The Shanghai New Town of Songjiang Mansion is still in full swing of construction, with Li Anliang sent tens of thousands of North Korean laborers over, the construction of the entire Shanghai New City has been accelerated by several grades, and now a central street in the new middle has been completed, the middle of the street is a tall mansion, this mansion is the Governor's Mansion in the future, the mansion is surrounded by a square, when the carriages and horses and people pass here, they need to pass through both sides of the square.

Zhou Chong, Wang Shouren, and Jiao Fang came to Shanghai New City again, and the official in charge of the construction of the new city today told him that the Governor's Mansion had been largely completed, and now it was waiting to dry, so he wanted to ask Zhou Chong to visit, and if there was anything unsatisfactory, it could also be revised as soon as possible.

In fact, there is nothing to visit in the Governor's Palace, because the Ming Dynasty has strict regulations on the style of yamen at all levels, such as Zhou Chong's Governor's Mansion in Shanghai New Town, which is almost exactly the same as his Governor's Mansion in Shuangyu Port, and even the height of the house is not bad at all, the only difference is that this Governor's Mansion uses a lot of cement, which makes the entire Governor's Mansion full of a smell of wet cement, which is estimated to take a long time to dissipate.

The walls of the newly built house have not yet dried, and the moisture in the house is very large, so it is definitely not possible to use people at this time, and only after the walls are dry, the moisture inside is dissipated, and you can move in. However, in order to allow Zhou Zhong to live in the new Governor's Mansion as soon as possible, the entire room is now lit with a carbon basin, and it is estimated that it will be dried in a few days.

There is nothing to see in the Governor's Palace, and the reason why Zhou Zhong pulled Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang over is naturally to discuss other matters. Speaking of which, they are all very busy during this time. Stay in his yamen office all day. So Zhou Zhong took this opportunity to call people out, on the one hand, to come out to breathe, and on the other hand, to discuss the reduction of disaster victims in Daming by the way.

"Now there is no need for immigrants in Taiwan, but if Nanyang wants to develop it, it needs a lot of immigration support, and now the immigration of Nanyang has just begun, and now a total of less than one million immigrants have been migrated, which is not enough to develop Nanyang. But now that the situation in Daming is improving, and there are fewer and fewer people willing to emigrate, I don't know what the two of you can do? Zhou Zhong led the two to the back garden of the Governor's Palace, which was still desolate, except for a few well-built pavilions, and only a large puddle used as a pond.

Wang Shouren and Jiao Fang followed Zhou Chongjin to the pavilion and sat down, and then saw Jiao Fang speak first: "Malacca and the Old Port of Nanyang are located in the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou respectively, according to the previous idea of the adults, it is necessary to establish Han settlements on various large islands in the South Seas, and now there is no need for immigrants in Malacca and the Old Port. Most of the migration to the northern island of Luzon has already been carried out, and the rest will be completed this year. In the future, these three places only need to work hard to develop their economies and encourage local people to produce, and we don't have to worry about the rest. ”

When he said this, Jiao Fang paused for a moment and then said: "In this way, among the remaining big islands in the South Sea, there are only the big islands in the south of Luzon, Java Island, and several big islands east of Borneo, among these big islands, Java Island has always been the center of civilization of the native people in the South Seas, where the population is dense and rich in products, but the native countries there also have a certain strength, if we want to completely occupy Java, it will definitely not be easy, as for the remaining few big islands, they are all poor mountains and bad waters, and there are not many natives living there, So I don't think it's necessary to move immigrants there for the time being! ”

The idea of bringing Nanyang into the rule of the Ming Dynasty was put forward by Zhou Chong, but he didn't know much about Nanyang in this era at the beginning, and he just took it for granted that he wanted to establish immigration bases on several large islands in Nanyang, and then take the stronghold as the center to slowly control several large islands in Nanyang, but with the Governor's Palace's understanding of the islands in Nanyang, Jiao Fang and they found that several large islands east of Borneo are full of tropical rainforests, and the conditions are very harsh.

Of course, the islands east of Borneo are not useless, for example, in the south of the large island of Luzon and then to the south, there is a long island chain, where countless spices grow on the islands, the most primitive spice islands, refers to this island chain, now this spice islands have been taken over by the governor's palace of Zhouzhong, merchants come there by boat, need to pay a fee to pick spices on the island, and the amount of picking on each island has regulations, and even Zhouzhong has begun to let people study artificial cultivation of spices on the island, Although we have not yet seen the results, it is believed that in a few years, the production of spices in Nanyang will increase significantly.

