Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 10 Population, Colonization, Industrialization.

Chapter 10. Population, Colonization, Industrialization.

"You all came from China to travel in Nanyang, do you know the situation of the Nanyang Chinese?"

Er Luo looked at each other.

Da Luo Luo Yuanshan cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Jian Guo, if we Chinese want to gain a foothold in Nanyang, most of us have to live under the hands of the Dutch. flag."

"So, the Chinese Jiapitan who do big business in Nanyang basically either sell mines or pigs."

"Sell mines? Sell pigs?"

"Selling mines is mining, selling ore to the Dutch, selling pigs is selling piglets."

"Selling piglets" Zhu Daohua pondered for a moment, then nodded.

He was also a Cantonese in his previous life, and his hometown is also the hometown of overseas Chinese, so of course he knows how to sell piglets.

"Can we do this business of buying mines and piglets?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

The Chinese in Nanyang have a certain bond with the Dutch in terms of interests.

The Dutch want minerals and labor.

These Nanyang natives can't provide it-although there are many Nanyang natives, they are quite lazy, not as good as the hard-working and introverted Chinese.

"This... Chinese mining is basically concentrated in Borneo, which is the territory of the Dutch. As for selling piglets, it can be done, but it is a bit unconscionable. Piglets are sold to plantations and work like slaves all day long. It's only one or two silver dollars per month." Luo Dingshan interjected.

"Unconscionable. I don't care about that. Do you think these piggies are willing to serve as soldiers?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

Er Luo looked at each other.

Luo Yuanshan said: "If you make more money than working, of course you are willing!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Daohua clapped his hands.

"I'm in a big business, 1 people is not too little, and a million people is not too much! Two Luo brothers, you can help me contact the Chinese leader of the piggy business, and say that I need people very much, the more The better!"

Whether it is military expansion or expansion of production.

Everyone needs people!
Whether it is industrialization or colonization.

Population is the foundation!

Zhu Daohua will not take the land of Nanyang for the time being.

But it does not mean that he will leave this land to Westerners.

Erluo was speechless.

This grandpa is really bold.

One million people is not too little
Could it be.

Do you really have the ambition to recover?
Recruiting troops was only the first thing Zhu Daohua did in Batam.

Zhu Daohua doesn't have much territorial requirements for Nanyang.

Because there are too many aborigines in Nanyang, if you want to occupy it, it will involve too much energy-is it not good to have this energy to occupy Guangdong?
therefore.

For Zhu Daohua.

His territory requirement in Nanyang is nothing more than Malacca Seaman.

This is a strategic location and must be occupied.

Simultaneously.

In addition to expanding the army.

Simultaneously, Zhu Daohua also carried out the recruitment for the establishment of the Army and Navy Academy and the Artisan Battalion.

Among them, the Army and Naval Academy has the highest recruitment requirements.

Under the age of 16, proficient in Chinese and Chinese, at least required to be literate.

This requirement is not high in modern times.

But in this era when the illiteracy rate is eighty to ninety percent, there are not many who can meet the standard.

Besides.

The requirements of the craftsman camp are young people under the age of 20 with good hands and feet.

Zhu Daohua is too clear about the importance of skilled technical workers in this era.

If there are not enough skilled workers.

Ordnance factories, shipyards, iron smelting, steel refining and other industries cannot expand their scale.

Nanyang is not an iron ore belt.

There is a lack of super large iron mines like Anshan.

But there is no shortage of various small iron ore resources.

So at this stage, Zhu Daohua can easily obtain iron ore resources from Borneo and Java Island by sea.

A preliminary metallurgical industry was established.

The person in charge of the iron-smelting project was a Frenchman named Pierre-Émile Martin.

He was technical director of a large French steelworks.

when hearing the name.

Zhu Daohua thought it was Pierre-Emile Martin who invented the open-hearth steelmaking method in history, but he quickly realized that the Martin who invented the open-hearth steelmaking method had not yet been born.

The two just have the same name.

But this Martin is also a senior steel training expert.

The "crucible steelmaking method" he mastered is also the most advanced steelmaking technique in this era.

Zhu Daohua has little research on steelmaking.

He only knew the name of the so-called open-hearth steelmaking, but didn't know the specific process.

It is very lucky to be able to bring back a steel training engineer from France.

"Martin, Daohua Trading Co., Ltd. will invest 10 pounds in the early stage to build a steel factory, and you can invest in technology. In addition to ensuring my steel needs in the early stage, another important thing is to train workers."

Beside Zhu Daohua.

A white man with a thick brown beard and a body as round as a wine barrel nodded repeatedly.

"No problem, Your Highness, as long as the supply of iron ore can be guaranteed, the steelmaking plant can be established soon."

Zhu Daohua nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look to the other side.

"James, what do you think? I am very optimistic about the future of the steam engine."

Zhu Daohua smiled.

James Watt.

British.

Inventor, entrepreneur.

He owns a machinery factory.

Simultaneously
He is better known in history as an important figure in improving the steam engine.

In 1776, the first practical steam engine was produced.After a series of major improvements, it became a "universal prime mover" and was widely used in industry.He opened up a new era of energy utilization by human beings and brought human beings into the "steam age".

But now James Watt is very depressed.

As with most new inventions when they are first born.

There wasn't much of a market for Watt's steam engine at all.

At present, it is only used as a water pump in coal mines, iron mines and other mining areas.

Because the current steam engine can barely be put into actual production use.

That is, it can do work output.

But the working efficiency of the steam engine is too low now.

Continuous improvement requires continuous capital investment for R&D improvement.

in history.

Watt's long-term lack of funds led to a very bumpy road to the improvement of the steam engine.

Until he got investment from Birmingham businessman Matthew Bolton,

This enabled Watt to get better equipment funds and technical support, especially in terms of processing and manufacturing techniques.

And in this day and age.

Watt received the support of Zhu Daohua. With Zhu Daohua's support, Watt's research work has made great progress in the past few years.

In Watt's opinion, Zhu Daohua is undoubtedly the best boss in the world.

Because Zhu Daohua is unswervingly optimistic about the future of the steam engine.

"Vehicles and ships pulled by steam engines. If realized, it will be a leap forward for human society!"

Zhu Daohua was drawing a blueprint for the use of the steam engine to Watt again.

Boss Zhu can't do anything else.

Draw pie.

Dogs can.

"Boss, don't worry, if the vulcanized rubber really has the characteristics you described, then the problem of the energy efficiency of the steam engine will be solved."

James Watt patted his chest to make sure.

Zhu Daohua nodded slightly: "We bought a lot of rubber, and the climate here in Nanyang is also very suitable for rubber growth. I don't think there is any problem with the source of rubber."

(End of this chapter)