One day after the Ming Dynasty's envoy arrived in London, the funeral of King George III of England was officially held.
Representatives from the Ming Dynasty and the European and American countries went to the funeral of George III.
George III was the official king, and he was related to all the countries in Europe and the West, so the kings and couples of the countries in Europe and Europe came to pay George III's funeral in person.
In the original history, a special royal cemetery was built in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle from George III. Starting from George III, the subsequent kings and couples of the United Kingdom were buried in St. George's Chapel.
The British royal family in this life may not be as wealthy as the British in the previous life, and they did not specifically build royal cemeteries.
Instead, like previous kings, he continued to be buried in Westminster Abbey in London.
On this day, both sides of the road where George III was sent to the church were filled with ordinary British people who came to watch the ceremony.
George III was not unpopular, but as a king who had ruled the country for sixty years, his authority was very strong.
Many British people have known their past as George III since childhood.
Until he reached the age of retirement, his king was still George III.
These people are now used to living in this past country.
The death of George III also represents the official end of an era, and a new era with an uncertain future is about to begin.
The coffin of George III was delivered to the tomb in the cathedral.
The descendants and kings who came to pay their respects said goodbye again in front of the coffin of George III.
The actual burial method of the Thai people is very simple. Just find a place to put the sealed coffin.
However, the etiquette part was complicated and took almost a whole day to complete.
During the whole day, when the guests had a lot of rest and waiting time, the kings and representatives of the European and American countries had another opportunity to communicate.
Funerals of high-level celebrities are informal diplomatic events.
King William III of Prussia and Emperor Nicholas of Lucia found an opportunity to get together.
William III lowered his voice slightly and asked Nicholas:
"Lucia are you ready?"
Nicholas's expression was a little angry:
“The question is not whether we have done well, but whether we can sustain it.
“I still don’t understand why a country that was once unprecedentedly prosperous suddenly fell into stagnant water.
“What I don’t understand even more is why Ming Dynasty doesn’t seem to encounter the same problem.
“France, which has closer ties with Ming Dynasty, is in a much better situation than us.
“Even Britain, which was forced by the royal family to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty reluctantly, seems to be better than us.
"Is it just because manufacturers in Ming Dynasty usually pay more wages to workers?"
William III shook his head directly:
"I don't have the energy to analyze the situation in your country. I just ask are you ready?"
Nicholas said immediately:
"Preparations have been made, but before we act, we need to say hello to the Ming Emperor.
“It would be best to get the support of the Ming Emperor, at least acquiescence and no objection.
“At the same time, Lucia also needs to re-discuss the income distribution issue of the Vol-Ural Oil Field with Daming.
"In short, we will wait until the Ming Emperor's enthronement ceremony to discuss everything."
William III asked slightly uncertainly:
"Are you going to attend the Ming Emperor's coronation ceremony in person?"
Nicholas nodded slightly:
“I really do plan on going in person.
"It is rare for Ming Dynasty to invite us to participate in their emperor's coronation ceremony, and we must pay enough attention to it.
“We, you and I, have all had friendships with the Ming Emperor, and we should go in person.
“What’s more important is to personally confirm the Ming Emperor’s attitude.
"Strive for the Ming Emperor not to oppose our actions."
William III took a long breath:
"We really should go in person."
After the funeral that day, George IV hosted a low-key, small-scale banquet.
Of course there was no singing or dancing, just having dinner together.
After the banquet, the representatives from each country returned to their residences to rest for a night, and then went home one after another the next day.
Charlotte found her father again the next day and asked about his coronation.
George IV was a little surprised and replied casually:
"Let's wait until next year..."
Charlotte said immediately:
"Father, I think you should attend the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor as an official king."
George IV was obviously taken aback:
"Should I personally attend the Ming Emperor's coronation ceremony?"
Charlotte said of course:
"Yes, this is the first time that Ming Dynasty has done this. Besides, the current Emperor of Ming Dynasty has also had a relationship with you.
“Especially, I always feel that the current situation in Europa is not stable enough.
"I think you should go and say hello to the Ming Emperor in person."
George IV hesitated a little:
"In that case, I really should go. No Thai and Western nobles have attended the enthronement hall of the Ming Emperor before.
"It's just that, according to you, you want me to be crowned before the end of the year and then go to Ming Dynasty?"
Charlotte nodded again:
"I hope you can be crowned as soon as possible, on Christmas Day in the Western calendar.
"The time for the Ming Emperor's enthronement ceremony has been determined to be the beginning of spring next year.
“According to the Western calendar, that was February 4, 1821, nearly forty days before Christmas.
"You can be crowned on Christmas and then rush to Ming Dynasty by boat. It's still too late."
