Daming 1805

Chapter 153 "Mozhou Geography Study Seminar"

In the midst of apprehension and anticipation, three days passed in a blink of an eye.

On the morning of September 34rd, 23, representatives from the countries of the League of Nations gathered in the Wenhua Hall of Huangzhuang, Western Cape.

This time the seating arrangement has changed again.

This time Zhu Jingyuan sat in the middle of the upper position.

Rome's position was finally withdrawn.

There was a trace of sadness in the hearts of the royal families of Thailand and Western countries, but they were quickly thrown aside.

There are more important things today.

This time it is not a peace talk, but a new internal alliance meeting.

Zhu Jingyuan, as the representative of the alliance leader Daming, of course sat in the right position.

Representatives of the four deputy lords, Dashi Kingdom, Xintianfu Huangzhuang Alliance, Britain, and Lucia, sat at the top of the left and right sides respectively.

The other delegates and countries are listed in descending order.

And on the big table among all the representatives, there is a rather huge map of Mozhou.

It fits today's theme very well, carve up... no, open up the Mozhou continent.

Zhu Jingyuan remembered the comics he had read in his previous life, where a group of people gathered around the table and drew lines on the map of Mozhou.

Regardless of whether it was divided up like this in history, Zhu Jingyuan borrowed this arrangement, but the layout is much more decent than the comics.

On this map of Mozhou, the north coast, east coast, south coast, and many places on the west coast of Mozhou are all accurately drawn according to latitude and longitude coordinates.

In other words, someone has carefully sailed around these places and recorded the coordinates of the coastline.

Only the mid-west coast, and a few others, are supplemented by feel.

However, most of the interior of the mainland is still blurred, and most of the middle part of the west is blank.

That is to say, the Ming Dynasty and the Western countries are still not very clear about what is in the interior of Mozhou.

In later generations, many people did not understand the colonial order of Mozhou and Yinzhou by the Taixi people.

Mozhou is so close to Taixi, separated by a narrow Mediterranean Sea.

Even going to the south of the Sahara is much closer than going to Yinzhou, and it is safer to sail along the coastline.

But it wasn't until the end of the nineteenth century that Westerners began to carve up Mexico on a large scale.

It was not until 1905 that the entire Mozhou was basically divided up.

The distance to North Yinzhou is farther, and it has to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and it is several times farther to go to Nanyinzhou.

By the 1700s, Nanyinzhou had already been occupied by Spain and Portugal.

By the 1800s, the entire Yinzhou was basically divided up.

The reason is actually very simple, the early colonization of Mexico is likely to lose money.

In the early colonial era, the technological level and combat effectiveness of Taixi basically had no advantage over other regions.

Spain and Portugal, the two earliest colonial powers, explored the world in the 1500s.

At that time, Thailand and West were also in the agricultural era, and the two countries that were the first to open up overseas colonies were still countries that did not mix well in Thailand and West.

The scientific and technological level of the two teeth, as well as the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, were not considered top-notch.

In the early days of colonization, it was mainly cheating and abduction.

In the name of trade, simple handicrafts were exchanged for slaves of the Mo tribe.

It's not that they don't want to do business without capital, and they don't want to capture slaves by themselves, but that there is a high probability that they will not be able to make enough capital.

In the early days they couldn't even defeat the Yin people.

The transportation capacity of the Age of Sails was limited, and a small number of colonial soldiers and rogue bachelors could not directly conquer a large-scale indigenous regime.

The Aztecs once defeated the Spaniards and dug out the hearts of the Spaniards to sacrifice to the gods.

Then the Aztecs got smallpox.

The Yin people have lived alone in the isolated New World for tens of thousands of years, and they have no resistance to the viruses of the Old World, and immediately began to die on a large scale.

So the Taixi people found a good way to deal with the Yin people, and sold the blankets and other daily necessities used by smallpox patients to the Yin people.

False trading, intentional poisoning, and a small number of musketeers continued to destroy the Yin tribes and occupy their land.

They slowly occupied the entire Yinzhou continent and opened the prosperous age of Taixi people, so they always have a soft spot for this trick.

But Mozhou people don't eat this.

The black death and smallpox are native products of Mozhou, and the people of Mozhou themselves have a certain degree of resistance.

Moreover, there are people everywhere in the entire Mozhou, unlike Yinzhou, which has a large number of real no-man's lands, and there is no way to easily enclose land for farming.

