Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1053 New Frontier

Zheng Shijie continued: "Our governance system only provides convenience for the 80 million people in the capital. I don't intend to give modern life to the surrounding Nanyang natives. At most, with the addition of a few citizens from nearby vassal states, some of them can also come to Nanyang to enjoy the golden beaches. But the local natives, they don't deserve it. I am here to rule them, not to give them gifts."

He pointed to his name tag: Chairman of Lan Fang Administrative Services Co., Ltd.

"Administrative services are innate to the people of Kinai because they cannot see the disparity in the world. Governance and order are the highest luxuries. I do not intend to provide this luxury to everyone. It is not cost-effective. Let me make it clear that I am not discriminating against them. Really, I have seen the most noble natives, and I have also seen people of varying quality. I really am not discriminating against these natives. What I mean is that they cannot afford the 'modern'."

He pointed to the beach again:
"That beach is really not a place they can come to. The price of a bottle of soda on the beach is what I can sell a box of soda for there. Companies are born for efficiency, so of course we will choose the most appropriate way to make profits. Having said that, I am not the only one who thinks so. Look, North Korea is right next door, and we haven't completely converted Hyundai to it - as the saying goes, Buddha saves those who are destined to be saved."

"Well, I have a question." Shangluo asked, "Do you plan to close the stall?"

"Closing the stall? What do you mean by closing the stall?"

"The ascension path of Jinei is about to begin. You know, even an old monster like Xu Fu has jumped out. I think he had to jump out at this point in time, probably because Qin Shihuang can really be resurrected in the present - but with such progress, it is difficult for us to expand to Southeast Asia."

"Ah!" Zheng Shijie nodded. "You are talking about this question, right? I have indeed been thinking about it for some time. Because before you came, we didn't have such a timeline. You know, the company will never invest in long-term, unpredictable decisions. The company's decisions are sometimes surprisingly short-sighted. In other words, preparing for ascension was completely confusing before you came. It was only after you came that I started to think about this issue carefully."

"So what are the results of your consideration?"

"According to what you said - we will definitely close the stall. Although Pontianak is not my home, my family is still in Quanzhou, and the generations of Yanping Hou will definitely return to Quanzhou. But Pontianak is indeed where I was born and grew up here. Many people in Pontianak, Xingzhou and Sunda are the same as me. Although our real hometown is not here, and our household registration is Hakka, this is where we grew up after all. So it is still a bit difficult to close the stall suddenly."

"Yeah," Shangluo nodded, "So this is what I want to discuss with you. Since you said you must close the stall, what are your plans?"

"I'm thinking about just asking everyone in Nanyang to move to the moon."

[Huh? ?] Apollonia was shocked

"???" Shangluo was also stunned for a moment, "Why is it jumping so fast?"

"Because to be honest, look: Pontianak, Sin Chew, Sungai Sembilan. These three cities have a total population of nearly 1800 million. If so many people suddenly go back, it will bring land, employment and other various pressures to Kinai. I don't want to cause trouble to Kinai, so we just move to another place. If Nanyang is not easy to live in, we might as well live on the moon. Just like in the past, Lan Fang Company will be at the forefront of developing the frontier."

"You really have to choose the high difficulty mode!"

[Wait. I can probably guess why he made this choice. Although this is not the true fief of Marquis Yanping, it is almost the same as a fief. If he gives up the fief and goes back, then Marquis Yanping will just be like everyone else, becoming an idle nobleman. But if he opens up a new frontier, he can continue to go to the moon, or even Mars, to be Marquis Yanping.]

"Ah," Shangluo touched his forehead, "I said Guoxing, do you want to go to the moon and continue to be the Marquis of Yanping?" "This," he also asked tentatively, "Go to the moon, or be the Marquis of Yanping?"

"You don't want to be the Palace Master of Guanghan Palace, do you?"

"Ah, this. Palace Master or something, it's not impossible, right? Although I'm a man, if you can give me Guanghan Palace, then I don't mind being the Palace Master. I can assume that I am the Palace Master, right?"

"." Shangluo was silent. "Is this something I should be in charge of? That's not what I'm asking."

"But you can manage it, Shangluo! Aren't you the Lord of Heaven?"

"I am indeed the Heavenly Sovereign, and I am in charge of the affairs of the Heavenly Court, but matters related to feudal relations must be managed by the future Heavenly Emperor. I don't want to be the Heavenly Emperor, and the Heavenly Emperor must be the Son of Heaven. So you can go talk to your old classmates about these matters."

"Ah, do we still need to look for him? Okay, it's not a big problem. As long as I build the colony myself, and then ask him for an imperial edict, it shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, as long as it doesn't cost the court money, everything can be discussed, right?"

“That makes sense.”

"However," Zheng Shijie also said, "Although we don't know much about 'closing the stall', we do have some research on star colonization. We think that the future model of the interstellar empire may be similar to the mandala system we are using now."

"Huh? Are you studying interstellar governance? Isn't that a bit ahead of its time?"

"It's business-related. No matter how far away it is, we have to do some early research. And it doesn't cost much to do a bare-bones study. In short, we think the interstellar environment is quite similar to the South Sea. The characteristics here are rich resources, but the population cannot move freely. In the South Sea, there are huge waves and miasma in the rainforest. And in space, we have to face the test of the cosmic environment. No matter where, the people lack the ability to migrate on their own."

"Hmm? Now that you mention it, it seems that they are somewhat similar."

"And think about those fairy tales. Those famous mountains and sects that occupy spiritual veins, those loose sect alliances, aren't their orders also based on the Mandala system? From this perspective, perhaps the interstellar civilization of the future will become like this."

"That's terrible! Isn't that the same as the natives?"

"Indeed." Zheng Shijie nodded. "In front of the vast universe, sometimes I feel that we are occasionally helpless. So this situation may indeed be the natural mode of the interstellar empire. If we don't care at all, the empire's direct jurisdiction may only include the Earth itself in the future, and other places will be ruled by loose governors. Those governors are local emperors. It doesn't matter what system they implement. As long as tribute is handed in, the empire will not care at all. We must never go to such a future."

(End of this chapter)