For the Swiss high-level officials to be so considerate, Emperor Haojing sent a red envelope of 1 million silver coins to each senior member of parliament. Counting others, the total was 10 million silver coins.
Although the money is not much, the courtesy is light but the affection is heavy. When the other party chooses to surrender unconditionally, the intention is still necessary, and the safety of high-level personnel and property must be ensured.
As long as they don't go to war and can get Switzerland without bloodshed, then they can move in any way, and it's not unreasonable to bring their favorite livestock with them.
According to the previous agreement, after Switzerland surrendered unconditionally to the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire, Zhu Cihong also asked Zhang Huangyan to take over the four cantons of Graubünden, St. Gallen, Thurgau, and Aargau that Ibrahim had requested.
Together with the ownership and jurisdiction of the inner and outer Appenzell semi-canton, Zurich canton, Schaffhausen canton, Basel City and Countryside semi-canton, etc., all were transferred to the Ottoman side.
The Swiss in these places can give priority to the railway and move to their new homes on the Kamchatka Peninsula to settle.
The 20 brigades of Japanese troops and 10 brigades of Kimchi troops that had been prepared for a large-scale attack were not useless. Zhang Huangyan could just use them to conduct large-scale searches to ensure the absolute safety of the new territory.
According to the order of the respected master, every inch of the new territory must be inspected to prevent stubborn people from using the mountainous area to carry out guerrilla warfare.
If something like this really happens, it won't be something that can be solved by dispatching 1,800 people.
Surveyors will also follow the troops to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth survey of Switzerland.
Zhu Cixiang didn't believe that a large number of fish could slip through the net in such a large-scale search.
There may be sporadic remnants, but they will never be too numerous.
The three mountain brigades reorganized from the Baigan Army no longer need to return to the mainland, allowing the officers and soldiers to choose their favorite land on the spot.
The soldiers of the Baigan Army are all descendants of mountain chieftains. The terrain in central and southern Switzerland is a typical mountainous area, but the scenery is much better than that in Sichuan.
For all officers and soldiers, regardless of rank, the area of their new and old homes will be exchanged on a one-to-one basis.
These soldiers are good at fighting in mountainous areas, so Zhu Cixiang can rest assured if they are stationed in Switzerland.
Switzerland has since been renamed "Swiss", for example, the Kingdom of Denmark has been renamed "Den", and the Kingdom of Naples and Rome have been renamed "Italy".
The former Boli Kingdom became the "Bozhou", and Belarus became the new Kifu region due to the existence of the new capital Mingsi Ke.
After all, the word "Hakushu" sounds a bit awkward and doesn't feel very auspicious.
The Dnieper River Basin became "Dizhou", the Don River Basin became "Donzhou", and the middle reaches of the Volga River became "Fuzhou".
The Moscow region is called "Mozhou", and the former British region of Great Britain is called "Yingzhou".
When Louis XIV hands over mainland France and the Iberian Peninsula, these two lands will become "French State" and "Western State".
Parts of Bohemia, the Netherlands, and central and northern Germany were included in the scope of "Texas".
According to Zhu Cixiang's vision, the European region west of Jifu will be affected by "Dezhou", "Fazhou", "Yingzhou", "Xizhou", "Yizhou", "Bozhou", "Danzhou" and "Ruizhou" "These eight states.
"Ruizhou" is the junction area of "Texas", "France" and "Italy", and it is adjacent to Liechtenstein and borders Austria under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
The purpose of establishing "Swiss Prefecture" and stationing the most elite mountain troops there is to prevent local governors from quarreling with each other in the future and leaving the Swiss mountainous areas to be ignored, which will cause various problems.
After most of Europe is acquired, the major cities in the region, such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Turin, Milan, Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Bern, Geneva, London, Copenhagen, Dresden and other cities will all It became Zhu Cixi's pawn.
Louis XIV probably didn't know the importance of Western Europe, so he exchanged it with himself.
For Zhu Cixiang, places without earthquakes are truly good places.
Except for the Apennine Peninsula, there are almost no major earthquakes in other places in Western Europe. They are just for flood fighting and rescue operations.
Because after the end of the Imperial War, the Ming Dynasty completely occupied Bohemia.
The remaining local indigenous people were relatively satisfied with the treatment provided by the Ming court, and there was no large-scale rebellion.
