Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 347 "Pingwa Matters"

"So the steam engine can really pull vehicles and ships without horses?"

On October [-]th, when Zhu Youxiao's question came from the Hall of Mental Cultivation of Qianqing Palace in the capital, Lu Wenzhao, who was ordered to come to the capital, bowed to his question and replied:
"Long live, it's true, but according to the words of Dr. Wang Zheng and others, although it can be pulled at the moment, there are many disadvantages."

After speaking, Lu Wenzhao explained the working principle of the steam locomotive, as well as the fuel, as well as the current limitations.

He explained it simply, but at Zhu Youxiao's place, he was aroused to be competitive because of his few words.

"As far as I can see, although Wang Zheng and others have researched this steam locomotive, their craftsmanship is not good enough..."

Zhu Youxiao pretended to be profound, but who were Lu Wenzhao and the four eunuchs standing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?

They, who had known the emperor for a long time, had already guessed what Zhu Youxiao would say next.

"Let the Military Armament Academy send the blueprints, and then I will do it myself and help them modify it..."

"really……"

When Zhu Youxiao spoke, everyone couldn't help shaking their heads, but Zhu Youxiao waited for Lu Wenzhao to respond and said "yes".

However, to his surprise, this time Lu Wenzhao did not obey his will, but bowed and said:
"Long live, Your Highness said that all the blueprints of the Military Armament Academy cannot be taken out of the Military Armament City unless they have been researched and perfected and used in the Ming Dynasty."

"Therefore, I cannot obey my orders..."

Lu Wenzhao bowed deeply, but Zhu Youxiao was stunned after hearing this: "Even I can't?"

"Yes..." Lu Wenzhao responded with a look of embarrassment, but quickly explained:
"However, His Highness said that if Long Live wants to see it, you can go to the Armament Academy, or even participate in the research in the Armament Academy, but you must not take the blueprint out."

"Even after returning to Beijing, all blueprints after inspiration need to be burned after the failure is confirmed!"

"That's it..." Zhu Youxiao didn't get angry, but sensed his younger brother's caution.

"Things that can make my brother so cautious should be more important..."

Zhu Youxiao touched his chin, and Lu Wenzhao also explained:

"Your Highness said that once steam locomotives and steamships are able to travel [-] miles per hour, starting from the capital, with sufficient coal and water sources, you can reach Nuergan, [-] miles away, in seven days to the north. .”

"Five days to the west can reach Jiayuguan, nine days can reach Yilibali (Ili), and ten days can reach Samarkand."

"If you go south, you will arrive in Nanjing in [-] days, Guangzhou in [-] days, Lhasa City in Uzang in [-] days, and Champa Mansion in the southernmost part of our dynasty on [-] days."

"If you want to regain the three propaganda and six comforts, it will only take ten days to reach the Xiaoxiyanghai in the southernmost part of Myanmar from the capital, and you can reach the northeastern part of Tianzhu in thirteen days."

"His Royal Highness said that if the railway is built, Long Live only needs to think about traveling between the capital city and the most remote prefectures and counties within a month."

Zhu Youjian never forgot to paint cakes for Zhu Youxiao, and Lu Wenzhao also passed it on honestly.

"It's really so powerful? Isn't that a thousand miles a day?!"

Sure enough, the person who can grasp Zhu Youxiao's lifeline is Zhu Youjian.

"Indeed..." Lu Wenzhao responded honestly, and incidentally mentioned another thing:

"Your Highness also said that if the steam engine ship can achieve this, then it only takes five years for Ming to build a supply point, and Qi can choose to be in the middle of North America and South Asia."

"At that time, it will only take more than ten years for Qi to get on the right track."

"Five years? More than ten years?" Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed when he heard it, and then asked cautiously: "What about Levia?"

"Going to Levia is a little easier. You only need to build supply points on a few islands in the Xiaoxiyang Sea, and then spend three years building supply points along the coast of Levia, and then spend another three to four years. On Tracks."

When Lu Wenzhao heard the words, he immediately reported back, and when Zhu Youxiao heard it, he immediately said righteously:

"That won't work!"

"No?" Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Youxiao, wondering what could be wrong.

