The local tyrant king nodded and said with a wry smile: "I have to go. The memorial sent back by our ambassadors to France and the Netherlands said that Louis XIV will lead the Christian countries in Europe to deal with the Ming Dynasty! So I have to go quickly. Xinzhou is here...can't wait for Ah Hai to give birth.
Moreover, after Ahai gives birth, there will be other women who will give birth to children. I, the King of United States, cannot stay in the Ming Dynasty forever! "
Zhu Hexing was stunned, "Is there anyone else to give birth to? Who is it? Du Mulan?"
"It's not Mulan," the rich king smiled, "That girl hasn't gotten used to it yet... I'll wait until I get on the boat to use it. Take it slow for a long distance!"
"Who is that?" Zhu Hexing asked.
"She is the daughter of Xu Guangguo from Japan, her name is Jingzi," Zhu Hehao said. "She is now a student at Jinling Women's University. She fell in love with me last year."
The prince said in his heart: You, a rich man, are very good at seducing girls! Counting Du Mulan, there are four girls. At this rate, they may be comparable to Grandpa Huang.
"There seems to be such a person," Zhu Hexing had already thought of Xu Jingzi. "She is a very petite girl, fair and fair. She looks like a good girl, how come you... ruined her?"
"What are you talking about? That's what our father meant!" The wealthy king rolled his eyes at his brother and whispered, "Our father knows that I like girls, so he asked me to make more marriages, so that I can be married when I arrive in the United States of Xinzhou. A little more help.”
"Really?" Zhu Hexing still didn't believe it, "But why did my father tell me not to take concubines for five years?"
"Haha, that's because you are young and he is afraid that you will indulge in women and ruin your studies." Zhu Hehao said seriously.
Of course he knew that Zhu Cihong made this arrangement in order to consolidate Ding Yuying's status as the crown princess.
Just looking at this, we know that no one can move Zhu Hexing's crown prince throne.
So he didn't want to take the crown prince instead, he should go to his own Xinzhou United States and become the king as soon as possible!
Zhu Hexing was overjoyed when he heard Ding Yuying's name and said with a smile, "It's enough for me to have Yuying. Even in five years, I won't take a concubine."
Zhu Hehao's face suddenly turned a little gloomy, "Five years later, I will be thousands of miles away... Maybe I will never be able to return to Ming Dynasty or see my mother in this life."
"Brother..." Zhu Hexing wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, there was no words to say. In the end, he just sighed.
Zhu Hehao looked at his brother and said, "Third brother, a good man is ambitious in all directions, travels across the country, and develops a foundation. This is what my generation did. It's just that my mother suffered... She fought with your mother. It has been more than twenty years, and now I have been neglected by my father. Sooner or later, my three sons will have to leave the country, and I can only rely on you to take care of them in the future."
As he spoke, Tuhao Wang almost shed tears. Zhu Hexing was young and innocent, and kind-hearted (silly and sweet). Seeing his brother burst into tears, he quickly patted his chest and promised: "Brother, don't worry, I will let Yuying take care of the imperial concubine for you."
Zhu Hehao nodded slightly and exhaled, "With the help of the Crown Princess, I can rest assured."
While the brothers were talking, guard Feng Xifan's voice sounded outside the tent: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness King Shen, the Crown Princess and the Princess are back."
Zhu Hehao glanced at his brother and said with a smile: "Third brother, it's time for your princess to tell us what our father and the emperor mean."
The idea of Zhu Cixiang brought back by Ding Yuying and Wu Ahuan was to let the local tyrant king board Emperor Zhu's ship the next day - this was a face-to-face meeting!
The next morning, when the wealthy king boarded the ship, Zhu Cixiang had already set off and was eating breakfast in the cabin used as the imperial study while reading the memorial that Sister Cao had just brought.
"My son, I, and Hao, respectfully wish your father to be in peace."
After hearing the Tuhao King's greetings, Emperor Zhu looked up at his son and said with a smile: "Good morning... Tuhao son, come and sit down quickly. Have you had breakfast?"
"My son, I ate early in the morning." The wealthy king walked up to Zhu Cihong, pulled up a chair and sat on it.
Zhu Cixiang put down the memorial in his hand, looked at the son of a rich man who had grown into a bearded uncle who was good at seducing little girls, and nodded with satisfaction: "My son really has the appearance of a king. With you to sit in the United States of Xinzhou, my father will feel at ease." . Rich man, what is the population of your United States now?"
