Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 672, you broke your own way
In Liu Jin's house, Liu Jin crossed his legs, thinking about what to do next in his mind.

"The next step is to send a fleet to Australia and open up a route from Australia to the South Golden Continent. This route will not be affected by the weather, and it can also be sailed in winter. There are also many islands along the way, and the safety is also higher."

"If this route is successfully developed, then a north-south route will be formed, and with the Hawaii route in the middle, there will be three routes, and the Pacific Rim route will initially be formed."

"At that time, colonies will be built on this Pacific Rim route. When the colonies come, the entire Pacific Ocean can almost be regarded as my Ming Dynasty's inland sea."

"Tsk tsk, it makes me happy just thinking about it."

Liu Jin happily asked the servant to open a world map, looked at the huge Pacific Ocean, and then looked at the vast Golden Continent and Australia, and immediately felt that he had traveled through time and finally done something.

"The pastures in Australia and South America are one of the best pastures in the world. When the time comes to immigrate there, you can also establish some fixed pastures for future generations, and then immigrate some prairie people there, and you won't have to worry about running out of wool and horses in the future. .”

"Well, here in Nanyang, clean up Annan this year~"

"This Annan is a bit dishonest. If you occupy the north, you will have a foothold on the Indochina Peninsula, and then slowly expand, so that you will not be willing to become our Ming Dynasty's vassal state, and you will not suffer. One Everyone thinks they are right.”

"Tianzhu will establish a colonial stronghold to facilitate the exchange of merchant ships. In a few years in history, Europeans will enter the South Asian subcontinent and the Nanyang region on a large scale."

"Stop them on the Tianzhu side first, and it's best to stop them on the African side. The west coast of Africa belongs to them first, and the east coast belongs to us Daming."

"As for the Golden Continent, there's nothing to say, it must all belong to our Daming."

Looking at the world map, I kept recalling the great maritime events in history.

Da Gama opened up the East India route, after which Europeans began to arrive in places such as Tianzhu and Nanyang continuously, and colonized them all the way.

What I have to do now is to colonize all the way from east to west, and eventually there will inevitably be conflicts in Africa or Tianzhu, competing for colonial strongholds and the like.

"We still have to find a way to fight from land~"

"The Western Regions is a good place. There are cotton, cattle and sheep, and beauties here~"

Soon Liu Jin looked at the Western Regions again, and in his mind, he also remembered the many beauties of the Western Regions that he saw on TV in later generations, and he understood why the ancient emperors liked to be paid tribute to the beauties of the Western Regions.

"Fighting all the way from the Western Regions to Eastern Europe, we will naturally have a connection with Europe. It's just that it's easier to conquer this vast land, but it's very, very difficult to rule here for a long time~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin was obviously in deep thought.

If it's just hitting it down, it's perfectly fine.

The reform of the military system of the Ming army continued to be completed, and the soldiers who were originally low-strength soldiers gradually became farmers, and they went to farm diligently.

The new conscripts are trained every day, and the weapons and equipment are the best in this era, and their combat power is very strong. In Gansu and Shaanxi, the new army has fought against the Wala Zhungeer Department several times, and each time it is very easy They defeated the sturdy prairie people.

The [-] cavalry led by Wang Shouren were even more rampant on the grasslands, and now they are gradually dispatching from Liaodong to the west to prepare for the attack on the Western Regions this year.

The newly trained [-] iron cavalry are trained on the grassland every day, galloping, training cavalry combat, training artillery fire, and waiting for the order of Emperor Hongzhi to kill towards the Western Regions.

Liu Jin feels that there is no problem at all in conquering the Western Regions, the key is how to rule the Western Regions.

The Western Regions is an extremely vast land, not to mention going all the way to Europe. Central Asia is also very huge, with vast grasslands and deserts everywhere.

But this is not the key point. The key point is that there are no Ming people in these places. Even if they are occupied, without a large number of Ming people, it is impossible to rule such a vast place.

What's more, this area was once dominated by grassland people, and many places were still ruled by the descendants of the Golden Family.

"It's hard~"

"At that time, there may be another large-scale immigration~"

"It's just that the Western Regions and Central Asia are the same as Nanyang and Liaodong. It's not easy to immigrate~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin felt troubled.

These places are very important places with vast land and rich resources. Even if they don't have much effect now, they will be a huge wealth for future generations.

"Immigrants must have large-scale immigration~"

"My Ming Dynasty's official population statistics are about [-] million, plus the concealed population, I'm afraid it will easily exceed [-] million. After a while, I will ask Emperor Hongzhi to exempt the population tax, and then find out the population. Come."

"There must be no problem in emigrating millions of people from Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Sichuan provinces."

"There are millions of people living in the Western Regions and Central Asia. If we encourage births at that time, this place will be stable in a hundred years."

