Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1951, Liu Da's daily work
Nanzhou City, Big Island, South Africa.

Liu Da rode his bicycle on the spacious concrete road, breathing the fresh air after the rain.

It belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, and the annual precipitation is very large. After the humid air flow from the Indian Ocean passes through the uplift of the mountains on the island, it forms a large amount of rainfall in the eastern part of the island.

Abundant rainfall, lush vegetation is a typical tropical rainforest climate, and the air is quite good.

The planning of Nanzhou City also fully considered this point and built an extremely complete drainage system. Therefore, the city did not experience any floods due to rain. On the contrary, the abundant rainfall made the city full of birds and flowers everywhere. A large number of flowers and plants are planted in front of the house and on the road.

In the case of abundant sunlight, rainfall, and high heat, the vegetation in the entire Nanzhou City is extremely lush, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and it is extremely beautiful.

"It's been raining a lot. It's been raining for more than two months, and it's been raining for half of the time. Sometimes the sky was clear, but suddenly it rained heavily. It's moody."

Riding a bicycle, Liu Da walked towards the Governor's Mansion.

He is now a clerk in the South African Governor's Mansion, and his main job is to assist the South African Governor in handling some affairs.

It can be said that the position is very important. It is very suitable for young people to practice. They can follow the South African Governor, know the situation in South Africa, and learn to handle various affairs. At the same time, in front of the Governor, as long as they perform well , It will be very easy to promote in the future.

The so-called near-water towers first get the moon, which is the truth.

This is similar to the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty, who often appear beside the emperor, giving lectures, compiling books, serving lectures, writing documents, etc., and promotion is also very easy.

As long as you perform well and get appreciation, promotion can be almost like sitting on a rocket. Just like Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi appreciates him, and he has talent. The speed of promotion is as fast as that of cheating.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Liu Da arrived at his office on time, and began to carefully sort out the work he had to do for the day in advance.

The Governor of South Africa, Du Mingen, usually does not start official work until 9:[-]. At this time, it is estimated that he is still eating breakfast and reading newspapers leisurely.

Before that, Liu Da needed to carefully sort out the documents and prepare for what he was going to do today. Of course, it wasn't what Liu Da himself had to do, but what the Governor of South Africa, Du Mingen, needed to do.

Du Mingen's day is still very easy, and there are not many things to do.

The situation in the South African colony is very good, all aspects are thriving, and almost all the people live in urban areas, which is very conducive to management.

Both industry and agriculture are very developed, and they have gradually got rid of the trend of traditional feudal society, and the system implemented in the South African colony is completely the mature capitalist system of later generations, and it is not the feudal system of Daming at all.

One of the most important points is to rule the country by law, establish the legal system, and run and implement everything according to the law, instead of relying on the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality to govern the country with Daming.

At the same time, the government structure of the South African colony also adopted the system of later generations, instead of copying the Ming system like other colonies and vassal states.

Many colonies and vassal states are the same as the Ming Dynasty. They still implement the official system of the Ming Dynasty. Not only are they graded, but they are also admitted through the imperial examination. Therefore, the imperial examinations in many colonies and vassal states also attract many scholars. join.

Especially in a big feudal state like Ningguo, Ningguo's three-year imperial examination is held very grandly, and every time it can attract a large number of scholars to go to Ningguo, and scholars of Ming Dynasty can directly participate in Ningguo's general examination. It's still very tempting.

The South African colony is different. Officials are recruited through official examinations. The content of the examinations is only a small part of the content of the Four Books and Five Classics. Others are more about current affairs, geography, mathematics, judgments, and history. The civil service examination in China is very extensive, mainly to examine whether you have certain abilities.

In addition, the level setting is also based on the system of later generations, there are no six departments, and there is no such thing as a chief executive.

Instead, there are levels such as town mayor, county mayor, mayor, and governor. Each level is set accordingly. Management system Judiciary, household registration, education, taxation, public security, industrial, agricultural, transportation and urban construction and other affairs.

The power at the top checks and balances each other, while the power at the middle and lower levels is relatively dispersed. This is different from the Ming Dynasty. The power at the top of the Ming Dynasty is very concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and the power is not subject to any checks and balances.

At the same time, at the local level, power is also concentrated in the hands of county magistrates and state capitals. Therefore, the power of county magistrates and state capitals is extremely great, and often there is no way to restrict them.