The security situation in Bohemia was relatively good, so Emperor Hao Jing decided to allocate funds to rebuild the city of Prague.
During the attack on the Holy Roman Empire, the two large cities in Bohemia, Prague and Brno, were both attacked by air raids and shelled.
There are few intact buildings in the city. They were simply repaired after the war, and many ruins and rubble can still be seen today.
In order to develop the local economy and prevent this area from becoming a financial burden for the imperial court, Zhu Cihong would nod to allocate funds.
Southern Bohemia, that is, south of Brno, and all of Moravia belonged to Ibrahim.
Cutting the cake like this is a signal to old friends that Ming Dynasty poses no threat to Vienna.
Vienna and Bratislava are the front lines of Budapest. Ibrahim had previously spent so much effort to install a security gate in Budapest.
Ibrahim's love for Budapest was difficult for Zhu Cixi to understand, even though this area and the Balkan Peninsula were previously important tax towns for the Ottoman Empire.
However, with the start of the industrialization process and the opening of the Sudan Canal, the Ottoman Empire's main source of revenue has been completely transformed from agriculture and animal husbandry to petroleum, chemicals, mining, metallurgy, and transportation.
The two traditional industries that can enter the top ten are agricultural products and tobacco, and the other three are automobiles, airplanes, and shipbuilding, while the animal husbandry industry is already outside the top ten.
Zhu Cixiang believed that the reason why Ibrahim had an irreversible obsession with Austria was because he had invested too much in the early stage of this land, which meant that he was at war with the Holy Roman Empire all year round.
Even if the whole of Austria becomes barren, Ibrahim will happily accept it as the territory of the empire.
Zhu Cixiang has no interest in Austria at all. He only cares about managing the three major grain-producing areas of the Bode Plain, France, and the Iberian Peninsula in the future.
It starts from the Dnieper River in the west, the Volga River in the east, Moscow in the north, and the northern shore of the Black Sea in the south.
This large grain-producing area in the former South Russia has been managed by Zhang Huangyan into a super-large grain-producing area with output exceeding that of Northeast China.
Thanks to the garrison model, the degree of mechanization and farming efficiency in this grain-producing area are considered to be the highest among the overseas territories of the Ming Empire.
The wheat yield per mu can reach 250 to 300 kilograms, and the potato yield can reach 400 or even 500 kilograms.
Although it is only one season a year, the grain production should be second only to the production of mainland France and the Iberian Peninsula.
After all four major grain-producing areas in Europe are acquired and operated together, Zhu Cihong believes that their output can reach 100 million tons, and together with other non-staple food products, it can feed about 400 million people.
When the population doubles, food production should also double.
Because in later generations, Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, and Poland, together, the grain output of these five countries reached 200 million tons.
The Ming Dynasty will also control Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Belarus and Southern Russia.
Within a hundred years, grain production will reach 200 million tons, so the problem should not be too big.
This is only the situation in the area west of the Ural Mountains. The vast area east of the Ural Mountains, including Central Asia, should be able to support 200 million people.
The current population of the Ming Dynasty is only about 500 million. It is expected that another 200 million people will move to Australia, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, and East Africa in the future.
This means that the actual population that has moved to Europe and the North is only 300 million, which is less than half of the estimated 600 million, leaving enough room for population growth.
Zhu Cixiang does not need a large number of farmers. What really needs to be relocated are skilled workers from all walks of life.
Farmers who need farmland and Mumin who need pasture can go to the United States or Australia.
As long as the land acquisition criteria are met, it is relatively easy for a new family to obtain thousands of acres of land.
The east coast of North America alone has no problem feeding 100 million people.
Regarding this aspect, Zhu Cihong has discussed it again with his second son Zhu Xiangzhen, who arrived in Beidu not long ago.
Zhu Xiangzhen unconditionally welcomes new immigrants who are willing to settle there, and there is nothing better than taking root on the east coast.
Today, the total number of Xinyimin living on the east coast, including the babies born there, is less than five million, which is a typical example of a vast land and sparse population.
Not to mention the inland areas, especially west of the Appalachian Mountains, which are like watersheds. You may not see a person even if you walk ten miles.
Until the Mississippi River Basin, due to the abundant water resources available, a series of cities were expanded along the coast.
But in addition to the west coast, Zhu Xiangzhen's emphasis on construction is to facilitate sea access to the east coast. Not only does this area have abundant rainfall, but it is also a plain area, which is very suitable for farming.
