Chapter 409
My Life Simulator Chapter 409
2021-10-14
Chapter 408: Ming Dynasty ZTE, Jiajing ProsperityWang Zhi's judgment is correct.
Lu Li simply didn't mean to kill. After the destroyers drove the Japanese pirates out of Malacca, they did not pursue them.
Johor Port, later known as Singapore. This is the throat of the entire Strait of Malacca.
In this narrow waterway between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, there are also the Riau Islands.
As long as a base is built here, several forts are installed on both sides, and the fleet is placed all the way, the sea route to the Far East has been cut off.
Of course, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra are also the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The indigenous people here are all large and small tribes, and have no concept of a country at all. Plant a flag and say that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and no one has raised any objections at all.
Lu Li boarded a destroyer and landed at Johor Port.
A bright sun and moon flag was raised in the original Spanish duck governor's mansion, announcing that this place was officially incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.
This Governor's Palace is also well-built, a stone European-style castle that looks like an exotic beauty.
It's just...after being looted by Japanese pirates, there shouldn't be much left here.
Lu Li smiled and shook the head, but didn't care. Grabbing things is secondary, occupying land is the key.
Walking to the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Lu Li suddenly stepped one stopped and found an unexpected harvest.
In the green belt outside the Governor's Palace, there is a row of very special trees.
This is... FUCK! Rubber Tree!
Lu Li couldn't help laughed heartily: "This Spanish duck governor is really a good man. He actually brought over all the Rubber Trees that originate in America?"
The value of rubber , is simply immeasurable.
With rubber, the sealing ring of various machinery and equipment can be solved. With rubber, tires can be made.
With pneumatic tires, the significance of land transportation is simply immeasurable.
"Come on, hurry up and look around. How many trees are there? Note that this tree is of great value, and it is absolutely not allowed to cut it down."
Lu Li He quickly gave the order to the guard next to him.
The guards hurriedly searched for Rubber Tree. After looking around the Governor's Mansion, the guards reported that they found a total of 35 Rubber Trees, of which there are only 10 large trees over three meters high, and the rest are small saplings.
Well, rubber tires are premature.
Lu Li shook the head, put aside the idea of "will be able to drive soon", and walked into the Governor's Mansion.
"My lord, we have found the warehouse of the Spanish duck people. There are a lot of coins in it."
Just after entering the Governor's Palace, another soldier came to report.
Coins? Spanish Silver Coin?
Lu Li also became interested, and followed the soldiers to the treasury next to the Governor's Palace.
At this moment, there are countless supplies scattered around the treasury, apparently left over when the Japanese pirates looted.
Walking into the warehouse, Lu Li saw hundreds of large boxes piled up in the warehouse, all of which were filled with Silver Coins with silver light.
"Grandpa, there are at least a hundred thousand silver tael in here."
The soldier pointed to the Silver Coin in the warehouse and introduced it to Lu Li.
Hearing this, Lu Li was slightly taken aback. This is not because of hundreds of thousands of silver tael, but... Lu Li suddenly remembered that the currency of the Ming Dynasty was still a mess!
The official currency of the Ming Dynasty was paper money, or treasure money.
It's just... this thing, even Imperial Capital doesn't recognize the value of the treasured banknotes, and no one regards the treasured banknotes as money.
The widely used currencies are still silver and copper coins.
The currency reform of the Ming Dynasty is also imminent. A chaotic monetary system is not conducive to the development of industry and commerce.
Coming up with a whole new set of currencies was not difficult for Lu Li.
The Nanyang Islands are rich in minerals, including many gold, silver and copper mines. Luzon has 40 million tons of copper reserves and 1,000 tons of gold reserves. Indy Papua has 60 million tons of copper reserves, 40,000 tons of silver reserves and 6,000 tons of gold reserves.
Apart from this, the Annan area of Jiaozhi has 1.2 billion tons of iron ore reserves, including 600 million tons of iron ore reserves in Shixi Iron Mine, with an iron content of 67%, and it can also be mined in open pit.
Mine mining in Nanyang is very promising for iron, copper, gold, and silver.
As for the manpower to mine the mines, there is no shortage of manpower. There are natives everywhere. As long as the head of the tribe is given some glass utensils and steel knives, as many people as needed can be recruited.
The currency reform of the Ming Dynasty was carried out by Zhang Juzheng. The Nanyang area... I have the final say!
So, Lu Li started a new project.
The program is called "Show Wealth"!
The resources of Nanyang are too rich, and Lu Li can't occupy it all by himself, and there is absolutely no need to occupy it all by himself.
Just by showing off the benefits, countless Ming Dynasty people who want to make a fortune can flock to it.
