On November 13th, Zhao Ran set off from Thanglong Palace and headed for the Governor-General's District of Myanmar. Qingyu Baochi stopped at the location of the Governor-General's Palace, the former capital of Myanmar, Kula.
Zhao Ran saw Buddhist temples everywhere in Gu La City, which shows how prosperous Buddhism was before it was occupied by Taoism. Unfortunately, Myanmar is the same as Siam. Although they are both places of Buddhism, they are different from Xixia, Tubo, and Beiyuan Buddhism.
They are not on the same path. Not only have the two sides been separated for hundreds of years, they often even blame each other, saying that the other party has taken the wrong path. Coupled with the relative isolation of the terrain, there is very little communication.
This time Taoism entered Burma and Siam, Buddhists in China could only look forward and sigh, and some monks even secretly cheered for Taoism.
In addition to the governor of Myanmar Zhang Yuanji and the commander-in-chief Song Xiong, the governor of southern Siam Ning Gaocheng, the abbot of Liuyunguan in the great city of Siam Lun Daidi and the supervisor Liang Xiaoyou and other decision-makers rushed to Kuala to greet Zhao Ran
.
Myanmar had just been included in the Ming Dynasty in the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, and Siam was even later, less than two years ago. Everything was being rebuilt, so the credibility was very low and there was nothing to say. But Zhao Ran still had to break down the tasks for them and not put pressure on them.
People may relax, set a goal in front of them, and move forward consciously or unconsciously. Even if they go slower and fail to reach the goal, it is faster than standing still with no direction.
There are 12 million people in Myanmar and 8 million people in Siam. Zhao Ran did not ask them too much, let alone make them report blindly. The final task was to reach 80 million in Myanmar within six years.
Siam has 60 million.
Compared with Annan and Champa, it is obviously much lower, not to mention Yingzhou. In terms of per capita, it is also far lower than Goryeo, which has a trust value of 50 million. But these two places have always been Buddhist temples in the past.
In a prosperous place, it is more difficult to change people's beliefs. This task is still not easy to complete.
The positioning of Myanmar and Siam is similar to that of Annam and Champa. They are both the granaries of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the credibility task, Zhao Ran also gave them a grain task. Within three years, the rice exported to the mainland and Yingzhou, and Korea must reach ten
500 million jins, reaching 3 billion jins within six years, and reaching 4 billion jins within ten years to feed the growing local population.
To this end, the two governor-general areas must vigorously reclaim land and "mobilize" more local people to invest in agricultural production.
Grain can be produced, but at the same time, the problem of transportation must be solved. When Zhao Ran came this time, one of his tasks was to inspect the port construction.
Zhao Ran has no plans to go to Siam. The coastal port south of Ayutthaya is already a mature port. What needs to be done is to expand the throughput capacity. Myanmar is far behind and needs to take a closer look.
The next day, Zhang Yuanji and others accompanied Zhao Ran to Lanli Island on the west coast. This was the port location selected by Zhang Yuanji. Once Zhao Ran agreed, he could immediately get a loan from Four Seasons Bank to start construction.
Lanli Island is separated from the coast by only a narrow waterway, and the natural conditions are very superior. Once he saw the terrain and asked about the water depth, Zhao Ran agreed. However, he requested that the original port plan be expanded.
It can dock thirty large container ships at the same time.
"Qinzhou Port Shipyard has set up a large workshop in Champa to use the abundant wood in Champa to build ships. In March next year, the first batch of 24 2,000-material container ships will be launched. After that, it is expected to build 2,000-material containers every year.
There are ninety-six ships, all of which are used for cargo transportation in Myanmar, Siam, Champa and Annam. Longjiang Shipyard and Quanzhou Shipyard will also invest in slipways to produce two thousand container ships every year. I require them to supply forty-eight container ships every year.
After three years, we can barely solve the problem of tight maritime transportation capacity here."
In addition to food, Myanmar also has a pillar industry: water jade. Water jade is not only beautiful in decoration, but also a good material for refining magic weapons. At least 30% of the magic tools currently used by Taoist sects require jade, and water jade is one of them.
A very good jade stone with excellent psychic effect.
After inspecting the situation in Myanmar and Siam, Zhao Ran began to prepare for the real purpose of this southward trip.
In the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion in Gula, he asked Zhang Yuanji: "Master Yuanji, what is the situation on the other side?"
Zhang Yuanji was well prepared. He opened the curtain on the wall, pointed to a map and said: "Please take a look at the map, Master Propaganda. Burma faces Tianzhu across the sea. The locals call it the Bay of Bengal. To the north of the Bay of Bengal is Bangladesh. At present,
Confront us across the Naga Hills."
Zhao Ran pointed at Tianzhu and said, "Where did this picture come from? Is it accurate?"
Zhang Yuanji said: "We spent a lot of money to buy it from a businessman in Delhi. This is the official secret map of the Delhi Dynasty. As far as we can tell, the general scope is correct, but it is not accurate. According to the information we have, Tianzhu
It looks like a loose sand, but it is not a loose sand. The situation is very complicated. Generally speaking, the north and the south are divided. The Delhi dynasty in the north is the strongest, while the south is divided by more than 30 vassal states and claims vassalage to Delhi. Among the vassal states in the south
, the strongest ones are Bengal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Vidal, Gubarga, and Bangalore, known as the Five Heroes of the South."
Zhao Ran asked: "Have you figured it out? How strong is it?"
Zhang Yuanji said: "The country we know the most about is Bangladesh. It is estimated that the population is tens of millions. The country has a hundred thousand soldiers in the Naga Hills. There are almost a thousand people with magic. Their cultivation level is not high, but the magic is very weird."
Zhao Ran nodded when he heard this: "A vassal state has tens of millions?"
Zhang Yuanji said: "We heard that the population of the five southern princes is more than ten million, and the other princes also range from one million to several million. Among the Tianzhu countries, the strongest one is the Delhi Dynasty in the north, which is said to have 60 million people.
.Some people say that Tianzhu has a total of 200 million people, some say 300 million people, and some say 400 million people. No one has ever calculated the exact number."
Zhao Ran asked: "The Burmese capital has only 15,000 people, right? Can it win against 100,000 people? Song Xiong?"
Song Xiong said: "The capital of Myanmar currently has three guards under its jurisdiction. The middle guard has 6,000 people, who are my descendants of the Ming Dynasty; the Guanxi garrison in Yingzhou has 6,000 people, the left guard; the right guard is a local, and the Bago garrison has 6,000 people.
The general thought that with the power of the Burmese capital, it was not a problem to defeat the 100,000 Mongolian troops facing him. The difficult thing was how to fight next. Tianzhu is too big and there are too many people. After defeating the Mongolian army and occupying Bangladesh, they will inevitably face other
The armies of various princes, and even the Royal Army of Delhi. The Royal Army of Delhi is the enemy we should be most vigilant about in this battle. I heard that it is very powerful, and its officers and soldiers are very brave in fighting, and their magic skills are different from those of the southern princes."
Zhao Ran said: "Don't think about what happens next. If it needs to be strengthened, where should we start?"
After thinking about it, Song Xiong said: "The first one is the Wooden Ox self-propelled Fulu artillery. Our division is only equipped with sixteen guns. If we encounter the enemy's naval tactics in the future, there may be heavy casualties. We need to add at least sixteen more guns."
Zhao Ran nodded: "I will give you thirty-two doors. Continue!"