Chapter 803 Chonggu Fort and Taurus City
Wang Chonggu wanted a quick victory, and the canal would be completely repaired in three years. Zhang Juzheng refuted the theory of quick victory. The duration of the maritime hegemony was by no means overnight.
In particular, this game that involves the National Games, which is important, is absolutely protracted.
Three years? Thirty years, even long -term preparation for 50 years, this is definitely a long project.
"Without any cost, after three years of repairs, all the results of the fifteenth year of the Da Ming Wanli have been suppressed, and it may not be able to succeed." Zhang Juzheng added the reason.
Everything must be practiced.
The competition of Daming and Taixi about the sunset empire is long -term competition. It is the competition between generations of generations. It will only become a mess because of the rush. Fast weakness.
Zhang Juzheng was more concerned about the continuation of the Wanli Reform and the interests of Nanyang. This was the core interest of the Ming Dynasty, and it was even more important than becoming an empire on which the sun never sets.
Wang Chonggu's face turned red and he said loudly: "Are Yuan Fu criticizing my eagerness for success?"
The former official, Shang Shu, Yang Bo said that Wang Chonggu was angry, that is, he was more impatient and pursuing fast characters, but he would fall into passive.
When Yang Bo was in, he said to Wang Chonggu many times. Wang Chonggu himself knew his shortcomings, but for so many years, he could not make corrections.
Zhang Juzheng immediately said: "This is rushing forward in a hurry!"
"We know nothing about there, hydroponic geography is completely unknown, and the difficulty of the project is completely unclear. Even if we want to do it, we can do it a little bit. The station is constantly lipped and reclaimed to become a pioneering place. "
"The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was not built in three or five years! Just like farming, it needs to be cut down and turned into wasteland, then into raw land, mature land, and finally into permanent fields."
"The road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time!"
Before the sunset plan even started, the first assistant and the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty cabinet formed a very sharp contradiction. One advocated fast and the other advocated slow.
"Two, two, Mo anxious, don't worry, sit down and say slowly, isn't this discussing? Don't hurt the harmony." Shen Li immediately began to persuade.
Now, no resolution has been reached and there is a quarrel at the door. Naturally, the more violent the quarrel, the better. But the quarrel was too intense and they started to attack each other personally. This was obviously going too far.
Everyone is the public.
The first assistant and the second assistant are not of the same mind. They restrain each other and hinder each other. There is no need to do this work, and there is no need to implement the sunset plan, otherwise the sunset plan will be executed into the Ming Dynasty sunset.
"I still agree with Mr.'s views." Zhu Xijun said very solemnly: "Three years, can't do it, 30 to 50 years, I think it is reasonable, I guarantee, it will be executed." >
"Although the New Ri Canal has not yet been named, and it has not even been decided where it will be built, the two ends of the canal, the Atlantic end, are called Chonggu Castle, and the Pacific end, Taiyue City."
"A gentleman's words, the horse is hard to chase."
Zhu Xunjun made a commitment that this promise was a fifty -year commitment.
At that time, Wang Chonggu was no longer here, and so was Zhang Juzheng, but Zhu Yijun would firmly fulfill this promise.
Why did Wang Chonggu want a quick victory? Because he was older, he didn't know how many years he had left to live. The older he got, the more he wanted to do all the work before he died.
Zhang Juzheng is not in a hurry because he firmly believes that His Majesty will continue to be wise and allow the Wanli Reform to continue. He can only believe so.
Zhu Yijun made a promise, and the cities at both ends of the canal were named after Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu.
With such a name, it means that it must be completely cultivated no matter what, which involves the stability of the imperial power.
"Where does the silver come from? Cultivating such a canal requires human and material resources and financial resources. Without silver to start, the Daming soldiers are desperate for the possibilities of Daming. Where to come from.
Daming Guozheng and Neiji have no money, and the teacher's school has to be fate.
Shen Li is somewhat unsociable. In fact, if he is paid a full salary, Ming Dynasty will naturally have people to contribute. Not all of them are poor coolies in coastal defense patrols and piers and piers. About 30% of them are from a good background and are at least rural gentry. Home.
"Eight million silver silver, no need to wait anymore at this time!"
"Your Majesty, it's done!" Wang Guoguang stood up and said, "After this place is repaired, I can't even imagine how much money it will cost just to collect customs duties!"
"Your Majesty, the sunset plan will be launched immediately!"
Wang Guoguang is even more anxious than Wang Chonggu. Isn’t saving money just for spending? Lao Ku's money has been saved for eight years, and if he keeps saving it, he won't be able to generate small silver coins!
