Daming Military Empire

Chapter 668 Start colonization, target North America
In June, the sun was high and the sky was clear.

In the far west and north of the Ming Dynasty, at the junction of the Eurasian continent, Sun Chuanting, deputy marshal of the army, is leading an army of 20 to confront the anti-Habsburg allied forces of nearly 30 on the front line of the Wuhe River. Happy.

But at this time, Edo Port, which belonged to the country of Dongying, the land in the far east of Ming Dynasty, was full of joy.

On the sea, countless armed blessing boats of the Ming Empire were lined up neatly, as far as the eye could see. By the port, countless ordinary people from Japan crowded together, admiring the might of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Tagawa Shichizaemon was already in his twenties. As early as two years ago, he succeeded to the throne as the king of Dongying, the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty, one family and two kings, and he was honored for a while.

The reason why the Ming Empire gathered thousands of armed blessing ships was not to come to Dongying for business, but to set off from Edo Port to the North American continent to open up the first overseas colony.

The Ming Empire is more than [-] miles away from the North American Continent. It took nearly three months for the large expedition team sent by Zhu Cijiong to return from the North American Continent. back and forth.

The expedition team has found a natural harbor below the snow line of the North American continent. Judging from the map they brought back, it should be Seattle or Vancouver in later generations. Name it Jinshan.

This is a very Ming-style name, implying that the mountains are full of gold and silver and extremely rich.

Of course Zhu Cijiong knew that Jinshan or San Francisco in later generations was not there, but what does that matter? In this life, it will become a colony of the Ming Empire, and the place name is not what he wants.

In order to occupy and develop the North American continent, Zhu Cijiong ordered the Daming Royal Shipping Company to gather a thousand armed blessing ships, and ordered the North Sea Fleet to dispatch ten super battleships, carrying the Tianxiong Army, the Zhongyong Army, and countless supplies, from Dongdae Departing from Yingxin Port, rushed to the Edo Port of the dependent country Dongying, and then set off from Edo Port to Jinshan Port on the American continent.

This time, he specially dispatched Generalissimo Lu Xiangsheng, who is both civil and military, extremely powerful, and made him fully responsible for all matters concerning the occupation and development of the North American continent.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was chatting happily with King Tagawa Qizaemon of Dongying on the pier, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the First Army of Dongying were lining up in a neat line to board the armed blessing boat.

The reason why he came here for a walk was mainly to pick up the First Army of Japan.

What is the specific situation in the North American continent at this moment? The expedition team did not investigate in depth. Their main purpose was to determine the construction site of the port.

The construction of ports and naval bases requires a lot of manpower, and the Ming Empire still doesn't know how many natives there are and where they gather. It is naturally unrealistic to recruit people there temporarily. The Tianxiong Army and the Zhongyong Army It is also impossible to nest there and do infrastructure construction, which requires other people to be dispatched to work.

Coincidentally, Dongying has two vassal state legions, and they often participate in railway construction, and building a port can be regarded as a skilled worker, so Zhu Cijiong decided to let Lu Xiangsheng go to Dongying halfway to bring the first Japanese army with him.

Originally, if 60 armed Fuchuan were to be stuffed hard, [-] people would be able to squeeze in. However, this time they have to bring too many supplies, not only the food and supplies of the army, weapons and ammunition, but also the construction of the port. And the cement and steel needed for the base, as well as the artillery needed for base defense, etc., simply cannot hold so many people.

Of course, this is only the first wave. After this wave is sent, there will be a second wave. At that time, two vassal state legions will be transported over, and at the same time, they will also carry the construction of steel factories, machinery factories, and trains. Materials needed by factories, large power plants and other factories.

Building a railway there did not happen overnight. It is obviously not very realistic to transport rails and trains from Daming. Zhu Cijiong decided to open a factory there directly and look for iron ore and coal mines there. There is nothing like train carriages and rails. The iron lumps of technical content are directly manufactured there, and the local Daming mostly transports locomotives there.

Tagawa Shichizaemon and Lu Xiangsheng, one is the king of the vassal state, the other is the grand marshal of the Ming Empire. It seems that they don't have much in common, but they chatted for a long time, and even the 10 troops of the First Army of Japan have all boarded After getting on the armed blessing boat, we are still chatting.

What is going on here?
The topic was mainly brought up by Tagawa Shichizaemon. As the lord of a country, he must think about his own people. In such a small place as Dongying, the population has exceeded 3000 million. At this time, birth control cannot be restricted. He can only Try to immigrate.

Originally, when the Ming Dynasty occupied Siberia, he had applied to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, wanting to emigrate some of the Dongying people to Siberia, but His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire did not agree.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong refused to agree is naturally due to his considerations. Siberia is not suitable for relocating too many people because of the climate. If the population is too large, it will cause food shortages, because the food production there is too little for the time being.

Without food, the upper limit of the population is limited. There is a limit of tens of millions of people who can emigrate there. If there are more people, it will not know how much transportation capacity will be wasted just to transport food there.

And there is a newly occupied territory and a treasure house of resources. Zhu Cijiong naturally wants to control it in his own hands. Although Dongpu is now a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, who knows what will happen in the future.

As the emperor of the Ming Empire, he had to consider more than Tagawa Nanazawaemon. He didn't expect that Dongying's population in Siberia would surpass that of Ming Dynasty, which would cause unnecessary trouble, so he simply rejected Tagawa Nanachizaemon's application.

But this time is different. The climate in North America is suitable, and there is no upper limit for the population for the time being. It is no problem to migrate hundreds of millions of people to the past. At this time, there is no need to restrict the migration of the population of Japan.

Dongying can be relocated, and other dependent countries can also be relocated. Of course, it is mainly the local population of Daming. Moreover, after emigrating, the officials and troops stationed there must also be citizens of the Ming Empire. The mainstream on the side is not afraid that these vassal states will be turned upside down.

After Zhu Cijiong revealed this tone, Tagawa Qizaemon took care of it. The reason why he dragged Lu Xiangsheng to chat was because of immigration. Lu Xiangsheng was in charge of all matters in the North American continent, that is to say, for a long time Well, he is the governor over there, so naturally he has to win over him.

Lu Xiangsheng was also very polite to Tianchuan Qizaemon, because this was not only the king of Dongying, but also the son of Zhennan King, the younger brother of Zheng Chenggong, Admiral of the Navy of the Ming Empire. It can be said that his status is more noble than him. neglect.

There is always a time to meet and part. After Lu Xiangsheng and Tagawa Shichizaemon exchanged views on matters related to immigration in detail, they finally set foot on the long-awaited super battleship.

Then, with ten super battleships in front and a thousand armed Fuchuan behind, the first real colonial fleet in Ming history finally set off, aiming directly at the North American continent!
(End of this chapter)