Carlos was assigned to Jinling University to attend literacy classes with minority students.
He only has one year to study, and will return to America on a ship next year, but his wife and children will stay in Nanjing.
In order to leave a good impression on his Inca friends, Zhao Han gave many rewards. In total, he was rewarded with a mansion outside the city, thirty pieces of silk, a luxurious carriage, more than ten pieces of jade and jewelry, pens, inks, papers and inkstones.
Quite a few, more than 2,000 yuan in gold and silver.
If people want to make revolution in America, they must be treated well.
The richer the reward given to Carlos by the Datong court, the more good he thought about China. Especially as time went by, and Carlos lived in America for a long time and suffered various kinds of discrimination and suppression, the China in his memory became more and more beautiful.
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The rubber seeds and saplings brought back by Cheng Jingming have been planted in various overseas territories, but it will take at least five or six years before rubber can be tapped.
Siam has been particularly bad in recent years. About half a year ago, King Nalai suddenly sent troops to Mongolia and occupied all the coastal cities in Myanmar. The King of Mongolia cried and complained, and the Pingnan Military and Civilian Office immediately condemned and questioned Nalai.
The king came up with a bunch of excuses for sending troops, but he was forced to send troops anyway.
Of course, Siam did not dare to really expand, so it withdrew its troops before the rainy season and easily grabbed all the coastal areas of Myanmar.
Before Zhao Han sent anyone to question him, Siam sent many tributes.
To put it bluntly, divide the spoils!
After Zhao Han received the stolen goods sent by King Na Lai, his anger subsided a little and he decided to deal with it leniently. There was still a process to punish the envoys and to punish him. If he ordered Siam to return some property and people, the matter would be settled with the mud.
Reveal it.
Of course, it's not that Zhao Han is greedy for money, but that he is happy to see the results of Siam's behavior.
Siam was surrounded by the vassal states of the Celestial Empire, and expansion was impossible. The more the king bullied the Meng Kingdom, the more the Meng people had to cling to the Celestial Empire's thighs to facilitate China's political and cultural penetration of Myanmar.
However, Siam also had to be on guard. Under the rule of King Narai, the country's strength increased greatly.
Then Wang worked as a bodyguard for Zhao Han for several years, and also studied at Jinling University. After returning to the country to seize the throne, he gained prestige through military victory, then eliminated dissidents and took over power, then rectified household registration, cleared fields, built water conservancy and official roads, and also
Actively encourage industrial and commercial development.
Siam is already the little bully in Southeast Asia. Except for China, no one there can beat it.
At the same time, there are also great internal conflicts!
King Narai had two close advisors, one from China and one from Greece. The Chinese were in charge of civil affairs, while the Greeks were in charge of diplomacy and commerce. This aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Siamese nobles.
In particular, Prince Papiraja, who was in charge of military affairs, was at odds with the Greeks - historically, this coup killed the Greeks and placed the seriously ill King Nalai under house arrest. Siam has since embarked on the path of isolation.
Zhao Han didn't take Siam too seriously, but the intelligence from the Western Region made him feel happy.
Datong Xizuo, who followed the caravan to Kashgar, brought back important news.
Prince Yarkand and Governor of Kashgar Yaolebas openly supported the religious leaders of the White Mountain sect from Central Asia. In the past, they supported it secretly, but now they put it on the table directly. The Black Mountain sect in Kashgar was killed and expelled.
King Abdullah Khan of Yarkand was angered by his son, but he was unable to send troops to suppress it.
King and prince, openly break up!
The huge Xinjiang is now divided into six major forces: one is the prince of the Kashgar region, the other is the king of the Aksu region, the third is the prince of the Turpan region, the fourth is the Hezhuo of the Hami region, the fifth is the Heshuote tribe in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the sixth is the Heshuote tribe in the north of the Tianshan Mountains.
It is the Jungar tribe further north.
The expedition ahead to Mobei has consumed too much food and grass, and the court now has to postpone it for two years.
When there is enough food and grass, the troops can leave Jiayuguan.
Moreover, the divisions were well-known. Yumen, Guazhou, Dunhuang...these lost lands were in the hands of Hami and Zhuo, and they all needed to be recovered. They were China's inherent territories.
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San Francisco's northern seaside, Xindeng Village.
Another group of severely punished prisoners were transported. In fact, they were all death row prisoners and were not even allowed to be exiled to Heilongjiang and Tibet. Li Quan wrote and begged several times, and Emperor Zhao finally sent a group of death row prisoners.
Li Quan was very kind to these death row inmates and specially matched them with wives, all of whom were bought from Japan.
"The ship is coming!"
"Dang-dang-dang!"
In the simple port, someone rang the bell and shouted.
Compared with the original state a few years ago, the river mouth is now covered with farmland.
The climate here is Mediterranean, with rain and heat at different periods, so it is not very suitable for growing rice. Therefore, rice is grown in the farmland near the river, and corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, wheat, etc. are grown in the farmland a little further away from the river.
There are 74 adult men in the village, and without exception, they are all serious criminals.
Their wives come from a variety of sources, including Nanyang women, Japanese women, and indigenous Indian women. They have given birth to more than a hundred children. There is no need to pay taxes here, and there has been no war for the time being, so they can afford to have more than a few.
There is usually a lack of entertainment activities, and after dark only the human-making movement is left.
The village chief is named Wei Zhaonan. He is a corrupt criminal. Because he has the highest level of education, he is elected as the leader by the villagers.
