Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 261 The Prince of Tsarist Russia

"In the Northeast, as long as there are people, enough people, it is impossible to lose money!"

Zhu Daohua shook his head and said.

"Why is the Northeast a place of bitter cold now? Isn't it because there are no people? Talent is the foundation of the development of the Northeast. As long as there are people, the court still has to worry about not getting money from the Northeast? Are you worried that you won't be able to get money in Liangjiang or Guangdong?" ?”

Luo Fangbo froze for a moment: "Can Northeast China compare with Liangjiang and Guangdong?"

"Why can't it be compared? The Northeast is so rich in mineral deposits, it's a good place to set up industries! Besides the mineral deposits, the land in the Northeast is so fertile, it's all black and dark, it's the best place in the world In the Northeast, there are mines, land, and wood, but why has it become a place of bitter cold?"

"Because there are no people! People are the market. If there is no market and demand, these resources will not be developed. Isn't it just a place of bitter cold and freezing cold? But to develop the Northeast, let the mines in the Northeast, the Northeast If the timber in the Northeast is turned into money, the railway and the port must be built. As long as the railway and the port are in hand, the Northeast Development Corporation still needs to worry about the land rent of three melons and two dates?"

Luo Fangbo nodded upon hearing this.

Indeed, so long as the railroads and ports are controlled.

It is equivalent to controlling the passage of grain, timber, and minerals in the Northeast.

And it's a monopoly business.

Collect low and sell high.

Everyone can do it.

The Northeast is sparsely populated.

Not counting timber and various mineral deposits.

Simply rice.

Now the price of rice in Liangjiang and Guangdong is about 2 yuan a stone, and it is more expensive in the Central Plains.

In the Northeast, however, the population is so small, and the territory is so large, the purchase price of rice can be earned at every stone.

Trafficked to the south, that is double the gross profit.

One million farming households are farming in the Northeast.

There are at least hundreds of millions of stones of rice every year.

One million peasant households can eat up to 100 to 3000 million shi, and the remaining 7000 million shi have to be sold.

7000 million shi, bought for one yuan and sold for two yuan.

One in and one out is a gross profit of 7000 million yuan, after deducting various costs, and then making a discount.

A net profit of 1000 million a year is a very conservative estimate.

This is just the sale of rice.

The benefits of timber, ore, and railway ports have not yet been calculated.

Thinking of this, Luo Fangbo was overwhelmed with admiration: "Your Majesty's words made Chen Maosai suddenly realize that the Northeast Development Corporation is indeed making money. If so, I would like to invest more."

He paused, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you intend to designate land in the northeast as the Emperor's Manor?"

Zhu Daohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

These landlords are rich.

Why do one or two value these farming lands so much?
How much can you earn by farming?

Luo Fangbo urged the emperor's son-in-law to enclose the land, not because he was worried that the emperor's son-in-law would have too little Zhuangzi and less income.

Instead, wait for the emperor's son-in-law to go to the Northeast to enclose the land, so that the courtiers can follow the core to enclose the land.

Zhu Daohua shook his head and said, "What do I need so much arable land for? Landlords are not my specialty. Father-in-law, if you listen to me, don't go to the countryside to buy fields. Now Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuchang, Chengdu, Zhongdu, Land prices in cities like Beidu and Tianjin are low. Buy more shops and fields around the cities. These are the golden rice bowls that can be passed down to your family. Especially in Shanghai, I can guarantee that the land price in Shanghai will definitely increase by more than ten times in ten years increase!"

These are the central cities of the Ming Dynasty.

The future is sure to be an extremely prosperous real estate site.

What is the most important thing in real estate?
Location, location, or his location!
Go to the deep mountains and old forests in the northeast to invest in real estate?
Isn't it money and no place to spend it?

How could such a shrewd person as Emperor Zhu do such a stupid thing.

to buy.

I also want to buy land in Shanghai.

Emperor Zhu bought a lot of land in Shanghai County.

And now Shanghai is about to circle up and build a business city.

Together with Tianjin, it is one of the two municipalities directly under the central government in the north and the south.

Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River will definitely become the largest commercial city in Ming Dynasty in the future.

When Luo Fangbo heard the words, he quickly wrote it down. It was the consensus of the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty that he could make a fortune following Emperor Zhu.

Just when the two were talking.

Suddenly there was a rush of hoofbeats.

A knight of Jin Yiwei came on horseback.

In front of Zhu Daohua, he got off his horse and raised his hand to give a military salute.

