The Shanghai New Town in Songjiang Prefecture is still in full swing. After Li Anliang sent tens of thousands of North Korean workers, the construction of the entire Shanghai New Town has accelerated several levels. Now a central street in Xinzhong has been completed, and the middle section of the street is

A tall mansion, this mansion is Zhou Chong's future Governor's Mansion. There is a square around the mansion. When cars and horses and people pass through here, they all need to pass through both sides of the square.

Zhou Chong, Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang came to Shanghai New City again. Today, the official in charge of the construction of the new city told him that the Governor's Office had basically been built and was waiting to dry now, so I would like to ask Zhou Chong to visit. If there is any

Any unsatisfactory areas can also be modified as soon as possible. Zhou Chong was happy and asked Jiao Fang and Wang Shouren to visit.

In fact, there is nothing to visit in the Governor's Office, because the Ming Dynasty had strict regulations on the styles of yamen at all levels. For example, Zhou Zhong's Governor's Office in Shanghai New City was almost exactly the same as his Governor's Office in Shuangyu Port, and even houses.

The height is not bad at all. The only difference is that this Governor's Mansion uses a lot of cement, which makes the entire Governor's Mansion full of a wet cement smell, and it will probably take a long time to dissipate.

The walls of the newly built house have not been completely dry yet, and the moisture in the house is very heavy. At this time, it is definitely not possible to use people. Only when the walls dry and the moisture inside is dissipated can they be moved in. However, in order to make it possible

Zhou Chong checked in to the new Governor's Mansion early, and now the whole room has been lit with carbon pots, which is estimated to be dry in a few days.

There is nothing good about the Governor's Office. The reason why Zhou Chong brought Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang over was naturally discussed. Speaking of which, they were very busy during this period and stayed in their office all day long. So Zhou Chong took this opportunity

Calling people out, on the one hand, to get some breath, and on the other hand, to discuss the reduction of disaster victims in the Ming Dynasty.

"Now, Taiwan no longer needs to immigrate, but if Nanyang wants to develop it, it requires a lot of immigration support. The immigration in Nanyang has just begun, and it has only moved less than one million immigrants in total.

It is not enough to develop Nanyang. But the situation in the Ming Dynasty is getting better now, and fewer and fewer people are willing to immigrate. I wonder what you two can do?" Zhou Chong brought the two to the back garden of the Governor's Mansion, which is still here now.

It was desolate, except for a few built pavilions, there was only one big puddle used to make a pond.

Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang followed Zhou Chong into the pavilion and sat down. Then Jiao Fang said first: "Malacca and the old port in Nanyang are located in the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou respectively. According to the previous thoughts, we must first go to each of Nanyang.

The Han people's residence was established on the island, and now there is no need to immigrate in Malacca and the old port. Most of the immigration to the northern island of Luzon has been carried out, and the remaining ones will be completed this year. In the future, these three places only need to work hard.

We should develop the economy and encourage local people to produce, so we don’t have to worry about the rest.”

Speaking of this, Jiao Fang paused for a moment and then said, "In this way, among the remaining large islands in the South Ocean, only the large islands in the south of Luzon, Java, and several large islands east of Borneo.

Among these large islands, Java Island has always been the civilization center of the natives in the South Ocean. It is densely populated and rich in resources. However, the native countries there also have certain strength. If we want to completely occupy Java, it will definitely not be easy.

As for the remaining large islands, they are all poor mountains and rivers, and there are not many natives living there, so I don’t think it’s necessary to move immigrants there for the time being!”

Zhou Chong proposed this idea of ​​incorporating Nanyang into the rule of the Ming Dynasty. However, he did not know much about Nanyang in this era, but he just took it for granted that he would build immigration strongholds on several large islands in Nanyang.

Then, with the stronghold as the center, I slowly controlled several large islands in the Nanyang. However, as the Governor's Office understood the islands in Nanyang, Jiao Fang and others discovered that several large islands east of Borneo were covered with tropical rainforests.

It is very bad. Except for the natives of the South Ocean, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive on the island.

Of course, the islands east of Borneo are not useless. For example, on the south of Luzon, the island is south, there is a long island chain, and countless spices grow on the islands there, and the most primitive spice archipelago,

This is the island chain. Now this spice archipelago has been taken over by Zhou Chong's Governor's Office. The merchants came there by boat and had to pay a fee to pick spices on the island. And the amount of picking each island

There are regulations, and even Zhou Chong has begun to study artificially grown spices on the island. Although there is no effect yet, I believe that the production of spices in Nanyang will increase significantly in a few years.

