Whether or not we can understand the emperor's far-reaching ideas and goals, it does not affect people to adapt and live better within the framework of gradual change.

Li Dan and Sun Weida, as well as many businessmen, are the same. On the one hand, adapt to the changes, and on the other hand, continue to make money and profits within the scope of the rules.

In fact, whether it is the Maritime Chamber of Commerce or the Yangtze River Chamber of Commerce, in the process of transporting grain and materials required by the imperial court, it is not a loss. It's just that compared with porcelain, silk, tea, cotton spinning, etc., it earns less.

But on the other hand, they have access to more urgently needed goods than before. Like the weaving and porcelain workshops of the imperial court, most of the fine products produced were given to the two of them.

This can also be seen as the emperor's reward for them, as a matter for the country and the people, not in vain. And that's not counting the share of profiteering goods such as glass mirrors, perfumes, soaps, etc.

There was a noisy sound outside the window, and the wooden building where the two were located was near the port, and they could see the busy scene in the port when they climbed high and looked into the distance.

Sun Weida looked at it for a long time, smiled and stretched out his hand, and said: "Cranes are also being installed in various ports on the Yangtze River, and loading and unloading are fast and good. ”

Cranes manufactured and improved by the Academy of Sciences are becoming widespread in the field of transportation. It is composed of movable pulleys and roulette wheels, which are large and small, which saves a lot of manpower and improves efficiency.

Li Dan stood beside Sun Weida and said with a smile: "President Sun, please take a closer look, in addition to the crane, there are also customized containers, which are made according to the size of the ship, and the shipment is fast and convenient. ”

The fixed container is equivalent to the container of later generations, the size and material are different, but the nature is the same. In addition to sea transport, horse-drawn carriage transport by land was promoted more quickly.

The most receptive to the new mode of transportation is naturally the merchants, and since the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, they have discovered the convenience of standard carriage and cargo transportation, as well as the benefits of professional transportation and segmented transportation.

To take a simple example, in the past, the sale of goods was basically the whole process from the beginning to the end. People eat horses and chew, and it costs a lot along the way, and it is very hard.

Now, the warehouse hotel built on the basis of the post station can lay the foundation for segmented transportation. In particular, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was the first to receive the emperor's envoy and built a relay station on land.

In this way, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce can take the province as the boundary to realize segmented transportation, and only undertake inter-provincial transportation. When the wagon arrives at the place of exchange, it either changes horses, or changes the cargo compartment, and then continues the journey.

At the very least, this mode of transportation reduces the fatigue of long-distance travel and the cost of food and accommodation. In addition to the delivery of their own goods, they can also contract other businesses, which is another income.

In fact, segmented transportation has long been in the water transportation, and it is not very difficult to change to land transportation.

When the iron plate rail is laid, the speed and convenience of transportation can be stepped up to a new level. As for the entry into practical use of steam locomotives, the emperor estimated that it would be at least ten years later.

Even so, the change is huge and can be seen everywhere. Horse-drawn carriages, steel axles, standard cargo compartments, hoisting machinery, etc., are all great advances.

The improvement of efficiency means the saving of manpower and the enrichment of manpower. Now it is not a matter of worrying about the employment rate, it is not difficult to grab the vast and boundless land, but the difficulty is to fill the population and develop it as soon as possible.

Clear-eyed people can see that after Pingliao, the development of Daming has suddenly accelerated. In the words of the emperor, it is to enter the fast lane.

Don't look at the catastrophe that is spreading and expanding, but the emperor already has the confidence to get through, and it will not affect him to vigorously promote the construction of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Weida nodded again and again, and praised: "This fixed cargo box is really fast and convenient, and after I go back, I will also transform the river boat." ”

"President Sun has a promising craftsman, and he can be seconded from here." Li Dan laughed and said generously, "They are all skilled, fast and good." ”

"Thank you, Brother Li." After Sun Weida thanked him, he paused and asked tentatively: "I am not very familiar with overseas, I don't know what the development prospects of this Borneo are, can Brother Li explain a thing or two?" ”

Li Dan glanced at Sun Weida with a smile and said, "The development prospects of Borneo are not very clear. ”

Seeing that Sun Weida showed a slightly disappointed expression, Li Dan arched his hand to the north, and continued: "But Long Live is very important, and a certain is naturally going all out to open up." ”

Hooray?! Sun Weida's eyes lit up.

Regarding the development of the Maritime Association's foothold in Borneo, Sun Weida also heard some rumors, but the specifics are not clear.

But he is also an idea, courageous, although the Yangtze River shipping is in the hands of the Chamber of Commerce, but he feels that the potential for development is not large, this is not satisfied.

Li Dan stretched out his hand and asked Sun Weida to sit down, then drank tea and introduced him to the general situation of Borneo.

In fact, Li Dan did not fully understand the emperor's attention and support for Borneo. He believed that it was the emperor's dedication to expanding the territory, and this was only one of the emperor's goals.

Borneo's indigenous power was weak, and the Dutch had just established a base in Batavia, Java, before they had time to expand abroad.