With an order, the 100,000 troops who arrived in Nanyang immediately dispatched and began to search.
Two months later, Lu Li's transport fleet returned.
More than 300 transport ships are full of special products from all over the South China Sea, all kinds of precious wood, all kinds of ivory rhino horns, all kinds of coral clam, all kinds of pearls and gems, all kinds of gold, silver, copper , iron ...
grandiose's fleet, from Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Songjiang, Dengzhou, all the way to Tianjin.
Every station deliberately stopped ships and docked, and deliberately displayed all kinds of property on display, until the landing in Tianjin, when unloading, the mountains of gold and silver treasures piled up, making countless people's eyes green.
Of course, deliberately promoting the abundance of products and gold everywhere in the South China Sea is also what it should mean.
More than 300 transport ships, unloading truckloads of treasure. It took three days in a row to transport these terrifyingly large fortunes into the capital.
Beijing sensation! Empty alleys!
Countless people gathered outside the House of Hubu Yamen, watching the truckloads of gold and silver treasures being delivered to the treasury.
Of course, this wealth is also indispensable to the Emperor Jiajing.
"The Duke of Yue handed over the property, including: 120 silver chariots, 13 gold chariots, 350 copper chariots, 630 iron essence chariots, 3 pearl chariots, and 4 gemstone chariots , 16 fine jade chariots, ivory 5 chariots, rhino horn 2 chariots, coral 4 chariots, clam clam 5 chariots, spice 58 chariots, and southern Jiamu... all piled up in the Neku wood yard.”
After hearing the data read out by Grand Court Eunuch Lu Fang, the Jiajing Emperor stared wide-eyed.
The national treasury and the internal treasury... are all stuffed by the Yue Guogong?
Is the South Ocean covered with gold? These gold and silver treasures can be picked up by bending over?
“Your Majesty, you will be given a secret copy from the State of Yue.”
Grand Court Eunuch Lu Fang handed out another secret copy from Lu Li.
Jiajing took a look at the secret book, and Lu Li said on the secret book that there are 60 million tons of copper, 40,000 tons of silver and 6,000 tons of gold on Jinzhou Island in Nanyang. Lu Li also stated that one ton is two thousand catties.
In addition, all kinds of red sandalwood, Gold Threaded Cedar and other precious woods, all kinds of spices, and pearls from the coast are almost everywhere.
The Emperor Jiajing screamed!
How rich is Nanyang? mine! mine! All mine!
"Lu Fang, dispatch the personnel immediately, dispatch personnel from Eastern Yard and Bright Gown Guard, immediately go to Nanyang, pick up the Yue Guo bus, and quickly mine for me."
Six Ten million tons of copper, 40,000 tons of silver, and 6,000 tons of gold, with these things in hand, I don't need to ask the treasury for money at all!
......
When Emperor Jiajing was blinded by silver, all the officials of the court were also blinded by silver.
Nanyang... so rich!
How could a place like a Treasure Gathering Pot be occupied by Duke Yue alone? Everyone has a share!
Didn't Duke Yue send all the maps of Nanyang? Isn't it said that all of Nanyang is the territory of Ming Dynasty? Then... let's make a fortune together!
Zhang Juzheng took the opportunity to propose that a state capital should be set up in the Nanyang Islands, and officials should be dispatched to control each place.
This suggestion was immediately unanimously approved by the court.
In addition to the official action, the private action is much bigger.
The relatives in the family who have maritime businessmen immediately set sail to the sea, staking their horses everywhere in the Nanyang Islands, and wantonly carve up the resources of the Nanyang.
The common people are also very interested in the gold-filled Southeast Asia.
In a short time, countless people from all over the Ming Dynasty poured into the South China Sea.
The development of Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty officially kicked off.
Lu Li immediately built a mint at bases all over the South Seas.
The steam-powered stamping machine is a coin at a time, and the speed is extremely fast, and the coin is very beautiful.
There are three types of coins: Copper Coin, Silver Coin and Gold Coin. Copper Coin has a face value of one article, Silver Coin has a face value of one or two, and gold coin has a consistent face value.
The pattern of the coins, but Lu Li did not put Jiajing's avatar on it. This is to avoid some trouble, and directly use the flag of the sun and the moon, with the Imperial Palace gate, the Great Wall and the like. pattern, came up with a set of currencies.
After the currency came out, Lu Li directly ordered that all parts of Nanyang should use the new currency, and gold and silver should not be used as currency transactions.
There is also a new institution, the bank, which has appeared in various places.
Lu Li began to popularize mathematics knowledge as early as the establishment of the army. This tradition continues to this day.
