"Are you sure you want to go east?" When Lao Qiu heard Mao Geng's new plan to go east, he didn't turn a corner.

Anyway, Porter and Rodman were looking forward to the day when they landed in Australia, and suddenly there was a gorgeous turn, and Lao Qiu was a little difficult to accept for a while.

"Isn't it because the situation has changed! That's what the so-called plan is better than change. I also hesitated for a long time before I made up my mind. Lao Qiu, with a change of leadership here in Taiwan, our life must not have been so good, and I don't know if the new emperor will take the opportunity to shear sheep! We're too conspicuous, so we still have to be careful. After all, Taiwan is too close to the big 6, of course the imperial court must strictly control it, and Zhao Luan's eastward transfer is a signal. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult for our special zone to continue to enjoy the special treatment of a country within a country. ”

When Lao Qiu heard this, he immediately understood Mao Geng's thoughts, nodded and said:

"It's still Mao Te thoughtful, this is not contradictory to the cunning rabbit three caves strategy we set before, Taiwan is a stronghold, Kra Isthmus is a stronghold, originally planned to build another stronghold in Luzon, now it is replaced by Hokkaido to establish a stronghold, it is also a similar reason, you are right, Zhao Luan is still full of kindness, we follow him, it should not be wrong."

"Yes, in general, the Song Dynasty still ruled the society by one person, and following people was the last word. I have been working with Zhao Lian for so long, and we are used to each other's work styles, hehe, many people in state-owned enterprises in later generations, and there are many people who follow the leader to the sea, and the same is true, right! ”

That's the reason, Lao Qiu nodded.

Lao Qiu Fu sighed again and sighed:

"In fact, in addition to the weak military strength of the Song Dynasty, the political ecology is still good, it can be called the political government, looking at the past dynasties, including the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, in terms of focusing on people's livelihood, they are not as good as the Song Dynasty, and the emperors of the Song Dynasty do not kill people casually, as if they have never killed a civil official. The key point is that the Song Dynasty did not discriminate against merchants like other dynasties, but encouraged industry and commerce, and was probably the dynasty that respected private property the most in all dynasties. You can be a happy capitalist in the Great Song Dynasty, and generally speaking, you don't have to worry about being sheared by the imperial court as a businessman. I'm right! ”

Mao Geng admitted that the civilization of the Great Song Dynasty was indeed the pinnacle of this era, and it was an era of high social freedom and openness. Song Taizu once made two death rules for his children and grandchildren: "First, the speaker is not guilty; 2. Don't kill literati. Even, associations, groups, and parades, which were more sensitive in later generations, were not taboo in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty established a national social welfare system that the Republic of China could not match, and set up standing welfare institutions such as orphanage homes, Salesian Bureau, Infant Bureau, Futian Hospital, Nursing Home, Medicine Bureau, Anji Fang, Leaky Garden, etc., to implement the routine relief of "every year".

The relief objects of the national welfare system in the Song Dynasty basically covered the old and weak, the sick and disabled, the poor, babies and other socially disadvantaged groups, and the benefits provided by the state for them covered all aspects of childbirth, pension, medical care, education, shelter, and funeral. Eight hundred years ago, the Song Dynasty was able to achieve such a state, and the Song Dynasty was enough to be called a civilized society at its peak.

If Mao Geng hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't even believe that this qiē was real.

There is no doubt that the Great Song Dynasty lived in the Republic of China in terms of people's livelihood and civil rights. This is also the reason why Mao Geng has never had antipathy, of course, no antipathy does not mean that he does not consider self-preservation. After all, it is an imperial society, Mao Geng and the traverser who seem to threaten national security, can you not guard against it!

So Mao Geng smiled:

"Lao Qiu, what you say is that the Great Song Dynasty is like an ideal country, as if the Great Song Dynasty is a model of the 'three represents'. Hehe, we have such a big goal, I don't know how many red-eyed patients are staring at us! Besides, I'm just a preventer! Don't worry, you're going to stay here all the time in my plan. As for me, I also went for a short time, and the foundation is still here. ”

In fact, Mao Geng's decision, Lao Qiu will generally obey, and now Luzon doesn't know who will be in power, and it is obviously too early to run Luzon, since this is the case, it is a natural choice to run Xia Yi Island.

As a result, another enlarged meeting of the board of directors of Mao's Group was held, and yes, the current high-level meeting of the traverser has been solemnly called the board of directors.

"I was the first to approve of eastward expansion. First of all, we want to get back Sakhalin, Sakhalin has been our territory since ancient times, the Qing Dynasty betrayed the country, and then sold Sakhalin to Maozi, and now the opportunity is so good, there is no reason not to take it back. When it comes to the content of Sakhalin, Zhao Yuchun is an image of an angry youth.

