Chapter 41: New Commodity Areas
Finally, the first batch of officials who went to Myanmar to serve were finally resolved.
This cannot be said that Zhang Hongbin prefers Myanmar, in fact, the position of Myanmar is indeed not his concern. Among other things, Myanmar's access to the Indian Ocean is crucial. Since there is no way to go to sea on the east coast of China for the time being, it is also good to go to sea here.
Myanmar also has shipyards here, but it is not a big country in the first place, so these shipyards are inshore fishing vessels, or medium-sized merchant ships sailing along the coast. The wharf is more meaningful to receive foreign merchant ships that come to replenish supplies, appropriately sell a batch of special products, and purchase a batch of commodities that they need.
Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, is a good coastal city, and perhaps because of this relationship, in the future, in 2005, the capital was moved to Naypyidaw, which is far from the effective range of ship-based missiles.
But for Zhang Hongbin, since Myanmar is a province, the provincial capital with the most potential for development is naturally Yangon. Motama Bay, near Yangon, is a good harbor, both for commercial and military ports.
When Gu Yanwu and Xiao Yao took office, Zhang Hongbin repeatedly emphasized that the first thing they wanted to do was the port, which was suitable for large-tonnage ocean-going ships to dock. To this end, a group of materials and craftsmen were specially transferred to assist them in completing this task.
"Your Majesty, does the shipyard also need to be launched at the same time?" Gu Yanwu saw that Zhang Hongbin attached great importance to the port.
"Do we have the technology for ocean-going vessels?" Zhang Hongbin asked rhetorically.
Naturally, there is no, the People's Republic of China is located inland, where carriages and horses are the main force of transportation, and ships are useless here. Since it's useless, what's the point of learning shipbuilding technology? Besides, the Ming Dynasty has forbidden the sea for so many years, and the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ships in the South Seas have been burned, what ocean-going ships can be built?
Zhang Hongbin also has a headache, if he was in his previous life, he also liked to play nautical games, but he didn't know anything about the manufacture of ship branches. Even how to design the shape of the ship, he has no idea at all. Under such circumstances, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to design or even build a ship.
For this reason, he even entered the supermarket, but all the books, so there was no information about the ship in the area. At least, there is no record of what ships are better, how they were built, what materials and craftsmanship are needed, and so on.
Could it be that it needs to be more advanced to be possible?
Seriously, Zhang Hongbin was so skeptical for a moment at that time, but he felt that this kind of ocean-going ship without any steam power roamed around the world during this period, and the technology content did not seem to be high, and there was no reason why it should not be.
"The subordinates understood...... "Gu Yanwu is not a fool, so he can only retire."
"Would you like to ask the shopping guide?" After Gu Yanwu left, Zhang Hongbin tapped his fingers on the desktop and thought for a while, and then entered the supermarket again.
"Hello, is there anything I need to serve?" The shopping guide said with a smile.
Well, if he didn't know that she was a holographic projection, Zhang Hongbin would be really happy to let her 'serve'. The projection technology of the future is a cow, which directly creates a golden ratio of beauties. But I can see but can't eat, in vain.
"I would like to ask, why are there no nautical goods in the supermarket?" Zhang Hongbin asked anxiously.
"The conditions are not enough to answer." The shopping guide seemed to be in some kind of inquiry state for a while, and then replied in the affirmative.
"What conditions do you need to be able to answer?" If there is no complete denial, then it proves that there is hope.
"Have the basic conditions to buy nautical goods." The shopping guide didn't answer directly, but he could already explain a lot of questions.
"That is, at least one outlet to the sea, and there must be a dock?" Zhang Hongbin continued to ask.
"If you can't answer, please ask the customer to find out by themselves." The shopping guide tilted his head and said something that made people squirt blood.
At this point, it is no longer interesting, and the most important thing is to hurry up the construction of a port to the sea. So Zhang Hongbin stressed again at the National Assembly the next day that 50% of the construction funds would be invested in the construction of roads and ports in Myanmar.
"Your Majesty, I can see that you are very concerned about the affairs of the port of going to sea, but we don't have the skills of ocean-going ships here, is it too urgent to build a dock so quickly at this moment?" He Ling has followed Zhang Hongbin for the longest time and understands his thoughts best.
"Time is running out, and there are some things that others have taken advantage of before you know them. The rise of China in contemporary times should start from the ocean, then to the sky, and finally to the entire universe. As for land, it is not denied that it is very important, but what I want to say is that if we focus on the land of China at this stage, then we will end up only with the land of China. But if we develop ocean-going navigation, we may be able to control the world. Zhang Hongbin shouted.
