The most arrogant in history

Chapter 750 Constructive Proposal.

Ye Kun said: "Isn't that great? That's what I hope. At that time, the court will send officials to manage these islands and lead everyone to live happily."

“How to manage tens of thousands of islands?”

Guan Bao sighed: "The management cost is huge. Even if we collect some taxes, it will not be worth it."

Managing the South Pacific islands is a hundred times more difficult than managing a continent.

Especially the island fishermen, who move around everywhere just like the nomadic people on the grasslands.

Not to mention the islands, even in many large lakes in China, there are mountain survivors who live on the islands and escape the management and taxation of the imperial court.

These people live on boats and have no fixed place to live. How can you deal with them?

Large-scale action is not cost-effective;

Small-scale actions can't be caught at all.

The situation in the South Pacific islands is ten thousand times more complicated.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Master Guan should be more optimistic. Just because we cannot solve some problems now does not mean we cannot solve them in our lifetime. With the development of population and technology, the court will become more and more powerful.

The big problems now will be small problems in 20 years and can be easily solved. "

"Solved easily?" Guan Bao expressed doubt.

Ye Kun nodded: "When the population increases, we will carry out large-scale immigration to the Nanyang Islands and strengthen management. The scattered forces of the people will not be able to defeat the imperial court after all.

At that time, the early spontaneous immigrants would naturally obey the management of the imperial court.

Controlling dozens of large islands, the remaining small islands are not important. Because the small islands lack resources, it is not conducive to survival, and they cannot develop their own power, so they can only submit to the court. "

Ye Kun had guessed this when the ban on private maritime operations was lifted.

Fishermen and caravans can go out to sea at will and will definitely fight for territory overseas.

Most of the small islands in the South Seas are uninhabited and can be developed at will;

Those big islands are inhabited by indigenous people, who are no match for the Chinese fishermen and caravans, and can be easily controlled.

Ye Kun's strategy remains unchanged. He turns a blind eye to the phenomenon of spontaneous immigration and even secretly encourages it.

In this way, the court saved its immigration expenses and realized the external expansion of the Chinese nation.

Ye Kun inspected near Zhangtou Port for several days, waiting for news from Lu Kaijiang on the bandit suppression.

However, Lu Kaijiang sent a telegram saying that he had arrived at Luzon Island, but could not find any trace of the pirates, only some clues.

Ye Kun was furious and ordered Guan Bao to send more troops to Lu Kaijiang and make sure to capture the five Zhao brothers alive.

The nine departments were urging Ye Kun to return to Zhuo County.

Ye Kun had no choice but to return from the southeast coast with Jiang Yourong.

On this return voyage, Ye Kun went to Jinmen City and Beihai County to inspect the chemical bases, steam engine and diesel engine bases there.

The steam engine production base has been built and put into production for more than three years. The quality is stable and the output is gradually increasing.

He Tiantian and others also rushed over to accompany Ye Kun to inspect and guide production.

At present, the total annual output of steam engines of various models is about 5,000 units.

This is also the limit, because some parts are made of alloy materials or high-strength steel, and you don’t have time to produce them.

Ye Kun discovered that many of the low-level laborers at the production base were foreigners, so he asked, "How come foreign laborers have also entered our high-tech company?"

The head of the base explained: "They are doing some rough work, such as carrying raw materials, grinding large items, and some... dangerous work. These people were transferred by the Ministry of Households. They only need to be fed and do not need to be paid."

"Is it because we have so many foreign laborers now that we can't use them all?" Ye Kun was quite concerned about this issue.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "It seems so. The domestic road traffic construction is almost complete, and the amount of construction has been reduced in the past two years. There is not so much demand for quarrying.

But the introduction of foreign laborers has been ongoing. In the past few years, at least 600,000 young men have been introduced from India. There are enough laborers, even a surplus. "

With more than a decade of continuous immigration, there are at least three to four million foreign workers in the country.

Anyway, we have sweet potatoes now, and there are granaries in Jiaozhi and Tianzhu, so we have more food than we can eat. After the foreign laborers are introduced, we can also have enough to eat.

But as road construction decreased, these workers became redundant.

Ye Kun pondered and said, "Aren't our iron mines and coal mines short of manpower now?"

"Iron mines, coal mines, porcelain kilns, and cement factories are all full."

"Then let's continue to build the road." Ye Kun nodded and said:

"The Taihang Mountains block the road to the west from Zhuo County. We must repair it. Cut a few holes in the mountains to open up a passage to facilitate the people and merchants on both sides."

Taihang Mountains are too big and too long.

The road to the west from the East China Plain is blocked by the Taihang Mountains, and the only way is to go around them.

Later generations had the so-called Eight Passes of Taihang, which are eight passages crossing the Taihang Mountains.

But at this time, not yet.

There are only two trade routes, plus some remote and difficult paths.

If the Eight Passes of Taihang were opened at this time, the impact on economic development would be enormous.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you should discuss the road construction with Lord Ding when you go back. We are here to discuss industrial development."

Ye Kun nodded and continued to inspect the factory.

The diesel engine production base has just been built and started production.

However, the insufficient output of aluminum alloys has restricted its development.

Ye Kun instructed He Tiantian and the officials of the Ministry of Works:

"The output of aluminum alloys has severely limited our machine production. We must increase production and make great strides! We will continue to add hydroelectric power stations. If that doesn't work, we will use thermal power stations to increase electricity supply and refine aluminum metal."

The official from the Ministry of Industry said: "The technology of today's thermal power plants is very reliable. I suggest that we build several thermal power plants near coal-producing areas. There is plenty of coal anyway and it will never run out."

Ye Kun nodded in agreement, and asked the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Science and Technology to conduct a joint investigation and add more hydropower stations.

Electric power construction must be forcibly boosted.

If we don’t improve, we will not be able to keep up with industrial development.

He Tiantian is a little worried: "If we upgrade the power facilities on a large scale, I'm afraid there won't be enough copper materials."

There was a lot of bronze in the country because the copper coins in the hands of the people were replaced by paper money and fell into the hands of the imperial court.

However, bronze cannot be used directly and must be refined.

Current productivity does not support large-scale refining.

Ye Kun said: "Over the years, we have been collecting copper materials from overseas. Many domestic copper mines with low production have stopped production. Now we need a large amount of copper materials, so we can mine those copper mines again.

Aren't there a lot of foreign laborers? Just dispatch hundreds of thousands of them to mine copper."

It is easier to extract pure copper from copper ore than from bronze. Some high-quality copper ores are close to natural red copper, and after a little refining, they can be pure copper.

He Tiantian nodded and said, "I'm sure the nine ministries will approve the domestic mining."

A dozen days later, Ye Kun returned to Zhuo County and convened a meeting of nine departments.

When everyone was present, Ye Kun put on a stern face and gave everyone a warning:

"What on earth are our nine departments doing? There is not enough copper, electricity, and machine production, but you all turn a blind eye? Over the years, I have submitted many proposals. But all of you are only responsible for approving my proposals, and you don't have any constructive proposals of your own, right?"