Xiyang Cape Huangzhuang, the residence of the British delegation.
British Prime Minister William Pitt is writing furiously.
"...Your Majesty, the peace talks have now been confirmed, but the United Kingdom is still facing a great crisis.
"I have negotiated these conditions. Although it is really helpless, I am no longer qualified to continue to serve as prime minister.
“Domestic investors must be very angry now, and they need a place to vent their emotions.
"So please ask Your Majesty to remove me directly after the Mozhou Benefit Distribution Meeting is over.
“At the same time, please, Your Majesty, please do not raise taxes in the United States, absolutely not.
“The situation in the United States is on the verge of collapse, and tax increases will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, and there will be a new war.
"The United Kingdom can no longer afford a new war.
“Please appoint James Monroe, who was born in the United States, as prime minister to improve the status of the American region.
“Only in this way can the United Kingdom avoid being plunged into war again.
"On this basis, I offer you my most solemn and serious last piece of political advice.
"Please merge the United Kingdom with the United States of America to form the United Empire of Great Britain and the United States, and His Majesty shall ascend the throne himself as Emperor.
"This is the only future that I can see for the United Kingdom that is not the worst."
Pitt wrote this, was silent for a while, added some details, and then handed it to the Prince of Wales sitting opposite:
"Your Highness, please persuade your Majesty not to raise taxes in the United States, otherwise... I can't see the future..."
The Prince of Wales looked at what Peter had written and listened to Peter explain the reasoning. At this time, he said very seriously:
"Prime Minister Pitt, you have really worked your butt off for the United Kingdom. Do you really have to be removed from office?"
Peter nodded seriously and said:
“Yes, someone must be in charge of this peace negotiation, and that person can only be me.
"A few months ago, people from the Ming Dynasty deliberately took photos of me, and Prince Dashi deliberately chatted with me. I didn't notice anything at the time.
"But then I read the newspapers I brought back from London, and I was completely convinced that Ming Dynasty was 'praising and killing' me.
"You may be able to understand everything at the peace talks, but His Majesty cannot see it.
"Your Majesty can only read the article carefully prepared by people arranged by Ming Dynasty, which portrays me as a person like Cromwell and Qin Hui.
"If nothing else happens, His Majesty may have already decided to remove me.
“Just because the negotiations were not completely concluded, the order was not issued.
“If we and you try to persuade His Majesty from this angle, it may cause His Majesty to have a rebellious mentality.
"So I must be relieved of my duties, and I would like to take advantage of my removal from office to ask your Majesty to accept my suggestions."
The Prince of Wales opened his mouth:
"Prime Minister Pitt, after I succeed to the throne, I will definitely appoint you as Prime Minister again.
"Even if my father doesn't accept your suggestion, I will do what you say when the time comes.
"Merge Great Britain and the United States to form a new United Empire!"
Peter nodded slightly, then shook his head and said:
"No, your Majesty must be asked to do it as soon as possible, otherwise he may not be able to persist in the future. Your Majesty must go and persuade him."
The Prince of Wales was stunned for a few seconds, and then solemnly nodded again:
"I...I understand."
The Prince of Wales and Pitt encouraged each other a few words, and then under Pitt's guidance, he wrote a telegram to his father, George III.
At the same time, Zhu Jingyuan was also in his room, sitting in front of his desk writing and drawing.
Plan things for the future, list things that need attention, things that need to be done as soon as possible, and give new orders to all aspects.
After the end of the world war, the most urgent thing was to counter the rebellion or suppress the bandits in Nanyinzhou.
For those members of the separatist forces, Zhu Jingyuan can give them a chance to become Ming's dogs.
In certain designated areas of Nanyinzhou, a small vassal state at the earl level was created.
Otherwise, it would be time to let go of the Yin people's return group that had been prepared for half a year.
Let the Yin people take the weapons and supplies given by the Ming Dynasty and use the Ming Dynasty's tactics to deal with the Taixi bandits.
At the same time, the entire Ming Dynasty will enter a state of great construction and development.
Regarding the direction of these constructions, Zhu Jingyuan must provide direction guidance and rule restrictions in advance to avoid major problems.
The imperial court, imperial estates, and royal consortia should become the core of development and construction, playing a guiding and promoting role.
Many truly large-scale projects can only and must be done by them.
For example, building a large railway across Beiyinzhou, connecting the east coast and west coast of Beiyinzhou, and connecting the Great Lakes and the Yazhou area (Seattle and Vancouver area).
The historical eastern part of the United States is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty now, so the first east-west railway built should not copy the historical Pacific Railway located in the central part of the United States.
Instead, it should be located near the border between the United States and Canada, which is also near the route of the Great Northern Railway.
At the same time, a north-south longitudinal railway extending south to the Gulf of Mexico will be added in the middle of this railway.
In the Ming Dynasty's Beiyinzhou territory, a T-shaped railway trunk line was formed.
Specific lines require engineering personnel to conduct on-site exploration and confirmation.
Then there was the construction of canals and locks connecting the Honey River, the Great Lakes, and the St. Lawrence River to form a waterway transportation network within the continent.
