A day after the Ming delegation arrived in London, the funeral of King George III of Great Britain was officially held.

Da Ming and the representatives of the Tessie countries went together to give George III a funeral.

George III is the official king, and he is related to the Ctessi countries, so the kings and couples of the Tessie countries came to the funeral of George III in person.

In the original history, from George III to St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle built a special royal cemetery, from George III onwards, the British later kings and couples, are buried in St. George's Chapel.

The British royal family in this life may not be as rich as the United Kingdom in the previous life, and they did not specifically build a royal cemetery.

Instead, he continued to be buried in Westminster City Church in the City of London, just like the previous kings.

On this day, on both sides of the road where George III was sent to the church, there were ordinary Englishmen who came to watch the service.

George III was not unpopular, but as the king who ruled the country for sixty years, his authority was very strong.

Many Britons grew up knowing that their past was George III.

Until he reached the age of retirement, his king was still George III.

These people are now accustomed to living in this former country.

The death of George III also represents the official end of an era and the dawn of a new era with an uncertain future.

The coffin of George III, which was sent to the burial chamber inside the cathedral.

The children and grandchildren and kings who came to the funeral said goodbye again in front of the coffin of George III.

The actual burial method of the Tessie people is very simple, just find a place to put the sealed coffin.

However, the etiquette was complicated, and it took almost a whole day to toss back and forth.

And throughout the day, when the guests had a lot of time to rest and wait, the kings and representatives of the Tessie countries had another opportunity to communicate.

The funerals of high-ranking celebrities are all informal diplomatic activities.

King Wilhelm III of Prussia and Emperor Nicholas of Lucia found an opportunity to get together.

William III lowered his voice slightly and asked Nikolai:

"Is Lucia ready?"

Nikolai's expression was a little resentful:

"It's not a question of whether we do a good job, it's a question of whether we can sustain it.

"I never understood why a country that had been unprecedentedly prosperous was suddenly plunged into a backwater.

"What I don't understand even more is why Da Ming doesn't seem to have the same problem.

"France, which is more closely connected with the Ming Dynasty, is also in a much better situation than ours.

"Even the United Kingdom, which is forced by the royal family to reluctantly cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, seems to be better than us.

"Is it just because Daming manufacturers usually pay more wages to workers?"

William III shook his head directly:

"I don't have the energy to analyze the situation in your country, I just ask you if you're ready?"

Nikolai immediately said:

"The preparations are ready, but before we act, we need to go and say hello to the Ming Emperor.

"It is best to be able to obtain the support of the Ming Emperor, at least acquiescing and not objecting.

At the same time, Lucia also needs to re-discuss the distribution of revenues from the Vol-Ural oil field with Daming.

"All in all, everything will wait for the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor."

William III asked with a little uncertainty:

"Are you going to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor in person?"

Nikolai nodded slightly:

"I was really, really ready to go in person.

"It is rare for the Ming Dynasty to invite us to their emperor's enthronement ceremony, and we must pay enough attention to it.

"We, you and I, have all had a relationship with the Ming Emperor, and we should go in person.

"More importantly, personally confirm the attitude of the Ming Emperor.

"Strive for the Ming Emperor not to oppose our actions."

William III let out a long breath:

"We really should go in person."

After the funeral, George IV hosted a small, low-key banquet.

Of course, there is no singing and dancing, just having dinner together.

After the banquet, the delegates returned to their lodgings for a night's rest and then went home the next day.

Charlotte found her father again the next day and asked about his coronation.

George IV was a little surprised, and replied casually:

"Wait until next year......

Charlotte immediately said:

"Father, I think you should go to the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor as an official king."

George IV was visibly stunned:

"I'm going to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor in person?"

Charlotte rightly said:

"Yes, this is the first time that Daming has done this, and the current Emperor Daming has also had a friendship with you.

"In particular, the current situation on Europa has always felt that it is not stable enough.

"I think you should go and say hello to Emperor Ming in person."

George IV hesitated slightly:

"In this case, I should indeed go, the enthronement hall of the Ming Emperor, no Taixi nobles have participated before.

"It's just, according to what you mean, that you want me to be crowned before the end of the year, and then go to Daming?"

Charlotte nodded again:

"I hope you will be crowned as soon as possible, and the time can be placed in the Western calendar for Christmas.

"The time of Emperor Ming's enthronement ceremony has been determined to be in the beginning of spring next year.

According to the Western calendar, it was February 4, 1821, nearly forty days short of Christmas.

"It's still too late for you to be crowned on Christmas and then take a boat to Daming."