Of course, the Spice Islands have already arranged for many immigrants to come over, but some of the remaining large islands are temporarily unsuitable for immigrants to live, so Jiao Fang will say the above words.

Zhou Zhong listened and thought about it, and then nodded and said: "Master Jiao is reasonable, the Nanyang immigration strategy formulated at the beginning is really a bit too hasty, the area of Nanyang is too vast, we can't fully bloom, now we only need to temporarily control a few important islands, among which the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou just control the border between Nanyang and India, so these two islands must be controlled, as for Luzon, it is the closest to my Ming Dynasty, and it is rich in gold and copper, and the land is also very fertile. Naturally, we can't let it go, so that only Java, the center of civilization of the native people of the South Seas, is left. ”

"Well, after Lord Jiao's combing, the situation in the South Seas became clear all of a sudden, but Java is no better than elsewhere, and now the Danmu Kingdom, which dominates Java, is secretly funded by the Portuguese, and has firearms in the army, plus the island has a large population, if we want to occupy Java, we must defeat the Danmu Kingdom, and this requires maintaining a strong army in the South Seas, but our South Ocean Fleet has not yet been formed, so the strategy for Java can only be pushed back."

Wang Shouren, who had not spoken, also added some at this time, and then he smiled and said: "But in this way, the need for immigrants in Nanyang is not so urgent, and adults don't have to worry about the decrease in the number of immigrants, and the relocation of disaster victims from the country is only an expedient measure, after all, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to provide tens of millions of disaster victims every year, so the subordinates thought of another way to attract people to take the initiative to go to Nanyang." ”

Hearing Wang Shouren's words, Zhou Zhong and Jiao Fang both showed a very interested expression, and at that moment, they saw Jiao Fang asking anxiously: "I don't know if Lord Wang can attract the people of China to take the initiative to go to Nanyang?" ”

"Hehe, in fact, this method is nothing, it's just tempting with profit." Wang Shouren said with a smile, "Now in Nanyang, in addition to the Han people who already live there, there are only two kinds of Han people left, one is the Ming people who moved to the Governor's Palace, and the other is the businessmen who go there to do business, among these three Han people, only the businessmen take the initiative to go to Nanyang, after all, for them, where there is an opportunity to make money, they will go." ”

When he said this, Wang Shouren paused, and then said with a wry smile: "As a saint protégé, although I don't want to admit it, but I have to say that the world is pursuing profit, Taishi Gong said, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, this world is just a good word, want to let the people take the initiative to go to Nanyang, naturally let the people see the benefits, for example, I heard that a lot of gold mines have been found in the Nanyang area, and as a result, the people in Fujian and Guangdong took the initiative to take the boat to Nanyang to pan for gold, For example, the Governor's Office came forward to organize an exploration team to look for gold, silver and copper mines in Nanyang, Nanyang gold mines, as long as mineral deposits are found, the government will come forward to cooperate with businessmen to open mines, as long as businessmen are involved, then they will definitely find a way to recruit people to open mines in Nanyang, so that the migration of the people will be slowly completed. ”

After listening to Wang Shouren's words, Zhou Zhong almost gave himself a slap in the face, in vain he was still a traveler from later generations, and he forgot the method of European immigration in history, when the Americas immigrated, most of those immigrants went to the gold mines of the Americas, and there were gold panders with gold mines, as long as there were people living in the gold mines, then they would slowly form towns, and when these people adapted to the local life, I am afraid that few people would leave again.

"Ha Lu Ha, good way, gold and silver is indeed the most moving, now just heard that there are a few gold mines found in Jinzhou, the result has caused a gold rush in Fujian, Guangdong, many poor people will pan for gold as a good way to make a fortune, now although most of the people of my Ming Dynasty can eat a full meal, but life is still poor, after all, a lot of food, the price has fallen, just by farming can not solve the problem of poverty, even buy some cloth and other daily necessities are difficult, If a large number of gold mines are really discovered in Nanyang, then the old man can see it in advance, and the people of Daming will definitely rush to go! Jiao Fang also said with a smile at this time, although he is also a scholar, he is old, has a lot of experience, and has already seen through the sophistication of human feelings, so he does not exclude the view of human nature and profit.

"Good! That's it, but it's a bit troublesome to set up a prospecting team, after all, it's not easy to find some prospecting talents, I don't know if there are any talents in this area in the Ludao Imperial Court? Zhou Zhong said that the most difficult and a little worried, the Ming Dynasty is not a later generation, geology is still in a state of ignorance in this era, God knows where to find suitable prospectors? (To be continued......)