George IV was still a little hesitant:
“Also according to the Western calendar, it is already the end of August, and there are only four months left before Christmas.
"This little time is used to prepare for the coronation ceremony. It is really too stressful and I can't do many things..."
Charlotte is also relatively familiar with her father:
"Father, look at the situation in the country now, do you still want to prepare a very grand and extravagant coronation ceremony?
"According to Ming Dynasty tradition, when the country's condition is not good, everything should be kept simple."
George IV was indeed pursuing luxury. If he had it his own way, he really wanted to make his coronation ceremony as grand as possible.
After all, the actual king who has been the king for more than ten years can finally become the official king, and finally the legitimate ruler of the United Kingdom.
How can we not celebrate it properly...
But George IV also had a softer character.
In particular, Charlotte became more and more powerful. After repeated persuasion and even squeeze, George IV finally made a decision.
Complete the coronation ceremony as soon as possible and then go to Ming Dynasty as the official king.
Then, at Charlotte's urging, he directly summoned the Prime Minister and other personnel to publicly announce his decision.
However, despite accepting the suggestion that he be crowned as soon as possible, George IV still wanted his coronation ceremony to be as grand as possible.
The British are accustomed to holding coronation parades, and George IV certainly cannot be left behind.
I heard that Ming Dynasty was going to hold a military parade for the army and air force, and George IV was also planning to hold a military parade in advance.
Charlotte did not continue to argue in such a place.
Charlotte has achieved her goal, to have her father crowned as soon as possible, and then follow him to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the relevant personnel were directly urged to start preparations immediately, and at the same time, the news was notified to the royal families of various countries.
Let what was crowned in advance become a fait accompli.
The British were busy preparing for the king's coronation ceremony, and the Ming Dynasty people were also preparing for the emperor's enthronement ceremony.
The ministers appointed by Zhu Jingyuan arrived one after another, and a new round of semiconductor technology research was launched simultaneously.
The exploration of candidate sites for the space launch center under the leadership of Qin Tianjian is also continuing.
More than two months have passed in a flash.
On the first day of October in the fifteenth year of Ankang, after the Ming Dynasty's daily routine of going to court, Qi Yanhuai of the Qintian Prison stayed specially and submitted a report to the emperor.
A formal plan for the location of the rocket launch center.
While Zhu Jingyuan sat on the imperial desk and read the report, Qi Yanhuai also reported and explained the situation orally below.
The main purpose is to highlight the key points for Zhu Jingyuan.
The content of this plan is much richer and more detailed than what was originally discussed in Qintian Prison.
After all, it took more than two months to prepare.
The first is to actually calculate the fuel and load differences of the same rocket at different locations according to current theories.
Of course, this is still a theoretical calculation result, and no actual experiments have been carried out yet.
However, it should be more accurate than the initial estimate.
According to Qintianjian's calculations, if a geostationary satellite is launched, the payload launched by the rocket in the equatorial region can be increased by more than 30% compared to the payload launched at around 40 degrees latitude.
In the Lion City area near the equator, compared with the Ningbo area near 30 degrees north latitude, the rocket load can be increased by 15%.
This is basically consistent with Zhu Jingyuan's original rough estimate.
Then Qin Tianjian also carefully evaluated the geological conditions of several pre-selected locations.
The geology of this era was not very complete.
In the original history, it was at least forty years before the plate theory was proposed.
"Fortunately" Emperor Shizu Guangwu put forward this hypothesis in advance, and combined with the very detailed local chronicles of the Ming Dynasty, the geological research of the Ming Dynasty was unique in the world.
Geographers of the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, compiled and consulted the original detailed historical records of various places, and on the other hand, they recorded more data through exploration and observation in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and even around the world.
But even so, due to the limitations of the times, they lacked the necessary equipment, and many things in geology are still mostly hypotheses and conjectures.
Qin Tianjian currently analyzes that the southern islands of Alaska (Alaska) and the Southern Kuril Islands are likely to be located at the junction of the Daming Ocean Plate and the Yinzhou or Shenzhou Plate.
If this judgment is correct, then the local geological conditions will certainly not be very unstable.
Qin Tianjian reviewed the documents recorded after notifying the local area and found that earthquakes in southern Alaska were indeed relatively frequent.
In areas such as the Japanese Archipelago, Luzon Islands (Philippines), and Dongning Island (WW) south of the Thousand Islands, which are more civilized and closer to the Ming Dynasty, more records of "earth dragons turning over" have also been found.
When Zhu Jingyuan saw this, he realized that these places were indeed the edges of the Pacific Plate in the previous life, the so-called Rim Pacific Seismic Zone...
