Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 342 Feng Shui takes turns, Daming buys piglets!
The well-known degenerate literati Lu Shuren once said that happy people are roughly alike, but miserable people are different.

When Thomas Jefferson, the third-generation leader of the Silly Eagle, was secretly grieved for the belonging of Louisiana, the Wenhua Palace in the Forbidden City turned into a sea of ​​joy.

According to the conversion rule that one acre is equal to six mu of land, and one tael of silver is equal to ten yuan of Daming Longyuan, the conversion is about ten yuan to buy six mu of land, plus Zhu Jinsong and Louis XVI deliberately ignored it when buying and selling. The actual area of ​​Louisiana is dropped, and the transaction is simply based on the area of ​​the Fujian chief envoy, so it is basically equal to nothing after rounding.

Zhu Jinsong smiled and said to Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs: "I didn't expect that Jefferson's sand sculpture would use Jianyi as an issue, otherwise I would give him some face, now it's all right. This dog can't lose face."

Zhu Erdan groaned and said: "He has lost face, but our Daming also lost countless generals and lords today - without so many opportunities to make military merits, I am afraid that my younger brother will be blamed .”

Zhu Jinsong glared at Zhu Erdan, and reprimanded: "As the saying goes, one general will be successful, but the military achievements of those generals and lords are not all made by the soldiers of Ming Dynasty? Can you take Louisiana without fighting?" It’s a good thing to get it in your hands, because it saves a lot of sacrifices, rounding it up, we can make a lot of money.”

After reprimanding Zhu Erdan, Zhu Jinsong turned his head and said to Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs: "Although Jefferson's sand sculpture is now convinced, but Louisiana is too close to the silly thief eagle, and the area is equivalent to The two Uszangs are so big, we still need to be prepared."

Zeng Cheng nodded, wanted to say something but held back, and in the end he just clapped his hands together and said, "Yes, I understand."

Zhu Jinsong watched Zeng Cheng first glance at Zhu Erdan and then at himself, and then he was hesitant to speak again, so he smiled and said to Zeng Cheng: "After all, the situation in Louisiana is not the same as that in New Qinzhou. It's different, but Mr. Zeng Ge might as well speak up if he has something to say."

After hesitating for a while, Zeng Cheng bowed honestly and said: "If Your Majesty hadn't turned the table with Jefferson, I would have nothing to worry about. After all, our Daming has a reputation and is strong, and even a fool I can only endure the dissatisfaction in my heart, but His Majesty has already turned the table with Jefferson, and now that Jefferson has lost face, I am worried that he will take the risk because of this and send troops to fight for Louisiana."

After Zeng Cheng's voice fell, Liu Huaiwen couldn't help but frowned: "If too many people are relocated at one time, I'm afraid it will also affect the construction of railways and roads-it's not just a question of whether the treasury has money, but mainly It’s still a labor shortage problem, after all, we can’t leave everything to labor.”

As Zhu Jinsong said before, the area of ​​Louisiana is as big as two Uszangs, but it is too close to the Silly Jaeger-on the side of Europa, only one Louisiana is enough to cover several It's a small country, and if it wants to hold such a large territory and suppress the petty thoughts of the foolish eagle, it must ensure that Daming has enough garrisons in Louisiana, and at the same time, enough people must be relocated there.

However, Daming itself is still in a state of vast land and few people. If millions or even tens of millions of people are relocated to Louisiana, the number of Ding population in Daming will be even rarer.

Even if the Ming court has been calling on the people to work hard to have children, the population will increase sooner or later, but this time is not waiting for anyone - the population will definitely affect the development speed of Daming!

Therefore, Zeng Cheng was not very willing to allocate too many soldiers and people to Zhu Erdan, so as not to affect the development of Daming itself.

But again, without a sufficient number of troops and people, what will Zhu Erdan do to suppress the ambition of the foolish eagle?

If the ambition of the silly thief eagle cannot be suppressed, then Louisiana can have a peaceful life one day?

After all, the problem still lies in the lack of Ding population in Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, one hundred million people will be directly transferred to Louisiana, and hundreds of thousands of troops will be recruited from this one hundred million people. Gotta kneel!

However, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help laughing after listening to the concerns of Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs.

Regardless of Zeng Cheng's concerns or Liu Huaiwen's concerns, the premise is based on the fact that Daming cannot suppress the foolish eagles without relocating enough people.

However, Zeng Cheng and Liu Huaiwen ignored the most fundamental core factor of the problem-does the stupid eagle have the courage to take risks?
Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "I have told you before that the first members of the country of Silly Eagle were robbers, liars, thieves, priests, and craftsmen who were exiled to Yin Dian from England and some countries in Europe. Since the founding of the country, it has been infused with the blood of greed, aggression, and bullying."

"If I didn't turn the table with Jefferson today, I'm afraid he would think that I'm a good talker, and he might really covet Louisiana, but after I turned the table with Jefferson, the foolish eagle would not have this. courage."

When Zhu Jinsong said this, the faces of Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs were filled with the words "unbelievable"—one of the five benevolent people, who is a small pot, can be so ridiculous in nature?

And when Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs doubted their lives, Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "Of course, just flipping the table with Jefferson may not be able to completely deter the foolish eagle."

"Therefore, I plan to move [-] troops there first, and then transfer some warships from the four major naval fleets to form the fifth fleet, stationed directly in Louisiana, and then slowly move the people."

"However, the movements in the first few times can be bigger. Each time, the scale of 10 people will be relocated. After doing this over and over again, the Silly Jailer will completely lose the courage to covet Louisiana."

Zeng Cheng, Liu Huaiwen and other bigwigs are still a little worried.

A [-] army sounds like a lot, but it is simply impossible to rely on a [-] army to fight against the entire Silly Eagle, even if the [-] army can fight it.

After all, Silly Eagle can be regarded as a powerful country and has the advantage of fighting locally, but the [-] army of Ming Dynasty needs the navy to transfer supplies and supplies to ensure its combat effectiveness in cross-sea battles. I'm afraid Zhu Erdan can drink a pot just by relying on crowd tactics.

Thinking of this, Zeng Cheng tentatively said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think that relying on force alone to deter the idiot hawk is not enough. Why don't you lure it with profit and force it with prestige?"

Zhu Jinsong snorted, looked at Zeng Cheng and said, "Maybe Zeng Qing explain it in detail?"

Zeng Cheng cupped his hands and replied: "The so-called coercion with prestige is what I said before, let Jefferson have a good chance to experience the national power and military power of our Ming Dynasty, so that he will be afraid and dare not act rashly."

"The so-called lure for profit is to randomly pick a few worthless items and throw them to the stupid thief eagles, so that they can make some money, and tie them to our Ming's chariot."

"It's best to directly recruit some young adults from the Silly Eagle to work. Whether it is to let them come to our Ming Dynasty or go to work, it is equivalent to taking away the foundation of the Silly Eagle. Even if the Silly Eagle has What should I not have in mind, I am afraid I have to weigh it a little bit?"

Hearing what Zeng Cheng said, Zhu Jinsong suddenly thought of a famous term.

Sell ​​piggies.

This matter also starts with the Qing Dynasty being violently beaten by England.

Of course there is no need to say much about what kind of bird the Qing Dynasty is. Being able to be garrisoned by Niboer Wu Sizang is enough to show how much the Qing Dynasty has lost the chain. After the first drug war, the little broken ball The great powers brazenly plundered laborers from the Qing Dynasty, forced them to sign contracts of prostitution and admitted that they voluntarily went abroad, and then went to Southeast Asia, the Americas and other places to resell them.

When boarding the ship, these captive laborers were forced to take off their shirts like piglets, and the imprints printed in English letters on their chests marked the place where they were to be sent. Therefore, the Heshan area of ​​Guangdong is also called "selling pigs". kid".

Bauhinia was a transit point for the sinful trade of piglets at that time. In the three years from 1845 to 1874, there were as many as 26 Chinese laborers transshipped and sold from Bauhinia.

As a port for the export of Chinese laborers, Bauhinia not only directly profited from it, but also served as a base for coolie trade. It also earned indirect benefits from the installation and repair of ships, and the supply of food and water.