This can easily lead to corruption. From the emperor to the low-level county magistrates and officials, they are often powerful and lawless. No one can restrain them at all, and it is easy to exploit the people.

From top to bottom, the South African colony pays attention to restriction and balance, power is restricted, and the country is ruled by law. Under such a system, the society is very stable.

Coupled with the well-developed industry and agriculture, good economic level and high income, this society is more stable.

When the Governor of South Africa is here, there are not many things to do every day. It is nothing more than looking around, inspecting, and receiving foreign guests from South Africa.

There are many foreign guests coming to South Africa. People from major colonies, vassal states, Ming vassal states, and other countries and places in the world will come here from time to time to buy arms, food, ships, or find loans from South Africa.

"Are you going to meet with Xingguo Minister Mao Qian and Chu State Prime Minister Master Huiming this morning?"

Liu Da carefully looked at the governor's itinerary handed over by his assistant, his eyes widened slightly.

It’s not a big deal for the Minister of Xingguo Mao Zhi, now there are hundreds of large and small colonies and vassal states, and almost all the princes of Ming Dynasty have come overseas to establish their own vassal states.

These vassal states are strong and weak. The strong ones are like Ning, Chu, and Shu, and the weak ones are like this Xingguo. The land area is small and the population is small. The key is that they are still poor.

But this prime minister from Chu State turned out to be a monk, what Master Huiming, a monk actually became the prime minister, this reminded Liu Da of what he saw and heard when he was in Izumo City in Chu State, for these monks But there is no good impression.

"Liu Da, are you still used to it in Nanzhou City?"

Soon, it was past nine o'clock in the morning, and Du Mingen started to prepare for work. Seeing Liu Da, he also asked with concern.

"Going back to Lord Hou, I'm still used to it. The air here is still very good, and the scenery is also extremely beautiful."

Liu Da smiled and replied that the scenery of the big island in East Africa will be famous all over the world in later generations, and the tourism resources are very good, but the later generations of Madagascar will not be able to manage it at all, and will not be able to develop it.

But the governance of the Ming people is completely different. Roads around the island have now been built on the big island in East Africa, and the beautiful scenery along the way is also displayed in front of the world.

The tropical rainforest climate in the east of the island and the tropical grassland climate in the west, the unique geographical environment and natural environment make people linger and forget to return.

It's just that the population on the island is very concentrated in the towns. Most of the places are uninhabited. There is a lack of human habitation, but it has also become a paradise for animals in disguise. There are many kinds of animals. Complete and huge.

"I'm also worried that you're not used to living here. It's cooler in Beijing and Tianjin, but Nanzhou City is hotter and humid."

When Du Mingen heard this, he immediately laughed.

"It's a bit unaccustomed to not have electricity, and it would be better if there was electricity."

Liu Da said with a smile.

"Electricity, we really have to slow down for this. It is estimated that in a few months, we may have electricity in Nanzhou City."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingen said with a smile.

Then he thought for a while and asked: "You are from the capital, and you have used electric lights before. What do you think about electricity?"

"Returning to Lord Hou, I think electricity will be an important trend in future development. It is a very important energy source. It is not only used for lighting, but also has many uses."

"If our South African colony wants to develop, we must seize the new era of power development and vigorously develop power technology and related industrial manufacturing."

Liu Da thought for a while and replied very seriously.

"Well, that's what your father said too."

Du Mingen and the others nodded in satisfaction.

The latest resolution was passed at the latest general meeting of shareholders. South Africa should vigorously develop power-related technologies and manufacturing to grasp this brand-new electrical era.

For this reason, the South African colony decided to spend 3000 million taels of silver to invest in the electrical field in advance, develop related technologies, research power generation technology, power transmission technology, electric lighting technology, electrical technology, etc., and will invest tens of millions of taels of silver every year in the future To this field, strive to become an important electrical manufacturing powerhouse in the future.

You must know that a light bulb in the capital costs a few taels of silver, and installation of electricity costs dozens of taels of silver. The electricity bill is not cheap, but even with such an expensive charge, the power development in the Beijing-Tianjin area is still very rapid. The business of the firm is booming.

At the same time, some inventions related to electricity are beginning to emerge continuously, such as electric fans, which are one of the most popular products in Beijing and Tianjin in summer.

It can be foreseen that a rapid electric-based era is surging, and whoever can take the lead will gain huge benefits in the future.

The South African colony has always been dominated by manufacturing, so naturally it will not be missed.

(End of this chapter)