From this, Zhu Jingyuan thought of the United States in his previous life. It did not go to Alaska to build a large space base, probably because there were more earthquakes in southern Alaska.
Zhu Jingyuan vaguely remembered that the news in his previous life had reported that a huge earthquake had occurred in Alaska.
If you think about it this way, you really can't build a large space base locally.
However, the Vandenberg Air Force Base in the western United States seems to be in the Pacific Rim Seismic Zone, right?
The West Coast of the United States and Alaska are both in earthquake zones, so did you choose a place relatively close to the mainland and far away from Lucia?
That can only be the case.
Then, if you think about it this way, is the Lion City also in the earthquake zone?
Zhu Jingyuan continued to scroll down the report, and Qintian Supervisor was indeed suspicious. Lion City was also in the earthquake zone.
But they checked the local records in Lion City and found that there seemed to be no record of large-scale ground dragon turning over in the Lion City area.
The old port, which was only separated by the Strait of Malacca, was later known as Sumatra. Earth dragons turned over frequently.
Therefore, Qi Yanhuai concluded that the Strait of Malacca is the plate boundary, and the Lion City happens to be not in the earthquake zone.
Therefore, the Lion City can indeed be used as a space launch base.
The peninsula where the Lion City itself is located, as well as several nearby islands, have relatively stable geological conditions.
Around several small islands opposite the Lion City, the water depth in most areas is between ten and twenty meters, which is very convenient for building ports for ships with a weight of less than 10,000 tons to dock directly.
In the Ming Dynasty's home fortress waters, the transport ship transporting rockets from the north to the local area does not need to be large, and 10,000 tons is completely sufficient.
These relatively independent islands in the southern part of the Lion City can build completely enclosed military bases to avoid interference and prying eyes from the surrounding people.
The Lion City area does have a hot climate, but after all, it is deep into the ocean, and the climate will be affected by the ocean.
On the small islands south of the Lion City, the absolute temperature in most areas does not exceed 30 degrees Celsius, which is not particularly hot compared to the summer in mainland Daming.
It is usually sunny for more than half of each month, which is acceptable.
Therefore, Qin Tianjian's final suggestion was to choose a small island in the south of the Lion City as the core space base of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, a base dedicated to launching sun-synchronous orbit satellites will be built in Nurgandusi.
A place like Nuergandusi is not a place with a superior environment.
But you can choose to place the launch time in the summer as much as possible, where the summer temperature is in the early twenties at most, which just doesn't feel hot.
However, this is a plan that is handed over to the emperor for decision-making. It is impossible to present only one option. Otherwise, is it the emperor's decision or the person in charge's decision?
So after these two suggestions, there are several other different types of options.
Some of these options are beyond the scope of the original plan.
The first is the northeastern part of Xintianfu, which is the place where the northeastern part of the Brazilian Plateau protrudes outward.
The plateau here is also close to the equator, but far away from the plate boundary. The geological conditions are also very stable, and there has never been a record of an earth dragon turning over.
There are places with cooler climates to choose from on the plateau, and there is also the vast Atlantic Ocean in the east.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is the southwestern colony of Mozhou belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
Then there is Zhu Jingyuan’s planned retirement location, on the northwest shore of Daming Lake (Lake Victoria) in eastern Mozhou.
According to the information Qi Yanhuai consulted and the analysis of the local geological environment, he found that if the problem of the rocket falling was not taken into consideration, this would be the best launch point.
Although Daming Lake is located in the East Mozhou Great Rift Valley, the reason why the Great Rift Valley has become two branches here is because the geological structure of this area is special and hard.
Earthquakes may occur in the surrounding rift valley, but it happens to be very stable here.
The thing is, it's right on the equator and on a low, flat plateau.
Temperatures along the shores of the Great Lakes are very stable and comfortable.
In some places, the temperature remains between 20 and 26 degrees every day of the year, just like a natural thermostat.
Qi Yanhuai even suggested that aerospace research-related institutions could be moved there directly.
Although this place is not the local area, it is Zhu Jingyuan's royal estate.
If the emperor continues to pay attention, continue to invest, and continue to build for thirty years, it will be no different from the local area.
Finally, there is the option of another launch site at high latitudes.
Still in Alaska, but not along the southern Alaska coastline.
But on the western coast of Alaska, north of the Alashen Islands.
According to Qin Tianjian's review and analysis, the boundary around the plate edge of the Great Ming Ocean is the Aleutian Islands.
The geological environment in the northern Aleutian Islands has become stable.
In some places here, the lowest temperature in winter is around minus ten degrees, and the lowest temperature stays above zero for more than half a year.
Compared to Nuergandusi, it was more bearable.
