The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 479: The vassal states are crying out for food
In March, the capital city is already filled with blossoms and the ice and snow in Liaodong are gradually melting.

Nurgandusi shouldn't be very cold at this time.

However, Wanli was not in a hurry to go there.

Because he still had to wait for Li Guozhu's fleet to return.

They have marked out a vast territory of 400 miles in width on the west coast of America, and are preparing to develop it.

More importantly, Li Guozhu will bring back a large amount of raw rubber this time.

Rubber is crucial to the development of steam engines, so he must wait here.

It just so happens that raising pigs is also very important for improving the quality of the Nurgan Dusi garrison and even for the future development of the Nurgan Dusi. He doesn't have to sit and wait. He can raise pigs when he has nothing to do.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, he brought the emperor's second son Zhu Changxu to the pigpen in the North Training Ground.

Most people's pig pens are somewhat smelly and very dirty, with all kinds of indescribable things on the ground and on the pigs.

The Royal Pigsty was different.

Yongnianbo Wang Wei specially paved the pigpen with stone slabs, and they were slightly sloped. As long as you flush it with water, all the dirt can be washed away.

They even rinse the pigs with warm water every day, and change the hay in the pig pens every day.

Therefore, the pigs they raise are all white and there is not much peculiar smell in the pigpen.

These pigs grow very fast. In less than four months, some of them weigh almost 200 kilograms.

Zhu Changxu looked at the plump pigs in the pigpen and couldn't help rubbing his hands and said, "Father, are these pigs ready to be slaughtered?

How about we kill one and try it out? I haven't eaten any pigs I've raised myself yet."

You kid, you only know how to eat!

Wanli shook his head slightly and said, "The pigs are growing fat right now. Some are growing faster than two kilograms a day.

It would be a pity to slaughter it now. We have to wait and see when the pig stops gaining weight.

Don't just think about eating, you've learned how to mix feed, right?"

Zhu Changxu nodded repeatedly and said, "I have learned it. I have memorized the matching."

This is not the final ratio.

Wanli shook his head again, then taught carefully: "I just tried it based on the existing raw materials.

These can all be bought in the capital, and they may be different from those in Nurgandusi.

You have to base it on the types of food available there.

You can try using whatever crops are best grown there as your main ingredient. This way you can save on transportation costs, right? "

While they were talking, the dark-skinned Li Guozhu came quickly, bowed and said, "This humble general pays homage to His Majesty."

You are finally back.

Wanli nodded slightly and asked impatiently, "Guozhu, did you bring back the raw rubber?"

Li Guozhu nodded repeatedly and said, "I asked the soldiers of the vassal states to help collect 10,000 barrels and brought them back."

The reason why the raw rubber is also packed in barrels is because there are no processing methods there.

They were still using gum, which solidified when they pulled it back.

So he asked Li Guozhu to pack it directly into wooden barrels with lids, each barrel weighing about 100 kilograms.

In other words, Li Guozhu brought back one million kilograms this time.

Wanli nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good. Where is the raw rubber now?"

Li Guozhu said without hesitation: "They are unloading at the dock outside Miyun County."

Upon hearing this, Wanli immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's go and take a look."

After saying that, he led everyone to the dock southwest of Miyun County.

At this moment, the imperial guards were carrying wooden barrels and sacks to unload goods at the dock.

Wanli walked up to a wooden barrel and ordered his men to pry open the nailed lid and take a look. He was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, the raw rubber is still milky white.

But the smell is fine, that's the smell.

The smell was actually very strange and a bit unpleasant. If you had never smelled it before, it would be a bit unbearable. Zhu Changxu, who came closer, couldn't help but raise his hand and pinch his nose.

Wanli raised his hand and poked it.

That should be it, it’s this thing.

As for how it is processed into rubber, it seems to be vulcanization.

You can try this slowly.

He nodded slightly, then looked up at the soldiers who were carrying sacks.

There seem to be more sacks than barrels!

He couldn't help but ask, "Kunisuke, what's in the sack?"

Li Guozhu quickly explained, "These are the corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes that Dongfan planted last year."

what?
It’s grown now!

Wanli was quite surprised and said, "Wasn't it almost late autumn when they went there? Could they have planted then?"

Li Guozhu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, it's not very cold in Dongfan all year round, and there is plenty of rain, which is very suitable for growing these. When they went there, the rice in Dongfan had just been harvested, so they planted sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn to try.

Unexpectedly, the output is quite high.

