Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 516 Jiaozhou is gradually settled
The results of the academic examination were announced, and each university prepared an admission letter and sent it to every admitted student, which seemed very ceremonial.

Although it is still not possible to manage household registration with the means of the information age, due to Cheng Ji, the household registration is recorded directly in Cheng Ji's Mansion.

Bai Tu also specifically stated that university admissions are a top priority, and officials from all over the country should verify the comparison of identity and Cheng Ji's information. If there is fraud, severe punishment will be imposed!

Because the number of places admitted to the university is limited, a large number of students have failed and can only return home sadly, either to change their path, or to prepare for the coming year - the academic examination is different from the imperial examination that is held every three years, and is held every year.

The scholars who have passed the examination are happily waiting for the start of school in August, and their joy is no less than those who have passed the imperial examination!

After the academic examination, the highlight of Chu State was the imperial examination at the end of October.

The six departments and one hospital still set the questions separately. This time, Pang Tong even put the "selection of insulation materials" into the engineering imperial examination.

In Bai Tu’s impression, it goes without saying that the best insulation material is synthetic rubber.

But that thing requires oil, which is hopeless in the world of Johime, and the substitute is naturally natural rubber, whose output is limited.

With the level of industrialization in Chu State, as long as there is natural rubber, it will be enough to get through the current stage. As for the future... Bai Tu can only say that children and grandchildren will have their own blessings!
After all, due to the invisibility of fossil resources, as well as the existence of true energy and spiritual power, Cheng Ji's world is destined to be unable to copy the development process of the world that Bai Tu is familiar with. Therefore... the bonus of "hard disk" is also disappearing faster.

Of course, there are actually all kinds of small inventions that I didn’t have time to “click on” before. At least the hard disk can guide the general direction, just like the “Zhen Qi Machine”. The actual technology has nothing to do with the contents of the hard disk, but it does Take the road that the steam engine has flattened in the hard disk.

However, even natural rubber is not something you can get if you want it. Various types of rubber trees are not produced in the Han Dynasty, but only in the Golden State!

Naturally, when Gan Ning went to sea this time, the "rubber tree" was also one of his goals.

It’s just that considering that there is no civilization in South America yet, even if there are human tribes, they should be in a very primitive stage, without writing, and may not even reach the Neolithic Age.

Therefore, it is still very difficult to find rubber trees in a short period of time - much more difficult than finding crops such as corn.

After all, those crops are considered to be found as long as they find the Mayans, but the rubber trees... you have to drill them in the deep mountains and forests by yourself!

Gan Ning could only stay for a limited time on this trip. He would find it sooner or later, but he might not be able to find it this time.

If Gan Ning can bring back rubber trees this time and successfully transplant them, he can go to the Golden State and let the second batch of pioneering troops collect wild rubber trees...

I believe that before long, Chu’s industrial projects that need to be sealed will be able to move forward, and even the ocean will not be able to isolate Chu’s voice!
In addition, in fact, there are alternatives in Southeast Asia and the Qinling Mountains...

Bai Tu had previously told Shi Xie about the appearance of the ancient tapas tree, and proposed that it was a plant that Chu State needed, and ordered the state government to find it for him.

However, there is no news yet. After all, the various ethnic groups in Southeast Asia have not yet used rubber. After all, in a narrow sense, the guttabo trees in Southeast Asia are not considered rubber trees...

The gutta-percha tree can also extract a "rubber-like" substance, that is, gutta-percha. Even in terms of quality, it can make insulators better than other natural rubbers and is the main insulator for submarine cables.

However, the gutta-percha tree is not a rubber tree in the true sense. The yield used to extract gutta-percha gum is smaller, and it does not flow out by itself. Therefore, it does not have the conditions for natural means to be used, and naturally there is no indigenous use.

As for other natural rubbers, they are all varieties introduced from Southeast Asia - the local climate is indeed suitable for growing rubber.

Bai Tu didn't care, so he used the guttabo tree to "cope" with it first. Although it was too late to plant it on a large scale, because the guttabo tree had not been used before, its wild population in nature was enough to meet the temporary needs first.

As long as you pay attention to sustainable development, you can also pay attention to planting while collecting.

however……

Before Shi Xie completely decided to surrender to Chu, it was obviously impossible for Chu troops to enter the country on a large scale - what?Are you here to find a tree?Do you think I believe it?
The number of Han people registered in Jiaozhou was limited, and the number of troops was very small. However, with Shixie's prestige in Jiaozhou, he was able to mobilize the South Vietnamese tribes to help in the war.

Although it's not that strong...

However, Jiaozhou's closed location and road conditions were natural protection, so the Chu State did not want to engage in military conflict, otherwise it would be easy to fall into it.

What's more, Shi Xie has been showing good intentions, but he has not made up his mind to surrender completely.

To some extent, the conditions offered by Chu State to Shi Xie are much stricter than those offered by Sun Quan in history.

They had no intention of retaining Shi Xie's right to rule in Jiaozhou. At most, they would give Shi Xie some convenience and preferential treatment in exchange. This is why Shi Xie was even a little "rebellious" at first.

It's just that after the state of Chu became more and more powerful, Jiaozhou didn't "rebel" for a long time, and now it pays tribute year after year to show its favor...

What the Chu State has to do is to keep building roads to get past him. When the roads hit him, Shi Xie will have no choice but to surrender to Chu.

