There were ten people in total, and the main house was packed.

Zhu Gaoxian put a map in front of ten people, this is a detailed, later generations of Indonesia map, can not be counted as the current map, because the names of the administrative regions on it are very different from the current ones.

"I chose a lot of the place names on it at random, for my own convenience. Let's see, when you really communicate with the locals, you still have to use their place names, otherwise you will get lost. ”

After Zhu Gaoxian finished speaking, Lu Wei and the others said that they should be, after all, His Royal Highness himself had never been here. This map must still be a book, and it is already very remarkable that it is depicted through vague ancient books.

Zhu Gaoxian pointed to the two islands to the east and west of Indonesia, namely Sumatra and Kalimantan, which is now the Bomud Kingdom, "These two islands are mainly coal mines, and the coal seams are very shallow, and they are basically open-pit mining. Among them, anthracite and bituminous coal are the majority. You're ready to get to work. ”

The coal and oil resources of Sumatra and Kalimantan are one of the main purposes of Zhu Gaoxian's visit.

Lu Wei and the others were shocked, and hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Highness, the ministers have already prepared." ”

Zhu Gaoxian pointed to Java Island and looked at Yang Lian and Liu Guan, "There are oil fields here, which are very easy to exploit. “

After Zhu Gaoxian finished speaking, he straightened his waist, "General Zhu and Ma Gonggong have made a name for themselves here, and the pirates have been almost wiped out, you go to General Hua and ask him to arrange escort ships and navies for you, and you bring your own staff and merchants, and go to the island separately to prepare." ”

He turned the pencil in his hand, "I will be there later, first to Kalimantan, then to Sumatra, and finally to Java, and before I arrive, you must have prepared your station, ready for long-term work." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaoxian's method was that the imperial court and the merchants mined together, and in the early work, the merchants would definitely have to follow the imperial court to learn this way of extracting minerals and oil, and in the future they might be able to travel around the world on their own to find more opportunities.

The strength of a nation inevitably stems from the strength of the people.

This wave of merchants is mainly Jiangxi Yan's, Fenhu Lu and Huzhou Min's, the three heads of the family came to meet Zhu Gaoxian, Zhu Gaoxian left a meal, and said to the three people, "This road has been hard, and the king didn't expect that the three heads of the family would come in person." ”

This time, the merchants followed, except for those who were indeed old and too old to travel long distances, and sent heirs, and the rest of the people who came were basically the heads of various families.

These people all wanted to brush their faces in front of Zhu Gaoxian, and at the same time, it was the prince who came, so there was no reason why they didn't come with them.

"Your Highness is just as hard!"

Zhu Gaoxian didn't talk much nonsense, and after the meal, he took out the map that he had just shown Lu Wei and them, explained the distribution of minerals, and introduced, "The residents of these three islands are basically still in the period of ignorance, and compared to the Ming Dynasty, slash-and-burn cultivation is not too much. If you look at the island where this king lives now, you will know that there is basically not much difference from the previous Champa, Chenla and Siam. It's hard, it's hard for sure. “

He smiled, "If it weren't for that, people wouldn't have let us mine and get oil easily." In the future, you will know that gold and silver, which can neither be eaten nor worn, are only symbols of wealth, and oil and coal are the resources that can really make a nation stand on the top. ”

This point, no need for Zhu Gaoxian to say, Min Sixiao and others all know it, he said, "Your Highness, when we use wooden boats to transport oil and coal mines back, in the future, can we also drive iron boats that do not need to be rocked by people?" ”

"Naturally! On the side of Ying Tianfu, two docks have been opened in a row, and the construction of wooden ships has been stopped, and all the ships of the Ming Dynasty in the future will be iron ships that do not need to be rocked by people and burn oil. When you get the coal mine back, you can build a large power station to the south. With electricity, you can do a lot of things. ”

Lu Longqi and the others said, "Xiaomin and the others will obey His Highness's arrangement!" ”

Whether in Chenla or Siam, these people have seen the great future of the merchants in front of them, and now that it is their turn, who can not be excited?

Everyone knows that the further back you go, the longer the road is, the greater the risk of sea freight, which also means that the profit will be higher.

"On the island of Java, at the moment, our focus is on oil extraction, the cost of oil extraction will be slightly higher, and after it is extracted, it will also need to be refined, and I will let the professionals of the Ming Imperial Academy guide you. Sumatra and Kalimantan are mainly coal resources, which are easy to mine and can hire locals. I still say the same thing, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, I hope that while you pursue profits here, you must not stimulate conflicts with the locals. “

Zhu Gaoxian reminded, "Because, although they are backward and ignorant at the moment. But you must know that those who treat others as fools are the real fools themselves. They can't be so ignorant forever, they know in their hearts that we are plundering their resources, but for now they need to trade them for a chance to rise. I hope that you can think about our children and grandchildren, so that the places we have stepped on will be willing to contribute resources to the Ming Dynasty for generations. ”

"Yes!"

