Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 157 North American Passage, Tsarist Russia Going South, French Mission

Just when the new governor of the Indian colonies of the British Empire and the commander of the Eastern Intervention Fleet arrived in Calcutta.

The central capital should be Tianfu.

The newly renovated Daming Palace is the Qinzheng Hall of His Majesty Zhu Daohua, Emperor Guangfu of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the hall is the steaming hot spring water, which flows through rockery, flower beds, and lotus leaf ponds.

Pavilions, pavilions, pavilions and corridors.

The steaming hot spring also raised the temperature outside the hall to a warm winter.

The corners of the hall are also surrounded by heating pipes, even though it is already the cold winter of December, Chang Yinghu, who passed by with a pile of documents in her arms, was sweating for a while.

As the secretary of the Emperor of Restoration.

Chang Yinghu's daily work is basically going back and forth between the Hall of Qinzheng and the cabinet.

Although Zhu Daohua is not a very diligent emperor.

At least compared to his workaholic ancestor.

The Emperor Guangfu had a very regular schedule. He woke up at six o'clock in the morning (eight o'clock in the morning), and usually rode or ran in the palace for three quarters of an hour, and then read books and newspapers in his imperial study, or met with two prime ministers.

In the late afternoon, I will come to Qinzheng Hall to start working.

But generally there is no major event, even Emperor Zhu will go out to inspect the army, factories, farmland and so on in many cases.

Walking back from the cabinet next to Qinzheng Hall with a pile of memorials, Chang Yinghu heard His Majesty's hearty laughter before entering the door.

"If you find a route to Hawaii, then you won't be far from finding a route to the North American continent!"

After walking in, I saw that His Majesty the Emperor was receiving the commander of the North American Route Exploration Department. Xie Guifang, a son of the Xie family in Jiaying Prefecture, was sitting in front of His Majesty. It seemed that the task of exploring the North American route had made new progress.

Chang Yinghu hurried in, sorted all the documents on Zhu Daohua's desk, and put them in labels so that Zhu Daohua could look them up at any time.

After finishing these.

Chang Yinghu began to put on the other side of the desk, and some documents that Zhu Daohua had written with a red pen were placed here.

Chang Yinghu has to classify the documents according to their contents and send them to different departments.

The work of these paperwork can be said to be very cumbersome.

However, many of Chang Yinghu's fellow Hunanese are very envious, because this is the emperor's secretary, the emperor's close minister, what an honor this is.

Chang Yinghu didn't listen to what Zhu Daohua and Xie Guifang were talking about, but just did her job well.

This is also one of the reasons why he was able to work as a secretary beside Zhu Daohua for more than a year.

But even if Chang Yinghu didn't listen, she still knew why His Majesty the Emperor was so happy.

More than a year ago, before the capital was moved to Yingtianfu, the North American Division was formed before His Majesty became emperor, and an expedition team was to be dispatched from the port of Japan to find routes to the American continent and the island of Hawaii.

Now it looks like it has paid off.

"Your Majesty, the fleet docked in Hawaii, but there are already many European immigrants there, and the islands are ruled by indigenous chiefs."

Xie Guifang said.

Zhu Daohua nodded.

He spread out the map, pointed to the location of Hawaii and said: "The strategic position of this island in the future is very important. This is a key node for China to seize North America, and it is also a key springboard for future immigration to the Americas!"

"The members of this expedition team have made a great contribution. In addition, they will also start sending caravans to the Hawaiian Islands for trade, so as to thoroughly find out the situation on the island."

The reason why Zhu Daohua is so concerned about the Hawaiian Islands is of course based on the consideration of the future naval combat model.

The age of the all-ironclad ship is upon us.

The future fleet is limited by fuel and range, so some key strategic nodes are very important.

For Daming.

The Southeast Asian islands must be mastered, especially the Strait of Malacca.

And in the Pacific Ocean.

At this time, the so-called island chain in later generations is a natural defense circle after being controlled by Da Ming.

And Hawaii is the transit point for Daming to go to the Americas in the future, and it is also the most important port for the Pacific Fleet of Ming Dynasty.

This strategic point must be held in hand no matter what.

After meeting with Xie Guifang and arranging the plan of the Hawaii trade route.

Zhu Daohua sat back at his desk.

"Your Majesty, this is news from the Central Plains and Manchuria"

Chang Yinghu hurriedly handed Zhu Daohua several documents about the Central Plains War and Manchuria settlement.

This is also the issue that His Majesty the Ming Emperor is most concerned about right now.

The confrontation between the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Henan, of course, it is impossible for Ming to not care about it.

This war is also the best window for Ming Dynasty to observe how much combat power the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have after the feudal reform.

The other is the news of Manchuria reclamation.

Now Daming has built bastions on Changshan Island in eastern Liaodong and Vladivostok in northern Liaoning, and dispatched troops to station them respectively.

According to the information received from the advance team.