Completely funded by the imperial court and monopolized by the imperial court, the scale of maritime trade continues to expand, so this canal can continue to make profits!
Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand, pressed it down and said, "Don't be impatient, Master. Wang Cifu's sunset plan has just begun. He hasn't said how to fix it yet. He sat down and listened to Wang Cifu's detailed plan. ”
Wang Chonggu began to introduce his sunset plan in detail.
Wang Chonggu's color said embarrassed: "First of all, we need to send sea defense inspections to fly on the water, torture the maps of Kanyu, and take a look at it. "
After the words were finished, everyone knew that Wang Chonggu admitted and did not ask for a speed.
The emperor gave a specific commitment. Even if he left the court and left the world, he would continue to promote the plan.
Kanyu hydrological geography is a big trouble.
Zhang Ju has a dignified color supplement: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, the coastal defense inspections are explored. They will not use various instruments to measure latitude and longitude, which means that they need to cooperate with earth teachers, astronomy and boat division. "
"It's just Kanyu, it may take two to three years."
Sea defense inspections, land divisions, astronomy, and boat division are all high -end talents. Daming himself is not enough. At the same time, the factions are more expensive, but also very wasteful.
"The time of Kanyu can be shortened." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "When Li Yazhi was talking about his knowledge of the New World, he mentioned one thing. In the second year of Jiajing, Felipe II's father once planned to open up the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. , began surveying and identified four locations.”
"A place called the Isthmus of Panama was eventually identified, and a cobblestone road was laid across the isthmus in preparation for the canal."
Li Ya Shi shared the Emperor Daming, mainly to tell the story, warning the emperor not to be good, not too much, and formulating a ridiculous decree.
In the early stage, Kangyu can save some time. When the Spaniards were conquer, they hoped to build a canal to open up the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. They have already repaired the road of cobblestone in Panama Gorge.
However, the canal was not ultimately built.
"Then why didn't Felipe II build this canal?" Wang Chonggu immediately became confused. The Ming Dynasty deconstructed that maritime hegemony was essentially maritime hegemony.
So since Felipe, as the king of the empire on which the sun never sets, has already taken care of himself, why not practice it?
Zhu Xunjun replied: "Li Ya Shi said clearly the reason. From three aspects of Felipe II, the construction of the canal has been abandoned for more than ten years."
"The first thing is politics. If the Panama Canal is opened, it is too far away and can easily be completely controlled by the Governor's Palace. By then, the Governor's Palace on the Pacific coast will be like the Brazilian Governor's Palace, less loyal."
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"Followed by geography. The environment over there is too harsh. It is tropical rain forests. There are too many mosquitoes. There are 35,000 workers who build cobblestone roads.
"In the end, it was too expensive. There is nearly a foot of sea level difference between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The only way to build a canal is a lock-type canal. The ship has to rise seven feet up the mountain, and then descend seven feet down the mountain. This requires three to six locks. Each time One gate costs 6.8 million catties.”
The earliest lock-type canal here in the Central Plains was the Ling Canal built during the time of Qin Shihuang. For the Ming Dynasty, lock-type canals were not uncommon. There are many locks on the 6,400-mile Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, specially designed to solve the height differences of different rivers. .
For example, the Chang'an Lock was built by Qiao Weiyue, the Huainan transit envoy during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. It was also the world's first composite canal lock.
The closing of the gate depends on the impact of the water flow. When the water is full, the water outlet at the bottom is opened to release water. After the pressure difference on both sides of the gate reaches equilibrium, the gate is opened again to allow ships to navigate. The ships begin to move upward. This cycle repeats, allowing large ships to move. Climbing and descending.
Daming's technical power is okay. The Beijing -Hangzhou Grand Canal is 6,400 miles, while the canal section of the Panama Gorge is only 130 miles.
"The West cannot build such a heavy gate." Wang Guangguang said with a frown: "Can it be built in the Ming Dynasty? Can it be transported over after it is built?"
The iron pots of the Ming Dynasty were a commodity, the largest commodity besides cotton cloth in the Ming Dynasty. The blast furnace ironmaking technology of the Ming Dynasty already had dedicated iron officials in the Han Dynasty. There are still traces of the eighteen iron smelting stations in Henan. Blast furnace ironmaking in Thailand will have to wait another twenty years.
For Thaici, a gate is 6.8 million kilograms. It cannot be imagined at all.
"Yes, pour it separately and assemble it on the ground." Wang Chonggu answered this question. The problem of the gate is easy to solve. The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can pour it separately and assemble it at the place. One gate can be pulled by twelve horse boats. .
Wang Chonggu frowned and said: "Your Majesty, isn't this lock-type canal inconvenient? The water intake and release are a waste of time and not conducive to passing ships. Why not build a flat, straight-through canal?"
