Chapter 1021: Pearl chain strategy

Qingzhou.
One month after Thunder's expedition to Australia, the first battle report was finally sent to Xiao Ming.
As he expected, the fighting went smoothly, and the British army was vulnerable to the machine guns sweeping the line tactics.
"The emperor, Thunder is a great achievement in taking Australia, but it is a bit wrong to distribute Australian land to the generals in private."
Fiji looks serious in the imperial library. The cabinet has been planning Australia's land these days, but now he was suddenly kicked in by thunder, and he was a little unhappy.
Pang Yukun sneered, "Old Fei Ge's eyes seem to be a bit bad. The thunderous report on this battle report clearly stated that it was for the emperor to review it. How could it be private? It was Elder Fei who was thinking of bringing Australia to Australia before the war in Australia was settled. It’s not right to leave the high-quality land to one's own talents. ""Nonsense!" Fiji was choked and furious.
"enough!"
Xiao Ming was in a good mood. The quarrel between the two suddenly made him a little unhappy. After the victory, too many people wanted to divide the cake, and maintaining a relatively fair distribution was more difficult for him as an emperor than war. .
Glancing at the two men sternly, he continued: "Australia is only the first battle of the colonial war. Next, North America, South America, Siberia, Southeast Asia, and Africa will all have our interests. There will be a lot of land in the future, and you will not bother in the end. What's the urgency! So the most urgent thing is not your little abacus, but the big abacus of the empire now."
After all, Xiao Ming threw a document in front of the two of them, "This is the merit law I thought of in January. From now on, no matter it is officials, people, or generals who perform meritorious services, they will receive meritorious services based on actual conditions. Points. People with meritorious service who want to obtain the land of the colony will use merit points in exchange. Different geographical locations, land size, and the merits of the land require different merit points. Those who do not have meritorious credits want to get land. Real money in exchange."
Pang Yukun and Fiji were stunned, and then the two picked up the document and glanced at it. The document was full of more than 30 pages. It listed in detail the number of merits obtained by different merits, whether it is domestic land or colonial land. The price is clearly marked with merit numbers and dragon coins.
In addition, the property in the colony is also listed here. Simply put, when this meritorious service order is launched, the official's right to allocate land will be officially recovered, and everything will be handled in accordance with the rules.
The punishment for violating the Meritorious Act is also very cruel. The severe ones are too late, and the light ones are exiled to Siberia.
The expressions of Pang Yukun and Fiji changed, and both of them had a chill in their hearts. In his opinion, Xiao Ming was an important step in strengthening the rule of law. Perhaps the chaos in the country during this period has reached an unbearable level.
"The important matter of the country should be used heavily! Meritorious methods, the distribution of this land will no longer dispute." Fiji bowed and said.
Xiao Ming nodded. In this era when human civilization has just started and people's hearts are still barbaric, it is necessary to use strict criminal laws to regulate individual behavior.
"So the reply to Lei Ming this time is this meritorious deed. On the merits, he can allocate land to his generals in accordance with meritorious deeds, and we also need someone to migrate here to achieve complete control over Australia. After you go back, you will formally promulgate the Meritorious Act, which will open the authority to the people to exchange Australian land." Xiao Ming said lightly.
"Yes, the emperor." Pang Yukun and Fiji said simultaneously.
After dealing with this matter, Xiao Ming asked the two to go back. As for Lei Ming's temporary slave bill in Wales, he did not discuss it.
Perhaps in the contemporary times there will be a Virgin who accused him of this behavior, but it is only the eighteenth century, and it hasn’t been long since mankind has struggled from the wilderness of civilization. Barbarism is still synonymous with this era, and slavery in Europe is developing to its peak. , This kind of indifferent kindness will only invite jokes.
What's more, even during World War II, there was basically no difference between captives and slaves, but they changed their name to a high-sounding name.
Sending off the two, Cui Shangan, who was waiting outside the Imperial Study Room, came in, and when he received the battle report, he asked Cui Shangan to come over.
"The emperor." Cui Shangan appeared cautious. Just now Xiao Ming was a little unhappy because of the quarrel between the two patrons. He didn't want to be in trouble now.
Taking a look at Cui Shangan, Xiao Ming said, "I asked you to come here today for a very important thing. Now that Australia has been conquered, the empire’s Southeast Asia strategy has a good start, but it is still far from the empire’s current needs. Now Britain can navigate all the seas in the world by not only sailing warships, but the most important thing is the port."
Before coming to the map, Xiao Ming pointed to a series of British ports marked on the world map from the United Kingdom to the Americas, Africa, and then to Asia. "I see, this is the foundation for Britain to maintain its maritime hegemony and economic interests. If these ports were not available , They can't put in military power at all."
"Does the emperor mean that we also want to build our port?" Cui Shangan had cares in his heart.
"Yes, we want to destroy the European ports while establishing our own ports. As long as we control the ports, the world's economic hegemony is in our hands. This strategy I call the Pearl Chain Project. It took Europe two hundred years. I hope that the results I have achieved can be realized in a short time." Xiao Ming said solemnly.
With the development of the imperial industry, the required market is getting bigger and bigger. A Goryeo and a Japanese country simply cannot meet the current domestic market demand.
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Therefore, he now continues to export goods to Southeast Asia, India, Ottoman, America, Africa, and even Europe to make profits.
But contrary to this wish is the news brought by the Dutch three days ago.
The impact of the breakdown of the negotiations with Britain and France was that the British and French missions ordered the coastal colonial commercial ports to be closed to the Chinese Empire on their way back, and no longer allowed any Chinese Empire's merchant ships and warships to dock.
If the mission returns to Europe, Britain and France are likely to jointly pressure the Netherlands to make the Netherlands make decisions that are not good for the Chinese Empire.
Because of this news from Rod, he was determined to launch this pearl chain strategy to break Europe's arrogance.
However, it is not easy to realize this plan. After all, there is only one way to realize this plan, that is, global projected forces to occupy European colonies.
Cui Shangan nodded and said: "If this is the case, we need to increase our investment in the navy and build an invincible fleet that crosses the sea."