The current northern Liaoning is basically covered by virgin forests, and there is no land for farming. To develop them, the forests must be burned. It is best to carbonize the roots of the trees, so that cattle or horses can be used to plow the land. It is difficult to develop cultivated land, but in the dense forest, there are winding rivers, swamps, wetlands, and grasslands are also distributed from time to time, which greatly reduces the difficulty of early development and is not a big problem.

The Songhua River Basin in Liaodong is a piece of fertile soil, most of which are swamps, lakes, and rivers evenly scattered throughout the vast Songhua River and Nenjiang Plains, so it is not difficult to develop.

More importantly.

From Liaodong to Liaobei, a vast area comparable to the size of the Central Plains, there are dark black soil everywhere.

These news made the officials of the Ming cabinet quite excited.

Compared to the distant America, compared to the miasma-filled tropical rainforest-covered Nanyang Islands.

This land in the north of Liaoning is the most coveted fertile soil for the farming race of the Han family.

Therefore, many officials have already written letters, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor will reduce his interest in North America, and instead fully support the immigration of northern Liaoning.

Of course, Zhu Daohua has no opinion on this. Supporting the development of the Northeast has long been thought of.

However, the exploration of North American routes cannot be relaxed in this regard.

Both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be hard.

"Vladivostok found traces of the Cossacks?"

Zhu Daohua frowned.

Sure enough, the Russians have begun to explore to the south.

If they find out that Ming has built a bastion and a port in Vladivostok.

It is easy to guess that this is a port that can also be used in winter.

To be honest, the current ruling core of Ming Dynasty is quite far from Vladivostok.

But it is always smoother than Tsarist Russia coming to this area.

That little Cossack cavalry is not enough to support Tsarist Russia to provoke a big war in the Vladivostok area.

In fact, Tsarist Russia did not use many troops to occupy the vast Siberia.

Before having rail transport.

The power Russia can invest in East Siberia is quite limited.

Therefore, Zhu Daohua is not worried about what Tsarist Russia can do in this area.

He thought for a while and gave instructions: Keep a close eye on the movements of the Russians, and if you find the opponent's stronghold, resolutely eradicate it!

Relying on the military colony, the power that Ming can use in the Vladivostok area is much greater than that of the Russians, so there is no need to be afraid at all.

Then the second document was about how to stabilize the military settlements. The Department of Reclamation requested to buy women of the right age from North Korea and Japan to be wives for the reclamation soldiers in the military settlements, so as to calm the hearts of the soldiers.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Daohua wrote the word "ke".

If you want to start a family and start a business, you can farm in northern Liaoning with peace of mind by arranging a wife.

After completing these, Zhu Daohua began to care about the Central Plains War.

The armies of the two sides had already confronted each other at Tongguan, and the Qing government drove all the people of Shanzhou to Henan Mansion. In the process, a group of Green Banner soldiers who made a fortune was inevitable.

However, due to the sudden drop in temperature in the past half a month, the two sides have not yet started a war, but the confrontation between small-scale scouts has become more and more intense.

According to the development of this situation, as long as the weather warms up a little, the two sides will probably start a big battle.

After criticizing these, Zhu Daohua turned over and frowned slightly.

"Where is the mission that returned from Europe?"

The Clippers came to report two days ago.

Grand Duke Lin has already set off from Batam Island. Counting the days, he should arrive at Yingtian Mansion in just two days.

Chang Yinghu hurriedly said: "There was no clipper ship back yesterday, maybe it is still on the way."

The voice just fell.

Someone came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty! Lin Shangshu has already passed the Songjiang Mansion! He is about to arrive in Yingtian!"

Zhu Daohua stood up with a loud bang.

"Go, send the Jiangfang Fleet to greet you, and call the left and right prime ministers, I want to set up Jiangning Port!"

"According to the order!"

Finally home.

Grand Duke Lin stood at the bow of the boat, looking at both sides of the general.

When he left, the world was still occupied by the Qing Dynasty.

And now.

Half of the world has been restored, and the task of restoring China has been half completed.

Louis de Saint-Just looked at this strange country curiously.

The steam ship rumbled across the river.

Factories breathing black smoke are on both sides of the river.

Dense factories, busy shipping lanes.

A capital of an Eastern Empire that seemed to be more prosperous than London and Paris, and full of power, was about to appear in front of him.

"I have to say. Before arriving here, all Europeans could not imagine the power contained in this country."

De Saint-Just said in a low voice.

Grand Duke Lin is also observing, in his eyes.

This country he is very familiar with.

Now it has become both strange and familiar.

Strange because this country is different from what he remembers.

at least
Before that, there were no factories and ships emitting black smoke.

Is this what the emperor said, the power of industrialization?
Grand Duke Lin looked deep into the river.

"It's very lively, sir."

Louis De Saint-Just said.

Upon hearing this, Grand Duke Lin couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Yes, it is really full of life.

"Maybe in the future the Qinhuai River will become like the Thames River. It will become black water?"

Grand Duke Lin said.

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