Daming 1805

The Great Food Country, Quicksand City.

After Zhu Jingyuan sent Chu Yuqiang away that day, he called sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya three "Guan Peisheng" alone.

Under the curious eyes of the three little girls, Zhu Jingyuan announced to them quite seriously:

"In the next few years or even ten years, I will not return to the Great Ming Capital, and I may be traveling in many places.

"Now you have two choices, one is to continue to stay with me, wherever I go, you can transfer to wherever I go until you graduate.

"The second is to follow the Zhoushan Island passenger ship to the Daming Capital to start a formal independent study abroad process, and come to me after graduation."

For Zhu Jingyuan, it was a very important matter, but for the three girls, it was also like a bolt from the blue.

But just like Zhu Jingyuan himself, the three girls quickly made a choice.

An Xiaofu, who usually doesn't talk much, spoke first:
"I choose to stay by His Highness's side, please His Highness not to abandon us..."

An Xiaona immediately followed the rhythm:
"Although we want to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, we came here to be His Royal Highness's maidservants. What can we do when we study in the capital?"

Raphia, the youngest, finally spoke:
"I want to go to the capital to play, but not to study there. If His Highness doesn't go, then I won't go either..."

Zhu Jingyuan actually hoped that they would choose to study abroad first, and then come back to help him after learning the knowledge.

But at the same time, I worry that if they are not with me for a long time, without the influence and blessing of their own thinking, will their way of thinking go astray.

If you send it to the capital, you have to check it again when you come back to confirm that it still meets your requirements before you can continue to use it.

Although the three of them are not particularly important, after all, after four months of raising them, even kittens and puppies have feelings.

So much so that Zhu Jingyuan himself was a little undecided:
"Are you really not going to the capital? I'm serious, I'm not testing you, and I didn't say I don't need you anymore.

"You can go to school for a few years first, and then come to work with me after 20 years old after graduation..."

An Xiaona said subconsciously:

"If you become an old woman at the age of 20, you will have no chance. I don't want to go..."

The other two also nodded:

"Um……"

Regarding the matter of not being able to go to the capital, the three little girls were obviously a little disappointed.

However, there was no room for hesitation or consideration in deciding not to go to the capital and to stay by Zhu Jingyuan's side.

After all, in their own cognition, they are all Zhu Jingyuan's personal handmaidens, and their highest goal is to be the kind of handmaids who give birth to Zhu Jingyuan's children.

For this identity, the most important thing is to follow the master as much as possible.

Studying hard now is just to achieve this goal.

Seeing the choices they made, Zhu Jingyuan stopped being entangled:

"Since this is the case, then you can stay here with peace of mind, and don't worry about going to the capital..."

The three little girls also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately answered neatly:

"Yes, Your Highness."

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhu Jingyuan's telegram edict "Governor of the Dashi, Daqinhai, and Mozhou regions for military, political and foreign affairs" was officially issued.

The current tasks of all military, political and diplomatic personnel in the relevant areas remain unchanged, and Zhu Jingyuan must be reported first for all subsequent major matters.

Zhu Jingyuan can issue orders to relevant personnel, and can directly appoint and dismiss all military and political officials, but they need to submit to the court for report.

At the same time, relevant information was sent directly to all relevant agencies and personnel via telegram.

It will take some time for the decree of the appointment to arrive.

Three days later, the second day after Chu Yuqiang left Quicksand City, the passenger ship Zhoushan Island set off again.

Xianbei Guogong's family will also take the Zhoushan Island to the Tianzhu area.

Then change to a train, pass through the railway network of Persia, Khiva, and Kazakhstan, and return to the capital of Western Xianbei.

Luo Feiya formally bid farewell to her family, and the mother and daughter were crying at the pier.

Zhu Jingyuan gave Wang Lai some simple drafts of design ideas.

There are triode tubes, amplifiers or power amplifiers, ideas for color film production, and solutions for film recording and playback.

Petroleum catalytic cracking technology, the research direction of synthetic materials, and some other machinery and weapon equipment.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't know the detailed drawings of many things, so he could only give introductions and requirements in one direction.

But this stuff is also very important.

The so-called late-mover advantage often means that there are explorers who come out and find the right direction after fumbling.

The chaser just needs to go straight in the right direction.

Zhu Jingyuan gave the direction directly, allowing Daming, a first mover, to gain a certain advantage of being a latecomer and avoid being caught up by a real latecomer.

At the same time, Zhu Jingyuan can do many things himself, but his research and development capabilities in Dashiguo are very limited.