Prior to this, the Chu State was not preparing to attack by force, so naturally it could not bypass Jiaozhou and go to Southeast Asia to find the Gutabo tree.

The same situation also applies to "Euzhong".

Although the bark of Eucommia ulmoides in the Qinling Mountains can also be used to refine gutta-percha, but...that is in the Qinling Mountains. It is no less difficult to break through the forces of the Han Dynasty and face the threat of Wei than it is for the navy to explore the Golden State.

And unlike the ancient Tapo tree, if Shi Xie discovers the ancient Tapo tree, given the current status and relationship between Jiaozhou and Chu, Jiaozhou will definitely collect raw materials continuously and transport them to Chu after Bai Tu gives the order - of course, The State of Chu did not rob by force, but provided assistance in terms of food and agricultural tools.

But as for Qinling...

Even if Eucommia ulmoides can be found, it cannot be traded on a large scale. After all, once the princes of all parties discover it, they will "compete".

Besides, the gum content of Eucommia trees is incomparable with that of real rubber trees. It can only be extracted from the bark and leaves, and cannot be harvested every year through "tapping".

What Bai Tu is looking forward to most now is the rubber from the Golden State. At most, the freight will be higher in the short term, but the output will be more than enough to support Chu State.

As for now...

Still, I could only watch Pang Tong, pitifully researching how to use oil-impregnated paper to achieve insulation and cloth and threaded structures to achieve sealing.

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The road construction project to Jiaozhou has a very high priority in Chu State's road construction plan. Although the utilization rate is now very low, the priority is second only to the official roads between several important prefectures.

As the cement road approached, Shi's attitude towards Chu became more attentive and docile.

It’s been a long time since I mentioned that I wanted him to be knighted by the Han Dynasty...

From this point of view, the Chu State's road construction is not bad - although from the perspective of "road", the utilization rate of this road is extremely low, but in fact it has served tens of thousands of troops, and it is not necessarily a waste of several years. The effect that can be achieved.

After all, Shi Xie is not an ambitious person, and is very rational. He does not think that he can pose any threat to Chu State by jumping over the wall in a hurry.

If Jiaozhou is caught between the Chu State and other princes, there is at least the opportunity to use vertical and horizontal methods to survive among the powerful states. However, the position of Jiaozhou... is completely under the "wings" of the Chu State!
If you want to lure other powerful enemies to contain Chu, there is no room for maneuver...

Shi Xie is now old, nearly seventy years old, and... among the younger generations, Shi Xie has not seen any outstanding talents, which also makes him completely give up his desire to fight with the Chu State, and just wants to serve the Shi family Just asking for more benefits.

Seeing that the magical road in Chu State that "turns straight into steel" has been paved all the way, Shi Xie also knew that he didn't have much time left for him.

Moreover, Chu State only built roads honestly and did not use the army, which could be considered as leaving Jiaozhou face and time to react.

This year's Chu State's second imperial examination, Jiaozhou once again sent a key signal - Shi Kuang entered the Chu State and participated in the imperial examination.

Shi Kuang is the eldest son of "Shi Yi", the No. [-] person in Jiaozhou. He is almost thirty this year and is considered older in the imperial examination.

As one of the core members of the Shi family, Shi Kuang had naturally served as an official in Jiaozhou for a long time, and was even a prefect. Although the county's registered population was not as large as any other county, it was still considered a prefect.

Shi Kuang came to Chu State and took part in the imperial examination not because of his ability, but to show Shi Kuang's attitude!

Although this person had been a prefect in name, Bai Tu was very worried that he would fail the ranking - it would not be a big deal if he failed the ranking completely, but for Shi Kuang's status, it would not look good if he failed to enter the gold ranking...

If he is really talented as a prefect, there would be no problem in entering the gold list. After all, it is just an imperial examination to select officials.

But the problem is that the prefect of Jiaozhou is very extensive in terms of governance, and there are very few Han people who are registered. They generally guide and self-govern the people of the hundreds of ethnic groups in South Vietnam.

That is to say, relying on both kindness and prestige to make hundreds of tribes pay tribute every year... The Shi clan can be regarded as a contribution to education in Jiaozhou, but it is still far away from "sinicizing hundreds of tribes", and it is not like Chu State, which has direct influence in Shanyue, The courage of Wuxi to build a city.

Measured by the standards of Chu State, none of this kind of governor is qualified. If he can be re-elected to the second year, he will have to implicate the official minister and sack him...

Moreover, in history, not only did Shikuang have little opportunity to display his talents, but after the Shi family surrendered to Sun Quan, he went to Jianye with his father to serve as hostages, and... he had extremely poor sensitivity to the current situation.

After his cousin Shi Hui rebelled, Shi Kuang also believed in the evil of the counter-rebellion general Lu Dai, and he was really cute and went to persuade him to surrender. After the success, Shi Hui's clan was destroyed, and Shi Kuang and his son were demoted to common people... …

For this reason, Bai Tu specially told the Ministry of Rites to send people to explore Shi Kuang's background in advance - fortunately, although there was nothing to report, he had governance experience after all, which was a great advantage among the scholars who took the imperial examination, and the most important thing was , Shishi is worthy of being an heir of poetry and calligraphy. In terms of classics and meanings, Shikuang has a very solid foundation.

It is not difficult for Shi Kuang to pass the exam if he lets the Ministry of Rites relax a little!
After all, the Shi family came here to express their surrender, and Bai Tu had to give him face...

(End of this chapter)