Xinshun 1730

Chapter 679 The Last Thing in the North
Liu Yu is still in Shaanxi at this time, more precisely, in Tianbao Mansion, the old place where he started his family in Dashun.

In the first year of Yongchang, Emperor Taizu Chang'an established the system and changed Yan'an Mansion to Tianbao Mansion, Yulin County to Tianbao County, and Qingjian County to Tianbo Mansion.

This Yan'an Mansion is where Dashun started his family, just like Fengyang in the Ming Dynasty.In addition, Xi'an was called Chang'an, which was also called Xijing in the future, and was an important node in the fight against the Northwest and the stability of Mongolia before. It was different from Fengyang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, and its political status was still quite high.

However, being poor is still poor.

It was mid-spring, and in Tianbao Mansion, people who went to the Ili River Valley to reclaim wasteland were being summoned.

Although the sky is high and the road is far away, I heard that the water and grass are fertile. After I went there, I was exempted from taxation for several years, and the imperial court distributed rations and seeds for cattle and horses.This place is poor, and there are quite a few people who are willing to go.

Since it was the birthplace of Dashun, it could get a little bit of credit, and the imperial court's policies were more inclined. Nowadays, a group of people are recruited every year to go to reclamation and reside there. There may not be such a "good thing" elsewhere.

Liu Yu, who rode back from Yili, was quite satisfied with the situation in Yili.Several cities have already been built, adopting the standard armed colonial model. The central city is to build a bastion structure and cultivate land around it.

At the beginning, Liu Yu killed some religious leaders first, and then resolutely opposed the recruitment of Tang Huihua back to Ili to reclaim wasteland. He claimed that he would rather spend more money than ensure the local basic disk.

The emperor has also been rich in recent years, so he naturally understands this method of long-term stability.Either force the government soldiers on the banks of the Songhua River, or recruit farmers around Xijing. Not many people are sent every year, but they are sent there according to the maximum number of [-] a year.

In the past few years, the Junggar tribe has been suffering from smallpox. After Liu Yu plans to go back, in Zhucheng District of Yili, he will first promote the method of cutting meat and inoculating vaccinia to ensure the survival rate as much as possible.

As long as smallpox can be controlled, the death rate of immigrants there will be much lower than that of going to Nanyang.

It should be said that looking at it now, Dashun has basically established an effective rule in the Yili River Valley.

After the military reform, a group of garrisons with the Qingzhou Army as the core base can be said to have 2000 people who dare to walk there sideways.

The prestige I made back then can still intimidate for a while, the Han army is still there, and the combat effectiveness of the regular army reformed with 2000 troops is also considerable, and there will be no troubles in a short time.

Immigration is a long process, even more boring than emigrating to the Whale Sea.

Jinghai can also use trade, whaling, seal walrus oil, etc. to promote the development of immigration; immigration to Ili is completely based on the farming system, and no private capital can help. It has become the place with the lowest grain price in the country, which is lower than the estimated price of Songhua River.

This time, Liu Yu came back to Tianbao Mansion on purpose after returning from the west trip, but Liu Yu really didn't do it for immigration.

He came to Tianbao Mansion mainly to see the Yanchang oil field.

This place has produced oil since ancient times, Shen Kuo mentioned it, and ordered it to be named after oil.

In "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is also introduced, saying: The smell of petroleum is the same as that of male sulfur, so it kills insects and treats sores, and its nature changes, and all organs leak.Only porcelain and glass do not leak, so Qian Yi treats children with convulsions and fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, sputum, and silver liquid pills, which are made into pills with mercury, light powder, borneol, scorpion tail, and Baifu.Not only take it for reducing phlegm, but also take it for its ability to penetrate the meridians and open the key points.

"Yuan Yi Tong Zhi" even directly stated: "There is an oil well dug in Nanying River, Yanchang County, and the oil is flammable."

It can be seen that the oil layer in this place is very shallow, and it can be exploited with the current technical means.After all, the Bashu area has the accumulation of well drilling salt technology, so drilling is not a problem.

Moreover, the refining of oil in the early stage is also very simple.

Gasoline, diesel, this era is rubbish.

What is really useful at this time is to refine the simplest kerosene and lubricating oil for the coming industrial age.

Liu Yu believes that the current Dashun already has a basis for trying oil recovery.Of course, it is impossible to be as advanced as later generations, but local methods can also be adopted to accumulate technical reserves for the future.Technology doesn't happen overnight.

For one thing, since he became the envoy of the Whale Sea, Dashun's whaling industry, seal hunting and walrus industry have developed rapidly.