"Father, the report to the United States Congress last year stated that the four states of the United States, including the United States, China, Poland, Canada and Washington, had a total of more than 128,000 households and more than 683,000 people. There are more than 21,000 navy and army troops stationed under the imperial court, and more than 11,000 family members.
In addition, there are more than 10,000 households in Jiaqing Kingdom with a population of more than 91,000. The above are all nationalities. If the indigenous population is included, the number will be larger. "
The local administrative system of the United States has also undergone some changes in the past two years. It has changed from the original prefecture, county, and town (city) to the four levels of state, county, town (city), and village (fort, village). At the same time, in the United States A municipal government (equivalent to a county) is established where the capital is located.
The number of state-level administrative regions has also increased from two to four. After a large-scale eastward expansion and northward expansion, the original American Prefecture was divided into four states: the United States, China, Poland, and Canada. Among them, Peanutton County, the capital of the United States of New Zealand, is now renamed Washington, becoming the most philanthropic capital of the United States.
"There is no need to forget about the natives," Zhu Cihong said, "the only ones we can rely on are our own people. Local tyrants, the northern and southern Xinzhou is vast and the soil is rich. Now we only occupy a small part, and there is still a lot of room for expansion. And there will be many more. The bankrupt farmers of the Ming Dynasty and the noble children with no prospects left across the ocean... If we in the Ming Dynasty want long-term peace and tranquility, we have to keep sending people out!"
In fact, based on the population base of the Ming Dynasty, the population that can be exported for foreign colonization is only a small part. However, during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, only a small number of people really couldn't survive and started to stir up trouble. Otherwise, Dashun Prefecture would not have only 600,000 military households. It's just that this small group of people became more and more violent, and those who could still survive had no way of survival, so they had no choice but to join in the rebellion, which almost overturned the world.
If there could be a colony that could absorb all this small part of the world, the world would be stable.
Emperor Zhu added: "So after you arrive in the United States, you should expand as far east as possible and occupy as much land as possible. First, enclose the large arable and grazing basin east of Huazhou, and then follow the river. The rivers in the Stone Mountains go eastward to find a way to the Great Plains, and we strive to find a shortcut through the Stone Mountains to the Great Plains as soon as possible.”
In Zhu Cixiang's memory, it seems that it is not that far from the flat area of eastern Washington State (Columbia Basin) to the plains of Montana. If a shortcut could be found through the Rocky Mountains, colonizing the Great Plains of North America would be possible.
Of course, Zhu Hehao was familiar with the terrain of Xinzhou. Hearing what Emperor Zhu said, he frowned slightly and said: "Father, the great basin in Huazhou is quite fertile, and the American River (Columbia River) passes through it, and the waterway The transportation is convenient, so there is a lot to be done. But it is not easy to go eastward... Especially over the Stone Mountains, a small number of exploration teams and garrison households can go there, but if they want to go on a large scale, I am afraid that It was a bit reluctant. Erchen felt that after firmly controlling the four areas of land suitable for farming: the Gulf of America, the Great Basin, the Po Valley (Willamette Valley), and the Flood Valley (California's Central Valley), he could first Colonize the population widely, and then expand southward along the coastline!"
The four large areas of the American Gulf, the Great Basin, the Po River Valley, and the Flood Valley are almost the most fertile land on the west coast of North America suitable for farming, and the transportation is relatively convenient, either right by the sea, or with large rivers leading to the sea. . With the productivity of the 17th and 18th centuries, if developed, tens of millions of people could be fed.
Not to mention tens of millions, but with a few million people, the United States of New Zealand can expand southward along the Pacific coastline, all the way to the southernmost part of South New Zealand.
Zhu Cixiang nodded. He knew that the expansion route mentioned by the local tyrant king was the most feasible, but taking the land route eastward could kill a future world empire!
"Local tycoon," Emperor Zhu did not force his son to follow his own ideas, but said with a smile, "You are the king of the United States, you can do whatever you want... But I have many sons, and they will all be in the future. It will be divided out. The son of the third son will also be divided out in the future. Therefore, the land of the United States of Xinzhou can only go to the edge of the Jiaqing Kingdom to the south. The land south of the Jiaqing Kingdom will be divided into three parts, and your son will get half. The rest will be divided between me and my third son! Rich son, you have to work harder!"
