Chapter 1768 Continue to explain why they attacked Egypt
"As for the southernmost tip of the Moga Lie Continent, there will be a sea route connecting the Han Dong Ocean and the Indian Ocean. This is certain. Could it be that the Mo Jia Lie Continent will extend southward all the way to the Antarctic? This is absolutely impossible. There must be a sea route connecting the Han Dong Ocean and the Indian Ocean."
Yun said again.
"Why can father be so convinced before verifying it?" Wen Di was confused.
"You don't have to worry about why my father is so convinced. It doesn't matter anyway." Mr. Yun couldn't say that he had learned about the geography of the world in his previous life and had not forgotten it after more than twenty years, so he believed so strongly. This is of course true, but
How can you tell your son?
He couldn't explain it at all, so he simply didn't explain it, and continued: "If there was no Suez Canal, or if the relationship with the country that controls the canal was not harmonious, the country would definitely explore new routes in order to bypass Egypt and go to the Indian Ocean. Castile
The two countries are located in the southwest section of the country with Aragon, and England is isolated overseas. They are the three countries most likely to explore new shipping routes. Therefore, if they are tied to Egypt, the caravan can pass through the Suez Canal without any worries, leaving them without any worries.
It is impossible for other Fu countries to send fleets to explore new routes like these three countries. The sea route that bypasses the Mojiali continent will not be discovered by Fu countries."
But after saying this, Yun thought of something again and said: "My father ignored a country, Portugal to the west of Castile. In terms of geographical location, Portugal is better than Castile, and it seems that it has already
Start exploring south. After you return, you must send an envoy to Portugal to make good relations with this country. You can draw Portugal into an alliance with Castile, Aragon, England and other countries to share Suez.
canal."
"But even if the Fu Kingdom discovers a new route that bypasses the southernmost tip of the Mojiali Continent, what will it do to the Ming Dynasty?" Wen Di asked.
Hearing this question, Yun paused again, and then said: "This is to prevent Fu country from becoming stronger, so that Ming Dynasty can always stay in the lead and become the most powerful country in the world."
Looking at Wen Di's puzzled expression, Yun did not explain immediately, but said something else. "What do you think of your father's past reforms in the economy, that is, encouraging industry and commerce, planting strategies in rural areas, and promoting science?"
view?"
"The son thinks his father's reforms are very good." Wen Di said: "With the new planting strategy, each household can get more food, and because the court has implemented a unified tax rate, the tax per acre of land is higher than in the past.
The Zhongtian tax rate is slightly lower, and farmers have more grain left after paying the tax."
"In addition, due to the rapid development of industry and commerce in the past few years, many people have moved to cities to work or do business, and most of the people who migrated overseas are farmers. The demand for food has only increased, and food prices have not dropped. Farmers' lives have become increasingly complex.
Good. If farmers are stable, the Ming Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai."
"As for the strategy of developing industry and commerce, it is also very good. Without the development of industry and commerce, how could the imperial court receive so much commercial tax? Without commercial tax, how could the imperial court have enough money to support the newly established vassal state and raise troops to fight everywhere? Even now
There is gold and silver in Hanzhou, but the gold and silver mines will always be dug out, but collecting industrial and commercial taxes can keep the water flowing."
"Promoting science is also very useful. Without scientific research, the calendar would not be so accurate, and navigation would not be so convenient. Navigation is not convenient, gold and silver from Hanzhou cannot be transported back, merchants cannot make a lot of money from overseas, and the court will not have enough
of taxes.”
Wen Di was very supportive of his father's reforms. He couldn't understand some of the reforms in the officialdom, but he thought the economic reforms were very good.
"Wen Di, you are right. These reforms are indeed very good. But the reason why industry and commerce can develop rapidly, food prices have not dropped, and science can achieve such results is because from the beginning, the people have enough money, and the court has
Hanzhou was the first to obtain gold and silver from the Jinning Peninsula, and it also had enough money. If it did not have this money at the beginning, or it was called starting capital, its development would be very slow. But through the new route, Furen can get it
Start-up capital.”
Yun paused for a moment and continued to explain: "Fu originally had a lot of gold and silver, but since the Tang Dynasty, when the Central Plains and Fu had exchanges of traffic, Da Shiren, as merchants, sold goods from the Central Plains to Fu to earn gold and silver, Fu's gold
Silver has continued to flow from Fu to the Central Plains and Tianfang, and now there is not much gold and silver in Fu. If the Cross believers had not launched a counterattack against the Tianfang believers in the past three hundred years, regained some lost land, and invaded Tianfang many times, perhaps
There won’t be much gold or silver left in the whole whisk.”
"But even so, even if there are ten Crusades, Tianfang believers are not weak after all, and their gold and silver are still getting less and less."
"Without enough gold and silver, industry and commerce cannot develop rapidly, and there is not enough money to fund scientific research. Even if there are one or two outstanding kings, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and she cannot be like her father."