Liu Jin looked at Daming, and suddenly felt that Daming's population seemed a little small, and there was a feeling that it was not enough.

This is Nanyang, the Golden Continent, and Australia. They have immigrated everywhere, and it seems that the population is really not enough.

"My lord, the former Minister of the Household Department, Zhou Jing, came to visit~"

At this moment, the housekeeper in the house came and said.

"Zhoujing?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly taken aback. What did he come to see him for?
Is it for Shanxi merchants?

"Please go to the living room~"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin ordered.

In the living room, Zhou Jing brought Fan Hanshi, Wang Wentian and Huang Liwen to visit Liu Jin.

After thinking about it, in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, Liu Jin is the only one who can have such great energy and use this method to block Shanxi merchants.

And Zhou Jing also knew that Liu Jin hated those who broke the rules. Obviously, Fan Hanshi and the others broke the rules and broke Liu Jin's layout, so they were ordered to be banned by Liu Jin.

"Isn't it good to follow the rules and make money?"

"If there are so many things to do, the sky is full of anger and people's resentment, and the people's resentment is boiling. This unfinished matter becomes a big deal. Once the court intervenes, these real estates will be useless in the future. This will cut off everyone's money. , no wonder it will be banned."

After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Jing figured out the root cause of the ban on Shanxi merchants.

They offended not only Liu Jin, but everyone else, cutting off everyone's money, so it's no wonder they weren't banned.

"Duke Zhou~"

Soon, Liu Jin walked over with a smile all over his face.

Seeing Zhou Jing, he quickly said with a smile.

"Liu Gong~"

When Zhou Jing saw Liu Jin, he also solemnly shouted, and Fan Hanshi and Wang Wentian followed suit.

"Duke Zhou, I don't dare to be you, you are still the same as before, just call me a brat~"

Liu Jin hurriedly said in panic, considering Liu Jin's current official position, he can actually be called Mr. Liu, but when he thinks about it, he is only in his twenties, and if he is called like this, he will be old even if he is not old.

"Who are these?"

Then he looked at the three Fan Hanshi he brought over with some doubts.

"This is Fan Hanshi from the Shanxi Fan family, Wang Wentian from the Wang family, and Huang Liwen from the Huang family~"

Zhou Jing quickly introduced it.

"Oh~ I have been waiting for a long time~ I have been waiting for a long time!"

As soon as Liu Jin heard it, he knew it immediately, and it was exactly as he guessed. When he looked at this Shanxi merchant, he immediately laughed.

"Duke Zhou came here today, do you have any advice?"

Don't talk to them, Liu Jin doesn't like these Shanxi merchants, and it's because of Zhou Jing that he doesn't directly sweep the floor and drive people away.

"Liu Jin, their family members now know that they are wrong. I don't know if you can show your hand and let them go. The conditions are easy to say. As long as you say it, they will definitely do it."

Seeing the displeasure on Liu Jin's face, Zhou Jing immediately understood that Liu Jin must have done it.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. If other people were bleeding, they might still have a chance to escape this catastrophe, but it happened to be Liu Jin.

He still knows Liu Jin better.

What this person hates the most are those profiteers.

The grain merchants who had just started, and the salt merchants behind, made Liu Jin miserable.

In the past, the prestigious Anhui merchants and the most powerful families in the past were killed by Liu Jin, especially those salt merchants. Now they are all very honest.

On the one hand, Liu Jin leads people to make money, and on the other hand, he hates those who do anything to make money.

Fan Hanshi and Wang Wentian just broke the rules, and it was too difficult for Liu Jin to let them go.

If he wants money, Liu Jin has plenty of money, if he wants power, he also has power, if he wants fame and reputation, there is nothing worthy of Liu Jin letting them go.

"Duke Zhou, why do I not understand what you are talking about?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhou Jing and said lightly.

"Liu Jin, don't speak dark words in front of Ming people. Now that Shanxi merchants have been blocked by everyone, they also know that they have brought the blame on themselves and are willing to change their ways. Please hold your hands high and let them live!"

Seeing Liu Jin pretending to be confused, Zhou Jing sighed and said bluntly after thinking about it.

"Liu Gong~"

"I have already realized my mistakes, and I also know the many mistakes we have made, and I am willing to take all the responsibilities for this. Please let us go, and we will do all of them."

Fan Hanshi also stood up and said very respectfully.

After Zhou Jing's advice, they finally understood who they had offended, and it was Liu Jin who they offended.

"It's not that I won't give you a way out~"

"You have broken your own path~"

"A gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way. If he does too many things that hurt nature and reason, he will naturally suffer retribution."

"Come here, see off~"

Liu Jin looked at the three of them, said with a sigh, and walked away directly after speaking.

　Do you believe in karma?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)