Capital Datang

In March of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, preparations for the fleet going south to Australia were finally completed. On a certain day with good sea conditions, this fleet consisting entirely of steam ships quietly left Keelung, passing through various places on Luzon and the Spice Islands. The port, after half a month of sailing, finally arrived at the northern tip of Australia in early April, which is where Lu Wan and the others landed in Australia for the first time.

However, compared to the desolation when Lu Wan and the others landed, a city has been built in this area now, and the whole city still follows the traditional Central Plains city style, but because it already belongs to the southern hemisphere, the original Central Plains city faces south like a city. The layout of the building is just reversed, and it becomes a layout of sitting south and facing north. People who come here for the first time may feel a little weird.

The name of this city is Moli City, which is mainly to commemorate that when Lu Wan and the others landed, the Moli tribe living on Sunset Island provided great help to Lu Wan and the others, and after the gold diggers came, The Moli people on the island are also very friendly to these gold diggers. When the Han people were panning for gold here, many people from the Moli tribe acted as guides and taught the Han people to adapt to the environment here. The development of Moli City has made great contributions.

It is also because of the excellent performance of Molibu, and Li Yin wanted to promote that the Han people in Australia came for peace and could coexist peacefully with the local natives, so finally decided to put the Han people in Australia. The first city in Australia was named Moli City to commemorate the friendship between the Han Chinese and the Australian natives.

The news of Li Yin's arrival has already been notified to the city lord of Moli City. The current city lord is named Lu Li, who was born in the Fanyang Lu clan. At the beginning, Li Yin cut off the Fanyang Lu clan's wealth, and they had no choice but to ask Li Yin for help. Yin gave in, and finally Li Yin gave them a way out.The Lu family was introduced to the newly developed Taiwan. Later, with the prosperity of Taiwan, the Lu family shifted its focus from the Tang Dynasty to Taiwan. Many of the Lu family members entered the Qi Palace as officials. This Lu Li is the best among them. One, he became the lord of a city at the age of 40, and his future prospects are limitless.Capital Datang 619

Lu Li knew that Li Yin and Li Ke didn't want to make a fuss this time, and Moli City was only their first stop, and they would leave immediately after the ships were resupplied.Therefore, Lu Li didn't greet them with much fanfare, but just prepared the accommodation, and then brought Li Yin and his party to the city to rest with a few people.

Li Yin sat on the carriage driving towards his residence, but observed the situation outside through the window, and saw a lot of pedestrians on the streets of Moli City.And most of them are Han Chinese, and occasionally you can see some local natives.The Moli tribe has now all moved to live in Moli City, and has begun to receive Sinicization education, especially those children of the Moli tribe, who have learned Chinese since childhood. Except for skin color and appearance, they are almost the same as Han children different.

Also worth mentioning.Not all the local natives that Li Yin met in the city were from the Moli tribe, but a considerable number of natives from other tribes also expressed their respect after seeing the strength of the Han people. The same as the Li family.Become one of the first batch of aliens under Li Zhi's rule in Australia, and as long as they pass a certain Chinese test, they can get the right to enter the Han city.

Although Moli City is the first city established by Li Yin in Australia, it is actually not large in scale.The number of Han people is only about [-], and the number of local natives is just over [-].If it is placed in Taiwan or Datang, I am afraid that even a county is larger than it, but because there are gold mines here, the city looks very rich, and the buildings in the city are also very neat and tidy, and there are patrolling policemen passing by on the streets from time to time. , so that the streets are in good order. From this, it can be seen that Lu Li's governance ability is quite good.

Li Yin poked his head to observe the situation in Moli City for a while, then turned his head and smiled at Lu Li who was sitting beside him: "Lu Li, how is the gold mining in Moli City going now? Those workers who came together will also build a steel factory in Moli City, are you all ready?"

Lu Li, who was in the prime of life, immediately replied: "His Royal Highness, there are 78 gold mines currently being mined in Moli City, of which eleven large gold mines are in the hands of the government, and the rest are privately mined." Among them, there are few large-scale gold mines, most of which are small and medium-sized gold mines, and among these gold mines, most of them are mined by slaves transported from Southeast Asia and eastern Australia. Last year, the annual output has reached two tons, and There is still considerable room for growth.”

Speaking of this, Lu Li paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for the construction of the steel plant, we have already made preparations. Not far from the gold mine in the south of Moli City, a gold mine with amazing reserves was discovered there. rich iron ore, but because of the "government's" manpower problem, we decided to contract the mining of iron ore to private individuals. Now we have signed agreements with several major mine owners, and the other party has also organized slaves to mine. In addition, the iron and steel factory It is also under construction, but there is still a shortage of manpower, these workers can just be added, and it is estimated that it will be put into production by the end of this year at the latest."