From the perspective of the distance alone, it seems that the migration time is shorter, and Levia, which is established more quickly, is better...

"Although they are all barbarian lands, I think North America and South America are bigger. My brother was born rich and noble, and Levia is full of Kunlun slaves. How can I be worthy of my brother?"

"Okay, as far as the matter of the feudal land is concerned, I will make the decision for my younger brother. North Asia Merica and South Asia Merica will be canonized as the Qi State. After the steam engine ship is on track, the Ministry of Households will transfer 1000 million taels of silver to my brother. Just get ready."

"Since he is my younger brother, Qi must have millions of people. Without millions of people, it would be too desolate. My younger brother probably didn't adapt to it in the past."

"This..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Lu Wenzhao was taken aback for a while, and then he frowned and said:
"Long live, even if the imperial court has a steam engine ship that travels thousands of miles a day, it will take two months for ten merchant ships with nine thousand materials to arrive at the destination, and only 5000 people can be relocated at one time, and the fleet can only be relocated three times a year. .”

"Three times is 5000 people?" Zhu Youxiao calculated, and then said indifferently:

"Then arrange 30 ships, so that 20 people can be relocated a year, and ten...20 years after this relocation, my brother will be able to become a feudal clan after [-] years."

"This..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Lu Wenzhao was at a loss for words, and Wang An and the others almost bit their tongues.

Lu Wenzhao explained earlier that the fourth version of the steam engine may take several years or even ten years to complete, and the supply point may take five or six years.

Under the known situation of the shortest ten years and the longest 20 years, Zhu Youxiao actually organized the relocation of the people for 20 years, and then let Zhu Youjian take over...

This is really... really... really a good big brother!
"Long live then, you about the steam engine..." Lu Wenzhao still wanted to save the situation, so he asked Zhu Youxiao to meet Zhu Youjian at the Armament Academy, and the two brothers chatted about the matter of Jiufan, but...

"I don't need to go. I have been dealing with a lot of affairs recently, and the memorials are coming in like snowflakes. I deal with them every day until late at night. Under the busy schedule, it is difficult to find time to go to the Armament Academy."

"The steam engine matter, I believe Wang Zheng and Bi Maokang can solve it themselves."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, completely without the enthusiasm and curiosity he had before, and continued to say after waving:

"By the way, after you go back this time, tell your younger brother to let him take good care of his illness, and leave the memorial to me. If he can't be exhausted, he can rest in the Armament Academy. If he returns to the capital, he can rest in the Prince Qi's mansion. You don't have to come here to find me."

"This...Long live..." Lu Wenzhao was stunned. You must know that Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Youjian when he would return to Beijing when he first arrived, and urged Zhu Youxiao to hurry up.

How long has it been?Face-changing speed is so fast?
"Okay, you can step back and send the news back as soon as possible. I believe that you are not around, and my brother is not used to it. He is currently sick and needs to be taken care of by someone he knows."

Zhu Youxiao started chasing guests, and his attitude changed so quickly that Lu Wenzhao didn't expect it, and Wei Zhongxian was stunned.

"Yes... the minister will leave..."

Facing the emperor's order to drive away guests, Lu Wenzhao could only sigh in his heart, then stood up and saluted, and then slowly exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the inner court.

But as soon as he left, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang An, Wei Zhongxian and the others and said:

"These days the court has announced that it will be suspended for one day. If my younger brother comes to me, he will say that I am busy with government affairs and ask my younger brother to go back and rest."

"By the way!" Zhu Youxiao added: "Send the memorandum or something to the Supervisor of Rites, and you guys will deal with it properly."

"The servants take orders..." Wang An and Wei Zhongxian responded without asking any questions.

Obviously, all of them could see that the emperor just didn't want King Qi to become a vassal, or he didn't want to be so fast.

The shortest period is 30 years, and the longest may be more than 40 years. It is estimated that the emperor's grandsons will be in the feudal domain, and King Qi is still dragged in the capital.

Judging by Zhu Youxiao's current age, it is estimated that the time limit will be approaching after more than 40 years. It can almost be said that Zhu Youjian has not been allowed to leave him for more than a year in his life.

