When the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent a huge team of thousands of people, led by the Ministry of Industry and composed of many professors, teachers, and students from the Ming Dynasty Institute of Architectural Engineering, to Nanjing to inspect, study, and demonstrate the feasibility of building the Yangtze River Bridge.
Thousands of miles away in Egypt, the excavation of the Egyptian canal has also reached the final stage.
Tong Yuan, who was wearing a Ming official attire, was riding a tall horse to patrol the canal construction site. He looked at the huge and busy construction site in front of him. There were nearly 300,000 people participating in the construction of the Egyptian canal.
During the last dozen miles of road, everything was busy and a lively scene.
On both sides of the canal construction site, there was originally a desert land with grass and spring light. However, with the excavation of the canal construction site, Tong Yuan considered the problem of water for a large number of workers, so he dug a special diversion canal in advance.
, diverting fresh water from the Nile River.
Wherever the fresh water passed, oases grew up. Coupled with the gathering of a large number of workers, an extremely huge market was created. At a glance, there were endless shantytowns on both sides of the canal.
You can see countless children playing carefree, women busy preparing meals, and various shops with very good business.
Riding a horse to a sand dune, looking far away, you can already see the sea in the distance and feel the breath of the sea.
"After more than three years, it is finally completed!"
Tong Yuan calculated the time. Excavation of the Egyptian Canal began in the 18th year of Hongzhi. Now it is the 22nd year of Hongzhi. Calculating the time, in a few months, the canal will be almost completed and officially opened to ships.
It took less than four years to dig the Egyptian canal, which is quite a speed.
Of course, this is mainly because Egypt and the Ming Dynasty maintain good relations and cooperation. The Ming Dynasty provides money and technology, while Egypt provides people and land.
More than 300,000 farmers who have lost their farmland have become the cheapest labor force. As long as they are given food and some wages, they will work for you in a down-to-earth manner.
With sufficient funds, sufficient labor, and many factors taken into consideration in advance, the progress will be extremely smooth.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the land here in Egypt. The land here is basically sandy soil, which is very soft, and it is very convenient and easy to dig.
That’s why we were able to dig the Egyptian canal in less than four years, and it will soon be officially open to navigation.
"Master Tong, it's finally finished."
I don’t know when, Kansu II came to Tong Yuan on horseback,
Compared to Tong Yuan who was impatient, Kansu II seemed to have a headache.
Once the canal is completed, the hundreds of thousands of people in front of us will lose their livelihoods. Where can I find jobs for these more than 300,000 people?
Although in the past few years, Kansu II has been working hard to crack down on the large landowners and feudal lords in Egypt, trying every means to get the land out of their hands and give it to the farmers.
However, he still underestimated the power of these large landowners, large feudal lords, and nobles in the country. Almost all his efforts ended in failure. The land was still firmly in the hands of these large landowners, large feudal lords, and nobles.
These feudal lords and nobles of the Mamluk Kingdom are the foundation of the rule of the Mamluk Kingdom, but now they are also shaking the foundation of the empire.
Land was too concentrated in the hands of a few nobles and lords, a large number of peasants lost the land they relied on for survival, and domestic conflicts were extremely acute.
If it hadn't been for luck, the Ming Dynasty had spent huge sums of money to dig this canal, providing jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, which indirectly alleviated Egypt's internal conflicts to a great extent.
I'm afraid that Egypt at this time had already changed dynasties or was invaded by the Ottoman Empire, which had always been eyeing and coveting it.
Now that the canal is finally about to be completed, and the good days of several years are about to end, Cansu II is not at all happy about the opening of the canal, but is full of sorrow.
Suddenly hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs and their source of livelihood, and big problems will inevitably arise.
He actually hopes that the canal can be dug for a few more years. If the canal is dug longer, he will have more time to sort out domestic affairs.
But he also knew that his domestic problems would be solved sooner or later, and they would break out sooner or later. The canal would eventually be dug, and this day would come sooner or later.
"Yes, it is finally completed. Fortunately, it has fulfilled its mission. It is finally completed. It is worthy of our Ming Dynasty and your Egypt!"
Tong Yuan sighed with a smile.
For several years, I have been here in Egypt. Even for the New Year, I have no way to go back to my parents, wife, children, and my mentor in my hometown.
Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is the emperor’s order, which is the expectation of countless shareholders of the Egyptian Canal.
I have been working hard over the past few years without daring to slack off at all, and I am finally done.