Then explore the geological environment of the Panama region and prepare for the construction of the Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Daming Ocean. It may be directly called the Yinzhou Canal in the future.
The location can refer to the historical Panama Canal, but the construction method does not necessarily refer to it.
When Americans repaired the Panama Canal, they adopted the solution that took the shortest time and had the lowest cost, rather than the one with the best effect.
The details will have to wait until the acceptance of the Panama region is completed, the bandit suppression is completed, and the detailed exploration results are released before we can discuss it in detail.
At the same time, the expansion of the West Sea Canal requires ships capable of navigation of 80,000 tons. The Ming Dynasty's battleships must sail directly to the Daqin Sea.
Then there should be a development plan for the Yinzhou Plain.
It is now the paradise of Yinzhou bison, and Zhu Jingyuan is not prepared to exterminate these creatures.
Zhu Jingyuan is not prepared to develop the entire Great Plains either.
In later generations, the Yinzhou Plain was broadly defined, including millions of square kilometers on both sides of the Mi River.
But the Great Plains in a narrow sense are actually the plateau at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains and the higher plains.
Including the western regions of Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States.
The terrain of this area is relatively high, with an altitude of at least 354 meters, which is more than 100 meters higher than North China. The west is directly on the plateau.
The local annual rainfall is relatively small, ranging from 300 to 700 millimeters.
This area was originally a semi-arid and semi-humid "tall grass prairie", similar to the best grasslands in eastern Inner Mongolia where the grass is so long that it can submerge cattle and sheep.
The land here is mostly fertile black soil. Americans like to pump underground water to grow wheat in this place. As a result, it became a bit desertified.
Zhu Jingyuan did not plan to touch these grasslands, and planned to let them continue to be the home of bison and reserve farmland in the next hundred years.
Let the people of the Ming Dynasty first go north along the west bank of the Mi River to open up wasteland and farm in humid areas with an annual precipitation of about 1,000 millimeters.
These developed areas can be separated from the British and French colonial areas on the other side of the river, forming a de facto boundary for settlement and occupation.
The final focus is the development of the Nanyinzhou tropical rainforest...
After thinking for a few seconds, Zhu Jingyuan changed the rainforest development to management.
The Nanyinzhou Rainforest, also known as the Amazon Rainforest, does not play as important a role in the Earth's biosphere as many marketing accounts say.
What produces 20% of the world's oxygen content? Just calculate the efficiency of photosynthesis and the earth's oxygen content to know that it is impossible.
Most of the earth's oxygen was formed in the early days, and the ecology of most modern areas is self-balancing.
The ecology of the entire rainforest itself is also balanced. The oxygen produced by the plants is basically gone after it is breathed by the animals in the rainforest.
But the rainforest remains the largest reservoir of biological samples on Earth.
More importantly, its impact on the local climate of Nanyinzhou is very huge.
And Nanyinzhou is the private territory of the Ming Dynasty royal family and the final retreat, so it is best not to destroy it.
At the same time, tropical rainforests are actually "green deserts", and the nutrients of the entire system are stored in the bodies of plants.
The unparalleled runoff of the Yajiang River has taken away the remaining nutrients in the soil, making the land under the rainforest very barren.
It is basically impossible to restore the rainforest after cutting it down, and it is very uneconomical to grow food. It is far worse than farming on the black soil of the Yinzhou Plain in the north and south.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan finally requested that the rainforest in Nanyinzhou be listed as a royal asset, and no one should be allowed to develop and cut down it on their own.
These ideas are still just general directions and ideas.
The specific details of related projects will have to wait until the development node is reached, and Zhu Jingyuan will directly participate in the discussion again.
The next morning, Suzhou Prefecture, Fuguo County, Wu County, the official Yahang Square.
These days, there are fewer and fewer workers looking for work, but more and more employers, shopkeepers, and managers are recruiting workers.
This afternoon, officials from the dental office came out again and posted a special large-format announcement on the most conspicuous place on the notice board.
Several managers who were hanging around drinking tea subconsciously exclaimed when they saw the piece of paper:
"That's Dahuang's post, it's Huangzhuang who wants to recruit people!"
"After all these years, Huangzhuang is actually recruiting people again!"
"Have you not read the newspapers in the past two days? It must be that the Yinzhou Plain is going to be opened up!"
"It's already difficult to recruit workers these days, but Huangzhuang is here to snatch people away and not let them live..."
"It's so hypocritical. If you really can't survive, why are you still here to recruit workers?"
"You can definitely survive, the question is how to survive."
Whether it is the workers picking jobs, or the managers and bosses hanging around, they can't help but move forward now.
They looked at the details of Huangzhuang's recruitment, and then quickly started discussing in a messy manner.
"Oh... what does this sentence mean 'fertile fields are like the Central Plains, and the weather is smooth like the south of the Yangtze River'?"
"Turning Jiangnan into the Great Plains of the Central Plains? Is there such a place in the world?"
