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Chapter 972 – 968【Big Gold Mine】

Chapter 972 968 [Big Gold Mine]

The rainy season is coming.

Zhao Kuangyi stood on the balcony of the palace, observing the temple in the distance with binoculars.

Brihadin Shivaro Temple, which means “the great master”, is dedicated to Shiva. There is a huge tower in the temple, 63.41 meters high, which is the third tallest building in India.

Whether it is the temple hall or the temple tower, they are all built of large blocks of granite without using any adhesives. For hundreds of years, after many earthquakes, not only did it not collapse, even no obvious cracks were found in the wall. The top of the temple tower is carved from two complete pieces of granite, each weighing 30 tons. It is hard to imagine how it was transported up.

Because there is an open square inside the temple, it was requisitioned by the British army as a barracks in history, and it was returned to King Tanjore after more than 30 years of use.

After taking back the temple, King Sefoji II immediately cleaned the temple’s dirt and held a grand celebration ceremony.

At that time, the British Viscount Valencia happened to be visiting Tanjore and was invited by the king to participate in the celebration.

The Viscount Valencia is a friend of the king. He expressed his doubts in his notes: “This king was forced into exile since he was a child and was raised by British missionaries. He is familiar with Western literature and is proficient in European languages. , Dance has extraordinary talent. If he was in Europe, he must be an excellent scholar, how could he become a superstitious person in India?”

Viscount Valencia, concluded from this: This ignorant land conquered by civilization has never produced any flower of civilization worthy of careful study and praise!

Zhao Kuangchen put down the binoculars and said: “The Zhuluo Dynasty a few hundred years ago was really powerful. It not only dug irrigation canals along the river, but also built such majestic temples and towers.”

Wang Chongxi, who was standing next to him, said: “It was the same hundreds of years ago, and it is still the same after hundreds of years. It can even be said that it has been going backwards. I heard that the irrigation canals along the banks of the river have not been repaired for hundreds of years. Only serious damage , each village will repair its own section. Even if a small section of irrigation canal is repaired, it can be completed in two or three months, and it will take several years of delay.”

Zhao Kuangchen said: “I think it’s because of the caste system. The nobles in various villages don’t regard the land as private property, they just help the king manage it. Fix things in the public house.”

“But during the Chola Dynasty, there was also a caste system, and the irrigation canal was built at that time.” Ma Chen said.

Wang Chongxi said: “It is because the imperial court has no heart. Anyway, life is going well, so they don’t bother to build water conservancy. In fact, the village community under the well field system is very easy to levy corvee. You don’t need to pay wages, just take out some food.”

Zhao Kuangchen nodded and said, “Indeed.”

The dilapidated water conservancy facilities here in Tanjore, in another time and space, had to wait for the thousand or so remnants of the Green Church to seize power and establish a country before they could be repaired. Regardless of high or low, the whole village was demoted to slaves, and then they were whipped to repair the water conservancy.

Guan Xian said: “It will rain in a few days. Tamil officials said that after the first light rain, it is time to sow summer rice and wait for the rainy season to come. In the real rainy season, unless the farmland is flooded by floods, there will be no earing time.” I will add fertilizer again. It is easy to grow rice here, not as exhausting as in the Celestial Dynasty.”

Wang Chongxi said: “So, the farmers here are too idle. And during the slack period, the diligent ones can only do some part-time jobs, and the lazy ones lie at home every day, and only come out to lie down when the sun comes out. The farmers here are farmers and cannot do it. Carpentry, because carpentry is another sub-caste profession.”

Ma Yan laughed and said, “If there are more and more Han people in the future and the land is not enough, will Han farmers become carpenters and bricklayers? If they become carpenters and bricklayers, will the aboriginals of these two castes feel that the Han people have robbed them? rice bowl?”

“Definitely will,” Zhao Kuangtang nodded, “As the number of Han people increases, conflicts will inevitably intensify, and maybe the natives will unite to rebel.”

Wang Chongxi said: “Your Highness, I have a way.”

“Tell me about it.” Zhao Kuangtang said.

Wang Chongxi said: “Stable expansion bit by bit. If the expansion is too fast, the Han people will all become big landlords, and I am afraid that they will lose their morale. If the expansion is too slow, the Han people at the bottom will have resentment and conflicts with the aborigines will intensify. Slowly Expanding out, leaving hope for the Han people at the bottom, allowing the Han people at the bottom to fight with the aborigines, but not out of the control of the imperial court. As the land is opened up and the number of Han people increases, it will prolong the time for the conflict between the Han people and the aborigines to intensify.”

Zhao Kuangtang laughed and said, “It’s just cooking small fresh food, master the heat well.”

He has already sent a boat back to fetch Princess Jin from Nanjing.

Because they live in school all the year round, the princess and side concubine don’t have many children, and they only have one son and one daughter at present. The pair of sons and daughters will stay in Nanjing for the time being. They will not come to India until they have graduated from middle school and received sufficient education.

In addition, he visited Ba Pai Yao, where my grandfather lived, when he went south.

Grandpa is in good spirits, and he promised to help Zhao Kuangtang recruit people. Yao people and local Han people, who are willing to go to sea, should go to the government to register. This time, they will also come to Taiwu City by boat together. Maybe not one or two thousand, but a few hundred people should be able to make up, after all, there are more mountainous areas over there.

