Eighteen sea boats sailed to the coast and sailed for a distance along the coastline. They finally found a deep-water port to moor the boat and successfully arrived at the shore.

Cheng Bi and others took a small boat to get ashore, but found that the land was very barren. The inland more than ten miles away from the coast were large deserts, which were not suitable for survival.

At this time, Cheng Bi remembered that Zhao Ming once said that the western region of Xinmingzhou was relatively barren, and the central basin and the southeast were fertile water and grass, fertile land, suitable for grazing, and could become the raw material production of Huaxing Company. It was necessary to establish pastures in Xinmingzhou, breed special sheep, and develop wool textile industry to monopolize the production of cloth in the world, leaving Western barbarians with no way out.

Cheng Bi discussed with everyone for a while. Since he had lost his course and had arrived at what the commander said, the Xinmingzhou was not in a hurry to sail north. It would be better to explore Xinmingzhou first, find a suitable place for survival, rest, and explore the surrounding waters, understand where he is, and then try to find the route he will return.

At this moment, the sailors went ashore for a long time, found some fresh water, hunted some strange animals, and continued to sail east along the coastline.

A few days later, the fleet arrived near Arnhem land west of the later Cape York Peninsula and landed in Darwin Harbor.

Compared with the arid desert in the west, this place has a savanna climate, and the fleet arrived in June, which was the coolest time in this area.

At this time, Australia had no name, and the Darwin Port where the fleet landed was also the name later.

In order to facilitate the title, Cheng Bi and others continued to use the title given by Zhao Ming, calling the newly discovered continent Xinmingzhou, and named the landing place Liusugang.

This is not because there are willow trees here, but among the twenty-eight constellations, the willow deer, which is the third constellation of the seven constellations in the south. Xinmingzhou is south of the Ming Dynasty, so Ji Mengchen suggested that he name it Liusu.

Liusu is a relatively large harbor in the northern part of Xinmingzhou, suitable for sea boat mooring. In the future, this will be an important trading port and stronghold of Donghai Town in Xinmingzhou.

During this long-distance voyage, Cheng Bi and others have gained more knowledge. When they saw the Dutch, Portuguese, and the newly met Englishmen, they could occupy vast land everywhere with very few manpower, and naturally they would have some thoughts in their hearts.

Now that the fleet is unable to return for a short period of time, Cheng Bi and others decided to build a stronghold in Liusu first and take a rest.

Eighteen ships were moored by the sea, and more than a thousand sailors and crew boarded the land, built tents, wooden houses, reclaimed wasteland, and even built kilns to make bricks and tiles, preparing to build simple fortresses.

Xinmingzhou is hanging alone above the ocean, surrounded by sea. It has not been developed yet and is still in its original state.

Because of isolation from the outside world, the plants and animals on Xinmingzhou are very different from other regions, and these unheard animals and unfamiliar environments inevitably make people feel a little scared.

Therefore, more than a thousand people only moved near the port and did not dare to go deep into the inland rashly to explore, worrying about any risks, or the existence of a life banner that cuts people's heads.

It is not easy to build a village in a completely deserted place, but fortunately, the Han people are a nation that is good at building and hardworking. In addition, there are many people involved in Taiwan's colonization in the fleet, so in just a few days, trees were cut down, grass was burned, and tents and smoke were everywhere. It formed a suggested village like an imperial game.

Liusu is located in the northern part of Xinmingzhou, not far from the equator, and has a tropical climate. The sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer in June. Liusu, located in the southern hemisphere, is not too hot, but the climate is not cool either.

Fortunately, Zhao Ming was foresighted and knew that the main routes of navigation were in tropical and subtropical areas. Therefore, when he formed the fleet, he recruited a large number of people from Taiwan and Fujian, so he did not have much discomfort with the water and soil of Liusu.

Zhang Yida, who had experience in colonization in Taiwan, led the crew to work day and night, and soon built a large camp.

Zhang Yida was originally in Taiwan and had established a business and had established a business and gained a foothold. However, during the camphor trade, Zhang Yida soon discovered that most of the profits he had worked hard to cross mountains and ridges and risked his life to buy the camphor from Shengfan, most of the profits had entered the pockets of the Dutch and other maritime merchants.

The camphor produced by the merchant must be transported out of Taiwan by sea merchants. However, the acquisition of camphor merchants with low prices has resulted in the hard work of Zhang Yida and other camphor merchants who have worked hard to get a small portion of hard-earned money. The Dutch sold it to various parts of Southeast Asia, but the profits have increased a few times.

This made Zhang Yida very angry. When Zhao Ming formed the China Merchants Shipping Company and offered shares to the outside world, Zhang Yida took out the money earned from the camphor trade and invested in the China Merchants Shipping Company, hoping to use the China Merchants Shipping Company to get rid of its dependence on the Dutch, produce, transport and sell it by itself.

After investing in China Merchants Shipping Company, Zhang Yida soon discovered that he would buy low and high highs to go into the mountains to collect camphor, which would make more money. So he handed over the camphor business to his subordinates and focused on maritime trade.

When China Merchants and Shipping Company formed a fleet to sail for a long time, Zhao Ming knew that the biggest obstacle to navigation at this time was not wind and waves, but disease and climate, so he specially summoned some people who could adapt to the tropical climate.

Zhang Yida wanted to understand maritime trade, so he joined the fleet and went out to sea with the fleet.

Because he had experience in colonization in Taiwan, he presided over the construction of Liu Su's camp.

At this time, Zhang Yida was commanding the crew members to cut down trees and build fences. Cheng Bi led a few people over and said in a deep voice: "Yida. I have something to look for you!"

Zhang Yida ordered his subordinates to continue logging wood, turned around, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Sir, what's wrong?"

Cheng Bi said with a gloomy face: "The person who went out to investigate just now came back and said that there was smoke in Liusu East, and it seemed that someone was moving. I was worried that the Dutch had also discovered this land and wanted you to take someone to investigate."

"There are Dutch people here too?" Zhang Yida frowned and said after a moment of silence: "I'll take someone to see the surroundings!"

After saying that, Zhang Yida clasped his fists, then called a few people and turned around and left.

After Zhang Yida walked away, Ji Mengchen said to Cheng Bi again: "Sir, the fleet has been temporarily settled, but this place is not a place to stay for a long time. We still need to return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and contact the general."

Cheng Bi nodded, "What do you think?"

Ji Mengchen said: "I would like to assign Yu a ship. Yu wants to explore the surrounding waters, find out the surrounding situation, and explore why Beichen disappears and the positions of the Taiyin and Sun change."
Chapter completed!