Zhu Jingyuan is thinking about who he is and who he should become.

When I was thinking about what I should do next and what I could do, the zoning of the Nanyang area began to be adjusted.

The Nanyang region itself disappeared politically, leaving only a geographical concept.

In addition to Luzon, Borneo, the Old Port and the surrounding islands, the Nanyang Islands merged with the Tiannan mainland further south to become the first real region of the Ming Dynasty, the Tiannan Region.

Zhu Jingyuan's own position also changed accordingly, and became the military and political affairs of the Governor Nanyang Region and the Tiannan Region.

Tiannan Dayu also did not assign Jiuqing to be in charge for the time being, and now directly let Zhu Jingyuan actually take charge.

The Tiannan Domain Office was temporarily placed in the Lion City, and after Zhu Jingyuan left, it was transferred to Coconut City (Jakarta) on the island of Java.

At a time when the various yamen were adapting to their new positions, Zhu Jingyuan received a letter from King Wilhelm III of Prussia.

Zhu Jingyuan frowned directly after seeing it.

William III wanted to send one of his sons and a daughter to study at Zhu Jingyuan's side.

And made it clear that he didn't come to Daming to study, but wanted to come to Zhu Jingyuan to study and work by his side.

The purpose is also very straightforward, hoping that they can establish friendship with Zhu Jingyuan, and then strengthen the relationship between the royal families of the two countries, and also strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

It is hoped that Prussia can maintain long-term friendly and cooperative relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the names of the two children mentioned by the other party.

Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig...... Now fourteen years old, this kid should be the historical German Emperor Wilhelm I, bald and bearded......"

"Friedrich Louise Charlotte Wilhelminnie, now thirteen years old, was supposed to be the empress of Tsar Nicholas I of Lucia."

Zhu Jingyuan doesn't care much about the two little children themselves, their identities are no longer in sync with history.

The current Prussia has basically integrated the territory of the historical German Empire, but the name is still Prussia.

"Still called Prussia?"

When Zhu Jingyuan's train of thought came here, he obviously paused for a moment.

Why was it changed to the German Empire in history?

Historically, Prussia did not directly annex other German states by force as Qin did when he destroyed the Six Kingdoms.

The German Empire, which was later formed, was still essentially a federation.

It's just that Prussia, a particularly powerful state in the Confederation, is absolutely dominant in the Confederation.

Therefore, one of the most important reasons for the establishment of the German Empire was to coordinate the relations between the various states within the empire.

On the basis of the nominal equality of the states, a higher level of institutions was established.

The King of Prussia was also the Emperor of Germany, and the Emperor of Germany could give orders to states such as Bavaria, but not to the Emperor of Prussia.

Until the First World War, the German Empire was a de facto confederation.

The other states were not completely subordinate to the orders and will of the Emperor who was also the King of Prussia.

There are all kinds of contradictions between internal states, between states and empires.

These contradictions even accompanied Germany throughout its life.

In other words, the Prussian Empire did not complete a complete and all-encompassing unification until its demise.

The imperial court of the German Empire was a coordinating body formed by a number of states under the condition of "seeking common ground while reserving differences".

Not only was there no unity within them, but there was only one Austria left outside, competing with Prussia for orthodoxy.

On the other hand, if there was a state of warlord melee in the Ming Dynasty, if there was no force at that time that could fully integrate all the basic disks of its own ethnic group, and the surrounding environment was extremely complex and harsh, then it might be like Prussia, through the method of seeking common ground while reserving differences, forming a higher-level "Chinese Federation", which is a more appropriate way.

But the current Ming Dynasty does not need it at all, the current Ming Dynasty is China, and China is the Ming Dynasty......

When the train of thought came here, Zhu Jingyuan's heart suddenly opened up.

The Ming Dynasty is not China, not a China that "seeks common ground while reserving differences", but it is a China that "retains common ground and removes differences".

The biggest difference between these two states is the treatment of "different".

One is to keep it and not to discuss it, and the other is to remove it completely.

When the Central Dynasty was strong, there was no heat on China-related topics, and that was because there was no object for discussion.

Gone are the organizations that are qualified to participate in the actual discussions.

The current Prussia is based on the method of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, and has really integrated a large number of surrounding states.

There were no other states in Prussia that competed with the Prussian crown for the representation of Germany.

