Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 783 Second Year

Since there is no Suez Canal these days, European ships that want to go to Asia need to make a long circuit from the Cape of Good Hope at the southernmost tip of Africa.

The same goes for Chinese ships wanting to go to Europe.

Therefore, many European missionaries actually ran to the Ottoman Empire first, and then transferred to Asia by boat in the Red Sea.

For the European maritime powers that have been involved in the Maritime Silk Road and ocean navigation for more than a hundred years, it is not an easy task for their ships to travel to Asia.

The Chinese ship that had just begun to sail to seas outside Asia entered the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Africa and arrived at the city of Marseille in the Kingdom of France in Europe.

Anyway, as far as the captain of the ship was concerned, the journey was nothing short of miraculous.

"So you don't plan to go back for the time being?"

Little Leibniz could not hide his excitement as he spoke.

He came here specifically to get more Chinese goods, but unfortunately he arrived a little late. The goods brought by the Chinese captain had been sold out. Now he could only interview the captain to satisfy his curiosity.

He was interested in the captain, and the captain of the Nanyang Company was also interested in this French noble boy: "The best result is to go back after the war, but this is obviously impossible, but if we set off now, we will be picked up when we go back. Get involved in the war."

"Then, please consider my family's request to hire you as a teacher!"

Leibniz spoke solemnly and somewhat humbly, and when he spoke, he cleverly imitated the captain's previous salute.

Chinese who can speak Latin and Spanish.

A popular figure in Marseille and a guest of the royal family and nobles, he is an excellent bridge for him to gain a deeper understanding of China.

He is also China's first public spy in Europe.

In the first year of the Nanyang Company, a large number of expedition ships explored many countries in the surrounding waters, interacted with many countries, resettled populations in their port cities, purchased company properties, and most importantly, collected intelligence and sent it back to China.

Of course, knowledge, technology and talents are also indispensable.

However, one year is still too short compared to the entire huge world. The layout in Europe is not even a start, but the penetration in East Asia is very successful.

Unfortunately, in most cases, it is China's neighboring countries that steal from China, and it is difficult for China to steal anything of great use from its neighboring countries.

It's really useful.

That's land and people.

You can't steal this, you can only rob it openly.

So in the first year, the Ming Dynasty grabbed a lot of land in Luzon and Brunei through the Nanyang Company, and abolished a lot of tribes that had previously been named autonomous chieftains.

At the same time, he successfully landed on the southern continent and established a guard station on it.

The Qing Dynasty continued to colonize the Americas. Except for being lost in storms and shipwrecks at sea or directly losing people and ships, a total of more than [-] people landed in the Americas.

New Spain in Central America realized that there was a big problem in the north and was trying to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on both sides.

Then came the second year of peace.

The smell of war was already strong at this time.

Regardless of the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, everyone seems to know what will happen after these three years.

This makes the already short-lived peace feel like a sudden surprise, and it will end in the blink of an eye. Just wait until next year, and the two countries will be deep in the quagmire of war again.

Either with expectation, fear, or indifference.

No matter what, the countdown to the war that will determine the fate of the entire world continues.

In this second year.

The tribes of Junggar united and finally had some semblance of a country, and launched an all-out war against the Yarkand Khanate. After only two months of fighting, Abdullah Khan of the Yarkand Khanate was captured, and the Yarkand Khanate The Khanate became a puppet regime controlled by the Dzungar Khanate.Since the Four Islands shouldered most of the logistical burden of the entire Black Flag colonial strategy, some small-scale turmoils were set off due to excessive levies and expropriations.

The Ming and Qing Railways were finally finalized.

Each side builds a railway with different gauges. Although the handover of goods will be more cumbersome, it can also prevent one side from using the other country's railways to move quickly during wartime.

Many major events are being paved one by one.

Thousands of changes, hidden and silent.

Guangzhou City.

It was originally the most prosperous port city in the Ming Dynasty, with maritime trade, smuggling and piracy industries. In the few years when the Ming Dynasty mainly developed the navigation industry, it naturally reaped all the dividends of the times.

"Want one? Look at this brand. It comes from the south."

"No, the newspaper said that smoking too much is bad for your lungs."

"Do you believe anything the newspapers say? The newspapers also say that smoking can support the court and prolong life!"

A cigarette is indispensable after a meal. The sailor was finally brought to justice and naturally he had to eat and drink well. Now he had to smoke as much as he could.

Scatter the smoke, then take out a lighter and light the fire. It naturally begins to become a part of men's lives.

"The master said that the smoke from the south is moister. Tsk, tsk, I can't smoke it."

The sailor, a non-smoker with a shiny bald head, covered his nose and said: "This one will cost a lot of money, so save some! What if the warships in the north were so dense that they sailed to South Zhili? Wait! There will be no place for you to cry in the year after tomorrow."

"What are you afraid of? There is a Nanyang navy!"

The bald sailor shook his head helplessly, feeling that his companion was hopeless.

Looking from the second floor, I saw that the street market in the distance was quite lively. A large number of people in strange clothes gathered together and walked through the city amidst the shouts of the government officials.

"Why are there so many Nanyang people?"

"Let's do that, that's right! Study abroad! Previously, the emperor asked various places to set up schools, and then set up the Royal School. They went to study in that school."

"Oh, and there are Westerners."

The sailor held the cigarette butt and pointed at the people: "It's a pity. Not to mention selling it to the north, it's quite valuable in Guangzhou."

"Hey, you said if we go north if there is a fight in the future, the price of this slave will have to go up."

"You have to ask the ship boss and the gentlemen."

The sailor flicked the cigarette butt and the ashes fell downstairs. The rickshaw driver who was waiting for customers at the door of the restaurant raised his head in surprise but dared not say anything in anger and moved his position.

Not long after, a female worker working in a factory on the outskirts of the city asked for a ride across the street. The coachman responded hurriedly, ignoring the Westerners dressed in Han costumes who also came out of the restaurant and wanted to ride.

The Westerner sighed and walked towards the other drivers. Faced with the driver's behavior of deliberately raising the price because he was a white man, he could only take out his pocket watch marked with Chinese characters to check the time, and gritted his teeth and accepted the loss.

I worked as a slave in the Qing Dynasty for more than half a year in exchange for this business, so I can't let it go bad.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to save face, and it was not easy to use slaves openly, so some large-scale contracting projects were contracted by slave owners with the name of the Qing Dynasty.

Building forts, high-rise buildings, and railways in Guangzhou are all inseparable from slaves.

He had to go to the dock quickly to see the goods.

The goods taken from Annan have been suspected of being fake in recent months, and slave traders say that there have been a lot of children sent recently.

I don’t know if the newspaper said that some ministers advocated sending troops to Annan to mediate the war.

(End of this chapter)