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Liu Sheng: "There are frequent natural disasters and military disasters, but the government has done nothing. Under such circumstances, how many refugees can there be in Dachu?"

Although Ye Jianan didn't know why Liu Sheng asked this, he still replied: "The situation in the provinces south of the Yangtze River is slightly better. There are indeed many refugees in Henan and Shandong."

Henan and Shandong were both populous and agricultural provinces in all dynasties.

Therefore, once a serious natural or man-made disaster occurs, there will be refugees. The people either went north or south, seeking opportunities to survive.

This is naturally a very bad thing for Dachu and its people.

But for Liu Sheng, it means various opportunities.

Whether it is North America or Dawei, there is currently a lack of population. If a large enough fleet can be organized to migrate refugees from Chu, the population of North America can continue to increase.

In the past few years, Damei has developed a steam- and sail-powered iron-clad giant ship.

The expeditionary force preparing to follow Liu Sheng to Dachu had more than a dozen of these giant iron-clad ships.

The largest ironclad ships among them already exceeded 5,000 pieces of material, which were larger than the treasure ships of the previous Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Longjiang Shipyard and Longshou Shipyard are now developing super giant ships with materials ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 materials, and are stepping up production.

If we hurry, we might be able to catch up with the expeditionary force to go to sea. (The displacement of a thousand-material warship is approximately 330 tons.)
When we arrived at Dachu, in addition to the initial period when the fleet needed to cooperate with the 3rd Sea Dragon Guard Brigade to defeat the Dachu Navy, the main task of these ships later became to transport supplies, and mainly to transport guns, ammunition and other supplies produced in North America. Send it to Dachu.

In this way, when the fleet returned, it happened to bring some refugees with it.

These ships can bring 40,000 to 50,000 expeditionary troops to Dachu, so when they return to North America, they can bring at least 50,000 refugees in one trip.

If there is a squeeze, it is possible to transport 70,000 to 80,000 refugees in one trip.

In addition, due to the exploratory fleet's exploration and stabilization of the North Pacific waterway over the past few years (mainly establishing supply points, lighthouses and other facilities), the fleet can now go from North America to Dachu. If the wind and water are smooth most of the time, it will take about three months. arrival.

Even if there are some situations in the middle, such as encountering a minor storm, yaw, etc., it will be extended to four months at most.

In other words, the fleet can at least make one round trip to North America and Dachu every year.

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can even do a trip and a half!

This means that 70,000 to 80,000 immigrants can be added to North America in one year!
Thinking of this, Liu Sheng became more eager to lead the expedition to Dachu...
A few days later, Liu Sheng, accompanied by the county magistrate Yang Minghe and others, went to inspect the Longshou Cannery.

The director of the factory, Yang Wanyong, was the captain of the early immigration team in Yanchang Town. He had worked hard and made a lot of achievements in the past few years. After the establishment of Longshou County, he became a ninth-grade official.

Now he is the director of Longshou Canning Factory, but he is in the eighth rank.

In recent years, it has not been easy for people here in North America to see Liu Sheng. Although junior officials of the eighth and ninth grades can see Liu Sheng every year when he comes to inspect, they rarely have the opportunity to have a solo in front of Liu Sheng.

Therefore, when Yang Wanyong learned that Liu Sheng was coming to inspect the cannery, he did his homework and wanted to perform well today.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is a canned sea fish produced by our factory. Not only does it taste good, it has been processed at high temperatures and sealed in airtight clay pots. The shelf life can be as long as one year!"

"In addition, we have also developed canned food in three flavors: beef, pork, and chicken. Although the shelf life is not as long as canned fish, it still has a shelf life of six months."

Listening to Yang Wanyong's introduction and watching the cans being processed and formed on the production line, Liu Sheng couldn't help but nodded slightly.

He immediately asked: "Do you have any canned samples that are close to the expiration date?"

"some."

Yang Wanyong responded and immediately asked people to bring various canned meat samples.

Liu Sheng picked up a canned fish casually.

I saw that these cans were all sealed in clay pots, and in accordance with regulations, "eating instructions" were pasted on them.

It states the production date of the canned fish and its shelf life of up to one year.

Liu Sheng opened the paraffin-sealed lid and smelled the smell of tempeh - the sea fish inside was cooked with tempeh, and it tasted salty.

At this time, the guard commander Yang Kuiwu next to him said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is aroused by the smell of this canned fish. Why not let Wei Chen taste it first?"

The bodyguard group is mainly responsible for protecting Liu Sheng's safety.

This includes ensuring food safety.

So what Yang Kuiwu said to arouse the glutton was just an excuse. In fact, it was just to try the food and avoid Liu Sheng being poisoned.

