March 16, 1650, Heishan City, Hanzhou.

After the officials followed Qi Tian out of the steel plant, everyone was very excited. After more than half a year of testing, the crucible steelmaking method was successful. The carburized iron material was cut into small pieces and placed in a closed clay crucible.

Crucible external heating

, the iron material continues to absorb the carbon in the graphite and melts into high-carbon molten steel. The oxygen in the steel can be removed, and various inclusions can also be removed from the liquid steel. The quality of steel (tool steel) is even better than all current metals.

Material.

This means that Qi's current steel output and quality will be greatly improved. In the machinery industry, higher quality steel (tool steel) can also be used to produce molds and processing tools with better hardness and strength, and even

Some hydraulic grinders, boring machines, and machine tools currently used on a large scale have also been upgraded, providing a solid and powerful material foundation for the rapid development of Qi's industry.

"After the craftsmen of the steel mill have mastered the crucible steel-making method, the spies of your polling office must strengthen the security and confidentiality of this place to prevent any leaks!" Cao Ning, the commander of Qi Tianchao's polling office, ordered.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Our polling department will definitely block the flow of any technology from our Hanzhou continent. If there is any leakage, I would like to apologize to Your Majesty." Cao Ning said in a deep voice.

"Industry is the internal driving force behind the strength of our Qi country. Its technological leadership is also the basis for our Qi country's industry to surpass other countries. If our Qi country's industrial technology can continue to lead, in the future, not to mention the Nanyang region, it will become a world power.

, naturally I will be there too

Qi Tian looked at the huge chimneys of the steel factory and said leisurely: "And what our country of Qi currently lacks is just population. But I believe that after decades or hundreds of years,

With continued immigration, this shortcoming will be made up sooner or later."

"This year's immigration season, due to the outbreak of the war with the Dutch, the number of immigrants may be slightly less than last year. However, even so, the total number of immigrants is between 25,000 and 26,000. If we include the new immigrants from the mainland,

With more than 13,000 people born, it is estimated that the population of our country may exceed 400,000." Prime Minister of the Cabinet

Pan Qifeng said with a smile: "Now, we have ended the war with the Dutch and have reached a series of business cooperation frameworks. In the future, there will be no other forces in the Nanyang region that can prevent our country from Qi's large-scale immigration. As we

With the expansion of maritime transportation power, I believe that the immigration speed of our country will also accelerate."

"There is no other force in the Nanyang region that can stop our immigration, but the changing situation in the Ming Dynasty is always a hidden worry." Qi Tian said: "I heard that in the past two years, the Dutch, in order to target our Qi country's immigration affairs in the Ming Dynasty,

At the same time, they secretly sold many muskets and artillery to the Jiannu slaves in exchange for trade permission. I am worried that the situation on the entire continent will undergo unpredictable changes as a result."

Two years ago, a large number of firearms were obtained. If the Qing government began to organize and train the firearms troops, they would almost be able to form combat effectiveness by this time. As a result, Qi State currently has several weapons deployed on Denglai and Changshan Islands.

Hundreds of marines and thousands of self-rescue troops may not be able to continue to maintain the firearms advantage in the area. If they are not careful, they may suffer heavy losses.

"Jiannu didn't have a ship, so he shouldn't be able to threaten the safety of Changshan Island and the island." Qi Dajiang said: "Even if we can't hold on in Shandong and retreat to the seaside, they can't do anything to me."

"Don't underestimate Jian Nu. After all, they occupy most of the world and have huge manpower and material advantages." Qi Tian said: "Moreover, in order to unify the continent, Jian Nu is not only good at learning new weapons and tactics, but also

They know how to make all kinds of changes. Look at them, they even sent a mission to our Qi country to negotiate peace! Do you still think that the slaves only relied on massacre and looting to win most of the world? "

"...Your Majesty, the slave-building mission has been in our Hanzhou mainland for more than a month. If they are kept detained in the military camp, I am afraid it will damage the reputation of our Qi country." Pan Qifeng hesitated and said softly.

"Could it be that if we treat these slave-building envoys with good food and drink, they will say good things to us in front of Emperor Shunzhi and Dorgon? Besides, we have been fighting life and death with the slave-building slaves for several years.

Our image and reputation in their eyes may not change at all." Qi Tian said nonchalantly.

"Is it going to be detained for such a long time?" Pan Qifeng did not agree with Qi Tian's statement. Although our Qi country is located on the Han continent, it is also bathed in Chinese culture and determined to be a promising country in the south. How can we ignore diplomatic etiquette?

This is the custom of indiscriminately detaining envoys from other countries and the "barbaric" behavior.

