Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1429, Situation in Africa

Sending Kansu II away, Tong Yuan returned to his mansion at the canal construction site.

As the highest official sent by the Ming Empire to supervise the construction of the canal, even in this desert, he still has a good mansion, although it is relatively simple, and it has to be moved continuously with the construction of the canal.

"Daddy~Daddy~"

As soon as he got home, before his butt was warmed up, a group of little kids ran over in a childish voice, all of which were the result of his sowing seeds here.

Behind these little kids were a dozen or so Egyptian beauties, all of whom looked at Tong Yuan eagerly, and then at the new faces who came back, all of them curled their lips in dissatisfaction.

"Come, hug~kiss~"

Tong Yuan picked up the little kids one by one, couldn't help hugging and kissing them, each one was more likable than the other.

"Okay, kids, go play by yourself~"

After playing with the children for a while, Tong Yuan also waved his hand, and soon a servant took the children away, leaving only Tong Yuan and a dozen concubines of Egyptian beauties.

Tong Yuan already got married when he was a teenager, but he has always had few children. He did not expect to come to Egypt this time for business, but here he will be fruitful.

He was a little afraid of going back to Daming, afraid that he would not know how to explain to his wife after he went back, after all, he had let her stay at home alone for a few years, but he was acting chic and romantic outside.

"What's your name?"

Tong Yuan looked at the Egyptian beauties who came back and asked in Arabic.

In the few years here, Tong Yuan has also learned Arabic.

"My name is Umm~"

"My name is Dalia~"

"My name is Sara~"

The three Egyptian beauties were very anxious at this moment, not knowing how the lord of the Ming Empire would treat them, they all lowered their heads and replied cautiously.

"Well, look up."

Tong Yuan carefully looked at the three beauties in front of him. They were all standard Egyptian beauties, tall and graceful, with fair skin.

The three of them raised their heads slightly when they heard the words, revealing their delicate faces.

Being able to be given to Tong Yuan as a gift by Emperor Kansu II, it is obvious that they are all carefully selected beauties, all of whom are beautiful and attractive.

Tong Yuan was carefully examining his three beauties, but the dozen or so concubines next to him became jealous, pouted dissatisfiedly, and made some noises.

"Hania, the three of them will first learn our Ming language and characters from you, and then teach them the family rules. After entering the Tong family, they will be members of the Tong family and citizens of the Ming Empire. There are certain things that must be known and obeyed."

Tong Yuan turned and said to a concubine.

This concubine named Hania was one of the first beauties sent over by Kansu II, and she was the favorite of Tong Yuan. Therefore, in Egypt, she has always been in charge of family affairs for Tong Yuan.

"Yes, sir~"

Hania hurriedly replied with Da Ming's etiquette and Da Ming's words.

"Well, let's all go down."

Tong Yuan nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and a dozen or so concubines went down knowingly.

After dealing with the affairs at home, Tong Yuan came to his study room, there were some letters on the table, and he read them carefully.

"These Jiangnan gentry are attacking the taxation policy of the teacher again, it is really hateful!"

"In the entire overseas colonies and vassal states, those Jiangnan gentry created the most ridiculous things."

"Jiangnan United Commercial Bank's colony on the African side actually told those Kunlun slaves about courtesy, justice, shame, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It's really funny. Not only did it not have the slightest effect, but it also messed up the colony."

"For these alien races, talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality is useless. Only swords, muskets, and cannons can let them know how powerful you are and are willing to surrender to your feet."

"Without the support of a powerful empire, you still want to spread your benevolence and morality overseas? How funny."

Holding the letter in his hand, Tong Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

Look at the huge map of Africa hanging in the study room, the whole of Africa is a vast and vast continent.

Because of Tong Yuan's special status in building the canal in Egypt, he is not only an orderly official sent by the Ming court to be responsible for the construction of the Egyptian canal, but also a student of Liu Jin, and Liu Jin's energy is so huge, if he can catch up with Liu Jin No matter what you do, your relationship with Jin will go much smoother.

Therefore, when Tong Yuan is overseas, people often come to visit him.

A person in charge of a large commercial firm came here hoping to get some business and sales from Tongyuan. You must know that hundreds of thousands of people are building the canal, and the daily food consumption alone is a huge amount, not to mention, there are other Every aspect of expenses, these are businesses.

People from feudal states and colonies came to visit, hoping to do some business and at the same time see if they could get on the big tree of Liu Jin and get something they wanted from Liu Jin.

Therefore, Tong Yuan knows very well about the situation in Africa, even Tianzhu, Nanyang, Europe, and West Asia, especially the situation in Africa, Tong Yuan is the clearest.

