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- "Your Highness, Quebec's goal this year is to reclaim one million acres of fertile land, build three small hydropower stations, and expand the residential areas around the fortress. Considering that there is no 'township chief' there, their plan for this year is only This can be it.¡±
Black Bear is buying black slaves at the port, while Zhao Hongyu is in his castle, listening to Wang Shan's report.
Zhao Hongyu nodded after hearing this: "Quebec's original plan was to be based on agriculture, so their plan goals this year are very right. After all, Sharma and the others do not have the authority of the township mayor, so if they want to build it into Manhattan or Ontario City, A city like that is very unrealistic.¡±
Wang Shan continued: "The following is the construction plan for Ontario City sent by Song Hu, so that your highness can have an idea."
¡°This year, Ontario City will begin building rail tracks connecting Quebec and Manhattan, build a large thermal power plant, and increase the number of shipyards to 80.¡±
Zhao Hongyu has nothing to object to this plan.
Ontario City is rich in coal resources and its coal quality is very high. Coking coal can be used to generate electricity.
Therefore, it is right to build a thermal power plant.
?Otherwise it would be a waste.
??And with the addition of electricity, the development of heavy industry in Ontario City will be even faster.
Iron mines will also be established, and iron ore will be mined in large quantities using old transmission and excavation equipment that is about to be scrapped.
This thing is of great benefit to both the Song Empire and the virtual world.
Iron, this resource is indispensable no matter what era it is in.
The demand for iron ore in the virtual world is even greater than the era when Zhao Hongyu came.
This can bring endless wealth to Zhao Hongyu.
With this wealth, Zhao Hongyu can cultivate a large number of genetic people and invest.
¡°Zhao Hongyu and the others know how much iron ore resources there are near Lake Ontario City.
Think about it, the automobile city in the United States was built there later, wasn¡¯t it because of its rich iron ore?
¡°According to Zhao Hongyu¡¯s current technological level, the iron ore in Lake Ontario cannot be mined even if it takes more than a hundred years.
What¡¯s more, besides Lake Ontario, there are also rich iron ore resources around the other four major lakes.
It can be said that Zhao Hongyu does not have to worry about mineral resources at all.
There is no shortage of anything here in America, but there is no shortage of minerals.
Gold, silver, copper, iron, and aluminumthe mineral resources here in America are staggeringly rich.
Nowadays, these have nothing to do with Europeans.
It will all belong to Zhao Hongyu and the Song Empire.
Besides, in addition to the American continent, the Mediterranean area is also rich in mineral and product resources.
Even the mineral resources in South America are no less than those in North America.
Now Zhao Hongyu has completely driven out European influence from North and South America.
The Song Empire has control over North and Central America. Under such circumstances, South America will soon become the Song Empire's possession.
After possessing the entire American continent, with such rich products and mineral resources, the Song Empire could completely close itself off and concentrate on development.
In a few years, the Song Empire will be able to become a world power here in America, relying on the anti-sky plug-in.
Of course, it is impossible to close the country in isolation.
¡°Moreover, although Zhao Hongyu owns a large area of ??land, as well as properties and minerals.
But he still has a big problem to solve, and that is population!
Yes, just owning land is of no use, no one and everything is fake.
No one will build cities on those lands, resulting in de facto occupation, which will cause great trouble in the future.
But if it is an ordinary country, the population problem cannot be solved in a short while.
You must know that the process from pregnancy to childbirth and the child growing up takes at least ten years.
And how big is the entire American continent?
Just looking at the map is astounding.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongyu has a cheat, otherwise the population problem alone would be enough to give him a lifetime of headaches.
It is precisely because of the heaven-defying plug-in and his plan to go to the East to have a look, so?In his opinion, the population problem has been solved easily.
"The development of Quebec and Ontario City will follow their respective plans. I don't think there is any problem." Zhao Hongyu said to Wang Shan. "You are in control of Manhattan City. I have nothing to worry about."
Zhao Hongyu looked relaxed.
"Your Highness, it is already spring. The war in the Caribbean has come to an end. The Dutch and Spanish have all been driven out of the Caribbean. It can be said that there is no place for Europeans to gain a foothold on the American continent. So, When do you plan to go to the East?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu thought for a while and then said to Wang Shan: "Since you mentioned this matter, I would like to ask, how many ships are there now?"