Liu Sheng didn't try to save his face, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let you try it first."

Yang Kuiwu tasted a piece, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

In recent years, as Liu Sheng's bodyguard commander, he has eaten a lot of delicacies. The boy who almost starved to death while guarding the gate of the Great Water Ping Village seems to have happened a lifetime ago.

Although his tongue has been spoiled by the delicacies of mountains and seas, he still feels that this canned fish has a unique flavor.

So he praised it without hesitation: "This canned fish tastes really good."

As he said that, he divided a few pieces and gave them to the surrounding colleagues to have a taste.

Several people were fine after eating it, so Liu Sheng tasted a piece.

In his opinion, the taste of this canned fish was just average, at least a little worse than the canned fish of later generations.

But if you put it in this world, it would be really good.

So he smiled and nodded, "It's indeed good."

He looked at the production date on the can and saw that it was shipped before September, but there was no feeling of decay or expiration when he tasted it.

Then, Liu Sheng and others tried canned beef, pork, and chicken one after another.

In comparison, the taste of these three canned meats was not as good, but they also did not spoil, so they were considered qualified.

Afterwards, the expeditionary force will be sailing on the sea, and they will be very satisfied if they can eat canned food like this.

However, what Liu Sheng wanted to know most when he came to the cannery this time was another kind of can.

"Take me to the canned fruit production workshop."

"Yes!"

Yang Wanyong responded and took Liu Sheng and others to the canned fruit production workshop.

This production workshop is smaller, but the hardware facilities look more high-end.

Apparently, Longshou Cannery regards fruit canning as a better way to produce canned food.

This can be seen from the packaging of canned fruits - canned meats are sealed in clay pots, but canned fruits are sealed in glass jars!

"Your Majesty, with the current technology of our factory, the shelf life of canned fruits is only three months."

"Currently, the main cans are yellow peach, pear, and cherry, and the flavors are basically sweet."

While talking, Yang Wanyong took the initiative to bring several canned samples. After Yang Kuiwu and other guards tasted it, he felt that although it was not as fresh as normal fruit, it tasted good and the most important thing was that it had not spoiled.

Liu Sheng tasted it for the last time, nodded slightly and said: "It's not bad - in the future, your factory will have to expand the scale of producing canned fruits and try to prepare more goods before the expeditionary force goes to sea."

Yang Wanyong should have directly agreed to Liu Sheng's words.

But he still had the courage to show some embarrassment and said: "Your Majesty, the shelf life of this canned fruit is only three months.

The market in North America is so big. If our factory produces too much and cannot sell it within the shelf life, we will probably lose a lot of money. "

Liu Sheng laughed after hearing this and said: "You, the factory director, are quite responsible - let's see, I will have people contact some merchants in Da'ei later to ensure that all the canned fruits from your factory are sold."

Yang Wanyong was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

It should be noted that government-run factories are responsible for their own profits and losses - even if the government orders something, they must follow the procedures to place the order, pay the deposit, and pay for the goods.

As the director of a cannery, Yang Wanyong, how much money the factory can earn every year is not only related to the wages and benefits of the employees, but also his political achievements.

If he didn't beg Liu Sheng shamelessly today, it would be difficult to sell all the products after the expansion of canned fruit production based on their factory's connections and sales.

If it cannot be sold, the factory will suffer losses.

By then, not only will his political performance be unsightly, but it may even be difficult to pay his employees due to financial difficulties.

Now Liu Sheng promised to contact the businessmen in Da'ei to ensure the sales of canned fruits. This means that by expanding the production of canned fruits, they will not only not lose money, but also increase their annual revenue.

Not only did Liu Sheng not mind Yang Wanyong's behavior, he actually appreciated it.

Since you are the factory director, you should be responsible for the factory.

After Liu Sheng left the cannery, the second prince Liu Yu who was accompanying him couldn't help but said: "My father asked them to produce more canned fruits to prevent septicemia in the expeditionary force during the voyage, right?"

Liu Sheng nodded, "Yes. We humans must take in sufficient amounts of vitamins regularly, otherwise we will easily get sepsis."

"In the past, when we Da'ei people sailed on the sea, in addition to relying on tea, we also relied on bean sprouts."

"However, tea is expensive, and supplying large quantities to the expeditionary force requires a lot of money. As for bean sprouts, they can only be used as a temporary emergency and cannot be used as a guarantee of long-term supply of vitamins."

"The canned fruit has a shelf life of three months. When combined with tea and bean sprouts, it is completely sufficient to solve the vitamin intake problem that the expeditionary force needs to take when crossing the Pacific."

