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Holding Hot Pot

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However, if Kangxi wants to agree, it is probably not too difficult. Although Kangxi has a sense of crisis about Western countries, he will not be willing to interfere in European affairs. After all, the 40,000-mile sea route is placed there, and the risk is not too great. Once the troops are sent, it will have to be at least 30,000 or more, which is a bit large.

Yinxiang was stunned for a while before asking, "Do you want to send troops to Europe?"

"What is the Thirteenth Brother?" Yinzhen asked without answering.

Yinxiang paused slightly and said, "I like the slave plantation run by the Dutch in Nanyang. This method is good. Maybe we can imitate it in Australia. In addition to the indigenous people in the South China Sea, there are many people in the Mughal Empire. The Netherlands can establish strongholds in the Mughal Empire and plunder slaves, so we can."

America and Africa are too far from the Qing Dynasty. Even if the enfeoffment can be quickly occupied, it will be difficult to consolidate over time. I prefer to manage Southeast Asia and Australia well, after all, it is right at my doorstep.”

Yinzhen nodded slightly. Lao Shisan was limited by the times. It was impossible to imagine that this world would undergo earth-shaking changes with the British Industrial Revolution in decades. He was based on stability, still occupying a place, consolidating a place, and digesting the traditional ideas of a place.

Now it can be said to be a golden age for expanding overseas territory. We cannot shrink our hands and feet. Even if we cannot consolidate it in the future, we will plunder him for decades and complete capital accumulation. However, in later generations, colonies around the world have been in full swing from now on, we must start to vigorously prevent and prevent some strategic points and resource areas.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen leaned back, leaned comfortably on the cushion, and said, "Brother Thirteenth, Spain has plundered 4 billion silver in the Americas for more than a hundred years. Don't you envy it? Even if it cannot consolidate overseas places for a long time, predatory mining for more than a hundred years is enough to make the Qing Dynasty rich for hundreds of years.

In Nanyang, Australia naturally needs to consolidate, and overseas lands must be robbed. Without enough financial resources, what kind of development should be used to consolidate Nanyang, Australia? It costs 50 million taels to immigrate tens of millions of dollars, and in Australia, at least 30 million in the lands of Australia, it is necessary to firmly control the Qing Dynasty. In Nanyang, there are also Nanyang, so where does this money come from? Of course, it needs to be robbed overseas!

If you want to consolidate overseas land, the only way is to use the population to fill it. Overseas land must have an absolute advantage in order to permanently and effectively control it. The population of the Qing Dynasty is the largest, with more than 100 million. The two major measures of abolishing the capita tax and promoting drought-resistant and high-yield crops to increase grain output will inevitably greatly promote population growth in a short period of time. A large population is our biggest reliance on seizing and developing overseas territories.

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Although America and Africa are all unparalleled lands, if we do not take action now, it will take decades to become overseas territories of Western countries, one will rise and fall, and in more than a hundred years, the Qing Dynasty will be in disaster. Therefore, we must strive to develop and strengthen ourselves, and at the same time, we must try our best to suppress European countries. European countries will not only be full of vitality, but also become aggressive. Sooner or later, it will be a confidant of the Qing Dynasty. Seizing overseas land is to prevent it before it happens, which can be said to be a century-old plan."

When Yinzhen mentioned that "stopping acres of minus" was shocked for no reason. The fourth brother's promotion of "stopping acres of minus" was not driven by Lao Sisi, right? The promotion of drought-resistant high-yield crops in the United States seemed to have only started after the severe drought last year. These seemingly natural actions have been planned by Lao Sisi long ago? Just looking for opportunities to go with the flow?

The more Yinxiang thought about it, the more reasonable it became. When Lao Si Si went to Shanghai to build a navy and build an ocean-going fleet, who could have expected so many things to happen? Australia's discovery, now it is very strange. When it arrived in Garopa, Lao Si Si ordered the navy to survey and map the route. Before that, Australia had already been in a hot topic.

The sixteenth brother Yinlu was stunned when he heard this. The fourteenth brother played a big game of chess. He had not yet gained the throne, so he began to consider the century-old plan. Those small countries in Europe are really as serious as the fourteenth brother said. It is 40,000 miles away, and Western countries can still expedition the Qing Dynasty? This is a bit mysterious.

The snow was frozen, the canal had long been frozen, and the post road was extremely difficult to walk. The road surface was tightly closed and frozen, as smooth as a mirror. Not to mention people, even horses were walking on it, and no one was going out in this kind of weather.

After learning about the situation in Europe, Yinzhen refused to delay in Tianjin.

The next day, I led the troops to travel in the snow. Fortunately, there were many villages and towns along the way. Although the speed was a little slower, it was not dangerous. It took five days for the group of people to see the city wall of Chaoyang Gate from afar.

"I finally returned to the capital." Yinxiang said with a happy smile.

"Is this year the coldest year?" Yinzhen asked loudly immediately.

