Chapter Seventy-One: The Great Shang Federation Empire

When Wallace said goodbye to Li Ao, Li Ao was surprised that they could go to London together.

Wallace said, "My friend, you are business, and I am going home, and you have treated me well------ I don't think I have to go through London, which I know well, and I can find a direct ship to Scotland." ”

"Like an arrow? Haha, I see------- so let's give you some gifts. ”

Li Ao gave Wallace a five-wheeled pistol and some bullets.

"I asked my military factory to copy this gun, because of the bullet, it can't be mass-produced now, you can use it."

Wallace took it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was different from the military five-wheeled pistol, the caliber was a little smaller.

"My friend, this is too valuable------"

"Haha, who made us comrades-in-arms, the world is so big, we can meet in a foreign country, this is a rare fate!

Take it, it's better to defend yourself than your arquebus. ”

As Wallace left his Flyer with his bags on his back------ he turned to his captain and said, "He's a good fighter------ but it's a pity that he's white." ”

The captain said quietly: "I am sure that he will return to the island------ the more people who experience it, the more they will know the value of freedom." ”

Li Ao sighed and said, "Forget it, he is in charge of his future, let's still be busy with our own business." ”

Li Ao's business is not small, but in this vast world, it is still only a small change.

There is indeed a butterfly effect in this world, but it still needs to be large enough.

A man who has cursed an unfair society in the dark ------ what effect can that have?

It will be a long time before the light comes.

On January 1, 1281, the island of Liuqiu ushered in its big day!

Zhang officially announced the Magna Carta in the Liuqiu Times, and at the same time officially announced the founding of the country, and the name of the country was "the Federal Empire of Dashang and Shandong, Hokkaido Island, Borneo, the Philippine Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and the Yindian Region".

The name is quite long, in fact, it has been shortened, because in the declaration of the founding of the country, the islands of Bahrain, Jeju and Happiness are also mentioned.

Maps of the main islands and regions were also printed in newspapers, overprinted in red to indicate the geographical extents.

At the same time, two corrections have been made, Australia and New Zealand are both ordinary islands------ Indian region is also an ordinary island.

In fact, this time point was originally agreed before, but when the winter of 1280 came, Zhang wanted to postpone it for another year.

The reason is very simple, Liuqiu Island was openly accused by a certain high-ranking official in the Great Song Dynasty government!

Moreover, folk newspapers such as "People's Voice" also followed the trend to criticize Liuqiu Island.

Grain cheapness hurts farmers!

This autumn, with a rare good wind and rain, almost all of the Liuqiu Island, Shandong and the Wenlai estuary in Borneo have enjoyed a bumper grain harvest.

In fact, the same is true in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, which also obtained a bumper grain harvest, and the total output is far higher than that of the three places on Liuqiu Island.

But the problem that came with it was that the price of grain had dropped sharply, and now it was only 500 yuan per stone of rice, two yuan for white flour, and even lower than 500 yuan for corn!

After a hard season, many farmers in the Great Song Dynasty settled their accounts and lost money in farming!

A certain high-ranking official of the Great Song Dynasty government did not consider the actual situation and put all the responsibility on the owner of Liuqiu Island, believing that he first lowered the price of grain and sold it to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so that the grain of the Great Song peasants could not be sold at a price and they lost money.

When Zhang heard the rumors, he was very angry, and he said to his friend: "Lao Wang, can we be blamed for this? Seventy percent of our peasants can reach the level of animal power plus pot camel machine cultivation and irrigation, and their self-cultivated farmers in the Great Song Dynasty are all sporadic land, and 80 percent of them rely on manpower to intensively cultivate, the cost of this input is lower than theirs, and the yield is higher than theirs, so it is naturally cheaper to sell their grain!

We didn't manipulate the price of grain, it was entirely those grain traders who set the price themselves------ you say, what can they do if they lose money? Even with such a low price, they still have money to earn! ”

Wang Defa said: "Forget it, don't be like their ancients, let's just write the reason in the "Liuqiu Times-------"

Zhang asked the editor-in-chief Yang Youxing to write down the actual situation clearly, and issued a special issue for this purpose.

The output is up, you can deep process, what is the reason to accuse others of low prices?

Do you have to pour other people's milk to make money from your milk?!

Liuqiu Island can't carry this pot!

But the accusations continued------ owner Zhang understood that the people in the Great Song Dynasty government wanted to shake the blame.

Fight for it or ignore it?

Wang Defa's family was silent for a while and said: "Let's build a country, don't wait for the brothers to come back------- you will be the king!" ”

"No, no, wait for the three brothers to come back, when they come back, you will be the one!"

"Come on, brother! How well you have managed Liuqiu Island over the years, I can't do it, if we fight for this, it won't be meaningful------ don't be embarrassed, you are the king, and for me it is also my name. ”

Island Master Zhang was silent.

Wang Defa continued: "After you founded the country, I will go to Borneo, where the resources are urgently needed by us, and the natural conditions are better than those of the Philippine Islands. ”

"Well, what about Boni Country?"

"There are only tens of thousands of them, if they are willing to join our federation, they will eat them sooner or later, and let them become a big family in our federation!"

"Okay, let's have a good discussion."

The title of the owner of the island is indeed a bit of a joke, which is not conducive to the cohesion of the citizens on the island.

They changed from a private organization to a state organization that existed side by side with the Great Song Dynasty, and the benefits of it need not be talked about.

The three of them discussed it and decided on the name of the country, and they originally claimed to be the descendants of Shang.

The first king was Zhang Guoan, and the queen was quiet, and the title of King Defa King of Borneo was not disclosed for the time being.

At the same time, wait until January 1 to promulgate the Imperial Charter of the Great Shang Federation at the same time.

The preamble of the Imperial Charter of the Great Shang Federation is roughly as follows: All citizens of the Empire, including the king himself, must obey the only charter within the administration of the Great Shang Federation!

The constitution consists of 12 articles and 70 paragraphs, the main content of which stipulates that the king of the Empire of the Great Chinese Federation shall be the commander of the army, responsible for managing the affairs of the empire, and determining the organizational form of the empire's internal and foreign affairs, personnel arrangements, and policies for external development and relations.

The basic rights and duties of citizens are also generally stipulated in the articles.

In fact, it is mainly based on the laws promulgated on the island and clarifies them.

Some time ago, the twenty houseboys had been assembled again to obey the arrangement of the island master, and those houseboys understood that this might be the most important day for them.

During the rehearsals, they understood their position.

Yang Youxing was appointed Minister of Culture and Education of the Empire, Bao Wei was appointed Minister of the Imperial Army, Guo Beyu was appointed Minister of the Imperial Navy, Guo Ziren was appointed Minister of Customs and Commerce of the Empire, Gu Jianshan was appointed Minister of Finance of the Empire, Wu Di was appointed Minister of Industry of the Empire, Mei Lezhi was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Hou Dongfang was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire, Wang Zheng was appointed Minister of Land and Sea Communications, and Wu Jie was appointed Minister of Garrison.

Twenty house-brass, this time only ten were appointed.

But the other ten still applauded and congratulated them, because they knew that they would follow Wang Defa's family to the island of Borneo to develop, and they believed that sooner or later they would also become such a position.

On January 1, 1281, the founding ceremony of the Great Shang Commonwealth Empire was solemn and solemn.

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