George IV was still a little hesitant:

"Also according to the Western calendar, it is already the end of August, and there are only four months left before Christmas.

"This little time is too intense to prepare for the coronation, and a lot of things can't be done......"

Charlotte is also familiar with her father:

"Father, if you look at the situation in the country now, do you still want to prepare for a very grand and extravagant coronation?

"According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, when the state of the country is not good, everything should be simple."

George IV was indeed in pursuit of luxury, and if he did make his coronation as grand as possible, he did want to make his coronation as grand as possible.

After all, the de facto king, who had been in office for more than a decade, was now finally able to become the official king, and finally the rightful ruler of the United Kingdom.

How can this be done if you don't celebrate it......

But George IV also had a softer personality.

In particular, Charlotte became more and more powerful, and after repeated persuasion and even a run, George IV finally made a decision.

Complete the coronation ceremony as soon as possible, and then go to Daming as the official king.

Then, at Charlotte's urging, he directly summoned the prime minister and other people to publicly announce his decision.

However, despite accepting the suggestion to be crowned as soon as possible, George IV still wanted his coronation to be as grand as possible.

The British were accustomed to coronation parades, and George IV certainly couldn't be left behind.

I heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to hold a military parade for the army and the air force, and George IV was also going to hold a military parade in advance.

Charlotte didn't continue to argue in such a place.

Charlotte has achieved her goal, let her father be crowned as soon as possible, and then follow him to Daming herself.

Therefore, he directly urged the relevant personnel to start preparing immediately, and at the same time notified the royal families of the news.

Let the things that are crowned ahead of time become an established fact.

The British were busy preparing for the king's coronation, and the Ming were also preparing for the emperor's enthronement.

The ministers appointed by Zhu Jingyuan have arrived one after another, and a new round of semiconductor technology research has been launched simultaneously.

The exploration of candidate sites for the space launch center, presided over by Qin Tianjian, is also ongoing.

More than two months have passed.

On the first day of October in the fifteenth year of Ankang, after the daily routine of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Yanhuai of Qintianjian stayed and submitted a report to the emperor.

A formal proposal for the location of the rocket launch center.

While Zhu Jingyuan sat on the imperial case and looked through the report, Qi Yanhuai also made an oral report and explained the situation below.

The main thing is to mark the key points for Zhu Jingyuan.

The content of this plan is much richer and more detailed than what was discussed in Qin Tianjian at the beginning.

After all, it took more than two months to prepare.

The first is that, according to the current theory, the difference in fuel and load of the same rocket at different locations was actually calculated.

Of course, this is still a theoretical calculation, and no actual experiments have been conducted.

However, it should be more accurate than the initial estimate.

According to Qin Tianjian's calculations, if a geosynchronous satellite is launched, the payload launched by the rocket in the equatorial region will be increased by more than 30 percent compared with the payload launched in the latitude of about 40 degrees.

The Lion City area near the equator has a 15 percent increase in rocket payload compared to the Ningbo area near 30 degrees north latitude.

This is basically consistent with Zhu Jingyuan's own rough estimate at the beginning.

He then carefully assessed the geology of the pre-selected sites.

The geology of this era was not very perfect.

In the original history, there was still at least forty years before the plate theory was proposed.

"Fortunately", Emperor Shizu Guangwu put forward this hypothesis in advance, and in cooperation with the very detailed local chronicles of the Ming Dynasty, the geological research of the Ming Dynasty was unique in the world.

The geographers of the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, sorted out and consulted the original detailed historical records of various places, and on the other hand, they recorded more data in exploration and observation in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and even in the world.

However, even so, due to the limitations of the times, they lacked the necessary equipment, and many things in geology were still hypotheses and conjectures.

According to Qin Tianjian's analysis, the southern islands of Laga (Alaska) and the South Kuril Islands are likely to be located at the junction of the Daming Ocean plate and the Yinzhou or Shenzhou plates.

If this judgment is correct, the local geological conditions will certainly not be very unstable.

Qin Tianjian reviewed the documents recorded after notifying the local area, and found that earthquakes were indeed frequent in southern Alaska.

The Japanese archipelago, the Luzon Islands (Philippines), Dongning Island (WW) and other areas south of the Kuril Islands, which are more civilized and closer to the Ming Dynasty, have also found more records of "turning over the earth".

When Zhu Jingyuan saw this, he realized that these places were indeed the edges of the Pacific plate in the previous life, which is the so-called Pacific Rim Seismic Zone......

Zhu Jingyuan thought of the United States in his previous life, and did not go to Alaska to build a large space base, probably because there were more earthquakes in southern Alaska.

