Daming 1805

Chapter 305 New Tianfu City and Sanqing City
After discussing the sales plan, Zhu Jingyuan and the two staff took a rest and digested for a while.

After drinking some water to moisturize their throats, Zhu Jingyuan asked about the situation of the two staff members:
"What are the two gentlemen thinking?
"Continue to be my staff member and follow me to Yinzhou.

"Stay in Dashi Country and continue to be responsible for managing the affairs of Meng County.

"Or transfer to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and now there are real shortages everywhere."

When the two staff members heard this question, they immediately became a little entangled.

Zhu Jingyuan's first phase of training is coming to an end, and the careers of Lin Zexu and Niu Jian's two staff members have also reached a critical point.

The identities of the two of them in the official system of the Ming Dynasty are the aides of the prince Zhu Jingyuan.

In Dashi Kingdom, according to the appointment of King Zhu Jingyuan, he served as a supervisor similar to Wangzhuang in Meng County.

The nature of the staff is the secretary, and their rank and treatment follow the Hanlin system, and the end point of promotion within the system is the cabinet bachelor.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the Hanlin system was also greatly transformed and became a staff or secretarial system.

The key is that they are completely isolated from the foreign court official system, and cannot be directly transferred to foreign court officials above the county magistrate.

No matter how high the grade is in the Hanlin system, even if you have become the most senior bachelor, you can only become a county magistrate if you transfer to the foreign court.

Therefore, a unique rule has been derived, and the staff can follow the prince for practical training.

The promotion cycle of other foreign officials diverged from the prince's training cycle, so there was no way to synchronize their promotions.

Even if the cycle happens to be synchronized, it is not allowed to follow the prince to be promoted to the same place.

But the staff can, not only can follow the promotion, but also follow the Beijing.

Because the staff secretary is not a real-time official.

If you're lucky, the staff can follow the prince until the other party ascends the throne, and then be promoted to a bachelor.

If unfortunately, the prince who followed did not ascend the throne, the staff would either serve as the prince's staff for life, or transfer to the outer dynasty and start from scratch.

Under normal circumstances, the probability of being unlucky is far greater than the probability of being lucky...

After all, there are many princes and grandsons, and there is only one person who can ascend the throne.

Most of the staff followed the chief officer for one or two cycles, and after accumulating administrative experience, they were transferred to the foreign court.

Of course, there are also those who don't like to be a chief official, so they plan to be a staff member for life.

If Lin Zexu and Niu Jian want to transfer to foreign courts, now is the most suitable time.

Zhu Jingyuan's recommendation, coupled with the lack of people everywhere, they have the opportunity to directly serve as county magistrates.

If the two of them were followed by other princes, they would basically transfer to other courts and become officials without any hesitation.

In fact, during the general training of the prince, he would not get the top potential staff directly arranged by the emperor.

But Zhu Jingyuan is different.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, as aides, knew Zhu Jingyuan's status better than anyone else.

Both of them were the former emperor and the current emperor, and Zhu Zhongliang personally arranged them.

The power Zhu Jingyuan can use now, the trust he actually gets now, and the things he actually does in peacetime, even the Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao in the early Ming Dynasty can hardly be compared.

At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang supervised the work of the prince Zhu Biao.

The current Supreme Emperor and Emperor felt like they were watching what Zhu Jingyuan wanted to do.

Not to mention the other princes.

Now it is basically the crown prince who has been tacitly but not made public.

At the same time, Zhu Jingyuan's personality is completely different from other princes.

Not easy to get along with, but very easy to get along with.

There is absolutely no innate aloofness that is common among the children of the close royal family.

When discussing things, making suggestions and requests, there is no need to worry about anything at all, and you can say whatever you want.

Working with him is just working. You don't have to think about playing tricks or figure out his intentions. In short, you are very at ease and at ease.

The point is, both of them can feel that Zhu Jingyuan has a very high degree of trust in him.

High is a bit hard to understand.

He seemed to think he could do anything well.

It is conceivable that the two of them will continue to follow him as his staff, as long as they don't make big mistakes, their default future will be a bachelor.

The two were Zhu Jingyuan's earliest aides, and even if there were newcomers joining in the future, they would all have to rank at the back in terms of seniority.

The number of bachelors is not one or two. After the Renwu Dynasty, there is no limit to the number.

As long as the two play normally, they will definitely have a place.

At that time, both of them will be exactly 35 years old, and they will directly receive Shangshu-level treatment.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the status of the Grand Scholars declined, and their real power was lower than that of the Shangshu, but they enjoyed the same status and treatment.

At the age of 35, you can directly become a minister, and after another 30 years, you can retire as a bachelor.

The future is really bright.

Instead, he transferred to the foreign dynasty and left Zhu Jingyuan's side, and his future was full of uncertainties.