It should be noted that more than a thousand years ago, Su Wu, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, was detained by the Xiongnu for nineteen years. He gained a reputation for integrity, loyalty and courage. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty listed him as one of the eleven heroes of Qilin Pavilion, which demonstrated his integrity.

It has been passed down through the ages.

If we, the Kingdom of Daqi, detain the slave envoys for no reason and let the world know about it, wouldn't it mean that we, Daqi, would be regarded as the cruel and rude barbarians, which would only increase the evil feeling, and at the same time, it would also make these slave envoys famous in the world.

After a month of constant questioning, the Qi State already knew the purpose of the slave-building mission to Hanzhou. Dorgon asked the Qi State to withdraw all support to the Yongchu court and promised not to land to attack the Qing court.

Coastal towns under control.

In return, the Qing government will pay Qi 4 million taels of silver, 50,000 taels of gold, 10,000 furs of various colors, and 500 pearls in batches over five years, allowing Qi to temporarily separatize Denglai and Liaodong.

There are islands in between for the purpose of immigrants.

For the immigrants that Qi State valued most, the Qing government promised that it would actively collect more than 30,000 people every year for Qi State to transfer back to the Hanzhou mainland for population transfer in Haizhou (today's Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province) and Quanzhou.

At first glance, the conditions offered by the Qing court were very generous. Not only did they bribe Qi with a large amount of money to stop interfering in the situation on the mainland, but they also actively helped to recruit immigrants for Qi's use.

But after thinking about it for a moment, I felt that the Qing court's conditions were not as simple as they proposed. Four million taels of silver, fifty thousand taels of gold, as well as a large amount of furs and Dongzhu were not paid to Qi in one lump sum.

Dorgon actually came up with a "mortgage" payment method, and it was limited to five years.

During this period, the Qing government defeated the Denglai Yongchu court with overwhelming force, and also eliminated all the resistance forces in the country, and then unified the world. At that time, a powerful and unified dynasty was beyond the capabilities of the small Qi State.

Easily shaken. If they turn their backs and refuse to admit their debts, can Qi State still take the IOU and go to Beijing to ask Dorgon to collect debts? By then, even if warships and marines are dispatched to violently "collect", it will not necessarily be possible.

You want it back.

Another point is that the Qing government helps you search for immigrants. Who knows what kind of people are mixed with these people. Ruffians, hooligans, all kinds of criminals, defeated soldiers, bandits... Maybe the Qing government thinks that all people are useless, or that they are useless.

It’s all the burdens in society that are all thrown at you. Treat our Hanzhou continent as a place of exile, a shelter for all kinds of people.

Finally, there is another point. Quanzhou is the place where the immigrant population is handed over. You must know that this seaport is Zheng Zhilong’s most important naval stronghold and shipbuilding base. The Qing government clearly wanted to include Quanzhou as a place for immigration delivery.

Instigate a cooperative relationship between Qi State and Zheng Zhilong. You see, in order to better receive immigrants, Qi State is planning to contact the Qing Dynasty to attack Quanzhou and directly attack the core of Zheng Zhilong.

Therefore, the entire Qi State sneered at the conditions given by the Qing court. We have several immigration windows such as Denglai, Fujian, and Guangxi, which can provide a stable source of immigrants, and we can also use this to select the right type of immigrants. Why do you need the Qing court?

Come and help collect some less unreliable people.

Moreover, some radical officials and soldiers within the Qi State still have a reason that cannot be announced, that is, the Qing government cannot smoothly unify the world, and it is best to maintain several divided regimes so that the Qi State can take advantage of this

Chaotic situations to achieve long-lasting immigration.

Qi Tian did not comment on this. He knew that some local officials and people in Hanzhou, after more than ten years of subtle influence, many people have a certain sense of belonging to Hanzhou and began to combine their own interests with Hanzhou.

And it was separated from its former mother country, the Ming Dynasty.

As the next generation gradually grows up, more people will inevitably gradually break away from the influence of the Ming Dynasty and turn to Hanzhou as their foundation. Their feelings for the Ming Dynasty may only be due to the relationship between their parents, and there is only a little sense of closeness.

But if they were to sacrifice their own interests for Ming Dynasty and support Ming Dynasty to an unlimited extent, they would probably encounter fierce opposition from them.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, it is said that many people in the south were strongly opposed to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of rivers and mountains. They believed that the vast number of people in the north who fell into the hands of the Jin people were no longer Song people and should not sacrifice their own economic interests for the unnecessary Northern Expedition.

.

Perhaps, after thirty or fifty years, the vast number of people living in Hanzhou will be like those ordinary people in the Southern Song Dynasty. In addition to having a cultural affinity for the Ming Dynasty (Mainland), I am afraid that they will have a complete

Treat the other person as a foreigner, a foreigner.

