Chapter 156 Ming’s energy plan, heading to Australia

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, 1640 AD.

Zhang Hao, Liu Bei, Wu Zetian and Li Shimin have been in the Ming Dynasty for ten years, and are between 27 and 30 years old.

Except for Wu Zetian, the other three have already started a family and have children. Zhang Hao has seven wives, Liu Bei has five, Li Shimin has four, and Xiang Yu has two.

Of course, the most common one is Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian, who can be said to be "three thousand beauties in the harem". He is under great pressure, but fortunately there are many women who let him relax.

Although Wu Zetian was not married, she already had a good relationship. She also changed two of them. She had been together for a while and broke up if she was not suitable. She was like playing friends in modern times and had avant-garde thoughts.

This is better than raising several men at the same time. Perhaps it is because of concern for face. Wu Zetian did not do the same as when she was emperor. Now she just doesn’t get married, just fall in love, and if she doesn’t fit, she will be separated and then look for it again.

Recently, Wu Zetian became pregnant and had just broken up with the man. She doesn’t plan to find another man for the time being, and will talk about it after giving birth.

Wu Zetian didn't care about the fingers and fingers between secular people.

Life needs to be lived, things have to be done.

Now Wu Zetian is mainly engaged in government affairs in Nanjing, Fujian, Zhejiang and Shandong. Among them, disaster relief is still the top priority.

As for the coastal economy, Zhang Hao is mainly dominated by the navy.

Zhu Youjian returned to the Tang Dynasty to learn revolver manufacturing technology, and Li Shimin, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, coordinated the overall situation.

Liu Bei led the affairs of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan.

Xiang Yu (Wu Sangui) built defense lines in the north and trained troops.

The major project to build steam engine train tracks in the northern grasslands and the northeast is still continuing and it will take several years to complete.

The imperial court began to build a large number of official roads, conduct infrastructure, and provide a large number of jobs, which has a considerable effect of using labor for relief and reducing the pressure of disaster relief.

New official schools are spread across the country, promoting new knowledge and emancipating the mind.

Now all the garrison systems of the Ming Dynasty were abolished and the recruitment system was replaced by the recruitment system to recruit soldiers. Although soldiers did not farm and were full-time soldiers, they also had to participate in some engineering construction and some disaster relief activities in extraordinary times.

The military and civilians are one family, and the military's responsibility is to defend the country!

In recent years, the economic development of coastal areas has been rapid, and the main intention of driving overseas trade is to drive smooth maritime traffic. Now steam engines, generators, motors, etc. have begun to be used in coastal areas.

It is imperative to lay the steam train tracks and build a power plant.

After the maritime trade routes were unblocked, the court and the people were buying large quantities of food and other resources.

Natural rubber trees have been continuously introduced and planted, mainly in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places. However, they are still unavailable and can only be purchased from Western countries.

Spain and Portugal occupied the main parts of the Americas, and the Ming Dynasty mainly purchased large quantities of natural rubber from them.

Originally, Western countries did not pay attention to natural rubber, but after Daming purchased large quantities of this natural rubber, they attracted their attention and even sent people to Daming to inquire about what Daming used so much natural rubber to do.

Although the Ming Dynasty was already using electricity, it had not received any attention from other countries. At most, they paid attention to steam engines and wanted to obtain steam engine manufacturing technology. However, the Ming Dynasty currently has strict supervision, so it is difficult for them to steal technology in a short period of time.

Some of them even wanted to force the Ming Dynasty to trade steam engine technology through trade restrictions, which might happen soon.

With a lot of natural rubber, it can promote the use of Daming electricity.

However, currently, electricity and natural rubber are mainly used in transportation and military construction.

Now the Jiangnan Navy is building steam engine-powered and electric-powered warships, and will gradually eliminate wooden warships.

This year, Zhang Hao left the Ming Dynasty with a navy of thousands of people and headed to Australia.

Australia was discovered by adventurers from Western countries, but it has not yet become a colony of the Sun-Don't Set Empire. The Sun-Don't Set Empire will have about a hundred years to rise. Currently, among Western countries, the Netherlands is the strongest at sea, followed by Spain and Portugal.

Judging from the information I found out, there are only some Spaniards in Australia that are developing some resources there, which is very limited. There are very few people in Australia at present, and most of the land is in primeval forests.

Zhang Hao has been to Australia and America in the Tang Dynasty, and is familiar with the safe routes to these places.

"Isn't this the Jiangnan Navy? I'm afraid there are more than 5,000 people, and at this scale, where do they want to go from the ocean?"

The Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, which were active on the ocean, noticed the Jiangnan Navy with unknown intentions. Curiously, some people were arranged to follow.

Some of the routes Zhang Hao took were not familiar to them, and they couldn't guess where Zhang Hao was going for a while.

Halfway through, people from the Netherlands and Portugal were lost, and only Spanish people were still following them.

"Is the Jiangnan Navy going to Australia?"

As they got closer and closer to Australia, the Spanish people were surprised: "How did they know that there was a new world here? I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty would compete with us for Australia. We have limited people here and are not opponents of the Ming Navy!"

"Do you want to unite the Dutch and the Portuguese to fight the Ming Navy? Instead of letting the Ming rob Australia, it is better to divide it with them."

The Spanish people were anxious.

Zhang Hao was in a hurry to come to Australia for Australia's resources, coal, iron ore, aluminum ore, etc.

Instead of developing these resources from the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Hao was more willing to seize overseas resources first.

Isn’t it delicious to keep local resources for use in the future?

Very fragrant!

Without any danger, Zhang Hao led the Jiangnan Navy to Australia successfully.

But I didn't meet Spanish people in Australia directly.

Zhang Hao chose a suitable place nearby to land, and then explored around, looking for a suitable place to build the first stronghold in Australia.

There are some professional talents who accompany me this time, as well as some businessmen who do overseas business.

"Governor General, I didn't expect there was still a land here that was unknown. There seemed to be no one. After a preliminary look, there were many woods and fruits here, which could be bought and sold."

"There should be coal mines, iron ore and other resources, and we will carefully explore."

"If this is a large continent, as long as it is larger than the Ming Dynasty, it will be a great reward!"

These merchants have them from all walks of life, but some businessmen engaged in mining, and they brought some people to explore.

Some doctors accompanied him to deal with sudden illnesses and disagreements in the environment.

After several days, a stronghold was selected and the army began to build a base.

More than a month later, the basic construction of the base was completed.

"Governor General, we have been walking out for more than a month, and it still has not come to an end. This island is probably at least a few provinces in the Ming Dynasty, or even larger!"

"We found some original residents. Through difficult communication, they didn't know how big it is, and they haven't found many people in more than a month. There should be very few people here, basically all are dense forests, and no one lives in it."

"Coal mines, iron ore, gold mines, silver mines, aluminum mines, and lead mines were discovered... There are many mineral resources here, and we have issued them!"

The merchants and prospectors were very excited. Although the past month was difficult, they had gained a lot.

"I will bring some troops back to the Ming Dynasty. You will stay and continue to do things. After that, I will bring more troops and caravans to come, and some people will be moved here to develop."

Zhang Hao is preparing to bring half of his troops back, which is safer.

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Chapter completed!