Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

At the time of the initial immigration, seeds, agricultural tools, cattle, and other things did not arrive at Xinming Island at the same time as the people, and they did not get better until the second year.

But the people did not complain, but killed Penghao, built the city from scratch, built houses, and opened up wasteland. Now Xinming Island is not only self-sufficient in food, but even has surplus.

It's not easy for the common people. I tried to work with the common people at the beginning, but in just half a day, my waist was so tired that I couldn't straighten it up. It is conceivable that the common people who have been working hard for years have to work together. What kind of pain is it? "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "You have worked hard, and the people of Daming have worked hard. If you hadn't made the way to emigrate overseas, I am afraid that it would take more time for Daming to settle down, or Talk about more sacrifices.

Later, with your example in front of me, I will not be in a hurry when I immigrate again, let alone the various problems at the beginning.

In the long run, the sacrifices of you and the people have contributed to the country. I will never forget it, let alone forget it, and neither will the children and grandchildren of future generations! "

Zhu Yujian immediately bowed his head and said: "I dare not be praised by your majesty, but to die for the country is the duty of a minister."

After bowing and thanking Emperor Chongzhen for his approval, Zhu Yujian continued: "Over the past ten years, the entire Xinming Island has almost no secrets for me, Da Ming, and almost all the places that can be cultivated have been cultivated. Some people are farming, and the land that cannot be farmed is used for grazing or mining. In short, Xinming Island has completely become a territory of my Ming Dynasty.

Some of the people who were the first to go to sea, some older ones, had already completed the last journey of their lives, and buried their bodies on Xinming Island.

For them, the current Xinming Island is their home, and Daming is their roots. What many people never forget is that their children and grandchildren can return to Daming to find their roots and visit their relatives. "

After nodding his head, Emperor Chongzhen said: "This is good, this is good. At the beginning of the severe drought in Shaanxi, Uncle Wang, Uncle Qing, and King Qin Jing accompanied me to see it. The situation at that time was very different. How miserable, even today, I don't want to think about it.

If the three of you hadn't resolutely recruited hundreds of thousands of refugees to go to sea, I'm afraid there would be chaos in Shaanxi, and my Ming's foundation would be in turmoil.

Now it’s good, those hundreds of thousands of people have taken root overseas, not to mention that my Ming’s foundation has not been turbulent, and I have also obtained a large piece of territory. It is really the blessing of Emperor Gaozu!

I have thought about it, the people who went to sea back then, I can't treat them badly, let alone the three of you and the other feudal lords who were transferred to Xinming Island. "

After deliberating for a while, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I plan to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to come up with a plan to see if a direct flight route from Xinming Island to Macau will be opened, so that the common people can come back and have a look. Ming dynasty.

Daming Island and Xinming Island are originally one body, and even though they have to travel by sea, there is no inconvenience. As long as they go through Luzon and then go to Macau, all problems will no longer be a problem. "

Zhu Yujian first thanked Emperor Chongzhen, and then bowed and said: "Apart from the affairs of the people, the topographic map of Xinming Island has been explored clearly, but there are still many minerals on it that have not yet been discovered, and even many of the discovered The minerals have not been mined in time, I wonder what His Majesty means?"

Zhu Yujian's calculation is very clear.

It is estimated that the topographic map of Xinming Island was reported to Emperor Chongzhen when the exploration was completed. As for the minerals that have been discovered, Emperor Chongzhen probably knows everything about it. .

Emperor Chongzhen pondered and said: "Uncle Wang, do you know what my Ming Dynasty needs most?"

Seeing Zhu Yujian shaking his head, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "What my Ming needs most now is not food, nor gold, silver and jewelry, but a large number of barbarian laborers, as well as fierce fire oil, coal, and steel. As for the others, they don't count. What."

Emperor Chongzhen did not fool Zhu Yujian this time.

The current Ming Dynasty really has no shortage of food. After the high-yield crops were developed by the agricultural college led by Chen Zuqi, the folk grain can now be used to make wine at will, and even the prohibition on alcohol has been cancelled.

Daming does not lack gold and silver, through drug and arms trade, gold and silver from the whole world is flowing into Daming, and Daming will not lack this thing if it lacks anything.

What Daming really lacks now is oil and steel.

There is no need to say more about the role of oil, even if it is not used now, it will be used after the internal combustion engine is produced in the future, although Emperor Chongzhen did not know whether he could see the emergence of the internal combustion engine before he died.

As for things like iron and steel, the current Daming really lacks them—firearms are inseparable from steel, and the railway is a big consumer of steel. No matter how much steel there is, it’s not enough to harm the Ministry of Railways, not to mention that the Ministry of Industry has now begun to build a steel bridge. up.

Even if the Ministry of Industry and Firearms, the two big steel consumers, are removed, there is still an invisible big consumer waiting - no matter what materials the Royal Academy uses, it is like burning money, if it is not for Emperor Chongzhen's internal funds Money, it is really possible that it cannot support this big consumer!

