After sending Kansu II away, Tong Yuan returned to his mansion at the canal construction site.
As the highest official sent by the Ming Empire to supervise the construction of the canal, even in this desert, he still has a nice mansion, although it is relatively simple and has to be moved continuously with the construction of the canal.
"Daddy~Daddy~"
As soon as he got home, before his buttocks were even warm from sitting down, a group of little kids came running over him making cooing sounds. It was all the result of him sowing seeds here.
Behind these little brats were a dozen Egyptian beauties, all of whom looked at Tong Yuan eagerly, and then looked at the few new faces who had come back, and immediately curled their lips in dissatisfaction.
"Come, give me a hug~kiss~"
Tong Yuan picked up each little kid and couldn't help hugging and kissing them. Each one was more lovable than the last.
"Okay, okay, kids, go play by yourself~"
After playing with the children for a while, Tong Yuan also waved his hand, and soon servants took the children away, leaving only Tong Yuan and a dozen beautiful Egyptian concubines.
Tong Yuan got married when he was a teenager, but he never had many children. Unexpectedly, his business trip to Egypt this time would be fruitful.
He was a little afraid of returning to the Ming Dynasty, fearing that he would not know how to explain to his wife after going back. After all, he had left her alone in the house for several years, while he was living freely and romantically outside.
"What are your names?"
Tong Yuan looked at the few Egyptian beauties who came back and asked in Arabic.
In a few years here, Tong Yuan has also learned Arabic.
"My name is Umu~"
"My name is Dalia~"
"My name is Sara~"
The three Egyptian beauties were very nervous at this moment. They didn't know how the Ming Emperor in front of them would treat them. They all lowered their heads and replied carefully.
"Well, raise your head."
Tong Yuan carefully looked at the three beauties in front of him. They were all standard Egyptian beauties, with tall and graceful figures and fair skin.
When the three heard this, they raised their heads slightly, revealing their delicate faces.
To be given to Tong Yuan as a gift by Kansu II, it is obvious that they are all carefully selected beauties, all of them are very beautiful and make people fall in love.
Tong Yuan was carefully examining his three beauties, but the dozen or so concubines next to him were all jealous, pouting in dissatisfaction and making some noises.
"Hania, the three of them will first learn the language and writing of our Ming Dynasty from you, and also teach them the rules of the family. After entering the Tong family, they will become members of the Tong family and citizens of the Ming Empire.
There are some things that you must know and abide by.”
Tong Yuan turned to a concubine and said.
This concubine named Haniya was one of the first beauties sent over by Kansu II. She was the most liked by Tong Yuan, so she was always responsible for handling family affairs for Tong Yuan in Egypt.
"Yes, Master~"
Hania quickly replied using Ming etiquette and Ming dialect.
"Well, let's all go down."
Tong Yuan nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand, and the dozen concubines understood what was going on.
After dealing with matters at home, Tong Yuan came to his study room. There were some letters on the table and he read them carefully.
"These Jiangnan nobles are criticizing my mentor's tax policy again. It's really abominable!"
"In all the overseas colonies and vassal states, what those Jiangnan gentry did is the most ridiculous."
"Jiangnan United Trading Company's colonies in Africa actually lectured those Kunlun slaves about propriety, integrity, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It's really funny. Not only did it have no effect at all, but it also made the colonies a mess."
"To these alien races, talking about benevolence, justice and morality has no effect. Only swords, muskets, and cannons can let them know how powerful you are and be willing to surrender to your feet."
"Without the support of a powerful empire, you still want to spread your benevolence and morality overseas? How funny."
Tong Yuan could not help but sneer while holding the letter in his hand.
Look at the huge map of Africa hanging in the study room. Africa is a vast and vast continent.
In building the canal in Egypt, because of Tong Yuan's special status, he was an official sent by the Ming Dynasty to be responsible for the construction of the Egyptian canal, and he was also Liu Jin's student. And Liu Jin's energy was so huge, if he could catch up with Liu Jin
With Jin's relationship, no matter what you do, it will be much smoother.
Therefore, when Tong Yuan is overseas, people often come to visit him.
The person in charge of a large commercial bank came here hoping to get some business and transactions from Tongyuan. You must know that hundreds of thousands of people are building the canal, and the food consumed every day is a huge amount. Not to mention, there are other
All aspects of expenses are business.
People from vassal states and colonies came to visit, hoping to do some business and see if they could get something they wanted from Liu Jin by riding on the big tree of Liu Jin.
Therefore, Tong Yuan knows very well about the situation in Africa, as well as in Tianzhu, Nanyang, Europe, and West Asia. Especially about the situation in Africa, Tong Yuan knows the best.