There are too few Han Chinese under Zhao Kuangyi’s command. There are only more than 2,000 civil servants, generals, technicians, infantry, cavalry, and navy… all counted. Some will pick up family members, but most of them are wives and children. Parents and brothers are rarely willing to go to sea.

Anyway, when these ships come back, it will be good if the number of Han Chinese can reach 4,000.

This is unprecedented in India, just take the founding emperor of Mughal. This person was beaten into a dog in Central Asia, and came to India with more than a thousand remnants of soldiers. He subdued some Afghans on the way, and he would not exceed 3,000 troops at all times.

Three thousand troops are the original property of the Mughal Empire, and they belong to different races. When they came to India, they could only integrate into the caste society, and then recruit local troops to expand.

And the Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British came to India to colonize, just like that. In a colonial port that has been developed for hundreds of years, at most two to three thousand Europeans have reproduced, and most of them are descendants of mixed blood.

In comparison, Zhao Kuangtang’s immigration speed is completely unreasonable, and he directly brought in 4,000 Han Chinese in a year.

As Zhao Kuangyi gained a firm foothold in Taiwu City, more and more Chinese merchants will come to trade in the future. He has already contacted the merchants along the coast and asked them to help spread the news and pick up people, and the boat tickets and meals along the way can be reimbursed.

You can become an official if you can read and write, and you can divide the land when you come here. Presumably the mountain people and Dan people cannot withstand the temptation.

Zhao Kuangtang didn’t think too much about it. He was already content with hundreds of new immigrants every year. After all, Nanyang was also absorbing immigrants.

And those businessmen, if the trade is stable, will also open a trading company in Taiwu City, leaving the branch manager and buddies to buy cotton and other goods from Jin State, and at the same time contact the Dutch for shipping issues.

Immigrate and give birth at the same time. Within twenty years, Zhao Kuangtang hopes to have 20,000 Han people.

If the population is larger, that is naturally the best.

When the number of Han people is over 10,000, Zhao Kuangtang will expand and take down the neighboring country of Madurai!

“Da da da da!”

There was a sound of horseshoes, but it was Sun Kewang who led his troops to collect taxes by force came back.

In the villages near the river, the infantry can go to collect taxes. For places farther away, cavalry must be used, and this year must be beaten, otherwise the local nobles will be dishonest when paying agricultural taxes.

“Your Highness, General Sun, please see me!”

“Bring him in.”

Sun Kewang went out to sweep around and killed more than a dozen nobles. He was full of vigor at this time, and he had already ushered in the second spring of his life.

“The final general will see Your Highness!” Sun Kewang saluted as he marched.

Zhao Kuangchen asked: “Are there still people who are not convinced by Wang Hua?”

“Kill more than a dozen people, let the cavalry carry their heads, and wander around the villages, and those nobles will be honest,” Sun Kewang suddenly whispered, “Your Highness, there is a gold mine near Canmei City, which can be controlled within a few seconds. In the hands of the nobles of Dili!”

Kanmei City was changed by Zhao Kuangyi to the ministers. Its original name was Ali Kamedu, and it is the second largest city in the country. It is not far from the border between Jin State and Jin Ji State, and it is also a port city near the sea. The city lord there is obedient in name, but he is self-respecting and unwilling to pay commercial taxes.

The whole of South India is a gold mining area in the Indian subcontinent.

However, in Zhao Kuangtang’s state of Jin, there is only one large gold mine, which is not far from Canmei City. The rest are sporadic and small mines, and not much can be mined in a year, so there is no need to go to war for that little gold.

Mysore, the neighbor to the northwest, has four large gold mines!

Wang Chongxi said: “Kanmei City is the second largest city, and the owner of the city is not very obedient. Sooner or later, he will occupy it. Now there are gold mines, and they must be captured. But we can’t worry for the time being. We have too few Han people, and there are still many It’s not completely stable.”

Guan Xian said: “The top priority is to wait until the rainy season is over to repair the irrigation canals along the river. Even if we want to attack Kanmei City, we have to wait until next year to send troops, and we must find a suitable excuse to send troops.”

“The excuse for sending troops is readily available. Canmei City does not obey the king’s order and is unwilling to pay the city’s commercial taxes.” Ma Pei said.

Zhao Kuangchen asked: “How many troops are there in Kanmei City and its surrounding areas?”

Sun Kewang said: “I have already found out that there are only a few hundred soldiers in the city. Once you want to fight, you must be fast, and you cannot let the nobles go to the village to gather troops. Otherwise, you will not fight hundreds of people, but tens of thousands. Kan The nobles in Meicheng have great influence, controlling at least one-fifth of the villages in the country.”

Zhao Kuangchen nodded and said: “If you want to send troops, go there by boat, surround the city, and don’t give the enemy a chance to gather troops in the countryside. Even if you can gather troops, don’t let them enter the city. Fighting in the wild, no matter how many enemies there are.”

Zhao Kuangchen is not only not enough Han people, but also not enough Han officials.

Even many official positions in the city are assigned to Tamil nobles. A large number of soldiers can also read and write, but the army cannot be dispersed, half of them are stationed in the city, and the other half are thrown to manage the village. It will be fine next year, as long as you can read and write, you can be an official. Han officials will gradually increase, and the national documents will be written in Chinese characters.

There is no other way now, but bilingual office, otherwise the Tamil officials in the city will not be able to understand.

(end of this chapter)