Chapter 830 The Suez Canal is one of the busiest rivers in the world, and it is also a river flowing with gold.No matter whose ship sails from here, they need to pay money to Daming.As long as you make a one-time investment, you can make a permanent return.The total investment of this canal is 5 million taels of silver, and 1 million taels of silver is contributed by the Ming royal family, accounting for 20% of the shares.The Ming court contributed two million taels of silver, accounting for 50 percent of the shares.The remaining 3 million taels of silver were raised by the Daming private consortium, totaling 3 million taels of silver, accounting for 30% of the shares.This is the equation that Quanxu takes to divide the cake, to avoid being like Great Britain, the overseas colonies, almost all of which are the king's land, and the government will give up when it says to give up, because many overseas colonies at that time are like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon them.For example, if the autonomous regions of South Africa, Australia and Canada want to maintain their dominance, they must deploy a strong military force in the Asia-Pacific region, but in World War II, Britain has been hollowed out and really cannot afford it.Speaking from the heart, the problem of the Zhu Ming court was also because of the Wanli Korean War, which cost 20 million taels of silver, and the silver at that time was not as depreciated as in the late Ming Dynasty, if you count the currency depreciation problem, this money should be nearly 30 million taels of silver.As a direct result, the wealth accumulation in the early stage of the Wanli Dynasty was consumed in this battle, which led to the great weakening of the defense force of the entire Ming Dynasty.For example, the Ming Dynasty originally had nearly 100,000 defenders in Liaodong, but after the Wanli Korean War, it was reduced to only 40,000.At the same time, the Jurchen leader Nurhachi (taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's lack of time to take care of the situation in Liaodong) rose rapidly.In 1619, Nurhachi led his army to defeat the Ming Dynasty in the "Battle of Sarhu", laying a solid foundation for the later Qing army to enter the customs.Thus, in a sense, the war unleashed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi indirectly led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but not in the way he had planned.Now that Quan Xu is here, there is no problem with the financial problems of Quan's Daming for the time being, but with the improvement of productivity, the problem of overcapacity will definitely appear, and when the time comes, Daming will not be able to digest the excessive production capacity, and the economic crisis will break out.The imperial court also needed a once fixed and stable source of money, such as the Suez Canal, which was a source of money that would never run out, a river that really flowed with gold.Of course, corruption will also arise in the control of the government, but if the private person holds a three-third shareholding with the royal family and the government, then they can check each other and maintain a solid alliance of interests forever.Even if there is a brain-dead prime minister in the future, the nobles and the consortium that have invested in the company will not agree to the government's abandonment of the Suez Canal.Sending Hong Chengchou to North Africa as the governor of North Africa can not only use his ability to open up the Nile Delta, but also stabilize the actual interests of the Ming Dynasty in North Africa.Hong Chengchou looked at this holy decree and did not feel too difficult, after all, in North Africa recently, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty had completely expelled the navy of the Ottoman Empire, and once this canal was opened, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty could pass through this canal and directly threaten the Mediterranean coastal cities of the Ottoman Empire.From a technical point of view, it's not too difficult.It is enough to directly use reinforced concrete to build the embankment, and the Ming Dynasty has accumulated rich experience when dealing with the Huai River problem.What's more, the design index of this canal is not too complicated, the length is about 190 kilometers, that is, 380 miles, in terms of length, it is not particularly long.Many of the canals in Daming exceed this length, especially the Jinghang Grand Canal, which is at least eight times more than this canal.But in terms of engineering quantity, at this time, it is also quite difficult.Bi Jing, the deepest part of the Grand Canal in Beijing is about 10 meters deep, the shallowest point is only 0.5 meters, and the width is only about 30 meters.However, the main function of the canal is to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, and the width needs to be designed to be 350 meters.This means that the amount of work will be very large."
It's really not an easy thing to do!""
Hehe, if it's easy, then you don't need Lord Hong!"
Yang Yandong said with a smile: "Those who can work hard, if you have any difficulties, the handsome who can do it will definitely help you!"
”"How much manpower can Hong use?"
Yang Yandong said lightly: "The prisoners of war can give you 150,000 first, if it is not enough, then you can arrest it again!"
”For Yang Yandong, the Ottoman Empire had people, but it was really not good, so he organized a marine brigade to find a landing site and go inland to capture prisoners."
I need a lot of steel, and explosives!"
Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said: "Hong will understand the difficulty of construction with the craftsmen, Yang Shuai Mingjian, an official who is not from the Ministry of Industry, is the first time to ...... this matter" "Understand, understand!"
”Yang Yandong said: "If you need it, you can ask it at any time!"
”Yang Yandong pointed to Suzhou City and said: "This city will be handed over to you as the residence of your North African Governor's Mansion!"
”"Thank you Yang Shuai!"
