Chapter 1446: Southeast Asia
A prison van was escorted to Jinling.
Mang Bai was locked in a prison van, and pedestrians on both sides of the street looked at the prisoner in the van curiously.
Such a scene has not appeared in Jinling City for many years.
In the past, captured criminals were thrown directly into the mines, even the King of Japan and the Shogun of Fuso did the same.
Being caught and paraded through the streets, Mangbai was the first person to enjoy such an honor.
It didn’t matter that the people of Jinling didn’t know who he was, because someone was reading out his crimes nearby.
After hearing Mang Bai's crimes, the people of the Ming Dynasty were furious. How bold and barbaric this little king was, how dare he murder the late emperor of the Ming Dynasty? He deserves to die!
The people took rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs to smash Mangbai. Some people couldn't find anything and even took off their shoes.
Some were about to pick up the bricks on the ground, but were stopped by the officers in charge of maintaining order.
It's okay to vent your anger, but beating him to death is not okay. After all, it is still used to commemorate the late emperor, and the basic integrity of the tribute must be guaranteed.
Mang Bai was escorted all the way to Han Yu.
Han Yu lost interest in humiliating Mang Bai as he looked at him kneeling under him.
Now, the gap in status between the two is huge, and Han Yu is reluctant to dirty his hands when dealing with such a person.
"Send it to the tomb of the late emperor and offer a blood sacrifice."
Han Yu said indifferently.
"Yes!" The guards took Mang Bai away, and there was no need to mention how to perform the blood sacrifice.
After defeating Mang Bai, Han Yu finally accomplished something that was on his mind.
Let Mu Tianbo continue to march towards Siam, all the way south, and occupy Tamsuk (Singapore), then turn eastward, destroy Cambodia and Annan, and take the entire Southeast Asia into his possession.
This is a rich granary where rice can be harvested three times a year, there are also abundant tropical resources and rich minerals, but it has been occupied by a group of ungrateful people.
This was something Han Yu could not accept.
They must all be brought under one's rule.
After receiving the order, Mu Tianbo began to march eastward.
At this time, Southeast Asia was still composed of a number of small foreign countries, and the weapons in their hands were spears and swords. Even the Qing Dynasty could not defeat this level of military strength.
If the distance was not too far and the cost of ruling was not too high, they would not have remained independent forever.
The Grenadiers led by Mu Tianbo swept across Southeast Asia with basically no rivals and quickly subdued the local natives.
As for those who refused to obey, they were all turned into Jingguans beside the road.
After eliminating all disobedient forces, Han Yu sent officials to replan the fields here, and then established huge plantations to concentrate the production of various strategic resources.
With the widespread use of steam engines in the Ming Dynasty, huge factories were built and the demand for various materials and raw materials, such as rubber, was growing.
This is an important raw material for making tires.
The demand of large factories cannot be met by the small farmers' private planting. Only centralized planting and large-scale production can do this.
However, such huge plantations require a large number of cheap workers.
Han Yu didn't want to use people from the Ming Dynasty.
He spent a long time looking on the map and finally chose a place - Borneo.
Here, in addition to the big crocodiles with bared teeth, there is another specialty, that is Kunlun slaves.
It is also one of the three treasures of the Tang people.
Bodhisattva barbarian, Silla maid, Kunlun slave.
Many people think that Kunlun slaves are black uncles from Africa.
Actually, this is not the case. The Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty were all dark-skinned natives trafficked from Borneo.
These natives are lazy and greedy, bully the weak and fear the strong, and are eager to get rich but unwilling to endure hardship.
So they targeted the local Chinese.
In the original time and space, the Qing government was incompetent and closed the country to the outside world. Not a single ship could go to sea, resulting in the inability to manage ocean affairs.
The natives became increasingly arrogant and launched several massacres against the Chinese.
I don’t know how many people died at their hands.
Han Yu felt no burden in his heart about making these natives slaves.
"Since you have a lot of blood debt on your shoulders, go to the plantation and pay it back."
"Where is Mu Jiansheng now? Has the issue in Mindanao been resolved? If it is resolved, lead the troops south to conquer Borneo. By the way, from now on this place will no longer be called Borneo, but North Kunlun."
"Your Majesty, since this place is called North Kunlun, shouldn't there also be South Kunlun?"
Mu Jianping asked curiously from the side.
"Of course, here it is."
Han Yu moved his hand down and pressed it on the land of Australia.
In the original history, it was not until more than a hundred years later, in 1788, that British invaders began to colonize here and exile prisoners here.
Now, there are only some indigenous Maori and kangaroos baring their teeth at each other, which poses no threat at all.
The most important thing is that this place is rich in various minerals, especially copper mines, which are lacking in the Ming Dynasty.
If we want to get rid of the copper shortage and produce copper-cased bullets, occupying this place is the most convenient solution.
In addition, this place is suitable for raising sheep. Wool is an important material and the blood of the Industrial Revolution. No matter what, this place must be taken.
"My brother just brought back a letter via carrier pigeon. Here it is."
Mu Jianping found a letter and handed it to Han Yu.
Han Yu opened it and found that Mu Jiansheng met the French on Mindanao. These French claimed that they discovered this place first and that this place was a French colony and the Ming Dynasty had no right to interfere.
"How dare a little barbarian show off his power at my doorstep?"
Han Yu sneered.
The French are not good people either.
Although on the surface they were very respectful to the Ming Dynasty and often did business with it, they actually coveted the Ming Dynasty's wealth and were always trying to do something dirty.
Since they didn't dare to do it in their own country, they did it in their overseas colonies.
There have also been several massacres of Chinese people in Medan, all of which were secretly instigated by the French.
The Franks and these natives are birds of a feather.
"Since they won't listen to my advice, there's no need to show them mercy . Tell Mu Jiansheng that I only want Mindanao Island. As for the two-legged creatures on it, they have no need to exist."
"Yes." The secretarial staff of the Secretariat immediately began to draft the documents.
That's right, Han Yu felt that eunuchs were too inhumane, so he abolished the eunuch industry. The remaining eunuchs who passed the examination would continue to be employed, and those who failed would be sent to factories owned by the royal family.
Female officials and guards were used in the palace to replace the original eunuchs.
At the same time, a secretariat was set up to handle daily clerical work, which helped Han Yu relieve some of his work pressure. Now he only needed to grasp the general direction.
The document was encrypted and delivered to Mu Jiansheng by carrier pigeon.
At this time, Mu Jiansheng was standing at the bow of the boat, secretly angry.
The damn French actually forbade them to go ashore for supplies.
Moreover, he received information from some insiders on the island that the French were inciting the local natives to riot, massacring the Chinese community and looting their wealth.
If Han Yu had not told him to deal with the enemies one by one and not to declare war on the whole world at once, he would have attacked the island long ago and let those ignorant French people know that the Ming Dynasty was not to be trifled with.