Nowadays, the three princes Liu Yu, Liu Heng, and Liu Jing are not studying in the royal school. Instead, they came to North America with Liu Sheng to undergo sailing adaptability training and learn some related knowledge.

Therefore, Liu Sheng was happy to answer the princes' questions.

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After returning to the expeditionary force camp.

Liu Sheng obtained the telegram from the Nanjing Telecommunications Office forwarded by Weichu County from the accompanying telecommunications team.

The content is that Liu Rui reported and inquired to Liu Sheng on some important state affairs today.

At the beginning, Liu Rui sent such a telegram almost every day.

Such a telegram contains a lot of content and takes a long time to send, which greatly delays the telegraph operator's time and may even cause him to think about sending and receiving telegrams from other telecom groups.

Liu Sheng can reduce Liu Rui's treatment to once every three to five days.

It took Liu Sheng a while to read this long telegram.

Liu Rui talked about a lot of things in it, but there were only a few that deserved Liu Sheng's attention.

First, the Nanyang Navy had another conflict with the Dutch fleet in Nanyang. The generals of the Nanyang Navy requested an attack on Batavia, which was where the Dutch colonial governor's palace was located.

Liu Rui refused.

Now Da'ei has just occupied the Luzon Islands for a few years. Although the South China Sea Province has been established, it will take at least a few years to initially digest the Luzon Islands.

At this time, if they start another war with the Dutch, even if they win and occupy Batavia and other places, Damei will not have enough manpower and material resources to govern.

If you are not careful, you may end up in the same situation as when the Ming Dynasty occupied Vietnam - it took a lot of effort to capture it, but the result was poor governance, unable to make ends meet, and it became a drag on the government's finances, and had to give up.

That would be terrible.

Therefore, Liu Rui said that it was not the time to start another war in Nanyang and asked the Nanyang naval generals to wait patiently for a few years.

The second thing is still military, to be precise, it is military information.

In the Western Regions, Da'ei's standing army was also expanding westward little by little. Speaking of which, although Da'ei's territory is now far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, the territory to the west is still far from the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

However, there is land to the west. Although the generals hoped to make great achievements, without the imperial court launching a war, their westward expansion was quite restrained, which can be said to be a steady attack.

Although there was no war, Da'ei did a good job in intelligence work in Central Asia.

According to reports from the Xunfeng Guardian in Central Asia, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty led by Li Shun, the Yarkand remnants, Wala and Hauge all entered Central Asia.

Central Asia, which was already prone to chaos, was completely turned into a mess.

The Shaibani dynasty's rule over the Bukhara Khanate had ceased to exist in name only.

In order to adapt to local people's sentiments, Li Shun's forces have begun to try to cooperate with the Islamic religion. On the contrary, the Manchu Qing forces led by Hauge were stronger and still adhered to the Eight Banners system.

As for the Wala and Yarkand forces, relatively speaking, they have not developed so well. Especially the remnants of the Yarkand forces, it is estimated that they will fall in the past two years.

Shen Wandeng, who was guarding the Western Province, felt that this was a good opportunity for Da'an to march into Central Asia, and he also requested to send troops to launch a war.

Liu Rui was hesitant about the matter, so he asked Liu Sheng's opinion in a telegram.

When Liu Sheng saw this, he immediately asked the accompanying secretariat staff to record his reply.

"Shen Wandeng can be asked to keep an eye on Central Asia, seize the opportunity to go in and capture some of the territory, and restore the old land of the Tang Dynasty."

"But I want to tell Shen Wandeng that there is no need to obsess over the elimination of Li Shun, the Manchu Qing and other forces, just capture the city and land."

Except for these two major military events, the telegrams sent by Liu Rui were basically domestic government affairs.

For example, a flood or drought occurred in a certain place; an official corruption case broke out in a certain place; an official in a certain place requested special policies to improve the local economy, etc.

In Liu Sheng's view, it was all matters that Liu Rui could handle by himself, so he did not reply specifically.

After reading the telegram, Liu Shengsi and Xunfengwei conveyed the performance of the Hauge Manchu Qing forces (Western Qing) in Central Asia, and couldn't help but think of the situation of the Eastern Qing forces led by Dorgon.

After Haug passed through Mobei Mongolia and the territory of the Oara Alliance to reach Central Asia, his troops, including slaves, were less than 100,000.

Although there are more than 10,000 Eight Banners troops, they can barely hold a foothold in Central Asia. It is difficult to lay the foundation for the establishment of a country, and they will fall one day.

In comparison, the Eastern Qing forces led by Dorgon had a much "comfortable" life on Ezo Island.

Because, with Omei's deliberate indulgence, Dongqing now not only occupies the entire Ezo Island, but even occupies a corner of the northern part of Honshu Island. (End of chapter)