I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Now that the land area is getting larger and larger, Zhu Fugui has become more and more aware that the difficulty of governing the country is increasing.

How to overcome the seemingly invisible centrifugal force caused by geographical intercontinental factors, and firmly unite all citizens under the banner of Chinese civilization;

How to balance the interests of all parties, take into account the actual situation of each region, and at the same time of balanced development, highlight key points and make trade-offs;

If through the construction of large infrastructure, without overdrafting the national wealth and royal internal funds, the cost of internal production factor circulation in Ming Dynasty will be significantly reduced, and the difficulty of population movement will be reduced;

Popularize electricity, education, medical care, clean water, eliminate smallpox, plague, schistosomiasis and other plagues, and even eliminate the tiger plague in southern China since the end of the Qing Dynasty...

These are all major events in front of Zhu Fugui.

If it weren't for foresight and foresight, the four vassal states were released early in the morning, reducing the punishment for over-expansion, and the various contradictions Zhu Fugui faced would have been even more stressful.

So, the war should indeed be over.

And such a game by the victorious country...

Well, due to the presence of Russia, it is indeed necessary to call it a summit meeting with the participation of the ultimate surviving countries.

However, Zhu Fugui does not think Yalta is a good location.

If it was just a ministerial-level meeting, Zhu Fugui did not object to holding such an important meeting on the shore of the beautiful Black Sea.

But this is a meeting at the head of state level, a meeting between Emperor Dongluo, Emperor Shenluo and the Son of Heaven.

The location must be carefully considered.

Historically, the reason why Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill chose to be in Yalta at the end of World War II was actually after a game.

At that time, the British side hoped to set the meeting place in the Mediterranean Sea.

The United Kingdom and the United States have listed more than a dozen locations including Athens and Istanbul.

However, the Soviet Union insisted on negotiating within its own territory, and its attitude was very firm.

Because the United States was not fully sure of defeating Japan on the Pacific battlefield at that time, and urgently needed the Soviet Union to send troops to the Far East, it suppressed Britain's opinion and agreed to the request for talks in Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula.

The Soviet Union also achieved its wish and achieved huge benefits in the Yalta Conference, laying the foundation for the future struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for hegemony.

Therefore, where to negotiate is actually a competition related to national power.

Zhu Fugui had reason to believe that Wilhelm II had probably negotiated privately with the Russian side, or even exchanged interests, so he recommended Yalta as the venue for the negotiation.

In fact, it is not difficult to speculate on William II's psychology.

The Ming Dynasty he faced was a country with a land area of ​​over 5500 million square kilometers, equivalent to the sum of the two behemoths, the British Empire (3400 million square kilometers) and the Russian Empire (2288 million square kilometers) in its heyday, with a population of 5000. Wan, a super monster that is still growing, is the well-deserved first empire in human history.

And what about independent will?

Even if Austria, Italy, Belgium, Bohemia, and eastern France are annexed...to restore the territory of the Holy Roman Empire in its heyday in 1181, its total area is only 123 million square kilometers. (as pictured)

Compared with its contemporaries, the 150 million square kilometers of the Southern Song Dynasty, the stinky younger brother in the history of China, is also far inferior.

Of course, the independent will also annexed French colonies such as Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Italian Tunisia.

Even so, the area of ​​the Independence Empire is only 600 million square kilometers.

Taking into account the size of the Russian Empire, William II felt that he could better negotiate with Ming.

Zhu Fugui can understand his elder nephew's thoughts, and in a sense, if such a huge Ming Dynasty wants to maintain its centripetal force, in addition to the traditional advantages of Chinese civilization and Zhu Fugui's new cultural cultivation of thought, establish an equally important "They" and "you" are also very necessary.

But go to Crimea to negotiate.

Brother William's body had only been cold for a few days, and Abdul personally buried him. Zhu Fugui didn't dare to risk his life.

To be honest, as far as the so-called "Eastern Rome" Zhu Fugui is concerned, he is not uncommon.

Without the Buff added by the Georgian shoemaker, Russia will always be that mud-footed giant.

This kind of mud giant that can be broken with a poke is not trustworthy at all.

Zhu Fugui doesn't think Maozi's security level is much better than Austria's.

According to Jin Yiwei's information, the wages owed by the gray cattle are much higher than that of the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Zhu Fugui ordered Ibowen to draft a telegram, admonishing his eldest nephew not to repeat the mistakes of brother William, and that a gentleman must never stand under a dangerous wall.