Hearing Lu Li's words, Li Yin nodded in satisfaction. With the increasing application of steam engines, especially the promotion of steam ships, Taiwan's demand for steel has skyrocketed. Although several steel factories in South Korea have increased production several times , but still could not meet the demand, so Li Min built several steel bases in Luzon and Linyi in the past few years, but in the end he still had to import some steel from Datang to meet the demand.However, after the Australian steel plant is officially put into production, it should be able to get rid of the demand for Datang Iron and Steel.

Next, Li Yin asked questions about Moli City's agriculture, fishing industry and food processing industry. These three industries are the most important economic pillars of Moli City besides the mining industry, so they are also very popular with Li Yin. It's important, and Lu Li answered them one by one.

That night, Li Yin rested at the residence arranged by Lu Li for them, and at dinner, Li Yin, Li Ke and the others finally ate the Australian giant lobster that they had long admired. It weighs about two kilograms. After cleaning, steam it directly, then cut the carapace and take out the crystal clear shrimp meat inside, and eat it with the prepared sauce. The taste is extremely delicious.

These lobsters are all transported from the east coast of Australia by steamboat. In the past, if you wanted to eat lobster in Moli City, you usually transported them by sailboat. As a result, most of them died on the way. Now it is much faster to use steamboat Being able to transport this lobster alive has also made the price much cheaper. It is even heard that some people are planning to transport this kind of lobster alive to Taiwan, but unfortunately no one has succeeded yet.

Originally, Li Yin planned to leave Moli City on the second day. After all, this is not the core area of ​​Australia. Most of the Han Chinese who migrated to Australia live in the southeast coastal area, where the climate is warm and pleasant, and the precipitation is relatively abundant. A large amount of arable land can be reclaimed, which is the essence of the whole of Australia.

However, Li Ke proposed to visit the gold mine in the south of Moli City, and Gao Yang and Qinghe were also very curious about it, because although they had seen a lot of gold, they never knew how it was mined?

If Li Ke went alone, Li Yin would not object, but Qinghe and the female relatives could not, because as far as he knew, slaves in gold mines were usually naked when mining gold, so in the end Li Yin only Arranged for them to go to the gold smelter and visited the process of smelting gold into gold nuggets.

But when Li Yin and the others returned to the city, a very interesting thing happened.Because it was still early for them to return to the city, so Gao Yang and Qinghe went to Moli City to play together, but unexpectedly encountered someone who was selling dog head gold, and it only cost a thousand guan.

Qinghe and Gao Yang had long heard that someone in Australia had discovered the dog's head gold. In addition, they saw that the dog's head gold sold by the other party had a strange shape, and the appearance was muddy and earthy. There were even several barbarians dressed as businessmen around. He wanted to buy it with money, which made Gao Yang's brain so hot that he bought it at double the price, and even took it back to his residence to show off to Li Yin and Li Ke.

But soon Li Yin discovered that this piece of dog head gold should be a fake. Gao Yang didn't believe it at first, but later he invited a special person to look at it, and the other party was very sure that it must be a fake.

This really made Gao Yang angry, and Lu Li was also alarmed, but his complexion was worse than Gao Yang's. After all, he was in charge here, and now a liar appeared, and he even tricked the princess. It was just slapping him in the face.

So that afternoon, all the official forces of the entire Moli City were dispatched to search the entire Moli City, and they quickly found this group of scammers. And those barbarians who raised the price were his accomplices. They not only helped to act when selling it, but they were also responsible for making fake dog head gold, and they had even deceived three or four people before.Capital Datang 619

Needless to say the fate of this group of crooks, Lu Li sent them all to work as coolies in the gold mine, and Gao Yang got back the money he was cheated of, which made her finally let out a sigh of relief.In addition, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for Li Yin. In newly occupied overseas territories like Australia, the law and order still needs to be strengthened.

After experiencing this incident of counterfeiting, on the third day Li Yin's fleet left Moli City as scheduled, and when it arrived at the Cape York Peninsula in later generations, which is now called the Jianjiao Peninsula by the Han people, there was a small boat named Jianjiao there. The city of Jiaogang stopped for a while, added coal and water, and then bypassed the Jianjiao Peninsula. At this time, what was presented to them was one of the most beautiful scenery in Australia, and it was also a unique scenic spot in the world! (to be continued)

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