Andogawa was the wisest, bravest and most powerful leader of the Ainu people on Sakhalin Island. He once operated a canoe between Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido Island and had close ties with the Ainu people on Hokkaido Island.
Yamabe and Nota had seen Ando River's archery skills. During the bear festival, Ando River had accurately hit the black bear on the shelf from a hundred steps away. He once led his tribe to defeat the wild Jurchens and kicked their heads into the sea.
He is the hope of the Ainu people.
Now, he believed that hope lay in the Ming Dynasty, and took people to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, a place he had never heard of before, let alone set foot in.
There is everything new and shocking here. People in the Ming Dynasty do not need to worry about wild beasts coming when they sleep. They can sleep peacefully in the city. People in the Ming Dynasty will make many strange and weird things and place them randomly at their feet waiting for people to come. Buy them without having to worry about someone snatching these treasures away; women in the Ming Dynasty can actually go out on the streets. They don't worry about their women being robbed, and they can be single by themselves...
The Ming Dynasty is completely different from the world of the Ainu.
This difference is not the difference between primitiveness and civilization, but the distance between primitiveness and civilization.
???????????????At night, the breeze comes late.
Ando Chuan lay on the bed, stroking the smooth silk quilt, looking at the burning red candle, sighing deeply, closing his eyes, unable to fall asleep no matter what.
Sitting up and walking to the window, Andeng Chuan looked at the exceptionally quiet Huitong Hall and felt very comfortable inside. There is no danger in the quiet here, only peace.
"If the Ainu had such a city, such houses, and such peaceful nights, they would die without regrets."
Andeng Chuan was filled with admiration for Ming Dynasty.
The night was long, and at this moment it was so quiet that everyone seemed to be in a dream.
Ando Chuan didn't know how long he sat there. He only knew that when the candles were extinguished, he slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Lu Song, the ambassador of the joint embassy, brought clothes and breakfast, and then said: "Chief of the Ainu people, the emperor has issued a decree, allowing you to enter the palace for lunch when the sun is due south, and discuss it. Specific issues."
Andeng Chuan was a little surprised: "On the way here, the general told me that after entering the capital, I need to undergo etiquette training first, which will take at least three days. Can we really go directly to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"
Lu Song smiled and nodded: "This is the importance the emperor attaches to the leader of the Ainu people."
Yamabian added: "Since you take it seriously, why don't you let us go early in the morning?"
Andeng Chuan glared at the mountainside and quickly apologized to Lu Song.
Lu Song didn't take it seriously and waved his hand: "There is a morning court today, and the emperor needs to discuss military and state affairs with officials. He can only be summoned after the court."
Andeng Chuan didn't know how big Ming Dynasty was and how many things there were, but after walking for nearly three months to get here, he expected that there would be countless things that the emperor had to deal with.
Early morning.
Zheng Ci, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, reported: "The second five-year plan for concrete infrastructure is progressing steadily. According to the plan, concrete road infrastructure will surround Beiping and connect more military towns. However, during the second five-year plan, it was not considered In most of the Northeast, I request you to expand the scope of infrastructure construction and add a road from Shenyang to Changchun and Huining."
Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. The Ministry of Revenue cannot spend more money to support infrastructure this year. It is not appropriate to add new arrangements before the second five-year plan is completed. Zheng Ci frowned: "The Northeast is vast and is suitable for use as a granary. If there are no concrete roads, how will the food be transported out there? If the food cannot be exported, how can the people's lives be improved?"
Xia Yuanji knew this truth, but the Ministry of Revenue really couldn't spend a lot of money to lay out infrastructure.
There may not seem to be any major events this year, but the court's expenditures are no less than fighting.
Not to mention the cost of building Peiping, the coverage of the New Army Strategy has increased to Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. Although these local health posts are not too many, they are a big expense after all. The imperial court also built a new shipyard and opened an iron ore factory. The shipyard recruited many shipwrights, and the primary industry was divided into many branch factories, and related parts and components began to be manufactured in a decentralized manner.
The improvement of steam engines also requires financial support. The navy has three points, the allocation of materials to various places, especially the base construction of the Nanyang Navy, and the control of the Ryukyu Islands. Which of these can save money?
Li Su's navy went south and took away more than 10,000 soldiers. None of them were made with money...
Now is the big immigration again. The population of 200,000 is not a small number, and the money required is no less than 2 million. This is still the lowest estimate. The whole process is finished. Three million taels is too much to pass.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xia Yuanji with a bit of bitterness. Although the imperial government's finances were increasing, they were still living in a tight situation. The problem did not lie in finances, but in expenditures.
Yang Rong left: "Your Majesty, I believe that the current situation is difficult for the Ministry of Finance, and the people have not yet immigrated to Guandong. Even if they immigrated, it will take two years for the people to take root in the Northeast. There is nothing wrong with delaying the concrete road to the Northeast for two years. Two years After the new year, the new infrastructure plan will also be rebuilt, which can be connected. As for the food produced by the people in the next two years, we might as well support the people by purchasing it from the health department."