"Alas... 40 years later..." Zhu Youxiao shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"Long live is still a bit unbearable..." Looking at Zhu Youxiao's appearance, Wang An and the others thought silently in their hearts.

But at this time Zhu Youxiao suddenly said surprisingly: "My younger brother will not be in his 40s in [-] years, and I think he can accompany Ran'er for a while before he becomes a fan..."

"..."

After the words were spoken, Wang An and the others all shut up, not knowing what to say.

You have clearly arranged the next 40 years of co-authoring King Qi...

"How many years?!"

On the way back to Beijing from the Military Armament Academy, when the returning convoy encountered Lu Wenzhao on the way back, Zhu Youjian who heard the news suddenly opened the car window, his voice almost breaking.

"A total of migration... 15 years..."

Lu Wenzhao, who was on horseback, said the time limit while hesitating.

This time not only Zhu Youjian, but even Wang Chengen, Wang Kentang, and even Jin Yiwei and Xiao Qiwei, who were driving the guards, subconsciously exclaimed in their hearts.

In an era when premature death and war death were excluded, and the average life expectancy was no more than 65 years old, Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Youjian to stay in Daming at least until he was at least 48 years old, and at most he was in his [-]s.

More than forty years later, it is not certain whether Zhu Youjian is alive or not. Zhu Youxiao is probably on the verge of being buried.

"What did he say?" Zhu Youjian didn't even use the title "brother".

"It's just..." Lu Wenzhao explained Zhu Youxiao's words again, and after listening to his words, Zhu Youjian calmed down a little.

After a while, he snorted lightly and said, "Brother's idea is good, but it doesn't bother me."

After all, he said to Lu Wenzhao:

"How many prisoners are there in Liaodong, North Zhili, Shandong, South Zhili, and Zhejiang this year?"

"There are about 6000 people in the archives of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in August." Lu Wenzhao responded with a bow, and Zhu Youjian also directly ordered:

"Send down the Japanese vassal state as a territory, set up the province of Yingzhou, and Yingzhou will announce the government envoy division, and divide Yingzhou into Kyushu Prefecture, Shikoku Prefecture, and Beizhou Prefecture (Hokkaido)."

"Then the island is divided into three parts, south of Kyoto is set as South Island Prefecture, north of Kyoto and south of Mito is set as Honshu Prefecture, and the area north of Mito is set as Kitashima Prefecture."

"In addition, Feng Yan Siqi will be appointed as the strategy for the Pingwa, and the Governor's Pingwa will be reassigned by the Governor's Office of the Eastern Army..."

Zhu Youjian paused, as if he was thinking of how many troops to transfer.

Judging from the current situation, military pay accounts for one-fifth of Ming's finances. If the remaining six battalions of the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion are transferred to Japan except those stationed in Liaodong, it will save a lot of military pay.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said:

"The Southern Zhili Gongwei Battalion was divided into three battalions and went to Zhejiang, and then the third battalion was recruited from Shandong to participate in training in Zhejiang. The sixth battalion originally stationed in Zhejiang was transferred to Yingzhou to help Yan Siqi fight against the Japanese."

"Yes!" Lu Wenzhao received the order. He obviously already knew Zhu Youjian's idea, that is to take Japan while researching the fourth version of the steam engine, so that the research time and the construction of the supply point overlap, which can shorten several years time.

However, he still underestimated his highness, because Zhu Youjian thought far more than him.

After he received the order, Zhu Youjian continued to order:

"Move the prisoners to Kyushu, and then recruit people from the disaster-stricken provinces in the north to move to Yingzhou, from Kyushu to Shikoku, and then gradually go north."

"The common people who moved to Yingzhou Mansion will each have [-] acres of land, let Yan Siqi make good arrangements."

"Tell Yan Siqi again that after the war against Japan, immediately send the rebels from the north to Beizhou Prefecture and the four islands in the north of Beizhou Prefecture to reclaim fields and build market towns."

"In five years at the latest, I want to see results in these places."

"The humble official took the order, so I'll send someone to tell Yan Siqi." Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao also knew that his highness had put down the "fundamental money".

The six battalions of soldiers and horses, and the strategy of Pingwa, these two benefits fell on Yan Siqi's head, plus the six battalions of soldiers and horses in his hands right now, that would be more than [-] people in the twelve battalions.

