Speaking of the gun issue, Hong Tao couldn't help but worry about Metini's future. Although this fat man was covered in fat, he aging was slower than himself and his body was quite healthy. He didn't look like a short-lived person. If the empire began to expand northward, it would take less than two months to call him, and it would be difficult for him to speak for him.

"Really, I really am the king! Your Majesty, they are ignorant, don't be as knowledgeable as them..." Hong Tao's words scared Metini. He, like Luo Youde, Swan, Qi Zu, Wen Xiaoqi, and others, never took Hong Tao's ban on land as a king and played house seriously. He just wanted his children to be an official and leave a way out for the family.

"Hey, I think I am a liar! What can I get if I lie to you two black sons? I have to eat and drink! It's true, keep your heart in your stomach. Not only your son is the king, Boss Luo, Swan, Karl, and Qizu are all kings. I'm so generous, and I still have half of the land in my hands. I don't have many people in my hands, but I still say that you can't stay rich for a few years here. You can't run north again, and your body can't run. Come with me, send all your tribe members over by sea boats, and let your son's country continue to live. There is much richer there than here, all of which are good, and everything grows."

If it was just mentioned just now, Hong Tao was really moved. If Mettini was still the governor, he would never mobilize him to travel to North America to be the king, but now he is retired, why are he still not happy here? He has a shortage of people. Although Mettini is not good at fighting, engineering, or scientific research, he is a very excellent management talent. Looking at Cape Town being built from scratch and managed in an orderly manner, you can know whether he has the ability. Moreover, this guy is a very good national uniter. He can play with black people and naturally can deal with Indians.

"Since Your Majesty respects me so much, I will move again. I originally wanted to bury it here. But I still have to discuss this with the people in the tribe and ask what they mean." Metini was moved by Hong Tao, not because of how good the land described by Hong Tao, but mainly because Metini had confidence in Hong Tao. This big emperor always counted on his words since the day he knew him. He burned him to death, and gave him to him to the rich and noble person, and never treated anyone who followed him to conquer the world.

Moreover, the issue of the empire's expansion is indeed worth worrying. When he was the governor, he could control the direction and speed. Now that he has retreated, the new governor must show his ability. Wherever he wants to expand, he will definitely not ask whether he agrees or not.

"Don't be busy with this matter. You have so many tribesmen who will not be able to finish your fortune in a short time. Let me talk about the empire first. Start talking about it after I left, the more detailed the better. Tell me what you know. If you don't know, I will ask Cixi." The tribe of Matini was an unexpected gain. Hong Tao's biggest worry was not reduced in half. He seemed to know what changes had happened to the empire in the past two years. Even if he left this country, he would not want to mix it in the future. But after all, it was built by himself, and his every move involved his heart.

"Why don't I send someone to invite Minister Ci to come here. He is not an outsider. He has known about my family here for a long time and has come with me. When I went back to Jinhe City to report my work this time, if Minister Ci had not written a letter to me and asked me to take the letter to find his brother when I was in trouble, I probably wouldn't have come forward to speak for me. You don't know yet. Ciqi is now the Minister of Supervision, and his former boy named Yi is the Prime Minister of the Empire." Metinijiu is overseas and doesn't know much about the changes in the empire, for fear of not being able to explain it clearly to Hong Tao.

"Yi Yi has become the prime minister!!! Haha...haha... good boy, it's such a scheming! He still didn't listen to my warning. He actually leaned against the shore with his two boats! It's really the younger waves of the Yangtze River pushing the older waves!" McTini's words changed Hong Tao's laughter, dry, rather than laughing, howling.

When Yi Yi was the Minister of Supervision, he had private contact with some young officers and government officials. Every time the commotion against the imperial government was related to him, it was something that charity told him. When he was implementing the trade union law and the party system, he had hit him and he understood it. Now it seems that he did not take his advice seriously, but he still participated in the political groups of the second generation of the empire, and he was also a main role. Over the years, he has been a secret stump for the second generation of the empire in the imperial government. No wonder Yi Yi was older than those second generations, but it was not much different. It is not surprising that he and the second generations had common pursuit and ideals.

Matini and Hong Tao only talked for a few hours before arranging Hong Tao to rest. First, he really didn't know what the reasons for many government changes. Second, Hong Tao was older and a man in his fifties was floating on the sea for another month, and his spirit and body could not stand it. As he listened, his eyelids started to fight. Instead of consuming here, it would be better to rest for two days before chatting. Anyway, the abdicated emperor could not control how the imperial government changed. Even if he returned to Jinhe City immediately, could he still drive the government out of power? The current emperor is Hong Jinhe!