Corn yields per mu have exceeded three dan, and potato and sweet potato yields have exceeded 1,000 jin per mu."

This output doesn’t seem too high, does it?

Wanli pondered, "Have you ever asked them if the output can be higher?"

Li Guozhu nodded repeatedly and said, "They all said yes, because they planted it hastily last year and at the wrong time. They plan to plant it in April or May this year when the season is right, so the yield will definitely be higher."

That's good.

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Well, let the soldiers of the Beijing Camp take these and try to plant them in the capital. You can have them cultivate more for seeds. Next year we will try to plant various crops in the Nurgan District."

After saying this, he lowered his head and began to ponder the raw rubber in the barrel.

Why are you staring at this weird thing?

Seeing this, Li Guozhu said with a stiff upper lip, "Your Majesty, I have brought back the map of America."

Oh, this guy used to help others build their country.

Upon hearing this, Wanli said with great interest: "Where is it? Bring it to me and see it."

You are indeed interested in this.

Upon hearing this, Li Guozhu hurriedly ran to the unloaded ship and took out a scroll and asked the imperial guards to help unfold it in front of Wanli.

Wanli took a closer look and couldn't help but wonder, "Why is the east side still empty? Has it been occupied by colonial bandits?"

no.

Li Guozhu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, the officials that Lord Zhu has brought with him are far from enough.

He originally thought that there were not many people there and there was no need to build many vassal states.

Who knows, there are still a lot of people over there, and there are many vassal states to build. He probably hasn't finished his work yet."

These colonial bandits are killing people!
Upon hearing this, Wanli couldn't help but frowned slightly.

He was deceived by the history recorded by colonial bandits.

Because according to the records of colonial bandits, there were only a few million Indians in North America at that time.

If that's all, then there's really no need to build many vassal states.

The population of the vassal state does not need to be too large, but there must be hundreds of thousands of people per state, otherwise it would be a bit of a hassle.

Originally, he thought that establishing twenty vassal states was too many, so he let Zhu Guozuo bring so many officials with him.

Who knew it wasn't enough?

There are now more than twenty vassal states marked on the map.

These colonial bandits probably killed too many local people, so they deliberately tampered with historical materials to deceive people.

In later generations, the Indians in North America were slaughtered by the colonial bandits until only a few hundred thousand were left. So these guys changed the number to only a few million to mislead others and make them think that they did not slaughter that many.

In fact, he should have thought of it long ago. The territory of the Inca Empire did not even account for 10% of the size of the entire Americas. That country had a population of more than 6 million. How could North America have a population of only a few million?
Those six million or so figures are probably tampered with by colonial bandits!

Wanli thought for a moment, then asked, "Approximately how many people are in the vassal states they have established? Which is the largest vassal state now, and how many people does it have?"

Li Guozhu pointed at the map and said, "The more than 30 vassal states they have established now probably have a population of 20 million.

The largest of these is the Apache Kingdom in the south, whose population is nearly a million."

Apache Kingdom!
Wanli stared at the map and then asked, "Does their territory border the Viceroyalty of New Spain?"

Li Guozhu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, most of the southern part of the Apache Kingdom borders the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Their kings all said they would gather an army of 100,000 to retake their land and rescue their compatriots.

The problem is, they only have people but no weapons.

Your Majesty, these thirty-odd vassal states can probably muster at least a million troops. Do we have enough weapons to give them?"

For them, making cold weapons is nothing.

The problem is that he was deceived by the fake historical materials of those colonial bandits.

He ordered people to prepare 500,000 sets of cold weapons, thinking that this was enough.

Who knows, it's not enough at all!
Wanli said with some embarrassment: "I have prepared 500,000 sets for them, you take them first this time.

I'll order more to be made, and you can tell me how many they'll need. I'll give them as many cold weapons as they have in total."

Li Guozhu nodded and said carefully, "Your Majesty, they all hope that we can send more civil servants over.

Because our civil servants will not only help them build a country and set up a small court, but will also teach them the official language of the Ming Dynasty, teach them to build cities, teach them to build bridges and roads, teach them to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, teach them to develop water conservancy projects, and so on.

They all feel that these civil servants are of great help to them, so they want us to send as many as possible."

Zhu Guozuo probably brought with him carefully selected capable officials.

How could there be so many capable officials in the Ming Dynasty?

However, it is a good thing that the Indian vassal states want the Ming Dynasty to send more civil servants there, as this will be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty's future control over them.

Wanli nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the study in the palace and talk."

(End of this chapter)