In Zhu Jingyuan's more than ten years of practical training, will he recruit aides and courtiers who make him more trustworthy?
At the same time, the two of them had a more special choice that the other prince's staff did not have, and that was to officially serve as officials of the Great Food Kingdom.

He was already the prince of the feudal lord during the training, and Zhu Jingyuan has been the only one since the Renwu Dynasty.

According to Zhu Jingyuan's order, the two can be promoted within the system of the Great Food Kingdom.

If the Dashi Kingdom withdraws its domain in the future, there is a high probability that they will be able to transfer to the official system of the Ming Dynasty at the same level.

The speed of promotion in a big country is greatly influenced by Zhu Jingyuan.

The point is, if Zhu Jingyuan ascends the throne as emperor in the future, there is a high probability that the Great Food Kingdom will withdraw at the same time.

Working in Dashiguo is equivalent to a fast track to promotion.

It's just that no matter how fast you go, it's not faster to lie down directly to the Grand Scholar.

Even, if you really want to be a minister, you can choose to lie down as a bachelor first, and then go to the outer court to become an official.

After all, he was only 35 years old at that time, and it was not too late to be promoted from county magistrate.

As the emperor's trusted staff member, he will definitely be able to be promoted quickly.

After more than ten years, it is estimated that in his early fifties, he may really become a minister, which is still not too late.

Because of this, choosing this path directly will make Zhu Jingyuan feel unmotivated...

To be honest, Zhu Jingyuan himself was a little worried that the two of them would run away.

Zhu Jingyuan knew what was going on in Daming's officialdom now, and there was a shortage of people everywhere.

It is not easy to find a few reliable officials.

Especially these two are people who have been proved by history to be useful.

In the past two years, I have personally confirmed that both of them are indeed capable people.

Lin Zexu is now 22 years old, and he has clearly managed the simultaneous immigration from multiple vassal states and the construction of large-scale industrial parks.

Niu Jian took care of all the messy things in his logistics, and never made any major mistakes.

Seeing that the two seemed a bit tangled, Zhu Jingyuan directly asked to stay:

"If the two gentlemen haven't made a decision yet, you might as well follow me and continue to Yinzhou.

"To be honest, there is a shortage of people everywhere now, and I hope the two gentlemen can continue to help me."

Now that Zhu Jingyuan had said that, the two who were already familiar with Zhu Jingyuan's character no longer hesitated.

The two stood up together and bowed their hands in salute:

"Dare to obey."

Zhu Jingyuan also smiled and cupped his hands:

"Then inform Mr. Pan and let him come over as soon as possible to take over the affairs of Meng County."

The two staff members agreed again.

Then the three of them sat down again and continued to discuss the details of various aspects, the details that might be thought of.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Jingyuan got up as usual, put on the training uniform he invented, and went to the shooting range with his grandfather.

When he arrived at the place, Zhu Zhongliang first picked up a magazine, and while pressing the bullet into it, he said to Zhu Jingyuan:

"Write a suggestion to your father... Well, I'm confused, so I don't need to write to him, I will take care of the internal affairs of the royal family.

"Looking back, I will make a decree that from now on, the daily training and assessment of the children of the royal family will use the assault rifle and submachine gun you invented.

"Pressing bullets is listed as a must practice and test item.

"At the same time, we can start building this so-called reduced-power bullet production line.

"In Xintianfu, we will also directly start construction of enough firearms and bullet production lines to gradually replace firearms for Xintianfu troops."

Zhu Jingyuan had no objection to this.

Assault rifles replace bolt-action rifles, which can be regarded as the future trend, so I nodded in agreement:
"Then let's build it, and it's also necessary to replace the firearms, but at the same time, we need to comprehensively improve the logistics capabilities.

"This requires building roads, repairing airports, building trucks, building planes, and it's not going to happen overnight..."

Zhu Jingyuan asked the Ministry of Industry to design a corresponding tool for pressing bullets, but it was used in the rear and logistics.

When soldiers go to the front line, it is impossible to carry a bullet suppression tool that takes up space.

The magazines I carried with me were all empty. If the battle was not over, we could only press the bullets in manually.

Zhu Jingyuan himself began to press the bullet, and at the same time asked Zhu Zhongliang for his opinion on the things he had recently considered:

"Grandpa, can you give me some advice, what things and facilities should I bring when I go to Yinzhou..."

Zhu Zhongliang said without hesitation:
"Take everything you can, especially your labs. Anyway, you won't be able to come back before you retire."

Zhu Jingyuan originally planned to discuss with his grandfather, asking him to give some detailed suggestions to help him decide how to choose.

In the end, the old man was fine. This idea was really too simple and rude.

After leaving the Great Food Country this time, he may not be able to return until he retires.

It seems that this is indeed the case:
"What you said is so reasonable that I can't refute it..."

