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Funan Kingdom very readily agreed that the Great Wei Empire is the upper state, and also sent envoys to Luoyang, preparing to establish diplomatic relations with the Great Wei Empire.
Not only that, Funan Kingdom is also willing to accept the introduction of new Taoism, and has established a military alliance with the Great Wei Empire in the southwest region, which is more convenient for management.
Such a smooth situation, but Sun Ce did not expect that, in his opinion, although this matter is not difficult, it is still conquering a country, which cannot be underestimated.
No one thought that this matter would be so simple.
However, then again, this matter is not very curious.
A primitive country like Funan is a matriarchal country. Their military strength is very weak, and the whole country is very backward, with a population of only 200 million.
When the fleet of hundreds of ships from the Great Wei Empire appeared in the small Funan Kingdom, tens of thousands of people in the Funan Kingdom were shocked when they saw this.
Seeing the elite soldiers and strong generals of the Great Wei Empire, how could they have any intention of fighting against Funan Kingdom?
I'm afraid you won't be able to last even a quarter of an hour when you start fighting, right?
Under such circumstances, how could they dare to contend with the Great Wei Empire?
Isn't that just obedience, good performance, and striving for leniency?
So, what is it to make them surrender to the Great Wei Empire?
Not to mention that the Great Wei Empire allowed them to become ministers, even if the Great Wei Empire did not allow them to become ministers, they would probably rush forward, begging the Great Wei Empire to accept them!
This is a very normal thing, after all, this world is based on the strong and the weak prey on the strong.
Sun Ce replaced Cao Cao, the emperor of the Great Wei Empire, and conferred titles such as the Queen of Funan Kingdom, the Chieftain of Funan, the Envoy of Nanyang Propaganda, and the False King of Wei Funan.
From these titles, it is not difficult to see that although Funan Kingdom surrendered to the Great Wei Empire, their status has not changed in any way.
They have a very free right to handle affairs, and they have retained a lot of rights to the maximum extent.
Not only that, they proclaimed their vassals, and the Wei Empire also left them a lot of local craftsmen, silk, books, handicrafts, and those powerful missionaries and so on.
Such a situation is a very good thing for Funan Kingdom, it's almost like winning a big prize.
After Sun Ce finished these things, he didn't stop there immediately, and then moved the gold, jewelry, and various ivory back to the warship, and then the Western Fleet of the Great Wei Empire also came from Funan Kingdom. Leave and continue southwards!
After about a week or so, the Western Fleet also came to a place with a very dense number of islands. At this time, the place they arrived at was the Indonesian archipelago of later generations.
Looking at the map of later generations, the Indonesian archipelago is simply a country of a thousand islands, among which they have countless, very many islands.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He would pass by here on his way to the West, and had contact with the local aborigines, and brought back a lot of local specialties from the Indonesian archipelago.
But now under such circumstances, in the era of the Great Wei Empire, they had already had contact with the natives on the Indonesian archipelago, and had already arrived here!
Above this time, it was almost 1000 years earlier.
After coming to the Indonesian archipelago, Sun Ce and others also discovered that there are not many decent civilizations on the Indonesian archipelago. After all, this is 1000 years earlier!
This 1000 years is not a small number!
However, Sun Ce and others also found a lot of flowers and plants in this place, with a lot of beautiful scenery.
Among these species, some have become extinct in later generations.
Because there are too many islands in the Indonesian archipelago, Sun Ce has no way to detect them one by one, so Sun Ce also divided a small army, and then let them go to the legendary new continent to explore .
According to the information of the Holy Prince Cao Ang, there is a super-large Yuanshi Continent in a certain direction near the Indonesian archipelago.
The area of this primitive continent is almost comparable to the entire territory of the current Great Wei Empire.
Sun Ce's heart was shocked by such news. He knew that the Holy Son of Heaven knew things like a god, and he also knew that the Holy Prince had a resourcefulness beyond the reach of ordinary people.
However, being able to know this still shocked Sun Ce.
For this super continent, the Holy Prince Cao Ang named it Australia!
And name such an island Haizhou!
Although it is very important to explore Haizhou and find the Australian mainland, it is not the main task of the Western Fleet!
The goal of the Western Fleet is to find and find out the route between the East and the West, which is their top priority.
Their coming this time must allow the Great Wei Empire to successfully enter the western world through the route explored this time next time!
Therefore, under such circumstances, Sun Ce immediately gave the order, and then ordered the whole army to sail southwest.
Not long after, the Western Fleet also successfully found a strait, and such a discovery made them very excited.
Because the Holy Prince also said that as long as the Strait can be found, it is not far from Haizhou and Australia.
The strait found by Sun Ce and others is the very famous Strait of Malacca in later generations, and Sun Ce named this strait the Haizhou Strait.
Because, according to Sun Ce's judgment, the Haizhou Strait is the only way to the west. If you don't pass through this strait, you have to go around a lot of distance. Such a voyage is not something the current Western Fleet can afford!
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If you drive around, both the time and the difficulty of navigation will double.
Under such circumstances, Sun Ce also decisively ordered all the ships to cross the Strait of Malacca and head for Haizhou!
"Bo Fu, I found something ahead!"
The navy of the Great Wei Empire has detected the large island in the south of the strait. According to preliminary estimates based on the feedback, this island is very large, almost comparable to the panorama of the Great Wei Empire.
What Sun Ce and others didn't know was that this place was the very famous Sumatra Island in later generations.
On this island of Sumatra, there are very rich natural resources, and the precious resources of wild animals are spread all over the entire island.
However, at present, there is no human habitation on Sumatra Island, and there is no civilization at all.
Sun Ce then asked, "Did you find anything?"
Huang Zhong heard the words, and then said very excitedly: "We found the rubber tree!"
Such words shocked Sun Ce, and made him even more excited. What he didn't expect was that there was a huge rubber tree forest on Sumatra Island.
In the huge area of China, resources such as rubber trees are very rare.
And on this Sumatra island, in this place, they are everywhere, and there are countless of them. Under such circumstances, how could Sun Ce not be excited?
Since the development of Taiwei industry, the demand for rubber has been increasing, and it is an indispensable and important raw material.
One of the tasks of this voyage to the West is to find a good enough rubber producing area.
Sun Ce's heart moved, and then he said, "The Haizhou Strait is the only passage between the East and the West. It can be said to guard the throat of the military trade, and it has such rich natural resources. It is really a rare treasure!"