At the same time, the natives of Mozhou do not have the production capacity of Nanyang and Tianzhu, and they cannot obtain similar benefits as Tianzhu and Nanyang by providing protection or forcible conquest.

The point is that the land in Mozhou is not as fertile as Yinzhou.

In addition to finding precious metals such as gold and silver, the early colonization was mainly agricultural colonization. Nanyinzhou has long been dominated by plantation economy.

Therefore, the Taixi people had no interest in the land of Mozhou for a long time.

Just occupy some coastal land as a supply base at key route nodes.

Until the late nineteenth century, the industrial revolution was fully completed.

The transportation capacity of the Thais and the fighting power relative to the natives have increased geometrically, and they finally have an absolute advantage over other regions.

At the same time, after the productivity soared, they started chasing the dumping grounds, and Yinzhou had already been divided up.

Therefore, at the end of the nineteenth century, the Thai and Western countries set off a frenzy to carve up the Mexican continent.

In this world, the industrial revolution came earlier, coupled with the powerful disruption of Ming Dynasty, Yinzhou had not yet been divided up.

When the industrial revolution was fully completed, the anti-Ming world war broke out again, and the countries of the world could not care about Mozhou for the time being.

Therefore, the comprehensive exploration and division of Mozhou has been delayed until now.

Now, the representatives of the Thai and Western countries looked at the map subconsciously.

In addition to a large number of blank areas, and the colonial strongholds of several countries along the coast, there is also a straight red line.

Starting from the west side of Salum Port on the western border of Egypt, it extends southward to the northern middle border of the Southern Mexico region.

In addition, the northwest corner of Mexico, which is the Morocco region, and the southwest corner of the western protrusion of Mexico, which is the later Liberia region, are also circled in red.

However, within the circle of Morocco, there are several other small circles, which are marked with the same color as the mainland of Spain on the other side, which are several small-scale colonial points of Spain.

Basically, there is no need to explain directly, all the representatives of Tessi will understand immediately.

The east of that straight line, and the area marked by the red circle, except for the Spanish colony, are all areas claimed by Daming.

These lands are more than the historical British carve up from Mexico.

But all the countries in Thailand and the West were inexplicably relieved, and felt that Daming was not too much.

Then there is a green line that circles the Congo rainforest area in the south-central part of Mexico.

Some of them intersected with Daming's red line, and that part of the red line became a broken dotted line.

The representatives of the Thai and Western countries also understand that this is what Zhu Jingyuan requested, and the Congo Rainforest Reserve is a reserved area that cannot be allocated.

Sure enough, Zhu Jingyuan said directly:

"Da Ming doesn't have many requirements in Mozhou, and it has been directly marked, two points in the east and west of Mozhou.

"Da Ming asked for two pieces of land in the west, not for large-scale colonization there, so the land area is not large.

"There will be a transit point on our route to Yinzhou, and a reservation for the Mo slaves repatriated from Yinzhou."

These few words of Zhu Jingyuan made the representatives of the Thai and Western countries confirm their guesses.

Then continue to consider the impact of Ming Dynasty's request on the situation in Mexico, and more importantly, the impact on the Thai and Western countries.

The Spaniards reacted first, and Prime Minister Manuel said directly:
"Your Highness, with all due respect, Daming's request for the Morocco region will deeply disturb the countries in the southwestern part of Thailand.

"I hope Daming will not develop in these areas. If supplies are needed, our ports can provide them."

It's very euphemistic, but actually quite firm.

Then the Portuguese, Italians, and French immediately expressed their support.

Seeing their reaction, Zhu Jingyuan asked casually:
"Then you mean that the Morocco region should be completely handed over to Spain for development?"

The Spanish Prime Minister nodded subconsciously:

"Morocco is the closest to Spain..."

But the Portuguese, the Italians, the French immediately disagreed.

Morocco is completely handed over to Spain, and the ability to control Gibraltar will rise again.

The French and Italians are even less free to enter and leave the Qinhai Sea.

French Foreign Minister Talleyrand said directly:

"The two sides of Gibraltar should not be completely handed over to the same country. We, France, have the ability to bring prosperity and development to Morocco."

Portugal and Italy suddenly got a little tangled, they didn't want Morocco to be completely owned by Spain.

But at the same time, they don't want to hand over the South Bank to France, but if they stand up and fight for it, neither of them has much confidence.

Just as the two were considering how to speak, the British Prime Minister Peter, who seemed unwilling to do it, intervened:

"Morocco's position is too sensitive, not only to Ming and Taixi, but also to all countries in Taixi.