There is only one foot of height difference between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. If you don't have to go up and down the mountain, this one-foot height difference is almost nothing. You can even cross the boat faster with just two sluices.
"If we want to build a flat through-type canal, the earthwork operation will be too big. It will take at least one billion earthworks." Zhu Yijun immediately shook his head and said. The Yellow River's return is one billion earthworks. It will take half a million people to work and it will take six years to complete it.
And these billion earthworks are only about a number. It really does it, and it may be possible to fill this pit. Even if the time is extended to 30 years of construction period, it takes 100,000 for effort.
The seven -foot mountain must climb.
If Panama Gorge, if it is only a canal, Daming has enough productive forces and determination to repair it.
"Who will repair it?" Shen Li asked the most critical question. Even if it was repairing the canal, it would take tens of thousands of power. Daming had this projection ability, and it was better to directly attack the Mai Zhelun Strait.
"Yi Ren." Zhu Xijun answered the question calmly. He looked around and said, "Li Ya Shi said, even if it is a gate -like canal, it takes 300 million earthworks. For hard work, you can only buy Yi people. "
"The main contradiction in trade between the Ming Dynasty and Taixi is that the Ming Dynasty can produce everything, but Taixi has nothing to sell to the Ming Dynasty. This is the biggest contradiction."
"Now, they have goods to sell to the Ming Dynasty, and that is the Yi people."
The goods of the Ming Dynasty were being dumped, and the Westerners were unable to provide goods to the Ming Dynasty, resulting in a one-way flow of silver.
The Ming Dynasty had everything, and the Ming Dynasty had advanced productivity. This was not the fault of the Ming Dynasty, but the fact that the Westerners were unable to make money from the Ming Dynasty was their own problem.
But now, this contradiction can be slightly relieved. The Governor's Governor's Governor's House can be sold to Daming, which is human.
The Thai people have low moral advantages. Their slave team can be sold a lot and sell them to Daming.
"When working in that place, one laborer will die for every two thousand earthworks." Zhu Yijun looked at it to make sure that no one from Zhongshushe was behind, and then told such a cruel truth. In the Isthmus of Panama, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to build a lock-type canal, it would cost about 150,000 laborers. If it wanted to build a flat through-type canal, it would cost 500,000 laborers.
If you can repair it, you can repair it.
"Or do it." Zhang Ju was hesitant, and Zhang Ju was never soft. Instead, he felt that how many people would die in the future?
The builders of the new canal are the emperor himself. Wang Chonggu and Zhang Juzheng are not the leaders. At that time, the dirty water will be splashed on the emperor, and the garbage will be filled with the emperor's grave.
In order to make the Ming Dynasty great again, the lives of 150,000 people and 500,000 barbarians were sacrificed. Is it really a lot?
Queen Victoria has something to say. The great lack of virtue in Britain is truly too numerous to describe. How much massacres have been caused by the several man-made famines in India alone?
But they never paid the price.
Zhu Xunjun shook his head and said: "Mr. was a bit indecisive. The setting sun plan was to be implemented. The new canal to be built, and now two things have been determined."
"The first construction period is a long-term struggle, at least thirty years, or even fifty years."
"The second one is the lock-type canal and the flat through-type canal. We will make a decision after the coastal defense inspection, naval engineer, ground engineer, and astronomer joint survey are completed."
"The first step of the Great Wall of Wanli, send the Star Ship first."
There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!
How many people died, Zhu Xijun didn't care. As long as the Daming people did not have too much casualties, Zhu Xijun would continue to do it until he opened the Panama Canal.
The stargazing ship is a type of ship type designed by Guo Rulin, the General Office of the Songjiang Shipyard and Zhao Shizhen of the Deputy General Management Office. A professional ship specially used for drawing test.
Zhu Yijun's map of the world and the huge globe made by the Royal Academy of Geosciences were filled bit by bit with these stargazing ships.
After many renovations by Songjiangfu Ship Design Institute, the function of the ship has become very powerful. Each stargazing ship will be protected by a five-masted ocean crossing ship and five three-masted horse ships.
The Emperor Daming was still young and he was in the heyday. It was because of the hard work. It was because the emperor was young and the Ming Gong of the court had the confidence to formulate a long -term plan for 30 years.
"Dear Lords of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is reviving. If this canal is not built for a day, it will never be revitalized." Zhu Yijun sat upright and said seriously: "Don't worry, I will get the job done."
The people who go to Liaodong should build five large tile-roofed houses, and the people who go to Nanyang should have their own houses and servants in Hanxiang towns.
