Chapter 913

There is no end to people's **, in a position, the eyes will always be staring at a higher position. Man, that's about it!

Did Chen Pu ever think about being self-reliant? To be precise, I certainly haven't thought about it now. But what he's doing is moving in that direction. North America is very large, and if you don't count the local natives, the population of Daming is only a little more than 10 million. This doomed a result, and each governor was very independent and had great powers. The Ming mainland is thousands of miles away, and it takes a few months to reach North America after giving an order. If everything has to follow the baton of the cabinet, nothing will be delayed.

The cabinet's requirements for North America are clear, which is stability + expansion. It should be said that the governors of all parts of North America are doing a good job. But they all have a tendency, that is, they have a serious dependence on Chen Pu. What do you rely on? Railway! Without railroads, there can be no development in North America. The dependence on railways began, followed by various forms of dependence, and even local security problems, many times also relied on the civilian armed forces of the road guards. To put it mildly, in addition to the regular army, the armament of the Ming Dynasty in the hands of any governor in North America is no match for the road guard.

Because of the particularity of North America, Chen Pu can be said to have walked sideways along the railway line and interfered in the affairs of the governor many times. There is even a saying in the Americas that the words of the governor are not good, but the words of President Chen are good.

"You're a smart kid who has to learn to use covert means to achieve your ends, not the way you are. The authority of the government must be upheld. Instead of exposing yourself to the public, if you don't even understand this, it will be difficult to achieve more in the future. That's all there is to say, let's savor it carefully. ”

Black smoke billowed from Michigan's lakes, and small steamboats shuttled back and forth. This is the best place in the Americas of the future. The water system of the Great Lakes region determines the heavy industry base that will inevitably emerge here. Standing by the lake, looking at the lake that is still blue, Chen Xie unexpectedly thought of a modern interesting story in his mind. The Americans introduced Asian carp with the aim of digesting heavy metals, and then there were no natural predators, and the United States flooded. online. Some people sell fish from the Great Lakes (I don't know if it's real or not), but it's safe to say that some people actually buy it. These fish contain a lot of heavy metals, and if you eat them, you will die immediately, and if you eat too much, you will definitely have problems. The Great Lakes system is polluted because of industrialization. Whether it is Europe, the United States or the Celestial Empire, as long as you follow the path of industrialization, pollution is absolutely inevitable.

Now look at the steamboats on Lake Michigan, and there are already signs of this. There is coal and iron in this vicinity. Railways were also built. It is conceivable that with the development of North America, this place is the best place in the world to develop heavy industry, and it has all the conditions. The abundant water source needed by industry, convenient and cheap water transportation, and the required resources are readily available.

Chen Xie once thought about giving up the development of industry in North America and building it into an agricultural region. Eventually, the idea was abandoned. The reason is simple, don't let it be done now. There will still be people who will do it in the future. As long as you are engaged in constitutional monarchical capitalism, this kind of thing is simply unavoidable.

So why not go industrialized? If this question is really raised, then it will be ridiculous and generous. The earth has not yet been unified, and as long as there are more than two countries in this world, industrialization will not disappear. Deindustrialization would be tantamount to suicide, and if the Celestial Empire government really increased the environmental tax or something like that because of pollution. There will be a large number of business failures in this country. When a large number of enterprises are closed, a large number of people lose their jobs, and the degree of social instability increases.

Of course, this is not against pollution, this issue must be treated correctly. But infinitely exaggerate the harm caused by pollution. More than enough is too much. The Celestial Empire is already on the path of urbanization, and if unemployment remains high, there will be a big problem. According to a very simple example, Detroit, Motor City. I won't talk about what the city is doing now, let's go search for it. Uh, that's a long way off, let's get down to business.

Of course, the current Ming Dynasty doesn't have to worry about pollution, and the people only have a few full meals. To put it mildly, there are still many places where you can't talk about three meals a day. Under the premise that the problem of survival has not been solved, there is no point in talking about anything else. Just like the popular uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, why did Yang He, who advocated pacification, fail? The reason is known to everyone, there is not enough money to eat. When people can't survive, it's normal to take risks. What we see in history books may be just one line of words. "Hungry for thousands of miles, easy to cannibalize." Don't underestimate this line of words, it's all human life, not one or two, it's in tens of thousands. Once such a situation occurs, turmoil is inevitable, and once it falls into turmoil, human life is not as valuable as a dog's life.

