Daming 1805

Chapter 439 The Future of Xianbei Principality

Luo Yashan, Duke of Xianbei, responded the fastest, and the reactions of the other vassal states were not too slow.

On the way for Luo Yashan's family to go to Xi'an, the princes of Kazakhstan, Khiva, and Persia also applied.

The Duke of Egypt, Muhammad Ali bin Ibrahim, also hoped to come to see Zhu Jingyuan, and now he has given himself an official name in Ming Dynasty, "Mu Yi".

However, the vassal state of the Duke of Egypt does not belong to the scope of supervision of Zhu Jingyuan this time.

After Zhu Jingyuan received the news, he was a little surprised and immediately reported to the capital.

Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty quickly replied that the remaining five main foreign vassals of the Ming Dynasty, namely Xianbei, Kazakhs, Khiva, Persia, and Egypt, should adopt the same policy as possible for them.

The same policy means that management complexity can be simplified, and it can also reduce possible resentment between them.

So now the Egyptian region is also added to Zhu Jingyuan's supervisory area.

After Zhu Jingyuan saw the response, he formally replied "Mu Yi" and allowed him to come to see him.

Zhu Jingyuan’s reply to the kings of Kazakhstan, Khiva, Persia, and Egypt agreed on the same day, allowing them to arrive on the same day as much as possible to solve their problems in a unified manner.

There was no Xianbei, because when Zhu Jingyuan arranged the time for them, Duke Xianbei had already arrived in Xi'an.

Xianbei City is an important aviation node of Ming Dynasty, and Luo Yashan's family is already used to flying.

The safety indicators of special military aircraft are already very high, and the survival rate of propeller aircraft after an accident is also very high.

Now Luo Yashan dared to travel by plane, and this time he came directly by plane.

Zhu Jingyuan took Wang Ya and Luo Feiya to meet the family in the back hall of the palace.

Luo Feiya is the youngest among the orchids in Zhu Jingyuan's harem. She just turned 19 this year and has not yet had a child.

Luo Feiya's body is fully stretched out now, and she is just over 1.6 meters tall, neither tall nor short.

A 19-year-old girl in this era can already be considered an adult.

Luo Feiya has been studying and training by Zhu Jingyuan's side for nearly nine years. Whether she is Zhu Jingyuan's life secretary or the team leader of the harem maids, she is fully competent and knows what to do when.

Luo Feiya greeted her father first, then went to talk to her mother and sisters, and asked her father to talk to Zhu Jingyuan.

This meeting is a private meeting in nature, and the two parties can still be regarded as relatives, so there are not many rules.

But Luo Yashan obviously had something to talk to Zhu Jingyuan as soon as possible.

Luo Yashan also brought a "gift" to Zhu Jingyuan.

Luo Yashan personally handed over a small jar to the guards accompanying Zhu Jingyuan.

After inspection by the guards and the secretary, it was sent to Zhu Jingyuan, and at the same time they reported what was inside:
"It's some crude oil."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little puzzled when he heard this, why did Luo Yashan send him such a small box of crude oil?
Luo Yashan didn't dare to show off. Before Zhu Jingyuan could ask, he explained directly:
"According to the news I got recently, the people of Lucia discovered an oil field with rich reserves in an area east of the Volga River, on the Ural River very close to the border between us and Lucia.

"According to the current experience of oil exploration and production, the distribution of oil fields is often not dotted, but in sheets.

"So the engineers of the Xianbei Principality boldly speculated that the area east of the Ural River that belongs to the Xianbei Principality may also have oil deposits, and suggested that I invest and organize people to explore there.

"But I think His Highness should be the most professional in the world when it comes to oil exploration and development.

"So I hope His Highness can come forward to coordinate and participate in this project..."

Zhu Jingyuan became a little serious when he heard this topic.

Although the oil fields developed by Zhu Jingyuan are all world-class, and although Daming has already controlled most of the oil and gas regions in the world, Zhu Jingyuan is very sensitive to oil due to his previous life experience.

Rojashan introduced that the oil field discovered by the Lucia people should be the "Volga-Ural oil and gas region", which was also a very important oil field in Lucia in the original history.

It was first discovered in 1929 and was named "Second Baku" at that time, and the later developed Tyumen Oilfield was also called "Third Baku".

As you can imagine from the name, the oil reserves in this place are very rich.