For the Ming Dynasty, the construction of the Grand Canal across the Isthmus of Panama was the five large tile-roofed houses of the Ming Dynasty. Only when it was repaired could it be said that the Ming Dynasty was truly rejuvenated. This was a long-term goal. With such a goal, the Ming Dynasty There will always be a way forward.
The educational system of Dinghai, the issuance of treasure banknotes through golden stories, the law enforcement of officials, and the Sunset Plan for the New Sun Canal are the next fifteen-year plan of the Ming Dynasty.
Today, after the Wanli Restoration lasted for 15 years, with a lot of results, some of the scholars of Daming had the idea of victory, ‘That's it! Enough! Daming is already very strong 'similar ideas.
The emperor's desire for more was somewhat radical.
Now, let Daming great again, with specific and clear goals, to cultivate a canal that allows Daming to win at the sea power, that is, the beginning of Daming's greatness again.
Wang Chonggu, Zhang Juzheng and others could not see the canal that determined the fate of the empire, but the castle named after them met with Daming's greatness again.
On July 6, the 15th year of Wanli, it was quite clear in the capital of Beiya, with the sun shining brightly. However, the atmosphere in the Spanish Pavilion in the Seyi Pavilion was very cold. Legaz caught the Spanish envoy who was about to go out.
Hese Louis, a young man who is only 23 years old, looks quite cheerful, but his image is a bit unbroken, and he looks quite embarrassed and his eyes are red.
Legaz grabbed the young envoy's arm and said sternly: "Jose Luis, His Highness's silver and gold are for you to exchange for Ming Dynasty's goods, not for you to squander it in the trading house!"
"Damn it! How could you put His Highness's silver and gold into the trading house? That is a cannibalistic place. The greater the greed, the faster you will die!"
Li Yashi is going crazy. The Yanxing Tower is a place that eats people without spitting out their bones. Even the shrewd Shanxi merchants can't eat and walk around in it!
This Jose Luis actually dared to invest all the gold and silver in the trading house!
"I will be able to win back!" Hese Louis shook his hand hard, trying to break free, and later, he couldn't keep up with the trading bank.
But Legas held on hard and Jose Luis couldn't break free.
Li Yapong pulled Jose Luis with all his strength, drew out his sword, put it on the envoy's neck, and said with a ferocious expression: "I tell you, I am His Highness's plenipotentiary envoy in the Ming Dynasty! Here, you must listen to me ”
"You were not yet born when I fought fierce winds and waves at sea, and fought fiercely with the natives. Even if I kill you, Ming Dynasty will not deal with me excessively, and neither will Spain. Tell me, how much did you lose? ”
"520,000 silver coins and 130,000 gold coins, but don't worry, I can make it back today!" Jose Luis was frightened. He knew that sword. It was Felipe's own sword. He didn't know how it got to Paris. In the hands of the traitor Yashi.
In Madrid, most people see Li Ya act as a Spanish traitor, in exchange for the interests of Spain in Daming, in exchange for an extremely good life.
But apparently the rumor was wrong, Felipe trusted Legas very much and gave him the sword.
After calculating Li Ya, it lost about 400,000 silver and 12,000 gold. Even the most expensive when the five -mast passed the ocean ship, you could buy two!
"Stay here, I'll deal with it!" Li Ya pushed hard, pushed Hesselis on the ground, went to Tonghe Palace, and asked for a look.
Zhu Yijun met with Legas.
Legaz knelt down at the door and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Legaz, pays homage to you. Long live your Majesty."
"My majestic Majesty, the stupid, greedy and young Spanish envoy has invested all of His Highness Felipe's gold and silver in the Yanxinglou Trading House. He is like a lost lamb straying into a pack of wolves. Please forgive me."
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "What do you mean: He is still a child and does not know the importance, so you want me to return the silver and gold to him? Legas, you have been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and you still don't understand me?"
"Do you think it is possible?"
Li Ya Shi means that the minor refund, Zhu Xijun rejected the refund application initiated by Li Ya.
Just kidding, how could you spit out the silver and gold you have eaten? Don’t even think about it!
Legaz was a little desperate. He couldn't watch it for a moment. This young envoy couldn't control his hand. In just three days, in just three days, the sailing ship arrived at the port and exchanged the acceptance bank note at Huitongguanyi. , converted into a reduction of 560,000 taels of silver.
For a few more days, 6.9 million silver will be defeated by this prodigal son.
"Li Ya Shi, this is not Wang Qian specifically for him, and no one went to lie to him. He heard that the Yanxing Tower trading bank went to himself. It is very clear. "Zhu Zhu again stated that it was really not that Wang Qian was not being a man, but he went in.
