Whether you can understand the emperor's far-reaching ideas and goals, it will not affect people's adaptation and life better within the framework of gradually changing.

Li Dan, Sun Weida, and many merchants are the same. On the one hand, they adapt to changes, and on the other hand, they continue to make money and make profits within the scope permitted by the rules.

In fact, whether it is the Maritime Federation or the Yangtze River Chamber of Commerce, the imperial court did not lose money in the process of transporting food and food required by the government. It was just that compared with porcelain, silk, tea, cotton spinning, etc., it made less money.

But from another perspective, they obtained more exports of scarce materials than before. Most of the fine products produced by the court, such as weaving and porcelain workshops, were given to them.

This can also be seen as the emperor's reward for them. It is not in vain to do things for the country and the people. This does not include the share of huge profitable commodities such as glass mirrors, perfumes, soaps, etc.

A noisy sound came from outside the window. The wooden building where the two were located was near the port. If you climb up and look into the distance, you can see the busy scene in the port.

Sun Weida was paying attention for a long time, smiled and pointed, and said, "Cranes are also being installed on ports in the Yangtze River. Loading and unloading are both fast and good."

The cranes manufactured and improved by the Academy of Sciences are popularizing in the field of transportation. They are composed of moving pulleys and roulettes, both large and small, saving a lot of manpower and improving efficiency.

Li Dan stood beside Sun Weida and said with a smile: "President Sun, please take a closer look. In addition to the crane, there are also custom loading boxes, which are made according to the size of the ship, and are fast and convenient to ship."

The fixed cargo container is equivalent to the containers of later generations. They are of different sizes and materials, but their properties are the same. In addition to sea transportation, the transportation of horse-drawn carriages on land is promoted faster.

The easiest way to accept new modes of transportation is naturally merchants. Since the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, they have discovered the convenience of standard carriages and cargo compartments, as well as the benefits of professional and segmented transportation.

To give a simple example, in the past, the whole journey was basically from the starting point to the end point. People ate and chewed horses, and it cost a lot along the way, and it was still very hard.

Now, the cargo inn built on the inn can lay the foundation for segmented transportation. In particular, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce first took the emperor's mission and built a relay station on land.

In this way, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce can realize segmented transportation with the province as the boundary, and only undertake inter-provincial transportation. When the truck arrives at the exchange place, it either changes horses or changes the cargo compartment to the cargo, and then continues its journey.

Such transportation methods at least reduce the fatigue of people walking long distances and the expense of food and accommodation. In addition to transporting their own goods, they can also undertake business from other companies, which is another income.

In fact, segmented transportation has been available in the canal transportation for a long time, and it is not very difficult to change it to land transportation.

When the iron plate track is laid, the speed and convenience of transportation can be taken to another level. As for the practical use of steam locomotives, the emperor estimated that it would take at least ten years later.

Even so, changes are huge and can be seen everywhere. Four-wheeled carriages, steel axles, standard cargo compartments, lifting machinery, etc. are all great progress.

The improvement of efficiency means saving manpower and enrichment of manpower. Now it is not a problem of worrying about employment rates. It is not difficult to grab the vast land, but the difficulty is the filling of the population and the development as soon as possible.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that after pacifying Liao, the development of the Ming Dynasty suddenly accelerated. In the emperor's words, it was entering the fast lane.

Although the disaster is spreading and expanding, the emperor has already had the confidence to survive, which will not affect his strong promotion of various constructions of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Weida nodded repeatedly and praised: "This order-loading container is really fast and convenient. After returning, he also transformed the river boat."

"President Sun has a promising craftsman, so he can second it from someone." Li Dan laughed and said generously, "They are all skilled and do it quickly and well."

"Thank you, Brother Li." After thanking Sun Weida, he paused for a moment, and asked tentatively: "I am not very familiar with overseas and don't know what the development prospects of Borneo are. Can Brother Li explain it?"

Li Dan smiled and looked at Sun Weida and said, "I don't know much about the development prospects of Borneo."

Seeing that Sun Weida showed a little disappointed expression, Li Dan bowed to the north and continued, "But Long Sui attaches great importance to it, so he naturally strives to explore."

Long live to care about it?! Sun Weida's eyes lit up.

Sun Weida also heard some news about the development of the Maritime Business Association in Borneo, but the specific one was not clear.

But he is also an idea and courageous person. Although Yangtze River Shipping is in the hands of the Chamber of Commerce, he feels that the development potential is no longer great and is not satisfied with it.

Li Dan reached out and asked Sun Weida to sit down before drinking tea. He introduced him to the general situation in Borneo.

In fact, Li Dan did not fully understand the emperor's attention and support for Borneo. He believed that it was the emperor's persistence in expanding territory, and this was just one of the emperor's goals.

The indigenous forces in Borneo were weak, and the Dutch had just established a base in Batavia, Java, and had no time to expand to the outside world.

