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Chapter 706 The sun and the moon are all illuminated by bright earth (second update, please subscribe)
"You can't put all your eggs in one basket."

at the royal estate.In the gazebo.Emperor Zhu said while looking at the chessboard.

"Now we have to consider the issue of energy security. Now almost all of our coal comes from the North Sea, and in the future with the development of industry, our demand for coal will only increase. The North Sea is currently the only possibility A place that can supply enough coal like Daming in the future."

After playing a chess piece, Emperor Zhu thought for a while and said.

"So we have to open up a new source of coal, we can't just rely on one North Sea."

"Your Majesty, at present, we have not found any large coal mines elsewhere."

As the general manager of Northern Mining, Zhu Mansen also felt a little helpless.

"In the past few years, we have been looking for coal mines, but the results are always somewhat unsatisfactory. In the past few years, although we have built 13 new coal mines one after another, there is no large coal mine. According to research According to the research of the experts in the Institute, no large coal mines may be related to the geology of South America, and it itself does not have the geological conditions to produce large coal mines, so I think that the efforts to find coal mines in the Southern Territory can come to an end for the time being.”

Although geology is just in its infancy now, the judgments of those experts and scholars are undoubtedly correct.Even in the 21st century, the shortage of coal mines still restricts the economic development of South America.In fact, South America is a "land given by God". It has the same season of rain and heat, that is, it has the most extensive black land in the world, and world-class copper mines, gold, silver ore and iron mines are right at the doorstep, and the oil and gas reserves on the continent and continental shelf are also qualified. If shale oil is counted, the reserves will catch up with the United States.The only problem is that there are too few coal mines to start heavy industry.

Just like Brazil, although it has a world-class large iron mine, Brazil's steel industry is not developed. In the 21st century, its steel industry still mainly uses charcoal to make iron, and even has a dedicated iron-making eucalyptus forest.

How could they use charcoal to smelt iron, given the choice?
But Brazil and South American countries did not have a choice, and this is one of the reasons why South American countries missed the industrial revolution-insufficient natural resources.

The same problem has also become a problem for Daming.Although the Northern Territory Daming has obtained ample coal supply, it is too far away from the mainland, strengthening the potential war threat with the United States. The coal mines in the Northern Territory cannot be the only option for Ming.

"Then take a longer view and look for coal mines elsewhere."

Emperor Zhu thought for a while, threw the chess piece into the box, and then said to the female officer beside him.

"Bring me the map."

After taking the map, he pointed to the unfolded map and said.

"Try it in Africa."

Then he pointed to the location of another world, Namibia, on the map, and said.

"Walvis Bay, or Walvis Bay, is a good natural harbor. We can land from here. After obtaining this land, we can move inland. My goal is..."

Emperor Zhu's finger pointed to the blank area in the center of the map of southern Africa. In this era, the inland areas of Africa were completely blank.Now the location he was referring to was that of another world, Botswana.

"It is close to the Cape Colony. As we all know, there are rich coal resources in the Cape Colony. I think there should also be rich coal mines in this area."

The answer is of course yes. According to the exploration in the 2120st century, Botswana has coal resources with an exploration volume of [-] billion tons, and most of those coal mines are shallow-buried coal mines suitable for open-pit mining.

Of course, in addition to this, there are extremely rich diamond mines, copper mines and other mineral resources in the local area.Such a treasure land of minerals.Of course it was left to Daming himself.

"Your Majesty, this place is next to the Cape Colony. If we establish our settlement there, it may cause conflict with the British."

Li Manson would say this, of course not because he is British, in fact, no one discriminates against British people more than him because he is Irish.

The reason why he came to Nanhua 14 years ago was precisely because of the discrimination he suffered because of his Irish identity in a British company.But here he not only did not suffer any discrimination, but also became the general manager of a mining company.

For Daming and the emperor, he is of course grateful.Except Daming, no one can give him such trust, which is why he is more like a Daming than many Daming people.Not only did he play characters for himself, but he also took a wife from Ming Dynasty and even learned how to play Go.

Now he thinks that he is a real Daming person, at least no different from a Daming person.

"I can't care about that much now."

Emperor Zhu shook his head and said decisively.

"The fundamental reason why we didn't do anything here in the past was because we cared about the British, but now the relationship between us and the British, and you too, wouldn't be much better without this colony. Compared to Diplomatic tension, the coal mines there are more important to us now because it's about our national security."

In fact, sometimes, worry is too much.Although the Germans could turn Namibia into German West Africa from under the noses of the British.So now Da Ming can also turn that piece of land into Da Ming's West Africa.

The British are certainly not happy.What does it have to do with Daming whether they are happy or not?

In the future, the British will be unhappy a lot. While they are still weak, even if there are some conflicts with them now, they may not dare to tear their faces.

After all, the advantage is now with me!

"Moreover, compared with the Congo River Basin, which is densely covered with tropical rain forests, the climate here is better and more suitable for building railways. We can build a railway from here all the way to the hinterland of Africa, starting from Walvis Bay."

Emperor Zhu's finger slid all the way up in the empty space in the hinterland of the African continent, and finally, it reached the position of the later Tanzania.

"And then all the way to Dar es Salaam... We've established a commercial anchorage there, and the next step, is to make that our land, and we can connect West Africa with East Africa with a railway, so that , the continent of Africa is ours."

Why share Africa with others?

Only children in this world can do multiple-choice questions. For Emperor Zhu, there is only one thought in his mind-that is, I want everything!
Yes, what Da Ming needs is not only to have one or a few colonies in Africa forever, as long as there is an opportunity, he will do everything possible to plant Da Ming's sun and moon flags in this blank place.

"What the sun and the moon illuminate are all bright earth!"

After saying these words, Emperor Zhu looked longingly at the lake not far away. Now the Baiji dolphin and Chinese sturgeon have survived in this land, and they are as tenacious as the Chinese people.Given the right environment and space, they can all survive.

What Emperor Zhu needs now is to create a good living environment and living space. The Chinese nation should have its own living space in this world.

(End of this chapter)