Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1024 Aren't you crazy?

While the Duke of Richelieu was running around, Taichang was too busy.

However, he is not busy preparing to attack Europe.

Because it was almost Chinese New Year now, he had to give the soldiers a rest.

This war can't be fought all year round, and it can't be fought non-stop, even the Iron Warriors can't stand it.

More importantly, the African continent has just ended the war, and the internal affairs are still a mess. He can't leave such a big mess to the inexperienced Zuma and Atlanta.

If he pats his butt and leaves, the African continent will soon be plunged into war again.

At the very least, he has to calm down the African continent that has been devastated by colonial bandits, so that hundreds of millions of people here can have enough food.

If the common people here can't get enough to eat, it would be strange if there is no chaos.

This problem is not a small problem. He can easily solve the ration problem of millions or even tens of millions of people. The ration problem of hundreds of millions of people is a headache for him.

Therefore, he simply recruited Xu Ji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Chen Zilong, the left servant of the Ministry of Agriculture.

There are also Zou Weilian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Xia Yunyi, Minister of the Ministry of Commerce. He has summoned thousands of officials to help the development of the West African Kingdom and the East African Kingdom.

However, the situation seems to be worse than he imagined.

In the Cape Verde Islands, in the flagship meeting room, Zuma, Atlante, and a group of ministers and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were summoned together to discuss the development plan of Africa.

Taichang even called Zhu Cihong, the grandson of the emperor, and asked him to sit next to him and listen carefully.

After everyone was seated, he asked directly: "How is it, Qianli, what crops are suitable for planting in Africa, and what is the approximate yield, have you estimated it?"

Xu Ji quickly pointed to the map of Africa and explained: "Your Majesty, there are many factors that affect the growth of crops. Water source, sunshine, temperature, soil quality, terrain, etc. are all important, and the most important one is water source.

There are not many river systems in the African continent, and Wei Chen has already ordered officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to investigate carefully in the Dragon warship.

The water in the Nile River Basin is relatively abundant, but the terrain is a big problem.

The middle and lower reaches of the Nile River basically pass through the desert, and the upper reaches are mostly in the mountains. There are not many places suitable for growing crops in the entire river basin.

And the Congo River, let alone think about it, most of the places are tropical jungles, which are not suitable for growing crops.

The terrain of the Niger River Basin is not bad, but, according to our understanding, it is not very suitable for growing crops.

Because the soil here has too much sand, the temperature is too high, and the water evaporates too quickly. Once the high temperature exceeds a month, the fields will dry out and cracks will appear, and all the crops will be sunburned to death.

There is also the grassland in Central Africa, where there is too little rainfall, and there is a long dry season. In many places, weeds can dry up, and the cultivation of crops is basically a waste of work.

As for North Africa, which is basically a big desert, don't even think about it.

The eastern and southern parts of the African continent are densely covered with mountains and lack water and are not suitable for growing crops.

Wei Chen estimated that, given the current situation, it would be considered pretty good if the food grown could feed half the population of the African continent.

Unless we can vigorously build water conservancy, and send people to test the growth of various crops on the spot, and select the best ones for breeding, we can gradually increase the food production here.

However, this is not something that will have a significant effect in one or two years. Weichen estimates that it will take at least three years for the grain production here to gradually increase. "

Uh, three years!

This means, to provide food rations for 6000 to [-] million people for three years?
How much is that?

Taichang made a little calculation, and couldn't help showing a stern look on his face.

This demand is too exaggerated, he simply can't get so much food.

Seeing this, Zuma quickly suggested: "Your Majesty, if it doesn't work, let everyone survive for another three years, as long as the food produced can survive. Anyway, they are all used to being hungry, and nothing will happen."

What are you talking about?

Taichang shook his head without hesitation and said: "No, as a king, the most important thing is to feed the people under your rule. You can't even fill their stomachs. Why do they support you?"

Well, when I didn't say it.

Zuma quickly shut up.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "Yizhong, how are the fishery resources here?"

Xia Yunyi quickly introduced: "Your Majesty, the fishery resources here are mainly concentrated on the west coast, especially the northwest and southwest seas. There are a lot of fish, but there are not many other places. It is not suitable for large fishing boats to fish at all."

This can only be regarded as barely qualified. It is estimated that even if there is a large amount of fishing, it can solve the food and clothing of millions of people at most, which is not very meaningful.

If it doesn't work, then there are only migrants.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then solemnly said: "Zuma, Atlanta, in the current situation, if you want the people under your rule to not go hungry, you have to migrate a large number of people to America.

There is a lot of arable land and a lot of mineral deposits, but the population is a bit small, and there is a serious shortage of labor.

I can order all the subordinate countries over there to prepare. After you move the population there, you only need to pay the land tax according to the unified tax standard of Ming Dynasty.

In this way, they can obtain a lot of taxes, and you can also solve the problem of food and clothing for the people under your rule. "

Of course Zuma and Atlanta had no objections, they clapped their hands together and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Mingshi, you are responsible for the population migration.

Zuma and Atlanta, you can't be idle either. The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture will teach you to build water conservancy. You can't be lazy. The farmland irrigation system must be repaired within three years.

