Listening to this encouragement, Xiao Zhang was quite moved. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info repeatedly promised that he would live up to his expectations.

A lot of things, point to point. Lewis said no more and read the newspaper.

The content of the first edition of the discovery also involved the adjustment of the divisions of other administrative provinces in addition to the Nanyang Overseas Territory. For example, the northern part of the East Pearl Islands (Hawaiian Islands), to which Andong Province belongs, was divided separately and established as Pearl Province.

Lewis didn't know much about this place. However, according to the report, the Hawaiian Islands in the northern part of the East Pearl Islands are 132 small islands hanging alone in the Pacific Ocean. The entire land area is 16,000 square kilometers.

And most of the islands are volcanic islands. Geologically, it is not habitable.

When it comes to climate, there are no distinct seasons. But if you have to compare, February and March are the coldest, and August and September are the hottest. The heaviest rainfall is from October to April.

At present, the island's inhabitants are mostly Vietnamese, Hispanic, Burmese (Mon), and Japanese Daming, and all the original inhabitants have moved to other islands in Andong Province. But the total population is only about 4,000 people.

Among them, ninety percent of the population is concentrated on Pearl Island (Oahu).

Among so many administrative provinces in the Ming Dynasty, the newly established Pearl Province is undoubtedly at the bottom.

Despite the island's climate, it is suitable for the growth of crops such as sugar cane, pineapple, and coffee. However, due to the small population, it is not currently cultivated on a large scale.

However, the existence of Pearl Province has natural geographical advantages.

As you can see from the map, the North American overseas territories are far away from the Ming mainland. The Pearl Province has become the most suitable connecting hub. Whether it is to establish a commercial base here or to station troops, it can be very good to safeguard the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, all merchant ships traveling between North American overseas territories and the Ming mainland have to transit through Pearl Province. It's just that because of the overseas territory of North America, it's too wild. As a result, merchant ships come and go, which are rare.

However, the Spaniards and Americans on the North American continent expressed their willingness to use the route to the Ming Dynasty several times. However, considering that the Ming Dynasty's control over the many islands of Andong Province and the territories of North America was not strong. Therefore, Da Ming has not been promised.

After all, in later generations, the urine nature of these Westerners is not unknown to Da Ming. One by one, under the banner of civilization expansion, they carried out barbaric capitalist invasion and strategy. The kind of behavior of stealing chickens and touching dogs and maliciously encroaching is really outrageous.

Like the value of the Pacific route, the Spaniards, the Americans, must have seen it. If you are using the waterway, you can find a few important uninhabited desert islands in the Pacific Ocean and settle down. That Da Ming, but he suffered a secret loss in vain.

There are also too many islands in the Pacific Ocean!

The current possession of the Ming Dynasty is only a nominal possession. Many islands, never even set foot in. Just like the map expansion of later generations, it used the way of announcing the world to tell other countries that there were already people in this land.

Therefore, the Ming would rather abandon this route than allow other forces to set foot or get involved.

Previously, the Spaniards had no small movements in the Pacific islands. In the name of exploration, he tried to find another route several times. But they were all discovered by Daming and eventually expelled.

So now, Daming is like covering gold, protecting this route tightly.

In addition, there are some islands that originally belonged to Andong Province, which were incorporated into Luzon, Medan, Anbei, Xinhua Province, Southern Province, and Annam Province. As a result, the territory of Andong Province has shrunk by a quarter compared to before. The islands under the direct jurisdiction were limited to the major islands of the later Laine Islands, the Golamotu Islands, the Lalique Islands, the Tuvalu Islands, and the Samoa Islands.

In the case of North American territories, arms control is still applied. And under its banner, there is no military town. In the end, the local climate is very cold, and there are few people. So far, there are only a handful of settlements.

Except for the exiled criminals, no one wanted to stay here for long.

After reading the first page of the newspaper, Lewis turned to the second page.

This section mainly explains the town of Johor Bahru.

Unlike most of the military towns in Nanyang Overseas Territory, which were upgraded to provincial administrative divisions, Johor Bahru Town was established as a separate municipality. Its status is also the same as that of Mingjing City and Guangfu City.

Although, at the administrative level, municipalities and administrative provinces are the same. However, it cannot be ignored that the official attention to municipalities is relatively more. Like the Guangfu municipality, although it was established in the first year, it is not too early.

However, due to the official 'preference', its development momentum has far surpassed that of Linhai, Nanhai, Nanfang, and Xinhua provinces. Even the Northern Province, which was established relatively early and is relatively close to Mingjing, has also continued to narrow the gap with the municipalities directly under the central government.

Now that the city has been restored, there is a trend of Daming granary.

Even at a time when supplies are in short supply, the municipality has maintained a bumper grain harvest. And thirty percent of the food supply of the Ming Dynasty comes from here.

With the expansion of the reclamation area, the planting area increased. The local grain production will definitely go to a higher level.

Many newspapers in Mingjing used 'the wind and rain are smooth, and the granary of the Ming Dynasty' to describe the recovery of the municipalities directly under the central government.

It is also a subtropical monsoon humid climate, which has great similarities with the southern part of the Qing Dynasty. And the rainfall and temperature are even higher than those in the south of the Qing Dynasty. From an agricultural point of view, it can be regarded as having sufficient water and heat. This is extremely beneficial for crops such as rice, which like temperature and heat.

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not have recovered the municipalities directly under the central government and positioned them as the granary of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the establishment of Johor Bahru Municipality also represents the affirmation of Daming's development vision.

However, in Lewis's view, this Johor Bahru municipality must have been prepared for the subsequent relocation of the capital. After all, the rumors of moving the capital before were so vigorous. And the official did not come forward to refute the rumors.

It seems that to some extent, the fact of moving the capital has been tacitly acquiesced.

This made Lewis, instinctively, think that this thing was true.

Coupled with the separation of Johor Bahru City from the administrative province, he felt that this was really possible.

It's just that in the newspaper, there is no mention of the relocation of the capital. It is only said that Daming will build Johor Bahru into the economic center of Daming. In business, the maximum preferential treatment is also given. For example, customs clearance duties for countries entering Johor Bahru will be reduced to varying degrees.

In the case of Singapore Island, for example, there is a fixed free zone. Any cargo, can move around the island unimpeded.

Of course, this is on the premise of no pollution and no violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is opium or munitions, it is natural that it will be seized and the relevant responsibilities will be investigated.

In addition, the island does not require complicated entry documents for merchants from all over the world. In addition, there are no regulations on the period of residence. This means that even if you don't have Ming nationality, you can live permanently on Singapore Island.

However, like commercial goods, it cannot violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Within the scope of Johor Bahru City, various commercial taxes are also exempted. Not only to enter the customs, but also to open and build factories, but also to give certain preferential policies.

In modern terms, this is a kind of investment attraction. It is somewhat similar to the special economic zone in the early days of reform and opening up.