Therefore, there is no need to change the name of Prussia to Germany.

At the same time, Prussia was now holding back its strength and wanted to dismember Austria and integrate the German regions of the other side.

That is, to fully realize the ideal that Germany is Prussia and Prussia is Germany.

The current extremely strong Ming Dynasty has fully realized this ideal state.

The Ming people, the Ming court, and the Ming emperor will not say that they are China, but they are all China in essence.

So there is no need for your own ass to "drift" at all.

He is a Ming man.

Zhu Jingyuan's mind slowly became more steady.

Zhu then examined the Prussian king's request again.

It is understandable to maintain the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and maintain the relationship with the Ming royal family.

Sending a son and a daughter over, in addition to accepting the edification of Daming and himself, obviously also has the meaning of proton.

Prussia was genuinely worried about the rupture of relations with the Ming Dynasty.

In the past two years, he has overheated with Britain and France, and the future queen of Britain has made himself a concubine, and the real crown prince of France also loves him.

One of the granddaughters of the Emperor Lucy served in her harem.

It is no wonder that Prussia, caught in the middle, is not anxious.

The Prussians were inherently insecure, and if they didn't pull together a little now, God knows what they would think.

At the same time, he wanted to send this William, although he was only the second son of the king, but his only brother not only had no queen in the original history, but also did not live a particularly long life.

This William lived a relatively long life, living more than ninety years in his original history, more than twenty years longer than his brother.

In this era, when medical technology is not particularly developed, and many diseases cannot be effectively treated, whether the aristocracy with a well-off living environment can live a long life depends largely on talent.

This William's talent is obviously very good, and there is still a chance to become the king of Prussia in the future.

I have been educated since I was a child, and it should be useful in the future.

So, after thinking about it very carefully, Zhu Jingyuan decided to accept William III's request.

Let him send his son and daughter over.

When William III and his wife received Zhu Jingyuan's response, they were completely relieved.

Zhu Jingyuan accepted this request, at least indicating that he meant to continue to maintain cooperative relations with Prussia.

Further, it means that it is very likely that the balance of the Taixi continent will be maintained, and the current situation will not be broken.

Although William III and his wife were a little reluctant, they did not hesitate at all, and immediately put William and Louise, two teenage children, on a passenger ship to the other side of the world.

However, Queen Charlotte of the United States, the only daughter of the Prince of Wales of England, was one step ahead of the two of them, visiting Tianzhu in the second half of the fifth year of Ankang, and then slipped away to the Lion City during the Ming New Year.

This American queen, in the last year, lived in London for less than three months, and in the United States for less than three months, and spent the rest of the time running outside.

In this case, there may be irresponsible remarks on the Ming side, but there is no big problem on the British side.

The Lion City is located in the tropics, and the temperature does not change much throughout the year, but it is divided into dry and rainy seasons according to the amount of rainfall.

Zhu Jingyuan put on civilian clothes, went to the dock to pick up Charlotte, and returned directly to the palace where Zhu Jingyuan lived.

Zhu Jingyuan actually had something he wanted to ask Charlotte, but in the face of a "long-along-abiding" woman, there was nothing to say on the first day.

Directly take a bath together, sleep together, get up the next day, have breakfast, and then talk about business.

And Charlotte took the initiative to bring it up:

"My dear, in fact, I came here this time with a mission.

"My father knows that I came to Tianzhu and will definitely come back to see you, so let me find out your tone.

"If the British are willing to transfer Nan Tianzhu to Daming, what kind of conditions can Daming come up with?"

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head directly with a smile and said:

"Nothing, your father and your grandfather can give it if they want, it doesn't matter if they don't want to give it to Daming, they won't pay any price for getting Nantianfu anyway......"

Charlotte was suddenly a little surprised:

"No price to pay? I'm not kidding, I think my father is serious and really wants to talk to Daming about this deal......

"Let me tell you straight, in fact, my father and Prime Minister Pitt actually want money.

"They knew that it was impossible for Daming to give land, so they wanted to sell Nan Tianzhu.

"Offset the rest of the reparations, as well as those loans that are currently owed, and ask for another sum of money."

Zhu Jianyan smiled and asked:

"I understand what they think, but now I can't take Nan Tianzhu's plate.

"It's not that I don't know what you British have been doing all these years.

