Chapter 962 The Colonial Department’s Ambition (First update, please subscribe)

Who else can it be?

Of course it is Emperor Zhu!

In fact, as early as three years ago, Nikola Tesla, was wrong. It should be said that Nikola, the naturalized people named Ni and Gula, had already entered the emperor's sight. Although he did not deliberately pay attention to Tesla, he still attracted the attention of Emperor Zhu in his special way.

How could a young student who won the Royal Youth Scholar Award before he graduated from a university and invented a new type of doctor "X-ray machine" and could not attract the attention of Emperor Zhu?

Besides, the name Nikola Tesla is very familiar to Emperor Zhu. So in the next three years, he paid a little attention and found the legend of "rotating magnetic field" when he was walking on campus.

Emperor Zhu came to a conclusion that Tesla was not buried, and genius was a genius. With a good environment, his achievements would only be more and better. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Zhu instructed the company to fund him.

As for what kind of fruit Tesla will bear in the Ming Dynasty... Although Emperor Zhu was full of expectations, that's it. After all, for the Ming Dynasty in 1881, Nikola Tesla's achievements had no effect at all.

When Tesla signed a contract with the company with great anticipation, most ordinary people were busy with Laba rice and the upcoming New Year. Every household was preparing New Year's goods. Of course, there were many people who were eager to return home, rushing home.

The train drove in the fiery red sunset, passing through the shadows of trees and fields. The still sky retreated rapidly, and the dusk became darker. Sun Mei leaned her head on the back of the chair and looked out the window. The golden sunlight shone light on him through the car window.

Seven years!

For the past seven years, he has been doing business in Hawaii, from a small grocery store in Honolulu to a few thousand acres of farms on Yilan. Even now it feels like a dream.

Seven years ago, even Sun Mei himself never thought that one day he would become a farmer, own thousands of cows, and founded such a family business in just seven years. He was even commended by the Empire's Ministry of Industry and Commerce. This time, the reason why Sun Mei came to the empire from Hawaii from thousands of miles away was to attend the commendation conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on the 13th day of the 11th lunar month.

While talking about the commendation meeting, Sun Mei had another desire in her heart.

"Nebula Medal..."

The Nebula Medal was a medal issued since the first year of Shengde. Those who have good deeds to society can be awarded the Nebula Medal, and the medals are divided into nine levels. This is the easiest medal for civilians to obtain. Although it is easy, in fact, only a hundred medals are issued every year in the Ming Dynasty.

The commendation meetings of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture have been instructive for many years, and the awardees of the Nebula Medal received commendation from both departments that year.

However, Sun Mei just thought about it.

After all, he attended the meeting as an "outstanding overseas Ming merchant representative". Farmers like him were not ranked in the Ming Dynasty at all, that is, in Hawaii. That place was not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but overseas, and the lame man picked the general and fell on him.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about this anymore. When I reach Yingtian, I will go and see you first."

Six years ago, Sun Mei took his mother and younger brother Sun Wen from his hometown in Guangdong to Honolulu. Because Sun Wen was unwilling to help in the store and wanted to study, he sent him to the Ming Dynasty to study. The two brothers had not met for six years.

"I don't know how my studies are."

Just when Sun Mei temporarily put aside his desire for "Medals", he did not know that in the imperial minister's room of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Liang Baitao, the Minister of the Imperial Colonial Ministry who was promoted from the position of the governor of the Beihai, was discussing his affairs with the Minister of Industry and Commerce.

"Are you sure this place will be left to him?"

"Yes, I have to leave one for Hawaii no matter what."

Pointing to Sun Mei on the list, Liang Baitao's tone seemed very certain.

"His farm is not big. Although it's OK in Hawaii, in comparison, there are more farms larger than his in the colony! You have to consider this clearly."

Fang Zhanbo looked at Liang Baitao and asked again. The number of people issued the Nebula Medal every year is only a few hundred people. It looks like a lot, but it can be distributed to all walks of life across the country, which is rare. It is indeed a pity to use up one quota directly.

"What is Sun Mei's relationship with you? After the old friend? Or..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liang Baitao shook his head and said.

"What old friend? My Liang Baitao is from Hubei. No matter how you talk about Guangdong, I am thinking about Hawaii!"

Hawaii can be regarded as a permanent regret in Liang Baitao's heart. When he was in office as the governor of the North Sea, he always longed to include Hawaii into the Ming Dynasty. However, it was time and luck. In those years, the Ming Dynasty's attention was not at all in the Pacific Ocean. From Africa to the Middle East, from the Middle East to Brazil, there was nothing to the north. Until he left office, he could not incorporate Hawaii into the Ming Dynasty.

"What does it have to do with Hawaii and the medal?"

Fang Zhanbo looked at Liang Baitao with confusion. Who doesn’t know Liang Baitao’s nickname “Nine-Headed Bird”? What is this guy making a bad idea?

"Why is it okay?"

Liang Baitao said directly.

"Since the annexation of Brazil, our Ming Dynasty's expansion has basically been a step, but you also know that my Ming Dynasty went west to the four islands of Japan and east to the North Sea to Alaska. The Pacific and Ming Dynasty are almost the same as the Neihu Lake. Hawaii is located in the center of the Pacific Ocean. If I want to control the Pacific Ocean, I have to control Hawaii, so..."

Before Liang Baitao could finish his words, Fang Zhanbo shook his head and said.

"I said, brother Zhixian, Hawaii is important, but you know the current situation. The situation is very different from a few years ago! We have the "Four Emperors Alliance", Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have the "Five-Nation Agreement". And you also know that the five countries, especially London and Washington, have reached a consensus - to resolutely curb our overseas expansion."

"Of course I know these, the golden age of expansion is over, but... Hawaii, there is something to do with whether I can control the Pacific Ocean in the future! So, I have to take it down no matter what!"

Liang Baitao took a deep breath and explained.

"So, I want to do something from other aspects, such as increasing the influence of Hawaiian expatriates. The Nebula Medal you know seems inconspicuous, but the recipients of the medal have the right to go directly to the cabinet."

This is the unique feature of the Nebula Medal - you can directly write to the cabinet. In other words, it means you have the privilege of directly celebrating the pivot, and even many middle-level officials do not have such power.

However, the recipients of the Nebula Medal have such power. Not only that, they also inspect the local governments to ensure effective management and no one is treated unfairly. To a certain extent, like in the newspapers, they are civilian supervision forces for the behavior of the government.

"So, you want to do something about this? But this won't affect the overall situation!"

After understanding the other party’s thoughts, Fang Zhanbo frowned and said.

"The current situation is that we cannot take the initiative to break the balance. If the balance is broken, then we may have to fight!"

"I know it cannot affect the overall situation. What I think is not to influence the overall situation, but..."

Looking at Fang Zhanbo, Liang Baitao said.

"What I want is to increase our influence in all aspects of Hawaii, so that Americans dare not act rashly!"

Faced with his answer, Fang Zhanbo thought for a while and then said.

"Oh, it's New Year now, I won't talk about this anymore. When will I wait for the New Year to finish..."

"Then what I just said"

Before Liang Baitao could finish his words, Fang Zhanbo refused again.

"Didn't I say it? We'll talk about it after the New Year. We will definitely give you an answer at that time!"

(End of this chapter)
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