing.
Then he took a group of his brothers into the mountain, and it is said that they wiped out a cannibal tribe.
This time in Annan, Lu Shun recruited a lot of new people, and this trip to the mountains was just to give these new people some exercise.
Needless to say, those workers will be arranged to build roads, mines, or do farm work in plantations.
He transferred about two hundred people from these people to add to his security team.
Another 300 people were transferred from the original Fuso servant army to form an expedition team of 500 people.
Then he set off on his steam-armed merchant ship "Xia Ke".
They first traveled south for more than a hundred nautical miles and reached the Great Barrier Reef in the Torres Strait.
This place is very beautiful and a great place for diving.
Master Lu was a playful person. He let the ship anchor far away, then took his men to the island in a small boat and had a seafood feast.
These brothers are all from Zhenhai, Zhejiang, so naturally they couldn't be more excited about the seafood feast.
Master Lu has always been both serious and playful.
Naturally, he had something serious to do when he came out this time.
No, the company issued an order, saying that it was going to the big Australian island in the south to conduct exploration activities and find new development sites.
The pioneering point where Lu Shun is located is located in Xinhua Bay, which is only one or two hundred nautical miles away from Cape York, Australia, across the strait. If the steam ship does not stop, it can be reached in one day.
But how could Mr. Lu explore honestly?
In his concept, exploration is about step by step and cannot be achieved overnight.
Therefore, he had to stop at these islands.
"Master Lu, what are you doing?"
I saw Lu Shun holding a hammer and a chisel and carving words on a rock on the island.
"Du Zhengwen, it's up to you. I will name this island after you. You are lucky today. In the future, your name will be remembered in history." Lu Shun smiled and continued to carve on the rocks.
He has loved practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he has never spent any time practicing calligraphy.
In a short while, the five large characters with flying dragons and phoenixes were all engraved.
——"China's Dushi Island"
"I said, Master Lu, are you joking? Does this count?"
"Of course it counts. This island is not on our charts. So even if we discover it, the Europeans are like this. Whoever discovers it will name it."
"Master Lu, this is because our nautical chart is incomplete. Maybe the Europeans have discovered it a long time ago?"
"Then I don't care. Look, there are no traces of them left on this island. Let's take this stone monument and it must be ours."
"Okay, thank you Master Lu for your kindness to the island."
"Haha, this is not yours, but a few decades later people will look for the origin of this island, and some people still know that you, Du Zhengwen, stayed here with me."
Lu Shun's taste is indeed a bit mischievous. Along the way, his friends have all dubbed him "island owner".
Three days later, the Lushun expedition team arrived at Cape York with stops and stops. The coastline here has many rocks and rocks, and large ships cannot approach it.
So Lu Shun and others rowed a boat and went ashore.
This is not Lu Shun's first time here.
He stayed here for several years, secretly brought people here to explore, and even caught a few animals on the island and brought them back.
Most of the animals on this island have pockets on their bellies, which is very interesting.
A few of the ones Lu Shun caught last time were brought back to China and placed in a zoo. I heard that many people were watching.
Once they landed on Cape York, they truly landed on Australia's big island.
It is said that this large island can be as big as half of the mainland. Now only the Great Empire and the Dutch have complete nautical charts.
But it's impossible for them to share it.
The chart in Lu Shun's hand was a castrated version, obtained by the brothers at the Europa Station at a huge price on the black market.
However, this chart is incomplete in many places.
The captain had to be careful when sailing. Then he marked the islands and reefs along the way and the sea conditions he learned on the map.
This is one of the reasons why they are slow.
"Let's start exploring this big island from here." Lu Shun said when he stepped onto the towering rocks on the seaside.
After speaking, Lu Shun carved "Yuanshijiao" on the big stone by the sea.
Lu Shun was like a low-quality tourist, always carrying a hammer and chisel with him.
Wherever you go, you can carve words on them, and name the places as you like.
He feels that the names given by foreigners belong to foreigners, and the names given by himself belong to his family.
Just like how can a baby born at home be given a name by outsiders?
Besides, the company is going to explore this place now, and it is obviously planning to occupy the land here for development in the future.
Then it’s even more important to come up with the name yourself. If someone comes to argue with you, wouldn’t you be slapping yourself in the face if you still use the name they gave you?
Although Lu Shun is not a person who likes to be reasonable, if he can be reasonable, he will not take the initiative to be unreasonable.
"Yuanshi Jiao, this is a good name." Someone immediately stood up and flattered him.
Lu Shun is very useful.
The captain belongs to him, so these strange names given by this man can only be recorded on the chart honestly.
In the following time, Lu Shun set off from Yuanshi Cape and began to explore westward. The east coast of the big island was described in the most detail on the chart.
Lu Shun also knew that the Great Empire had established the New South Wales colony in the southeast.
If you explore to the southeast, you will definitely run into people from the Great Empire.
Those exiled prisoners are not easy to deal with.
On the contrary, there is still no owner's land to the west, and the Great Empire has only developed a little area along the southeastern coast.
According to their information, there are only a few hundred thousand British people on the island now.
It's not much to say, but it is definitely stronger than their strength.
The exploration is divided into two lines, and the ship slows down to explore the channel outside the coastline.
Lu Shun and his men were responsible for exploring the situation on land along the coast.
They are not ready to explore the interior just yet.
Traveling on the rugged coast was actually very hard work, but Lu Shun and his men enjoyed it.
Especially Lu Shun, this kind of adventure life is simply tailor-made for him.
Every day they discover something new and exciting.
Two days later, Lu Shun and the others came to the mouth of a river.
They crossed the river in a small boat lowered from the ship.
"Look, is there a dead tree in the river?"
