Become a feudal king from today - #923 - Chapter 935 Wish

“What a stupid strategy, just give up Australia? But I can’t blame you, you don’t realize the importance of Australia yet.” Zhao Xu’s hand rubbed the location of Australia on the map.

He laughed twice and said, “Since you choose to retreat strategically, I will not refuse the territory east of Malacca.”

After that, Zhao Xu felt itchy and had the idea of ​​going to the southern region of the East.

Because he had a small wish to personally seize Australia under British control and set foot on Australian land.

He always believed that in contemporary history, the most regrettable thing about the Central Plains Dynasty was that it had not discovered the Australian continent at its doorstep for thousands of years.

The southernmost footprint only reached Indonesia, which is now Yaga controlled by Sterdan.

Now, since this opportunity is in front of him, he can’t miss it anyway.

Taking this independent continent riding on the back of sheep and sitting on the mine is definitely like taking a tonic pill for Dasong.

At that time, in addition to the livestock area in the Beidi territory, Dasong will have another livestock area.

In this way, will Dasong still lack beef and mutton in the future?

In addition, Australia’s high-quality coal and superior iron ore are world-famous.

Just like Jinzhou’s coal is superficial, Australia’s iron ore is also superficial and very easy to mine.

This is of great significance to Dasong, where the quality of iron ore is not high.

All of the above made Zhao Xu have to be tempted.

However, although the Western Tu coalition may withdraw to Malacca.

But he believed that even if they did not attach importance to the Australian continent, they would struggle for a while.

After all, there are currently 500,000 British prisoners and their descendants living in Australia.

As long as they are mobilized, this is a considerable force.

“Feng’er, prepare the luggage for the king, the king is going to Yizhou.” After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu decided to go.

Originally, he wanted to go in person when he attacked Tianzhu, and urged industrial development during this time.

But today, the Bingzhang Division was powered on, and the renovated workshop was put into use normally.

As for other projects, it seems that he can’t play a big role here.

Because it’s like sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn.

After he established a perfect system, this system can operate normally, and he doesn’t need to ask about everything.

He just needs to be a driver with peace of mind, occasionally adjust the direction, and don’t let this train go detours.

“Didn’t your highness say that he would not go to the war?” Feng’er hadn’t spoken yet, but Yang Susu’s voice rang out.

Then, her figure appeared at the door.

Behind him was Luan’er, who was holding a plate with a bowl of eight-treasure porridge on it.

Since he came back from Yizhou last time, Yang Susu saw that he had lost weight, so she thought of ways to make soup for him every day.

These days, he not only regained his weight, but also gained a few pounds.

Zhao Xu showed an apologetic look, “It was originally like this, but the war in the southern region went wrong, and this king has a wish to go here.”

He gestured to Australia.

Yang Susu never asked about state affairs, which was her consciousness as a princess.

So, she didn’t ask what was worth going to such a far place.

But Zhao Xu said that this was his wish, so she stopped persuading him.

“Then your highness must take care of your health.” Yang Susu held Zhao Xu’s hand and said softly.

Zhao Xu nodded and gave Yang Susu a reassuring look.

The next day.

Zhao Xu boarded the steamship at Yancheng Wharf under Xu Lie’s escort.

Not long ago, the canal from Fanyang to Yancheng was officially dug and put into use.

From here, the steamship can go straight east, enter the canal, and then go south along the canal to Jinling.

After three days of sailing, the steamship entered Jiujiang, and then sailed south for three days to Yizhou.

Before that, Gong Ying had learned the news of Zhao Xu’s coming to Yizhou through the telegram from Lincheng.

So he had someone keep an eye on him every day.

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived, he ordered the generals to greet him at the port.

“Your Highness.” Zhao Xu got off the steamship and his feet just landed.

Gong Ying and other naval generals saluted him.

Zhao Xu returned a military salute and smiled, “You have worked hard. In this naval battle, you fought ten against one and forced the Western Turkish coalition fleet to retreat. You have demonstrated the power of our Dasong Navy.”

The generals smiled when praised by King Yan.

Gong Ying said loudly, “It is our duty to defend and expand the territory for Your Highness.”

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction, “But you can’t just let your tail go. You must never forget to despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Everyone shouted.

After chatting with the generals at the dock for a while about the process of the naval battle, everyone surrounded Zhao Xu to look at Haicheng.

On the way, Gong Ying told Zhao Xu about the current actions of the navy.

“After General Zhou learned that the Western Turkish Navy had retreated, he ordered the warships to search the waters between Moro, Australia, Luzon, and Yaga. One of the warships discovered the Western Turkish Navy retreating to Malacca.” Gong Ying said.

“I guessed it right.” Zhao Xu smiled and shook his head.

“If nothing unexpected happens, they have basically given up the sea east of Malacca and concentrated their fleet in the Strait of Malacca to prevent us from entering the waters of Tianzhu.” Gong Ying said, “Tianzhu is really Britain’s treasure.”

“A huge market with a population similar to that of Dasong is of course a treasure.” Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows.

In this era Australia was little more than a penal colony to Britain.

Tianzhu is the jewel in the Queen’s crown.

It was precisely for this reason that the Western Turk Navy easily gave up east of Malacca.

But it went along with his wishes.

Thinking of this, he asked, “What is Zhou Yi doing now?”

“General Zhou is preparing to attack Manila. In the past few days, he has been transporting the marines to Bambu, Luzon. He gathered 30,000 people and launched the attack.” Gong Ying said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Zhou Yi’s original plan was to besiege Manila and lead the Western and Turkish navies to a decisive battle.

But this plan went awry, so the next step is to implement the normal plan to go south and capture Luzon and Jakarta.

Of course, there are also Australia, the Solomon Islands near Australia, and the New Zealand Islands to the east of Australia.

“I want to see the local customs of Luzon and the people overseas. Tomorrow you will escort me south.” Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Gong Ying responded.

After defeating the Western Navy, he was quite bored.

I also want to go out for a walk.

However, with Zhou Yi’s order, he could only stay in Yizhou.

Now that he had the order from King Yan, he was naturally excited.

Although his mission was only to escort him and he had to return when he arrived in Bambu, it was enough to relieve his boredom.