As soon as he said this, Chen Wenlin couldn't help but ask strangely: "What is it that actually affects our development?" ”

Chen Wenhui looked at the eldest brother's thoughtful appearance, and knew that the eldest brother had already guessed that the eldest brother was the smartest, and she said: "It's our rubber tree." ”

Chen Wenjun smiled, and sure enough, it was the same as he thought. Wan Meizhen and Mei Ying were thoughtful, but Bai Shi asked, "Is that rubber tree so important?" Can it affect the development of the entire South Seas? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The development of our Nanyang is based on maritime trade, and only when the maritime trade is good, can we be more prosperous in Nanyang." However, our current maritime trade is also the trade between the Wa Kingdom, several cities in Nanyang, and Dachu, which is too good. Fortunately, the market of Dachu is big enough, otherwise, we will not be able to develop. However, you should also know that on the map of the sea trade, the world is still very large. After the South Seas, there is India, which is already highly civilized, and further west, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, which gave birth to the civilization of the two rivers. Further west is Europe, which has begun to have a civilization. If these places can become places where we trade commodities in the future, how fast will we grow? ”

Chen Wenlin said: "We all know those places, but we can't reach that far by ship now. However, if we build cities on Java and Sumatra, so that the ships will leave the city of Shanghai, and there will be supply cities everywhere on Yizhou Island, Luzon Island, Sumatra Island, and Java Island, and the ships will be able to sail farther, and maybe they will be able to reach the islands on the edge of India. Just, further west. I can't move forward. There's not enough supplies. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "As the second brother said, I really built the island chain so that the ships could have supplies along the way. However, even with supplies, the slow navigation of ships at sea still greatly affected the development of maritime trade. We need to change the ship from human power to mechanical power. ”

At this moment, everyone was strange and asked, "What is mechanical power?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "It is to use coal, thermal oil and other fuels, and use machine power to drive ships to sail in the sea. Our ships are going to be much faster. In this way, you can sail farther, sail faster, carry more and more cargo, and naturally the sea trade can develop smoothly. It's going to get better and better. ”

Chen Wenjun remembered and said, "Some time ago. I heard that the masters of the Black Family are working on a project. A lot of manpower and material resources have been invested, but the mechanical power you are talking about? ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Exactly." This mechanical power is called the steam engine. The principle of the steam engine, I have already told the masters of the black family. There's a special thing that's needed, and that's rubber. Only when the rubber is made, can we make a sealed machine and make a good steam engine. So, that's why I say that rubber is important. ”

Wan Meizhen suddenly realized and said: "No wonder you said that the precipitation has been five years, these five years should be waiting for the large-scale maturity of the rubber plantation?" Counting up, we on Yizhou Island, and all your cities in Nanyang are encouraging people to plant rubber trees. It's been planted for almost four years. When I first planted it, I said that it would take six or seven years for this thing to mature. Then if you want to harvest rubber, you have to live another two or three years. However, after only two or three years of harvesting rubber, only the first batch of rubber matured, and it is estimated that this can only be used for research, and it can also be used to make carriage tires. If the technology is mature and can be used on a large scale, it will indeed take five years, which is still a conservative estimate, and I think it may take seven years or even longer. ”

Chen Wenhui glanced at her sister-in-law appreciatively, the eldest brother and his wife are both extremely shrewd people. Although the second brother and his wife are good and smart, they are a little worse than the eldest brother.

Chen Wenhui said: "What my sister-in-law said is very right. Therefore, I must build a fourth city before I agree to go to the northwest, just at this time, to precipitate the South Seas. Another point is that before the invention of the steam engine, I didn't want to give up those markets in Central Asia and West Asia, so I could also open up land trade routes in the northwest and inject vitality into our maritime trade. ”

Chen Yuanheng pondered and said, "Your plan is very good, but after all, the northwest is a little bitter cold, how can you withstand it?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This is not a difficult thing. What I'm worried about is that my father is Brother Liu, you are in the storm, what should I do, how to deal with the aftermath? ”

Chen Yuanheng said indifferently: "This question, Jing Yuan and I have discussed it many times. We calculate, as soon as the crown prince succeeds to the throne, the first thing to do is not to rectify the rule of officials, but to consolidate power, so in the first two years, he will not make a big move. There will also be some officials and some families, but these will not hurt much. On the contrary, it is a good opportunity for us to expand our power. After two or three years, the crown prince's throne was secured. He is estimated to be able to do it, we will dissuade it at that time, start with some officials on the periphery, and wait until it is time to move these difficult bones in the capital, I think it has been five or six years, maybe even seven or eight years, at that time, my age is also high, and the power of our Xiao Chen family can also develop very well, so I will think of Zizhishi, leave the capital with your mother, and our family will go overseas. Live on our own turf. ”

The more Chen Wenhui thought about it, the more she felt that her father's idea was good, but when she thought of Liu Jingyuan, she was a little worried, after all, it was related to her good sister Mingzhu.