A large amount of whale oil has entered the cities, especially in the capital, where it replaced some candles and became a high-quality lighting fuel.

As for kerosene and whale oil, if they are only used as lighting fuels, they can be filled and replaced by the market.

With the foundation laid by whale oil, it is not a problem to replace it with kerosene.

Of course, without the foundation of whale oil in the early stage, without the development of the glass manufacturing industry, and without the impact of new goods in these years, there would be no conditions worth mining now.

Now there is a market foundation laid over the past ten years, which can ensure that as long as it is put into production, it can make money, and the emperor will be happy to mine it.

Second, Liu Yu estimated that the steam engine was almost ready, the principle was basically understood, and the key and crucial boring machine had already been produced.The age of steam should be almost here.

As long as the age of steam has come, the demand for lighting will increase greatly.

For nothing else, if the steam engine is running but cannot be stopped, lighting is needed to realize the fourteen-hour or sixteen-hour working system.

The technical content of gas is slightly high, and it is prone to accidents. If something happens, I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to cause trouble and cause a storm of opposition. Of course, it is best to continue the tradition and use oil lamps.

The conditions of basically not losing money, and having technology and market, have been achieved.

But the more important purpose is not actually for Dashun's Tianbao Mansion.This place can be regarded as the core area of ​​Dashun, there is nothing to worry about, Liu Yu is still making arrangements for the Western Regions and Nanyang.

There is also an oil field in the Hexi Corridor, which is in the Yumen Oil Field near Jiayuguan, and it is similar to the oil field in Yanchang County. It is not impossible to mine with local methods, and even as long as the steam engine is in place, the scale of mining will definitely increase.

In order to strengthen the control over the Western Regions, in addition to this kind of farming-style immigration, a large primary industrial city is also needed, which gathers enough population and is located at the core of the core corridor to ensure that if there is any accident in the future, it can be guaranteed to pull out An army of industrial workers.

At the same time, taking advantage of the city's advantages, Dashun's Northwest Field Group moved westward from Xijing to the vicinity of Jiayuguan to ensure that the situation in the Western Regions could be stabilized at any time.

Industrialization is the best way to fight against those divided forces.

However, in the short term, industrialization in the northwest region is really difficult.

There is no market and transportation is inconvenient. It is estimated that wool and cotton textiles are more expensive to ship to major consumption areas than to ship them from Europe.

Now it seems that it can only find another way to make some long-distance transportation and make money.

It is best to attract a large amount of private capital here, and it has not laid a solid foundation for future railway construction: it cannot be repaired only with the money from the imperial court; if some private capital can be raised, the pressure will be greatly relieved, and as far as possible in the Northeast With the construction of railways on the two lines in Northwest and Northwest, even if Dashun's northern frontier is completely stable, it can expand to Southeast Asia and even India with peace of mind in the future.

Profitable enough to attract enough people.For Dashun, the pure farming style of immigration is too difficult after all, the organization is insufficient, and it really lacks the help of private capital, so the efficiency is not generally low.

Liu Yu also knew that when he returned to the capital this time, he was about to prepare to go to Nanyang.

And as far as the current situation is concerned, as well as his plan, it is impossible for him to pay attention to issues in the northwest and northeast directions for a long time.

Whether this side is stable or not is directly related to the efficiency of Dashun going to Southeast Asia and grabbing India.

Therefore, before returning to the capital, we should try our best to make some arrangements for the future of the Northwest and Western Regions.

The oil field in Tianbaofu is just a preliminary preparation for the Hexi Corridor and Western Region oil fields in the future, to verify technology and cultivate a team of craftsmen.

This team of artisans cultivated is not only for the Western Regions, but also for Nanyang.

Regardless of the status of petroleum as a chemical raw material, or the impossibility of internal combustion engines at this time, it is still a promising industry to use only petroleum for lighting.

Southeast Asia also has oil, and some oil in Borneo is also easy to exploit.Instead of going to the big oil fields, slowly accumulate technology and increase the number of immigrants in Nanyang as much as possible. This is also for Dashun to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang in the future.

Since there is gold in Borneo, and there are already Chinese immigrants mining there, if kerosene can be refined in the near future, as a commodity that is in short supply in Dashun's internal market and overseas markets, Borneo can undoubtedly be quickly "reformed".

Liu Yu thinks clearly about this point, Batavia in Java is of great significance to the Netherlands.But for Dashun, it is a tasteless one.

