Liu Da rode his bicycle on the spacious concrete road, breathing the fresh air after the rain.
It has a tropical rainforest climate with very large annual rainfall. The moist airflow from the Indian Ocean, after passing through the mountains of the island, forms a large amount of rainfall in the eastern part of the island.
It has abundant rainfall, lush plants, and a typical tropical rainforest climate, and the air is quite good.
The planning of Nanzhou City also fully took this into consideration and built an extremely complete drainage system. Therefore, the city did not suffer any floods due to rain. On the contrary, the abundant rainfall made the city full of birds and flowers, regardless of the door.
There are a large number of flowers and plants planted in front of the house, behind the house and on the road.
With abundant sunlight, rainfall, and heat, the vegetation throughout Nanzhou City is extremely lush, with birds singing and flowers fragrant, and it is extremely beautiful.
"It rains so much. It has been raining for more than two months. It has been raining half of the time. Sometimes the sky is clear and clear, and suddenly it rains heavily. It's very moody."
Riding his bicycle, Liu Da walked towards the Governor's Mansion.
He is now a clerk in the Governor-General's Office of South Africa, and his main job is to assist the Governor-General of South Africa in handling some affairs.
It can be said that the position is a very important position, which is extremely suitable for young people to gain experience. They can follow the Governor of South Africa, learn about the situation in South Africa, and learn to deal with various affairs. At the same time, as long as they perform well in front of the Governor
, promotion will be very easy in the future.
This is the saying goes: those who are near the water and the tower first get the moon.
This is similar to the Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty. They often appeared around the emperor, giving lectures to the emperor, revising books, serving as lecturers, writing documents, etc. Promotion was also very easy.
As long as you perform well and are appreciated, promotion can be as fast as riding a rocket. Just like Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi appreciates him and he is talented, and his promotion speed is as fast as cheating.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Liu Da arrived at his office on time and began to carefully organize the work he had to do for the day in advance.
The Governor-General of South Africa, Domingo Domingen, usually does not officially start working until 9:30. At this time, he is probably still having breakfast leisurely and reading the newspaper.
Liu Da needs to carefully sort out the documents before this and prepare what he needs to do today. Of course, it is not what Liu Da needs to do himself, but what the South African Governor Du Mingen needs to do.
Du Mingen's day is still very relaxed, and there are not many things that need to be done.
The situation in the South African colony is very good, all aspects are prospering, and almost all people live in urban areas, which is very conducive to management.
Industry and agriculture are both very developed and have gradually gotten rid of the trend of traditional feudal society. Moreover, the system implemented in the South African colonies is completely a mature capitalist system of later generations, and it is not at all the feudal system of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the most important points is to govern the country by law, establish a legal system, and everything is run and executed in accordance with the law, rather than relying on so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality to govern the country like the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the official structure of the South African colony also adopted the system of later generations, rather than copying the Ming Dynasty system like other colonies and vassal states.
Many colonies and vassal states are the same as the Ming Dynasty. They still implement the Ming Dynasty's official system, which is not only divided into grades, but also through the imperial examination. Therefore, the imperial examination in many colonies and vassal states also attracts many scholars.
join.
Especially for a large vassal state like Ningguo, Ningguo's triennial imperial examination is held very grandly. It attracts a large number of scholars to Ningguo every time. The scholars of Ming Dynasty can directly participate in Ningguo's examination.
This is still very tempting.
It was different in the South African colony. Officials were admitted through official examinations. The content of the examination was only a small part of the Four Books and Five Classics. The others were more current affairs, geography, mathematics, ancient Chinese medicine, history, etc., similar to
The civil service examination in later generations was very broad in content and mainly tested whether you had certain abilities.
In addition, the hierarchy is also based on the system of later generations. There are no six ministries and no chief envoys.
Instead, there are levels such as town mayor, county magistrate, mayor, and provincial governor. Each level has corresponding settings. There are six major departments: the Prison Department, the Citizens' Department, the Education Department, the Taxation Bureau, the Public Security Bureau and the Development Department, respectively.
Management system, justice, household registration, education, taxation, public security, industry, agriculture, transportation, urban construction and other matters.
The power at the top checks and balances each other, while the power at the middle and lower levels is relatively dispersed. This is different from the Ming Dynasty. The power at the top of the Ming Dynasty is very concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and the power is not subject to any checks and balances.
At the same time, at the local level, power is also concentrated in the hands of county magistrates and state governments. Therefore, county magistrates and state governments have great power and often cannot control it at all.
