Daming 1805

Chapter 262 Does the Great Food Country Have Colonies?

"The landing forces of the British and French allied forces rushed to the beach of Staten Island, but the battle situation quickly fell into anxiety-as of the time when the message was sent, the British and French allied forces had not yet fully occupied Staten Island. "

"On the border of the Shifu of the Two Chiefs of the Dongyi Kingdom, a large number of Thai and Westerners intend to cross the border and enter the Daming Dongyi Kingdom. "

"The Governor's Mansion of the Left Army of the Ming Dynasty officially took over the Mizhou area, and the first batch of Thai and Western immigrants boarded a ship and headed for Dongyi Kingdom. "

"The former military governor's office of the Ming Dynasty discovered a huge lake in the interior of the eastern plateau of Mozhou, with a water surface area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. "

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the news sent, reported, and copied from all sides, and was quite satisfied in his heart.

The Anglo-French coalition forces and the American-Canada alliance fought a bad battle in Northern Yinzhou. This is a pair of suzerain countries and a pair of colonies consuming each other, which is of course a good thing for Ming Dynasty.

Daming's mentality now is to fight hard, and I want to see blood flow into rivers.

This battle won't be over for a while. What Da Ming has to do now is to do what he should do besides watching the show.

The "New Daming Lake" that Zhu Jingyuan had planned was finally discovered.

This large lake on the eastern plateau of Mozhou is Lake Victoria in history. It is the largest lake in Mozhou and the second largest freshwater lake in the world, second only to Lake Superior in the five great lakes of Beiyinzhou.

At the same time, there is actually a large lake area in Mozhou. The three large lakes, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Malawi, rank second, fifth, and eighth in the world's freshwater lakes respectively.

The environment and climate around the Great Lakes of Mozhou are actually better than those of the Great Lakes of Northern Yinzhou.

In other words, the "drafty house type" in Northern Yinzhou is not good in itself, and was beaten by Xintianfu in Southern Yinzhou.

The new Daming Lake planned by Zhu Jingyuan is located on the equator. The sun shines directly twice a year, and the shadow is in the north for half a year and in the south for half a year.

The location belongs to the tropics, and there is no change in the four seasons of the year, so the temperature does not change much throughout the year.

But the local temperature is not hot.

Because it is located on a plateau at an altitude of 100 meters, and the water of Daming Lake assists in mediating heat.

The daily temperature throughout the year is between 36 and [-] degrees, and the extreme highest temperature in history does not exceed [-] degrees.

It is cooler in summer than most of the local cities of Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to being in the stage of mid-spring to early summer throughout the year.

The annual precipitation is only 1000 to [-] millimeters, which is very close to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River basins, warm and humid without flooding.

It is almost the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau after the terrain is smoothed, with a more stable climate and flatter terrain.

The surrounding area of ​​this large lake is almost the best environment in the entire Mozhou, and the most suitable place for human habitation.

Now that "Daming Lake" has been found, I can now officially propose the extra reward my mother asked my father in private.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't hesitate at all, and directly wrote a telegram to his emperor's father, Zhu Jianyan, asking for the land around the great lake in Africa.

Zhu Jingyuan's original intention was to circle tens of thousands of square kilometers along the shore of the lake and build a tourist resort.

When I retire, that place should be fully developed and mature, and I can just go there to retire.

Now Daming has too much overseas land.

If there is no special guidance, if there is no special development of a certain land, if there are no gold mines in the local area to attract immigrants, and if it is still in the inland area, then the development and maturity speed will be very slow.

Maybe it will still be the same after 30 or [-] years.

Zhu Jingyuan told Zhu Jianyan his true thoughts directly and frankly.

However, it is not based on the experience of the previous life, but based on the knowledge of geography and meteorology, "analysis" judges that the climate there is livable, so I plan to build a retirement resort there.

When Zhu Jianyan saw his son's message, he was full of confusion and puzzlement:

"This baby is only sixteen, why are you thinking about arranging things after retirement? Could it be because he is about to become a father?"

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Jianyan called several academicians from the cabinet and several relevant ministers over to discuss it together.

If Zhu Jingyuan asked for a reward for Zhu Jianyan alone at the end of the negotiation, it would indeed be their father and son's private matter.

If Zhu Jianyan agrees, he can just go ahead and make his own decisions, and just grant a piece of land to Zhu Jingyuan.

But things have changed now.

Zhu Jianyan held the telegram in his hand, and instead of showing it to several senior scholars and ministers, he said directly:
"My son Jingyuan thinks that the climate in the Great Lakes region on the eastern plateau of Mozhou is like spring all the year round, so he asked me for a piece of land there to build some recuperating manors and facilities.

"I think the rewards for his recent contributions to enlightenment can also be given together. If you have any ideas, you can talk about it now..."

After some scholars and ministers thought about it for a while, Huang Yue, Minister of Rites, spoke first:

"The movies, amplifiers, and typewriters made by His Royal Highness Prince Dashi have contributed to the enlightenment of the community no less than Cai Hou's papermaking. I think that I should give extra favors.

"According to the report of the current exploration team, the large lake in the east of Mozhou is located in the middle of two huge rift valleys, and it is a relatively independent platform.

"The total area is estimated to be nearly one million square kilometers, and this area can be directly sealed in the Great Food Kingdom."

