Chapter 10, population, colonization, and industrialization.
"You all came from China to travel in Southeast Asia, but do you know the situation of the Chinese in Southeast Asia?"
Erluo looked at each other.
Daluo Luo Yuanshan raised his hands and said: "Return to the prison country, if we Chinese want to gain a foothold in Nanyang, most of us have to make a living under the hands of the Dutch. Even the villages of the Luo, Liu, Ye, and Chen families of Lanfang Kingdom have to be hanged by the Dutch." flag."
"So, the Chinese Kapitan who are doing big business in Nanyang...basically either sell mines or pigs."
"Selling mines? Selling pigs?"
"Selling ore means mining, selling ore to the Dutch, selling pigs... means selling piglets."
"Selling piglets..." Zhu Daohua pondered for a moment, then nodded.
He was also a Cantonese in his previous life, and his hometown was also the hometown of overseas Chinese. Of course he knew what selling piglets was like.
"Can we do this business of buying mines and piglets?"
Zhu Daohua asked.
The interests of the Chinese in Southeast Asia are bound to the Dutch to a certain extent.
The Dutch wanted minerals and labor.
These Nanyang natives cannot provide that - although there are many Nanyang natives, they are quite lazy and cannot produce as high a output as the hard-working and involuntarily Chinese.
"This...Chinese mining is basically concentrated in Borneo, which is the territory of the Dutch. As for selling piglets...it can be done, but it is a bit unscrupulous. The piglets are sold to plantations, such as Like slaves, they work all day long and earn only one or two silver coins per month." Luo Dingshan interjected.
"I don't care whether they are ignorant of their conscience or not. You think...are these piggies willing to be soldiers?"
Zhu Daohua asked.
Er Luo looked at each other.
Luo Yuanshan said: "If it makes more money than working, I will naturally do it!"
"That'll do!"
Zhu Daohua clapped his hands.
"I'm in the business of big business. Ten thousand people are never too few, and one million people are never too many! Brothers Luo, can you help me contact the Chinese leaders in the piglet business and tell me that I need people very much. The more people I have, the more The better!”
Whether it is military expansion or production expansion.
They all need people!
Whether it is industrialization or colonization.
Population is the basis!
Zhu Daohua will not take the land of Nanyang for the time being.
But that doesn't mean he will leave this land to Westerners.
Erluo was speechless.
This man is really brave.
One million people is not too few...
Could it be.
Do you really have the ambition to regain your sight?
.........
Recruiting troops was just the first thing Zhu Daohua did in Batam.
Zhu Daohua did not have much territorial claims in Nanyang.
Because there are too many natives in Nanyang, it would take too much energy to occupy them - wouldn't it be nice to have the energy to occupy Guangdong?
therefore.
For Zhu Daohua.
His territorial claim in Nanyang is just the Malacca Sea Knights.
This is a strategic location and must be captured.
at the same time.
In addition to expanding the army.
Zhu Daohua also carried out recruitment for the establishment of the Army and Navy Officers Academy and the Craftsman Battalion.
Among them, the Army and Navy Academy has the highest recruitment requirements.
Under 16 years old, proficient in writing and writing, at least required to be literate.
This requirement is not high in modern times.
But in this era where the illiteracy rate is 80 to 90 percent, not many can meet the standards.
besides.
The requirements for the craftsman camp are young people under the age of twenty who are agile and agile.
Zhu Daohua knows only too well the importance of skilled workers in this era.
If there are not enough skilled workers.
Industries such as ordnance factories, shipyards, iron smelting, and steelmaking cannot expand in scale.
Nanyang is not an iron ore belt.
There is a lack of super large iron mines like Anshan.
However, there is no shortage of various small iron ore resources.
Therefore, at this stage, Zhu Daohua can easily obtain iron ore resources from Borneo and Java Island by sea.
A preliminary metallurgical industry was established.
The person in charge of the iron smelting project was a Frenchman named Pierre-Emile Martin.
He is the technical director of a large steelmaking plant in France.
When I heard this name.
Zhu Daohua thought it was Pierre-Emile Martin who invented the open-hearth steelmaking method in history, but he quickly realized that Martin, who invented the open-hearth steelmaking method, was not born yet.
They just have the same name.
But this Martin is also a senior steel training expert.
The "crucible steelmaking method" he mastered is also the most advanced steelmaking technology in this era.
Zhu Daohua has little research on steelmaking.
He only knew the name of the so-called open-hearth steelmaking, but did not know the specific process.
I am very lucky to be able to return from France as a steel-training engineer.
"Martin, Daohua Trading Company will invest 100,000 pounds in the early stage to build a steelmaking plant, and you can invest in it with your technology. In addition to ensuring my steel needs in the early stage, another important thing is to train workers..."
Next to Zhu Daohua.
A white man with only a few long hairs around his head but a thick brown beard and a body as round as a wine barrel nodded repeatedly.
"No problem, Your Highness, as long as the supply of iron ore can be guaranteed, the steelmaking plant will be established soon."
Zhu Daohua nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look to the other side.
"James, what do you think? I am very optimistic about the future of steam engines."
Zhu Daohua smiled.
James Watt.
British.
Inventor, entrepreneur.
He owns a machinery manufacturing factory.
at the same time.....
He is better known in history as an important figure in improving the steam engine.
In 1776, the first practical steam engine was built. Later, after a series of major improvements, it became a "universal prime mover" and was widely used in industry. He opened up a new era of energy utilization for mankind and brought mankind into the "steam age".
But now James Watt is very depressed.
Like most new inventions when they were first born.
There simply wasn't much of a market for Watt's steam engines.
At present, it is only used as a water pump in coal mines, iron mines and other mining areas.
Because although the current steam engine can barely be put into actual production and use.
That is to say, work output can be performed.
But now the efficiency of steam engines is too low.
If we want to continue to improve, we need continuous capital investment for R&D improvements.
in history.
Watt's long-term lack of funds led to a very bumpy road to the improvement of steam engines.
Until he got investment from Matthew Bolton, a businessman in Birmingham,
Watt has received better equipment funding and technical support, especially in processing and manufacturing technology.
And in this era.
Watt received the support of Zhu Daohua. With Zhu Daohua's support, Watt's research work has made great progress in recent years.
In Watt's opinion, Zhu Daohua is undoubtedly the best boss in the world.
Because Zhu Daohua was unswervingly optimistic about the future of steam engines.
"The use of vehicles and ships pulled by steam engines...if it can be realized, it will be a leap forward for human society!"
Zhu Daohua was once again drawing a blueprint for the use of steam engines for Watt.
Boss Zhu doesn’t know anything else.
Draw a pie.
Dogs can do it.
"Boss, don't worry... If vulcanized rubber really has the properties you described, then the problem of the energy efficiency of steam engines will be solved."
James Watt patted his chest and confirmed.
Zhu Daohua nodded slightly: "We have purchased a large amount of rubber. The climate here in Nanyang is also very suitable for rubber growth. I think... there is no problem with the source of rubber."
