Chapter 2819: The emperor wants to develop Tuao?
"Of course, things are divided into two. Your Majesty has taught ministers a long time ago. Everything has its two sides, so we have also strengthened research and countermeasures!" Zhang Jiayu was particularly emotional today, because the emperor's reminder made him less likely to be in power. I took many detours and avoided many troubles.
The steam locomotive has brought powerful productivity, and there are many benefits. First, it has brought an advanced new world, and second, it has brought many changes.
It brings peace. For example, even if those ambitious guys who think that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away want to rebel, ships and trains can quickly mobilize the army to the place where they rebelled, thus making them fall short.
Switching to the previous sailing ship, the speed is slow and not enough, the capacity is not enough, and there are many risks.
When the guys realize this, they don't dare to act rashly.
"Imperial Industry Version 1.0" also brought turmoil, and many sailors on the original sailing ship were unemployed. They either switched to another line of work or had to learn how to use the steam ship, and this process may be painful.
There are advantages and disadvantages, but it is understandable to promote historical progress.
"Imperial Industry Version 1.0" has caused changes in production relations to intensify certain social contradictions, and social contradictions are not a bad thing, and they can also bring about great development and a lot of progress.
It ended the relationship between those who planted the land and those who owned the land in feudal society, and then produced the production relationship between those who used machines and those who owned machines, thus creating two new classes, capitalists and workers.
The emerging class, the bourgeoisie, has higher wealth in society. As the wealth in the hands of the bourgeoisie increased, they began to seek more voice and control in society.
The increase in factories turned the former handicraftsmen into workers, and the number of workers increased rapidly. They had little rights and were oppressed, so they needed the rulers of the empire to care about them.
The emperor had reminded them a long time ago, so the imperial government office strengthened communication with these two classes, understood their wishes, tried their best to meet their requirements, and reconciled social conflicts.
For example, those capitalists can participate in politics, express their wishes and demands to the empire, and reasonable demands are accepted.
For workers, a minimum wage guarantee was established, their benefits were increased, and so on.
The more Zhang Jiayu was in power, the more he felt the greatness of the emperor. He said: "There is a universal method in the world. I used to be skeptical, but after seeing your majesty's many instructions on the construction of the rule of law, my minister I feel that His Majesty is actually planning for a rainy day and has already prepared for it!"
All the ministers nodded unanimously. Yes, the emperor practiced the rule of law. He resolutely promoted the fairness of the law, saying that "the prince breaks the law and the common people are the same crime". Seeing that the royal family and officials lead by example, they have nothing to say and cannot complain.
The emperor said humorously: "I held this meeting to listen to your reports, to check for omissions and make up for gaps, and to do things better. How did it become a praise meeting for me, and praise me for my merits? How dare I pinch it!"
"Your Majesty's sageness is obvious to all, and the courtiers can't help themselves, understandable!" Empress Yang Yinger said.
"Okay, let's listen to an important report!" Yang Yinger asked the maid to call someone in. It was Yang Fengnian, the chief climate expert of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.
He is a relative of the empress's family, and he does not avoid his relatives, and he is indeed capable.
"According to His Majesty's will, I'm here to report the climate in Tu'ao!" The ministers with high awareness jumped in their hearts when they heard what he said: "Does the emperor want to develop Tu'ao?"
"Tu'ao" is a large area named by the emperor himself. It covers an area of nearly 8 million square kilometers. Called "the area sitting on the mine cart", it currently includes iron ore, bauxite, diamonds, lead, gold, coal, manganese ore, nickel, silver, zinc, etc. (actually there are also There are countless mineral resources such as tantalum, uranium, oil and natural gas that have not been discovered by science.
Especially iron ore, it was later proved that the reserves are one-fourth of the world's iron ore, and 70% of it is high-quality iron ore that can be directly mined and shipped. Moreover, most of these iron ores They are all in the shallow area on the surface, that is, where they can be mined directly.
At that time, the mineral prospectors of the empire found a valley, and they were all stunned when they saw the continuous rusty mountain walls that couldn't be seen at a glance!
In other words, the excavated iron ore can be directly shipped and exported, and it is close to the coastline. The mining and transportation costs of Tuao iron ore are very low, and the cost performance has crushed the global iron mining industry!
At the same time, the forest coverage accounts for 20% of the country's land. Tu'ao is also the region with the largest number of sheep and wool exports in the world. It is also known as "the region that rides on the back of sheep".
In addition, Tu'ao also has the largest number of donkeys in the world --- because there are too many donkeys, donkey-hide gelatin is worthless, and sold in Xinming, the common people regard them as daily tonics, boiled and drunk like goji berries, and a large amount of donkey-hide gelatin. There are so many cattle and horses that the South China Army has become the most envied army of soldiers all over the world, because the navy eats beef every day, and the army eats beef from time to time. As long as it can be transported, it also eats beef every day!
You have to understand that even in developed countries, eating beef is a top-notch enjoyment.
Tuao is rich in fishery resources. The fishing area is 16% larger than the national land area. There are more than 3,000 kinds of seawater and freshwater fish and more than 3,000 kinds of crustacean and mollusk aquatic products. Among them, about 600 species. The most important aquatic products are prawns, lobsters, abalone, tuna, scallops, oysters and so on.
Such a superior endowment of natural resources has fallen into the hands of the Chinese, which is really enviable.
The Chinese who go there, no one wants to leave.
Tuao has a great reputation. It is said that Sakai Zhongqing, the elder of the Japanese kingdom, is a super fan of Tuao. He has been fascinated by Tuao all his life since he visited Tuao for the only time in his life. He very much hopes that Tuao can be the land of Japanese people. , every time he gets drunk, he reads "It's a pity, Tu'ao! It hurts, Tu'ao!"
Tuao is so good, fortunately, God is fair.
Tu’ao can’t raise too many people, because Tu’ao is the driest area in the world with underdeveloped river systems, most of the land belongs to arid or semi-arid areas, there are as many as 11 large deserts, the overall precipitation is low, and drinking water is mainly It is natural precipitation and relies on dam storage for water supply.
In fact, there is still some water in Tu'ao. The vast desert area is sandy and loamy, so the runoff is easy to infiltrate~www.wuxiaspot.com~The sand layer on the surface can reduce water evaporation.
Even if there is little precipitation, the groundwater in most desert areas is relatively abundant due to years of accumulation, which gathers in low-lying areas and sometimes even emerges.
These areas rich in groundwater are conducive to the formation of oases and eolian lakes, but the groundwater in the desert is rich in salt, and the difficulty of processing these salts is similar to that of seawater desalination, so it is not used as drinking water, but can only be used Drinking water for livestock (Niu Niu who bowed his head to drink water said: "Drinking this water is salty and labor is gone, human beings are really bad!")
Even through artificial means such as digging wells to take groundwater to the surface, it will quickly evaporate or infiltrate again, making it difficult to retain water.
Large-scale exploitation of groundwater will inevitably bring about desert expansion, land subsidence, and soil salinization, making the problems even more troublesome.
Since Nanhua occupied Tu'ao, Yan Changwu has been controlling the number of immigrants, declaring that only surface water can be used instead of groundwater, so that the population of such a large land in Tu'ao has never been large.
"Then, Tu'ao is surrounded by the sea, why is it so arid?" Yang Fengnian, the chief climate expert, first raised a question that was thought-provoking. 2084/10526600