As long as they are farmers from the mainland, those who are willing to settle on the east coast will receive double or even twice the land area of the west coast.
Zhu Xiangzhen, who was born in the military, had already issued death orders to the civil servants, military officers, and even the relatives of his concubines. One by one, someone from every household must settle permanently on the east coast.
Only in this way can ordinary people be encouraged to settle there. Otherwise, if everyone around us lives on the west coast, who would believe that the east coast is suitable for people to live?
Even if the situation there is really good, not many people will believe it after a long time.
The last time my father inspected the east coast, I was embarrassed enough. Fortunately, I could use the excuse that I had just started to move to Min.
How will your father feel when he returns to his old place and sees the vast stretches of uncultivated wasteland?
Zhu Xiangzhen offered complete tax exemption for the first ten years to attract farmers to open up wasteland and cultivate land.
Even if you don't know how to farm and just make a living fishing on the east coast, you can still enjoy the same treatment.
If we can absorb 100 million yuan within a hundred years, it will be a huge boost to the development of North America.
This is Zhu Xiangzhen's idea, but will his father give him two in return for so many people...
But after arriving in Beidu, I found that my father was not only helpful, but also very willing to help.
Farmers who are unwilling to settle in the North or Eastern Europe can go to the United States.
For example, farmers who are accustomed to living in the Northeast want to exchange for larger land than their existing cultivated land, but do not want to go to a place that is too cold or too hot. It is very suitable for them to settle on the east coast of the United States.
The climate there is warmer than that in the Northeast, but except for the Florida Peninsula, the four seasons are relatively distinct in other places, and you can enjoy cheap seafood if you live by the sea.
The people in the Northeast all knew that this land would be exchanged with France, and they would have to wait in line to move to Europe. They might as well follow the emperor's second son to settle in North America.
With the royal family's endorsement, movies and photos as proof, and some North American immigrants from the Northeast who came back to explain the customs and customs there, and with both human and physical evidence, this is very convincing.
Zhu Cixi also made a golden comment, saying that all Northeastern people can enjoy priority in emigrating to North America.
In order to prevent himself from returning empty-handed, Zhu Xiangzhen made a huge bet.
That is, for those who are willing to settle on the east coast, the best land on the seaside can be exchanged on a one-to-one basis.
East of the Appalachian Mountains the exchange rate is 1:2, and west of the Appalachian Mountains the exchange rate is 1:3.
This means that as long as someone is willing to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains and has one thousand acres of land in the northeast, he will directly own three thousand acres of land there, and can choose the land at will.
Three thousand acres of land!
In the Ming Dynasty, this is an area that is unimaginable for any ordinary farmer!
Not only is it difficult for farmers to imagine it, but also for some landowners.
In order to cater to the holy will, the area of one acre of land in Ming Dynasty was 666 square meters.
Three thousand acres of land is nearly two million square meters, which is equivalent to approximately two square kilometers.
Even if it can only be exchanged for one square kilometer of land, as long as it is not grazing, it will be enough to grow any crops, right?
Zhu Xiangzhen also remembered his father's wise words - wasteland will not generate taxes!
No matter how large the land area owned by farmers is, they will still benefit from it.
It doesn’t matter if they were exempted from tax for the first ten years. They have to eat salt, sugar, jealousy and soy sauce, right? You have to buy clothes, fertilizer, and farm tools, right?
As long as consumption is consumed, it can promote the income of a series of industries, thereby generating taxes and fees.
Now we are distributing land, food, and travel expenses to farmers, and in the end we can earn back our capital with profits.
The past method of squeezing the bottom to death has long been outdated. Regardless of the country in the world, the top leaders are committed to allowing the people to have more children and produce more labor value.
Based on the calculation that one ocean-going merchant ship can transport a thousand people, a thousand ships can transport one million people at a time, but only once a year.
Zhu Cixiang hoped that his second son could take away 10 million or even 100 million Ming people at one time, but that was an impossible task.
Even if 100 million people were teleported to North America, and placed in an area as large as the United States and Mexico, the population per unit area would still be sparse.
What makes Zhu Cixiang even more ridiculous is that Changtan, which is only in summer, has developed into a large city with a population of two million.
Fortunately, Zhu Xiangzhen also knows how to balance the east and west coasts and support New York City, which has a good foundation, into the remaining two neighboring cities.