Everyone followed the sound and saw that it looked like a big log floating on the river, five or six meters long.
"No, row quickly, it's dangerous."
Lu Shun's eyesight is quite good, so where is the big piece of wood? It's obviously a pig dragon.
Lu Shun had long heard that there was a giant pig dragon in the offshore bay of Australia's big island, which could grow to eight or nine meters long.
It is much bigger than the Pig Dragon on the Yangtze River.
They are also ferocious in nature and like to live in the estuary area. Some people have also seen them on the beach.
Lu Shun was sure that what he saw must be this kind of big guy.
Sure enough, the "wooden pile" swung its tail in the river and caused a splash of water.
Then he swam quickly in the water. When he swam, he could only see a circle of "S"-shaped splashes on the water, which looked like a giant python swimming in the water.
"Oh my god, this fucking ancient beast is so big. How did it grow so big?" One of Lu Shun's friends was obviously timid and said with lingering fear.
Fortunately, this big guy might not be hungry, so he didn't pay attention to everyone.
He just swam away into the distance on his own.
"If anyone is f*cking scared, just wait and follow the boat back to the boat as soon as possible. Don't spoil the fun here." Seeing everyone's faces turning gray, Lu Shun said displeasedly.
This time he brought more than thirty friends from his hometown. He hoped that these people would become his good helpers in the future instead of coming to hold him back.
Now I just met a Hewan pig dragon and scared these grandsons like this. How can I do it?
When going on an adventure, the morale of the team is very important. If people lose their courage, how can they continue to explore?
"Master Lu, maybe everyone is still not used to it. It will be fine if you have experienced this kind of thing a few times. Don't be angry. We all have sworn to share weal and woe. If anyone backs out at this time, we will kill him."
Throw it into the river bend to feed the pig Po-dragon. We Zhenhai people have never been timid when we come out to wander." Du Zhengwen on the side said to smooth things over.
What Lu Shun doesn't want are fair-weather friends. He is a righteous person and can share all his women with his friends, but he also hopes that his friends can help him in the same way as he does.
This Young Master Lu's friend is not that easy to make.
Only this time did everyone realize that they had followed Lu Shun to Annan, and they were the masters.
The women in the prisoner-of-war camp were randomly selected, and Annan officials provided for them like a father.
When they arrived at Xinhua Island, they were still superior to others. Except for these managers, the power of life and death for everyone else on the island was basically in their hands.
Wherever you go, there are attentive Fuso servants waiting attentively.
At the bottom are the prisoner-of-war laborers. These people have no guarantee except for food.
The next level higher are those Fuso and Peninsula laborers, and these people can still receive a certain amount of salary.
Further up are the servants, the security team of West Pacific Company.
These people assist the company's security personnel in ensuring security on the island.
The highest level is the company steward. A big steward like Lu Shun who is in charge of a party is the local emperor here.
In these remote places, the steward's words are more useful than the law.
During this period of time, their vanity was greatly satisfied, thinking that they and Mr. Lu were here to enjoy happiness.
The exploration on the road these days has made some people who can't bear the hardship complain.
Lu Shun didn't say anything, but now that he had just encountered a little potential danger, someone was about to back down, which made Lu Shun a little unbearable.
In terms of relationships, these are a bunch of fair-weather friends who can only have flowers and wine together.
"Listen to me. I, Lu Shun, have told everyone from the beginning that wealth can be found in danger. I brought you all to this dangerous place to seek wealth. I have never said that this is a paradise.
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"However, I won't push everyone into the fire pit. If something happens, I, Lu Shun, will definitely take the lead, but I don't want anyone to hold you back. Our mission this time is to explore the coastline of this big island.
, Europeans began to explore here hundreds of years ago with small boats of several hundred tons. Now we have large ships of several thousand tons, with people and weapons in our hands. What is there to be afraid of? The livestock here are different from other places.
It’s different, but since when have we humans become afraid of animals?”
After Lu Shun's words, many people lowered their heads in shame. They all had rifles in their hands, but they were frightened by a pig dragon just now.
The security team following Lu Shun on the shore also had machine guns and mortars.
The entire land team has 135 people, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.
In the sea not far away, there was a security team of 400 people on board an armed merchant ship.
The merchant ships have been maintaining a similar speed to them, and they can send people ashore via small boats to support them at any time.
After this incident, Lu Shun sorted out his thoughts for the entire expedition team.
It was at this time that these friends brought out by Lu Shun truly faced their current mission.
In the next few days, Lu Shun accelerated his exploration.
Starting from Yuanshijiao, the coastline runs north-south, and the coast is mostly forested, similar to the tropical rainforest environment of Xinhua Island.
They spent nearly half a month walking more than 700 kilometers.
Walking an average of fifty kilometers a day, everyone was very tired.
Only Du Zhengwen in the team was the best at reading, and Lu Shun asked him to write down everything along the way.
At this time, the road ahead of Lu Shun and the others was blocked by a large mangrove forest.
The mangroves are full of swamps, and there is no way to move around with just your legs.
Lu Shun could only take everyone back to the ship and continue exploring while repairing it.
At this time, the coastline once again changes to an east-west direction.
Lu Shun knew that they must have reached the southernmost part of the bay.
There are also some rivers in the mangroves.
If he encountered a navigable river, Lu Shun would ask the armed merchant ship to stop at the mouth of the river, and then he would lead his men in rowing boats upstream.
Lu Shun discovered that there were mangroves within dozens of kilometers near the coastline. According to their current situation, there was no way to develop it.
But as you continue south, the weather starts to get drier, the surrounding trees gradually decrease, and the rivers disappear.
He led the team further south and entered a mesa. After walking for a few more days, the front turned into a desert with thin grass.