After being summoned by Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other big guys did not dare to neglect, and quickly rushed to an open space outside the temporary palace.

Liu Huaiwen, who had just left not long ago and was summoned back again before returning to the Hubu Yamen, couldn't help but secretly complained: "I don't see you in a hurry to send gifts, but you are very active in causing trouble!"

Zhu Jinsong pointed directly at the small bottles in front of him and said straight to the point: "What are contained here are several oils distilled from petroleum by the Royal Academy. Each oil has different properties, and some are easily

Some are flammable, some are explosive, and some are extremely difficult to ignite but are particularly resistant to burning."

After being given a rough demonstration, Zhu Jinsong pointed to a large piece of asphalt sent by Liang Xiu Xiude and said: "This is what I just asked to get from the Royal Academy. It is the residue left after the distillation of petroleum. It is used to pave roads.

Nothing better."

Song Yucheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, exclaimed, walked to the asphalt, first touched it with his hands, then stepped on it with his feet, and said: "It's hard to say about other aspects, but it is indeed more comfortable to step on than stone slabs or cement.

Some."

Having said this, Song Yucheng turned his attention to Liu Huaiwen again: "If this thing is the residue after oil refining, then there is no question of cost. Your national treasury can save a lot of money."

Liu Huaiwen originally didn't care much about asphalt, but after hearing Song Yucheng's words, he walked directly to the asphalt, looked at it carefully and asked Song Yucheng: "Can this thing really be used to pave roads?"

Song Yucheng said: "I'm not sure, but I can let someone give it a try, and His Majesty has said so. I think it should be no problem."

Liu Huaiwen nodded, lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head and said: "If it can be used to build roads, then this thing is indeed a good thing. Unfortunately, our Ming Dynasty has too little oil, so it is impossible to use this thing.

Come and pave the way."

Zhu Jinsong also nodded and said: "I heard that this thing is buried deep in the ground. Once it is mined, it will be empty. It is a non-renewable thing."

It’s hard to say whether oil is a renewable resource or not. Anyway, some people say that oil is a renewable resource, while others say that oil is a non-renewable resource. There are a lot of true and false news, and Zhu Jinsong doesn’t know what to do.

Who do you believe?

The key is that Zhu Jinsong doesn't need to know whether this thing is renewable or not. He only needs to know that the Ming Dynasty lacks this thing and that there is a lot of it in some places.

Besides, even if Ming Dynasty is not short of oil, Zhu Jinsong has no intention of letting it go.

What are the derivatives of petroleum?

Various brands of gasoline, kerosene, diesel, heavy oil, stockings, lubricants, these messy things are all produced by refining petroleum.

In other words, the emergence of the steam engine ushered in the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, while the progress of the petroleum industry, especially petroleum refining technology, dominated and even promoted the progress and development of the entire industrial revolution.

Another very important point is that Ming Dynasty's current refining technology is a bit rough, and more oil will be wasted.

Although Zhu Jinsong didn't care about that waste, neither did Ming Dynasty, but since the word waste was used, it naturally had to wait for others to come first, and Ming Dynasty's own oil reserves should be reserved for technological development.

Let’s talk about it to a certain extent.

After hearing the news that the Ming Dynasty's oil reserves were insufficient and that oil was non-renewable, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but stroke his increasingly sparse hair and sighed: "I lament that although the Ming Dynasty is vast, the resources are

However, God has treated me so poorly in the Central Plains~"

Zhu Jinsong just looked at Zeng Cheng and secretly complained in his heart: Does your lack of hair have anything to do with God's treatment of Zhongyuan Hall?

Do you still want some face!?

Just when Zhu Jinsong was secretly complaining, Zeng Cheng continued: "I heard that there are many such things in the Western Regions - I thought that I, the Ming Dynasty, should restore the Tang Dynasty and become an old friend of the Yuan Dynasty!"

Geng Rui, the leader of the right army governor's office, also said: "My lord, I second the proposal!"

Song Yucheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "My lord, I second the proposal!"

