Although it is already May, Miaotun, the northernmost part of the Ming Dynasty, is still covered with ice and snow at this time, and even if the emperor Zhu Youxiao comes here, he can only take a sled.

At the northern tip of Fuso, the island of Akei, which is now Hokkaido, has not yet completely melted, so plans to build another resort on the island have to be shelved.

Because of this, Zhu Youxiao did not go to Ezo Island again, but directly entered Miaotun.

Miaotun is located at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, is the location of the Nuer Gandu Division, and now with Sakhalin Island and belongs to the North Road of the Political Envoy of Liaodong, compared with the Miaotun decades ago, the Miaotun at this time because of the development of fishery and forestry, mining and transportation, so that it has been more than ten times more prosperous than the beginning.

In Miaotun, there are public construction works almost all the time, and a large number of Cossacks who were captured in the past were good slaves, and they worked very hard under the supervision of the overseers, although many of them died of fatigue or were killed, but also made the entire city of Miaotun expand significantly.

These Cossacks, who were originally the proudest and most beautiful, became the most despicable people in Liaodong at this time, and their lives were not protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and a little girl could shout at any Cossack.

Although they have fists, everything is in vain in front of the muzzle of a black hole.

In the north of Miaotun, Duhan Hewei, Yiwen Shanwei, Duoerbi Hewei, and Nangharwei and Wuphe Hewei on Sakhalin Island across the sea are still stationed with two brigades of the Ming Army, and even the fifth Ming fleet is being built in Miaotun Yemu Hewei, the purpose of which is to control the northernmost sea area, and has not prepared to occupy the Bering Strait into the Americas in the future.

This northernmost sea area is no longer called the Sea of Japan at this moment, but was named Yongle Sea by His Majesty the Ming Emperor to commemorate the navigation feat of the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period.

In this way, the Li dynasty of North Korea also became a dynasty in the belly of the Ming Dynasty, almost surrounded by the Ming Dynasty, but the Li Dynasty did not know the current situation, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed, he was also relieved, but it was not a painful experience, but still singing and dancing.

After Zhu Youxiao ordered Wen Tiren to force the Li Shi Dynasty to sign a compensation treaty that surrendered to the enemy Manchu Qing because of his departure from the suzerain, he did not directly use the knife against the Li Dynasty, after all, this Korea has also experienced war, and the trauma is not small, and the fat pig has to be raised for a few years to grow fat.

The content of the compensation is to lease several natural harbors that can garrison troops to the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years at the price of one silver dollar for one hundred years, so that the Ming can help it resist foreign aggression and no longer be plundered by the Manchus again, and at the same time need to sponsor the goal of prosperity and construction of Greater East Asia 300,000 silver dollars every year.

In fact, the Li Dynasty is now surrounded by the Ming Dynasty on all sides, except for the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to encounter foreign invasion, but although the Li Dynasty can only sign an unequal treaty that is actually for its own consideration, it is actually to cede land and pay compensation.

In short, now the whole of East Asia has become the private territory of the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to challenge the authority of His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

Although these Cossacks, who were engaged in the construction work at the lowest level in Miaotun Prefecture, were not protected by law and were not allowed to intermarry with the Ming people, and were only allowed to learn the Ming script and culture, Zhu Youxiao allowed them to build families within themselves and get paid to meet their basic needs through labor, so they could also endure this low-class Han life.

At this moment, the Ming Dynasty, as a trust empire, needs to sacrifice the blood and sweat of some people to obtain the purpose of primitive accumulation of capital, and since these sacrifices cannot be used on their own people, they can only make these foreigners become victims.

Looking at the Cossacks who were carried out of the city due to overwork for a long time and died of overwork, Zhu Youxiao couldn't change anything, after all, he was the emperor of the Han people, but he still sent an edict to the political envoys of Liaodong, these Cossacks could have tombs after death, and their descendants were also allowed to pay tribute, but they must use Chinese etiquette and writing.

It was not only the Cossacks who sacrificed for the further capital prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Kunlun slaves who were sold by the West and the local natives who were taken captive from all over the world.

Of course, there are also the low-level employees of Europa, many of whom do not know that part of the value of their labor earned by their hard work to earn a piece of black bread is not only partly exploited by the factory owners in their own country, but also partly into the pockets of the Ming capitalist class and spent on the belly of a certain woman.

And now these are not enough, Zhu Youxiao wants more people to supply fresh blood for the Ming Dynasty, and he can't just rely on the exploitation of the people at the bottom of the world, because no one knows whether these people at the bottom will overthrow the local puppet government or seek independence under the unbearable exploitation for the Ming Dynasty after a long time, so that the next powerful country that can challenge the Ming Dynasty will appear.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wanted the wealthy class in all regions of the world, that is, the rulers, to also dedicate their savings for many years to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wanted to develop the state-run opium trade.

But before that, he had to launch a wave of anti-smoking campaigns.

In the Ming Dynasty, there can be no such thing as opium trading, which will only destroy the morale of the people and affect their own rule, and will also make some selfish businessmen with evil intentions and chasing fame and fortune too strong and threaten their rule, and it will also lead to great social problems.

Outside the Ming Dynasty, there can be endless exploitation and plunder, but within the Ming Dynasty, the process of civilization must be further promoted, and relative equality and stability must be maintained as much as possible.

Therefore, smoking must be banned in the country!

Zhu Youxiao issued another decree, asking Liu Ruoyu to rush from Shenyang to Hetuala, and Zhu Youxiao also formally met with the Dongchang Admiral in Hetuala.

"I summoned you to use the power of Dongchang to carry out an anti-smoking campaign, and I will make it clear that after half a year, merchants must prohibit opium and even other drugs in the country, and after three months, if anyone is found to be engaged in opium trade, whether he is a prince or a peddler's pawn, he will be killed!"

When Zhu Youxiao said this, Liu Ruoyu couldn't help but glance in his heart, and looked up at Li Mingrui, and Li Mingrui was also dead at this time.

Zhu Youxiao also knew that they might also have something to do with these trades, but he still pretended not to know, after all, this was also because he didn't think thoroughly at the beginning and only banned the sale of opium from foreign countries, but he forgot that domestic merchants would also operate this, so now he didn't directly use thunder means at the beginning, but after this order, if these domestic merchants don't stop, don't blame him for being polite!

In order to worry that these businessmen would take advantage of this situation to sell a large amount of tobacco to the people at a low price within half a year and poison the people, Zhu Youxiao also added a strict order: All the tobacco in the hands of the traders must be purchased by the household department except for those who have already gone abroad, and if they trade privately in the people, they will also be convicted of raiding their homes.