As for the location of the talks, Zhu Fugui also gave several options: Fengdu, Xinqin, Xinhu, Suiyecheng (Western Chu), Yangon, Singapore, Surabaya, Penang, Shanghai, Jinling, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jiangxi Hu, Busan, Saigon...

No matter which brother Duhuang or Luohuang chooses, Daming has the confidence and ability to ensure the absolute safety of the two heads of state and their entourage.

This point, the flawless international credit since the founding of the Ming Dynasty can be used as a guarantee.

Chapter 879 Kunpeng

The candidate cities proposed by Zhu Fugui are obviously also particular.

They span seventeen time zones, and they are basically coastal cities with safe harbors.

Since the advent of the first industrial revolution, ships and trains have been the most important modes of travel in the world.

But in the final analysis, sea transportation occupies the main body of the world's passenger transportation due to its flexibility, speed and low cost.

The reason why Yalta was promoted as the meeting place by the two countries is precisely because of the superior maritime convenience of the Crimea Peninsula and the fact that the Black Sea is far away from the radiation of the British and French fleets, so it has a relatively safe environment for talks.

It's a pity that what Zhu Fugui was afraid of was not the bravery of the British, but the crotch pulling of the old Maozi soldiers.

After expressing this concern to Berlin, it was clear that Wilhelm II was also shaken.

There is no doubt that the people who look down on Maozi the most in this era are not the French or the British, but the independent people.

A great German once described the Slavs in this way: "reactionary nation", "backward nation", "remnant nation", "small nation dragged away by history", "no future nation", no history. "Dying Nation".

And his friend said:

If the Slavs were united, then we knew what we had to do: "a struggle, a merciless life-and-death struggle, a devastating battle and brutal terror against those Slavs"!

From the beginning to the end, the voluntary people looked down on these descendants of the Mongols in their hearts, and were deeply wary of them.

Of course, in this time and space, the Slavic donkeys also benefited from Da Ming's ascension.

At least the oriental blood in their bodies is not a minus item.

But William II still looked down on them, and had considerable distrust of the capabilities of Russian soldiers.

On the contrary, although William II wanted to get rid of the shadow of Ming Dynasty and overthrow the almost subordinate foreign policy formulated by his grandfather and the older generation of power officials, he had to admit that if he held a meeting on the land of Ming Dynasty, he would feel extremely uncomfortable. peace of mind.

Even, in the end, Alexander II was persuaded.

After all, he was also a little scared.

There have been a lot of recent Two-Gun Killers.

The successful assassinations in the Balkans, Vienna, and Apennines have further encouraged those hot-headed young people.

As Augustus of Eastern Rome, Alexander II also encountered several attacks.

Even just two weeks earlier, while touring the Tekirdag mountains in the Balkans, he had been attacked by a mob with earthen rockets.

The incompetent Tsarist Russian internal affairs police have not caught the man behind the attack so far, but it is believed that the source of the attack is likely to be a group of Greek nationalists.

Although Russia and Greece are both Orthodox countries, they are obviously not of the same mind, and annexing Greece is not an easy task.

As for the Middle East regions such as Ankara, Mosul, and Baghdad, although "Eastern Rome" inherited the mantle of Pollen and included these areas in its territory, in fact, Alexander II did not dare to visit these places at all.

There is practically anarchy there.

In short, Alexander II himself had little confidence in his soldiers.

So, after a few rounds of wrangling, the two countries agreed to place the negotiation venue in Daming territory.

After further discussions between the Minister of Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty and the foreign ministers of the two countries, the final location was slightly beyond Zhu Fugui's expectations.

In the end, the place where the Three Emperors gathered was set at Suiye City.

This is the only inland city among the options given by Zhu Fugui.

Suiye City is located in the Kyrgyzstan of the later generations, and it was an important town in the Anxidu Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty.

Today, this is an important city in the Western Chu Kingdom that is connected to the mother state of the Ming Dynasty. It is located at the midpoint between Yili, the trading center in the west of the Ming Dynasty, and Samarkand, the capital of the Western Chu Kingdom.

Samarkand was the capital of Khwarizm, Timur Empire and other dynasties, and has a long history.

Samarkand is actually the official translation of "Western Region Fan Guozhi" in Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, Western Chu did not change its name, but recently with the approval of Honglu Temple, Western Chu has restored it to the old name in "Sui Shu", called Kangdu.