Wang Shan replied: "All the early warships were transferred to Chelsea to form the Caribbean Fleet, so at that time there was not a single ship left in our empire. However, after two months, the shipyard built many more There are only a few battleships, including six heavily armed battleships and seventy-three imitation Dutch double-deck frigates."
After getting the answer, Zhao Hongyu had an idea in his mind.
"If I go to the East, give me two heavily armed battleships. In this way, plus my original one, there will be three ships in total. The three heavily armed battleships have a thousand sailors alone. If you can take a group of A Praetorian Guard with about 2,000 people would be even better."
" Zhao Hongyu's small request is actually very easy to meet.
When the battleship took Zhao Hongyu to Europe, it carried 800 Guardsmen on board.
Therefore, if Zhao Hongyu is adding two ships, it is not difficult at all to bring 2,000 Imperial Guards.
But going to the east, three warships are just a bit too few.
Although they are all heavy-duty models with hulls as huge as sea monsters, three ships are indeed a bit few.
You know, there are a lot of pirates in the east.
Not to mention the southeastern coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty, there were many pirates in the waters of India and Siam alone.
The number of pirates ranged from hundreds to dozens of ships.
Zhao Hongyu¡¯s three heavily armed warships, even if you think about it, they can¡¯t deter those guys.
If you do n¡¯t, it ¡¯s bad for those pirates to have thoughts that should not be born.
Although we are very confident about the heavy armored battleships, it would be better to have fewer troubles, right?
Therefore, Wang Shan, who thought of this, had to remind: "Your Highness, are you planning to take three heavily armed warships to the East? If that's the case, I'm worried that it will attract the prying eyes of those Eastern pirates. You must know that they But if we don¡¯t understand the power of these three battleships, maybe they will be greedy and delay their trip because of some minor troubles.¡±
After hearing Wang Shan¡¯s reminder, Zhao Hongyu smiled.
"It doesn't matter. You forgot that we didn't take the Europe-Africa-India route." Zhao Hongyu also turned over to remind Wang Shan, "We went around the southern part of America and then headed to the western coast to build a sea route there. Settlement. So we took the Pacific route, and at most we just passed through Japan."
Being reminded by Zhao Hongyu, Wang Shan remembered this matter.
Yes, Zhang Tie proposed to establish settlements on the west coast in order to settle these immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, considering that they would have to come from the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, in addition to not having to lengthen the route and shorten the time, the construction and occupation of the west coast can be started at the same time.
With the Song Empire¡¯s cities on both the east and west coasts, America will in fact become the territory of the empire.
When the time comes, just slowly develop the central part, right?
¡°And while going to the west coast, Zhao Hongyu also wanted to find the continent of Australia and make it his own.
Because the continent of Australia has not yet been discovered by anyone in this era.
Since there are such convenient conditions, why doesn't Zhao Hongyu occupy this continent?
Even if Australia cannot develop it now, it would be good to establish a fortress and garrison on that land and declare ownership.
After all, Australia also has rich gold, silver, copper and iron minerals, which are extremely useful things.
"If Zhao Hongyu doesn't want to develop Australia, he can use destructive mining to excavate all the minerals on that continent and sell them to Europeans.
It¡¯s just that this is a bit too bad.
But as for what to do, it still depends on Zhao Hongyu¡¯s decision.
In this way, taking the South American route has become inevitable.
Otherwise, the voyage from America across the Atlantic to Europe, then to Africa, India, and the East would be too far.
You must know that if Europeans' current ocean-going ships were to sail this route, it would take at least ** months.
Even, in some special circumstances, it is not impossible to sail for more than ten months.
There are too many unknown factors in ocean sailing in the age of sail.
Wind direction, hull carrying capacity, all kinds of bad weather and wind and waves are all factors that make ocean-going ships extend their sailing distance and encounter dangers.
Even if Zhao Hongyu¡¯s battleship is equipped with engines and propellers, it will still take two or even three months for him to sail on this course.
It¡¯s scary to think about it.
The voyage at sea is okay at first, but as time goes by, the whole person will start to feel irritable and mentally depressed.
The scenery you see all day long is blue and endless sea water. It¡¯s okay for a short time, but no one can stand it for a long time.
At the same time, the space for activities on the ship is small, and the consumption of food and water on the ship must also be considered.
So, ocean sailing in this era is not as pleasant and pleasant as imagined.
Even if Zhao Hongyu¡¯s battleship was more than a hundred years ahead of its time, it would still be uncomfortable.
Therefore, choosing to take the South American route has become the best choice.
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