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    ,!  I am afraid there is no exact number as to how many Han people there are in Nanyang, but a conservative estimate would be that there are as many as one million people.  ¡ñ¡Ð, especially in major cities, half of the business districts are supported by Han people.  It is really difficult for those natives who cannot even count to do business.  The Han people control a large amount of wealth and generally live a comfortable life, but economic success does not bring real security.  Due to their disorganized organization, being regarded as abandoned people, and lacking domestic support, they often faced extortion and even killings from the indigenous people.  When the Western colonists arrived, they quickly figured out the situation in Nanyang. They began to instigate the natives to attack Han business travelers, rob property, and weaken the influence of the Celestial Dynasty.  It can be said that what they did was very successful. More and more Han people chose to remain silent or even surrender.  He gave away his wealth in humiliation again and again, enduring more and more severe oppression.  Every once in a while, there was a massacre. In the eyes of the colonists, the Han people were like leeks, harvested regularly!  Just when everyone accepted their fate, change finally arrived!  The rumbling cannons in Malacca announced the arrival of the Celestial Empire, and everyone was no longer an abandoned citizen. The powerful Celestial Navy was the strong pillar of every Han people.  Less than half a year after the battle, the fleet visited almost all coastal cities and received a warm welcome wherever it went.  Local expatriates boarded tall ships carrying rich condolences.  The soldiers from the motherland, tall and majestic, with impossibly white military uniforms, are breathtaking and astonishing.  Only such soldiers can conquer the vast sea and defeat the vicious Westerners.  The expatriates seemed to be celebrating the New Year. Under the instructions of the fleet generals, Chinese trading companies and merchants' federations were established in various places.  Fellows¡¯ associations and other organizations.  Don¡¯t underestimate these organizations. Although they are called businesses, their internal structures are like government agencies.  In fact, it was a chamber of commerce based on Western colonial trading companies.  Not only do they monopolize trade in various places, they also have banks, the army, and even the power to mint currency, just like a government.  ??Obviously, the countries in Southeast Asia are quite dissatisfied with this, thinking that this is China robbing their land, and the most violent one is Annan.  They even sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the Han Chamber of Commerce, causing tragic casualties.  At this time, Annam was in the post-Le Dynasty period. The north and south were divided and controlled by the Nguyen and Zheng families, and the king was reduced to a puppet.  The Zheng family occupies the densely populated and relatively wealthy north, while the Ruan family, although relatively weak, is close to the Western colonists.  Being able to obtain advanced weapons from the Netherlands and other countries, coupled with prosperous commerce, the two sides were evenly matched, and neither could engulf the other.  ??For these two enemies.  It seems that there is nothing to cooperate with, but they have found a point of convergence of interests.  The long-term fighting depleted both sides' wealth, and the wealthy Han merchants became fat in their eyes.  In particular, Annan prided himself on being a powerful country and did not care about the Celestial Empire.  After fighting for thousands of years, we have not been destroyed!  Especially Annan wanted to show their bravery by attacking the Han people.  And then became the overlord of the Southeast Asian countries.  For various purposes, Annan began to attack the Han people. Within a week, more than a hundred businessmen were killed and as much as 300,000 taels of wealth were robbed.  After succeeding, the Annan people actively mobilized their troops to prepare for punishment from the Celestial Empire.  Out of habit, Annan concentrated all his troops on the northern front.  There are dense mountains and countless valleys and rivers.  Miasma is everywhere, and there are countless poisonous insects and snakes. According to their experience, as long as they hold on for half a year, the Celestial Empire will be short of supplies and choose to retreat. At that time, they can still take advantage of the situation and make another profit.  It is worthy of being the country that has the most wars with China. Annan has rich experience and the two families cooperate well.  It's just that they overlooked one thing. The current China is completely different from the past.  The Battle of Malacca made the navy famous all over the world. The clipper ship sent the news of Annan's murder of Han people to the capital. Zhang Ke immediately ordered the navy to severely punish Annan.  After Ming Ruxin received the order, he immediately mobilized his troops. He gathered fifteen battleships and attacked from the south to the north. In each port, he would not let go of Annan's ships.  The first to suffer was the Ruan family. They assembled more than 300 warships to compete with the Celestial Empire.  