Of course, many immigrants have been arranged to be there in the Spice Islands, but the remaining large islands are not suitable for immigrants to live for the time being, so Jiao Fang said the above.

After listening to this, Zhou Chong thought about it, and finally nodded and said, "Mr. Jiao made sense. The South China immigration strategy formulated at the beginning was really too hasty. The area of ​​Nanyang is too vast. We cannot bloom in full. Now only

Just need to temporarily control several important islands, among which the Malay Peninsula and the Golden Continent just control the junction between South China and India, so these two islands must be controlled. As for Luzon, it is closest to our Ming Dynasty, and

There is a lot of gold and copper, and the land is very fertile, so naturally we cannot let it go. In this way, only Java, the civilization center of the South Asian natives is left."

"Well, after Lord Jiao sorted out this, the situation in Nanyang suddenly became clear, but Java is not as good as elsewhere. Now the Tamme Kingdom, which unified Java, has secretly funded by the Portuguese, has firearms that are not in harmony in the army, and add

On the island, we have a large population. If we want to occupy Java, we must defeat the Tamme Kingdom. This requires maintaining a strong army in Nanyang, but our Nanyang fleet has not yet been formed. In this way, for Java

The strategy can only be pushed back."

Wang Shouren, who had not spoken, also added some more at this time, and then he smiled and said, "But in this way, Nanyang's need for immigration is not so urgent, and adults do not have to worry about the decrease in the number of immigrants, and from the domestic market

Relocation of disaster victims is just a temporary solution. After all, the Ming Dynasty cannot provide hundreds of millions of disaster victims every year, so my subordinates think of another way to attract the people to go to Southeast Asia on their own initiative."

Hearing Wang Shouren's words, Zhou Chong and Jiao Fang both showed a very interesting expression. Jiao Fang asked anxiously: "I wonder if Lord Wang can attract the people in China to go to Southeast Asia on their own initiative?"

"Haha, actually this method is nothing, it's just tempting with benefits." Wang Shouren said with a smile, "Now, except for the Han people who originally lived there, there are only two types of Han people left in Nanyang, one is

The Ming people who moved to our Governor's Office, and the other one is the businessman who went there to do business. Among these three types of Han people, only the merchants took the initiative to go to Nanyang. After all, for them, wherever there is a chance to make money, they will go

where."

When he said this, Wang Shouren paused for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "As a disciple of the saint, although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that people in the world are all seeking profit. Taishi Gong said that the world is prosperous and all

For profit, the world is bustling, and it is all for profit. In this world, it is just a word of profit. If you want the people to take the initiative to go to Nanyang, you naturally have to let the people see the benefits. For example, I heard that the Nanyang area has been discovered.

Many gold mines have led to the people in Fujian and Guangdong taking the initiative to take a boat to Nanyang to hunt for gold. For us, it is a big deal. For example, the Governor's Office organized an exploration team to find gold in Nanyang.

Silver and copper mines and Nanyang gold mines. As long as mineral deposits are discovered, the government will cooperate with merchants to start mining. As long as the merchants participate, they will definitely find a way to recruit people to start mining in Nanyang. In this way, the migration of the people will slow down.

It's done."

After hearing Wang Shouren's words, Zhou Chong almost slapped himself, and was useless to be a time traveler from later generations. He actually forgot the way Europeans immigrated in history. When the Americans were immigrants, most of the immigrants were

Those who go to the gold mines in the Americas, there are gold mines, and as long as there are people living together, towns will slowly form. When these people adapt to local life, few people will leave again.

"Haha, good idea, gold and silver are indeed the most touching. Now, just hearing about the discovery of several gold mines in Jinzhou, it caused a gold rush in Fujian and Guangdong. Many poor people regard gold rush as a fortune.

A good way to get rich. Although most of the people in my Ming Dynasty can have a full meal, their lives are still poor. After all, when there is more food, the prices will fall. Farming alone cannot solve the problem of poverty.

Even buying some daily necessities such as cloth is difficult. If a large amount of gold mines were found in Nanyang, then I could foresee that the people of the Ming Dynasty would definitely go there!" Jiao Fang also laughed loudly at this time.

Although he is also a scholar, he is older and has a lot of experience and has already seen through the worldly ways, so he is not rejected by the view of human nature's pursuit of profit.

"Okay! That's it, but it's a bit troublesome to form a mine-looking team. After all, it's not easy to find some prospecting talents. I wonder if there are any talents in the court in this regard?" Zhou Chong said at the end and was a little worried.
Chapter completed!