Lin Lishi sighed and refuted:

"I've seen a post that says that the Qing Dynasty never ceded Sakhalin Island to Maozi, the Treaty of Nebuchu stipulated that Sakhalin Island belonged to China, and later the Treaty of Beijing and the Treaty of Aihui, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ceded the Outer Northeast, but at least in words did not cede Sakhalin, you don't understand this! Sakhalin was forcibly occupied by Maozi. Of course, this is not important, the important thing is to occupy Sakhalin Island quickly, I have already said that I will occupy it, Maote was too cautious before, but it is not too late. ”

"Actually, in terms of resources, Sakhalin is definitely more worthy of having than Xia Island. It is said that oil and natural gas alone are very remarkable, with a reserve equivalent of 700 million tons, which is about the same as Kuwait, a major dog in the Middle East. From this point of view, Sakhalin is an out-and-out 'treasure island', and such a treasure island, of course, cannot be polite. ”

As soon as Gu Yongqiang said this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and they dared to love that the oil reserves of Sakhalin Island had reached this point! People who were still suspicious of the eastward expansion suddenly lost their doubts, Nima, who doesn't know that Kuwait is so rich, hurry up, take it, you can't miss it when you pass by!

Almost one-sided approval! Even Porter, including Porter, has never had a good impression of Maozi, and of course he will not object to "Sakhalin is Chinese."

And then it's easy.

Work together to make suggestions for the eastward entry and exit.

First of all, the textile and garment industry needs to prepare for the eastward expansion, Xia Xia Island is cold enough, Sakhalin Island is a real bitter cold place, not to mention that it is now the Xiaoice River period! In particular, in the northern part of Sakhalin, where oil is produced, there are about three months of spring and summer a year, and the rest of the year is a long winter, and it is common to have minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius.

Earlier, Mao Geng didn't think about Sakhalin because it was extremely cold.

If you look at the value of farming, Sakhalin is certainly inferior to Xia Island, and of course it is inferior to Luzon, there are priorities, before entering the industrial age, from the perspective of agricultural and commercial value, it is obviously more valuable to go west, and now it is basically a terra nullius, and it is natural to put Sakhalin in a later position. Mao Gengwei's traveler didn't mention it, and the other people in the Great Song Dynasty were naturally not interested in such a poor place.

Now the textile industry and garment industry in the Special Economic Zone have a good momentum, the textile industry of the Great Song Dynasty in this era is actually very good, Mao Geng has seen the most bullish hydraulic textile machine has more than 1,000 parts, Mao Geng has to do, is to standardize on the basis of this textile machine, and then use steam power. However, Mao Geng did not devote his efforts to the textile industry, and today's textile industry in the Special Economic Zone is still the world of traditional textile practitioners in the Great Song Dynasty, but the machine has been improved and the share of cotton textiles has been increased.

Due to the Mao's Group's open purchase of cotton, the area of cotton planting in the Great Song Dynasty has increased year by year in the past two years, and the continuous import of cotton from India has made the stock of cotton in the warehouse of the Special Economic Zone quite considerable, which can fully support the supply of winter clothes for 100,000 people.

Solving the problem of keeping out the cold, the problem of Sakhalin is half solved.

As for the fear that the natives of Sakhalin Island would bring any trouble to the Great Song team, this worry was purely superfluous, and in this time and space, no one could stop the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, which was equipped with advanced firearms. Many of the people here are military fans, gossiping about how the configuration of weapons should be, Mao Geng just listened, and said in his heart, do you still need to be so particular about dealing with the rabble who are generally armed with primitive weapons!

The issue of traffic was immediately raised.

Considering the crisscrossing of Sakhalin's rivers, the construction of flat-bottomed boats was put on the agenda, and Porter proposed that 2o to 1oo tons of motor sailing ships could be built, and as for power, steam engines could be used, and in the case of small boats, burnt ball internal combustion engines could be used.

It is worth mentioning that with the charcoal gas generator as a supporting energy generator, the burning ball gas machine has been installed on a 2o ton boat, and the 6o horsepower burning ball gas machine can make the boat light yì up to 8 knots, it is foreseeable that this kind of gas ball burning machine using charcoal as fuel will be mass-produced, acting as the power of fishing boats, tractors and even chariots.

In view of the fact that the eastward expansion was eventually to sail to North America, Potter fell in love with the newly built 2ooo ton ship, and wanted to fight the idea of this big ship, which was an armed merchant ship customized by the Taiwan Song Dynasty Sea Trade, and was temporarily equipped with cast iron cannons cast by Tie Fan. Considering that the largest warship of the Great Song Dynasty today was only 800 tons, Porter believed that this ship should be Maote's seat ship, and with a slight modification, it could be used as a flagship for voyages to the Americas.

The Great Song Navy is still in the making, and the new shipbuilding plan has not yet been officially released, if the Navy is established, it is possible that this 2ooo ton ship will be targeted by the Navy, and it is difficult to say that it will become a naval resource.

Zhao Lu did get on a note, and he was applying for all kinds of care and support with his uncle Zhao Dian. But it's hard to say whether Zhao Dian will buy them one by one.

There were some disputes over the choice of routes for the voyage to the Americas, and the radicals felt that they should go all the way to the east and sail directly to the Americas, instead of taking the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands, and they could not take the relay route of the bow back road. Those who advocate safety believe that direct flights to the Americas are too risky, and relay routes are more reliable.

However, no one was an expert in navigation, and everyone let off a burst of mouth cannons, and in the end the Conservative faction had a slight upper hand.

In the end, the biggest problem with eastward expansion boils down to the problem of insufficient population.

It is good to use local materials, any Japanese and Koreans can be recruited as laborers, as for the way of recruitment, of course, it is not to convince people with morality, just catch them in batches.

The problem is that the main body must be the Great Song people, but how to attract the Great Song people to go there enthusiastically is a problem that cannot but be considered.

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