According to the configuration of the Ming army, the twelve battalions had a total of twelve artillery posts, that is, 120 ten-jin cannons and six hundred five-jin cannons.

Although this kind of firepower is only 3 people, it is enough to be 30 Japanese pirates.

Li Rusong only had 6000 members of his family to be able to fight left and right among [-] Japanese pirates. At present, more than [-] members of the Ming army at the rank of Ding are going to fight. Lu Wenzhao has even thought about the end of next year, when Japan will become Yingzhou.

Therefore, after Lu Wenzhao bowed, he began to arrange for people to pass the news, and then got off the horse in Zhu Youjian's carriage.

After he boarded the car, the convoy continued to head towards the capital, and the distance was less than fifty miles.

After he got in the car, Zhu Youjian was already bowing his head to write a new handwriting, and the title of the handwriting was "Pingwo Matters".

Obviously, he was not at ease with Yan Siqi's pacification of the Japanese, but wanted to formulate his own strategy of pacification of the Japanese and post-war governance for Yan Siqi to implement.

Lu Wenzhao sat next to Wang Chengen, and the one-foot-long, one-foot-high, and one-foot-wide carriage was easily pulled by five horses. Wang Chengen was processing the documents of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Lu Wenzhao also started to deal with the Jinyiwei.

The three of them dealt with the matter together, and after being quiet for a long time, they finally announced the end with Zhu Youjian's stop writing.

Zhu Youjian's "Pingwo Incident", which took half an hour to write, has a full [-] words, and it is still written in classical Chinese. If it is to be translated into vernacular, it may be able to translate tens of thousands of words.

In "Pingwo Matters", Zhu Youjian mainly told Yan Siqi how to attack the shogunate, how to take the current marching route, which routes are auxiliary soldiers, and which routes are the main attack.

After the beating, Zhu Youjian told Yan Siqi how to manage it.

First of all, as in the south, all the daimyo, generals, samurai, and civilian husbands who have ties to the shogunate should be arrested, and then these people should be thrown to the northern state capital and the four northern islands to reclaim fields.

After these old aristocratic forces were suppressed, Daming would have enough land to supply immigrants.

Although the shogunate is small, it also has more than [-] million mu of arable land.

Right now, through the chaos of war and the withdrawal of the old aristocratic forces, only 2000 million of the 500 million population will be left, but nearly 2000 million mu of land can be reclaimed.

According to the standard of [-] mu per capita, Daming could relocate millions of people to the shogunate, but the relocation objects must be a large number of lonely and widowed men.

Men represent cultural symbols. Even if Ming Dynasty is powerful, as long as women from Ming Dynasty marry men from other countries, the next generation will inevitably follow the man's culture.

Similarly, when women from other countries marry Ming men, it will gradually become the cultural custom of Ming Dynasty.

The cultural gains from relocating a million men are greater than those of relocating two million men and women.

As for the reclamation of Beizhou Capital, it is to prepare for the feudal clan and the relocation of the people.

The land of Beizhou Prefecture has been reclaimed more than 1000 million mu of arable land in later generations. As long as Yan Siqi does what Zhu Youjian said, the 300 million old aristocratic forces of the shogunate can reclaim 500 million mu of arable land.

Not only the Beizhou capital, but also the four northern islands to the north of the Beizhou capital.

As long as market towns are built on all four islands, half of the migration problem will be solved.

The reason for saying one-half is because it is currently impossible for Qi to directly go to Central America to establish a feudal land.

A very real problem lay before Ming Ming's eyes. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, America was still under the rule of European colonists and Indians.

The current number of Europeans in North and South America is about 50, of which nearly half are Spaniards, and the local population of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and other countries is close to 25.

From when Columbus set foot on the New World to when the Spaniards established Havana and took control of Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, Spain has always been the largest force among American invaders.

20 years before Wanli, the Spaniards had a rough grasp of Central America and the Caribbean.

In other words, the American land that Zhu Youjian wanted is actually currently under the control of the Spaniards, and among the 25 Spaniards, they have an army and militia that account for about [-].

It is impossible for Ming Dynasty to fight Spain across the Pacific Ocean, so it is necessary to establish a gathering place of at least 10 people before going south.