"Actually, my father has always believed that he is not an extraordinary talent. The conditions for the Ming Dynasty to be prosperous and the people healthy are so good." Yun commented on himself in front of his son. "Your great-grandfather single-handedly founded the Ming Dynasty.
All the ministers who could threaten the imperial power, although they were a bit cruel, left their father with almost no restrictions on his administration. As long as they did not violate the interests of all officials, there was no need to worry about the policy being implemented. The Nanyang that the Ming Dynasty was adjacent to were all weak countries, and the sea
There is a vast new continent on the other side, and with such unique conditions, even a middle-aged man like my father can manage the Ming Dynasty well."
"My father is not a middle-aged man." Wen Di immediately said: "My father is talented and talented, no less than my great-grandfather. Otherwise, why have all the emperors in the past generations enjoyed such unique conditions in the Central Plains? Only the Ming Dynasty raised the prestige of the country to all countries and made the Ming Dynasty a universally recognized
The most powerful country!"
Yun smiled. He was very happy to hear others praising him, especially his own son. However, Yun would not think that he was really talented because of his son's words. Although he has been
It's a bit bloated, but no matter how big it is, it won't lose its IQ.
"In addition, if the industry and commerce want to develop, they also need a market, that is, someone buys goods, and buying goods also requires gold and silver. There is not much gold and silver locally, and it is difficult to sell it to Tianfang, Central Plains, and India. Even if there is a little gold and silver
Even when people set up businesses, they would have to close down because there were few people buying the goods.”
"If you want to implement my father's planting strategy in the countryside, you must have enough land. There were more than ten years of war before the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Mongols killed so much when they captured the Central Plains that they have not recovered even after more than a hundred years. The Ming Dynasty
There are not many people, and they can migrate to Southeast Asia and Hanzhou, so farmers can give up their barren land and concentrate on cultivating high-quality fields. Although there was a plague that spread widely decades ago, it is said that about
Thirty percent of the people died of illness, although it was a lot, but after all, it was not as many as the Mongols killed, and the land was still too narrow and densely populated, making it impossible to implement new land planting strategies."
"So, due to the lack of start-up capital and the small territory and dense population, it is impossible for Fu's country to become strong." Yun gave half of his conclusion.
He paused again and began to speak the second half of the sentence. "And if the Fu country discovers a new route and comes to the Indian Ocean along the new route, the situation will be completely different. Although the Kunlun slaves live in the Moga Hunter Continent, it is not without them.
In the land of gold and silver, on the way to the Indian Ocean, they will capture Kunlun slaves and sell them as slaves, and they will also find gold and silver. They will be able to obtain start-up capital. Local merchants can make goods, and maritime merchants who venture out to sea will buy goods. Industry and commerce
Your career will be developed."
"At the same time, they may also discover Nanhanzhou. From Fu, if you go south along the Mogaxue Continent, you can reach the Nanhanzhou Continent with a little wandering. At this time, the Nanhanzhou Continent is sparsely populated, and the Fu people can occupy the area that has not yet been occupied.
The land where the vassal kings were entrusted by the Ming Dynasty enslaved the local indigenous people and relocated the excess local population. In this way, the situation of more people and less land in at least some of the countries that colonized Southern Hanzhou will be alleviated. And in this way,
The country must be the first country to go to the Indian Ocean along the new route, so there will be no shortage of gold and silver. In this way, the two major reasons that restrict the development of this country can be solved, and this country is likely to become a powerful country!"
"So," Yun lowered his head and looked at Wen Di: "My father wants to form an alliance with Castile, join forces with this country to seize Egypt, build a canal in Suez, and combine Castile and Aragon.
, England and other countries were firmly tied to the old sea route of Suez, preventing them from exploring new sea routes, so as to obtain the gold and silver to develop industry and commerce, and discover the southern Hanzhou continent where people migrated, so they could not become a powerful country.
!”
Wen Di was stunned. He did not expect that his father's attack on Egypt was for this purpose. Of course, there were many things that were difficult to understand in his father's words. For example, although at that time, it could be concluded through various means that the earth was a sphere, his father actually used this
It is completely inconsistent with my father's character to invest such a huge amount of money in formulating a plan (he had not invested much in exploring Hanzhou before); for example, why would my father insist that there is gold and silver in the Mojia Hunter Continent? But this is not important. What is important is,
The plan formulated by my father seems to have been successful. The countries located on the eastern coast of Fuhan all have great interests in Egypt, especially the Kingdom of Castile, which has the most powerful navy in the Mediterranean.
Take great pains to explore new routes.
"However, even if you conceal the fact that the earth is round, it will spread out sooner or later." Wen Di raised a question.
"As long as I restrain my country for a hundred or two hundred years, it will be fine. After one or two hundred years, I won't have to worry about my country surpassing the Ming Dynasty." Yun said, his eyes sparkling.