Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 891 The North American Continent Must Be Occupied

The suggestion put forward by Huangming Weekly to vigorously plant tung tree in areas with suitable conditions in various aspects is very constructive. The cabinet is discussing the proposal in order to formulate practical and feasible relevant policies and measures, and use tung tree as the key to the economic development of Ming Dynasty in the future. One of the pillar industries.

This is also a major matter that Zhu Youjian deliberately decreed to decide.

The importance of tung oil still remains in his surviving memories of his previous life. Even when the development of science and technology in later generations reaches an incredible level, tung oil, a natural plant active oil, still has an irreplaceable strategic role.

He vaguely remembered reading a short article in this regard: China's tung oil production in later generations accounts for about [-]% of the world's total, and it will bring a lot of foreign exchange to the country every year. Planting area, leaving a valuable wealth for future generations.

Monopoly is the best way to make huge profits.

The future Ming Dynasty will not only occupy a dominant position in technological manufacturing, but also form a monopoly situation in some strategic resources, so that it can form a powerful ability to control the world.

The current world has changed greatly from history. There are no British criminals on the rich North American continent. This vast land will be dominated by the Han people in the future.

According to Zhu Youjian's will, with the cooperation of the East China Sea Fleet, the joint fleet formed by the Four Seas Trading Company and the East India Company is on a voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Under the leadership of the Dutch who are familiar with the route, the combined fleet will conduct a comprehensive investigation of the North American New World after reaching the other side of the ocean. The specific completion date is still unpredictable.

This is a very arduous and dangerous task, and every participant may have no bones left. For this reason, Zhu Youjian specially ordered a huge reward list to motivate the warriors who participated in the voyage.

In view of the Chinese people's obsession with and great importance to the land since ancient times, the reward issued by the Four Seas Trading Company includes special terms related to this.

Those who successfully explore the New World of North America and return safely to the Ming Dynasty will each be rewarded with a thousand acres of permanent land in the New World. As long as the Ming Dynasty exists, this piece of land will belong to the recipient and his descendants forever.

It was under the stimulation of this huge reward that the United Fleet gathered more than a hundred people from all kinds of people under the name of the Four Seas Trading Company to voluntarily sail with the ship.

This expedition not only requires the cooperation of the military. When the fleet arrives in North America, experts in different industries must conduct professional surveys and assessments in all aspects to determine where future immigrants will live and live.

The joint fleet is composed of multiple supply ships, which are fully loaded with various food and living materials, including seeds of various crops, various original materials used in infrastructure, and so on.

After arriving at the other side of the ocean and finding the foothold, the expedition team will carry out different actions according to the grouping situation, and the infrastructure construction will also start immediately. After the advance station is built and the corresponding personnel are left behind, the fleet will return. They will wait for the arrival of the next fleet, when someone will replace them and return to Ming Dynasty.

This expedition and construction will take about half a year to a year, plus the round-trip time of the fleet, the rotation of the left-behind personnel should take about three years, so necessary living materials such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, and medicine must be prepared.

As for the issue of food, there is no need to worry too much.

The fertility and ease of reclamation of the land in the North American continent are far superior to those of the Ming Dynasty. Survival skills such as opening up wasteland and farming, diverting water and repairing canals are inherent to the hard-working Han people, so there is no need to worry about this.

Zhu Youjian attached more importance to this continent than Nanya Province.

There is not much clear information about the current situation of the two batches of criminals who were exiled to Nanya.

The natural environment of Nanya is much harsher than that of the North American continent. If it weren't for the extremely rich reserves of mineral resources, Zhu Youjian didn't plan to immigrate there at all.

However, in North America, a land equivalent to several Ming Mings, there are only a small number of natives surviving. In the future, immigration will be equivalent to building a new country here, and everything will have to be created from scratch. One can imagine.

The purpose of exploring the New World is to preemptively establish Daming’s ownership of this piece of land. As for immigration, various conditions must be met before proceeding, such as the Chinese people’s nostalgia for their homeland, fear of unfamiliar areas, and whether the transportation is convenient and safe. Mainly, it will become the biggest resistance and obstacle to large-scale immigration overseas.

Hometown means kinship, and unless they cannot survive, the vast majority of Han people will never choose to leave their hometown.

Not to mention immigrating overseas, just take the domestic immigration project that has entered the final stage. If the government has not adopted compulsory measures of varying degrees to keep tens of millions of people alive, a considerable number of them are unwilling to give up their ancestral halls and ancestral graves. and migrated elsewhere.

However, nothing is absolute.

There are still a small group of people in this world who are willing to give up the existing environment for greater benefits. As long as they are attractive enough, they will not hesitate to chase after them, and these people are the best candidates for immigrating to the North American continent.

Do great things step by step, and don’t rush for success. There is no timetable or roadmap for this strategic plan.

Let's occupy the space first.

The North American continent has a unique natural environment, which is well known to future generations. This piece of land that was originally occupied by white people in history will belong to China in the future.

This is Zhu Youjian's most precious legacy to future generations. He very much hopes that in his lifetime, he can set foot in this fertile land as the master, and witness with his own eyes that countless Han people have built a powerful new country here.

However, it is quite difficult to realize this wish. Even Zhu Youjian doubts whether he can see that day.

After all, the minimum basic conditions that should be met are still far away, steam power has not been effectively applied and popularized, and it is still a luxury to travel with Daming and overseas in a convenient and safe way. Life matters.

Develop North America and move all the vassal kings and clans who occupy a lot of land and wealth, so that the land of Ming Dynasty will be much cleaner, and the high-quality resources they occupy will be vacated. The court can use these resources to do a lot of work, which is equivalent to a small Hitting the local tyrants and dividing the land is something most people would like to see happen.

To put it bluntly, talents and technology are the basis for achieving goals, and the Royal Institute of Technology is the cradle of Ming Dynasty.

Now the Institute of Science and Technology adopts the research-based teaching method popular in Europe, and abandons the backward cramming teaching method, which has played a decisive role in the leapfrog development of Ming Dynasty's future science and technology.

　Thanks to Wang Xiaoxiao for the reward.

　　
　
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