It is very democratic here, everyone is a serious criminal, who can bully whom? Wei Zhaonan usually coordinates conflicts with trepidation. Corrupt officials are born with a sense of fear when facing murderers.
The militia captain's name is Tian Li. He has been a peasant soldier in his hometown for three years. When the army recruited people, he was not selected, so he went to sea with his fellow villagers to work as a sailor. He returned home happily with the money he had saved so hard, only to find that his mother was dead.
His wife even cuckolded him.
Tian Li suspected that my mother was angry to death because of the bitch and he killed four people in a rage, including two of the adulterer's children.
"Everyone gather and go to the dock to move the goods!"
When Tian Li heard the bell, he immediately blew the whistle in the village and called all the men in the fields back.
There is a large warehouse in the village dedicated to storing trade supplies.
Excess grain, dried meat, salted fish, etc. can be stored in the warehouse and have the village chief register it and sell it as supplies to Li Quan's fleet. It's all barter, and the money is useless.
You can't spend it even if you have it in your hands.
"Village Chief Wei, Captain Tian, long time no see!" Li Quan smiled and held his hands.
Wei Zhaonan and Tian Li quickly returned the courtesy.
Wei Zhaonan asked: "Commander Li, what new books did you bring this time?"
"A dozen new books are enough for you to read slowly," Li Quan said with a smile. "The craftsmen have invented new molding machines and type furnaces, and the imperial court has also promulgated universal font size standards. Books and newspapers will become cheaper in the future."
Wei Zhaonan lamented: "We, the Great Tong Dynasty, are really changing with each passing day. It's a pity that sinners like us can't return to our homeland."
Li Quan said: "If you educate the barbarians here, you might not be able to turn America into China."
"Commander Li is right." Wei Zhaonan forced a smile.
Salt, cotton cloth, farm tools, pots and pans, pen and ink, paper, books, newspapers and periodicals... items were moved off the ship one by one in exchange for grain, dried meat, salted fish, fresh water, fruits and vegetables.
After the exchange of supplies was completed, the crew went ashore to rest.
The villagers gathered together and rushed to grab the newspaper. Many people under the age of thirty in the village knew a few words. "Datong Monthly" was their favorite, and they could learn about the latest news from the distant motherland.
The old newspapers from the past year were all brought by Li Quan and divided up in an instant.
Those who were illiterate also gathered around and had fun, asking what was written in the newspaper from time to time.
"Hahaha, the imperial court won another battle!"
"Which one are you fighting this time?"
"In the attack on Mobei Mongolia, the imperial court dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops and captured Mobei and Beihai. Governor Fei and Governor Zhang restrained Shi Yanran, sealed the wolf in Xu, and returned to the court with all the troops to be crowned kings."
"What? Show me quickly!"
Wei Zhaonan excitedly grabbed the newspaper, immersed himself in reading it several times, and said with tears: "The great Han and Tang Dynasties, the prosperous age of Datong!" As he said this, he suddenly knelt down to the west and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live.
age!"
When he was first exiled to America, Wei Zhaonan hated the emperor to death.
But as time went by, his thoughts about the country fermented, and Wei Zhaonan felt that everything in China was so beautiful. The emperor was also a good emperor, but he was wrong and he should not have embezzled huge sums of money.
In addition to Datong Monthly, tabloids are also popular.
They even know the major football teams in Nanjing very well, and they also know about Washe, a popular star in the theater. If there is a portrait illustration of a certain star, the newspaper and magazine will definitely be turned over. It seems that they saw the portrait of the star, and they will
It’s really like listening to opera and watching acrobatics in Nanjing.
Li Quan asked someone to bring in a box of books: "This is the latest edition of "Datong Dictionary" and primary school textbooks."
Wei Zhaonan picked up the big dictionary and said in surprise: "You've finished printing just one copy?"
"It's printed in small print." Li Quan explained.
The previous "Datong Dictionary" had six volumes in a set, which was very inconvenient for students to use.
With the introduction of movable lead type formulas and European inks, smaller sized prints became possible. Zhao Han had people engrave lead plates, not movable lead types, but something similar to dead plates, which took a full eight years to engrave.
, and finally got the dictionary in print.
Each lead plate is framed with good wood to prevent the hard and brittle lead plates from being damaged and broken.
With these stereotypes, there will be no need for typesetting in the future. "Datong Dictionary" can be printed indefinitely until the stereotypes are worn out. From now on, only a single copy of "Datong Dictionary" can contain all the contents, and it can be printed
The more you spread the cost, the cheaper it is.
Wei Zhaonan picked up the primary school textbooks. They were all new editions with standard font sizes, which were more beautiful and concise than before.
Wei Zhaonan stroked the books and said, "Good books, good books. It's time to build a school in the village."
There are more than a hundred children in Xindeng Village, the oldest of whom are five or six years old. They have been speaking Chinese with their father since they were young. When it was time to learn Chinese characters, Wei Zhaonan decided to teach them himself.
Li Quan asked: "Are there any unusual movements among the nearby indigenous people?"
Wei Zhaonan smiled and said: "The natives in the east often fight with the natives in the south, but no one has come to provoke us. However, last year, the natives from the south came quietly and wanted to exchange iron axes from us. It must have been a failure in the battle. I found out.
The benefits of an axe.”
"You didn't give it to them, did you?" Li Quan asked.
Wei Zhaonan shook his head and said: "No, we are allies with the indigenous people in the east, and the land in the village was bought from them. How could I exchange the iron ax for the enemy of my ally?"
Allies are for sale, but this ally is too close and cannot be sold yet, otherwise the village will never have peace.