"Mr. Tong, you are serious. If you hadn't been here to take charge of the overall situation, I don't know when this canal would have been dug. Fortunately, because of you, we in Egypt have lived a rare and good life in the past few years."
Kansu II and Tong Yuan are now good friends.
Tong Yuan was a native of the Ming Dynasty and an official of the Ming Dynasty. Even though Kansu II was the king of a country, Tong Yuan was always neither humble nor arrogant towards him.
In addition, Tong Yuan has no interest in Egypt, so they can get along with each other on an equal footing. In addition, Tong Yuan is a student of Liu Jin, so he knows a lot about how to govern the country, and he has a certain understanding of the situation in Egypt.
Able to analyze one or two things.
Kansu II also benefited a lot from chatting with Tong Yuan. Over the past few years, he was gradually consolidating the power and status in his hands, and at the same time thinking about good strategies for governing the country.
"This is all mutual benefit. We Ming people are interested in the shipping value of the canal, and we happen to have the money and technology to dig it. You, Egypt, also need the benefits brought by the canal, and at the same time, you need to find jobs for a large number of farmers who have lost their land."
"The cooperation between our two countries is beneficial to both of us, which is why we can cooperate so happily. I also hope that our two countries can maintain such friendly and cooperative relations forever."
Tong Yuan smiled and replied, he knew very well the situation in Egypt. The feudal nobles, landowners, and lords were very powerful. It would be difficult for Kansu II to shake their status, because this itself was the basis of Egypt's rule.
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But if their interests are not affected until the canal is completed, how will these more than 300,000 landless peasants survive?
Even after the canal is opened, Egypt will be able to share a large amount of canal navigation fees every year, and the national treasury revenue can be greatly increased, but farmers need land and food, and money alone cannot solve these problems.
Nowadays, various vassals and colonies of the Ming Dynasty are willing to sell grain at normal prices. This is because digging the canal is a major event in the Ming Empire and involves the interests of countless people.
But once the canal is dug, if Egypt is short of food, do you believe that those vassal states and colonies will directly increase the food supply tenfold?
So Cansu II was in a difficult situation now. The canal was dug, and he was both happy and full of sorrow.:.
"Of course, Ming Dynasty is our eternal friend in Egypt, and we will never do anything to regret our friends."
When Kansu II heard this, he immediately spoke very seriously.
As the trade with the Ming Dynasty became closer and closer, he himself learned the language, writing and culture of the Ming Dynasty, and read newspapers from the Ming Dynasty every day.
It can be regarded as a true understanding of the power of the Ming Empire.
With an incomparably vast territory, a huge population, endless resources, wealth, power, and power across the world, even the powerful Ottoman Empire did not dare to provoke the Ming Empire.
Not to mention a small Egypt. If nothing else, the Ming Dynasty’s Red Navy stationed in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Fleet stationed in the Mediterranean Sea are enough to make Egypt unable to survive.
Facing such a huge empire, if it doesn't invade you, you will already be burning incense.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty colonized all over the world. There are countless overseas colonies and vassal states. Egypt's geographical location is so important. He would be surprised if the Ming Dynasty did not invade it and provoke the Ming Dynasty. Unless it was
I don’t want to live anymore.
"I estimate that the pain will be almost gone in about a month, so you have to be prepared."
"If the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have lost their land cannot find new land or work, you will be in trouble."
Tong Yuan looked at the busy canal construction site, and since Kansu II had given him many beauties in recent years, he solemnly reminded him.
"I know, to be honest, my new army has been trained. Next, I will prepare to expand up the Nile River and to the Arabian Peninsula."
Kansu II nodded. He knew that Tong Yuan was reminding him as a friend, so he also told his plan.
These big nobles, big feudal lords, and big landowners in the country cannot move. If they move, their position may not be stable.
Now we can only do the same as the Ming Dynasty, relying on external expansion and plunder to divert domestic conflicts.
There are only two directions for Egypt's expansion, one is to the south, to the upper reaches of the Nile River, and the other is to the east, to the Arabian Peninsula.
It is relatively easier to expand to the south, because there are no strong opponents to the south, but it goes deep into the interior of the African continent, and the natural conditions are not very ideal. Only the area along the Nile River is not bad.
To the east, there is a powerful Ottoman Empire blocking it, but the two river basins are very prosperous, and they were once the territory of the Arab Empire. They are considered a family with them, and they all belong to the Arab world. We provide you with the fastest update of Daming Zhenhai King.
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