The Anglo-French landing force stormed the beachhead on Staten Island, but the battle quickly became scorching - as of the time of the message, the Anglo-French forces had not fully captured Staten Island. 》

"On the border of the two Changshi Mansions of Dongyi Kingdom, a large number of Taixi people intended to cross the border into the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them were intercepted and repatriated by the patrol forces of Dongyi Country that had been prepared for a long time. 》

"The Ming Left Army Governor's Office officially took over the Mizhou area, and the first batch of Taixi immigrants boarded the ship and went to Dongyi Kingdom. 》

"The exploration force of the former military capital of the Ming Dynasty discovered a giant lake in the inland of the eastern plateau of Mozhou, with a water surface area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. 》

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the news sent over, reported, and copied from all sides, and was quite satisfied in his heart.

The Anglo-French alliance and the American-Canadian alliance fought a bad war in North Yinzhou, which was a pair of suzerains and a pair of colonies that consumed each other, which was of course a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Daming's current mentality is to fight hard, and I want to see the blood flow like a river.

This battle will not be finished for a while and a half, and what Daming wants to do now is to do what he should do in addition to watching a play.

The "new Daming Lake" scheduled in Zhu Jingyuan's heart has finally been discovered.

This large lake on the eastern plateau of Mozhou, known as Lake Victoria in history, is the largest lake in Mozhou and the second largest lake in the world, second only to Lake Superior in the Great Lakes region of North Yinzhou.

At the same time, there is actually a large lake area in Mozhou, with three large lakes, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi, ranking second, fifth and eighth respectively in terms of area among the world's watery lakes.

The environment and climate around the Great Lakes area of Mozhou are actually better than those of the Great Lakes in North Yinzhou.

In other words, the "piercing style house type" in North Yinzhou itself is not good, and it was beaten by the New Tianfu of South Yinzhou.

Zhu Jingyuan's new Daming Lake is located on the equator, the sun shines directly twice a year, and the shadow is in the north for half the year and the south for half the year.

The location is tropical, and there are no changes throughout the year, so the temperature does not vary much throughout the year.

But the temperature is not hot.

Because it is located on a plateau at an altitude of 1,100 meters, there is also the water of Daming Lake to help regulate heat.

Daily temperatures range from 16 to 30 degrees throughout the year, with historical extremes of no more than 36 degrees.

It is cooler than most of the local cities of Daming in summer, which is equivalent to being in the stage of mid-spring to early summer all year round.

The annual precipitation is only 1,200 mm, which is very close to the Yangtze River and Huai River basins, warm and humid without flooding.

It is almost the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau after the terrain is smooth, the climate is more stable, and the terrain is more flat.

The surroundings of this large lake are almost the best places in the entire Mozhou environment, and the most suitable places for human habitation.

Now that "Daming Lake" has been found, the extra reward that his mother asked for from his father in private can now be officially proposed.

Zhu Jingyuan basically did not hesitate, and directly wrote a telegram to his emperor father Zhu Jianyan, asking for the land around the great lake of Africa.

Zhu Jingyuan's original intention was to circle tens of thousands of square kilometers along the shore of the lake and build a tourist resort.

When I retire, I should be able to fully develop the land there, and I can go there to retire.

Now there are too many overseas lands in the Ming Dynasty.

If there is no special guidance, there is no special development of a certain piece of land, there is no local gold mine to attract immigration, and it is still in the inland area, then the development and maturity will be very slow.

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Maybe in twenty or thirty years, it will still be the same.

Zhu Jingyuan told Zhu Jianyan frankly what he really thought.

However, instead of using the experience of the previous life, but based on the knowledge of geography and meteorology, "analyze" and judge the livable climate over there, so I am going to build a retirement resort there.

When Zhu Jianyan saw his son's message, his mood was full of confusion and incomprehension:

"This baby is only sixteen, why do you think about arranging things after retirement? Is it because you're about to become a father? ”

Zhu Jianyan thought about it for a while, and then called several scholars and ministers from the cabinet over to discuss it together.

If it was just after the negotiation ended, Zhu Jingyuan asked for a reward for Zhu Jianyan alone, it was indeed a private matter of their father and son.

If Zhu Jianyan agreed, he would just make a decision and give Zhu Jingyuan a piece of land.

But now the situation has changed.

Zhu Jianyan held the telegram in his hand, and did not show it to a few scholars and ministers, but said directly:

"My son Jingyuan thinks that the climate of the Great Lakes region on the eastern plateau of Mozhou is like spring all year round, and he asks me for land there to build some manors and facilities for recuperation.

"I think that the reward for his recent contributions to education can also be given together, and you can talk about your thoughts now......

Several scholars and ministers thought about it for a while, and Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to speak:

"The movies, amplifiers, and typewriters made by His Royal Highness Prince Dashi are as good as Cai Hou's papermaking in the society, and the minister thinks that he should be extra favored.

"According to the report of the current exploration force, the large lake in the east of Mozhou is located in the middle of two huge rift valleys, and is a relatively independent plateau.

"The total area is estimated to be nearly one million square kilometers, and this area can be directly sealed in the Great Food Country."