By then, it is probably unknown whether the local Han people will still support the government's immigration from the Ming Dynasty (mainland) at any cost. Instead of spending huge amounts of money and immigrating from the Ming Dynasty at a huge cost, it is better to subsidize these money and materials to

Local people and improving the living standards of local people may be more popular.

Of course, immigration is the basic core strategy of Qi State at this stage and for a long time to come. Qi Tian also believes that this policy will be implemented unswervingly during his lifetime. But a hundred years later, this policy will not be

There will be changes and no one can

Guarantee. Therefore, many radical "Emperor-Han elements" hope that the Ming Dynasty will continue to be in chaos. In the shortest time, large-scale immigration can continue from it, and the Hanzhou continent, Nanyang Islands, and those newly discovered

The territory was filled with more Han people.

"When the immigration fleet returns to the Ming Dynasty in June, let the slave envoys go back with them." Qi Tian thought for a while, and then said: "However, before they leave, arrange a large-scale naval and army military exercise to let these gangs

Jian Nu can see the power of our Qi country."

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"Are you Erjitu from the Tara family?" Tong Guoning's eyes widened and he looked at the Qi officer in front of him who was wearing a blue and black military uniform and a tiger's beard.

"Yes, I am the former Erjitu of the Tara family. In the seventh year of Chongde (1642), I was captured by the Qi State in Jinzhou, and then traveled all the way across the ocean to Hanzhou. However, now I have changed my name to

Ji Tu is now the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Daqi. He leads his men to explore the interior of Hanzhou and sometimes beats the natives."

"You..., you have surrendered to Qi?" Tong Guoning had an expression of disbelief on his face.

"If you don't surrender, will you die for the Aixinjueluo family?" Ji Tu sat down and looked at the dry biscuits, dried salted fish and a large pot of corn lake on the table. He couldn't help but feel happy.

"Have you offended all the men in our military camp? I'll feed you some pig food!... Xiao Han, go get some good wine and meat. I want to entertain the fellow villagers from Liaodong today!"

A young cavalryman who was following behind heard this, saluted Ji Tu, and immediately turned around and left.

Wang Weichang, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, looked at this former Eight Banners officer and soldier with confusion on his face. He was shocked and a little strange that there would be bannermen surrendering to the enemy. The Eight Banners, which is known to be loyal, brave and good at fighting, would also surrender to others?

"Are you a child of the Tong family? Tong Yangzhen? Or Tong Yangxing?"

"My ancestors tabooed about raising the truth, and my father tabooed about the year of Beijing."

"I heard that Dorgon of the Aixinjueluo family led you into the pass, preparing to seize the Ming Dynasty?"

"The Qing Dynasty entered the country six years ago and has now swept the world. Unification is just around the corner."

"That's not necessarily the case." Ji Tu smiled, "Our Daqi Kingdom's involvement will probably create a lot of constraints for you, making it difficult to attack other separatist forces, right?"

"Therefore, the Emperor and Regent of the Qing Dynasty sent us as envoys to the State of Qi to normalize the diplomatic relations between the two countries and permanently repair them." Wang Weichang interjected. He had an idea in his mind to see if he could pass this former Eight Banners officer and soldier.

, and obtained some internal information of the Qi State. This person has surrendered to the Qi State for nearly eight years, and he is also a middle-level officer in the Qi Army. He must know a lot of things in Hanzhou.

"It's useless." Ji Tu glanced at the Han official, and then said: "We in Qi will not let the Aixinjueluo family occupy the Ming Dynasty and unify the world. Otherwise, where will we get the population from?"

"As long as Qi State stops supporting the Yongchu Puppet Ming Dynasty and no longer harasses our Qing coastal towns, we, the Qing Dynasty, will naturally help collect and deliver to them the population they need."

"Our Qi State has ships and soldiers, why do you need to help collect immigrants?" Ji Tu said disapprovingly: "In my opinion, as long as our Qi State insists on interfering, the Aisin Gioro family will never be able to quell the resistance forces along the coast.

The reporter said, how many Jurchens in Liaodong are so eloquent, how dare they swallow up the whole world? Dorgon, a yellow-mouthed boy, is too greedy?... When the time comes, it may be a catastrophe for the entire Jurchen clan!"

"Hmph, after surrendering to the people of Qi, this ass will naturally sit on someone else's chair!" Tong Guoning heard the other party call the regent by his name, but showed no respect and felt dissatisfied, "Don't think that you are the only one in Qi who has a large number of firearms. We

Eight Banners Men

There are quite a few of those guys in my hands. When the time comes, it will be easy to push them forward and destroy the Yongchu Puppet Ming. That is to drive all your troops stationed along the coast into the sea.

It’s just a convenient move!”
Chapter completed!