It sounds like a scary amount, but when the navy showed up, all their soldiers peed.  One of the opponent's warships is worth dozens of Annan ships. It is a war between strong men and children, without any suspense.  It was a completely one-sided sweep. Half of the warships were sent to the bottom of the sea, and the remaining half chose to surrender.  Who has the time to deal with these monkeys??They all gathered on the shore and set fire to the ships.  After cleaning up the Nguyen family's navy, Zheng's was no exception.  In two months, except for a few fishing boats, there was not even a decent warship in Annan.  The sea is completely sealed, no commercial transactions are allowed, and no fishing is allowed.  Annan is not as self-sufficient as the Celestial Empire. Without trade and fishing, half of our lives will be lost.  A large number of fishermen lost their source of livelihood, uprisings broke out in Annan one after another, and the war quickly spread across the country.  My man is like a madman, killing each other constantly. The corpses pile up like mountains, and the blood dyes the earth red.  From the beginning to the end, the Chinese Empire did not directly land on Annan. It is unbelievable that the naval blockade alone produced such an effect.  The melee lasted for more than a year, and Annan had to send a mission to the Celestial Kingdom to plead guilty.  Accompanying them were more than a dozen small countries. They brought rare birds, exotic animals, and various local products to pay homage to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, praying that the emperor would continue to be the culprit and treat them well as before "The countries in Southeast Asia,  The land is fertile and the products are abundant. In the past, dynasties were unable to occupy Nanyang because they were afraid of the sea and relied on the army to travel long distances. The journey was difficult due to the smog and we could not bear the losses, so we had to retreat this time.  Starting from the sea, we will completely swallow up Nanyang and never let it go! And let me tell you some good news. We have developed a brand new steamship and are accelerating production. From now on, our connection with Nanyang will depend on these ships!  " Zhang Ke announced excitedly, why do you say this? Another important factor restricting the expansion of the empire is communication. The distance is too far.  If government orders cannot be issued, there will naturally be no control.  "On land there are war horses, and on the sea there are ships. However, sailing ships are limited by the wind direction, and sometimes they cannot deliver messages.  Just imagine, an order to mobilize troops was issued, only to be received half a year later. Wouldn¡¯t it mean that the day lilies were all cold?  With steam ships, there is no need to care about the wind direction, and the safety factor is greatly improved.  It would take at most a month for news from Nanyang to reach the capital for the emperor and cabinet to make decisions.  After the technical problem was solved, Zhang Ke couldn't wait to start staking the claim. In the Age of Discovery, the islands in the ocean belonged to whoever discovered them first, and it was the first to attack them.  As for digestion, we can put it later and build the fence first.  Defeat Annan.  Next is India.  Although the third brother in later generations is synonymous with cuteness and cuteness in everyone's eyes.  In fact, the third brother was very brilliant in history.  Occupying the South Asian subcontinent, it has vast arable land and developed agriculture.  The population is almost the same as that of the Celestial Empire, and the economic aggregate is not much different.  The only problem is that India has been divided for a long time, with princes all over the country doing their own things.  There is no synergy.  Of course, this just gave Zhang Ke an opportunity to take action. As long as India was captured, the crisis of China's food shortage could be solved.  And conquering India means that every Chinese has an overseas slave!  Thinking about it is exciting, Zhang Ke issued an order to the cabinet and the Privy Council, asking them to formulate a plan to conquer India.  Who knew that this plan would not be easy. With such a huge territory, a population almost as large as that of the Celestial Empire, intricate relationships, and incalculable tribes, it took three years just to figure out the status of India.  In the tenth year of Zhang Ke's accession to the throne, Crown Prince Zhang Yan led an expeditionary force of 150,000 men, together with 1,500 warships, setting out from five ports in the southeast, passing through Nanyang and other places, resting briefly in Malacca, and then  Entered the Indian Ocean.  In the past ten years, the navy has annexed the island of Sri Lanka and used it as a springboard to attack the Indian subcontinent.  150,000 troops arrived, and together with the local garrison, they landed in India in batches and began the conquest of India.  This war lasted for ten years. Aurangzeb, the last emperor of the Mughal Dynasty in India, died in the fire in the palace in Delhi. The flames in the sky swallowed up the bustling palace and everything in the subcontinent.  .  