Zhu Yunwen readily agreed, looked at Zheng Ci, and said seriously: "No matter what, the concrete road to Xijiang Province must be built. If it doesn't work in five years, then in ten years, we will build mountains, build bridges when encountering water, and plant trees when encountering deserts." For afforestation, no matter how much we pay, concrete roads must be built to reach Western Xinjiang, and urgent documents from Western Xinjiang must be ensured to be delivered to Peiping within 20 days.”
Zheng Ci was well aware of the difficulties, but he still replied solemnly: "I will try to build concrete roads to Western Xinjiang as soon as possible."
As the territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded, how to strengthen the management of these places to avoid the emergence of separatist forces was a problem that Zhu Yunwen had to solve, and a key method was to shorten the "distance" between the local areas and the capital.
The distance in space cannot be shortened, but time can be shortened.
For example, the journey from Datong to Peiping is more than 700 miles long. Before concrete roads were paved, it would take about ten days for ordinary documents from Datong to be delivered to Peiping, and four days for urgent documents. In windy, rainy, and snowy days, , and may be delayed.
But with concrete roads, no matter what the weather is like, as long as there are not too many road closures, ordinary documents can be reached in Peiping in six days, and urgent documents can be reached in two days.
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Nowadays, it is very difficult to transmit information in Xijiang Province. It takes at least a month for Rujun to write a document and send it to Nanjing. This is still fast. It would take two or three months more slowly. Once the concrete road is connected, the time for transmitting information will be shortened a lot. The court can also better understand local dynamics and adjust strategies, arrange countermeasures or provide support in a timely manner.
Concrete roads are an important link connecting local areas, and they are also an infrastructure related to the court's ability to control local areas and the transmission of government orders. Once the large-scale concrete road construction is completed, it will be difficult for local separatism to occur in the Ming Dynasty, and local troubles can be easily solved.
After the morning court, Zhu Yunwen ordered a banquet for Ainu Andogawa and others, and ordered officials from the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to accompany him.
When Andengchuan saw the Emperor of Heaven, he bowed and knelt down tremblingly.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the thin, dark, curly Ando River, raised his right hand to offer him a seat, and then said: "Chief Ando River, I heard that the Ainu people are not having a good life."
After listening to Tongshi's translation, Andogawa's eyes turned red: "Great Emperor Tomorrow, we Ainu people are diligent. We go hunting before dawn, and we only return home with our prey after sunset. We We never fight easily and yearn for peace. But unfortunately, the Yamato nation does not give us a way to survive, and the suffering is getting worse day by day."
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "Yamato nation, many of them are extremely cruel beasts. The bloodier they are, the more excited they are. The Ainu people who are neighbors with them will probably only end up being slaughtered."
Andogawa was in agony. Just look at the suffering of the Yamato people and you will know that they will definitely drive out the Ainu people!
Zhu Yunwen did not lie. When later generations mention Little Japan, they always think of it as the Yamato nation. How many people know about the Ainu people? This nation was massacred to almost extinction, and the remaining population is There are more than 20,000, but more than 20,000 are after mixed blood. Pure-blood Ainu basically do not exist.
Looking at the sad Andengchuan, Zhu Yunwen said: "Tell me, you traveled thousands of miles and took the trouble to come to the capital, what do you want?"
Andogawa walked out and knelt down: "Sir, Emperor Shengming, please help us defend our homeland and resist the attack of the Yamato people. We Ainu people are willing to form a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty forever."
Zhu Yunwen looked deeply at Andogawa. This man still did not understand the seriousness of the problem. The Ainu people could not solve the problem by relying only on defense. If they kept passively defending, they would only be injured by someone who found a flaw, and then fatally.
"Even if I provide you with help, if you can hold it for ten or twenty years, how can you hold it for fifty or one hundred years? Doesn't it mean that the wise leader Ando River doesn't want to leave a peaceful legacy for future generations? ?”
Zhu Yunwen asked in a deep voice.
Andeng Chuan looked at Zhu Yunzhen with some doubts: "Taiping Jiye?"
Zhu Yunwen nodded solemnly and said: "There are tigers in the mountains that can hurt people. You can build a fence and hide at home without any worries, but you don't dare to go up the mountain or go far. If you want to live a good life, you don't just build a fence, you also have to build a fence." Tigers need to be killed. If there are no tigers in the mountains and there are no fences, future generations can enjoy peace. If there are no fences, the tigers will not die, and there will be endless troubles."
Andogawa took a deep breath and understood what Zhu Yunzhen meant. He compared the Yamato nation to tigers and warned himself that if the Ainu people want to live, they can't have a future without killing the Yamato nation. But Yamato The nation is very powerful, they have many people, and their warriors are also powerful.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the hesitant Ando River, raised his glass, and said deeply: "The Ming Dynasty can help the Ainu get rid of tigers."
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