Borrow the day to change the day

"Good question, you can rest assured about this matter." Wen Tiren first gave them a word of comfort, and then explained: "The imperial court has decided to build a large supply point along the coast of the North American route to ensure that ships heading to North America can get supplies. That way, the number of people lost en route will be minimized."

At this time, the servant on the side of the screen used a thin stick to mark some pre-circled red circles on the world map to indicate that these places would be the large supply points that Shoufu mentioned.

The setting of these supply points is based on Li Wei's proposal, and it is set as such for the time being. The official start of work will not start until the imperial court will send a special person to verify it later.

However, the route proposed by Li Wei happened to coincide with the route from Vladivostok to the Arctic Ocean in later Russia, and those supply points were basically large ports in later Russia.

Of course, because of the difference in the speed and endurance of ships in the present and later generations, there are more supply points than the large ports in Russia in later generations.

"Building large supply points in so many places, I'm afraid many people will die?" Prince Fu asked suspiciously.

It can't be blamed that he has such doubts, even a normal person can see that the amount of work will definitely not be small.If more people are going to die, it is a question of whether the court can afford it. Don't stop working halfway or reduce the construction of large supply points if you can't bear it halfway.

"You don't need to worry about this. The imperial court is about to abolish all kinds of death sentences. All criminals will be exiled to these places to build large supply points. When will it be completed and when will they regain their freedom." Wen Tiren replied.

"Is this enough?" Another clan still had doubts.

Although this would be a chance for those criminals to atone for their sins and start over again, what he was worried about was whether there would be enough people.

"The criminals mentioned by the official will include ordinary offenders, cults, thieves, bandits, and rebels. According to the severity of the crimes committed, we will engage in different supply points and do some light and heavy work of varying degrees. If there are not enough people , then deploy the troops of the various guards to go." Wen Tiren easily answered the clan's question.

At this time, the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs also came out to tell the princes and clans how many criminals there were in Ming Dynasty in recent years, which gave the chief assistant a strong evidence.

With such a large population in Ming Dynasty, there will definitely not be fewer people who commit crimes.What's more, those cults, thieves, bandits, and rebels are all gangs, and they catch a lot of them.

No one expected that not long after this happened, the crime rate in Daming dropped sharply.Thanks to the continuous use of prisoners of war to fill up the number, it was not possible to dispatch too many guard troops.

"Then when will these large supply points be built?" Tang Wang asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, the voice that answered him sounded from the other side, not what Wen Tiren said.

"The construction will definitely be completed as soon as possible. According to preliminary estimates, with the assistance of new building materials such as cement, the construction speed will be much faster than the previous construction speed. The construction of a large-scale supply point that is almost usable will probably not take more than ten years."

The princes and clans followed their reputation and found that the speaker was Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

They have seen the ground paved with cement and the houses built with cement, so they have also inquired about various new building materials such as cement, so they know that what Xu Guangqi said is true.

Tang Wang looked at Xu Guangqi and asked him: "We are in North America, and there are too many things to rebuild. Can we also use this cement?"

Xu Guangqi did not answer, but looked at Emperor Chongzhen.

All the people followed Xu Guangqi's gaze and focused their attention on Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "Everyone can rest assured, after the foreign countries, the cement formula and firing method will be informed to you, and you will be allowed to use cement for free, but only in your own country."

When the princes and clans heard this, they were all overjoyed and thanked them one after another.

In fact, after discussing this decision several times before, it has been decided to provide it to the royal family for free.It's just that the grace to the vassal king's clan must be said by Emperor Chongzhen, so Xu Guangqi didn't answer directly.

Wen Tiren waited for the feudal princes and clans to finish their thanks before continuing: "Are there any questions that I need to answer?"

"Does that mean that we have to wait for these large supply points to be built, in other words, ten years before we can leave for North America?" Zhu Yifan, the son of Prince Leling, frowned slightly and asked.

The reason why he frowned was because it seemed a bit long.

Wen Tiren looked at Zhu Yifan, nodded and said, "Exactly, the matter of feudalism in North America cannot be accomplished overnight. You need to prepare, and the imperial court also needs to prepare. Besides, I wonder if you have discovered anything?"

When all the feudal princes and clan looked at him curiously, Wen Tiren continued: "Everyone in the hall today is under 30 years old, and this is based on the fact that they have been abroad for a long time."

When Wen Tiren said this, the feudal princes and clans looked at each other, and it was true that they were all young people as Shoufu said.

These vassal kings and clans don’t know that, in fact, the reason why the imperial court recruited them under the age of 30 to participate in this conference is not only the reason Wen Tiren said just now, but also because they are young, energetic, and impulsive, and the water chestnuts have not been smoothed , the more ambitious, the more able to accept the feudal overseas policy of the vassal king and clan.

There was a little silence in the hall, and it was King Tang who asked, "North America is so big, but there are many vassal kings in Ming Dynasty. Is there a theory about who that land belongs to?"

"It has been said before that whoever gets it first will get it. The next thing you need to do is to send reliable people to North America to investigate with Li Wei first. One can verify whether the court has lied to you. Second, you can choose a place you like in advance. After you settle down on a large scale, you can go straight to your favorite place to establish a vassal state, saving a lot of time."

When Wen Tiren said this, his mouth was a little dry.Fortunately, according to the plan in advance, what he said was almost the same.

So, he glanced at Zhongxing Hou with his eyes, and sent a signal: I am almost done here, do you have anything to add?

After hearing what Wen Tiren said, those princes and clans felt that it was indeed the truth, and they had to send their cronies to check it out in advance.

They also thought that the imperial court was so focused on considering the overseas affairs for them, it seemed that they sincerely hoped that America would become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the hall fell silent, and the clans of the vassal princes waited for a while, but they didn't find any relatives who wanted to speak. They felt that it was almost done, so they looked at Emperor Chongzhen.It means that this matter is almost done, should the meeting be adjourned and let them go back to prepare.

What the vassal princes and clans did not expect was that the Marquis of Zhongxing started talking again, and only heard him say: "Here, it is necessary to remind all the princes that there is only an Atlantic Ocean between the east of America and Europe. We can reach America, they That's fine too. Therefore, all princes should also make preparations to meet Westerners."

Wen Tiren was a little dizzy, and didn't want Zhong Jinwei to say something, but he told the truth.If these vassal kings and clans were afraid and retreated, wouldn't it be that a lot of my saliva was in vain!