Chapter 1017 Diligent King, England
When Bertucio, in Venice as the governor, the advisory group and the members of the 10-man regiment showed in a manner that Venice had no choice but to surrender to China, when the Venetians questioned the power of the Chinese, they did not know that except for the Ming army in the Ming Dynasty, they were rushing to Europe, in the distant New World, in Boston, the capital of New England, the North American colony of the Ming Dynasty, a reinforcement army was also formed.
"Will the Governor General send reinforcements to Europe without the authorization of the court? Will it attract criticism?"
Faced with the decision of Governor Wang Linyue, Luo Yun hurriedly dissuaded.
"Also, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers here. If there are too many soldiers, it will affect the colonial cause of New England. The situation in New England is all the backbone of these more than 3,000 soldiers and their families. If there are too few soldiers, it will be useless."
Faced with Luo Yun's persuasion, Wang Linyue shook his head and said.
"Luo Yun, you don't understand! As the governor of New England, Wang has full power of military and civilians. He does not need permission from the court to transfer troops. No matter how many soldiers are, they must be sent over! Even if there are only a few hundred people, it is also an attitude. Moreover, according to the news brought by Luo Yun, the court is now dispatching troops to the Ottoman. After the war is over, not only will there be tens of thousands of military households to be resettled, but there will definitely be a large number of military merchants. The soldiers we sent are not only for war, but also for recruiting people. Tell them that they have come to New England, some are land and some are women... By the way, they are not short of there."
In fact, as the governor, Wang Linyue's abacus was very smart. Even his encouragement of military households to buy "Western maids" and encourage childbirth was also his smart behavior in order to increase the population!
The Governor of New England was a colony that the British had run for decades. When Charles II handed over New England, Virginia, Chesapeake Bay and other colonies to the Ming Dynasty, nearly 100,000 British immigrants and their descendants lived here. Even so, the immigration trend to British North America was basically over due to the British Civil War.
Because New England is too far away from its homeland, and the Ming Dynasty has only been six years since it obtained this colony. Until now, immigrants are mainly military immigrants and exiled prisoners as their supplements.
In addition to more than 3,000 military households, there were a small number of exiles, but there were as many as three or five hundred people every day, and as few as one or two hundred people. Immigration, without large-scale immigration, there would be long-term stability of the colonies. However, because of the distance, the Ming people regarded crossing the ocean as a fear of their own. What's more, it took a year to go from the Ming Dynasty to New England. If the people of the Ming Dynasty immigrated, of course, they would choose Southeast Asia first. Not to mention the cheaper boat tickets, there were millions of Ming people living in the local area, which was basically no different from the prefectures and counties in the mainland.
But North America... This "place where birds don't shit" is far away!
The government cannot force the people to come here. Apart from exiles, the colonies can only find ways. In order to increase the number of immigrants, Wang Linyue has tried his best to do it, and the easiest way is to live!
A large number of Western maids were introduced, and each child was given to each child, regardless of gender, and the land was given to 100 acres, which was equivalent to 600 acres of land in the mainland. In the past six years, the number of military children increased from more than 100 to more than 12,000. Even exiled prisoners were given to Western maids and land, and encouraged them to have children.
"Your Majesty once said that as long as there are people, there will be colonies. But our place is too far from the Ming Dynasty. Now the population of Yuzhang has exceeded 70,000 to 80,000. Our side is less than 20,000. In total, it is only one-fifth of the Europeans..."
"But sir, the British have been here for fifty or sixty years, and we have only been here for six years! And they have a geographical advantage."
Luo Yun said.
"In fifty or sixty years, the Ming people here are at least 10 times that of the English! After all, our population has now increased to more than 25,000!"
It took only six years to go, in New England, the population of Ming people was equivalent to one-quarter of European immigrants, which was undoubtedly a miracle, but the governor was obviously not very satisfied.
"But the problem is, we haven't had fifty or sixty years!"
He smiled at Luo Yun and Wang Linyue said.
"Wang has been the governor of six years. After three or four years at most, I will probably leave office and return to China. How can I show my political achievements to my colleagues at that time? Wang, Governor of New England for ten years, ruled more than 30,000 Ming people and more than 100,000 barbarians? Such political achievements will be laughed at! Therefore, I want to take advantage of this opportunity to try my best to dig up those fellow merchants and employees to our side, and they must still bring their own women. After all, women in the front line are not worth money. There are men and women. In a few years, when I step down and return to China, there will be 100,000 Ming people here! At that time, New England will be renamed!"
As the governor of New England, Wang Linyue was extremely resistant to the name of this colony. After all, this was a colony of the Ming Dynasty and a land of the Ming Dynasty.
"Sir, digging the corners of the front line like this may make the prince unhappy."
Luo Yun said with some concern.
"Don't worry, the prince understands the truth, otherwise, the prince wouldn't have deliberately instructed to increase the number of exiles here last year. And we are not digging those soldiers on the front line, but just poaching people. They are digging the men hired by merchants. How can those men earn hundreds of acres of land after working for a few years? They come over, and those merchants will continue to hire workers in order to make money. They help us bring people to Turkey continuously, and then we bring people to Boston and then to various settlements. Wouldn't it be nice?"
Wang Linyue's abacus was a smart person. To put it bluntly, it was just "fleece", but that wool was hired by merchants and workers. After all, when the official army fought, there would be caravan followers, and the caravan would hire a large number of employees, and those employees were basically Ming people. For this colony, those guys were the best immigrants.
"and……"
Reducing his words, Wang Linyue said softly.
"We sent a thousand people to report to the court. In order to rush to the front, our district dispatched more than a thousand troops. The local forces were weak. For the long-term stability of the local area, we requested to increase the garrison. In this way, we will make a profit!"
Sometimes the colonial governor is like a businessman, and he always tries every means to play tricks with the court and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and try every means to win the support of the court, especially the manpower. After all, there are too many monks and less porridge... There are not many prisoners in the Ming Dynasty. There are so many colonies, like scattered sesame seeds, and on average, at most hundreds or dozens of them. If you don’t use your brain, use some tricks and use some tricks, how can you take care of them?
"One thousand people?"
Luo Yun was startled by the governor's decision, and he said hurriedly.
"Sir, you must not! Our soldiers are only more than 3,000, and we send out a thousand. If there is a discount, we will have to lose it. Soldiers are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's control of the colony. Please think twice!"
One thousand people, that is one-third of the military households!
Even if they can bring back tens of thousands of people, in Luo Yun's opinion, it is not worth it.
"Luo Yun, in our place, Ming people are more expensive than gold, how could I not understand this principle? Don't forget that there are still a group of "Ming people" who have already sworn to be loyal to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? They also want to be loyal to their motherland!"
Needless to say, Luo Yun also knew who they were in the Governor’s words, and the “barbarians” of New England.
"They have at least 900 out of these 1,000 people, otherwise how can they show their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Although that's it,"
Luo Yun frowned.
"What if they...what do they want to?"
"If you want to, you can't help them. Besides, if they shed one more drop of blood, the future will be less than New England. New England..."
With a sneer, Wang Linyue said.
Chapter completed!