In recent years, Zhu Jingyuan has developed oil fields in Dashi Kingdom, Baku area, and Nanyinzhou, and made a lot of money by selling oil.

With the development of the second industrial revolution, the demand for oil in Ming Dynasty, Thailand and Western countries is also increasing day by day.

Lucia's previous oil supply was completely dependent on imports, which were produced by the Baku oilfield developed by Zhu Jingyuan.

Although Daming did not impose too many restrictions on exports, the people of Lucia are also jealous when they see other people making money. Of course, they hope that they also have oil fields in their own country, so that they don't have to spend money to import oil.

As for Luo Yashan, he saw with his own eyes the gap between before and after the oil development of Dashi Country, and he is also very interested in the oil industry.

Coincidentally, the Baku oil field is very close to the border between Lucia and the Xianbei Principality.

The Lucians specially organized manpower to explore near the border, while Mount Roja kept paying attention.

After several years of tossing, the Lucians finally discovered oil in Second Baku.

This place is very close to the Principality of Xianbei, and the relationship between Luo Yashan and Lucia is very special, so they got the news soon.

I just want to follow the gourd and look for oil on my own side of the Volga-Ural border area.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with looking for Zhu Jingyuan for oil matters.

When Luo Yashan approached Zhu Jingyuan, he was not only asking for help, but also selling Zhu Jingyuan.

Let Zhu Jingyuan participate, Zhu Jingyuan will definitely make money or gain fame, this is indeed a very affordable "gift".

So after Luo Yashan finished explaining, he looked at Zhu Jingyuan expectantly, waiting for Zhu Jingyuan to say "yes".

But Zhu Jingyuan thought for a while, then slowly shook his head and said:

"Exploring and developing oil fields near the border, which in the long run can easily create conflicting ...

"What's more, that place is even the demilitarized zone stipulated in the armistice treaty, which is very sensitive in the first place.

"The people from Lucia developed oil fields here, but they didn't report it to Daming properly. This can even be regarded as a diplomatic issue."

Luo Yashan was obviously taken aback when he heard it, and didn't follow Zhu Jingyuan's thinking:

"This... maybe they haven't had time yet, maybe they will notify Daming when the construction officially starts.

"Then, can we just ask the two parties to jointly explore and develop?"

Zhu Jingyuan closed his eyes, and tried his best to search the memory of his previous life, mainly recalling the approximate scope of this oil field.

Zhu Jingyuan vaguely remembered that this oil field is mainly located near the Volga River. The main oil fields should be in the west of the Ural Mountains, and there seem to be relatively few in the east and south of the Ural Mountains.

Moreover, the parts east and south of the Urals seem to be mainly in Kazakhstan. It is hard to say whether the Xianbei Principality exists.

The main reason is that the memory in this area is not deep enough. If I arrange people to go there for months or even years, but fail to find a big oil field, wouldn't it damage my reputation as an "oil king"...

The key is that Daming has no shortage of oil now.

Big food countries have large output and low cost.

The oil quality in the Nanyang region is good and close to the mainland.

Nanyinzhou can supply the local fuel demand.

There is no need to develop oil in inland areas like the Urals.

Although the local development cost may not be high, it is not worth it overall.

Just looking at Luo Yashan's positive energy, it is obvious that he really wants to get oil, because doing oil can make money.

Most of the Xianbei Principality is a place of bitter cold, and there is no future for simple farming.

The point is that this place is still a strategic place, and it is the frontier of defense and offense against Taixi.

Zhu Jingyuan considered for a while, and finally made a decision:
"I will let people keep an eye on Lucia, Duke Xianbei can also remind them through your family channels.

"Before the people of Lucia formally develop the local oil fields, it is best to communicate and negotiate with Daming's Honglu Temple through official channels.

"Otherwise Daming will send regular troops to the border demilitarized zone stipulated in the treaty at the same time as they start the construction."

What Zhu Jingyuan said was serious, Luo Yashan did not dare to ask any unnecessary questions for the time being, and immediately agreed honestly.

Then Zhu Jingyuan sent someone to get a map of the Xianbei Principality, and unfolded it on the small table between himself and Luo Yashan.

Zhu Jingyuan picked up a pencil and drew a circle at the fork of the main tributary in the middle reaches of the Ob River:

"If Duke Xianbei really wants to participate in the oil industry, there is no need to go to sensitive areas like the Urals.