It's not that no one has seen the Kunyu Wanguo Map, but it's one thing to believe it or not.
In fact, many people in the current Congress have not seen this thing, so they feel very confused by Zhang Hongbin's words.
Zhang Hongbin was speechless, so he could only take out his treasured world map, which was not going to be shown to them so quickly, so it was too ambitious. But now that the outlet to the sea has been laid, it's better to take it out.
"Any idea what this is?" Zhang Hongbin asked, pointing to the map.
"Kunyu Wanguo Map...... But it doesn't seem to be the same as what the minister has seen! "Xu Shou, Vice Minister of Education, as Xu Guangqi's second son, has naturally seen the map.
"This is the true map of the world provided by the mystical forces that support us. This is the real map of the world that they spent 100 years confirming. Zhang Hongbin said with emotion as he stroked the map.
Everyone knows that behind Zhang Hongbin, there is a mysterious force to help him, and he can be called the king and emperor so quickly, relying on the various supports provided by this force. It's just that no one knows where this force came from, how it contacted Zhang Hongbin, and what purpose it had. In fact, after so long, everyone is still very worried, worried about whether they plan to support Zhang Hongbin as a puppet and then annex the republic.
It is precisely because Zhang Hongbin has always been independent and lonely that everyone is at ease, but one day I don't know the ontology of this force, and everyone is still very entangled.
"Tell you too...... Remember not to pass it on! The force that supports me is called the Yashan Society, which is a secret organization formed by the survivors of the Song Dynasty who jumped into the sea but did not lose it. They traveled all over the country, all over the world, and their destination was to find a way to save the country so that the empire would always be strong and the barbarians would never be able to bully our Chinese people. They have worked hard for many years to operate, research, and explore, and the purpose is to make our China strong.
I tell you that I joined the Yashan Society before I got up, and I became their chosen agent. My task is to build a Chinese country that no one can bully, and even take advantage of the interests that should belong to our Huaxia!
Look here (pointing to the Americas), there is a land that is much bigger than China itself, there are gold and silver mines, there are all kinds of materials that we don't have. Here (referring to Australia) is also a wild place, waiting to be occupied by the strong. The former has been discovered by the maritime powers of Europa (pointing to Europe) and began to develop there, but we in China are still fighting civil wars at home, look at this land, don't you be tempted?
Then look at this place (pointing to the guide ocean), gold, silver and copper are very rich here, even larger than the total reserves of China, and there are even enough silver and gold mines in the Wa country, which are also waiting for us to conquer and mine. Let me ask you, do you plan to guard the one-third of an acre of land in Huaxia and live on fewer and fewer resources, or do you go around plundering the resources back to Huaxia, and then when the world's resources are exhausted, sit in a large pile of resources stored in the ground and laugh at others? Zhang Hongbin patted the map and said excitedly.
Hearing the introduction of Yashan Society, many people remembered those martyrs who would rather be buried for the Great Song Dynasty than be the people of Mengyuan. Unexpectedly, they are not dead yet, and they have also developed a mysterious society. If they were, after so many years of development, they really have the ability to create so many good things......
Everyone recognized the setting of the Yashan Club, if you don't know that this organization is not so easy to join, I'm afraid that many people would rather ** join this club.
At the same time, they were fascinated by the world described by Zhang Hongbin and the treasures contained in those places. The republic is pragmatic, and there is no market for any predatory immorality, at least here. In everyone's eyes, it is a fool not to make money, and it is absolutely intolerable to put so many treasures for others to dig up and stare at yourself.
"Your Majesty, what do you need us to do, you just say it!" He Ling, as a representative, expressed his position to Zhang Hongbin.
"According to what I said before, give me a good development of ports, build good roads, and I will find a way to solve the problem of sea ships...... In terms of ocean-going navigation technology, we are already behind those countries in Europa, and it is not easy for us to catch up, but fortunately, Yashan Club has accumulated some experience (to be honest, he is not sure, but I have to say this first), we still have the ability to catch up, maybe we can catch up with them, or even surpass them! By the way, the storage of Yashan Society, you know it, whoever dares to tell me, I won't spare it! Zhang Hongbin said impassionedly, and finally did not forget to warn.
Naturally, everyone didn't have any objections, and they all said that they wouldn't say it.
Perhaps due to the all-out construction, by the end of 1637, the main road from Yangon to Yunnan was completed, and even the port to the sea was preliminarily completed.
At this time, the shopping guide finally said a message that made Zhang Hongbin happy: "There is a new commodity area on the fourth to fifth floors, is it open?" ”