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- When the Ming Dynasty was booming and developing rapidly, it was here in Egypt, which was thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty.
In the hot desert, hundreds of thousands of Egyptian migrant workers are working hard in the hot desert. A wide river is like a scar on the earth, dividing the earth into two sides.
Egyptian migrant workers work very seriously, full of passion and energy.
They were originally the lowest farmers in Egypt, the kind of farmers who had lost their land. In the past, even eating was a problem, so there were frequent peasant riots in Egypt.
The hungry peasants were almost overthrowing the rule of the Mamluk Kingdom.
Fortunately, the excavation of the Egyptian canal was like rain falling on the heads of the Egyptians, and huge funds from the Ming Dynasty were continuously injected into this dry land.
Hundreds of thousands of people are employed, with food and accommodation included, and can receive dozens of wages per day. Working for a month can earn almost one tael of silver.
Such a good thing suddenly made the whole of Egypt excited. Countless farmers who had lost their land and had no support for their livelihood came to the canal construction site and became a member of the army digging the canal.
The capital, technology of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the steady flow of grain transported from East Africa, Tianzhu, Nanyang and other places in the Ming Dynasty, gave the Mamluk Kingdom, which was originally on the verge of destruction, a new lease of life.
At this moment, Kansu II of the Mamluk Kingdom was leading a group of Egyptian officials to inspect the Egyptian canal. The general person in charge of the canal, Tong Yuan from the Ming Empire and the chief technical engineer, Zhan Qi, who graduated from the Ming Dynasty Engineering College, were also accompanied. Beside.
Kansu II looked at the huge scene of hundreds of thousands of people in front of him with a smile on his face. After several years of excavation, the Egyptian canal is getting closer to being officially opened to navigation. Then he can sit down and collect money.
Of course, for Kansu II, he hoped that the canal could be dug for a longer period of time, so that he could have time to clean up the Mamluk feudal nobles in Egypt.
In the past few years, by supporting the large-scale project of the Egyptian Canal, Kansu II has gradually begun to control the right to speak. Coupled with the use of some other means, he has also gradually gained control of all power in Egypt.
However, he still does not intend to let go of the feudal nobles in Duer, not only because these people controlled power and emptied themselves out in the beginning, but more importantly, he now studies books and knowledge from the Ming Dynasty every day, and has a deep understanding of the problems that exist in Egypt. .
That means there is no land for the tiller!
¡°To put it simply, land annexation is too serious.
Egypt itself has very little land, and even less cultivated land, which is distributed on both sides of the Nile River Basin and in the delta area downstream.
There is very little land that can be cultivated, but the internal land annexation is extremely serious. The Mamluks were the military feudal aristocracy when the country was founded. After years of aggressive expansion and land annexation, they have annexed almost all of Egypt's arable land to themselves. hands.
A large number of farmers have lost their land and have no support for their lives. Naturally, various peasant uprisings will arise one after another. If there is a slight disaster, a raging fire will immediately burst into flames and the dynasty will be completely destroyed.
Kansu II was not originally aware of this problem, but the newspapers and books from the Ming Dynasty, as well as his frequent chats with Tong Yuan, a Ming Dynasty official, about the governance of the country, also gave him a full understanding of this aspect. understanding.
Therefore, Kansu II is now very clear that there are only two roads before him.
One is to attack the Mamluk feudal military aristocracy, crack down on land annexation, and return the fields to farmers in urgent need of land for cultivation.
The other way is to embark on the path of external expansion like the Ming Dynasty, acquire land from the outside, and then relocate the population.
The first way is to attack the Mamluk feudal military aristocracy. Naturally, we have to attack it, but the foundation of the Mamluk kingdom itself is built on these feudal military aristocrats.
Originally, the Mamluks were slave soldiers sent by Khalifa in the Middle Ages, and then gradually developed into a powerful military ruling group. The Mamluk dynasty of Egypt was established on this basis. ãá reduce .co m ãá
The purpose of attacking the Mamluk feudal military aristocracy is not to destroy it, but to attack those hostile forces that do not listen to themselves. The ultimate goal is to bring these feudal military aristocrats under their own control.
It is impossible to really dig up the foundation and foundation of the dynasty's rule. Of course, land annexation must be restricted, and these feudal nobles cannot be allowed to annex land endlessly.
The second path is what Kansu II really wantsIn order to meet the huge demand of the construction site, there is even a surplus, so that some villages have been formed around the aqueduct, and some people are actually farming.
The Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt was very cooperative. The canal was dug much more smoothly. Not only was it fast, but it also boosted the Egyptian economy and saved the endangered Mamluk Kingdom.
"It will take more than a year~"
After listening to this, Kansu II pondered for a moment and started calculating silently.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Master Tong, dig slowly, don't be too hasty, the channel of this canal can be dug wider and deeper, so that larger ships can pass." Mi He Mi
"If I remember correctly, your Ming Dynasty Morning Post reported that there is a new type of steamship here in Ming Dynasty. The scale of these steamers is getting bigger and bigger. We have to take this into consideration. The ships in the future may be larger than the current ones. The ships are much, much bigger.¡±
"That's true. I also took this into consideration, so I also widened and deepened the canal channel. It was completed at one time to save the need for expansion later."
Tong Yuan looked at Kansu II and did not expect that he would be so understanding and concerned about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. He even knew about the steamship
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