As soon as the voice here fell, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry immediately came out and said:

"His Royal Highness also designed the mobile production lines for aircraft and automobiles, designed and invented the radial engine, designed the aircraft itself, and even planned the Aviation Industry Association."

Then there is the Minister of War:
"His Royal Highness also presided over the design of new warships, airborne weapons, new armored vehicles, and submachine guns."

Honglu Temple Minister also stood up and said:
"Instigated the war of attrition between Britain, France, the United States and Canada in Yinzhou, and won another million square kilometers of fertile land without a single soldier. This is also the credit of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi."

A group of people praised Zhu Jingyuan here, and Zhu Jianyan felt a little embarrassed.

The Minister of Rites also felt that what he asked for at the beginning seemed a little less.

So he added again:

"Since this is the case, all the land in the east of Mozhou that has not been established as a vassal state may as well be directly sealed in the Dashi Kingdom, and the surrounding areas that His Highness intends to be listed as His Highness's personal property."

The other courtiers had no objections, and they all agreed.

Some people came forward and gave detailed suggestions that the Great Lakes area assigned to Zhu Jingyuan could be expanded eastward and connected to the coastline.

These courtiers are very generous.

One is that Zhu Jingyuan's contribution is indeed great. Zhu Jingyuan's current state has made many people see the feeling that Emperor Shizu is alive.

Second, in the current situation of the royal family, the future heir has basically been determined. No matter how many things are entrusted to Zhu Jingyuan now, they will all belong to Daming in the end.

Zhu Jingyuan, the richest prince of the Ming Dynasty, took a lot of wealth from Huangzhuang, and paid for the development of these sites himself, and the court also enjoyed the benefits.

The third is that the land in the overseas colonies is really worthless, especially in Mozhou where there are too many indigenous people and it is too chaotic.

Except for those important coastal strongholds on the route, such as the Zanzibar area on the coast, most people have little interest in the land in the interior of Mexico.

In the end, these lands were negotiated by Zhu Jingyuan, and they were all agreed upon at the negotiating table.

In short, I don't feel bad, don't worry, don't worry about the big tail, and I really need to reward Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jianyan didn't think too much about it, and discussed with a group of courtiers for a long time, mainly to finalize the details.

Until the next afternoon, Zhu Jianyan sent a reply to Zhu Jingyuan at the same time as his father, emperor, and Honglu Temple.

Zhu Jianyan was obviously taken aback when he saw the news from two aspects, especially the official decision of the imperial court.

They directly allocated more than 350 million square kilometers of land north of Zimbabwe, north of central Mozambique, south of Ethiopia and Sudan, and the entire central and eastern part of Mexico, including the upper reaches of the Congo River, to the big food country.

There were already a large number of natives in this area, so it was necessary to set up a new vassal state management, which was directly included in the scope of the Dashi Kingdom, instead of thinking about the name of the vassal state separately.

But the mainland of Dashi Kingdom is located in the Dashi Peninsula, and now such a large piece of land has been added to the east of Mozhou, and there are still local indigenous people. It feels as if Dashi Kingdom also has colonies.

At the same time, more than 120 million square kilometers of land in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and other places, from the west of the Mozhou Grand Canyon to Zanzibar on the east coast, were directly assigned to Zhu Jingyuan.

Regardless of whether there will be a chief envoy in this area in the future, the land surrounding New Daming Lake will belong to Zhu Jingyuan himself.

In Zhu Jingyuan's opinion, this reward was really generous to the extreme.

However, the court documents also said why they gave themselves so much land.

In addition to the personal gifts from his emperor's father Zhu Jianyan, most of them were rewards from the imperial court for a large number of important inventions.

In the description, all the things of great significance that he invented are listed.

Including movies, amplifiers, typewriters, as well as aircraft and automobile production lines, radial engines, submachine guns, etc.

Looking at the list, Zhu Jingyuan realized that he had created so many new things.

At the same time, with his current status, the court has nothing to give him, and can only give more land.

Compared with the official documents of the imperial court, the private telegrams sent by my father are relatively straightforward and candid.

My father almost explained the thoughts of the old gentlemen in the court.

Zhu Jingyuan also laughed after reading it. In fact, he didn't need his father to remind him, he could almost understand it.

Zhu Jingyuan was also willing to accept this approach.

These lands are of course Daming's territory, but they are also their own land.

After slowly digesting the information, Zhu Jingyuan began to make plans.

The first goal is to build the best port "Manbasa" in the middle of the eastern part of Mozhou. Manbasa is later Mombasa, and build a high-standard railway from here to Daming Lake.

Later, the railway network will be gradually expanded to connect several large lakes in the east of Mozhou.

From the Great Lakes to Mombasa and Zanzibar, this area is the most livable and most promising area in Mexico.

It may be that the natural conditions are so good, so the Mo people here have been raised and abandoned.

Zhu Jingyuan asked people to contact the Royal Railway Company directly, and paid for them to explore, plan and build.

Transporting troops and controlling inland areas inherently required better transportation conditions.

But the Governor's Mansion doesn't really want to invest on its own to build a high-standard railway in the East Mozhou area with limited value.

Now that Zhu Jingyuan is willing to pay part of the money, the three parties hit it off.

The railway company immediately organized an exploration team to explore the environment and find a suitable route under the escort of the Dudufu troops.

(End of this chapter)