Chapter 10: Population, Colonization, and Industrialization.

"You all came out of China to Nanyang, do you know the situation of the Nanyang Chinese?"

Erluo glanced at each other.

Da Luo Luo Yuanshan arched his hand and said: "Back to the prison country, if we Chinese want to gain a foothold in Nanyang, most of us Chinese have to beg for a living under the Dutch, even if it is the village of the four families of Luo Liu, Ye and Chen of Lanfang Country, we have to hang the Dutch flag. ”

"So, the Chinese Kapitan, who is doing big business in Nanyang..... Basically, it's either a mine or a pig. ”

"Sell mines? Selling pigs? ”

"To sell ore is to mine, to sell ore to the Dutch, to sell pigs .... It's to sell piglets. ”

"Selling piglets..."Zhu Daohua pondered for a moment, then nodded.

He was also a Cantonese in his previous life, and his hometown was also the hometown of overseas Chinese, so of course he knew what it was like to sell piglets.

"Can we do this business of buying mines and buying piglets?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

The Chinese in Nanyang had a certain binding of interests with the Dutch.

The Dutch wanted minerals and labor.

These Nanyang natives can't provide it - although there are many Nanyang natives, they are quite lazy, and they are not as productive and involuted as the Chinese who are hard-working and involuted.

"This... Chinese mining is largely concentrated in Borneo, which is the territory of the Dutch. As for selling piglets... It can be done, but it is a bit unconscionable. The piglets were sold to the plantations, and they worked like slaves all day long, and they did not get more than one or two silver dollars a month. Luo Dingshan interjected.

"He who has no conscience.... I don't care about this, you say... Are these piglets willing to be soldiers? ”

Zhu Daohua asked.

Erluo glanced at each other.

Luo Yuanshan said: "If you make more money than work, you are naturally willing!" ”

"That's it!"

Zhu Daohua clapped his hands.

"I'm a big dealer, 10,000 people is not too little, a million people is not too much! Two Luo brothers, can you help me contact the Chinese leader who does the pig business, just say that I need people very much, the more the better! ”

Whether it is to expand the army or expand production.

They all need people!

Whether it is for industrialization or colonization.

Population is the base!

In the land of the South Seas, Zhu Daohua will not take it for the time being.

But it doesn't mean that he will leave this land to Westerners.

Erluo is staggered.

This man is really magnificent.

A million is not too little....

Mo not.

Do you really want to regain your sight?

.........

Recruiting is just the first thing Zhu Daohua did in Batam.

Zhu Daohua does not have much land requirements for Nanyang.

Because there are too many indigenous people in Nanyang, if you want to occupy it, it will involve too much energy - isn't it fragrant to have this energy to occupy Guangdong?

Therefore.

For Zhu Daohua.

His claim for territory in the South Seas is just the Malacca Sea Hero.

This is a strategic location that must be occupied.

Meantime.

In addition to expanding the army.

Zhu Daohua also carried out the recruitment of the army and navy officer academy and the craftsman battalion at the same time.

Among them, the Army and Navy Officer Academy has the highest recruitment requirements.

Under the age of 16, proficient in writing and ink, at least literate is required.

This is not a high requirement in modern times.

But in this age of 80 or 90 percent illiteracy, there are not many that can meet the standard.

Besides.

The requirements for the artisan camp are young people under the age of 20.

The importance of skilled workers in this era is all too clear to Zhu Daohua.

If there are not enough skilled workers.

Ordnance factories, shipyards, iron smelting, steel smelting and other industries will not be able to expand their scale.

The South Seas are not an iron ore belt.

There is a lack of super large iron ore like Anshan.

But there is no shortage of various small iron ore resources.

Therefore, at this stage, Zhu Daohua can easily obtain iron ore resources from Borneo and Java by sea.

Establishment of a preliminary metallurgical industry.

In charge of the iron-smelting project was a Frenchman named Pierre-Emile Martin.

He is the technical leader of a large steel mill in France.

When I hear the name.

Zhu Daohua thought that it was Pierre-Emile Martin who invented the open-hearth steelmaking method in history, but he quickly reacted - the Martin who invented the open-hearth steelmaking hair was not born yet.

The two just have the same name.

However, this Martin is also a veteran steel expert.

The "crucible steelmaking method" mastered by him is also the most advanced steelmaking technology of this era.

Zhu Daohua has little research on steelmaking.

He only knows the name of the so-called open-hearth steelmaking, but does not know the specific process.

It is very lucky to be able to bring back a steel engineer from France.

"Martin, Dowah will invest £100,000 in the front of the mill and you can take a stake in the technology. In addition to ensuring my steel needs, another important thing is to train workers..."

Next to Zhu Daohua.

A white man with only a few long hairs on the top of his head, but a thick brown beard and a body as round as a wine barrel, nodded repeatedly.

"No problem, Your Highness, as long as the supply of iron ore can be guaranteed, the steel mill will soon be established."

Zhu Daohua nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his head to look at the other side.

"James, how are you thinking about it? I am very optimistic about the future of the steam engine. ”

Zhu Daohua smiled.

James. Watt.

Briton.

Inventor, entrepreneur.

He had a machine-building factory under his command.

Meantime.....

He is better known in history as an important figure in improving the steam engine.

In 1776, the first steam engine of practical value was built. Later, after a series of major improvements, it became a "universal prime mover" and was widely used in industry. He ushered in a new era of human use of energy, bringing mankind into the "age of steam".

But now James. Watt was depressed.

Just like when most new inventions are born.

There was not much market for the steam engine made by Watt at all.

At present, it is only used as a pumping machine in coal mines, iron mines and other mining areas.

Because the current steam engine can barely be put into actual production.

That is, it can be used for work output.

But now the work efficiency of the steam engine is too low.

If you want to make continuous improvement, you need to continuously invest in R&D and improvement.

Historically.

Watt had a very bumpy road to improving the steam engine due to a lack of funds for a long time.

Until he got a businessman in Birmingham, Matthew. Bolton's investment,

As a result, Watt has received better equipment, capital and technical support, especially in the processing and manufacturing process.

And in this day and age.

Watt received the support of Zhu Daohua, and with the support of Zhu Daohua, Watt's research work has made great progress in recent years.

Zhu Daohua is undoubtedly the best boss in the world in Watt's opinion.

Because Zhu Daohua is unswervingly optimistic about the future of the steam engine.

"Vehicles and boats towed using steam engines..... If it happens, it will be a leap forward for human society! ”

Zhu Daohua is again sketching the blueprint for the use of the steam engine for Watt.

Boss Zhu can't do anything else.

Draw flatbread.

Dogs do.

"Boss, don't worry.... If vulcanized rubber does have the properties you described, then the problem of energy efficiency of the steam engine will be solved. ”

James. Watt patted his chest and packed the ticket.

Zhu Daohua nodded slightly: "We bought a lot of rubber, and the climate here in Nanyang is also very suitable for rubber growth, I think... There is no problem with the source of rubber. ”