For example, the mezzanine of the transport ship was rebuilt to carry more laborers, and the iron bars on the hatch door were installed to prevent the Chinese workers from resisting and escaping. In addition, the population trade also stimulated the abnormal prosperity of Bauhinia in the early stage.

The ancestors of some wastes who thought they were noble actually played the roles of colonists and compradors, and it was precisely through these blood-and-tears businesses that the first pot of gold was accumulated
In the middle of the nineteenth century, San Francisco discovered gold mines, but the labor force was extremely scarce. Not long after, kangaroos in the South Pacific also discovered gold mines, so a gold rush and a fever for working abroad were instigated by colonial businessmen. stand up.

At that time, revelations about the recruitment of Chinese laborers could be seen everywhere in the southeast coastal area. The conditions on the revelations were very favorable, as if one could get a mountain of gold just by peeling off a piece of revelation. Ragged Chinese workers.

Most of the Chinese workers in this period came from bankrupt civilians, unemployed civilians or fishermen in remote areas, who were deceived or trafficked by intermediary companies such as recruitment agencies, thus leaving them in foreign countries.

They will receive the first installment of advance salary, but this advance salary needs to deduct a referral fee, transportation fee and commission in advance, and then go overseas. Anyway, they are looking for various reasonable or unreasonable reasons to squeeze the advance salary. In essence, it is no different from selling piglets.

These Chinese workers also did the hardest work, but they didn't earn much. Many of them didn't even have the chance to return to their homeland.

For example, piglet workers contracted to work for one year, but the selling price was between 15 yuan, 30 yuan, and [-] yuan.

These honest and poor Chinese laborers squeezed into the dirty and small cabins with the dream of getting rich. They "sit side by side cross-legged during the day, and sleep with their legs crossed at night."

Under very harsh conditions, sometimes it takes several months to sail. The captain and foreign crew are equipped with weapons. They were buried in the deep sea before reaching their destination, and sometimes the death rate of Chinese laborers on the way was as high as 50.00%.

Even when they reach their destination, they are still working hard like slaves, often without enough food.Poor and ill, he died as a guest in a foreign land.

By the way, it is the famous 72 martyrs in Huanghuagang, 29 of whom are Chinese laborers from Nanyang.

So, Zhu Jinsong counted what the barbarians did, and I, Zhu, naturally did the same. They can recruit the people in the Central Plains to sell piglets, and I, Da Ming, can also recruit those young and strong people from Europa to sell piglets.

After thinking about it, Zhu Jinsong simply told Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs about all the things about buying and selling piglets, and then asked Zeng Qing and other bigwigs to come up with a more complete solution.

And Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs really lived up to Zhu Jinsong's trust, and directly proposed a package plan.

For example, first recruit a group of laborers on Europa through Pierre, Howard and others, and then let these laborers earn some money and then return to Europa. benefits to attract more labor.

The second stage is the closing stage.

At this stage, Daming will arrange Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies in Europa and Silly Eagle to support a group of "foreign compradors", and then let these compradors specialize in the business of buying and selling piglets.

Then there is the third stage, which is the whitewashing stage.

Daming, after all, is the beacon of the little broken ball, the hope of mankind, so naturally we can't let things like buying and selling piglets tarnish Daming's image.

Therefore, at this stage, Daming will improve the treatment of the workers, assuming that those workers can survive to this stage, and at the same time work hard to combat the recruitment of illegal workers, assuming that the foreign compradors of Europa and Silly Eagle can be eliminated.

After this set of procedures is completed, the railway network and road network that Daming needs to build are basically completed. It doesn't matter if there are still some unfinished ones, because the population of Daming should also increase.

In other words, Daming no longer needs these laborers.

As for the labor's hard-earned money...

Does this have anything to do with Daming?Anyway, Daming didn't earn any black-hearted money, it was all earned by those foreign compradors, so if you have the ability, go to those foreign compradors!
Thinking of this, Zhu Jinsong simply asked someone to find a map of the Silly Javelin, pointed to a certain point on the map and said, "Here, let this be the piggy transfer center."

(End of this chapter)