Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 579 Another Fertile Land

The problem of nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall is really difficult to solve. It can be said that all the Central Plains dynasties have had headaches and thought of many solutions.

However, thousands of years have passed, and this problem has not been solved.

This shows how difficult it is to solve the problem of nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall.

Taichang and Sun Chengzong called a group of civil servants and military generals to discuss it several times, but there was still no good solution.

If they can't beat them, they run away, what can you do?
This problem is really a headache.

On this day, Taichang was sitting in the imperial study room staring at the map, frowning and thinking, when there was a sudden transmission from outside: "Your Majesty, Li Zhizao, Mr. Li, please see me."

Li Zhizao?
This person has not appeared in front of his eyes for a long time.

To be precise, Li Zhizao has disappeared for nearly two years.

Of course, this person is not missing, he is in the south to announce the survey and map of the Secretary of the Political Envoy.

Li Zhizao is back, which proves that the map over there should be drawn.

That is also a fertile land, but I don't know if the officials from the Ministry of Industry brought by Song Yingsheng have detected any mineral deposits.

Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't wait to say: "Hurry up, pass it on."

After a while, Li Zhizao walked in with two young eunuchs carrying a long box.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, Taichang pointed to the box that was more than ten feet long and asked, "Is the map drawn?"

Li Zhizao cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "Fortunately, my minister did not disgrace his order. Nan Cheng announced that the map for the Political Commissioner has been drawn."

well.

Taichang looked at the size of the imperial study room, thought for a while, then waved his hand and said: "Zi Ru, go, order someone to carry a few tables to the side hall next to it, and put together a large table that is about ten feet wide."

He remembered that the map of New Jingzhou Mansion was Zhang Xukuan, and Li Zhizao brought a box more than ten feet long, which proved that there were still many Zhang Xukuan maps.

There is not enough space in this imperial study room to unfold the map, so naturally we need to find a bigger place.

Soon, the side hall next to it was arranged.

Taichang greeted Li Zhizao immediately, and ordered two young eunuchs to carry the box with them to the side hall next to them.

Li Zhizao immediately opened the box, took out a scroll, and carefully spread it out on the assembled table.

My God, what a big map.

This is the full picture of Nan Chengxuan's Political Envoy Division.

This picture is drawn with the new Jingzhou Mansion as the center. The upper right corner is the New Yangzhou Mansion, which is larger than the entire Dongyang Chengxuan Political Commissioner. The upper left corner is the British government and other islands belonging to the Nanyang Chengxuan Political Commissioner. The lower right corner He even painted the two big islands of New Zealand in later generations.

This is not much different from the maps of later generations.

Taichang took a closer look, and couldn't help pointing again and again: "Well, very good, the map drawn by the Nancheng Announcement Political Envoy Division is very good, by the way, did Yuan Kong and the others detect any mineral deposits?"

Of course there are.

Li Zhizao took out a scroll from the box as if offering a treasure, and unfolded it on the table.

This is still a map with a width of Zhang Xu, but the new Jingzhou Prefecture is on the map.

This map is more detailed. The rivers, lakes and mountains are all drawn on it, and there are many places marked with words.

Taichang took a closer look and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This new Jingzhou prefecture, which is later Australia, is indeed a rich land.

Several iron mines have been detected near the coastline due west.

A large iron mine was also detected in the south direction.

To the east is a series of coal mines.

Also, gold mines were detected in both the southeast and southwest corners!
From the map, it can be seen that Song Yingsheng and the others have only explored along the coastline, and haven't explored the inland yet.

Still, enough mineral deposits have been detected.

Taichang pointed to the gold mines in the southeast and southwest corners of the map and asked, "Are these two gold mines big?"

Li Zhizao said without hesitation: "They are both very large. At least there are no such large gold mines in Ming Dynasty. According to Yuan Kong's estimation, there is no problem with the annual production of several million taels of gold by these two gold mines."

Very good!
Now Daming is really not short of money.

In the past, barbarians in Europe were like local tyrants, buying and buying non-stop, but now it should be replaced by Daming, and they will buy everything in Europe!

What's in Europe?

It seems that the copper and iron mines in the Spanish colonies are more valuable, and by the way, there are also rubber.

These materials are not too much, but they can buy as much as they can produce in a year!

Seeing Taichang's excited expression, Li Zhizao took out another scroll, unfolded it carefully in front of Taichang, then pointed to a location on the map and said, "Yuan Kong said that this gold mine is the biggest gold mine."

This is near the coastline southwest of New Yangzhou Mansion, which seems to be the coast they arrived at when they first detected New Yangzhou Mansion.

Unexpectedly, there is actually the largest gold mine there!

Taichang really couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

With so many gold mines, Daming is so rich!
Seeing that Taichang was in a good mood, Li Zhizao quickly took the opportunity to ask: "Yuan Kongtuo Weichen asked the emperor, should the new Yangzhou Prefecture and the new Jingzhou Prefecture start mining or planting land or raising cattle and sheep?"

this problem.

Taichang understood as soon as he heard it.

This is a matter of development order.

If the mines were to be opened first, grain and meat would have to be transported from other places.

After all, it would take at least a few million people to develop all these mineral deposits.

Millions of people are worth millions of stone grains a month!

There are also meat and vegetables, how many ships will it take to transport them?

If the land is planted first or cattle and sheep are raised first, then there is no need to transfer grain and meat. It is estimated that the grassland and cultivated land over there will not be a problem to feed tens of millions of people.

The question is, where are all these people coming from?
At this moment, even the old, young, women and children of Dongyang Chengxuan's political envoy are moving to the Western Yindu Islands. Where can he find these millions of people?

Could it be that the local population of Ming Dynasty was moved to the past?

This doesn't seem to work either.

Because a large number of guards have to be moved over there, if a few million more laborers are moved over, there will be no people working in the Ming Dynasty.

This is not beneficial to the development of Daming.

Daming still needs to have enough labor to produce all kinds of things locally, so as to ensure the prosperity of Ming. If all the labor is moved out to develop resources, it will be detrimental to the development of Ming.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly had an idea.

By the way, the nomadic tribes beyond the Great Wall!

They are not too familiar with raising cattle and sheep. This is their old profession for thousands of years.

In other words, as long as the nomadic tribes can be migrated there, the animal husbandry industry can develop instantly.

Moreover, this can also solve the problem of nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall by the way.

All the people have moved to the new Jingzhou mansion, so they can't pose any threat to Daming, right?
As long as the shipping is under control, they won't be able to come back at all.

Moreover, the situation in the new Jingzhou Mansion is not the same as that outside the Great Wall. It is surrounded by the sea, and there are many rivers. The water transportation is very convenient, and the Ming Dynasty can send a large army to guard it.

Didn't the nomadic tribes just bully the Central Plains dynasty for not being able to send troops to guard their territory for a long time?

Now, turn around for you and move you to the new Jingzhou Mansion, which is suitable for the army to garrison, and see what else you can do.

Yes, just do it!

You like to run, don't you?
If you can run, the monk can't run the temple!
Your wives, children, and children are not always cavalry. I will move all your wives, children, and children to the new Yangzhou Prefecture, and see what will happen to you in the end!
(End of this chapter)