The letter mentioned the recent major events in the Ming Dynasty, which reminded Tong Yuan of the performance of those Jiangnan nobles overseas.
The Ming Dynasty's overseas colonial activities developed extremely rapidly. The original vassal kings went to sea to establish vassal states overseas and lived a happy life like a native emperor.
A large number of powerful families also united and came overseas together, establishing a large number of colonies overseas.
Most of these vassal states and colonies have developed very well overseas. They quickly established a foothold and then expanded rapidly. Now, the entire east coast of Africa has been carved up cleanly, and the entire Tianzhu has also been divided by vassal states.
, the colonies were divided up.
Powerful vassal states such as Ning State and Chu State covered a very large area, ruled a large population, and were powerful. There were also some colonies, such as the Western United Trading Company and the South African United Trading Company, which occupied a vast area and a large population.
There were many, and a relatively complete colonial system with the governor-general system as the core was implemented.
There are numerous vassal states and colonies, large and small, with hundreds of them. Some are very big and some are very small. Some vassals and colonies even only occupy an area the size of a small county town, with a population of only one or two people.
Ten thousand.
In addition, the systems implemented by these vassal states and colonies also had their own merits. Among them, most of the vassal states followed the system of the Ming Dynasty, setting up provinces and implementing a centralized system.
As for the colonies, most of them still practiced family rule, but large colonies now began to use the United Western Trading Company and the South African Trading Company to implement a democratic governor-general system similar to that of later generations.
At the same time, in terms of dealing with foreign races, most of them are similar, with Ming immigrants as the core. For this reason, Ningguo and other vassal states and colonies on the Tianzhu side also developed an extremely complex caste system to consolidate their rule and emphasize the nobility and status of the Ming people.
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But among the many vassal states and colonies, some weird things also appeared.
For example, the Chu State in East Africa founded the country on Buddhism, vigorously promoted and supported Buddhism, and required the people of Chu State to believe in Buddhism. Even the local indigenous people must believe in Buddhism, so that Chu State has now become the New West in the mouths of many eminent monks.
The Buddhist Kingdom has attracted many eminent monks from all over the world to spread Buddhism.
Of course, the Chu State vigorously promoted Buddhism only because the King of Chu believed in Buddhism, but its treatment of foreigners was still similar to other vassal states and colonies.
But Jiangnan United Trading Company's colonies in East Africa are very funny.
Under the leadership of a group of bitter and rotten Confucians, they felt that these Kunlun slaves should be taught Confucian benevolence and morality, etiquette, justice, integrity and shame. They felt that they should be taught regardless of distinction and treat everyone equally.
The result was that some nondescript Kunlun slaves were taught. At the same time, the Kunlun slaves in the Jiangnan United Trading Company colony became even more lazy and clamored for it every day.
They clamored for food when they had nothing to eat, and when they were full they asked for drink and clothing. The most important thing was that they also asked to participate in the political power and wealth distribution of the Jiangnan United Commercial Bank colony.
So much so that the whole colony of Jiangnan United Trading Company was in a state of chaos, which not only failed to bring benefits to shareholders, but also made people laugh.
Angry as hell, when he saw the subsequent processing results, Tong Yuan suddenly felt extremely refreshed.
These Jiangnan nobles should be severely repaired.
"The colonies in East Africa are expanding inland. Although my mentor's South African United Trading Company occupies a large area, the population is still too small. So far, there are only less than 200,000 Han people immigrating there. I think
To develop it, we still don’t know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.”
"The Japanese and Koreans have now begun to set foot in West Africa, opening up colonies in West Africa, and have conflicts with the Portuguese and Spanish in Europe. It is estimated that there will definitely be several fights in the future."
"This North Africa has an advantage over Spain and Portugal. They have almost taken over all of them. However, once Egypt's Cansu II becomes stronger, he will definitely have to fight with them."
"In the east of the Arabian Peninsula, the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire continue to compete for the two river basins, and neither one can do anything to the other."
"The powerful Persian Empire can only expand southward now, and is actually preparing to seize colonies in West Africa."
Tong Yuan looked at the map and thought of the news he had received here recently.
Almost all the land in the world has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Now only West Africa has a large area of virgin land that is unoccupied. It has suddenly become a fragrant steamed bun. Everyone wants to eat a piece or two, even Persia.
The empire plans to join in the fun.
"Li Zhaofan, the son of Mr. Li Dongyang and Mr. Li Ge, instead of going to Africa to grab colonies, why did he go to the Persian Gulf to join in the fun?"
Soon, when Tong Yuan saw a letter, he was dumbfounded and quickly looked at the map of the Persian Gulf.