Zhu Youjian chose the location of this gathering place in the area of ​​San Francisco and Los Angeles in later generations, because the land here is enough to be cultivated to feed millions of Qi people.

However, it should also be noted that in Zhu Youjian's plan to win North and South America, he will inevitably have conflicts with other countries such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands.

Compared with Spain's huge global imperial power, although their colonies in the Americas were much smaller and mainly engaged in small business activities such as fur trade, they failed to attract a large number of immigrants from their own countries.

But over time, and with the end of the Thirty Years War, Europe would migrate millions of people to the Americas within a few decades.

Therefore, what Zhu Youjian has to do is to drive them out first before they move.

To achieve this level, cities need to be built along the coasts of North and South America. Even if a city has only 1 people, it can support thousands of troops with the steam engine of the fourth edition.

With Daming's power bank supplying power at the back, even if Qi's military expenditure exceeds the standard, there will be no problem.

What Qi needs to care about is the food issue, and this issue involves the issue of reclaiming the fields.

The prisoners of the shogunate will be the biggest "reclamation machine" before the steam engine acts on agriculture.

Northern State Capital - Four Northern Islands - Survey Peninsula - Anchorage - Vancouver - San Francisco - Los Angeles - San Diego...

As long as a market town is established in each of these places and a large amount of coal is stored, the number of people that Ming can send to Qi every year will not be less than 30.

If Zhu Youjian let Daming, an industrial machine, try its best to release its production capacity and launch thousands of wooden steamships every year, then the transportation volume could be doubled several times.

After all, even Spain, a country with a population of just over 600 million in the last century, was able to transport 25 natives and hundreds of thousands of black slaves to the Americas within a few decades. There was no reason why Daming, who used a steam engine ship, would be inferior to what he transported.

Guaranteeing the transfer of 50 people every year, it only takes ten years to create a Qi country with a population of 500 million in the Americas.

The population of Qi State only needs to reach 100 million, and Zhu Youjian can send people to the Americas to carry out expulsion wars against other countries and defend the territory of Qi State.

In other words, Yan Siqi's task is actually very heavy.

He needs to wipe out the shogunate within five years, and then establish a supply town from the northern state capital to San Diego within eight years.

Eight years later, it will be the 16th year of Apocalypse, [-] AD, and the drought will take another six years to end.

Under the condition of ensuring that the annual migration population of the feudal clans does not exceed 50, and ensuring that the Qi State migrates 50 people each year, the tens of millions of disaster victims in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty will be perfectly digested.

When the Little Ice River drought is over, the population of Ming Dynasty may not have exceeded 2000 million, but the population of overseas vassal states can definitely exceed [-] million.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian finally added a time limit to "Pingwo Matters", and told Yan Siqi in a note that he needed to see results within a few years.

Whether Yan Siqi would betray this point, Zhu Youjian never thought about it.

First of all, Yan Siqi has no capital to betray, because among his men, except for one battalion of soldiers and horses who are his old subordinates, the other eleven battalions are soldiers and horses of Daming, and their parents and family members are all in Daming.

Secondly, without the supply of Ming Dynasty, it is simply a fantasy to want to conquer the entire shogunate and manage a country with more than 3 million people with only 2000 people.

There is not so much saltpeter in Japan to supply these 3 people. Yan Siqi really wants to separate the regime. Without Zhu Youjian's action, he will fail in internal friction within ten years.

As for betrayal in the Americas, it is even more impossible. Even if Zheng Zhilong took advantage of Fujian, it took more than [-] years in history to make Ryukyu barely self-sufficient.

Taking millions of Japanese slaves to the Americas to open up land, without the supply from Ming Dynasty, half of them would die in the first year.

"Give the letter to Yan Siqi, and let him do what it says."

Zhu Youjian handed the letter to Lu Wenzhao without pressure, and watched Lu Wenzhao get off the car.

After he got out of the car, Zhu Youjian also opened the car window, glanced at the land of Yanzhao that had started to snow, then exhaled a mouthful of white mist, and murmured:
"Next, I seem to be paying attention to the old feudal war, and by the way, I'm going to deal with a group of corrupt officials..."

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