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AD 1799, Chongzhen 172nd year, December 14th.
This year, Emperor Qianlong died of illness in the Yangxin Hall of the Forbidden City at the age of 89.
In this year, as soon as Emperor Jiaqing got out of the shadow of Qianlong, he took away Heshen's positions as military minister and nine-door admiral, ransacked his home, and obtained about 800 million taels of assets, equivalent to 15 years of the treasury's income. "Heshen fell, There is a saying that "Jiaqing is full".
This year, Napoleon launched the Brumaire Coup, and Europe ushered in the dawn of reunification.
This year, George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, died of illness at the age of 69.
This year, many major events happened in the world...
Thinking of Emperor Chongzhen hanging on the old crooked neck tree in Meishan, one hundred and seventy years have passed unknowingly.
Time passes, the sea changes, and the change of dynasties is just a common thing in history.
China, which once had one Han as the five barbarians and had the beauty of gorgeous silk clothes, has once again fallen into a situation where the ground is full of fishy odor.
However, history is an upward spiral, and after a long period of reincarnation, variables will always appear.
This variable is philosophical inquiry, scientific enlightenment, and a small steam engine...
At this time, the first industrial revolution was in full swing. It ushered in an era of replacing labor with machines. A large amount of production capacity was stimulated, and social productivity quickly surpassed that of the Qing Dynasty in the East.
In Australia, America, Africa, and all over the world, colonists from Europe are engaged in protracted colonial wars because of uneven distribution of spoils.
Just forty years later, an Opium War ushered in a major change in the ancient East that had not been seen in three thousand years.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty, immersed in the dream of "Heavenly Kingdom", was beaten for the second time and hurt, but it was a pity that it did not really wake up.
The Qing Dynasty's seclusion policy, brutal and bloody colonial plunder, and the vassal states turning to the embrace of the Anglo-Saxons. The order of the Chinese civilization circle for thousands of years is collapsing.
Maybe a hundred years later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the supposedly loving father of Eastern civilization, will be beaten up by some rebellious son in the midst of decline.
Waiting for a great man, waiting for the redemption of thousands of great walls of flesh and blood.
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Western Australia, Xinxiang City, is located near today's Perth.
Zhu Zaiming was sorting out technical books, and he couldn't help but recall the changes of the times in the future, feeling sad.
As a modern person, he naturally encountered a time-travel incident on his way to work one day.
A dump truck, accelerated by the driver's emergency order, ran over him.
And Zhu Zaiming also traveled through time and space, entered this body with the same name, and inherited everything from him.
It is said that after the third prince Zhu failed in his rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, his descendants went all the way south, passing through Luzon and Sulawesi, and finally arrived at a fishing village in western Australia.
A group of nearly 20,000 people settled here and named it Xinxiang.
After several generations of hard work, it has now become a small city with a population of 60,000, rich fisheries, sufficient mines, and even a small gold mine.
Naturally, the British who also colonized Australia were unwilling to accept such superior natural conditions.
These criminals who were exiled to Australia realized that it was more difficult for others to make money than for them to lose money. They organized armies for many Western expeditions, but finally stopped in Xinxiang City.
Xinxiang City combines the East and the West, with a huge area and towering city walls, coupled with the bastion corners. As long as a certain number of musketeers are deployed, it is a difficult nut to crack in this era of lack of sufficient means of attack.
The British colonists suffered heavy losses several times under Xinxiang City.
As time went by, the British also acquiesced to the Ming Dynasty's rule over the western coastline of Australia.
"Long live my lord, it's getting cold. Please put on some clothes."
Zhu Zaiming disconnected from his thoughts, turned around, and saw a middle-aged man with black hair and white hair, with soot in his hair, walking in with a robe made of kangaroo skin.
"Uncle, I... I'll do it myself. Are you going to the mine again?" Zhu Zaiming took the robe, shook it and put it on.
"Long live my Lord, I have just returned from the mine. The situation is not optimistic. There is something wrong with the steam pumps. Xu Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has been busy for two days and two nights. If the repairs are not done well, the mine will be flooded. Flooded." Zhu Xianxue was worried.
Coal mines, iron mines, gold and silver mines are important sources of income for Xinxiang City.
As the steam pump went down, the seeping groundwater began to flood the mine, and mining had to be stopped. Daming also lost important financial resources.
Today, the 60,000 residents of Xinxiang City live and eat close to the sea without worrying about food and clothing.
But if the most important financial source was cut off, the amount of sugar, spices, coffee and other luxury goods purchased from the colonists would be reduced, which would be unacceptable to the people of the Ming Dynasty who were accustomed to afternoon tea time.
Moreover, everyone never forgets to fight back to the homeland. These gold and silver will be future military expenses.
"These British people, when they sold us the machine, promised it would last for 50 years, but it has only been used for 20 years and it has all kinds of problems! Aren't they afraid that we will cut off the porcelain trade?" Zhu Xianxue was a little angry.
Although the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the British Australian colony of Sydney was not good, this did not affect the trade between the two parties.
These steam pumps were purchased by Zhu Zaiming at a cost of nearly 50,000 taels of silver when his father was still alive.
Zhu Zaiming couldn't help but shake his head, remembering that he had asked the British to buy a steam pump again. These British people asked for 100,000 taels for each unit. It was still a pre-sale, and it might not be available yet. They simply treated Ming Dynasty like a leek.
They say it’s better to buy than to make, but you can’t even buy one now.
Nowadays, Xinxiang City’s treasury contains 23 million taels of silver and 6 tons of gold. There is no place to spend it.
100,000 taels, just 100,000 taels. Buy two machines first to solve the problem of gold mine machines, and then talk about other things.
When Zhu Zaiming was about to be taken advantage of, he suddenly found an icon in the lower left corner of his field of vision.
Zhu Zaiming, who had read the novel, understood that this was probably the legendary system, so he opened it with his consciousness with an uneasy feeling.
Different from the fancy system in the novel, this system is very simple. It is just a shopping mall, with everything from embroidery needles to battleships.
Of course, the premise is that you can afford it.
Zhu Zaiming compared various products and found that the more items require a huge industrial chain, the more expensive they are.
For example, a Bismarck-class battleship requires 5 tons of gold, and Ming Dynasty's current wealth is only enough to buy one.
Instead, it is an existing product. For example, an improved version of an early steam engine only costs 1,000 taels.
Zhu Zaiming's eyes lit up. Wouldn't this solve the problem of the steam engine?
Comparing the price difference between the two sides, my dear, it is a full 100 times difference. The price quoted by these British people is really outrageous.
"Uncle, take me to the mine!"
Zhu Zaiming entered the vault first, scanned a circle of gold and silver, and directly spent 1 million taels of krypton gold to test the waters, and then asked Zhu Xianxue to take him to the nearest mine.
Zhu Xianxue did not doubt that he was there, and immediately ordered the palace guards to prepare four-wheeled carriages. The group took advantage of the night and entered the gold mine in the east of the city.
As for the reason for taking out the steam engine, Zhu Zaiming thought about it.
Instead of trying to hide it, it's better to show it openly.
The power of kings is divinely authorized. Even the gods have sold me things. Is it orthodox enough?