The Nanyang Fourth Army town he envisioned is not centered on Java. The real core is Malacca, Bangka Island, and Borneo, which can be connected together.

For the spice trade in Nanyang, Liu Yu feels that the prospects are not very good.In the short term, there will definitely be profits.But a long time ago, it was absolutely impossible for Dashun to intervene in the affairs of Central America and South America.The Portuguese all know that Southeast Asian spices are grown in South America. As Dashun gradually extends its reach to Europe, most countries' import substitution plans will be put on the agenda.

It is best to prepare some alternative trade products in advance, especially to prepare an investment direction for private capital.

The current situation is very delicate, and the emperor is very likely to control the spice trade by himself, thereby obtaining a huge amount of internal money.

This point is almost inevitable.

Moreover, Liu Yu had to coax the emperor, so that he would not close the door in Malacca, but continue westward by sea.

Otherwise, the emperor felt that the conquest of Nanyang was for businessmen?That will definitely make you upset.The money belongs to the merchant, why does the emperor think he should fight?
At this time, oil, or kerosene for lighting, became an important growth point for private investment.It is also an important pillar for Nanyang to accelerate the immigration process.

Just like immigration in the Whale Sea, many policies rely on private capital, which is profitable and can expand the number and scale of immigration.

To change the situation that "the rich don't want to go and the poor can't", the best way at this time is "the rich can make a profit and send Chinese from Fujian and Guangdong to work one by one."

If the court can perfectly dominate, of course it is the fastest.But Dashun absolutely does not have such organizational power, Liu Yu is very clear about this, and does not have any illusions.

Just like what he said about Australia's problems with those in the Navy before he left Nanyang: Australia's problems should be solved by discovering gold mines, not simply by fertile water and grass.To find a gold mine, it is only meaningful if the water and grass are fertile, otherwise it is impossible to produce immigration results in the short term.

Also like Ezo, rapid immigration can only be achieved by opening up Japanese trade and attracting capital with the profits of the local fishing industry.

Otherwise, we will always face a situation where "the rich don't want to go and the poor can't afford it".All rely on the official immigration of the imperial court, and Dashun's amazing financial ability really cannot afford this money.

The times are changing too fast. This is no longer the era of armed colonization in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it will take four to five hundred years to complete.At this rate of technological development, I am afraid that it will be 500 to 50 years before nationalism wakes up.

Dashun didn't have that much time, so he could only do everything possible to improve the efficiency of immigration and change the population structure.

And in view of Dashun's extremely special national conditions, even if the steam engine was developed, Liu Yu would not dare to move Dashun's traditional advantageous industries such as the textile industry for the time being.

At least, before the power of capital and the imperial power break their arms a little bit, Liu Yu dare not and cannot move these industries that will be turned upside down.

In this way, he can only continue his previously established strategy: new industries, new industries that do not compete with old traditional industries, to fatten capital and raise a large number of workers.

In Dashun, if the bourgeois really want to get things done, it’s actually quite [simple]: as long as the disintegration of the small peasant economy can be suppressed, a large uprising of tens of millions of people can be created, which can support a wave of uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty and the uprising of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom , and the suppression is successful, it is considered qualified and able to accomplish things.

This proves that they have the ability to replace the feudal imperial power and become the new ruling class.If you don't even have this ability, how can you be qualified to be the ruling class.

The development and strength of the bourgeoisie will inevitably be accompanied by a wave of reactionary impacts from the small peasant tradition.

It's just that it seems that they can't afford this important task in terms of ability and financial resources.So we still have to continue to fatten them up. If they are not fat, how can there be millions of real gravediggers?

With the level of technology at this time, and the limitations of traditional advantageous industries that cannot be moved, there are really not many directions that can be explored. It can only be that mosquitoes are small and meaty, and even new industries that are possible.

After staying in Tianbao Mansion for a month and a half, I saw the oil that flowed out by myself, inspected the local population, traffic and other conditions, and when I had a rough idea, the fast horse from the capital finally arrived.

"Jinghou, His Majesty has an order to return Jinghou to Beijing quickly, urgently, urgently. Things in the northwest can be delayed; don't deal with things, be urgent."

What Kuai Ma passed on was the emperor's oral order, and he only said to do nothing, but Liu Yu knew it must be Nanyang.

The staff of the Privy Council should have told the emperor: The time to go to Nanyang can only be winter, and set sail in December, otherwise the storms in the Indian Ocean and typhoons in the Nanyang will make people uncomfortable.If you don't do anything this winter, you will have to wait another year, and most likely the emperor is already in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)