As one civil and military minister after another stood up to express their support, Zhu Jinsong finally determined that Zeng Cheng was a shameless guy, and all the civil and military ministers in the Ming Dynasty were led astray by him!

Fortunately, Meng Fanzhi, the Minister of Rites, was not as shameless as Zeng Cheng.

After casting a disdainful glance at Zeng Cheng and others, Meng Fanzhi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the captives have been rampant in the Central Plains for more than 150 years. There are many deeds of wolf-hearted and dog-like behavior. The perverse actions are outrageous and resentful."

"Although the slave chief Qian De Lao Gou was easily captured, the fifteenth son of Qian De Lao Gou, Aixinjueluo Yongyan, occupied Gorkha and other places, and trapped the people of Gorkha in fire and water. This is the life and death of Gorkha.

It's autumn."

"Gorkha is located in the Western Region. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty and even to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, it has always been a vassal state of our Central Plains. Your Majesty is the emperor of the Central Plains and the father of all peoples. I ask your Majesty to follow the will of heaven and obey the will of the people, and to mobilize all the troops to

Conquer the remnants of the Jianlu tribes and free the people of Gorkha from hanging upside down."

Zhu Jinsong finally despaired - from the name of our Minister of Rites, it can be seen that this person is after Mencius, the sub-sage, and he also has thick eyebrows and big eyes. Unexpectedly, he is also the same as Zeng Cheng!

How shameless! Bah!

Zhu Jinsong sighed in respect in his heart, then nodded and said: "My Ming Dynasty inherited the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Naturally, I want to take back my homeland. I will never allow an inch of land to be lost to the hands of the barbarians."

Well, recognizing that the Yuan Dynasty was Zhengshuo of the Central Plains can be regarded as a traditional skill of the Ming emperor and the Ming princes.

For example, after Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Chongba, the founding emperors of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded the Meng Yuan Dynasty, they publicly recognized Meng Yuan as Zhengshuo of the Central Plains in their enthronement edict, and openly and openly called Meng Yuan a pseudo-Yuan in the court. Most of the subsequent emperors also

They are all like this. On the surface, they all admit that Meng Yuan is Zhengshuo of Zhongyuan, but in fact they are calling each other pseudo-Yuan.

If you say that Zhu Chongba and the emperors of the old Zhu family did not do it because of the legal rationality of the Meng Yuan territory, even a dog would not believe it!

For example, because Lao Zhu recognized the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty as Zhengshuo of the Central Plains, the Timurid Khanate, which suppressed the Western Regions and its territory to the west, became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and many envoys came to China in the name of tribute.

Less than 78 times, and the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to visit the Timurid Dynasty at least 20 times.

From the first year of Hongxi to the tenth year of Xuande, in these ten years, the Timur Dynasty sent missions to the Ming Dynasty twenty-one times to pay tribute. The tributes were mainly local specialties, including camels, horses, jade, etc.

According to the "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty", the number of tribute horses was no less than 2821 - more than 2,000 Arabian horses and possibly even fine war horses including sweat horses, which were given to Zhu Laosi as tribute by the Timur Khanate.

, and then was used by Zhu Laosi to smash up Arutai's place.

So, whether or not to admit that Meng Yuan was the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains mainly depends on whether there are any benefits to be gained.

If there is no benefit, will Zhu Chongba and Zhu Laosi recognize Meng Yuan?

Now Zeng Cheng and Meng Fanzhi said that Gorkha and the land farther west are the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties. If they are not the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they can be regarded as the hometown of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. It is completely legal for the Ming Dynasty to take back these territories. No one can

Can't find anything wrong with it.

Even Liu Huaiwen, who always likes to clamor that the national treasury is empty and that the treasury is starving to death, nodded in agreement: "That's right, it will save all the people from hanging upside down, hahahaha."

Anyway, the benefits must be obtained and the archway must be erected.