"The Chosen One!" Chen Xie, who was on the steamboat, couldn't help but sigh when he looked at all this in front of him. How many years has it been since the United States became the world's largest power? The geographical location is so good, so good that it is a huge country, and the number of troops in the army was only 100,000 at one time. There is no threat at all in the periphery, with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. In its heyday, Britain could not handle an independent United States that would collude with France. Then the Civil War destroyed Britain's raw material base and industrial goods market. Caught up with the two world wars, US imperialism finally reached the top. This country, in modern history, is like opening a hanging, lucky to explode!

New York is a must-see, although it is not even a small city now, but Chen Xie still has been here for a week. If it weren't for the increased frequency of the watch vibration on his wrist, Chen Xie might have stayed for a while longer before leaving. Feeling that the date of his departure was getting closer and closer, Chen Xie seized the time and set off from New York, and the European fleet specially sent a cruiser to embark on his only European trip in this time and space.

After a long journey, although someone took good care of him all the way, Chen Xie still felt tired. The ships of this era, no matter how good they are, cannot reach the level of modern luxury cruise ships. Of course, Chen Xie took a luxury cruise ship, which was specially driven from Europe on the Oriental, and now there is such a ship in the world. If someone else takes possession of the ship, something big will happen, and some will make a fuss. Now it's Chen Xie, not only did no one make a fuss, but cheered unanimously.

The soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty really hope that Chen Xiang will live a long life, he is the founder of the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty today. As long as Chen Xie is there, Daming will never worry about failure. When the Vostok arrived in Gibraltar, a tsunami of cheers rang out from the docks: "Hooray! Banzai! The officers and soldiers shouted unscrupulously, and Chen Xie had no choice but to smile and walk slowly.

After condolences to the local garrison, Chen Xie met Yin Jie, who now has more than 100,000 people under his command and is entrenched in Spain as the emperor of the soil. Carlos II went into exile in France and then in the Holy Roman Empire, and did not dare to return home. In the end, an envoy was sent to ask for negotiations, and he confessed. If you don't coax it, you can't do it, France has a coup d'état. If he didn't, the Holy Roman Emperor would send someone to "escort" him back to Spain, and no one would take the blame for him.

Now in Europe, except for Spain and France, which have already been beaten, no country wants to see the Ming fleet drive over, and then cover the landing of the army with artillery fire. The disparity in strength was too great, and the French army, known as the most powerful army in Europe, fought 300,000 against 100,000, which was defeated in a battle. No country in Europe is willing to face such an enemy, but fortunately, after the Ming Dynasty fought France, it was quiet, and there was no intention of continuing to use knives against others. But Britain has not yet signed a contract, and the Ming army that has embarked from Marseille is being transported to this side of the English Channel. The French even formed a force of more than 10,000 people, not to mention the battle of the Ming army, and also organized a large number of people to busily expand the wharf and hoard grain at this end of the strait.

"Xiangye, everyone wants you to personally command the battle for the British landing. I can learn two tricks from you! Yin Jie slapped him with a sycophant, and Chen Xie replied with a smile: "You can be regarded as catching up with the good times!" I'm going to England, but I'm not going to interfere in the commanding business. Chen Xie's words were not clear, only he knew what he meant.

Quite simply, Chen Xie thought of a landing operation noted in history, Normandy. At this time and space, the gap between the armaments of the two countries is too great, and the difficulty of landing operations has been greatly reduced. Under the premise that the British ground forces could not withstand the shelling of naval artillery, the landing operation of the Ming Dynasty would hardly be hindered much. What is restricted is nothing more than the natural environment. The climate on the sea, and the geography, etc. These things are actually not difficult in this era. If you look at the Opium War, the British were still equipped with smoothbore guns at that time, so they couldn't easily get the Humen Fortress?

An island country like Britain has no right to control the sea, what is the difference between it and meat on the chopping block? Similar countries include Japan, clamoring for 100 million jade pieces. The U.S. imperialists calculated that landing on the Japanese mainland would cost one million casualties, and the price was a bit big. After dropping it, Japan was cowardly. This time and space does not have this problem, the Ming Dynasty's powerful navy ensures that they can land at any suitable location, even if the opponent knows, there is no possibility of key defense to stop the enemy on the beach.

Da Ming, who had been preparing for a long time, finally handed over the order to the British landing operation to Chen Xie, Chen Xiang looked at the row of signed requests on it with a smile, and sighed: "How to fight, how to fight, I don't speak, just watch." ”

The arrogant Ming Navy chose the landing operation site at the mouth of the Thames River. (To be continued.) )