Luzon Island, North Port.

After less than half a year since Donghai Town came here, the entire harbor has undergone considerable changes.

Before landing in Donghai Town, the harbor was surrounded by primitive and dense tropical jungle and a wilderness scene.

At this time, around the harbor, a large area of ​​woods was burned, and among the black ashes, a fortress rose from the ground.

Around the fortress are the reclaimed land, as well as built houses and warehouses.

In the harbor, a simple pier was built, with nearly a hundred sea boats moored.

At this time, sea ships were lined with masts, and coolies were transporting bags of grain and military funds from the ship. Countless figures on the land were farming and working, and a busy scene.

Zhao Ming rode a horse and stood on a mountain. Dong Zhining, a staff member next to him, said with a smile: "Prime Minister, all the land reclaimed now is used to grow rice, and the land in the north is planned to be used to grow cotton and tobacco after it is reclaimed."

Dong Zhining was a student of Ningbo. He defected to Zhao Ming during the Battle of Jinhua, which was considered an old revolutionary.

Due to the restrictions of the imperial court, Donghai Town's expansion overseas has not been approved by the central government, so the imperial court will naturally not enfeoff any official positions such as the Taiwan Xuanfu Envoy, Luzon Xuanfu Envoy and other officials.

Of course, Zhao Ming did not intend to ask the court to enfeoff the imperial court, but colonization needed to establish a team to manage and rule.

After Zhao Ming thought about it for a while, he realized that he was now managing and operating the colony in the name of the company. Dong Zhining was the first governor of Luzon, the Huaxing Company, that Zhao Ming was preparing to appoint.

"Luzon is a good place with rich resources and abundant land, and it is indeed suitable for growing tobacco." Zhao Ming nodded slightly, but then asked: "Is there enough manpower?"

Dong Zhining shook his head, "We have few people, and the North Koreans cannot adapt to the Luzon climate, and there are many people who die of illness. There are many local natives, but they are lazy by nature. The company is tempted by cloth, porcelain, and money. They often work for a few days, but after receiving the money, they will stop coming. They will come to work for a few days after spending their time. The efficiency is very inefficient."

During the process of moving south, Zhao Ming gradually made a complete plan for the future development of Donghai Town.

This is to implement education, educate the four barbarians, turn razed into Xia, and establish a Greater Chinese civilization circle.

Mencius said in "Mencius", "I have heard that those who use Xia to change the barbarians, but have never heard of those who change the barbarians!" It means that I have only heard of using the civilization of the Central Plains to change the barbarians, but have never heard of those who have been changed by barbarians.

This sentence reflects the confidence and strength of the Chinese nation in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, just like the "universal values" advocated by American imperialism today, it is full of confidence in its own culture and civilization, and believes that only like them is right and good.

Nowadays, because the Chinese have suffered a century of shame, they are no longer as confident as the ancients in their own civilization and culture, and even have serious doubts.

At this time, China was still at the top of the world. Zhao Ming thought that since China is the center of world civilization, China had the responsibility to educate the four barbarians and make barbarians a part of the Chinese civilized world, thereby promoting the civilization of the entire world and establishing "universal values" belonging to China.

This led to the colonization of Donghai Town, driven by interests, to another level, providing reasonable ideological and political goals.

Of course, while implementing it, Zhao Ming also followed the warnings of his staff. Education is not just a blind display of benevolence and righteousness. Remember, "Since ancient times, the Ming king has transformed China into trust and controlled barbarians to power."

When ruling, you should treat your own people as brothers and sisters, treat the people with faith and righteousness, and use strong force to protect your own safety.

Therefore, when Zhao Ming implemented education, he mainly started from several aspects. First, he implemented culture and education, and with China's strong cultural and economic soft power, the barbarians worshipped China psychologically and recognized China culturally. Second, he encouraged intermarriage. With the advanced Donghai Town and the economic advantages of the Han people, he could obtain more social resources. He could take more barbarian women as wives and concubines, and assimilate them from blood. Third, he should use force to suppress the barbarians who did not accept education and eliminate them from physical perspective.

In Zhao Ming's conception, he will influence and assimilate the surroundings in the form of concentric circles as ever before, and establish a Greater Chinese civilization circle.

The early expansion of Chinese civilization was centered on the Central Plains and influenced the surrounding areas, making many barbarians such as Chu in the south, Qin in the west, Xianyu in the north, Lai in the east, and other barbarians turned into Xia. Later, the Qin and Han Dynasties were unified, and then continued to influence Baiyue in the south. By the Ming Dynasty, Annan, Korea, Ryukyu and even Japan had been highly sinicized or accepted the influence of Chinese culture.

Of course, in this process, no country appeared to truly act as a subject to dominate all this, and did not carry out planned civilization expansion, but carried out without consciousness by many dynasties and countries over the years.

The result of this is inefficiency, repetition or even regression. What Zhao Ming wants to do is to carry out and promote the development and expansion of the Chinese cultural circle in a planned manner, hoping to educate the four barbarians and promote the civilization and progress of the entire world. The first step he took is to include Nanyang into the civilization circle and then radiate outward in circles.

After hearing Dong Zhining's words, Zhao Ming nodded, "Don't be too anxious about this matter, you should influence them subtly. People always yearn for a better life. You have to show the natives how we Han people live, so that they can understand how backward and barbaric they are in their current state, so that they can have an example, and some of them will naturally change."

After Donghai Town landed in Luzon, in order to establish its own distinction between it and Spain and other colonists, they were forced to work, and they were given certain rewards.

Although this will increase some expenses, how can an employer lose money by hiring people to work? It is just a little less exploitation.

For example, Donghai Town is rewarded with cloth, and a worker in Jiangdong Workshop can weave a piece of cloth in half a month, while this piece of cloth can employ more than a dozen laborers and work for one month in Luzon.

In the meantime, although Donghai Town paid a piece of cloth, it actually gained more. This is the advantage of Donghai Town civilization over backward civilizations. The exploitation in this way is far more secret, advanced and civilized than backward slavery and serfdom.

Dong Zhining thought for a while and couldn't help asking: "Where are those who are not affected and are still lazy?"

Zhao Ming said without emotion: "They are you! They are naturally eliminated!"

At this time, the two were talking, and Tang Tong rushed over, "Prime Minister, scouts, the Red-Farewell ship has arrived in Luzon!"
Chapter completed!