In addition to being a major transportation chokepoint, Longya City has another great advantage: it has a pleasant climate all year round. Liu Xin gave an introduction to Gao Pragmatic, saying that the local average temperature is around 21°C to 27°C, which is undoubtedly a geomantic treasure in Nanyang.
But even so, Gao Pragmatic is still hesitant about whether the Nanyang Fleet's home port should be located in Longya City.
Although Jinghua's two-ocean fleet is essentially a commercial fleet, in Gao's pragmatic mind, after these two fleets develop to a certain stage in the future, they will not necessarily engage in "separation of military and commercial affairs." Since they need to be separated, it means that the military port and the commercial port cannot be mixed into one.
At this time, it was clear that Longya City had more genes as a commercial port than as a military port. Gao Pragmatic was actually more willing to maintain its status as a commercial port, while the military port chose a different location.
Speaking of which, according to the intelligence compiled by Liu Xin, the conditions of Longya Port are actually not particularly suitable for use as a military port. Its maximum water depth is three feet and one foot (10.36 meters), and the tidal range is about two feet (1.83 meters). Southwest and northeast monsoons prevail. Storms rarely occur during the southwest monsoon, and the anchorage is basically calm, making it more suitable for use as a commercial port.
So, where is the military port built? Gao Pragmatic naturally thought of Singapore first.
Of course, Singapore is not called Singapore today, but is called "Temasek" - this name is quite famous in later generations. Most people may have heard of Singapore Temasek Company, which is a holding company registered in a private name under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance of Singapore. company.
The history of Temasek in geographical terms can be traced back to the 3rd century, when there were already indigenous residents. Its earliest documented records come from the "Wu Shi Foreign Biography" written by Kangtai, a general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in the 3rd century, and it was called "Puluozhong" at that time.
According to the research of later Singaporean scholar Xu Yunqiao, "Pulau Ujong" is the antiphonal sound of "Pulau Ujong" in Malay. "Pulau Ujong" is also the oldest name of Singapore Island, which means "the island at the end of the Malay Peninsula".
Sri Lanka (known as Srivijaya in ancient Chinese books) rose to prominence after conquering Palembang in 683. After successful domestic rule, he dominated the entire island of Sumatra, and then expanded to the surrounding areas, controlling the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Sunda.
Due to Srivijaya's continuous wars, the national power continued to weaken. In the 11th century, the South Indian state of Zhudai emerged vigorously and launched a large-scale eastward expedition. They captured Bahrain, the capital of Srivijaya, and forced it to move its capital to Jambai. The tributary states such as Shanma Ling in Singapore and Malaysia also took advantage of the weakening of Srivijaya to get rid of its fetters.
During this period, a prince of Srivijaya named Saint Doravodama (Sangnila Utama) came to Singapore Island in 1299 to establish the Sanghapura Kingdom with the funding of his mother-in-law, the Queen of Riau Island. (also translated as Singapore La), Sanskrit means "Lion Castle".
The King of Singapore has been in existence for hundreds of years, but was threatened by Siam in the north and plundered by Java in the south. The throne was passed to the fifth generation, and then was destroyed by Manobach (Battle of Singapore).
In its original history, with the arrival of the Portuguese and Dutch and the rise of the Kingdom of Aceh, Singapore gradually became involved in regional games, leading the Portuguese to burn the stronghold at the river mouth in 1613. From then until 1700, Singapore as a whole showed a trend of gradual decline.
It wasn't until the British East India Company landed in Singapore and began its colonial rule. Relying on the security provided by Britain's maritime supremacy at the time and its own location advantages, Singapore became prosperous again.
However, Gao Pragmatic's entry time is quite good at this moment. Although the Portuguese formed a competition with Temasek after occupying Malacca, because Portugal itself is stronger, it does not feel that it must destroy Temasek for the time being, nor does it burn down Temasek's river mouth stronghold.
In other words, Temasek at this moment still has some port foundation and does not need to start completely from scratch. Of course, then again, with Singapore’s natural port conditions, it’s still worth starting from scratch.
However, if Singapore is to be used as the home port of the Nanyang Fleet, some issues still deserve attention.
First of all, the current development of the local area is relatively slow. Not only is the population not large, but the locals also mainly believe in green religion, which is not good. Although Gao Pragmatic does not have too extreme ideas about various religions, he is, to put it bluntly, a red dynasty cadre who is "full of GDP". He has always felt that a society that is too religious will affect productivity, and Green Teaching society is a typical example.
Countless scholars in later generations have long discussed why the development of green religion countries is slow, and Gao Pragmatic basically agrees with those views. From a global perspective, more than 200 countries and regions in later generations are mainly divided into three major religions, Christianity, green religion and Buddhism.
