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Chapter 2223, the wealthy Chaling colony

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    Chaling colony on the south coast of the Persian Gulf.

    In the later generations of the Qatar Peninsula, now the Li Family Chaling Colony, no one knew the name of Qatar, because the surrounding generation of Arab tribes had already been wiped out by the Li family, and either they had moved away early, or they had  They were used as slaves by the Li family and sold to all over the world.

    Naturally, no one here remembers its previous name. Everyone only knows the current Chaling Colony, which is one of the most fertile colonies among the many overseas colonies and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

    Here at the Chaling Colony Governor¡¯s Mansion, Li Zhaofan, the stepson of former Ming Dynasty Cabinet Minister Li Dongyang, is sitting in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, drinking tea leisurely and watching the prosperous and lively Chaling Colony in front of him.

    Calculating time, almost 20 years have passed. When I first came here, it was a barren desert land.

    Today, this place has become the most prosperous, lively and rich area in the entire Persian Gulf region.

    Thinking of the hard days in the past, Li Zhaofan couldn't help but sigh.

    At that time, the Ming Empire had a craze for going overseas to occupy colonies and establish vassal states. The vassal kings of the Ming Empire went to sea one after another to establish their own vassal states overseas. At the same time, a large number of wealthy families, dignitaries, and big families of the Ming Empire also went to sea to establish their own vassal states overseas.  A colony of its own.

    Because of various reasons, the Li family failed to keep up with the trend of the times, so that after all the good places overseas were taken over, the Li family took action.

    In the end, after jumping around, there was really no place to go, so we chose the Persian Gulf and established Chaling Colony here.

    When the colony was first established here, life was really hard at first. There was very little drinkable water here, and there was a desert everywhere.

    Not to mention gold and silver, there is not even the most basic arable land. Many tribesmen are scolding themselves, saying that they have chosen a desert, a place where birds do not poop.

    At that time, all the drinking water needed to be transported to Persia on special ships. Life was so difficult that we had to sell half of the colonial ownership to Liu Jin, the current chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, so that we could persevere.  .

    Later, a continuous war broke out in the two river basins. The Chaling colony slowly persisted by relying on transit trade, buying and selling slaves, grain, and fishing for pearls from the Persian Gulf.

    But it is still impossible to become one of the richest colonies, and the sales are simply not enough to support it.

    It was not until later that Liu Jin bought half of the ownership and pointed out that there was a large amount of oil buried underground here. After exploration, it was discovered that there were extremely rich oil resources under the desert here.

    Later, with the discovery of the internal combustion engine, the development of oil smelting technology, the demand for oil became increasingly strong, and the price continued to rise, the Chaling colony truly came out of its difficult days and began to become rich rapidly.

    Today¡¯s Chaling Colony not only has a large number of oil fields, but even if you sit down every day, the continuous flow of oil has also brought a steady stream of wealth to the Chaling Colony.

    There are many oil ships coming here every day. The oil produced here is mainly sold to overseas colonies and vassal states such as the South African Colony, Ning Kingdom, and Chu Kingdom.

    The huge oil revenue also made the Chaling Colony become rich almost overnight. Billions of money continued to flow in. Last year alone, the Chaling Colony earned more than 30 million taels of silver just from selling oil.  .

    Thirty million taels of silver income is certainly nothing to the huge Ming Empire, but to Chaling Colony, a colony with a population of only tens of thousands.

    This is very scary, very scary, and it is an extremely huge number.

    With such considerable oil profits, Li Zhaofan has not forgotten to give back to his people.

    Of course, speaking of itself, all the people here in Chaling Colony are related to the Li family.

    When Li Zhaofan came to Chaling, he received strong support from the Li clan. They not only contributed money and effort, but also people. Almost the entire Li family moved from Chaling, Huguang to Chaling.

    In addition, there are a large number of fellow villagers, relatives and friends from the Chaling area who believed in the Li family and followed the Li family overseas, believing that one day they would be able to live a good life.

    Who knew that after coming to Chaling, there would be no good days. This miserable life lasted for several years. It was not until the emergence of oil that things became easier.

    So now there is considerable oilIt¡¯s time to establish a place to improve the welfare system.

    This system is similar to the welfare system of later generations, taking into account all aspects.

    Of course, this is also related to the special situation of the Li family¡¯s Chaling colony. This place is basically filled with members of the Li family, relatives and friends. Everyone has come here to live through the hard times. When there are good times, it is natural to take care of everyone.

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    Other colonies may have similar situations, but they do not have the resources to get rich overnight like oil. Even if they want to develop these benefits, they do not have enough funds.

    "We have a lot of money, but we still have to find ways to invest continuously. Making money make money is the way to go!"

    Li Zhaofan looked at the prosperous Chaling colony, but he was thinking about long-term things in his mind.

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