This can easily lead to the emergence of corruption. From the emperor to the lower-level county magistrates and officials, they often have great power and are lawless. No one can restrain them, and it is easy for them to prey on the people.
The South African colony pays attention to constraints and balance from top to bottom. Power is restrained and the country is governed by law. Under such a system, the society is very stable.
Coupled with the fact that industry and agriculture are developed, the economic level is good, and the income is high, the society will be more stable.
When you get to the Governor-General of South Africa, there aren't many things you have to do every day. They just look around and inspect, and receive foreign guests from South Africa.
There are many foreign guests coming to South Africa. People from major colonies, vassal states, Ming Dynasty vassal states and other countries around the world often come here to buy arms, weapons, food, ships or seek loans from South Africa, etc.
"Are you going to meet with Minister Mao Jiao, the Minister of Xingguo, and Master Huiming, the Prime Minister of Chu State this morning?"
Liu Da carefully looked at the governor's itinerary handed over by his assistant, and his eyes widened slightly.
Minister of Rejuvenation Mao Jiao, this is nothing. Now there are hundreds of large and small colonies and vassal states. Almost all the princes of the Ming Dynasty came overseas to establish their own vassal states.
These vassal states are either strong or weak. The strong ones are like Ning, Chu, and Shu. The weak ones are like Xingguo. They have a small land area and a small population. The key is that they are still poor.
But the prime minister from Chu State turned out to be a monk. What about Master Huiming? A monk actually became the prime minister. This made Liu Da also suddenly think of what he saw and heard when he was in Izuyun City of Chu State. For these monks
But I didn't have a good impression.
"Liu Da, are you still used to it here in Nanzhou City?"
Soon, it was past nine o'clock in the morning. Du Mingen began to prepare for work. When he saw Liu Da, he also asked with concern.
"Back to Lord Marquis, I'm still used to it. The air here is still very good, and the scenery is also very beautiful."
Liu Da smiled and replied that the scenery of the East African island will be famous in later generations, and the tourism resources are very good, but Madagascar in later generations will not be able to manage it at all, and it will not be able to develop it.
But the governance of the Ming Dynasty was completely different. Roads around the island have now been built on the large East African islands, and the beautiful scenery along the way is also displayed in front of the world.
The tropical rainforest climate in the east of the island and the savanna climate in the west, the unique geographical environment and natural environment, make people forget to leave.
It's just that the population on the island is very concentrated in towns. Most of the places are deserted, lacking a sense of human habitation, but it has also become a paradise for animals in disguise, with many kinds of animals.
Complete and huge in quantity.
"I'm worried that you might not be used to where you live. Compared to the Beijing-Tianjin area, it's cooler, while Nanzhou City is relatively hot and humid."
When Du Mingen heard this, he immediately laughed.
"What I'm not used to is that there is no electricity. It would be better if there is electricity."
Liu Da smiled and said.
"Electricity, we really need to be slower on this. It is estimated that in a few months, we will have electricity in Nanzhou City."
When Du Mingen heard this, he smiled and said.
Then he thought about it and asked, "You are from Beijing and have used electric lights. What are your views on electricity?"
"Back to Mr. Hou, I think electricity will be an important trend in future development and a very important energy source. It is not just used for lighting, it will have many uses."
"If our South African colony wants to develop, we must seize the new era of electric power development and vigorously develop electric power technology and related industrial manufacturing."
Liu Da thought for a while and answered very seriously.
"Well, your father said so too."
Du Mingen and others nodded with satisfaction.
The latest shareholder meeting also passed the latest resolution that South Africa should vigorously develop power-related technologies and manufacturing industries to seize this new electrical era.
For this reason, the South African colony decided to invest 30 million taels of silver in advance in the electrical field, develop related technologies, research power generation technology, power transmission technology, electric lighting technology, electrical technology, etc. In the future, it will invest tens of millions of taels of silver every year.
Enter this field and strive to become an important electrical manufacturing power in the future.
You must know that a light bulb here in Beijing now costs several taels of silver, and installing electricity costs dozens of taels of silver. The electricity bill is not cheap, but even with such expensive charges, the development of electricity in the Beijing-Tianjin area is still very rapid. Daming
The business of the electrical store is very booming.
At the same time, some inventions related to electricity are beginning to emerge continuously. Electric fans, for example, are one of the most popular products in the Beijing-Tianjin area in summer.
It can be predicted that a rapid electrical-based era is coming, and whoever can seize the opportunity will gain huge benefits in the future.
The South African colony has always been dominated by manufacturing, so you won’t miss it.
