The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 677 The Most Expensive Piece
The Ming people's gold and reputation completely excited merchants from all over the world, and it won't be long before they will use merchant ships to deliver the Ming people's gold and reputation to European countries and all over the world.

"God." A foreign businessman exclaimed, is Daming rich in gold?

"This is the most reputable Ming person I have ever met."

"This guy has made a fortune, and he can't spend it all his life."

"It's not easy to make money. It took him more than three years to find rubber seeds."

"Dear sir, what else do you need, I can help you bring what you want from all over the world."

Because it is winter at this time, which is suitable for selling sugar, there are more than 20 groups of foreign merchants in Dayuan.

Some of these people sell sugar and iron pots to Persia, and some sell sugar and iron pots to Luzon.

It is also the time when the most foreign businessmen are present.

They gathered at the edge of the task bar of the senior officials, talking about it, and even asked the senior officials and officials nearby.

The officer on the side smiled and said: "Go to Europe. There are many scientists and experts in Europe. Use your ships to bring back the people, various machines, and the latest guns we need, and then fill you with gold. ship."

"Wow!" There was an explosion at the scene, and many people whispered to each other.

Over the years, Ming people have offered rewards for craftsmen, technicians, and various books, and I don't know how many have been purchased.

Although some books are only exchanged for one hundred catties of sugar, they can still make a lot of money. Those books are not as good as five catties of sugar in Europe. Many European businessmen just sweep a pile of books on the street, and then transport them to the ship. , brought to the big staff, after the selection of the big staff, can bring back a large amount of sugar, or other materials.

As for the craftsmen and technicians who have come to the big staff in recent years, there are more and more technicians, which also makes the various technical levels here higher and higher, and gradually has a tendency to surpass Lushun.

Now there are more than 200 foreign craftsmen of various kinds, and they speak all languages, which can be regarded as a miracle in the world.

The story of Priel's [-] gold further stimulated those foreign businessmen and even pirates who were willing to take risks and want to make money.

Some pirates directly kidnap domestic craftsmen and scientists to exchange for gold, because for them, this is the lowest risk and most profitable business, which will lead to the disappearance of a large number of scientific talents in Europe in the next few decades. The overall development of Europe has also plummeted, which Ding Yi did not expect at first.

Prior was very smart, knowing that [-] gold was very eye-catching, he did not choose to take it all at once, but took a small part first.

Moreover, Ding Yi didn't have so much gold for him. Ding Yi's gold was all in Dengzhou, where there were gold mines, but in Dayuan, he could only replace it with a lot of silver, which made it even more difficult for Priel Take it all.

After meeting Ding Yi, he thought about it for another day and found Ding Yi again.

His fleet is gone, he needs to recruit new crew and fleet, and moreover, he needs new targets.

Originally, Prior wanted to retire directly after earning this money and travel all over Europe.

But now, he suddenly discovered that adventure is more exciting and interesting than playing.

"What do you want? Between us, we can be more direct." Ding Yi asked as soon as we met: "We are all smart people."

When talking to smart people, it's best not to beat around the bush.

Priel immediately laughed too.

He thought for a while and said slowly: "General Ding is a very enlightened Ming Dynasty person. I have met many Ming Dynasty people. They are all stubborn old antiques. They don't know anything about this world, even the world is round. Do not know at all."

"General Ding is the most discerning person I've ever met, no, no, please don't laugh, General Ding, I'm not flattering you."

"I think you see everything that others cannot see, including power, knowledge, science, and even the whole world--"

"I would like to work for you, go all over the world to find everything you need, General Ding, whether it is people or things—"

After he finished speaking, his face flushed, and he stared at Ding Yi a little nervously.

Ding Yi walked slowly in the hall, walked back and forth several times, and seemed to be thinking about something.

About half a minute or less.

"Bring me my map." Ding Yi finally said.

Someone nearby brought a world map.

This is the most complete world map completed by Ding Yi after Da Yuan bought the maps of businessmen from all over the world in the past few years.

Prior was shocked when he saw this map, it was the most comprehensive world map he had ever seen.

As an adventurer, traveling around the world, one of their most important weapons is the map.

And Ding Yi's picture is more complicated and comprehensive than all the ones he has seen.

"Not many people know about this place yet, and not many people have been there." Ding Yi pointed to a sea continent that was relatively close to them.

Priel's eyes widened, and he listened carefully.

"I know from the books I got in Europe that there was a Dutchman who passed by in 1606 and named it New Holland."

This is the newly discovered Australia, but it was not until 1770 that the British occupied it and declared it to be owned by the United Kingdom, and it was used to exile criminals.

Australia was discovered by the Dutch in 1606, but the Dutch didn't have time to pay attention to him, so they named him New Holland and left.

Then it took more than 100 years for the British to occupy Australia.

The first batch of prisoners they transported to Australia and the first city they built was later Sydney.

"Now." Ding Yi smiled and looked at Priel, who immediately stood up straight and looked at Ding Yi expectantly.

"I want to change the name of this place to Tai O Province."

"I appointed you as the first governor of Da'ao Province, Priel, are you willing to help me expand the territory, conquer the aborigines, and build a new city there?"

"I would like to serve you, General." Priel shouted excitedly.

