Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 405 The Logic of Colonization
The immigrant camp in Long Live City was full of jubilation, but in fact, the atmosphere was mainly fueled by enthusiastic escorts.These unrestrained and unrestrained guys, after holding back for more than a month, finally landed, down-to-earth, and will have a new home.

The escorts sang and danced, and drank to their heart's content.The fragrant broth is boiled in the big pot, the barbecue is set on the bonfire, and various spices such as cumin brought from the local area spread the aroma of the food.Even the more restrained ordinary immigrants relaxed after seeing such a scene.

The fence that has been formed in the camp gives everyone a lot of security. Although everyone will still live in tents for the time being, at least they no longer have to wander.

Holding the flagon, the young immigrant blushed and said inarticulately: "...When I make money and build a big manor here, I will go home and marry a wife, let them see... ...Look at how promising I am!"

This is the case for many immigrants. There are several children in the family. Because the land allocation is based on household registration and population, more land will be allocated to adult farmers with wives and children, but they are still half-children, or have not yet discussed. For wives, because of the separation of the household registration system, the land allocation is less.Agricultural cooperatives distribute fields, and only when they reach the age of 16 can they get more land, and when they reach 20, they will get a little more. If they have a family with children, they will get more. So some young people don’t actually get anything.

There are a lot of people in the family. Although the family is divided into a lot of fields, it can be considered to be able to support them, but the publicity says that if they are willing to embark on the road of immigration and stay overseas for ten years, they can be allocated [-] or even hundreds of acres of land, and When embarking on the immigration journey, the Office will also provide you with a subsidy.Therefore, many young people choose to put their fingerprints on the immigration contract with the idea of ​​making a breakthrough.

Next to the biggest bonfire in the camp, the president Zhao Mancai and the head of the bodyguard Yuan Shishi sat there, drinking very reservedly, talking while drinking.

"We have come to a standstill. Today, Bu'an went hunting and found traces of the natives. In the future, we may have conflicts with the natives, especially when we start to measure the land and build farms. The natives will not Just watch us do this." Yuan Shixi said silently.

Zhao Mancai's eyes widened, he was quite worried and said, "Then what should we do?"

Bai Mingxiu didn't drink. He just sat next to him and gnawed on a deer leg. He said, "It doesn't matter. If they come to the door, we'll fight back. It's easy to die."

Yuan Shishi glared at Bai Mingxiu before saying, "I read the information provided by the Immigration Affairs Department before I came here. It said that the coastal Salish people in this area mainly belonged to the fishing and hunting people. They were scattered into many tribes and their numbers were not many. In fact, our Long Live City is already a very large tribe. The Coastal Salish people do not have such a large tribe. When they see such a powerful tribe, they will naturally be afraid. They may not take the initiative to attack, but they must be prevented. Sneak attack."

Yuan Shiyi kicked Bai Mingxiu's foot again and said: "Bu An, you can do more if you can. In the past two days, we have inquired about the location of these native tribes. If possible, try to communicate with them and show our strength." It’s awesome, but don’t do it rashly. If they are willing, we can make a deal with them.”

Bai Mingxiu nodded. He has really taken on the role of Bu An recently. Being an emperor and being trapped in the deep palace is really better than being a carefree and unrestrained escort, galloping across the wilderness Fight for the establishment of the new territory of Ming Dynasty in the forest and the great forest.

"We are thousands of years behind these natives in terms of productivity. Although our Long Live City has only about [-] people, we even brought over steam engines, and craftsmen can maintain them by knocking on them. We have fishing nets, There is also the Lucky that can be used as a fishing boat; we have shotguns; we also have looms and so on. There is a big gap in tools. Fish, but in the long run, we will definitely produce more food and goods than the natives, and may eventually destroy the entire tribal structure, production and lifestyle of the natives." Bai Mingxiu accidentally said a lot A piece of heart.

Zhao Mancai didn't understand at all, but Yuan Shiyi took a few extra glances at Bai Mingxiu and said, "Whatever it takes, our mission is to live on this land. However, we still have to produce some commercially valuable products. Valuable things. In the future, the route from Long Live City to the mainland will be fixed, and Dayang Company will regularly send ships over to deliver supplies to us, but their supplies are not free, we must have something of equivalent value to exchange. As long as we can go back and forth and Dayang Company makes money, we can also benefit, then Long Live City will be established."

Bai Mingxiu nodded, and Yuan Shishi saw it very clearly.Colonization is actually a business for the country.Western countries are so keen on colonization, in the final analysis, because it can bring benefits.Bai Mingxiu is more concerned about the future living space of Ming Dynasty, but if the colony wants to develop, it must have trade and production.

Some locally produced materials and tools that cannot be produced locally are shipped over and sold at a higher price, and the colonies also have some locally scarce goods that are sold at a high price, so that trade is profitable on both sides.The homeland benefits, and the colonies also benefit.

Bai Mingxiu didn't want to realize Ming's colonial interests by squeezing the colonies. What he wanted to see was that both sides were growing.The Chinese who have the concept of great unification have a centripetal force that does not exist in the West. Under the current ideological system of the Ming Dynasty, it is completely unimaginable for the colonies to betray the mainland.Of course, the Council and the emperor had to take into account the interests of the colonies and not be as short-sighted as Britain and other colonial countries.

It is also due to the colonial concept that is very different from that of the West. Therefore, after experiencing stability and development, colonies like Myanmar have a sense of identity with the Ming Empire and strengthened their connections.The future North American colonies will obviously be dominated by the vast majority of Han Chinese, and they will share their national complex with the natives.

"In the long run in the future, Da Ming's North American colony may still be sparsely populated, but as long as the settlements are slowly developed, Da Ming can control this area well. Economically, there is no rush. After the development of large fuel tankers, the actual economic connection between the two sides will be closer." Bai Mingxiu has already seen the situation many years later at a glance.

(End of this chapter)