Now Lu Li's army of 200,000 soldiers has studied mathematics and understands mathematical calculations. The staff of the bank are temporarily filled with soldiers under his command.
In the South China Sea, no one dared to disobey Lu Li's orders. In less than a month, the countries of the Indo-China Peninsula unified their currencies and fully used Lu Li's new currency.
As for the Nanyang Islands...the indigenous people did not have the concept of currency, and currency was mainly circulated among the Ming Dynasty people who traveled to and from the Nanyang. As for the natives, as long as they know that this thing can be exchanged for materials, they will definitely accept currency.
In order to facilitate the flow of people, Lu Li asked Zhang Yuan to build a large steam-powered passenger ship, which was used to communicate the connection between various parts of Nanyang and the inland of Ming Dynasty.
The time has come to the end of the forty-two years of Jiajing.
In the past few months, the Nanyang area has been in full swing, and countless Ming people with dreams of making a fortune have traveled all over the Nanyang Islands.
Officers from the Imperial Court also arrived, officially taking over the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Islands.
Lu Li did not make things difficult, but was very cooperative. Except for the military bases at a few key nodes, all others were handed over to Daming officials.
At this point, the Nanyang Islands were officially incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.
Lu Li's eyes also looked towards the next place - Australia and Tianzhu.
The Java base, the East Timor base, and the Australian continent to the south. Another line, starting from the Yangon base in Myanmar, enters the Bay of Bengal along the coastline, and then goes west to Tianzhu.
Australia has nothing to say.
In Australia today, there are very few even indigenous people, and it is completely an empty land.
Lu Li only needs to build a few port bases to declare that this is the Ming territory of the since ancient times.
Australia is just a transit point in Lu Li's plan. Continuing eastward to reach South America is Lu Li's ultimate goal.
Once the plan was clear, Lu Li began to prepare for the next big move.
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The 42nd year of Jiajing is a prosperous age!
This year, the high-yield crops promoted by Hai Rui achieved bumper harvests all over the country.
In a short time, from the homes of ordinary people, to the granaries of the prefectures and counties, and then to the treasury, grain was piled up everywhere.
It is the consensus of all landlords and gentry in Daming that one cannot make a fortune by farming.
The food is harvested in an all-round way, and naturally it cannot be sold at a high price. It is better to run a boat or run a workshop if you are busy working for a year.
In this case, the landlord class of Ming Dynasty had no interest in any land annexation. Want a place? A large amount of land in Nanyang, just draw a circle, it is all yours, and the natives of Nanyang are much easier to use than tenants.
Those who run workshops, do business, go to sea, or even set up plantations in the Nanyang enclosure are better than exploiting tenants in their hometown.
even more how, tenants are not stupid. Exploitation is ruthless, so I went to the South China Sea to go to sea.
In this way, the poor people in Daming have a much better life, at least food and clothing are not a big problem.
At the year-end Imperial Court Great Assembly in the 42nd year of Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing heard the memorial reports, all of which were in good condition.
The southern Japanese and northern Japanese no longer existed, and the high-yield crops also filled the warehouses with grains all over the Ming Dynasty.
The Ministry of Shipping Industry collects a new high of 50 million taels of tax a year. This does not include all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry and valuables handed over from all over Nanyang. Daming's treasury and internal treasury are all full.
"The country has no border troubles, and the people have no fear of famine. The grain warehouse is full, and the national treasury is full. The world is at peace, and all nations come to the dynasty." Bye, "Your Majesty, you created the Ming Dynasty ZTE, created a peaceful and prosperous world! Long live my emperor!"
"Long live my emperor!" , bowed down to the Jiajing Emperor together, and shouted long live.
No wonder they laugh!
Make money! Big money! Southeast Asia is really full of gold. Even if the most valuable mines are all occupied by the emperor, but... in Nanyang, planting sugar cane and squeezing sugar will cost countless dollars.
Hearing the congratulations, Emperor Jiajing raised his brows, and his heart blossomed with laughter.
This is the Ming Dynasty ZTE? Is this peaceful and prosperous?
If Lao Tzu did nothing, the country would have no frontier troubles, the people would have no fear of famine, the world would be at peace, and all countries would come to the DPRK.
And...the Indo-China Peninsula belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and the countless islands in the South China Sea belong to the Ming Dynasty. Daming's territory has almost doubled from before.
Grandpa, Grandpa Cheng, say something you don't like to hear, I, Jiajing... I'm better than you!
My ability is not as great as yours, but...my life is better than yours!
If you lie down, you can achieve the prosperity of Ming Dynasty, and if you lie down, you can achieve the prosperity of Jiajing. Who of you has this ability?
(end of this chapter)