The Tonghai Grand Canal is about to be completed, and a new chapter will be opened in the North American continent.

In the flagship conference hall, Taichang pointed to the map and introduced: "Chang Geng, the most important issue now is the transportation problem between the east and west coasts of North America.

Although we built this canal, it was just to allow warships to enter the water system in central and eastern America, so that the Indian tribes could support each other more easily.

However, it is still very troublesome to transport the materials from the West Bank to the East Bank and then transport them to the Indian tribes through the water systems in central and eastern America.

Because it takes tens of thousands of miles of sea route from Xinyin Capital to the east coast of America, ships will take at least more than a month to sail.

So, we have to build a railroad to connect the west and east coasts of America.”

Well, this project is a bit too large.

Song Yingxing thought for a while and then asked, "Master, where are we building this steam locomotive? Should we build it in Wubei City or here?"

Taichang said seriously: "It is too inconvenient to transport things as big as steam locomotives. If you can build them here, it is the best. Can you build a factory here to build a steam locomotive?"

Song Yingxing thought about it carefully again, then nodded and said, "This should not be a big problem. After all, it is not inconvenient to transport steam engines and some precision parts. We just need to process those bulky and large parts here and then assemble them. However, it takes a big place to build steam locomotives and rails."

This is OK.

Taichang said without hesitation: "You can choose any place near Xinyin Capital."

Song Yingxing thought about it again, then frowned and said, "By the way, Master, this steel is also a big problem. You must know that building steam locomotives and building railways requires a large amount of steel. If it is transported from the Ming Dynasty, dozens of armed merchant ships will probably be arranged to transport them continuously."

When Taichang heard this, he said without hesitation: "Steel is smelted here directly. The mineral resources here should be very rich. You can take people to explore iron ore and coal mines.

If you find it, just organize people from nearby Indian tribes to mine, and we will pay them for wages.

Now they have no source of income, which is their main source of income."

Upon hearing this, Song Yingxing nodded slightly and asked again: "Your Majesty, it seems that there is still a little chaos in North America now. What places is more appropriate for me to order people to explore?"

Taichang stared at the map for a while, then pointed to the west coast and said, "You can explore this side. Anyway, there are basically territory of the Sioux and Algonquin tribes along the way, and the territory of these two tribes is still very safe.

Moreover, there are ports built by the Spanish throughout the journey to Xinyin Capital, which are very convenient for boating.

Let's do this, I'll give you a Dragon Tooth Battleship and twelve Wolf Tooth Battleships, and you'll just order people to explore along the coast."

Song Yingxing nodded slightly and asked again: "Prince, what if we can't find iron ore and coal mine for a while, or if we find mining, it's not very convenient? After all, we will use it soon, and the amount is very large."

Taichang thought for a while and simply said, "If it's too late, buy it from the Spanish. They lack money and resources. They can buy resources from the entire America."

OK, then that's fine.

Song Yingxing hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

This is almost done.

Taichang then said to Chen Zilong: "Maozhong, after this canal is opened, you can follow the navy warships to the vicinity of the nine cities built by the Three Sioux Kingdoms to see what crops are suitable for cultivation.

At this moment, the Indian tribes were still mainly hunting, and the food they cultivated was very small.

This is definitely not possible, because it will be inconvenient to hunt after gathering them in the city.

We cannot always supply them with free food, as this will make them develop the habit of being lazy and eating.

So, you have to hurry up and it is best to let them start farming after spring."

When Chen Zilong heard this, he bowed without hesitation and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while and said to Song Yingxing: "By the way, Chang Geng, didn't you say you wanted to build a steam-powered farming machine? Have you built one to try it?"

Upon hearing this, Song Yingxing couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "Master, that thing is too big, and it must be sold for a lot of money if it is made, otherwise one will lose one.

The problem is that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty only had a hundred acres of land at most, and they could not use this big guy at all, nor could they afford this big price.

Weichen thought it was useless to do it, so he didn't do it."

You don’t know this, like North America and New Jingzhou Prefecture, the machines are of great use.

Taichang said solemnly: "You should try this thing when you have time. These central and eastern North America are large plains, which are very suitable for farming.

Moreover, the Indian tribes are not very population, so they will definitely not be able to plant so many lands.

At that time, as long as you can make this thing, it will be of great use."

OK, then give it a try.

Song Yingxing nodded quickly and said, "Weichen knows. When I have time, I will try making one."

Taichang then said to Wen Zhenmeng: "Wen Qi, how many of the "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic" and so on have you brought you?"

Wen Zhenmeng quickly explained: "Your Majesty, time is a bit rushed, and Weichen only bought about 100,000 copies for each."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's enough for the time being. After the nine cities of the Three Kingdoms of the Soviet Union are built, you have to build a school in it as soon as possible to teach "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classic", and "Thousand Character Classic". This is also very important. You can take your subordinates and Siming's subordinates to do the work together."

Wen Zhenmeng hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang then turned his attention to Huang Daozhou, the Right Minister of Personnel.

This guy is the most powerful guy and is most suitable for dealing with affairs between Indian tribes.

He thought about it and then said solemnly: "Youping, this Indian tribe needs a governor to guide him specifically. In the past, this matter was supervised by Boya and Jiandou. Since you are here, come and serve as the governor of North America.

Remember, the most important thing is to guide the tribal alliance of the Indian tribes to follow the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty and make them the most loyal vassals of the Ming Dynasty.”

Well, this is a bit general.

When Huang Daozhou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what are we mainly guiding them to do? After all, this battle cannot be fought forever. With the support of our Ming Dynasty, they should be able to drive European countries out of this continent soon. What will they do when that time comes?"

This is indeed a problem.

You must have a direction when guiding others, right?

Taichang thought about it carefully and then explained: "We want to guide them to become vassal states that specialize in producing various resources, such as grain and minerals.

There are large plains here. As long as they are guided properly, they will definitely produce a lot of food in the future, even more than the local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

And their population is equivalent to that of a larger province in the Ming Dynasty, and they will definitely not be able to finish these grains.

Also, the minerals here should be very rich, and we can teach them to mine or even smel.

In this way, they can make a lot of money by producing these resources, live a good life, and we can also reserve a lot of resources."

Uh, specializes in producing various resources?

Is there such a country in this world?

In other words, this is a civilization that has never been seen before.

This is a bit difficult.
Chapter completed!