"I heard people say that this is the case in Xintianfu. Otherwise, why would it be named Xintianfu? It is the reserved area of our Ming Dynasty emperor's clan."
"Thirty percent of the dividends from the Imperial Village belong to Your Majesty, 30% is used for operation and construction, and 40% is given to all managers and clerks. This is so generous..."
"This was the profit sharing standard of Xintianfu in the past. In the past few years, other vassal states were fighting for independence, but Xintianfu remained immobile and concentrated on expanding its territory."
"I want to take my family with me, and the workers in the factory have to travel a lot. I don't know how worried my boss will be..."
"It's useless to worry. You still have to add money. Without adding money, you won't be able to recruit people."
"It seems that the court's minimum labor remuneration is still set low."
"I've decided that I can't linger any longer. I'm going to Yinzhou to try my luck!"
If Zhu Jingyuan reads this announcement, he will definitely ask people to go back and change it quickly.
Because many descriptions copy the situation of Nanyinzhou Plain.
There is a big difference between the North Yinzhou Plain and the South Yinzhou Plain. The central part is completely unblocked by mountains.
"Transparent from north to south", "floor-to-ceiling windows", "no glass".
The cold current from the Arctic can reach all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, and the warm current from the Gulf of Mexico can also reach northern Canada.
It's okay when the weather is stable. Summer is not as hot as in East Asia, and winter is not as cold. If you are lucky, it may not freeze.
But once the airflow becomes violent, it will often cause jaw-dropping weather changes.
For example, the temperature suddenly rises by 20 degrees in just 20 minutes, or drops by 20 degrees in a few minutes.
A temperature drop of 30 degrees in one day is not a special exception. Yesterday I wore short-sleeves and today I might wear a down jacket. It might suddenly snow in May or June.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Montana once dropped from 7 degrees to minus 49 degrees in twenty-four hours, with a daily temperature difference of 56 degrees.
Before the industrial age, this kind of cold wave could directly destroy a civilization, and all food and livestock would freeze to death.
Therefore, the indigenous people of Yinzhou mainly live behind the mountains on the east and west sides, and the great plains are basically no-man's land.
Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty would soon be frightened by this weather after they went to Beiyinzhou.
At the same time, at the restaurant next to Yahang, another group was gathering to eat, drink and chat.
Most of them are richly dressed and well-built. Most of them are over forty years old, and there are a few old people with white beards and hair.
They are the more powerful “owners” in Suzhou.
After the Renwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty became strict with officials and completely prohibited wealthy private households from "buying official positions."
The title "member outsider" with a bureaucratic connotation was gradually eliminated.
The richest people among the people have also changed from landowners with large amounts of land to "owners" who control large amounts of factory equity.
Therefore, "dongjia" gradually replaced "yuanwai" and became a synonym for wealthy private households.
They also like to call each other Li Dongjia and Wang Dongjia, just like later generations like to call Li Dongjia and Wang Dongjia.
These big bosses don't go down alone to read the notices. Their family members help them run errands to copy them.
But this group of people is also concerned about the recent important trends in the court and the market, so they gather at the restaurant next to Yaxing from time to time.
Eating and drinking is not a serious matter, the key is to exchange news and observe the trend of the dental industry nearby.
Not long after, several servants trotted upstairs, handed over the copied notices, and at the same time reported the situation in the square.
After listening, some of the bosses were deep in thought, some smiled, and then they started talking quickly.
"The good times are coming. I'm old, but you have to seize them."
"I drew it on the domain map. Now the entire Yinzhou basically belongs to the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court's investment in development will have to last at least twenty years."
"The area of natural forests on both sides of the Yajiang River in Nanyinzhou is larger than the entire Central Plains and Jiangnan combined. I estimate that even if we let it go for a hundred years, we won't be able to cut it all."
"Since Huangzhuang has started, we have to follow up quickly. I am going to go to Beiyinzhou to open an agricultural tool factory and a machinery factory."
"Our family will continue to build ships. Our Ming Dynasty will always need ships, and we need bigger and bigger ships, more and more ships."
"Have you noticed that the Honey River, the Five Great Lakes, and the Lens River in Beiyinzhou can be connected through only a few moderate canal projects?"
"Yes, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, plus Yinzhou and around the Great Lakes, a large amount of land can be connected by waterways."
“So there’s a lot of potential for river ships?”
"Everyone reminded me, I will start the production line when I get back..."
“Has anyone considered building a Yinzhou Canal in Panama?”
"There must be some, and there are many of them, but they must be the property of Huangzhuang. We, the private sector, cannot get involved and have no ability..."
"We just need to consider the impact the canal will have on our own property."
“And it’s hard to recruit workers now.”
“It’s simple, either pay more for the workers so that the small factory can’t keep up, or simply buy other small factories from the same industry.
"Let those small factories disappear and we will have workers."
"Don't be reluctant to spend money. The next few years or even more than ten years will be a good time to make money while lying down."
"You can't bear to part with three melons and two dates now, but you will regret it for half your life in the future."
"Yes, if you don't come now, how long will you wait?"
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