After hearing this, Liu Zhisheng smiled slightly and said, "Back to the point, after this conquest of South Africa and conquering Cape Town, you must not only establish a foothold, but also quickly open up the situation. In a year, you must not only control the Cape Peninsula, but also extend inland, find out the situation in South Africa, and report to the emperor in time, that you really have no time to go in West Africa."

Fu Han nodded with a serious expression. Since Zhenwu attached so much importance to South Africa, it was impossible to compete for his full achievements in a short period of time. He expected to do his best to fight West Africa first and then fight South Africa completely failed. He was indeed not suitable to go to West Africa. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "The next expedition to Africa, the emperor dispatched 5,000 new guards. I wonder if there are any horses in Africa?"

"Yes." Liu Zhisheng said affirmatively: "Western Africa and South Africa have pastures, and there are certain horses, but it is not clear whether there are many."

"As long as the horses are suitable for survival, there is no problem." Fu Han grinned and said, "With a huge merchant fleet, are you still worried about not having horses? As long as the new guards have horses, South Africa is not enough to see. Instead, Chen Pengnian should prepare a boat of horses first to see if it can be carried in large quantities."

Liu Zhisheng couldn't help but smile and said, "From the Karopa horses? You can think of it. Arab horses are famous and far away, so why bother to look far away? It depends on the situation when you go to South Africa."

Although Fuhan is a navy, he has loved horses since he was a child. When he heard about Alabama, his eyes immediately lit up. Alabama has a premature price in the capital, and there is no market for prices, so it is hard to find a horse. South Africa and Arabia are indeed not far away, so why didn’t he remember this?

With a command, the Karoba began to become busy around the navy, and various supplies began to load ships continuously. The new Navy Guard Army and the horses who entered the expedition also became busy.

The three-rip time passed in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning of September 12, the Qing Dynasty Royal Navy was appointed as the commander and awarded seals at the port of Karoba, and went on a war. With the rumbling cannons, the fleet set sail, opening the prelude to colonize Africa.

After sending the navy to the expedition, Yin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. However, he could not leave Karoba and set off for Beijing at the moment. He had to arrange the merchant ships that came from the news so that he could return to the capital with confidence. After submitting a note to Zhenwu, he took a few personal guards to wander around to check the people's situation. Of course, Karoba's military workshops, group training, Australian immigration, port construction and other situations were also among his inspections.

The capital, Changchun Garden, and Danning lived in the front hall.

After receiving the pigeon letter that the navy had set sail and set off, Zhenwu also relaxed. Africa was like Europe, and the emperor was far away. Even if he wanted to take care of it, it was beyond his reach. Moreover, he knew very limitedly about the situation in Europe, Africa and America. It would be better to let go completely and let them do it.

Zhenwu's understanding of West Africa and South Africa came entirely from European missionaries in the capital. These missionaries often went to Beijing for several years in the Qing Dynasty. His knowledge was not as good as those European businessmen and European missionaries in Guangzhou. This is also the reason why he did not give specific instructions on conquering Africa.

Although there were not many warships in this conquest, there were many merchant ships and many troops. As long as there were no accidents, victory was no surprise. Compared with European trade, Africa's gold and slave trade was a huge profit. With these incomes, it was enough for him to survive the most difficult period of the Qing Dynasty in recent years.

Bao Fuquan bowed in at this time and reported: "Emperor, Zheng Shichang is looking for a meeting outside."

Zheng Shichang? What was the matter when he asked for a meeting? Zhenwu was stunned for a moment before asking, "Is he in?"

"Go back to the emperor." Bao Fuquan bowed and said, "He was the only one, holding a small box and saying that he was giving new money."

"Let him come in." Zhenwu hurriedly ordered that after the beginning of the year, he issued an order to mint silver dollars in the "Four Great Hengs". He forgot that even if he didn't mention this, it was said that the new king would all issue new coins. Zhang Pengchong and Gamintu had all submitted a note, but he kept it all and did not issue it because he did not want to issue copper coins. The issuance of silver dollars was the top priority.

Although he had always planned to issue paper money, he knew that this matter could not be too urgent. The paper money issued by the courts of all dynasties was too fast, and Shang Ren was resistant. No matter what, the paper money was not really in his hands. Moreover, he planned to adopt a gold standard system for the paper money he introduced, so that it could be spread around the world.

There is still a long way to go to reach this point. The Qing Dynasty is now in the silver standard, and it must gradually transition to the compound system of gold and silver mixed, and then to the gold standard, and finally launching paper money. All this cannot be separated from the accumulation of gold. There is no sufficient gold reserves, and everything is a luxury. The Qing Dynasty's gold reserves will require at least decades of plunder.

In this way, the circulation of silver dollars has become more significant. Nowadays, there are no silver coins on the market in the Qing Dynasty. All silver ingots and broken silver are circulated, which is very inconvenient to use. However, European silver coins are very popular in Jiangnan, Guangdong. This is the fundamental reason that prompted Zhenwu to issue the order to mint the Qing Dynasty silver coins.

Zheng Shichang came quickly, and when he came in, he knelt down neatly and said, "My minister Zheng Shichang respectfully invites the emperor to the holy care of his wife."

Zhenwu glanced at him, who was already a little old, and said with a smile: "Is your body still strong now?"

"The emperor asked, but I really don't dare to take it." Zheng Shichang hurriedly kowtowed again and replied: "I am eating well and sleeping soundly now. I can still serve the emperor for several years."

"Okay." Zhenwu nodded with a smile and said, "No gifts, I'll give you a seat."

"I thank the emperor for his kindness." Zheng Shichang kowtowed again before standing up, carefully sat half of his butt on the little scepter in front of Zhenwu, and then bowed and said, "Report to the emperor, the 'Four Great Evergreens' have made silver dollars in accordance with the order, and I respectfully invite the emperor to read it."

Zhenwu smiled slightly and said, "Come on."

Bao Fuquan, who was waiting outside the door, quickly presented the pallets with both hands. Zhenwu took a look and saw four silver coins with denominations lined up in one row from large to small, namely one round, middle round (five-corner), two-corner, and one-corner.

He reached out to lift a silver coin of one yuan, but saw that the sèze was smooth and white and soft. The front was Zhenwu Yuanbao and the reverse was a ball dragon pattern. The handwriting was very clear. Although the edge teeth were neat, they were slightly rough. This was not cast by a machine. He was quite satisfied with it.

After playing with it for a while, he pinched the center of the silver dollar with his fingernail and placed it on his mouth and blew it lightly, then quickly put it in his ears. Sure enough, he heard a clear and long tail sound. He couldn't help but smile and said, "This silver dollar can be said to the Malaysian money of the Netherlands?"

"It's a little worse than back to the emperor." Zheng Shichang hurriedly bowed and replied.
Chapter completed!