Zhu Jingyuan vaguely remembered that it had been reported on the news in his previous life that a super earthquake had occurred in Alaska.

If you think about it this way, you really can't build a large space base in the local area.

However, Vandenberg Air Force Base in western America seems to be also in the Pacific Rim Seismic Zone.

The West Coast of America and Alaska are both in seismic zones, so choose a place that is relatively closer to the mainland, away from Lucia?

That's the only way to do it.

Then, if you think about it this way, is the Lion City also in the earthquake zone?

Zhu Jingyuan continued to scroll down the report, and Qin Tianjian did suspect that the Lion City was also in the earthquake zone.

However, they went to check the local records of the Lion City and found that there never seemed to be a record of a large-scale dragon turning in the Lion City area.

Just across the old port of the Strait of Malacca, that is, the island of Sumatra in later generations, the earth dragon turned over very frequently.

Therefore, Qi Yanhuai judged that the Strait of Malacca is the plate boundary, and the Lion City happens to be not in the earthquake zone.

So the Lion City can indeed serve as a space launch base.

The peninsula on which the Lion City itself is located, as well as several small islands nearby, have relatively stable geological conditions.

Around several small islands opposite the Lion City, most of the water depth is between 10 and 20 meters, which is very convenient for the construction of ports with ships of less than 10,000 tons.

In the sea area of the Ming Dynasty's native fortress, the transport ship that transports rockets from the north to the local area does not need to be too large, and 10,000 tons is completely enough.

These relatively independent islands in the south of the Lion City can build completely closed military bases to avoid interference and prying eyes by the surrounding idlers.

It is true that the Lion City area has a hot climate, but after all, where it is deep in the ocean, the climate will be affected by the ocean.

Most of the small islands in the south of the Lion City have absolute temperatures of no more than 31 degrees, which is not particularly hot compared to the summer in the Ming Dynasty.

There is usually more than half a month of sunny days every month, which can be regarded as reluctantly acceptable.

Therefore, Qin Tianjian's final suggestion was to choose a small island in the south of the Lion City as the core space base of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, a base dedicated to the launch of satellites in sun-synchronous orbit will be built in Nuergandusi.

The kind of place that Nuer Gandusi is not a place with a superior environment.

But you can choose to time your launch as much as possible in the summer, where summer temperatures are in your early twenties at most, just as it doesn't feel hot.

However, this is a plan for the emperor to make decisions, and it is impossible to take only one option, otherwise this is the emperor's decision or the person in charge's decision?

So these two suggestions are followed by a couple of other different types of options.

These options are a bit out of the original plan.

The first is the northeastern part of the new Tianfu, which is the northeastern protrusion of the Brazilian plateau.

The plateau here is also close to the equator, but far from the boundary of the plate, and the geological conditions are very stable, and there has never been a record of the turning of the earth.

There are cooler places on the plateau, and the Atlantic Ocean in the east.

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean was the southwestern colony of Mozhou, which belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Then there is Zhu Jingyuan's planned retirement location, the northwest shore of Daming Lake (Victoria Lake) in the east of Mozhou.

According to the information consulted by Qi Yanhuai and the analysis of the local geological environment, it was found that if the problem of rocket falling was not considered, this was the best launch point.

Although Daming Lake is located in the Great Rift Valley of East Mozhou, the reason why this Great Rift Valley has become two branches here is because the geological structure of this area is special and hard.

Earthquakes can occur in the surrounding rifts, but here happens to be very calm.

The point is, it's right on the equator, and it's also on a flat, low plateau.

The temperature is very stable and comfortable in the coastal areas of the Great Lake.

In some places, the temperature is maintained between 20 and 26 degrees Celsius every day of the year, like a natural incubator.

Qi Yanhuai even suggested that aerospace research-related institutions could be directly moved there.

Although this is not a local, it is the imperial village of Zhu Jingyuan.

If the emperor continues to pay attention, continue to invest, and continue to build for thirty years, it will be no different from the local.

And finally, the option of another launch site in high latitudes.

It's still in the Alaska area, but it's not the southern coastline of Alaska.

Rather, it is on the western coastline of Alaska, north of the Araddan Islands.

According to the review and analysis of the Qin Tianjian, the edge of the plate that surrounds the Great Ming Ocean is the dividing line of the Aleutian Islands.

The geological environment in the northern part of the Aleutian Islands has stabilized.

In some places here, the minimum temperature in winter is around minus 10 degrees, and the minimum temperature is above zero for more than half a year.

Compared to Nuer Gandusi, it can be endured.