It was the first to gain a foothold in Borneo, and with the help of the name of the Maritime General Association, there was no regular army, but it continued to send personnel to expand its strength and solid foundation as a base for attacking Batavia.

When the news of the war with the Dutch off the coast of Macao came, Li Dan could almost guess another intention of the emperor.

But no one would have thought that the emperor was bound to Borneo, not only to expand the territory, but also to attack the Dutch.

Cinchona trees know and rubber trees know that the climatic conditions of Borneo are fertile soil for the growth of these two strategic plants.

By the way, and oil. Balikpapan, muddy mud (Brunei), the oil buried in the ground is an astronomical wealth.

In World War II in history, little Japan ventured south and went to war with the United States, not just for oil and rubber.

On the one hand, the emperor supported the establishment of the Maritime Merchants Association in Borneo, and on the other hand, he sought to buy the seeds of cinchona and rubber trees by various means.

Rubber seeds should be easier to obtain than cinchona trees, which can treat malaria. Because the role of rubber is not well known to the world, there is no restriction on the outflow of rubber tree seeds.

South American corn and potatoes have been flowing into the Ming Dynasty for decades, and as long as cinchona trees and rubber seeds are vigorously purchased, they will always get what they want.

For this reason, the emperor painted a large pie for the missionaries. As long as one of the two things can be obtained, the newly opened territory of the Ming Empire can be freely proselytized.

This was a very tempting condition, and the emperor was not too worried about the impact on the Ming Dynasty. If you find it difficult to control, you can wash and press it once.

Religion is not allowed to be laissez-faire, and it affects the stability of the state and the regime, so it is natural to control, suppress, or even eradicate it.

Several campaigns to exterminate Buddhism in history have shown that religion cannot compete with state power.

Therefore, Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity can all develop within the prescribed scope, but the premise is that they do not endanger the stability of the country and the stability of the political power.

Li Dan told Sun Weida in more detail, and the more people he can pull to Borneo, the better. After all, the development of Borneo was led by the Maritime Association, and the better it developed, the greater the credit.

Of course, Li Dan did not say the emperor's promise, it was secretly and could not be made public. There is a fiefdom, Li Dan's desperate efforts are for this.

The Spanish people of Luzon were definitely going to be destroyed, and then the Dutch red-haired ghosts, and they had to resist the invasion and expansion of the British in Asia.

Look, except for Mekong Province, the overseas land is so wide, and there are a few more fiefdoms, and the impact is not great.

In the emperor's plan, Li Dan was not the only one who wanted to grant fiefs overseas. Whoever contributes a lot, who has a great credit, and is not stingy with knighthood, whether you are a businessman or a military general.

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Guyuan.

The place where the trilateral governor Sun Chuanting opened his palace, that is, the military affairs of the governor Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui and Ningxia, controlled the nine general troops of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan.

Sun Chuanting has been admitted to the top three Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, and now he is a member of the party, with a high position, and it is only ten years long, which can be regarded as a smooth progress and a smooth career.

Of course, there are rules to follow for the promotion of the emperor. First of all, Sun Chuanting is not from a Jinshi background, but he is eight feet long, can shoot left and right, and has excellent martial arts.

Personal force value is only one of them, Sun Chuanting also went through the stages of study, further study, internship and observation, inspection, etc., before he was promoted to the position of trilateral governor by the emperor.

Study, further study refers to one year in martial arts; The practice of watching the battle was in the final stage of destroying the slaves and Pingliao, and he fought in Liaodong with the Beijing Battalion Flying Cavalry; As for the investigation, it was summoned by the emperor three times, and Sun Chuanting stated the defense of the northwest, and received a face-to-face lecture from the emperor.

"If the Holy Lord waits for the throne, he is willing to sprinkle blood and tears on Danqi", this is a poem made by Sun Chuanting when he went out of Beijing to Sai, showing his ambition to make meritorious contributions.

Before he left Beijing, when his majesty resigned, the emperor said that "if the river loop is stored, it will be in trouble, and if the river loop is lost, it will be troubled", which gave him a clear goal. And this goal is only in its infancy.

In the hall, while Sun Chuanting was talking to the visitors, his eyes swept over the map on the wall from time to time, and the Hetao was the area that attracted the most attention.

"Brother Boya, it seems to be absent-minded!" Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi Province and the political officer, put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The Hetao is important, but the whole province of Shaanxi has been affected by the disaster, and the military operation may have to be postponed!" ”

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting are Jinshi in the same department, and they are even better than Sun Chuanting, they are from the second-class Jinshi, and Sun Chuanting is from the third-class Jinshi.

But due to the emperor's appreciation and promotion, the experiences of Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou are different from history, and Hong Chengchou is in turn lower than Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "The disaster will not affect the military operation, and recovering the Hetao and managing it well may alleviate the disaster in Shaanxi." ”

The main reason why the Ming Dynasty finally "abandoned the loop" after several iterations was that it could not establish an effective logistics system in the Hetao area.

Due to the fact that all the money and food required were transferred from the rear, and the huge logistics consumption could not maintain the long-term existence of the Ming army in the Hetao area.