In fact, this consumption has a lot to do with Emperor Chongzhen.

The ignorant Emperor Chongzhen knew how to make guns and cannons, and how to make steel and iron. He knew all about alloys and knew nothing about them.

The Royal Academy had nothing to do with Emperor Chongzhen, who only made demands. He could only continue to experiment according to the ideas proposed by Emperor Chongzhen. The final result was that the consumption of various materials was like a bottomless pit.

Even Emperor Chongzhen thought maliciously that there has not been a large-scale inflation in the Ming Dynasty until now, and the Royal Academy can be said to have contributed the most-it was burned!

Zhu Yujian and the three fell into deep thought after listening to Emperor Chongzhen's words.

Steel and coal are actually easy to handle. There are several rich iron mines and open-pit coal mines on Xinming Island. As long as they are mined and shipped back to Daming, that’s all. The gold and silver obtained can be used to buy other items and shipped back to Xinming Island. Well, these vassal kings are making money inside and out, which is a good thing.

Only the problem of labor cannot be solved.

Emperor Chongzhen had already indicated that he was a foreign laborer in his words just now, and Zhu Yujian and others who had studied the transcripts of Emperor Chongzhen's black words naturally knew it well.

Just like in Emperor Chongzhen's words, the propaganda and enlightenment was promoted with artillery, and the survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties were all temporarily used to fool foreigners. The adjective foreign labor is probably equivalent to coolie, large animals, and disposable consumables. When they are exhausted, they are buried. If you die, don't feel bad about it.

Judging by Emperor Chongzhen's temperament, since Emperor Chongzhen said that there is a shortage of a large number of laborers, it is impossible for this gap to be 1 to 200, or even not one hundred and eighty thousand, but one or two million, or even more.

And the whole Ming Dynasty needs to use so many people's projects, Zhu Yujian and the three can naturally guess a little bit, what else is there besides the railway?

Ministry of Industry to dredge river bridges?

Don't be silly, although the Ministry of Industry will also use a large number of barbarian laborers, it will be no problem even if these projects are replaced by Ming people, as long as you pay attention to it, the gap will not be as big as 200 million.

Railroads are completely different.

There are also two double-track simple railways on Xinming Island. The two locomotives travel between the mine and the port every day. The transportation capacity is many times stronger than that of humans.

Now Zhu Yujian felt that the railways on Xinming Island were not enough, and wished to build a few more. It would be best if all the mines could be directly connected to the port via railways. How many railways would the whole of Daming need?

But the request made by Emperor Chongzhen is simply embarrassing!

Originally there were some barbarians on Xinming Island, except for a small number of Franji barbarians, there were also a large number of "remains of Yin and Shang", but what about now?

The Franji barbarians were killed by people like myself early on. Those "Yin Shang survivors" attacked each other and killed a large number of them under the instigation of people like themselves, and the last remaining ones were also killed by people like themselves and Ma Shi. The dead eunuch teamed up to kill him.

There are no barbarians on the entire Xinming Island now, where can I find barbarian labor for the old man?

After pondering for a while, Zhu Yujian finally said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I am incompetent. Xinming Island now has a lot of minerals, and iron ore and coal can be transported back to Daming in large quantities. Hurry up and look for it, and when you find it, you will mine it in large quantities, and then transport it back to Daming. It’s just that this barbarian labor matter, I really can’t do anything about it.”

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew the situation on Xinming Island, and he also knew why Zhu Yujian was helpless in this matter-Ma Shi was the one who ordered Ma Shi to kill those barbarians in the first place.

It is naturally impossible to make Zhu Yujian and the others turn into barbarian laborers.

After laughing a few times, Emperor Chongzhen said: "There is a solution to this labor issue, and Uncle Wang doesn't need to worry about it."

After comforting him for a while, Emperor Chongzhen directly mentioned the purpose of summoning Zhu Yujian and others this time: "I found Uncle Wang, Uncle Qing, and Brother Qin to come to Burma this time, actually for another matter. .”

Zhu Yujian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please clarify?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "The barbarians in England don't know the number of days, use swords and soldiers indiscriminately, imprison the people of our Ming Dynasty and ask for ransom, they are really not human beings!"

After Zhu Yujian and the three looked at each other, they bowed together and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Zhu Yujian said: "Qizou Your Majesty, I happen to have something to do, and want to ask His Majesty for a favor?"

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "What's the matter? As long as it doesn't violate the law, I won't stop anything."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't dare to say everything to death. It doesn't matter if Zhu Yujian wants to change his son or something, as long as he instructs the clan's mansion to do it.

What if Zhu Yujian wants to expand the size of the Palace Guard?It's not a problem to expand to 200 people, even if it's 5000 people, it's not a big problem, what if it's 3 or [-] people?Can you still promise?