"Your Majesty, according to information from Irkutsk, Tsarist Russia took advantage of the thawing of the river in summer to send another 3000 troops to Irkutsk. Now Irkutsk has a total force of nearly [-], of which there are Cossacks. Eight thousand, the shooting army has twelve thousand!"

Zhu Daohua's face became serious when he heard this.

The army of the capital of Zhengxiyingying is still training and rectifying, and no more than [-] can be pulled out now.

And Irkutsk is the core of Tsarist Russia's rule in Siberia. It seems a bit rash to attack Irkutsk by relying on a [-]-strong westward camp with few heavy artillery
"Your Majesty, even with only [-] troops, it is enough to defeat the Russians."

Confident in front of Emperor Zhu is Dong Gao, a former Qing military fighter.

"The Russians actually don't have many heavy artillery. Irkutsk is certainly a fortified fortress, but we can adopt a strategy of surrounding and not fighting!"

"Siege and not fight?" Emperor Zhu showed a rather interested look.

"Yes, it is really difficult to break through the bastion without heavy artillery, but Irkutsk in Tsarist Russia is on the North Sea, we can just surround Irkutsk and graze around it, cutting off the material passage, or else How long will these Russians starve to death—if they would rather starve than come out and fight."

Emperor Zhu nodded slightly.

Um.
It's really not good if Irkutsk is conquered too quickly.

Because Le Bao is still in the Western Regions Province now, there is intelligence that Le Bao is likely to run away too, but before he runs away, it is best not to let the people in the Westward Camp have any contact with him.

Let these people surround Irkutsk, and it will take a year or two. After capturing Irkutsk, it is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Tsarist Russia and East Siberia, so East Siberia will naturally fall into Ming Dynasty hand?
"Chongru, I'll leave this job to you. I don't hesitate to be a prince if you make a contribution!" Zhu Daohua said.

Dong Gao was overjoyed when he heard the words, bowed his hands and bowed: "I will not disgrace the emperor's order!"

"His Royal Highness, this is Irkutsk, the central city of the empire in Siberia!"

at this time.

From the river port of the Angara River, dozens of large ships flying the red, white and blue tricolor flags took advantage of the thawing of the Yenisei River in summer and the weak ice on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, and passed the river port from Moscow. And a small part of the sea route, entered the Yenisei River and went upstream, through the Angara River, the main tributary of the Yenisei River, to Irkutsk, the most important fortress of Tsarist Russia in the east.

This river fleet brought a large amount of food and ammunition supplies, as well as a corps shooting army transferred from Moscow!
led this army.

It was the crown prince of the Russian Empire, Paul Petrovich.

Paul Petrovich stepped down from the ship, raised his head and looked at this completely fortified military city.

This is already the end point where the Russian Empire may send a large-scale army to the East.

The broadness of the Yenisei guarantees this.

And if there is a war with China.

This must be the most important battlefield!
But for Paul Petrovich at this time.

What he was worried about was not the war with the Chinese—in his opinion, those ministers in Moscow who shouted to fight and kill, and the mother of the great emperor who was eager to provoke a war against the Ming Dynasty were really out of their minds!

Why does Russia need this war?
Such a war is of no benefit at all!

however.

In Moscow, the frenetic atmosphere of the war had no room for such voices of reason.

Empress Catherine also needs war.

Whether it is against the Ottoman Empire or the Ming Empire.

She doesn't even think about whether this war will bring real benefits - she thinks about her own throne.

The Slavs worshiped the strongman.

As long as she can win the continuous foreign war, Empress Ekaterina's throne will be consolidated-after all, when the empress came to power, she came up through a palace coup that was not very glorious.

And the relationship between Paul and his great emperor mother was not harmonious.

He even believed that between his eldest son and those lovers favored by the emperor, the empress would choose her lover without hesitation.

And after Paul's eldest son, Alexander Pavlovich was born.

The queen seems to think that her eldest grandson is a more worthy and excellent successor than her eldest son.

So that Alexander has been with the queen for a long time.

Paul, the crown prince, was marginalized instead.

And this time he was sent to remote Siberia with more than 1 shooting troops-this is even equivalent to exile!
And the reasons are unassailable: the east of the empire is facing the threat of the Ming Empire, and it needs a truly important figure to sit in charge.

Lead troops to fight the Chinese.

Can Paul say no?

If he refuses, the nobles in Moscow will definitely not support him as the tsar-the Slavs will not support an emperor who is afraid of war!

(End of this chapter)