As soon as the words fell, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu immediately came out and said:

"His Royal Highness has also been instrumental in designing the mobile production lines for airplanes and automobiles, designing the Fortune Star engine, designing the aircraft itself, and even planning the Aviation Industry Association."

And then there is the military department Shangshu:

"Your Highness also has the great merit of presiding over the design of new warships, the design of airborne weapons, new armored combat vehicles, and submachine guns."

Honglu Siqing also stood up and said:

"It is also the credit of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi to instigate the war of attrition between Britain and France and the United States and Canada in Yinzhou, and to capture millions of square kilometers of fertile land without a single soldier."

A group of people are here to give Zhu Jingyuan a tribute, and Zhu Jianyan is a little embarrassed.

The Ministry of Rites also felt that he seemed to have a little less to ask for at the beginning.

So he added again:

"In this case, all the places in the eastern part of Mozhou that do not have vassal states may as well be directly sealed in the Great Food Country, and the surrounding areas of His Highness's intentions will be listed as His Highness's personal ownership."

The other courtiers had no opinion and agreed one after another.

Others came forward to give detailed suggestions, and the Great Lakes area allocated to Zhu Jingyuan could be expanded to the east and connected to the coastline.

These courtiers were very generous.

First, Zhu Jingyuan's contribution is really great, and now Zhu Jingyuan's state has made many people see the feeling that Emperor Shizu is alive.

The second is the current situation of the royal family, the future heir has basically been determined, and no matter how many things are given to Zhu Jingyuan now, they will eventually be the things of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jingyuan, the richest prince of the Ming Dynasty, took a lot of wealth from the imperial village and developed these territories at his own expense, and the imperial court also enjoyed it.

The third is that the land of the overseas colonies is indeed worthless, especially the natives on the Mozhou side are too numerous and too chaotic.

With the exception of the coastal strongholds, such as Zanzibar on the coast, most people have little interest in the interior of Mozhou.

In the end, these lands were all negotiated by Zhu Jingyuan, and they were all negotiated at the negotiation table.

In short, he is not distressed, he does not care, he does not worry about the tail not falling off, and he really needs to reward Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jianyan didn't think too much about it, and discussed it with a group of courtiers for most of the day, mainly to determine the details.

Until the afternoon of the next day, Zhu Jianyan, as his father and the emperor, as well as Honglu Temple, sent a reply to Zhu Jingyuan at the same time.

Zhu Jianyan was obviously shocked when he saw the news from two aspects, especially the official decision of the imperial court.

They directly allocated more than 3.5 million square kilometers of land north of Zimbabwe, north of central Mozambique, south of Ethiopia and Sudan, and the entire central and eastern part of Mexico, including the upper reaches of the Congo River, to the big food country.

There were already a large number of natives in this area, so it was necessary to set up a new vassal state to administer it, and it was directly under the scope of the Great Food Country, but the province had to conceive the name of the vassal country separately.

However, the Great Food Country is located on the Great Food Peninsula, and now such a large piece of land is added to the eastern part of Mozhou, and there are still indigenous people in the local area, which makes it feel as if the Great Food Country also has colonies.

At the same time, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and other places, from the west of the Mozhou Grand Canyon to Zanzibar on the east coastline, a total of more than 1.2 million square kilometers of land, were directly assigned to Zhu Jingyuan.

Regardless of whether there is a political envoy in this area in the future, these lands around the new Daming Lake belong to Zhu Jingyuan personally.

In Zhu Jingyuan's view, this reward is really generous to the extreme.

However, the documents of the imperial court also said why he gave himself so much land.

In addition to the personal gift from his emperor's father Zhu Jianyan, more of it was the court's reward for a large number of important inventions.

The description lists all the things that he has invented and are of great significance.

Including films, amplifiers, typewriters, as well as aircraft and automobile production lines, star engines, submachine guns, etc.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at this list and realized that he had come up with so many new things.

At the same time, with his current status, the imperial court has nothing to give to himself, but to give more land.

Compared with the official affairs of the court documents, the private telegram given to him by his father is relatively straightforward and frank.

My father almost explained the thoughts of the old gentlemen of the court.

Zhu Jingyuan also smiled after reading it, in fact, he didn't need to be reminded by his father, he could almost figure it out.

Zhu Jingyuan is also happy to accept this approach.

These lands are, of course, the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but they are also their own land.

After slowly digesting the information, Zhu Jingyuan began to make plans.

The first goal is to build the best port in the middle of the eastern part of Mozhou, "Slow Basa", which is the later Mombasa, and build a high-standard railway from here to Daming Lake.

Subsequently, the railway network was gradually expanded, connecting several Great Lakes regions in the eastern part of Mozhou.

From the Great Lakes region to Mombasa and Zanzibar, this area is the most livable and promising area in Mozhou.

It may be that the natural conditions are too good, so the ink people here have been raised.

Zhu Jingyuan had people contact the Royal Railways directly, and he paid for them to explore, plan and build.

The transport of troops and the control of the interior were inherently necessary for better transport conditions.

But the Governor's Office did not want to invest itself in building a high-standard railway in the East Mo Chau area, which was of limited value.

Now that Zhu Jingyuan is willing to contribute some money, the three parties hit it off.

The railway company immediately organized an exploration team to go to the environment under the escort of the Governor's troops to explore the environment and find a suitable route.