Seeing that everyone was shouting that they wanted to restore the Han and Tang Dynasties to their homeland, Zhu Jinsong just nodded and told Geng Rui, the leader of the Right Army Governor's Office: "Leave this matter to your Right Army Governor's Office to handle this matter first."

The little boar skin drove Gurkha away and made him run to the oil drum."

After Geng Rui bowed in agreement, Zhu Jinsong looked at Zeng Cheng and other big guys and said, "It's not difficult to kill the little wild boar skin, but how to guard our Ming Dynasty's oil barrels requires big guys

Children work together and work together."

Zeng Cheng and other big guys looked at Zhu Jinsong with confused expressions.

Does guarding oil barrels still require the combined efforts of so many departments in Ming Dynasty?

Did Your Majesty look too high on the barbarians over the oil barrel, or did he look down upon our Ming Dynasty’s Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief?

Geng Rui blushed even more and shouted: "As long as there is the last person who can breathe in the Right Army Governor's Mansion, he can guard the oil drum!"

Zhu Jinsong glared at Geng Rui: "What are you calling for? Just to show off your loud voice? No brainer!"

After training Geng Rui, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Zeng Cheng: "I ask you, how many Dingkou do we have in the Ming Dynasty now?"

Zeng Cheng reacted immediately.

How many Dingkou are there in the Ming Dynasty now?

The answer is 309.7 million Yuqi.

Thirty million people may sound like a lot, but if you really want to spread it out over the entire Ming Dynasty, there really aren't that many people. If you don't consider the size of the territory in advance, you'd say Ding Kou's behavior is all hooliganism!

The original territory of the Qing Dynasty, plus Jiaozhi, Burma, Siam, Laos, Bangzi, Nurgandusi, and most of the grasslands, let alone 300 million people, even if there are 30 million more people, there is nothing we can do

Fill up such a large area!

Seeing Zeng Cheng and other bosses looking thoughtful, Zhu Jinsong continued: "Apart from the problem of insufficient numbers of Dingkou, are the people of the Ming Dynasty willing to move out? If they move out, they will have to live there for the rest of their lives.

I can’t go back to my hometown where I was born and raised, what would you do if it were you?”

Yes, the reason why people are unwilling to migrate is not only that Ming Dynasty is developing faster and faster and people's lives are getting better day by day, but the most important reason is because of the backward transportation conditions, which makes it very likely that once you leave your hometown, you will never move again.

I didn’t have a chance to visit my hometown.

This was almost unbearable for the people of the Ming Dynasty who had a strong sense of local sentiment.

Therefore, without using coercive means to relocate people in advance, we must first solve the transportation problem and let the people know that they will have the opportunity to return to their hometown after relocation.

Song Yucheng couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the Transportation Department has already planned the railways and straight roads to be built from the seventh year to the twelfth year of the Holy Emperor. The current focus is on Yunnan-Guizhou, the direction of Jiaozhi, and even the direction of Liaodong.

Later, if the Western Region is added, the original plan will also have to be changed."

Zhu Jinsong hummed and said: "This matter is not urgent for the time being. Since we know that there is a lot of oil in the oil barrels, we can buy some from those Europa barbarians first, and wait until they are free."

After Zhu Jinsong said this, Song Yucheng felt stable, but Liu Huaiwen was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, shouting: "What is this? Spend money to buy it?"

"How empty is the treasury of our Ming Dynasty? Even the rats have starved to death. Why do we still have to spend money to buy oil from barbarians?"

"Well, the Fifth Army Governor's Office went out to recruit some workers and came back. Couldn't your Railways just open one more line?"

“You really don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are when you’re not a family member!”

Then Zeng Cheng and other big shots glared at Liu Huaiwen.

Let the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion recruit a group of workers?

This thing is simple to say and not difficult to do, but after recruiting laborers, should those lands belong to the Ming Dynasty? Does the Ming Dynasty have to move the people there? Does the Ming Dynasty have to send officials to manage it?

Besides, there is still so much territory that has not yet been digested. Are you still thinking of recruiting more workers?
Chapter completed!