The revival of Kangdu led to the development of Suiye City, and now the hometown of Li Bai has restored its prosperous appearance more than 1000 years ago.

Of course, when it comes to prosperity, it is at the level of Central Asia. Li Bai loves Sichuan deeply, but he doesn't have much affection for Suiye City where he was born.

The latter is far worse than the Land of Abundance.

It's just that the material conditions are actually easy to handle. The key is that the transportation in Suiye City is not convenient, there is no sea route, and there is no railway.

This is actually a bit like the first meeting of the leaders of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union in history, choosing Tehran, Iran.

There is only one solution.

air transport.

It sounds like it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to produce aircraft with a range of thousands of kilometers, but it is not impossible.

As mentioned before, with the second wave of industrial revolution initiated by Ming Dynasty, the technological development of the whole world has accelerated.

The war in turn promoted the improvement of the industrial level of various countries. The current technological level of the European powers has been advanced by 5-15 years.

Daming is of course the same.

The current industrial capacity of Ming Dynasty is infinitely close to that of Europe before World War I, and it is about 25 years ahead of the current independence, Britain, France and other countries.

Of course, even with such industrial strength, it is still far from manufacturing long-distance flying aircraft.

The aircraft that can truly fly over 20 kilometers will have to wait until the 20s and 30s.

At this time, the performance of the piston-driven propeller aircraft gradually approached the extreme, and it was close to the speed of sound when it dived.

This kind of aircraft is very easy to use whether it is airdropping warrants or supervising battles everywhere.

But if you really want to say it hard, although there is a big gap between Daming's aerospace industry and this type of aircraft, in terms of time, it is only less than 20 years.

Because things like airplanes do not develop linearly, but develop explosively at a certain stage.

The difference between an airplane in 1915 and an airplane in 1930 is similar to that of a brick mobile phone in 2005 and a smartphone in 2020. Although there are thousands of differences, the difference is only about 15 years.

According to the most conservative estimate, if Daming overtakes on a curve, this distance will probably be smoothed out in 10 years.

Because of the simplest reason, even if Zhu Fugui doesn't take care of everything and let the people of Daming Aviation experience some training, in the end, it is impossible for Daming's aviation industry to take a big detour.

Moreover, the biggest constraint factor in the aviation industry - material science, is the best solution for Daming.

As long as Zhu Fugui doesn't waste food because of choking, and doesn't want to be reluctant to throw money at the Ming Dynasty's local material industry and research institutes that have little benefit, then it's not a big deal to use more later generations of steel, aluminum alloys, and even a small amount of special ceramics in the military. .

In fact, Zhu Fugui has been doing just that.

Although it is said that every ton of steel produced by the Daming Iron and Steel Department is a loss to Zhu Fugui from an economic standpoint, but by the end of Dewu 15th, the annual constant steel production of Daming had also increased from 600 million tons before the war ( about 0.04 tang), soaring to the current 3600 million tons (0.24 tang).

If you are short-sighted and only want to dominate the world by relying on the two worlds, you can cut down the country's steel sector and turn all steel workers into miners.

Because Daming exported iron ore to future generations, and then bought finished steel, it was far more cost-effective than spending time and effort on steelmaking, and the quality was better.

But Zhu Fugui is no fool.

Tulip Curse, Dutch Disease, South American Disaster...

The bloody lessons learned from resource countries have proved that if they do not strengthen their own industries, the wealth brought by resources is nothing but a tree without roots and water without a source.

Therefore, under Zhu Fugui's layout, Daming actually had two completely different development paths that did not affect each other.

One is the down-to-earth road to autonomy, and the other is the unconstrained technology-hopping road.

The representative of the latter is the killer of the navy at that time - unmanned aircraft.

However, as the Ming fleet gained absolute air supremacy, drones that could not be remotely controlled by satellite navigation gradually withdrew from the main battlefield.

But what is not known is that in the secret base of the Daming Royal Air Force in Xincaofeidian, there is a more mysterious weapon and equipment.

That is a high-performance aircraft built by Ming craftsmen using all "imported" parts and according to a mysterious blueprint - the Kunpeng long-range aircraft.

No one knows who the designer of the Kunpeng long-range aircraft is. They only know that this blueprint existed before the project team was established.

And this project team has been established at the beginning of the war, and it has been eight years.

Only some veteran researchers have vaguely heard some legends about "Dr. Xing".

However, as Daming Technology became more and more powerful, this mysterious person's name became more and more mysterious. It seemed that there was a force that was quietly obliterating his existence.