Daming Crazy Emperor

Why did the Kingdom of West Africa become a vassal state of the Ming Empire?

At the beginning, many people in the West African Kingdom did not understand this issue, and some tribal chiefs were even somewhat reluctant.

Because they were all afraid that the Ming Empire would rob their land, rob their resources, and even rob people as slaves like those colonial robbers in Europe.

However, they soon figured it out.

The Ming Empire was not some kind of colonial bandit. Not only did they not rob them of their things, but they even gave them things. After becoming a vassal state of the Ming Empire, the benefits were not too great.

Originally, they were very poor. They had no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and they were so poor that they only had to find food every day.

After becoming a vassal state of the Ming Empire, they would have something to eat immediately!
Moreover, the emperor of the Ming Empire gave them an unknown amount of cloth. They didn't say that every household was full of clothes, at least everyone had several sets of boxer shorts and undershirts.

This is nothing, as long as they work hard, they can even eat fish and meat every day.

Originally, they worked very hard, but they were captured by colonial bandits to dig mines. They dared not stop selling them, because if they didn't work hard, they would catch them and beat them to death.

Even if they were starving to death, they wouldn't want to do that kind of work.

Because the colonial robbers not only did not pay wages, but also gave me very little food, and they couldn’t get enough to eat. At least five of the ten who were caught mining would starve to death, and the remaining five would either die of exhaustion or be beaten to death. up!

It's different now.

Their majesty the king also summoned a large number of people to mine, but mining is paid for wages, and every day is full.

It can be said that as long as one person in a family of four or five goes to mine, basically the whole family will not be hungry.

Even those with quick minds and hard work will be screened out to engage in more profitable businesses such as smelting, shipbuilding, and cannon casting.

After making money, they can buy food and food, and many good things that they could not have imagined before.

For example, beautiful porcelain bowls, fragrant soaps, exquisite mirrors, various potions for curing diseases, various sharp knives and so on.

As for those who stayed at home, they were not without work. Their king also allocated land to each household, and officials from the Ming Empire would bring various grains and seeds of melons, fruits and vegetables to teach them how to plant them.

Their lives are becoming more and more hopeful, and the entire West African kingdom is also thriving.

Of course, this is just the appearance they see.

Talents like Zuma and Atlanta knew how good the Ming Empire was to them.

For example, mining.

Originally, they knew how to open gold mines and dig gems, but they basically didn't know about other mineral deposits, and they didn't know what was the use of digging.

After the officials from the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Empire came over, they did not know how many mineral deposits they found.

Gold, silver, copper, and iron are all found, as well as coal mines, high-quality aluminum mines, and even limestone, kaolin, marble, gypsum, and other minerals that they don't know what to use.

There are also gem mines, diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, topaz, garnets, zircons, etc. They don't even know that there are so many kinds of valuable stones.

Moreover, the officials of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty not only looked for ores for them, but also taught them the smelting methods of various ores. They even taught them to build many smelters.

Now they can refine gold, silver, copper, iron and aluminum, and they can even be self-sufficient in cement.

More importantly, the Ming Empire paid for these mineral deposits, whether it was gold, silver, copper, iron, precious stones, or even kaolin and marble, etc., if they could not use them, the Ming Empire would accept them from foreign firms, and the prices were quite fair.

Gold, silver, copper, iron and precious stones are nothing more than that. They really did not expect that soil and stones can be sold for money, and the price is higher than grain and even meat!
This is also the reason why people in the West African kingdom are getting better and better.

Because they can feed tens of millions of people with the income from various mineral deposits alone.

They don't have to worry about food, fish, and meat at all.

The merchant ships of the Daming Western Company kept going back and forth between the Americas and Africa, pulling a boatload of minerals, and then a boatload of food, fish, meat, etc. They didn't have to worry about not having enough food at all.

Of course, these are just the most basic.

The military assistance of the Ming Empire is the most terrifying.

The shipyard and the cannon factory will start work soon.

Black iron knives, gun heads, black iron armor, and even muskets are all being given away as if they don't need money.

The Ming Empire also sent them thousands of experienced generals and schools to train their recruits and help them make suggestions.

Even Taichang sent them ship after ship of horses and chariot parts to help them form cavalry and chariot soldiers!

With such strong assistance from the Ming Empire, the Kingdom of West Africa jumped from a primitive society to a modern society almost instantly, and its national strength even surpassed all countries in continental Europe very quickly.

At least in terms of military strength and infantry combat power, no country in Europe can compare with it, not even Spain, the strongest in Europe.

Zuma was happy, that was smiling from ear to ear every day.

At this moment, Taichang, who was far away in the capital of Western Yin, was frowning deeply, not knowing what to do.

Because the prince Zhu Youxiao sent him a telegram, and next year is the year of the imperial examination, he, the emperor, has to rush back to preside over the palace examination and select talents.

Daming is really short of people right now, especially civil servants.

He has even activated tens of thousands of people, and officials at all levels are still far from enough.

Most of the local officials in Ming's overseas provinces are still juren, and there are no one to send him to the more than 20 newly established vassal states in South America.

He still has to go back to preside over the imperial examination. The Chinese New Year is just over a month away. Even if he leaves immediately, he probably won't be able to make it in time for the exam.