Can I be governor too?What a wonderful title.

A few days later, after discussion, Ding Yi made a decision.

Purlier was the first governor of Tai O Province, Song Fei was the commander of the navy, Mutu was the commander in chief of Tai O, and Duoqi was the deputy commander in command, leading twenty warships and one thousand Mongolian Jurchen soldiers each. There were 500 sailors in the army and navy, and an expeditionary force of 500 people went to Tai O.

Considering that Sydney is too far away, the fleet has to go around the entire Tai O.

Ding Yi asked them to land near Darwin Port in later generations and establish Tai O City, so that the city of Sydney in later generations would disappear for the time being.

If they arrive at Darwin Port, their fleet will go directly from Tainan City, and they can sail in a straight line, which is only more than 4000 kilometers (nautical miles are not used in this book).

At the current speed of the ship, with the wind down, as long as it doesn't deviate, it can arrive in about fifty days.

The above-mentioned soldiers, horses and personnel, except for the navy, will rotate 1000 people back to the senior staff every two years starting from the second year.

Their task is to conquer the local aborigines, and then search for various minerals.

You must know that the mineral resources in Tai O Province are beyond description. It is called "the country sitting on the mine cart".

Local mineral resources There are at least 70 kinds of mineral resources.Among them, bauxite reserves rank first in the world, accounting for 35% of the world's total reserves.Tai O is the world's largest producer of bauxite, alumina, diamonds, lead, and tantalum, and its output of gold, iron ore, coal, lithium, manganese ore, nickel, silver, uranium, and zinc also ranks among the top in the world.

At the same time, Tai’ao is the world’s largest exporter of bituminous coal, bauxite, lead, diamonds, zinc and ore concentrates, the second largest exporter of alumina, iron ore and uranium, and the third largest exporter of aluminum and gold.

Proven mineral reserves with economic mining value: about 31 billion tons of bauxite, 153 billion tons of iron ore, 5110 billion tons of bituminous coal, 4110 billion tons of lignite, 1720 million tons of lead, 900 million tons of nickel, and 40600 million tons of silver 18000 tons of tantalum, 3400 million tons of zinc, 61 tons of uranium, and 4404 tons of gold.

大澳的原油储量2400亿公升，天然气储量13600亿立方米，液化石油气储量1740亿公升。森林覆盖面积占国土的20%，天然森林面积约1.55亿公顷（2/3为桉树），用材林面积122万公顷。被称为“坐在矿车上的国家。

In later generations, Tai O was also nicknamed "the country that rides on the back of a sheep". It is the largest exporter of wool and beef in the world.

It is also the third largest fishing area in the world.

How could such a high-quality overseas place be cheaper than Britain in 1770.

Of course, now Ding Yi can't do anything about many minerals, but he can specialize in mining iron ore and gold.

You must know that Tai O Province is rich in iron ore and gold mines. In 1850, a large number of gold prospectors from Europe, America and China went there. In just ten years, by 1860, the local population increased from 40 to a sharp increase. 110 million.

The local gold mines are easy to dig now, but Ding Yi wants to occupy Tai'ao in advance and take all the gold mines into his pocket.

But to be honest, as a time traveler, Ding Yi does have many dreams and many things to do, but the most important thing at present is to unify the country and kill the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding the matter of Da O Province, he just threw a chess piece casually, and did not intend to put too much energy on it. He put the better-performing Mutu and Suozhen in Da O, and used Mongolian and Jurchen soldiers mixed with Fanbing soldiers. to a mutual oversight role and rotate every two years.

His plan is to see the situation first and throw 3000 people on it. If everything goes well, he will immigrate later and add more people. If it doesn't go well, or if Mutu and Duoqi are self-reliant, he will give up temporarily and attack the Ming Kingdom with all his strength. Come back and pick them up.

But according to Ding Yi's estimate, there are a thousand Fan soldiers. Mutu and Duoqi are Jurchen, Mongols, and Fan people. There are three forces, and it is unlikely that there will be any changes.

At least they had just passed by and didn't know the situation in Tai O, so they definitely wouldn't mess around.

For the expedition to Tai O, Ding Yi specially prepared for about ten days. The low-level military officers were all selected who had performed well in recent years, were loyal to the senior officers, and had wives and family members in the senior officers.

Even Mutu and Duoqi's family members have to stay in Dayuan.

Anyway, I promised them that the rotation will start in two years and I will come back to reunite with my family.

One day, Ding Yi called Prier, Mutu, Duoqi, the leader of the Fanren, and Song Fei, the leader of the navy, together.

Although these people come from various ethnic groups and countries, they can speak Chinese and communicate very well.

Ding Yi still used the old routine, first picked up a chopstick, bang, twisted it hard and broke it.

Pick up four more chopsticks and twist them hard, but they didn't break.

He picked up four chopsticks and showed them: "You all know what this means?"

Priel, Mutu, and Duoqi nodded heavily, looking dignified, and looked at each other a few times.

Fanren is Xiao Madu from Dadu Society, Madu's son, he was puzzled, reached out and grabbed the four chopsticks in Ding Yi's hand, twisted them hard, and they all broke.

Ding Yi had black lines on his face.

The other three couldn't help but laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)