Also, the officials of the Ministry of Industry will prospect for you. You need to call more people to mine, earn more money, and make life better for the people under your rule, so that they will support you.

As for the governance of the country, you should also listen to the suggestions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and establish the government offices of various ministries and administrative agencies at the county level as soon as possible.

By the way, the soldiers of the Black God Army have worked hard in the past few years. They have brought rare peace to the African continent with their blood donation and sweat. You can't treat them badly.

Those who should be rewarded should be rewarded, and those who should be sealed should be sealed.

Sishou, you help them determine the standards for military merit awards, pensions for casualties, and titles at all levels. "

Hearing this, several people hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang sighed secretly, then waved his hands and said: "Okay, everyone go to work."

Alas, this is the migration of tens of millions of people. Thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle. Even if all the ships from America and Africa are mobilized, it will probably take several months of busy work.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to rush to attack Ou Lu at this time, because Ou Lu has no way to obtain resources, but Daming has inexhaustible resources.

If this development continues, Daming will only become stronger and stronger, and Oulu will definitely become weaker and weaker.

Of course, this matter can't be dragged on for too long. After all, after so many years of fighting in the north and south of Ming Dynasty, everyone wanted to live a peaceful life. Always preparing for war had a great impact on the development of Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps, after the end of the new year, the African side has basically settled down, and then we can start to deal with the European Union.

He hasn't decided to act yet, but the Continental Union has decided to act first.

At this time, in a harbor south of the Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom, representatives of the European Union countries also gathered on a ship and warship.

They are discussing how to deal with the Ming Empire!

As for why they gathered in an undeveloped harbor, that was for the sake of secrecy.

At this moment, there are banks and business houses established by the Ming Empire in the port cities along the coast of Europe, and there must be a lot of eyeliners. They must not go to any port to meet and discuss.

And right now the Dutch have nowhere to go, nearly five thousand sailboats and warships are parked in this huge bay right now.

This time the meeting was presided over by the Duke of Richelieu. Although the old fox likes to deceive people, he has a lot of tricks. When everyone has nothing to do, he can only rely on him to find a way.

The Duke of Richelieu slowly glanced around, and then solemnly said: "I believe everyone knows that the affairs in Africa are controlled by the Ming Empire. Their purpose is to consume our strength, and at the same time, let us have no place to colonize. Not enough resources for development.

This time, we were completely consumed by them with 150 million troops, and our strength was almost reduced by half.

I believe everyone knows what the Ming Empire will do after its conspiracy succeeds. It is estimated that they have already begun to mobilize warships and troops, and prepare to attack Europe. "

Everyone already knows this very well, so there is no need for him to repeat it.

Prince Morozov said anxiously: "Your Excellency, we all know this. You should tell me what to do."

To be honest, Tsarist Russia is the most feared right now, because the army of the Ming Empire has come to their doorstep.

The Ural Mountains and the Ural River are full of cities and walls built by the Ming Empire. They have at least 60 million horses in the east of them, and at this moment they only have a total of more than 20 horses.

Originally, they thought that they could ask the European Union for help if they couldn't do it, but now they really can't, because the European Union can't protect itself.

If the Ming Empire came from the east, he reckoned that the Continental Union would simply ignore them.

Duke Richelieu certainly knew why this guy was in a hurry, but he said calmly: "Of course there is a way, it depends on your willingness to part with it."

There is nothing to be reluctant about at this time.

If the Ming Empire really came over, they would have nothing.

Morozov said without hesitation: "You can do whatever you say. Our Majesty the Tsar has said that as long as the Ming Empire can be defeated, no matter how high the price is."

Everyone nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency the Duke, just tell us what to do. Our King also said that as long as you don't deliberately trick us, we will do our best to deal with the invasion of the Ming Empire."

Why am I cheating on you at this time?

I just have to cheat Wallenstein and the Persian Empire.

Duke Richelieu saw that these people were in a hurry, so he solemnly said: "My solution is actually very simple, that is to launch an attack from the eastern front, and the Ming Empire suffered heavy casualties, making it unable to march further into Europe."

Are you crazy? If people don't come to beat us, it's not bad, but we still take the initiative to beat them?
Is it because you didn't die fast enough?

When Morozov heard this, he couldn't help being dumbfounded and said, "What are we going to fight with?
Are you afraid that you don't know the situation on the Eastern Front?
The Ming Empire has long been guarding against us.

The Ural Mountains and the Ural River are full of cities and walls built by others. Shall we rush up to die? "

Duke Richelieu explained unhurriedly: "Don't worry, I won't let you rush up to seek death.

This time the main attack is Wallenstein's mercenaries and the army of the Persian Empire. We don't need to do anything, we just need to provide some weapons and horses. "

what?
When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded again.

Wallenstein who they can not know?
People will rush forward to be cannon fodder foolishly?
Unless this guy is crazy!
And the Persian Empire, why did they attack the Ming Empire for no reason?
Are people fed up or are they impatient?
Everyone felt that the Duke Richelieu was a little out of his mind.

If there were no lessons learned from the Mughal Empire, the Persian Empire might still be able to flicker.

Now that the Mughal Empire has been destroyed by the Ming Empire, will the Persian Empire listen to them and seek death?

(End of this chapter)