Chapter 733 Building a base in Southeast Asia
After discussing how to deal with the possible retaliatory attack by the Spaniards, the topic immediately turned to other matters about Luzon.
Feeling that China suffered a great loss in cultural exports in later generations, Zhu Youjian emphasized the significance and importance of the external radiation of Chinese civilization, and decided to take Luzon as a pilot to comprehensively promote Chinese civilization in South Asia, so that many countries can bathe in the glory of Han civilization for generations.
"You all, if you want to make our brilliant civilization shine in the world, then the first thing you need to do is to popularize words. Only by allowing thousands of people from all countries to open up their wisdom, be proud of knowing Chinese characters, reading Chinese books, and wearing Hanfu. In the long run, most people in the world regard our Chinese civilization as the leader, so that they can live up to the teachings and visions of the sages of all generations!
This means there is teaching but no distinction!
In the future, the choice of the Luzon king should be based on the above standards. Those who do not meet the conditions shall not be selected!
As for how to popularize our Chinese civilization in Luzon, the cabinet can consider and implement it from many aspects!"
What Zhu Youjian hoped to see was that the entire Southeast Asian region formed a huge Confucian cultural circle in later generations, and the additional attributes brought by other languages such as the Warbler and the Valve language were all excluded (excellent and advanced are not listed here). All Southeast Asian countries respect China as the suzerain country, and enjoy the dividends they deserve in the process of the strong economic development of the suzerain country.
Of course, the dividends are not enjoyed in vain. During this period, countries should pay different resources to support the economic construction of the sovereign state. After the sovereign state is completely strong, they will feed back to the countries and their people.
Be rich first and then rich.
Southeast Asia is now full of small countries. Due to its unique natural conditions and environment, as long as advanced civilizations lend a helping hand, the people of these countries can easily be able to have food and clothing without worries.
The fields that are ripe a year are spread throughout South Asia. The current situation is that the few indigenous peoples in various places just sprinkle some seeds at will and then leave them alone. Within a few months, the heavy rice ears will bend the branches, and the indigenous people only need to use tools to harvest them.
In many countries such as Jiaozhi, Siam, Zhenla, Chameng, etc., agricultural farming technology is actually very backward, but the land under the feet cannot be kept and can be produced without careful service. Compared with the hardworking and kind Ming people who worked hard all day long and were busy with farming, but in the end they had gained little, the vast land of South Asia is really too plump.
"According to reports from the North Sea Fleet, there are three gunships in Spain's permanent residence in the Port of Manila, two of which have been headed to South America.
These two gun ships are loaded with silk and porcelain produced by our Ming Dynasty, and go to Mexico and Chile to trade. Then, silver is shipped from the above two countries to purchase the output of our Ming Dynasty.
The other ship was sent by its Governor's Office in Manila and came to our Ming Macao in the name of an envoy apologizing to test the reality of our movements.
The cabinet can send people to declare his knowledge of the Battle of Manila and urge him to return to Manila, and then pick up his pseudo-governor and others to return to Spain!”
Zhu Youjian would never let go or forgive the perpetrators and participants of the massacre, but Zhu Youjian used a method that was widely recognized and accepted in later generations to release and return home.
This is also a measure taken to leave a good impression in the future exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Europe.
This move can show Europeans that war is a game between the armies of both sides, and the rights of civilians and other innocent people should be protected and respected.
A strong military force does not mean that life can be regarded as an ant. All anti-human behaviors should be despised. The Ming Dynasty should be the leader of the civilized world, not the destroyer of rules.
In addition to those in the Manila royal city, the defeated and captured Spanish soldiers will also be treated with the disease. Any military academy soldiers with the blood of the Ming Dynasty immigrants on their hands will be prosecuted and executed for war crimes, and other soldiers will also be released back to their country.
As for the indigenous people and other countries involved in the massacre, all those who were sentenced to death were executed. Those who took the opportunity to rob the property of the Ming Dynasty immigrants in Bali'an City would be sentenced to imprisonment and serve labor.
"I estimate that there was still controversy in Spain about whether to send troops to attack our Ming Dynasty, but as long as the fall of Manila is passed back to its homeland, the use of force is inevitable.
However, because the distance is too far, it takes a long time to go back and forth, which means that this war will not happen within at least one to two years.
After the cabinet formulates relevant strategies as soon as possible, it will select capable officials to travel to Manila and organize and coordinate local production activities so that the resources of Luzon can be used by me as soon as possible."
In Zhu Youjian's plan, in addition to mineral resources, the future Luzon and South Asian countries will also become the main supply of grains for the Ming Dynasty.
The arable land in the Ming Dynasty will mainly be planted with wheat, corn, rice and other foods. After the rations are self-sufficient, the planting of cash crops such as corn, cotton, soybeans, and peanuts will be promoted to increase farmers' family income.
In this process, Southeast Asia will take on the task of supplying grains needed by the Ming Dynasty.
After several years of high investment and with the gradual completion of water conservancy facilities in various places, the goal of food self-sufficiency in Daming is being fully realized. It is estimated that it will take up to two years, and the food crisis in Daming will be completely eliminated.
However, food alone is not enough. To comprehensively improve the quality of life of the people of Ming Dynasty, we must vigorously develop animal husbandry and breeding. The extremely common meat, egg, milk, aquatic products, vegetable oil and other side foods in later generations are still luxury goods in the Ming Dynasty.
Because there is a lack of many side dishes with rich variety, the Ming people generally had malnutrition, which is not a good thing for the reproduction and development of the entire nation.
The great development of animal husbandry and aquatic industries is mainly due to the unlimited supply of corn, soybeans and other miscellaneous grains.
Take soybeans for example.
Soybeans are one of the few high-quality proteins among plant-based foods, and are relatively rich in content. Appropriate intake of soybeans can provide the body with a rich protein content of about 35%.
Eating beans regularly can make the functions of immunity, receptor tissue, etc. better, because after all, it has the effect of supplementing high-quality protein.
At the same time, the calcium content in soybeans is also very rich, so the very important source of calcium is beans and soy products. Eating beans regularly can also strengthen bones. Soybeans also contain plants and chemicals, such as soy isoflavones, which are similar to estrogen, and are of certain help in regulating women's metabolism.
Soybeans can be said to be an important source of very good high-quality protein, calcium and phytochemicals among plant-based foods.
The soybean cake after soybean oil is also a rare treasure.
Bean cakes can be fed to cows, horses, sheep, etc., and can also be used as fertilizer to fertilize crops and bear fruits, nourishing fruits, and are of great use value.
This is also the reason why Zhu Youjian has repeatedly mentioned the cultivation of soybeans outside the customs.
Due to various conditions, land development outside the customs has just begun. With the arrival of a large number of immigrants, the problem of food ration has become the top priority. As for the planting and production of miscellaneous grains, it will be delayed. It is unrealistic to grow soybeans on a large scale within at least three years.
Chapter completed!