Within ten years, the East India Company was formed, monopolizing 80% of trade, and established a strong administrative team and colonial army.  The largest shareholder of the East India Company was Prince Zhang Yan.  When he sent out troops, he was not yet 30 years old. After ten years of iron-blooded conquest, he has become mature and calm, and he is ruthless and cunning in dealing with his enemies.  The huge Indian subcontinent was the stage for his manipulation. He used all kinds of despicable means to divide the princes of India, make them kill each other, and force each country to surrender.  The price paid for the conquest of India was huge. Seventy thousand soldiers died before and after it, and because of the incompatibility of the acclimatization, the number of deaths was three times as many!  But there is reward for hard work. India alone contributes one thousand taels of annual income to the Celestial Empire, plus another five hundred.Stone grain, and countless cotton.  And consumed 20 million taels of textiles, ensuring the rapid prosperity of the empire's industry.  When the Crown Prince led the victorious army back to China, he chose to land in Guangzhou, and then took the newly opened train. After six days and nights of journey, he finally arrived in the capital. The speed was so fast that all the passing soldiers were overwhelmed.  Everyone was amazed!  The Celestial Empire has really taken off. There are factories everywhere and scenes of prosperity everywhere.  Railways were built one after another, cities rose rapidly, and a large number of laborers were liberated from the fields and became industrial workers.  Zhang Yan was ecstatic about everything after not seeing each other for ten years. At the same time, he still had lingering worries.  In fact, according to his father's promise, he would give up his position as emperor for twenty years. Now it is at this time, when his father is in the prime of life. I heard that a prince was born three years ago. Can it be done?  Zhang Yan had no confidence at all in giving up the throne.  "If my father doesn't want to give up the throne, I, a crown prince with outstanding military exploits, may not have an easy life in the future.  But Zhang Yan is not afraid. Ten years of experience have given him enough confidence and courage to face his father.  When Zhang Yan returned to the capital, a female official took him directly to Xiyuan, where Zhang Ke and hundreds of members of the royal family were waiting for him.  The moment he stepped into the palace door, Zhang Ke gently pulled the switch in his hand, and suddenly the surroundings of the palace shone with dazzling light. Zhang Yan could hardly open his eyes. Then he heard Zhang Ke's voice and laughed: "Come on.  Welcome our great hero back!" Zhang Ke personally took his son's arm and sat on the dragon chair together.  Zhang Yan had already adapted to the strong light. He looked around and saw that every other foot on the wall, there was a glass ball of full size, emitting yellow light from inside, like little suns, illuminating the hall.  Every detail appears.  "Father, what is this?" "Hehehe, I was about to test you, what do you think this is?" Zhang Yan frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly exclaimed: "Father, could it be  Is this electricity? I remember last year, someone published a paper on magnetism. Could it be successful this year? " "Yes, the people in the Academy of Sciences can do it better than I thought!" Zhang Ke said with a proud smile:  "Yan'er, if you master electricity, you have the key to changing the world. Things that you never dared to think about in the past will now become a reality. You can fly in the sky, go to the sea, and do almost anything. Only China that masters electricity can prosper forever.  , no longer need to worry about being surpassed by Xiyi. " Zhang Ke patted his son on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There is only so much that dad can do for you. The next step is your time, so do your best!  The emperor resigned simply. Some of the old brothers who fought together in the world withered, and some also disappeared from the political arena with Zhang Ke's abdication.  The new emperor Zhang Yan inherited his father¡¯s national policy and continued to expand his strength and promote industrial development.  In the fifth year of his accession to the throne, China sent twenty ships to establish colonial strongholds in North America. At the same time, another fleet seized Somalia and started colonial activities in Africa and the Americas.  The next year, the West once again formed a coalition, and the two sides launched a desperate fight in the Middle East. After ten years of fierce fighting, the Middle East completely fell into the hands of China. The Western coalition was completely defeated, and the New Crusade disintegrated.  At this point, the expansion of the empire has reached a limit, and Zhang Yan began to pursue the policy of resting with the people. During this period, the automobile industry developed vigorously, the first airplane was tested, the first submarine was launched, and the first highway appeared Countless firsts  First, the empire has been completely pushed to an unparalleled prosperous age, and it is worthy of the title of Celestial Kingdom!  (To be continued)?¡­
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