We took the lead in gaining a foothold in Borneo and with the help of the Massachusetts Federation, we did not dispatch regular troops, but continued to transport personnel, expand our strength, and have a solid foundation as a base for attacking Batavia.

When news of the war with the Dutch in the waters of Macau came, Li Dan could almost guess another intention of the emperor.

But no one would have thought that the emperor was determined to win Borneo, not only to expand territory, but also to attack the Dutch.

After learning about the Jinchona tree, do rubber trees know that the climatic conditions of Borneo are the fertile soil for the growth of these two strategic plants.

By the way, there is also oil. Balibaban, silt (Brunei), and oil buried underground are astronomical wealth.

In World War II in history, Japan ventured southward to go to war with the United States, not just for oil and rubber.

While supporting the Maritime Merchants Association to develop its foothold in Borneo, the emperor also used various means to purchase seeds of Jinchona and rubber trees.

Compared with the Jinchona tree that can cure diseases, it should be easier to obtain rubber tree seeds. Because the effect of rubber is not known to the world, there is no restriction on the outflow of rubber tree seeds.

South American corn and potatoes have flowed into the Ming Dynasty for decades. As long as you search for cinchona trees and rubber seeds, you will always get what you want.

For this reason, the emperor drew a big cake for the missionaries. As long as he could get one of two things, he could freely preach within the newly opened territory of the Ming Empire.

This is really a very tempting condition, and the emperor was not worried about the impact on the Ming Dynasty. If he felt it was difficult to control, he would clean it up and suppress it.

Religion is unsuccessful, as it affects the stability of the country and the regime, so it naturally needs to be controlled, suppressed, or even eliminated.

Several Buddhist destruction movements in history show that religion cannot compete with state power.

Therefore, Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity can all develop within the prescribed scope, but the premise is that it cannot endanger national stability and regime stability.

Li Dan told Sun Weida in a relatively detailed way. The more people you can recruit into Borneo, the better. After all, the development of Borneo is dominated by the Maritime Business Association. The better the development, the greater the contribution.

Of course, Li Dan did not express the emperor's promise, it was secretly and could not be made public. The real master with a fiefdom, Li Dan's hard work was for this.

The Spanish in Luzon must be destroyed, and then the Dutch red-haired ghosts, and they also have to resist the British's invasion and expansion in Asia.

Look, except for Mekong Province, the overseas land is so wide that there are so many real masters with fiefs, so the impact is not great.

In the emperor's plan, Li Dan was not the one who wanted to give fiefs overseas. Whoever contributed more and who made great contributions would be generous, and he would not be stingy in the title, whether you are a businessman or a civil servant or a military general.

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Guyuan.

The place where the three-sided governor Sun Chuanting was founded was the military affairs of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, Ningxia, and nine generals in total.

Sun Chuanting passed the third-level Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. To this day, he is a senior official and has a high position and power for only ten years. He can be considered a success and has a smooth career.

Of course, there are rules for the emperor's promotion. First of all, Sun Chuanting, although he was a Jinshi, was eight feet tall, could shoot left and right, and had excellent martial arts skills.

His personal force is only one of them. Sun Chuanting was promoted to the position of the Three-Border Governor after studying, further study, internship, observation, and inspection.

Studying and further learning refer to the year of martial arts; internship and observation are in the final stage of destroying the slaves and pacifying the Liao Dynasty, and they fight in Liaodong with the flying cavalry in the Beijing camp; as for the investigation, it is the emperor's three summons, Sun Chuanting stated the defense of the northwest and received the emperor's face-to-face teaching.

"If the Holy Lord is waiting in front of him, he is willing to shed his blood and tears." This is a poem written by Sun Chuanting when he left Beijing and went to the border, showing his ambition to achieve success.

When he left the capital, the emperor said, "When Hetao exists, the border will be in danger, and when Hetao loses, the border will be in danger", he set a clear goal. This goal was only in the early stage.

In the hall, Sun Chuanting talked to the guests, but his eyes swept across the map on the wall from time to time, while Hetao was the most concerned area.

"Brother Boya, it seems to be absent-minded!" Hong Chengchou, the Shaanxi governor of grain and political affairs, put down his teacup and said with a smile: "Although Hetao is important, the entire province of Shaanxi is affected by disasters, and military operations may be postponed!"

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were both Jinshi, which was better than Sun Chuanting. They were from the second grade Jinshi, while Sun Chuanting was from the third grade Jinshi.

However, due to the emperor's appreciation and promotion, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou's experiences were different from those in history, and Hong Chengchou was in turn lower than Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Disasters may not affect military operations. Recovering Hetao and doing a good job in operations may alleviate the disaster in Shaanxi."

After repeated repetitions in the Ming Dynasty, the main reason for the final "discarding" was that an effective logistics system could not be established in the Hetao area.
Chapter completed!