Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 457

When he left Bangladesh, Bai Mingxiu was full of emotions. This is a land of hope, and it is entrusted to Wu Min. It must bear fruit in the future.This can be said to be the first event of great significance to Ming Dynasty during the trip of the entire global fleet.Although Wu Min had already planned to obtain Bangladesh for a long time, with the help of the Global Fleet, it was twice the result with half the effort.

Before leaving, Bai Mingxiu also asked Wu Min about India.

Wu Min's answer is very simple: "Manpower is sometimes exhausted. Even though Ming Dynasty is such a great country, it is still impossible for us to occupy every inch of land in the world. How much effort do you have to develop it? What's more, the local First Five-Year Plan is in full swing, and all the development of the propaganda and comfort department should be matched with the local construction."

Bai Mingxiu was surprised: "I thought you would fight for the development position of your Mengmen Xuanwei Division."

Wu Min said categorically: "Impossible. Although I am a consolation envoy, I always bear in mind that the national interests of Ming Dynasty are the priority, and the interests of my core Han nationality are the priority. Purpose. As for India, I think the strategy at this stage is correct. Like the Europeans, occupy some coastal trading points on a small scale and build our colonial towns. We don't need to fully control India. It is best to let India Fragmented by colonialists and local powers. We just need to make money in India."

Bai Mingxiu also had to admit that Wu Min's vision was sophisticated and thorough.

He said: "We will also establish two more trade points in South India and West India this time, mainly maintained and developed by Tianzhu Company."

Wu Min nodded: "The Vijayanagara Empire in South India has perished, and now it is a group of small feudal kingdoms with no strength. It should have its own center. As for West India, the Indus Valley is also a good choice, linking the Persian Gulf to India.”

The Global Fleet sailed south along the coastline of India and came to South India, a land that has always been quite separated from the main body of the Indian regime.Since ancient times, almost none of the dynasties that ruled most of India actually controlled the area south of the Deccan Plateau, which also caused the relative separation of South India from the main part of India.

This is the main inhabited area of ​​the Tamils ​​and the last Hindu dynasty, but the current Vijayanagar Empire has perished.The presence of European colonists in South India has also become stronger and stronger. India in this era, like China before, did not pay much attention to the sea. Most of the people lived inland, and the coastal areas were relatively vacuum. After coming, they obtained the coastal territory through force or temptation, and continued to develop their ports and colonies.

It's not that Ming has never been to this area. In the previous Ming army's capture of Dutch Ceylon, Da Ming also wiped out Tuticorin and other places in this area by the way.The Ming Dynasty did not wipe out all the Dutch colonies in India. The Dutch East India Company also owned colonies and trade points in the Dutch Ebony Coast, Dutch Malabar, Dutch Surat and other Indian regions.Daming didn't bother with these trivial things, but only controlled the deep-water port of Tuticorin.

After the Global Fleet came to South India, it was not the same as before. The fleet was divided into two parts, one part went to Tuticorin, and the other part came to Colombo.Those who came to Tuticorin were mainly the Ming army, while those who went to Colombo were mainly merchant ships.

Most of the Ming army came to Tuticorin for no other reason than to build houses.

Even Bai Mingxiu himself wore a training uniform and came to this big construction site in Tuticorin.

Liang Haicheng was dressed in leather shoes, looked at Bai Mingxiu's attire as a foreman, and couldn't help but joked, "Do you want to supervise the work yourself, Commander?"

Bai Mingxiu shook his head: "Anyway, I have nothing to do, why not move bricks."

Tuticorin has thousands more labor force at once, and it is a well-trained and organized labor force. Although most of the soldiers have no experience in engineering and civil construction, it is no problem to obey orders.

The engineer of the construction company took the blueprint and said to Bai Mingxiu: "Commander, this is the plan we made after we got the relevant surveying and mapping. Now it seems that there are some inaccuracies, but we are not allowed to be so detailed. Anyway, We build relatively simple and functional buildings, and the troops don’t stay here for a long time, so we try to complete them within half a month.”

Including building materials are all ready, this time the Daming Global Fleet can be said to be planned to the point of extreme delicacy.The construction of Tuticorin was already arranged, but in order to save space, the fleet brought goods to Myanmar, and then purchased some construction materials such as cement and steel from Myanmar, and then headed to South India.

In fact, most of the buildings in Tuticorin are still made of wood. In order to carry out these constructions, the Great Mingzhu Company has long purchased a large amount of wood from the local area.

The main things that the army needs to build are basically residential buildings and shops, and then there are a large number of warehouses in the port area.The port equipment will be built by the next batch of engineering ships brought by Tianzhu Company. The Global Fleet came to help build this time, mainly in towns.

"More residential buildings and shops mean that more people can be attracted to live in Tuticorin and promote local prosperity. A well-built trading port will definitely allow more merchant ships to come to us for transactions , instead of going to other trading points opened up by Europeans." The mayor of Tuticorin, that is, a manager of Tianzhu Company, rubbed his hands excitedly, and preached to Bai Mingxiu.

This means that Tianzhu Company is a state-owned enterprise, and it can use the power of the imperial army to build towns for them, which is also unimaginable for ordinary enterprises.Of course, after Tuticorin became a trading city, it still belonged to Daming, but the people who managed the city were also executives of Tianzhu Company.This kind of situation has also appeared in other republics. For example, in some cities such as Daqing and Dongying that appeared later, the leaders of the oil fields concurrently served as city leaders for a long time, and they separated later.

The military is also happy with this, because the military will also set up their base in Tuticorin to maintain Ming's trade routes and ensure its influence and deterrence in the Indian Ocean region.

(End of this chapter)