If you have to fiddle with it yourself in order to monopolize the relevant technology, it will slow down the development speed of the entire Ming Dynasty.

It will also slow down the speed at which you can use related technologies.

Zhu Jingyuan asked Shen Fu to bring three letters for him, one for his father, mother, and grandfather.

In addition to the greetings between relatives, the things explained and asked to the three are different.

To father and grandfather is to ask for policies, book in advance the city to go to in the future, and prepare living facilities and other necessary conditions in advance.

At the same time, he privately asked the opinions of the two elders whether it was appropriate for him to run his own navy and air force in the Great Food Country.

What I gave to my mother was mainly about the company, arranging the direction of production and research and development.

Another reminder, after the training of Chunxiang and Qiuyue is over, send them to me.

Zhu Jingyuan waved goodbye to several important personnel, and sighed softly after watching everyone board the boat.

From now on, I officially broke away from the central court of the Ming Dynasty and became the king of the vassal state.

With the idea of ​​changing his mood, Zhu Jingyuan stood on the pier and observed his country and his capital.

Three maidservants and several subordinates stood by.

Not long after, a guard came to the pier on a bicycle and handed a telegram to Guan Tianpei.

Guan Tianpei forwarded it to Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at it with some doubts, and a smile appeared on his originally melancholy face:
"In the southwestern part of the peninsula, the last separatist forces have been wiped out, and the Dashi Peninsula has been officially unified..."

After Zhu Jingyuan finished reading it, he handed the telegram to his aides Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, and at the same time told his aides and courtiers:
"Respond to the relevant troops and take over the remaining local residential areas. If there are still people in the local area, they will be dispersed and sent to Persia for management.

"Arrange the militia to build troops, and guard the fields in important areas for at least five years, occasionally mixed with a small number of armed immigrants to settle down.

"Control recovery, upgrade and construction of the most important local port of Aden, as a transit point for the routes between the Little Western Ocean and the Great Qinhai Sea.

"After the mountains are cleaned up, let's develop some tourist resorts in valleys with a suitable local climate."

The coastal area in the southwest of Dashi Peninsula is the only semi-humid area in the whole Dashi Peninsula.

Because the southwestern part of Dashi Peninsula is a plateau, and there is a coastal mountain range along the coast.

A small amount of water vapor from the ocean forms orographic rain at the foot of the mountain, and then forms a truly green hillside.

Among the mountains in the southwest corner of the entire peninsula, there is the only place in the entire peninsula with an annual precipitation of more than [-] millimeters.

There is the only verdant jungle in the whole peninsula, and the only non-seasonal river in the whole peninsula.

It is located in the tropics itself, but it is also a plateau, and the valley is warm in winter and cool in summer.

In summer, the temperature rarely exceeds 27 degrees, and most of the time the temperature does not exceed [-] degrees.

In winter, the temperature difference between day and night is large. The temperature during the day is usually [-] degrees, and the temperature at night is below [-] degrees, not lower than zero.

These valleys are rich in spices and fruits, and can develop plantations.

Before the industrial age, this was the wealthiest area in the entire peninsula and the birthplace of the food culture.

It's a pity that these places are small in size, and the terrain is uneven. The precipitation is concentrated in the interior of the mountainous area, and it becomes dry when it reaches the coast.

If the Great Food Country is really an independent Great Food Country, then it can only find a way to concentrate its efforts on development and construction here.

It's a pity, but fortunately at the same time, Dashi Kingdom is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

Although this chosen place on the Great Food Peninsula is equally important to the Great Food Country, it is no longer that important.

Control and build key ports, and armed immigrants control scattered residential areas inside to avoid becoming a place for criminals to flee.

The future planning of the place with a better environment in the valley is probably to become a tourist resort in the country of food.

Sooner or later, the Great Food Kingdom will withdraw its domain, or substantively withdraw its domain in name only.

Therefore, the industrial zone and scientific research zone should be built along the coast of the Great Qinhai Sea.

After Zhu Jingyuan spoke his orders, he got into the car and returned to the palace without wandering anywhere.

Zhu Jingyuan himself wanted to visit the construction site and wander around the Dashi Kingdom, but Guan Tianpei didn't allow it at the moment.

He is arranging his own guards to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the entire Quicksand City.

At present, for all the more than 2 people, he has to check all the information in the roster, household registration, and immigration procedures.

After confirming that there are no abnormal personnel, Zhu Jingyuan is allowed to move around.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Jingyuan approved the plan for establishing a school and the budget for hiring teachers from Daming.

After looking through the accounts for the past half a year, I received a telegram from Changshi Liu Zhixin:
"Your Majesty, Grand Vizier Zayedin of the Ottoman Empire, I hope to visit you in a few days."

