diskusbooks Chapter 900: Fear of heights.
Chapter 900: Fear of heights.
Ye Kun was a little surprised: "This...will it take ten years?"
It has been more than ten years since we conquered the Indian continent.
The earliest Chinese immigrants to the Indian continent were more than ten years old.
According to the report, the total Han population in India is close to three million, distributed all over the country.
Ye Kun felt that it would not take ten years.
Because the imperial court's large-scale overseas immigration is still intensifying.
In the next five years, approximately one million more people will migrate to the Indian mainland.
Guan Bao nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, I think it will take ten years. I think the real Hanization will come when the first generation of immigrants grow up and become the main force. By this calculation, it will take at least eight or nine years, if not ten years.
By then, the children of the first generation of immigrants will have grown up, and with the subsequent immigrants, the total Han population of Tianzhu Continent will exceed 10 million, and it will become a truly mature Chinese land. "
"So that's how you calculated it."
Ye Kun smiled: "Ten years actually goes by very quickly. Don't worry, we can wait."
The military and political leaders of Honghe Province all came to welcome him and accompany Ye Kun on his inspection.
The current Honghe New City has a population of 300,000 and a highly developed business.
The main industries are sugar production, grain processing, animal hide processing, rubber processing, etc.
There are elephants and rhinos in Jiaozi, and it produces ivory, rhinoceros horns, and rhinoceros armor.
Rhino armor is light and still needed in certain combat situations.
Ye Kun focused on inspecting the rubber factory and visiting their industrial products.
Because of the surge in rubber production, rubber products are now very abundant, including rubber pig troughs, horse troughs, buckets, basins, and rubber boats.
Ye Kun instructed: "The rubber products we are producing now are somewhat toxic and cannot be used as tableware or food packaging. I hope you will be careful and don't mess around. It's best not to make pig troughs and horse troughs like this.
Aren't there still laborers? Mining some stone mangers for thousands of years."
Guan Bao laughed and said, "But ordinary people like to use rubber troughs and won't listen to what we say. There are no rubber troughs for packaged food. Even if they are used to package food, there will be inner packaging."
"If we don't produce it, the people won't need it, because they can't process it themselves."
"Your Majesty is right. We will cancel the production of these troughs."
The provincial governor nodded and then pondered, "But now, rubber technology has been leaked, and there are already workshops in the private sector that secretly process rubber products..."
Ye Kun frowned.
I didn’t expect that technology would develop so quickly that ordinary people have also learned how to process rubber.
Guan Bao said: "Your Majesty, it is easy to ban these small workshops."
Ye Kun thought about it and shook his head, saying, "We are still in the process of large-scale immigration to Jiaozhi. If we ban these small workshops, it will undermine the confidence of immigrants. Let them be. If they really become unreasonable, we will ban them collectively."
Once an industry is formed, many people will make a living from it.
If small workshops are banned rashly, many people will lose their jobs.
Ye Kun has always been kind to the common people.
Guan Bao pondered and said, "I'm afraid that once it reaches a certain scale, it will become too big to be eliminated."
"Then we should strengthen management and guidance, make small workshops bigger, send technical personnel to guide them, and regularize production, which can also increase tax revenue for the court."
"Your Majesty, this suggestion is very good. We can close down some small workshops, retain some large workshops, and upgrade their technology and equipment."
The provincial governor was in favor.
Ye Kun stayed in Jiaozhi for five days, allowing Jiang Yourong and others to rest, have some sightseeing and see the scenery of Jiaozhi.
It's summer here, the temperature is around 30 degrees, which is quite comfortable.
There is also a large ice factory in Honghe New City.
The ice was made using the saltpeter method, and the output was not high. Only a few people or wealthy businessmen could enjoy cold drinks and popsicles.
Fortunately, saltpeter can be refined and used repeatedly, so the output of the ice factory is relatively stable.
Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "I heard that people in the south have never seen snow or ice, right?"
"Indeed. We in Qiantang County of China rarely see ice and snow."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Many southerners don't even believe that water can freeze. They are very curious when they see ice cubes. Schools in Jiaozhi and Tianzhu have specially arranged water freezing experiments to open everyone's eyes."
Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "Just like me, I have never seen the world. I used to think that Pingye County was very big. Now that I follow the emperor to the sea, I know that the sea is even bigger, and the world is even bigger."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "When we have a plane in the future, I will accompany you to visit the West Sea Continent. The two continents there, added together, are more than four times larger than our Chinese Nine Provinces."
"I'm afraid I can't take the plane, but Feng'er can."
Jiang Yourong fantasizes: "When Feng'er becomes emperor, he can take a plane and govern the nine provinces and four seas. He can go wherever he wants."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "We may not be unable to take a plane. With Pang Jia's enthusiasm, the support of the country's technical forces, huge funding, and increasingly advanced technology, I think that within three to five years, a manned aircraft will be built. After ten years, aircraft manufacturing will be mature and safety will be fully guaranteed.
At that time, we were only in our sixties and could definitely take a plane and travel in the sky. "
Before the time travel, Ye Kun often took flights, and the farthest place he had been to was Africa for exchanges.
Thinking back to the feeling of flying on an airplane, I miss it so much.
If there were planes now, taking off from Zhuojun, you could reach the Oil Peninsula in one day.
Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "But Your Majesty, when the plane flies high in the sky, aren't we afraid to sit on it? I'm afraid even if I stand on a three-foot-high platform."
"It's called acrophobia, and it can be overcome slowly."
Ye Kun said: "When the workers were working on the building we were building, they were running around in the sky as if they were walking on flat ground. At first, everyone was scared, but later they got used to it."
Jiang Yourong nodded: "The plane hasn't been made yet, so I won't worry about it."
A few days later, everyone set out again.
Going around the Strait of Malacca, we arrived at the Yunmian area.
In the Yunmian area, Ye Kun stayed for two days and then went to the Tianzhu continent.
Liu Yuejuan was about to see her son in Hanhuangdao. She was so excited that she couldn't sleep at night.
Ye Kun comforted her, "Don't be too excited, Madam. Ye Chan is fine and has already made arrangements for your arrival. He started building a palace for you last year and it's now finished. I heard that the environment and equipment are both top-notch. The white tiles alone cost more than 5,000."
Hanhuang Island is in the tropics and has a lot of mosquitoes.
The bedroom that Ye Chan built for his mother was a small house inside a big house, with several layers of window and door screens.
The interior has a suspended ceiling and the floor is made of tiles.
The palace was built halfway up the mountain and the temperature was just right, making it a great summer resort.
A small ice-making factory was also built.
A special carriage was also built with a fan and a gauze cover to facilitate Liu Yuejuan's travel.
Liu Yuejuan smiled and said, "My son, you are thoughtful, but it is too wasteful. We are well-fed and well-protected. But what about the immigrants and soldiers who are expanding the territory? Who can guarantee that they will not be bitten by mosquitoes?"