Chapter 192: The Role of Madagascar
Madagascar was set up by Ming Jian as a special administrative unit of the Great Song Dynasty - the city, where the supreme governor was the governor, after careful consideration, Ming Jian ordered Yang Zaixing to be the governor, let him lead 200,000 Song troops stationed here.
The city of Madagascar also controlled the small African islands of Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros, which were set up as counties and also sent troops to guard them.
For small islands, neither the Khitans nor Africans paid attention to it, they liked to stay on land, therefore, this cheapened the Great Song.
In order to integrate into the local society as soon as possible, Ming Jian ordered the Song soldiers to intermarry with the locals, and he himself set an example by marrying a black girl, an Arab girl, and a Jewish girl as his wife.
The black girl is called Sam, the Arab girl is Tina, and the Jewish girl is called Nya, and all three girls are happy to marry an emperor, especially since this emperor is also the emperor of the most powerful country in the world, the Great Song Dynasty.
Because of this, their family gathered around the Great Song Dynasty at once.
The soldiers of the Song army saw that Ming Jian had done this, so they followed suit, to take root here, not to say that it was fun, it was very necessary to marry a few wives.
Because of the large number of Song soldiers and the lack of locals, many Song troops still have to fight for the time being, but Cahill has begun to contact his compatriots on the African continent.
After gaining a firm foothold, Ming Jian immediately began to vigorously build the city of Madagascar, first tidying up the system, since it is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it must be connected with the system of the Great Song Dynasty, and the currency uses gold, silver, and copper coins, mainly copper coins.
The fleet brought a large amount of copper coins, and the locals had gold and silver, which were doubled according to the price of the Great Song Dynasty as the price standard in Madagascar, which was relatively poor after all.
With the monetary system, a series of other institutions soon came out, education was placed in a very important position, and several languages were made into teaching materials, which were distributed to educational institutions in each county to organize people to study.
A large amount of grain from the dungeon space was quickly put into the warehouse of the town hall, and it was quickly put on the market for sale, and the price was very cheap, a bucket of rice was only ten cents, and the locals could afford it.
The action of transforming the environment is also very fast, Ming Jian directly transplanted trees from the dungeon space, covering the plateau and mountain areas of Madagascar, the plain areas as agricultural and animal husbandry bases, and in the rivers and ravines, Ming Jian injected fresh water into the dungeon space. After the foundation comes out, the rest will be left to people to play by themselves, there are mountains, rivers and forests, such an environment is good, you can build a better city.
The Malagasy people, stunned by the beauty of their homeland, began to build on their homeland.
Rice, wheat and other crops were quickly accepted by the Malagasy people, and some local crops and cash crops such as coffee, cloves, sisal, peanuts, sugar cane, cotton and so on continue to be cultivated.
Madagascar has a unique topography with a wide range of climates. The eastern part belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, which is hot and humid all year round, the central plateau belongs to the tropical plateau climate with a mild climate, the western part is on the leeward side with less precipitation, and belongs to the savannah climate, and the southern region belongs to the semi-arid climate. Due to the influence of the monsoon, the dry season is from April to October and the rainy season is from November to March.
According to such climatic characteristics, Mingjian asked all localities to study crop cultivation on their own to ensure a bumper grain harvest. As for animal husbandry, Ming Jian directly asked people to buy the livestock of the Khitans, and the Khitans did not want money, but directly asked for weapons and materials for exchange, and at this time, Madagascar added hundreds of thousands of livestock, with the most cattle and sheep.
The construction of the port was also on the agenda, and Ming Jian personally supervised the construction of four large ports in Madagascar.
The cement and masonry in the dungeon space were removed, and the dumbfounded workers had no other expression than dumbfounded.
This also makes the construction faster, the cement dries faster, although the quality is not as good as the cement of modern society, but it is enough to build a port city.
Ming Jian took his three wives to ride horses on various construction sites every day, and this day was really free.
At the same time, Madagascar's undertakings have developed.
Cahill is a very capable mayor and has a good understanding of the situation in Africa, and after his planning, the whole of Madagascar is running at high speed.
Trade was the first to develop.
Now in Africa, there are still many small countries, and they are very fond of the materials of the Great Song Dynasty, so after all kinds of goods enter these small countries, they are basically swept away, in exchange for a large amount of gold, jewelry, spices, etc., in less than three months, the materials brought by the Great Song Dynasty fleet are sold out.
Weapons and equipment are also very good to sell, there must be frequent wars between small countries, and with the invasion of the Khitans, the African continent is now in chaos.
After the Khitans gained a foothold, they had already sent troops to attack various small countries and tribes in East Africa, and their cavalry troops were simply a sharp weapon that swept through Africa, and no one could stop it.
In just half a year, the whole of East Africa was captured by the Khitans, and Yelu Dashi then announced the establishment of the Great Liao Empire, divided the ministers and generals, and began to vigorously build the country.
The Ghanaian Empire in West Africa, after receiving the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, also began to expand around the Sahara Desert.
The Muhutamba Empire in southern Africa also made a deal with the Great Song Dynasty, obtained a large number of weapons and equipment, and swept across the whole of southern Africa.
The situation in North Africa was more complicated, and the Arab Empire still had a strong ruling power in the region, but the Egyptians had already begun to revolt, and the Berbers had also begun to establish their own dynasties, so the weapons and equipment of the Great Song Dynasty were simply easy to sell.
Supported by powerful weaponry, the Egyptian Mustafa led a civilian and slave revolt in Cairo, and in just one month, ruled most of Cairo, expelled Arab imperial officials, and proclaimed the Great Kingdom of Egypt.
The Berber Kamba also led his own people in a revolt, and in just three months, established a Berber kingdom on the coastline of Northwest Africa.
These forces dealt a great blow to the rule of the Arab Empire in North Africa and accelerated the destruction of the Arab Empire.
Ming Jian remained neutral in these events, but aggressively bought and transported the captives to the Australian mainland. There were also defeated who fled to Madagascar, and were also sent to the Australian continent by Ming Jian.
Among the several overseas territories of the Great Song Dynasty, Australia is definitely at the top of the list, where there are abundant natural resources. Therefore, the first thing Ming Jian took care of was the Australian continent, as long as the population there could reach 10 million, it would be able to develop into a rich place.
After these Africans went to Australia, they were quickly used as labor, and the Great Song Dynasty had a very humane attitude towards them, and did not blindly squeeze them, but made reasonable use of them, distributed money and food, and made outstanding contributions, and gave them housing and allowed to marry wives.
Soon, the population of the Australian continent had grown to three million people.