Judging from the attributes of developed countries, most are Christian, and there are also many developed countries that mainly believe in Buddhism, such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc. (Although the Red Dynasty developed rapidly, it is not actually a Buddhist country because it is atheistic as a whole) , but only the huge green religion countries have never been able to produce developed countries. Why is this?
In later generations, there are 57 countries and regions in the world that are Green Religion countries, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, with more than 30 countries, and the entire population that believes in Green Religion exceeds 1.6 billion. It can be said to be a religion with great influence in the world. But among these 57 countries and regions, none are truly developed countries. Not only are there none, most of them are still very poor.
Many people may say, aren’t Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar very wealthy? This... being rich does not mean being developed. If it were not for the oil in the ground, who would dare to say that these countries would not be so poor that they would eat sand? And even if there is money, the entire country's industry is still very backward, and it is far from "developed".
So the question is, why can’t developed countries emerge in the world of green religion? In fact, there may be three key reasons.
The first is ideological restraint. From a global perspective, the major religion with the most serious ideological constraints is the Green Religion. The Green Religion enforces strict doctrines and everything in life must be governed by the religion. And the response is most obvious in the field of education. The biggest subject in green religion countries is theology, and theology only does one thing, which is to study the Quran and what the sensitive word said.
And this is actually an act of using theology to fool the people and imprison their thoughts. When Chinese people later reflected on their own history, they often talked about Confucianism and the Eight-legged Classical Essay as a restrictive thought. In fact, compared to Green Religion, can Confucianism also be called a restrictive thought? I really don’t dare to compare with this.
Under this kind of religious restriction, ideas are severely constrained, and the entire society cannot tolerate innovation. Once there is one, it will be strangled. So under such circumstances, how should nations and countries that lack innovation develop science and technology and industry? If industrial technology cannot develop, how can we become a developed country?
Then there is the issue of education. The experience of later generations shows that any country with green religion must be a country with backward education. Why is this so? There are two main points. First, the teachings of Green Religion do not attach importance to education; second, educational inequality is still practiced and women should not receive education. Therefore, most Green Religion women are illiterate and are severely constrained.
Gao Pragmatic remembers an example where a Saudi princess went shopping and didn't know how to calculate money. This showed that she had not even received the most basic mathematics education. The princess is like this, let alone other women? The backwardness of education is obviously the most fatal to the development of talents. In that era, if we had no access to the world's advanced ideas and technologies, and if we could not "stand on the shoulders of giants" and look far, what development could we talk about?
The red dynasty before the highly pragmatic time travel is undoubtedly on the rise. It graduates nearly 5 million science and engineering students every year, the highest number in the world, and is even almost ten times closer to the industrial hollowing out of the United States. Just because there is a well-known lag between the generation of scientific and technological talents and the generation of scientific research results, Midea could barely maintain scientific research efficiency at that time. However, it is obvious that if there are no huge interference from other factors, it is only a matter of time before the Red Dynasty completes the scientific research surpassing the Mi Emperor.
[Note: As a digression, regarding the technological level of the Red Dynasty, I recommend a B-station video: "Some people think that China's technology is too weak, because there is only one country in the world besides China: "Foreign Country"". It takes about 18 minutes to watch in full, and the style is "Data speaks". ]
The third reason why it is difficult for Green Religion countries to develop rapidly is sectarian disputes. Green Religion is actually the most complex religion, but generally speaking, this religion goes to the extreme in managing and controlling individuals. Not only does it have worship services, it even organizes long hours of prayer every day. From the perspective of developing national strength, these behaviors are a complete waste of time.
And the most important thing is that there are many factions within the Green Sect. A country or even a region is full of chaotic factions and vendettas against each other, so internal problems can never be solved. At that time, Iran opened its mind through secularization and eliminated the influence of green religion, and almost became a developed country. Unfortunately, it was eventually overthrown by religion.
All in all, Gao Pragmatic does not mind or opposes "religious freedom," but for him, no matter what religion is under his rule, he will never be allowed to challenge the word "development."
Since Singapore, or Temasek, is going to become a military port, considering that military ports in this era cannot rely entirely on high and pragmatic financial subsidies, they urgently need to develop and grow rapidly. To put it simply, the military port is used to drive urban development first, and then the city consolidates the foundation of the military port.
Well, to put it more bluntly, it means... we need to build a city again.
Building cities has become a habit of Beijing, not counting various small cities. Just talking about big cities and giant cities, from Jingang to Dingnan, and from Dingnan to Singapore - but Gao pragmatically felt that the name of Singapore was not Chinese enough, so he planned to change the name.
Liu Xin suggested: "Isn't Singapore also known as the Lion City? We should just correct this nickname."
However, Gao Pragmatic disagreed and shook his head: "I think the lion itself is not Chinese enough. It is an alien species to China. The king of beasts recognized by Chinese local culture is the tiger, and Malay - oh, Aralia Peninsula , I’m afraid there are no lions there at all now, only Sumatran tigers. So overall, I think it’s better to call it Lion City than Tiger City, and it has more Chinese charm.”