Hong Chengchou's arrival also means that the Ming Dynasty really managed the city of Suzhou, and when Liu Bingren took Suez City, he built the city in the way of a military camp.But as a base for building canals, it doesn't make sense now.After visiting Suzhou City, Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly.In many cities of this era, the level of infrastructure is really poor, including Alexandria, the largest port in Egypt, and there are many unreasonable places by the standards of the Ming Dynasty.Although Hong Chengchou was very distressed, Zhang Xianzhong felt that this was heaven.…… Jeon Wook finally got to know the real life of an emperor, because wherever he arrived, it became his palace.Quan Xu skied casually in Wanzi Town, Zhangbei County, and the local government immediately hung up the Royal Ski Resort on that wild ski resort.Subsequently, many people came to visit it and became a scenic spot in Zhangbei County.Similarly, in the north of his Zhangbei Tuchengzi stay, there are natural hot springs, Quan Xu likes to soak in hot springs is famous, here immediately changed the name of the hot spring palace, and engraved stone tablets, leaving Quan Xu bathing in the hot springs here.All the way north, there are more and more nobles who come with Quan Xu, of course, most of them are military generals, and they accompany Quan Xu to hunt all the way.For the aristocracy, especially the Ming Dynasty of the whole family, who made meritorious contributions to martial arts, the style of martial arts was very strong, and several skiing, horse racing and other competitions were held.Quan Xu felt that it seemed good to have a winter sports meeting in the future.During the entire hunting activity, Quan Xu did not fire a single shot.His marksmanship is really not worthy of Quan Xu's identity as a wise and martial artist, but Sanniang is full of interest and seems to be very enthusiastic.These young second generations also show their skills and level, but relatively speaking, the second generation of the whole family is already outstanding, Chen Ying's son and Yuan Shiqing's son, their generation does not have the bad habits of the children of the Zhu Ming nobles, and they are still working the whole, which makes Quan Xu very satisfied.Being very satisfied means having high requirements, and high requirements mean that these second generations are having a hard time.Because the people compared to them, especially Jeon Xu's eldest daughter, are simply a demon.If you have a good academic performance, then forget it.The key is that a girl can beat a group of boys without the slightest temper.All the way north, there are more and more nobles who come with Quan Xu, of course, most of them are military generals, and they accompany Quan Xu to hunt all the way.For the aristocracy, especially the Ming Dynasty of the whole family, who made meritorious contributions to martial arts, the style of martial arts was very strong, and several skiing, horse racing and other competitions were held.Quan Xu felt that it seemed good to have a winter sports meeting in the future.During the entire hunting activity, Quan Xu did not fire a single shot.His marksmanship is really not worthy of Quan Xu's identity as a wise and martial artist, but Sanniang is full of interest and seems to be very enthusiastic.These young second generations also show their skills and level, but relatively speaking, the second generation of the whole family is already outstanding, Chen Ying's son and Yuan Shiqing's son, their generation does not have the bad habits of the children of the Zhu Ming nobles, and they are still working the whole, which makes Quan Xu very satisfied.Being very satisfied means having high requirements, and high requirements mean that these second generations are having a hard time.Because the people compared to them, especially Jeon Xu's eldest daughter, are simply a demon.If you have a good academic performance, then forget it.The key is that a girl can beat a group of boys without the slightest temper.All the way north, there are more and more nobles who come with Quan Xu, of course, most of them are military generals, and they accompany Quan Xu to hunt all the way.For the aristocracy, especially the Ming Dynasty of the whole family, who made meritorious contributions to martial arts, the style of martial arts was very strong, and several skiing, horse racing and other competitions were held.Quan Xu felt that it seemed good to have a winter sports meeting in the future.During the entire hunting activity, Quan Xu did not fire a single shot.His marksmanship is really not worthy of Quan Xu's identity as a wise and martial artist, but Sanniang is full of interest and seems to be very enthusiastic.These young second generations also show their skills and level, but relatively speaking, the second generation of the whole family is already outstanding, Chen Ying's son and Yuan Shiqing's son, their generation does not have the bad habits of the children of the Zhu Ming nobles, and they are still working the whole, which makes Quan Xu very satisfied.Being very satisfied means having high requirements, and high requirements mean that these second generations are having a hard time.Because the people compared to them, especially Jeon Xu's eldest daughter, are simply a demon.If you have a good academic performance, then forget it.The key is that a girl can beat a group of boys without the slightest temper.Chen Ying's son and Yuan Shiqing's son, their generation does not have the bad habits of the children of the Zhu family's Ming nobles, and they still work the whole, which makes Quan Xu very satisfied.Being very satisfied means having high requirements, and high requirements mean that these second generations are having a hard time.Because the people compared to them, especially Jeon Xu's eldest daughter, are simply a demon.If you have a good academic performance, then forget it.The key is that a girl can beat a group of boys without the slightest temper.