The head of the Yan family in Jiangxi is Yan Minchu, he is a middle-aged man in his early forties, and he has followed all the way, and only this time did he have the opportunity to meet Zhu Gaoxian.

Coming to meet Zhu Gaoxian was also his proposal, and this trip was very worthwhile for him.

Coming out of Zhu Gaoxian's house, Yan Minchu stood in the courtyard and glanced at the sky in the distance with his hands behind his back.

Lu Longqi and Min Sixiao also followed, the three of them glanced at each other, Yan Min said "go" at the beginning, and took the lead out of the courtyard.

Not far away, the people led by the merchants, as well as the people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, had already built a house, and before it was completed, they vacated the warehouse and lived in it for the time being.

Compared to Chenla and Siam, the conditions here are still much worse.

However, no one's mood will be depressed, everyone actually has the desire to be a robber in their hearts, a profitable deal, who doesn't want to do it?

Each of these people who can be the head of the family is a person carefully cultivated by each family, although they are usually used to being pampered, but they do not take the suffering in front of them in their eyes.

As a prince, Zhu Gaoxian is also like them, what does he want on this deserted island?

"How?"

When Jiang Boling saw the three of them coming back, he hurriedly got up and asked, "I heard that there are three islands in total, have you decided who is on which island?" ”

There are three islands in total, two of which are mining coal mines, and I heard that there are more resources, so they must all want to dig coal mines, and it stands to reason that no one wants diamond oil.

However, since he is the head of the family, he will definitely not be so short-sighted.

Once all the ships of the Ming Dynasty were replaced by iron ships, and all the oil was burned, Java would be a very important port, and the one that extracted and refined oil would be very important.

This point, after listening to Zhu Gaoxian's introduction, the three heads of the family all thought of it.

At this time, the hearts of the three of them were also thinking repeatedly, and in the end, the two weaker ones took the initiative to mine coal, and the more powerful Yan family in Jiangxi Province would exploit oil.

Yan Minchu also breathed a sigh of relief, although for the Yan family, oil mining or coal mining does not have much to do with it, anyway, it is a scarce resource in the Ming Dynasty, but thinking of following His Royal Highness to the four families in Australia, Yuyao Jiang family, Ningbo Xu family, Suzhou Zhu family and Fujian Ji family, Yan Minchu still wants to get the resources of oil exploitation, so as not to be too far away from these four.

Jiang Boling and the others also thought of this, and when they saw Yan Minchu smiling after getting the oil exploitation right, they couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Yan doesn't have to be happy too early, and the Lu family master and the Min family don't have to feel sorry. I heard that His Royal Highness is going north in the future, and those families in the north have already riveted their efforts to prepare, and there is no need for the court to say that they have already sold their fields to the household department and are making preparations. ”

He lowered his voice and said, "And the west." ”

"What's in the west?" Min Sixiao asked in surprise, it was the first time he had heard of it, and his heart was pounding.

"West? I heard that the area in the west is very large, and I heard that there is a large area of land in the southwest, and there is a lot of oil there. I heard that His Royal Highness has planned to open a pipeline from there to my Daming and pump all the oil back. ”

Min Sixiao sighed, "This is really a big deal, we will have to toss in the future." ”

"Don't toss, don't you dare not toss?" Lu Longqi smiled, "If you dare not toss, you will be thrown off this carriage." But I'm afraid, I'm afraid, we're dragged by this side, and we can't let go. ”

"Hehe, what you said is really right, I heard that His Highness said more than once that the population of Daming is too small." Jiang Boling and a few people were locked up in a narrow space to speak, and they didn't even let the people who delivered the tea in, "We, you have also seen it, although he is not very old, he is not a simple person, he has been out for so long, how many have you seen him stained?" We're old, we're old, he's just past his youth! ”

This said, several people remembered the matter of the Siamese princess, what was going on, they were all witnesses, everyone nodded, and they were able to restrain their desires, such a person is really amazing.

And a young man with strong blood can restrain his desire for women, which is inevitably terrifying.

Fortunately, this person is their leader.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, you guys prepare well, and we have to prepare. Australia is also an island. I heard that in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, it is a magical island. We're looking forward to it too! ”