"Not count." Yinxiang said while urging his horse to lean over and said loudly: "I heard that in the 31st year of Kangxi, more than 100 people in the capital were frozen to death overnight. At least 30% of those who "carry hot pot" at night died, which was so cold."

"What is holding hot pot?" Yinzhen had never heard of it before, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Hey, that's all homeless." Yinxiang explained: "Squatting by the wall at night, sleeping, shrinking his body into a ball, holding a small warming stove in his arms, with only a little charcoal inside, and spending the night with that little warmth. The people call this situation a "hot pot"."

Yinzhen couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Don't anyone care about these people? What do the officials in Shuntian Prefecture do for food?"

Seeing that the Fourteenth Old Man looked wrong, Yinxiang lowered his voice and said, "Shuntian Mansion only has household registration. Most of the people who hold hot pot are blind and can't control them at all. Besides, it's so cold that people with homes and rooms can't help but freeze to death. Do they still have the energy to meddle in other people's business?"

Even if he has a family and a room, he still freezes to death. Yinzhen rarely comes into contact with civilian life on weekdays. He does not interact with anyone like Lao Shisan. He knows only a limited knowledge of civilian life in the capital. He hesitates a little, but he still can't help asking: "Don't they all sleep in a hot bed, don't they have money to buy coal?"

Yinxiang explained in detail: "People who use stoves to keep warm, coal balls are used to burn kangs. The stove is very easy to extinguish at night, and water drips into ice at night. Some elderly people may die before dawn."

Yinzhen nodded. Coal stoves and honeycomb coal are all simple things. These things can be solved by moving his mouth. Now he has been wandering around for many years and has seen and has a wide range of knowledge. Even if he put it forward, no one will doubt it. If someone returns to Beijing, he will immediately make trouble. It is also a benefit to the people.

But how should those who hold hot pot be solved? Relief is just a temporary solution. I am not in Beijing every year, so I have to think of a long-term solution.

As soon as Yinzhen and his party entered Chaoyang Gate, the two guards who had entered Beijing first led three Western missionaries who were teaching in Hope Yixue. Yinzhen talked with the three missionaries nearby at Dongshaojiu Hutong, and then went straight to the palace.

Kangxi was quietly reviewing the memorial in the western warm room of the Ganqing Palace. Yinzhen's return to Beijing was delivered in early in the morning. He did not expect that Lao Thirteen and Lao Fourteen would actually rush to the road in such heavy snow. He knew that Lao Thirteen must have something big, and it is impossible for Nanyang to have something big now. Besides that, what big thing can it be?

Over the past six months, a series of major decisions of the Qing Dynasty have had direct or indirect connections with European countries. Kangxi was also concerned about the situation in Europe and had also inquired about the situation in Europe from several familiar missionaries. The missionaries in Beijing were all Jesus clergymen, only loyal to the Pope and the President of the Persian Church. Although they were knowledgeable, they rarely involved European politics.

Even when Kangxi asked, they only talked about the geographical and general situations of Europe and the various countries. Moreover, the missionaries familiar to Kangxi came to the Qing Dynasty very early and did not know the current situation in Europe at all, so they naturally would not talk nonsense.

Kangxi watched the naval military exercise with his own eyes, and had a very intuitive understanding of the pros and cons of Western warships and Qing naval warships. He was not worried about the Battle of South China Sea. After knowing that Britain and the Netherlands were all small countries, he put it aside.

In the past six months, the navy has fully captured the Nanyang, consolidated the Karopa, opened up Australian routes, and further affirmed the territory of Australia. Kangxi also trusted Yinzhen more and more. Australia's conquest and immigration have now been put on the agenda. Seeing that the plan to open up vast overseas territories is in an orderly manner, he has been in a particularly good mood in the past few months, and has been much more diligent in handling government affairs than before.

"Emperor, Thirteenth Master, and Fourteenth Master handed over a sign to meet at Jingyun Gate." Li Dequan reported softly.

"Xuan." Kangxi said without raising his head. After writing the comments of the last few words, he put his pen and stood up and moved a little in the hall.

"My son Yinzhen, son Yinxiang pays me a blessing to the emperor." Yinzhen and Yinxiang came in and kowtowed to pay their respects.

Kangxi stopped, glanced at the two of them carefully, and then smiled and said, "Look, I'm not in good spirits, I'll give you a seat and enjoy tea." Then he walked back to the kang and sat cross-legged.

After Yinzhen thanked him, he sat down calmly, but Yinxiang kowtowed again and said, "The Emperor Ama is in danger in Tianjin. My son is in Suzhou. He did not return to the attendant in time and prayed that the Emperor Ama will be punished."

Kangxi knew that he was afraid of being involved in the vortex of the stock market, and did not want to make a fuss about it. He nodded slightly and said, "You are in charge of the navy and will not be allowed to return to Beijing without orders. What crime is there? Let's sit down."

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