Zhu Zhongliang has loaded a magazine with bullets, and immediately put it on the assault rifle next to him:
"The establishment of a complete industrial system in Xintianfu must of course include the new industries you created.

"It's better to say that the focus is on these new industries of yours.

"For example, in the petrochemical industry, doesn't Nanyinzhou also have oil?

"The key is that the environment around the oil production area over there is much better than in the bay of your current big food country.

"The petrochemical base over there, the petrochemical product textile base, can be built directly next to the oil field, and they can all be put together.

"Several of your laboratories can be moved to Xintianfu as a whole, and the environment is much better than Quicksand City.

"Great artisans engaged in research must have a comfortable environment in order to function better.

"In Quicksand City, most of the energy is used to fight against the harsh environment.

"Around these several laboratories, the aviation and automobile industry industrial chains will be built in Xintianfu.

"There's also a massive shipbuilding industry, plus an atomic energy industry.

"These industries add up to complete the final and most powerful aircraft carrier construction."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little astonished and said:

"You are thinking about the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the direction can indeed be this direction.

"However, the shipyard for this large warship may not be placed in New Tianfu City.

"A ship with a few thousand tons is okay, but a ship with tens of thousands of tons is probably not."

After Zhu Jingyuan said these words, Zhu Zhongliang also nodded with some regret:
"Everything around New Tianfu City is good, but there is no natural harbor.

"Although New Tianfu City is considered a coastal city, the surrounding bays are relatively shallow.

"It's at least two hundred kilometers away from the ten-meter-deep sea, and almost three hundred kilometers away from the 20-meter-deep sea.

"Sanqing City is slightly better, more than 20 kilometers away from the ten-meter sea area, and more than 20 kilometers away from the 70-meter water depth.

"Now Xintianfu's naval base is located in Sanqing City, and the follow-up large shipyards can only be located in Sanqing City.

"Dredging a channel 15 meters deep..."

The three words "Xin Tianfu" before the World War generally referred to all the Huangzhuangs of the Ming Dynasty in Southern Yinzhou.

After the World War, it now generally refers to the entire Southern Yinzhou, sometimes including the Central Yinzhou Islands.

New Tianfu City is Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina in history.

Sanqing City is Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

Sanqing City was originally going to be named New Chongqing, but some people realized that "Chongqing" means Zaiqing and Erqing.

So New Chongqing became "Sanqing".

Xintianfu City and Sanqing City are the two largest cities in Xintianfu.

They are respectively located on the north and south sides of the Milky Way Estuary Bay.

The Milky Way is the Rio de la Plata, and the original meaning of "River de la Plata" is "the river of silver".

There is a Milky Way in Tianfu, and the style of painting is completely in line with it.

The mouth of the Milky Way is very wide, and its flow ranks fourth in the world, second only to the Amazon River, the Congo River, and the Yangtze River.

Simply counting the land and climate, the plain area around the estuary is basically the best place in the entire Southern Yinzhou.

Especially for the agricultural people of Daming, that is the best place in the world.

It's like turning Jiangnan into a plain.

However, the disadvantages of the impact plain also appeared at the same time. The coast here is similar to the southeast of Beiyinzhou, lacking a good natural harbor.

The water depth in most parts of the Baihe River Estuary is only about five meters deep.

After continuous dredging and treatment, there is now an eight-meter-deep waterway.

However, it is still not enough to ship [-] tons or even [-] tons in the follow-up.

If you want to find a good natural port, you can only go north along the coast. Under the Brazilian plateau, between the plateau and the Atlantic Ocean, there are ports with a better environment, such as Rio de Janeiro.

However, the terrain of Nanyinzhou is high in the surrounding area and low in the middle, and most of the rivers on the Brazilian plateau flow from the outside to the inside.

The narrow coastal plain between the Brazilian plateau and the Atlantic Ocean has few large rivers.

A port like Rio de Janeiro has almost no hinterland at all.

The point is that these places have been occupied by Portuguese immigrants for a long time, and the Thai and Western immigrants have not been completely emptied yet.

The local Yin people have been brainwashed by the Portuguese for 200 years, and it will take many years for them to become Ming culture again.

These places are still not familiar places for Daming, and it is impossible to directly plan key industries in such places.

Continue north along the coastline, after crossing the Yajiang River (Amazon River), there are also some natural harbors with relatively good conditions around the Caribbean Sea in the north of Nanyinzhou.

But the situation there is similar to Rio de Janeiro, which originally belonged to the Spaniards.

The Thai-Western immigrants have not been completely emptied either, and a large number of Yin people and mixed-race Yin people are Catholics.

These sites are also not familiar to Daming.

As for the west coast of Nanyinzhou and the east coast of the Daming Ocean, the narrow area separated by the Andes Mountains is also considered to be a place without any hinterland.

Therefore, after a comprehensive evaluation, the most suitable place to build a large shipyard and military port is near Sanqing City.

(End of this chapter)