Even if the Monarch rushed back day and night, it would take more than two months!

How to do it?

The prince Zhu Youxiao thought of a way for them, that is to go back by flying dragon battleship.

The problem is that the dragon battleships can't carry many people, and now Africa and Europe are using dragon battleships to transmit information, so he can't get a few dragon battleships at all.

Could it be that he just took a few concubines, princes and princesses and some Jinyiwei back, and left the rest of the Jinyiwei, eunuchs, maids, etc. on the Emperor, and let them go back slowly on the Emperor?
This is really a bit too risky, if there is an accident on the road, it will be troublesome.

Now the huge Ming Empire is supported by him, and the crown prince Zhu Youxiao may be able to defend it, but it is really not reliable to rely on this kid to defeat the European Union and create a brand new world.

Therefore, before he completely defeated the European Continental Union, he must not have any accidents, no matter for himself, for his family, or for Daming, he must not have any accidents.

There is no way, if it is really impossible, then I can only go back slowly on the Emperor. It is better to try and fail to catch up than to take risks.

He was sitting there alone, struggling, when Cao Huachun suddenly walked in and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Xin Wang has come down."

What is this kid doing here? Doesn't this add to the chaos?
When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Xin Wang Zhu Youjian walked in as if he was following Cao Huachun, bowed his hands and said, "Father, my son is ordered to take you back to the palace."

What is this?

I'm not a child, do I need you to pick me up?
Taichang couldn't help laughing and cursing: "You kid took the opportunity to run out to play, right?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youjian said in a serious manner: "Father, my son is really here to take you back to the palace. My son has brought all the newly built flying dragon warships."

The newly built dragon battleship?

Is the dragon battleship approved for armor?
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help getting up with great interest and said, "Go, let's have a look."

After that, he walked out quickly.

As soon as he reached the hanging ladder, he was almost blinded by the battleship opposite.

There is actually a shiny silver battleship parked opposite the Emperor!

Moreover, the size of this battleship is not two thousand materials, but five thousand materials.

Can such a large warship run more than 200 miles for an hour?

He couldn't help asking: "Jian'er, how long did it take you to come here on this warship?"

Zhu Youjian recalled: "Because I wanted to test the performance of the battleship at the beginning, I didn't dare to drive it too fast, and I didn't dare to drive it at night, so it was delayed for a few days.

However, even if it was delayed for a few days at the beginning, it took about a month and a half for Erchen to come here on this warship. "

It took a few days to delay and took a month and a half. Then this battleship must be able to run more than 200 miles in an hour.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but quickly walked down the hanging ladder and looked at it carefully.

This battleship is really beautiful, the entire shell is silver-white, even the water wheel is covered by silver-white aluminum alloy, the bow and even the bottom of the bow are also covered by silver-white aluminum alloy , the entire battleship is like a silver shuttle.

It seems that Zhang Jimeng already knows how to minimize the resistance. This overall streamlined structure can indeed minimize the resistance of water.

However, this color is a bit too exaggerated.

The battleship is so silvery that people can spot it every few miles.

He couldn't help but asked again: "Jian'er, did Bo Gong tell you why you made this battleship shiny silver?"

Zhu Youjian nodded without hesitation and said: "He said, because the waterproof and anti-collision coating has not been developed yet, so we can only keep the original color for the time being.

In the future, when the waterproof and anti-collision paint is developed, this kind of warship will be painted blue and black. "

It turned out to be a paint problem.

The paint applied to metal surfaces is indeed different from the paint brushed on wood.

Because the wood board itself has a certain adsorption capacity, after the paint is applied, it is basically absorbed to the surface of the wood board.

The metal surface basically has no adsorption capacity. If you paint it directly, it will probably be blown away in a few days. When the wind and waves hit, the paint will basically fall off.

It seems that Zhang Jimeng has also considered the actual situation on the battlefield, but there is no suitable paint at the moment, and there is nothing he can do.

Taichang nodded slightly, then walked into the cabin by stepping on the hanging ladder of the silver warship.

Unexpectedly, there are still two palaces in the cabin. Although they are not as big as those on the Emperor, they are basically similar in appearance.

These guys are always flattering him and doing something special.

No way, who called him the emperor.

Taichang took a general look at the layout of the cabin, and then asked: "At this moment, how many dragon warships can the Wubei City Shipyard build in a year?"

Zhu Youjian said without hesitation: "Bo Gong said that he would strive to build fifty armored flying dragon warships in half a year, and he said that it was the kind with two thousand materials.

This kind is used as a flagship, and several ships can be built in a year. "

Already very good.

Taichang asked again: "Then how many [-]-material Flying Dragon battleships did you bring this time?"

Zhu Youjian said quite proudly: "This time, my minister brought fifty armored flying dragon battleships, as well as the 5000 million taels of gold and [-] million taels of silver tickets that my father wanted. "

Alright, fifty Flying Dragon battleships can carry at least 3 to [-] people, which is enough.

It looks like I can go back to Beijing for the New Year.

Taichang nodded slightly, then said to Cao Huachun, "Send someone to call Boya over, I have something to explain."