Since the Jinhe Empire abdicated and left, there have been great changes. The first is that there are two opposing parties, the Royalist Party and the Al-Shabaab. The Royalist Party is headed by Prime Minister Bo Jiao, including more than half of the ministers and parliamentarians; the Al-Shabaab is mainly a group of second-generation officials in the Jinhe Kingdom, with fish and prawns among them.

The Royalist Party adhered to the development plan formulated by Hong Tao, and was more inclined to gradually improve itself, advocated limited friendly relationships with neighboring countries, and did not rush to expand its territory. The Al Shabaab believes that it should vigorously expand its territory, and that any places that are useful to the empire should belong to the empire.

As Hong Tao had expected, the royalist party led by Bo Jiao won an absolute victory in the general election that began at the end of 1246, and Bo Jiao was re-elected as prime minister of the empire. He also insisted on implementing their ruling philosophy, built ports such as Malacca, Penang, Kalamba, and Masca more perfectly, and established trade relations with many countries in the Arabian Peninsula, jointly using routes from the Song Dynasty to the Persian Gulf, pushing maritime trade to another new peak.

In terms of domestic construction, the Royalist Party did not absorb a large number of new immigrants, but still guarded Jinhe City and Mayi City as the main city, and used the Royal Navy to deter the entire route and surrounding countries. In order to ensure that merchants of the Jinhe Empire could make the greatest profit in maritime trade, Bojiao abolished the Strait Company organization and no longer provided special protection and care for the Song Dynasty merchant ships, freeing up more energy to support the development and growth of the imperial maritime merchants.

In fact, at this time, the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants could not use the protection of the Jinhe Empire. The route was very safe. Only when they arrived at the Arabian Sea would there be slightly larger pirates. However, facing the large fleet of maritime merchants, the pirates did not dare to touch them, so they could only find the scattered small maritime merchants, most of which were Arabs' own maritime merchants.

In terms of diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty court, Bojiao followed Hong Tao's old path. On the one hand, he continued to support the Song Dynasty in carrying out the Northern Expedition, and on the other hand, he continued to influence the three autonomous cities and the coastal cities of the Song Dynasty through cultural exchanges and commercial activities.

Generally speaking, until 1949, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean were very peaceful, and no wars occurred. Everyone was busy doing business, and even many small countries on the Indian Peninsula began to pay tribute to Kalamba Port, trying to join the maritime trading system dominated by the Golden River Empire.

But in the fall of 19250, something suddenly happened, breaking the harmonious atmosphere in East Asia, and turmoil occurred within the Song Dynasty.

The Northern Expedition was actually basically over in the early 1249 years. Although the Mongol Empire had fought tenaciously for several years, it was still unable to resist the population of the Song Dynasty and the number of muskets of the Jinhe Empire. They were pushed back to the north step by step, and most of the territory north of the Yellow River were lost. Seeing that the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was already unstoppable, Guiyou and Mengge's families simply did not work together to fight, and began to preserve their respective strengths and all returned to their fiefdoms to cultivate and recuperate.

In theory, this is a great thing. The Song Dynasty not only regained its previously lost territory, but also expanded to the north for hundreds of kilometers with aggravated its former shame. The Western Xia Kingdom was no longer in the west, and the border was almost expanded to the fiefs of Chagatai and Ogedei. The entire Yellow River Basin became the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.

But people often do illogical strange things when they suddenly get rich, and the same goes for the country. The Southern Song Dynasty court has been beaten by others for hundreds of years, and suddenly turned over to become the master. It feels like getting rich quickly and starts to make trouble again. Song Lizong actually wanted to move the capital, moving the capital back to Kaifeng, and proving his achievements to his ancestors in form.

In fact, it is nothing but moving the capital. Kaifeng City is still there. Although it has been a little dilapidated after two years of war, it has been repaired slowly. After a few years of repair, it will be almost done. It will be possible to take the ministers back. But Song Lizong refused to do it. He was anxious. As soon as this person got older, he was prone to anxious because he always felt that he would not live long. Although he was not sick or disaster-stricken, he thought so.

When the emperor was anxious, a few more ministers followed suit, and the moving of the capital turned into a disaster. Song Lizong actually issued an edict to ask the maritime merchants to use sea boats to help him transport construction materials to the north. The plan was to transport them upstream along the Yellow River to Kaifeng, or to use them for nothing and not pay. How many ships are needed? More than 300! In fact, this number is not too large. The maritime merchants reluctantly agreed to the emperor's achievements in regaining their hometown.
Chapter completed!