The recent major events in Ming Dynasty mentioned in the letter made Tong Yuan think of the performance of those Jiangnan gentry overseas.

The Ming Dynasty's overseas colonial activities developed extremely rapidly, and the original vassal kings went to sea to establish vassal states overseas one after another, and lived a happy life like a local emperor.

A large number of powerful families and the like also united and came overseas together, and established a large number of colonies overseas.

Most of these vassal states and colonies have developed very well overseas, quickly gained a foothold, and then expanded rapidly. Up to now, the entire east coast of Africa has been carve up cleanly, and the entire Tianzhu has also been taken over by the vassal state. , The colony is divided up.

Powerful vassal states such as Ning State and Chu State occupy a huge area, rule a large population, and are powerful. There are also some colonies, such as the Western United Commercial Bank and the South African United Commercial Bank. There are many, and a relatively complete colonial system with the governor system as the core has also been implemented.

There are many large and small vassal states and colonies, there are hundreds of them, the big ones are very large, and the small ones are very small. Ten thousand.

In addition, the systems implemented by these vassal states and colonies also have their own advantages and disadvantages. Among them, most of the vassal states refer to the system of Ming Dynasty, set up provinces, and implement a centralized system.

As for the colonies, most of them still implement family rule, but large-scale colonies are now starting to consume the Western United Commercial Bank and the South African United Commercial Bank, and implement a democratic governor system similar to later generations.

At the same time, in terms of foreign races, most of them are similar with minor differences, with Ming immigrants as the core. For this reason, Ningguo and other Tianzhu vassal states and colonies have created an extremely complicated caste system to consolidate their rule, emphasizing the nobility and status of Ming people. .

But among the many vassal states and colonies, there are also some strange things.

Like the state of Chu in East Africa, the country was founded on Buddhism, and it hyped up and supported Buddhism. It required all people in Chu to believe in Buddhism, and even the local aborigines must also believe in Buddhism, so that Chu has now become the New West Paradise among many eminent monks. The Buddhist country has attracted many eminent monks from all over the world to spread Buddhism.

Of course, this country of Chu promoted Buddhism only because the King of Chu believed in Buddhism, but in terms of treating foreigners, it was still similar to other feudal states and colonies.

But the colony of Jiangnan United Commercial Bank in East Africa is very funny.

Under the leadership of a group of sour and rotten Confucians, they felt that they should teach these Kunlun slaves Confucian benevolence, morality, propriety, righteousness, honesty, etc., and they felt that there should be no distinctions, and they should be treated equally.

As a result, some nondescript Kunlun slaves were taught. At the same time, those Kunlun slaves in the colony of the Jiangnan United Commercial Bank were even lazier, clamoring for them every day.

They clamored for food when they were not eating, and asked for food and clothing when they were full. The key point was that they also asked to participate in the political power and wealth distribution of the Jiangnan United Commercial Bank colony.

As a result, the entire colony of the Jiangnan United Commercial Bank was in a mess. Not only did it fail to bring benefits to shareholders, but it also made a joke.

Anger is anger, and after seeing the results of the subsequent processing, Tong Yuan suddenly felt extremely refreshed.

These gentry in the south of the Yangtze River should be severely repaired.

"The colonies in East Africa are all expanding inland. Although my teacher's South African United Trading Company occupies a large enough territory, the population is still too small. Up to now, only less than [-] Han Chinese have immigrated there. I think If we want to develop it, we don’t know the year of the monkey.”

"The Japanese and Koreans have now begun to set foot in West Africa and set up colonies in West Africa. They have conflicts with the Portuguese and Spaniards in Europe. It is estimated that there will definitely be a few fights in the future."

"North Africa is cheaper than Spain and Portugal, and they are almost taking over, but once Kansu II of Egypt becomes stronger, he will definitely have to fight them."

"On the Arabian Peninsula in the east, the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire are still fighting over the Mesopotamia, and no one can do anything to the other."

"The mighty Persian Empire can only expand to the south now, and it is planning to go to West Africa to seize colonies."

Looking at the map, Tong Yuan also thought of the news he had received here recently.

Almost all the territory in the world is occupied by Daming. Now there is only a large piece of virgin land in West Africa that is still unoccupied, and it suddenly becomes fragrant. Everyone wants to eat a piece or two, even Persia The empire intends to join in the fun.

"Li Zhaofan, the son of Mr. Li Ge, Li Dongyang, he didn't go to Africa to grab colonies, but why did he go to the Persian Gulf to join in the fun?"

Soon, when Tong Yuan saw a letter, he was dumbfounded, and quickly looked at the map of the Persian Gulf.

(End of this chapter)