"We will jointly form an exploration and development company next, and go to the Xianbei inland area in the middle reaches of the Ob River for exploration."

This place in the Zhu Jingyuan circle was originally the historical "Tyumen Oil Field", or the "West Siberia Oil and Gas Region".

In most cases, when the Tyumen Oilfield is mentioned in history and geography textbooks, it usually refers to the entire oil and gas region.

The most famous in this oil and gas area is of course the Tyumen oil field, and then the Samotlol oil field.

They were once Red Lucia's first and third largest fields.

The current Daming is not the Lucia of the previous life, nor is it a land power country that is trapped in the mainland to find resources.

The key to the actual development costs of these two oilfields is that after adding the cost of outward transportation, they have no advantage in facing Dashi Oilfield.

Therefore, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have a sufficiently large-scale development in the future.

But it should be enough to make the sparsely populated Xianbei Principality rich.

Because the cheap oil from the Great Food Country, after being transported to Xianbei and Kazakhstan, as well as the northwestern inland area of ​​Ming Dynasty, should have no price advantage over the oil produced in the Xianbei area.

Therefore, the provinces and vassal states in the northwestern inland area of ​​Ming Dynasty are the potential markets for Xianbei oil.

Let the Xianbei Principality become rich, provide supplies to maintain local order, and it will be easier to defend the garrisons of the Thai and Western countries.

So Zhu Jingyuan circled this oil-producing area.

When Zhu Jingyuan was about to warn Lucia just now, Luo Yashan was already a little disappointed in his heart, and his originally high mood had already begun to sink down.

But looking at Zhu Jingyuan's arrangements now, the whole person immediately became energetic again.

Of course, Luo Yashan didn't know how much oil was in Zhu Jingyuan's area, but as long as Zhu Jingyuan promised to go to Xianbei to find oil, it was enough.

Zhu Jingyuan's reputation in the oil industry is unparalleled in the world.

Luo Yashan has already begun to look forward to the bright future of the Principality of Xianbei.

After Luo Yashan's emotions came up, he couldn't help but thank Zhu Jingyuan, and at the same time instinctively continued to ask along this topic, wanting to continue discussing the details of exploration and development with Zhu Jingyuan.

But Zhu Jingyuan shook his head:
"This matter is not in a hurry. The exploration and development of oil resources in the Xianbei Principality can be put together with the investment and construction of Daming's investment and construction in the Northwest vassal states, the construction of government-run manufacturers in the Northwest vassal states, etc. Let's discuss it when we come."

Although Luo Yashan was excited and looking forward to it, he didn't dare to argue with Zhu Jingyuan. Zhu Jingyuan arranged for a later discussion, and Luo Yashan honestly agreed.

Moreover, when Luo Yashan heard Zhu Jingyuan talk about the other monarchs, he immediately thought of another question that he had prepared in his heart.

Luo Yashan himself feels that this issue is a bit sensitive, so he hesitates now:

"Your Highness... I have a question, I don't know how to ask..."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand:
"Duke Xianbei is not an outsider, according to the tradition of Ming Dynasty, I have to call him Lord Yuezhang more or less.

"You don't need to hide any doubts or thoughts you have, just tell me directly."

Zhu Jingyuan said that Luo Yashan was his father-in-law, but Luo Yashan didn't dare to admit it carelessly.

My daughter is just a concubine of the king of the Dashi Kingdom, and her identity on Daming's side is actually just a big girl who is the foreman of the maid.

At the very least, it would have to be the father of Zhu Jingyuan's prince concubine to dare to answer this question a little bit.

He had to be the father of Zhu Jingyuan's Princess Zhenggong to accept this title seriously.

So Mount Roja is obviously a little panicked now:
"Don't dare, dare not, Your Highness is too polite.

"I actually just want to know about the imperial court's arrangements for Xianbei's future.

"I'm here to prepare in advance to cooperate..."

Luo Yashan spoke politely, but his intentions were also expressed.

Luo Yashan could guess that Zhu Jingyuan's purpose in coming to the northwest was probably to rectify the few remaining vassal states.

The Xixianbei Principality, which was split off from Lucia, bears the brunt of it.

Luo Yashan's mood is very disturbed now.

Although it was clearly stated in the suzerain-vassal treaty signed at the beginning, the Xixianbei Principality will not be withdrawn, established, or favored.

But the difference between the current situation and the signing time is getting bigger and bigger.