"One dragon and one tiger? That's not bad." Liu Xin smiled and said: "Anyway, the atmosphere sounds nice. But isn't there something wrong with a single 'tiger' name? According to Chinese tradition, it is better to compare two characters. All right?"
"Uh, then..." Gao pragmatic touched his chin and said, "Then let's go to Huzhou."
"Pfft!" Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, and then rolled her eyes: "Forget it, although I think it's too casual, the word "zhou" is still very Chinese, so let's leave it like that."
After a pause, he asked again: "What thoughts do you want to explain first about Huzhou's urban construction plan?"
"Hmm... not too much." Gao pragmatic thought for a while and replied: "I think the development of this city should be roughly based on Singapore at that time. It mainly relies on the port, and then drives related industries through the port. For example, think of some solutions in shipping logistics, shipbuilding and ship repair, various processing industries, etc. When you do urban planning, you can also mainly consider these aspects."
Liu Xin nodded and asked: "To be honest, I had a good impression of the city of Singapore back then. It's a typical garden city, clean and beautiful... Have you ever considered building a palace there?"
Gao Jingshi quickly glared: "Be careful what you say, what kind of palace? How can I, a minister, practice the palace?"
Liu Xin rolled her eyes and said helplessly: "Yes, yes, you don't have to fix it, let the King of Siam fix it. Is that okay?"
Gao pragmatic followed her example and rolled his eyes: "Ha, he is in the Huzhou Cultivation Palace, so who will pay for it? Who will live in it after the repair is completed?"
"Do you really plan to work in the capital until you are 70 or 80 years old? Then your construction of Dingnancheng will be in vain!" Liu Xin sighed: "I think your practical academic reform will not take a lifetime, you might as well wait until you are almost done. Retreat bravely from the rapids as soon as possible to avoid the emperor's suspicion and preserve the good story of the two of you as monarchs and ministers. And you... wouldn't you be happy to retire in a warm area in the south? "
"Even if I count my actual age now, I'm still only twenty-eight. Are you starting to think about my retirement now?" Gao Pragmatic's eyes widened: "Even if it doesn't count the Ming Dynasty's method, just follow my original method... Calculated, I have to be fifty-five years old before I can retire. I still have about thirty years to do this. I will build a nursing home at this time. By the time I live there, the house will collapse."
"Even if we don't repair it for now, do you mind if I set aside the land first?" Liu Xin seemed to have a good impression of the land in Singapore.
Gao Pragmatic said helplessly: "Whatever you want, anyway, even if it takes thirty years, Huzhou will not develop to the scale of our city at that time. It shouldn't be a big problem to leave a piece of land."
"Very good, I remember that you like water very much in terms of living environment, right?" Liu Xin asked.
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised: "Yes, so what? Huzhou is an island city. Even if I really go to live there one day, I should be able to see the sea everywhere, right?"
"That's not what I meant, but I just remembered something: Originally, Singapore was actually a water-scarce country, but then they implemented the 'Four Taps' plan, and then they became a water-rich country.
Among them, such as seawater desalination, we definitely don’t need to think about it right now, but I think the practice of collecting rainwater and guiding it to 17 reservoirs is still worth learning from. After all, when Singapore emerged in later generations, it was already in the industrial age. If there was really no water, we could find a solution from Malaysia. But if we are short of water now, people may die, and there is a dead limit to the development of the city. "
Gao Pangshi was surprised and said: "There is still this thing...then what do you mean?"
"Dig an artificial lake, that is, a reservoir." Liu Xin said: "Construction is the best way to gather people, and it also prevents those people from having nothing to do after you guide the immigrants - after all, Singapore can't grow much food, right?"
"Reservoir digging is relatively low-tech and can indeed be used to stabilize early immigration, but did you not finish what you just said?"
"Well... I just recalled the topography of Huzhou Island. We definitely don't need to dig seventeen water storage reservoirs now, but we can dig four or five first. One of them can be dug specifically for the palace, and its location is on the island. The middle location is where Singapore's 'Central Catchment Nature Reserve' will be located in later generations. Of course, there is no need to protect nature now, so I think it is the most suitable place for the ashram."
"You are really concerned about this matter." Gao Pingshi was a little puzzled, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "How about I give you this land, and you go to the practice palace yourself... Bah, how about building a separate courtyard? "
"Really?" Liu Xin also widened her eyes: "But I don't have enough money!"
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PS: There are several communities not far from my home that have been temporarily closed. My mother asked me today if I wanted to do nucleic acid testing. I said that there were probably too many queues now. I hadn't gone out before and I didn't plan to go out now, so I might as well wait for the notice. I would go when the notice came.