"So I propose that Morocco remain independent under the protection of the Union.

"Neither within the Union nor other countries shall fight in Morocco.

"Morocco maintains an equal openness policy to all countries in the alliance, and all countries in the alliance can supply and do business in its territory."

The British suggestion seems to make sense.

But Morocco was not originally the sphere of influence of the British.

If all countries in the alliance agree to the British proposal, then the British are eligible to go to Morocco for activities.

This routine is the same as that of the Americans in Zhu Jingyuan's previous life. It is said to be equal opportunities in name, but in fact it is to give them their own opportunities.

Because according to the original rules, they had no chance to participate.

Without hesitation, Zhu Jingyuan frowned and replied:
"Gibraltar has nothing to do with non-Great Qinhai countries, so the British should stop meddling everywhere.

"Morocco can be jointly protected by many countries, but it is limited to the Great Qinhai countries."

Pete, who had his thoughts punctured, didn't care at all, and directly raised another topic:
"Then does Lucia count as the Great Qinhai Country?"

The representative of Lucia also came to the spirit. His ship had to go to Gibraltar through the Great Qin Sea to go from the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

The question seemed likely to spark a dispute, and the British were as skilful as ever.

But Zhu Jingyuan, who represented Daming, made the final decision directly, knocking all the disputes to death:

"The Black Sea is also a part of the Great Qinhai, and Lucia is of course considered a country of the Great Qinhai.

"The Seven Great Qinhai Kingdoms include Ming, Ottoman, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, and Lucia.

"The parts of Morocco that belonged to Spain are still owned by Spain.

"The other regions are jointly protected by the seven countries of the Great Qinhai Sea to ensure Morocco's peace, stability and prosperity.

"The seven countries can build ports and open commercial banks on the local coast.

"After the meeting, the seven countries concerned jointly arranged a delegation to Morocco to persuade the Alavi dynasty to accept our protection.

"That's the end of Morocco's problems."

Several other countries were taken aback for a moment, and then went back and expressed their approval one after another.

The Spaniards think that this kind of distribution is also possible. While keeping the existing land, they can also participate in the distribution of other land.

Although the French want to monopolize Morocco, they also know that it is unrealistic. It is not a loss to be able to control the local area with the support of Ming Dynasty.

The four countries of Lucia, Italy, Austria, and Ottoman are all surprises.

Italy never expected that Daming would be so generous and loyal.

Osman never expected that he was also qualified to participate in the division of Mozhou.

Austria didn't speak at all before, and got the right to participate directly, and didn't react immediately.

Lucia was even a little moved directly. Daming had promised to let Lucia go to the Atlantic Ocean, and now it has been directly fulfilled.

The international strait regulations in the Alliance Convention, together with the current agreement to jointly protect Morocco, directly ensure Lucia's Atlantic route!

Is this how it feels for Da Ming to be a defender of order?
Of course, some people are upset that the four countries, the British, Prussia, Dutch, and Portugal, did not get any benefit at all.

But they are indeed not within the Daqin Sea, and do not need to enter the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar.

The key is that they have not actually occupied the nearby land, let alone have no right to intervene.

Moreover, the distribution of Mozhou has just begun, and there is still a lot of land in the south, so they have no choice but to accept the reality.

The one that may be really painful is unacceptable, of course, is Morocco itself.

The Alavi Dynasty of Morocco ruled Morocco from the 1660s and lasted until Zhu Jingyuan crossed over.

From World War I to World War II, it was once divided by France and Spain, but it was still in a form similar to vassalage, and the ruling family has not been cut off.

Now, Morocco has changed from being partitioned by Spain and France to the Seven Kingdoms of the Qinhai Sea coming together to deal with it.

The only thing that might make them feel so lucky is that Ming adopted the method proposed by the British and chose "joint protection" instead of annexation alone.

So the Alavi dynasty in this world can still continue to exist.

If Zhu Jingyuan hadn't intervened, they would have been in a worse situation than in history, and they might have been directly annexed by Spain and France, which had lost a lot of land in Yinzhou.

It's just that there was no representative of Morocco at the scene, so he didn't know the fate he was about to face.

Zhu Jingyuan's strategy in Mozhou is very simple, take the benefits that do not belong to Daming, and directly share them with the relevant countries.

Let them gradually trust and accept the order dominated by Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, let the Thai and Western countries make great efforts to develop Mozhou, using greater strength than in history.

It would be better to fight another world war in Mozhou...

(End of this chapter)