Zhu Jingyuan took the telegram and glanced at it:
"Didn't this old man just return to China, why did he look for me again? I heard that I now have the titles of Governor Da Shi, Da Qin Hai, and Mo Zhou?"

Liu Zhixin said very sincerely:
"I don't know."

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the two staff members.

Niu Jian thought for a while and said:

"The news about His Highness's new appointment should not have reached these foreigners yet.

"There are several possible reasons why Zayadin came to visit you.

"The first is to thank you for your arrangement in the development of Mozhou, and to continue to strengthen the friendly relationship with you.

"The second is about the development of Mozhou itself, there may be places where I hope you can provide help and support.

"Third, on the issue of occupation and distribution in Morocco, you may have your own ideas and need your support."

Zhu Jingyuan followed Niu Jian's train of thought:
"If you analyze it this way, it seems that these are the possibilities...

"For Osman, the major issue now should be to stabilize the situation, followed by the Morocco and Mexico issues.

"Since you have these thoughts, then it is to thank me for the previous arrangement and to establish a friendly relationship with me, then this is not a pure relationship.

"Do you think I shouldn't let him come here?"

After some consideration, Lin Zexu said:
"The subordinates feel that the most important thing for the Ottoman country is peace of mind.

"Even if His Highness intends to do business completely, you should let them come and explain it to them openly and honestly.

"If you refuse directly and don't let the other party come to visit, the other party may be more worried.

"After all, we have just established a peaceful relationship and jointly established the League of Nations."

Zhu Jingyuan listened and nodded slowly:
"That's right, don't worry about what the other party is going to do. The countries that have just signed the alliance will not disappear at all, so let the other party come over."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't take this matter too seriously.

But what happened next made Zhu Jingyuan start to take it to heart.

Two days later, Ali, the Duke of Egypt, also sent news that he also wanted to visit Zhu Jingyuan.

Ali also just returned to China, but as the Duke of Ming Dynasty, Ali was able to directly receive the notice from the imperial court, so he must know about Zhu Jingyuan's new appointment.

So the nature of Ali's visit may be different from that of Zayadin.

But Zhu Jingyuan also did not refuse, the logic is more clear than Zayedin,

Ali is a new vassal of Ming Dynasty, and he was transferred from a hostile country, so his mentality should be more sensitive than Osman.

Zhu Jingyuan is now Ali's de facto boss. To manage Ali, he also has the responsibility to appease him.

So Zhu Jingyuan agreed.

Then two days later, the Ottoman Grand Vizier Zayedin and the Egyptian King Ali had not yet arrived, and even more strange news came.

The patrol fleet of the Great Qinhai blocked a suspicious ship flying the Ottoman flag in the waters outside Egypt.

The ship sailed directly to the West Sea Canal, claiming to be a gift ship from the Pasha of Tripoli to Prince Dashi.

They did not resist the interception and inspection of the Ming Fleet.

The Great Qinhai Fleet arranged for the crew to board the ship for inspection and found that the ship was full of gold, silver, jewelry and female slaves.

They do possess a letter from the Pasha of Tripoli to the Prince of the Great Food.

The Tripoli region, as well as the adjacent Tunisia and Algeria regions, were originally Ottoman vassals in name.

But in fact, it has long been basically independent.

Especially after Daming and Ottoman signed the peace treaty, Ottoman has officially given up the right to rule these areas.

During the Ming-Taixi war, the Tripoli area was regarded as the rear base of the front line.

Daming's Thai and Western troops are stationed here, replacing the troops in the Egyptian region ahead at any time, and accepting the troops withdrawn from the Egyptian region.

During the process of the armistice and peace talks, the troops of the Thai and Western countries gradually withdrew. Before the signing of the armistice agreement, there were no Thai and Western troops in the area.

After Ming took over Egypt, it began to prepare for military operations in the Tripoli area under the guidance of the Egyptians.

After the armistice was signed, the offensive was officially launched.

In other words, the two sides are now in a de facto state of war.

After Tripoli lost the direct support of Taixi, it was unable to resist the attack of Ming Dynasty on its own, and it was in a state of retreat on the battlefield.

Complete demise is only a matter of time.

In Zhu Jingyuan's view, even if Pasha of Tripoli wanted to surrender to Ming Dynasty, he should first contact the frontline commander directly.

And Daming's frontline commanders on the North Mozhou battlefield were completely unaware of the relevant matters.

The other party came directly to Zhu Jingyuan, the newly appointed prince and governor.