Jose Luis saw the fluctuations in gold and silver prices in the miscellaneous newspapers at the Seiyi Pavilion, and immediately felt familiar. He felt that it was very similar to the gold bonds sold by the Genoese. He felt that the gold and silver trading house in Daming had just opened its doors and did not have much experience. I'm going to Yanxinglou Trading House to show the people of Ming Dynasty how powerful I am.
But what he does not know is that the Daming Yanxing Building Trading Bank grows on the fine woolen currency, and the amount of money of millions of silver per day has killed the Yanxing Tower Trading Bank for twelve years. In terms of transaction, a lot of experience has accumulated.
Moreover, it is a bloody experience. Because there are not too many transaction restrictions, people jump off the Shenxian Tower almost every month.
"His Majesty's His Majesty, indeed, he went in by himself, and sheep entered the tiger's mouth." Li Ya said with a sigh.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "He also doesn't think about how much market fluctuations will be caused by the influx of 6.9 million silver into the market?"
"He felt that he could use fluctuations to harvest others. Instead, he was harvested. You asked me to refund you money. How can I refund you money? The 560,000 silver he had damaged was not eaten by the family."
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“So, I’m willing to admit defeat.”
"I obey the decree, hey." Li Yashi kowtowed again, feeling helpless.
In the Yanxing Building Trading Bank, he also invested in the Songjiang Ocean Business Bank of more than 100,000 silver. Every year, there can be 5,000 to 10,000 silver dividends. Grand crocodile without bones.
"Gift -free." Zhu Xijun looked at Li Ya, "Yes, I met the messenger of the North Alliance and promised to sell them salt. I know that you have used a lot of strength to persuade Felipe Excessive force of force, but Huairou. "
"But I don't want to see a united Taixi."
Legaz also said with some emotion: "Your Majesty, a united Thailand is like the horizon, visible and intangible. As long as the English are still there, a united Thailand will not exist."
"Your Majesty is the emperor of Daming. Naturally, you have to make decisions that are conducive to Daming."
Legas opposed but could understand the Ming Emperor's decision. Doing so was in the interests of the Ming Dynasty. Competition between countries was always so capricious. They could be as close as brothers today, but they could draw swords against each other tomorrow.
A small yellow door came in. Feng Bao walked to the door and whispered a few words to the small yellow door.
Feng Bao looked at Liya and said, "Your Majesty."
Zhu Xunjun and Feng Baoyan communicated with each other, and said, "It seems that I have something to be busy. You go back and teach Hese Louis, don't let him go to the trading building again."
"Wei Chen excuses himself." Li Yashi bowed again and left the study room of Tonghe Palace. However, when he was leaving, he saw a tanned man waiting in front of the gate of Tonghe Palace.
After Li Yaoshi left, Chen Dazhuang walked into the royal study room, and he saw five worship and three crickets.
"Dazhuang has worked hard." Zhu Xijun didn't wait in the dragon chair. Instead, he stood in front of the imperial case. After Chen Dazhuang saluted, Emperor Daming stepped forward two steps and lifted him up.
Chen Dazhuang hurriedly said: "It's not hard to return to Your Majesty."
The strong man was Chen Dazhuang in the Town of the Sea Defense Inspection Town. He killed a dog from the Kong family. His father was forced to be funeral for a dog. Chen Dazhuang could only leave Chen Dazhuang, who was investing in the army.
"Sit down and say, sit down and say, this one is three years, it is dark, and it's thin." Zhu Xijun said with a smile: "Where have you been going over the years?"
In the twelve years of Wanli, Chen Dazhuang returned to Luzon with the ashes of Twelve's coastal defense inspections. After being buried in these loyalty, Chen Dazhuang did not return to Daming, but went directly to a stargazing ship.
When Chen Dazhuang entered the door, he brought two things. He opened the red silk cloth and said, "The minister went to the south, and the minister couldn't say clearly, and he brought back two things. One was this iron mine and the other was a bag with a bag Bunny. "
"The jumping rabbit was too big, so I didn't bring it to the imperial study."
Zhu Xunjun took the iron ore into his hand and looked at it for a long time and said, "Are you sure this is the ore, not the iron pimple?"
Chen Dazhuang said with a weird face: "It is the ore picked up casually. On there, the mountains are all this kind of ore, and even the river water has some rust red."
He still remembered that the Earth Master on the stargazing ship was going crazy, muttering to himself in disbelief!
The Ming Dynasty was full of poor iron ore, and the Earth Master on the Star Observer Ship never thought that there was such high-grade iron ore. It was just a lump of iron!
(End of this chapter)