Daming... In the history of Shenzhou, there are too many things about setting up feudal states first and then withdrawing feudal states.

In the past few years, Daming has just withdrawn and merged almost all the pro-vassals.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the imperial court really wanted to forcibly withdraw the domain, and the Principality of Xixianbei had no way of resisting it.

Lucia's brother may not dare to stand up for himself.

Zhu Jingyuan could understand Luo Yashan's mood, so he said with a very easy-going smile:
"Don't worry about the Principality of Xianbei, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the Ming court have always kept their promises.

"Xianbei Principality is the Duke of Daming recognized by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the vassal king of Western Xianbei Principality.

"Unless Duke Xianbei doesn't want to stay in Daming, the position of monarch will never be easy."

Zhu Jingyuan was talking, seeing Luo Yashan's expression was always disturbed, as if he didn't dare to fully accept this promise.

So when I was talking about halfway, I suddenly changed direction:

"If the Principality of Xianbei is still worried, it might as well think about it from another angle.

"Da Ming actually hopes that all countries in Thailand and the West, like Xianbei, Persia, Egypt and other countries, will become Ming's foreign vassals.

"Da Ming promised not to annex Western countries, but he did not refuse or even expect Western countries to take the initiative to join.

"If you want them to take the initiative to join, you must have the conditions and treatment that they are willing to accept.

"The existing vassal states such as Xianbei, Persia, and Egypt are models for showing them.

"Even if the Duke of Xianbei is worried about the future of Xianbei, he should wait until all the countries in Thailand and the West join Ming Dynasty on their own initiative.

"Before that, Duke Xianbei can put his heart in his stomach."

When Luo Yashan heard this, he followed Zhu Jingyuan's thinking for a while, and immediately felt that it made a lot of sense.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to "subdue the enemy without fighting" and let the Thai and Western countries take the initiative to join the Ming Dynasty, then they had to keep the few foreign vassals well.

However, after they joined, Daming should find a way to withdraw from the domain, right?
So Luo Yashan continued to test and said:
"With the current national power of Ming Dynasty, it is easy to annex the western and western countries, and the western and western countries should understand this.

"As long as they are wise enough, it shouldn't take too long before they will take the initiative to join.

"At that time, Ming Dynasty will truly merge into one universe, and this world will also be able to truly merge into one..."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan waved his hands:
"Duke Xianbei should understand that this matter is not as simple as it sounds.

"The monarchs of the Thai and Western countries are still relatively high-spirited, and the people of the Thai and Western countries have already had their own ideas.

"Take the current Lucia as an example, can you expect those big Lucia elements to join Daming voluntarily?

"Even if they all join voluntarily, I, Da Ming, may not be willing to accept it.

"Even if all the remaining countries in the world are now all vassal states of Da Ming, Da Ming will not think about completely withdrawing their vassal states.

"To put it bluntly, the Lucians, the Germans, the French, the English, and all the current Taixi people, they can't become Daming people for the time being.

"The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty cannot accept it.

"Thus, even if these countries become the vassal states of Ming Dynasty, they still have to continue to undertake the task of managing these ethnic groups independently.

"They still have to exist for a long time as a highly autonomous vassal state.

"The five kingdoms of Xianbei, Persia, Kazakhs, Egypt, and Khiva, as well as the black aristocrats in the central and western parts of Mozhou, and several vassal states without kings in the Yinzhou area are all undertaking such tasks now.

"It may take several generations of efforts for these people to become Daming people...

"We probably won't see it in our lifetime."

What Zhu Jingyuan said was very straightforward, even with natural discrimination, but Luo Yashan happily accepted it.

Luo Yashan was finally sure that Daming would really allow his vassal state to exist for a long time.

At least until Zhu Jingyuan's generation, there shouldn't be any major changes.

Luo Yashan was finally relieved, and then his curiosity arose:
"Taixi people are indeed not qualified to be Daming people, and the ink slaves of Mozhou are even less qualified.

"By the way, Your Highness is going to supervise the northwest provinces and the vassal states this time, what kind of policy pilot reforms will be carried out?
"Your Highness has any request, you can directly order, Xianbei will fully cooperate."

Zhu Jingyuan took a sip of the wine:
"Of course there are things to do, and they are all things that are good for you monarchs.

"What to do specifically, let's talk about it after the other monarchs have arrived."

(End of this chapter)