Chen Wenhui asked: "My father's thoughts are exactly the same as mine. At that time, we can also come back from the northwest, and when we go to Nanyang together, with the help of our father and mother, the construction of our Nanyang must be faster. However, what about Brother Liu? ”

Chen Yuanheng didn't speak, and Zhao Chongyi said: "This Jingyuan has already reached an agreement with His Royal Highness the Prince. Jing was originally born in a wealthy family, and you also know the atmosphere of the family, father and son, filial piety, wealth and harmony, and we are all different. He didn't want to be a big man, and he didn't want to live a rich and prosperous life, but when we were young, we met and became brothers, and Jingyuan promised to help the crown prince realize his dream and win the throne, and help him stabilize the throne and rectify the rule of officials. You also know what happened later, he met Mingzhu and lived a good life, he didn't want to love the power of war even more, he wanted to leave the court several times, but was dissuaded by the prince. The crown prince promised him that as long as he helped the prince stabilize the world, he would let Liu Jingyuan leave the court and travel the world. ”

At this moment, Chen Wenhui was relieved, and said with a smile: "That relationship is good, when we come back from the northwest, my father will be able to pull away, and Brother Liu will be able to pull away." How nice is that. ”

Everyone laughed.

Chen Wenhui saw the eldest brother and said: "Eldest brother, the responsibility on your shoulders is very heavy, in the past few years, during the period of stability in Nanyang, your Wa Kingdom must be fully won." In this way, we can have a stable rear and will not restrict the future development of Nanyang. In addition, in the future, after the construction of steam engine ships, they will be able to directly reach North and South America from the Japanese country, which is where the gold is everywhere. In addition to these, the Wa people of the Wa Kingdom can bring a large amount of labor to the development of Nanyang, so your Wa Kingdom is really important. ”

Chen Wenjun smiled and said, "You have told me these many times, I remember them." You can rest assured about the affairs of the Japanese country. In the past period of time, you have been busy with the wedding, but I have not been idle, I have moved from Dachu to many people in the Wa Kingdom, plus the grassland tribes from the northwest of the Ma family, and the natives from Nanyang by the second brother, and now in my territory, the Wa people have only accounted for one-third of the population. So, I've completely stabilized this territory. Next, I will find an opportunity to continue the war of the Wa Kingdom and gradually annex the entire Wa Kingdom. I will use the Japanese people as the vanguard first, so that in the future, when the entire Japanese country is occupied, there should be less than one-fifth of the Japanese people left in my current territory. At that time, with the support of my stable territory, I am confident that I will manage the entire Wa Kingdom well. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded, this strategy is a conspiracy, but it is very effective. Even if the people of the Wa Kingdom knew about it, there was no way to do it, and sometimes, in the face of absolute force, a strategy was useless. On the contrary, this kind of upright conspiracy is the most effective. She said: "Big brother, you must not be soft on the Japanese country, this nation is cunning and treacherous, and you can't give them a chance to breathe, otherwise it will not be easy to fight back in the future." ”

Chen Wenjun couldn't help laughing and said: "My little sister has never been to the Wa Kingdom, but it is surprising that she has such an accurate grasp of the hearts of the people in the Wa Kingdom. In the past, I always felt that Wen Hui was too wary of the Wa Kingdom, but now, I have been in the Wa Kingdom for so many years, and I know that what Wen Hui said is correct. The people of this country are indeed like this, they are two-faced, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and they are extremely bad. Moreover, the rule of the Japanese royal family has been hundreds of years, and it has long been decaying, and it is time for me to destroy it. In fact, this place is really good, there are a lot of silver mines, the scenery is also good, and the fishing industry can be developed, we can occupy it, clear the power of the Japanese royal family, and establish our own family power, which is good. ”

Chen Wenlin said: "This is just right, and next, after I return to the South Seas, I will wage war on Sumatra." When the time comes, more natives can be sent to the eldest brother's Wa country. Big brother can also send more prisoners of war to my new city. Complementing each other in this way, the problem of the Japanese state should be solved soon. Our new city can be built faster. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The matter of Nanyang is going to trouble the second brother and second sister-in-law. If the second brother is fighting on the front line, and the second sister-in-law is managing so many cities alone, can she be busy? Unfortunately, our family still has too few hands. (To be continued......)