"I'm afraid that the young adults of Nan Tianzhu have been hollowed out.

"The man sent Mozhou and Yinzhou as indentured slaves.

"Some of the women were sold to the Ming vassal states and overseas provinces, and some were also sent to Mozhou and Yinzhou.

"There should be a lot of them going to Tessie proper, but it doesn't matter.

"The important thing is, what is left of Nan Tianzhu now? You've just come from there, and you should have seen it all.

"Can your dad tell me the truth?"

Since the end of the peace talks of the world war, the British opened up the slave trade on the Tianzhu side.

British slave traders flocked to the city and began to transport the young men of Nantianzhu in the form of slaves, indentured slaves, and indentured laborers.

Now that we are in the industrial age, the second industrial revolution has entered its peak.

Slave labor carriers do not consider the comfort of passengers at all, and a 10,000-ton carrier can be crammed with tens of thousands of people.

From Tianzhu to Southwest Mozhou, even if you use a boat that can only run ten knots, it only takes more than 20 days.

It takes less than 50 days to go back and forth, and I can run seven times a year.

If it's a fifteen-knot boat, it can run once in more than a month.

In other words, a 10,000-ton passenger ship can transport nearly 70,000 people a year.

How many passenger liners are doing this?

If there are 100 ships, it can transport more than 7 million people a year.

This trade has been going on for more than five years.

In the southern Tianzhu area controlled by the British, at the end of the world war, the Taixi people, the mixed descendants of the Taixi and Tianzhu people, and the pure-blooded Tianzhu people, the total population of all ethnic groups was only about 70 million.

The people of Xichang have been paying attention to the situation in Tianzhu.

Now Nan Tianzhu's elite age has really been basically hollowed out.

The rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Nan Tianzhu is really completely crippled now.

The consequences are worse than the worst of wars.

Charlotte, who had just come from Tianzhu, suddenly became a little embarrassed:

"Even if it's ...... There are not many people in the local area, but the local land and resources......

"My father also said that the colonization of the Ming people is colonization in the true sense, and they prefer to acquire land rather than population.

"Isn't Tianzhu, a place like Tianzhu with fertile land and abundant rain and heat, the favorite colony of the Ming people?

"Even, when there is no one in the local area, it is more popular with the Ming people than when there are people."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan shook his head again:

"What your father said is right, but is there really no one in Nan Tianzhu now?

"I'm afraid there are still a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Da Ming is going to pick up this completely crippled Nan Tianzhu now.

"When there are only birds and beasts left in Nan Tianzhu, the Ming people will discuss with you the business of buying Nan Tianzhu."

This time Charlotte became sad:

"But...... Those slave traders will not transport the old, weak, sick and disabled to Mozhou and Yinzhou......

"So you mean, Da Ming will never accept Nan Tianzhu's deal?"

Zhu Jingyuan reminded a little helplessly:

"My little queen, not only can people go, but people can also die.

"Moreover, the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their ability to survive is already very weak.

"Maybe by the time you become Queen of England, there will be only birds and animals left.

"Even if it's not just birds and animals, the real old, weak, sick and disabled should be gone.

"Only a handful of new generations of children are left.

"That's when we can just talk about the deal."

Charlotte suddenly realized:

"I understand, then I'll get back to my dad and tell him to wait until I become queen and then we'll talk about the deal directly."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately waved his hand:

"Don't say that, it's easy to misunderstand, just tell your father what I said."

Charlotte nodded again very obediently:

"Okay, okay, I'll pass on your exact words."

At noon that day, Charlotte made a time for her entourage to send a telegram to London.

The next morning, the Prince of Wales, the British regent, got a telegram from his daughter, and invited Prime Minister William Pitt to discuss:

"This is sent by Charlotte, and it is specifically stated that this is the original words of the Prince of Great Food.

"This deal can't be done now, and we still have to pay back the loan and compensation."

Pete looked at Zhu Jingyuan's sentence and said thoughtfully:

"When there are only birds and beasts left in Nantianzhu, when the old, weak, sick and disabled are gone, maybe you don't have to wait too long......"

The Prince of Wales asked, somewhat puzzled:

"What do you mean?"

Pi deliberately pointed to it and said:

"What if there is a large-scale plague outbreak in Nantianzhu......

The Prince of Wales was silent.