Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 447
Most of the members of the European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore don't know what the Indian Ocean system that Ming Dynasty is promoting actually means, but it is clear that this is the colony that Ming wants to extend its hands into other people's homes.In fact, this book is a bit difficult for these Europeans to understand. After all, if they have the strength of Ming Dynasty, they can directly occupy them all the way, and just don't play with them.

Many Europeans are observing the various actions of Ming Dynasty. At first, Europeans felt that the large-scale construction of Ming Dynasty in the colonies, and even the enlightened policies, were completely incomprehensible. Europeans have to work hard to build their own country.But soon, the Europeans gradually discovered the mystery.

Daming's colonies are generally relatively stable and will not consume too much military expenditure.Furthermore, the development of these colonies directly helped Daming make better use of local resources. For example, the tropical plantations opened by a large number of Chinese provided stable and high-quality raw materials for Daming’s industries, and the construction of ports and road facilities was conducive to trade. Development, some benefits distributed to the local aborigines also stimulated the aborigines to work for Daming, thus creating more wealth.And the local aborigines with consumption power will become a new market for Ming products.

Colonization is definitely a profitable business in general, but Ming Dynasty did not pay for overdrawing and destroying the colony, so they may continue to invest, but the output is hundreds or thousands of times that of Europeans.

After studying the colonial policies of the Ming Dynasty, many Europeans lamented that they seemed to be really not as smart as the Chinese.However, they are also subject to objective restrictions. For example, they are not that rich. For example, racial discrimination makes them not feel that the indigenous people can do things, or they are not happy to see these indigenous people develop.

Bai Mingxiu and Liang Haisheng came out of the Singapore Municipal Government Office and went to a somewhat high-end restaurant together, which was regarded as a working meal.

The bustling Singapore has the flavor of the market, and the streets are filled with various languages, which is very interesting.

Liang Haisheng smiled and said to Bai Mingxiu: "Commander Wang, what do you think about the Indian Ocean colonization and financial system?"

Bai Mingxiu said: "I have no opinion, I want to hear your opinion."

Liang Haisheng said: "You are humble. The Indian Ocean system is a series of strategies proposed by the Council of Government. For our Ming Empire, we have two oceans, the East and the West. The Pacific Ocean is actually nothing. Sooner or later, it will become a huge Ming Dynasty. We will not encounter any challenges if we use the bathtub. But it is the Indian Ocean that really determines the geopolitical status of Ming Dynasty International."

Bai Mingxiu actually agrees with this point.Even if it is the situation faced by another republic, there is a eagle sauce on the other side of the ocean. In fact, it is the Indian Ocean that really determines China's status. That's why the Belt and Road Initiative was pushed out.

"The colonization of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean is actually a little more troublesome. Compared with the Nanyang region, the population of the entire Nanyang region, except for a few places, is relatively sparse. After decades of colonization by the Ming Dynasty, the proportion of Han people has easily reached an absolute advantage. , and then just like we have advanced from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin and then to the Pearl River Basin for thousands of years, it has become a very stable Chinese mainland. However, the subcontinent has a large ethnic population and a long history. How to colonize it requires a lot of thought. Your Majesty The idea now is to secure important checkpoints such as the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Singapore, colonize the subcontinent like a chain of pearls, and radiate the economy of the subcontinent. I think this is a very pragmatic path."

Liang Haisheng continued to laugh and said: "Obviously, the emperor hopes to make India a further modernized region, but he doesn't want to have a huge, populous, united, emerging country with potential. So in the future, Ming Dynasty will focus on dividing up Mughal It has given birth to several or even dozens of countries on the subcontinent. Of course, I am actually not optimistic about India. The caste system is deeply rooted. Without a profound social revolution, it is impossible to achieve the goal of complete modernization. "

Bai Mingxiu said: "Instead of thinking about strangling other countries, it is better to work hard and make yourself stronger."

Liang Haisheng praised: "Commander Wang is a decent soldier, and I am a diplomat. Our job has always been to contain and suppress, and use our hard power to earn more bargaining chips."

"I can understand."

"The Indian Ocean system is advocated by our Ming Dynasty, which forces other countries to implement the policy of open doors and equal opportunities. By implementing this system, I am confident that in the future, Ming Dynasty will completely control the flow of gold and trade in the Indian Ocean region. The European colonial countries are It can be profitable, but the biggest piece is still taken by our Ming Dynasty. After all, in the Indian Ocean region, we do not have the ability to engage in particularly large-scale development. The Department of Propaganda and Consolation is waiting in line, but there is no way to line up the colonies in the Indian Ocean region. So here, we rely more on locals and Europeans for development and trade. We connect the financial system, open ports and Promoting free trade means increasing trade volume and cultivating markets. We need to open the channels of the entire Indian Ocean region so that Ming’s industrial products can flow into these places. Making money is secondary, and the main thing is to promote the development of our country’s industry. Because as long as Only when there are orders, enterprises will have production, and only when there is a large backlog of production will they consider expanding production capacity, or improving technology and production efficiency, and Daming will ultimately progress and benefit.”

Liang Haicheng gave a good explanation, which surprised Bai Mingxiu even more.But think about it, in fact, the way the officials of the Ming Dynasty did things was actually following their own.It is His Majesty the Emperor who attaches great importance to industrialization, technology and productivity above everything else.Europeans may be all about money, but Bai Mingxiu from the 21st century is all about productivity.

Liang Haisheng smiled and said: "We still need to win more territories along the Indian Ocean coast in order to continue to implement our policies. Our next stop is to go to Burma. It seems that Wu Min's consolation envoy is talking to the Mughal Empire The Bengal province is at war, and I am afraid that the first real armed conflict experienced by our global fleet will be staged."

In fact, the rulers of Burma have been expanding westward in history, and there have been battles between Bangladesh and Burma.After Wu Min established the general trend in Myanmar, he has been trying to expand his influence to the west, that is, the northeastern states of India in another plane.The expansion of the Burmese Propaganda Department challenged the interests of Bangladesh Province, so the two sides had conflicts on the border from time to time, and Wu Min even asked the Burmese Fan Army to fight several battles with the Bangladesh Army.On the national scale of Ming Dynasty, the scale of this kind of war is too small to be mentioned, but this time Bai Mingxiu came here, and he was ready to deal with the situation here.

(End of this chapter)