I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Zhu Fugui drank the cola in one gulp, then turned his head and left.

This touching scene was faithfully recorded by the "Da Ming Times" and passed on to every citizen of Ming Dynasty and overseas Chinese.

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To be honest, Zhu Fugui was really not cruel about letting Lao Li go out for a walk.

Lao Li is too fat.

People gain three catties during the festive season, but he gains three catties when he has nothing to do.

In the latest mid-year physical examination, Lao Li's weight has exceeded 330 catties, and his blood pressure has exceeded 180 mm Hg.

If this continues, Zhu Fugui feels that it is impossible for him to appoint him.

As the saying goes, the best way to get healthy is to travel far.

And what travel can be more refreshing than a 300-day trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand?

Therefore, this is definitely not pushing Lao Li into the fire, but saving him.

Of course, by the way, it would be great to be able to kill two birds with one stone in Nanyang with the special status of eunuch to cut the sausage against British imperialism.

Even if it fails in the end, at least it can leave a good impression on the hearts of overseas Chinese in Nanyang and form a good relationship.

Moreover, the Jinghai Fleet has another mission to go to Nanyang.

When Zheng He went to the West, he brought back a giraffe from Somalia, which caused a sensation in the capital.

In fact, Nanyang itself has many interesting animals.

For example, the orangutans and tapirs in Borneo, the rhinos and tigers in Java, the elephants and crocodiles in Siam, these are the inherent property of my Ming Dynasty, and the Jinghai Fleet will bring them back.

Zhu Fugui had already promised the children in Fengdu to give them pandas.

Although it is not possible for the time being, it is still necessary to build a zoo in Fengdu.

In this day and age, there are no animal protection organizations looking for trouble. It would be a good idea to get a few circuses to perform in Xinlu, Xinsu, and even the Governor of Wa Island.

Since the output of cultural values ​​depends on the audience's love, Zhu Fugui feels that these animals will definitely bring considerable cultural value to Daming.

Of course, the transportation conditions are limited, and there are no sharp weapons such as tranquilizer guns. Zhu Fugui estimates that for every tiger brought back, a hundred tigers will die in Nanyang.

However, if these wild animal resources are not destroyed by themselves, there will always be someone who will destroy them. Feeling of guilt or something should be left aside.

And in this era, fighting tigers is still a hero. It is said that there were 20 tigers in India in the [-]th century. Now it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of tigers at least, and it is estimated that the same is true in Southeast Asia.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty killed hundreds of tigers in Nanyang, and all they got was cheers.

Chapter 352 Alaska and Mexico

For real animal protection, Zhu Fugui is also working hard.

For example, for North American passenger pigeons that are about to be eaten up by the Yankees, Daming has already opened up several protected areas for them.

This kind of bird is very migratory, and it is difficult to survive and reproduce in an artificial environment, so it can only be carried out by means of habitat protection.

Anyway, Daming now has fewer people and more rotten land. It is not too extravagant to designate a few areas as nature reserves and send a small group of conservationists to patrol with guns.

After all, these nature reserves can be used for tourism development and enhance cultural value in the future.

For example, Yellowstone Park, which is not far from Fengdu, now that the large railway network is completed, many Fengdu citizens choose to go there for vacation...

Although more than 30 days of holidays a year may not seem like much, but if you squeeze in, you can still have time for the whole family to enjoy.

When the population increases in the future, Zhu Fugui will appropriately increase the vacation time of citizen workers.

All in all, Daming, which is sitting on the vast wilderness in the central and western part of North America, has much more extravagant space on the land than the later generations of China.

But when it comes to land, no one thinks there is too much land.

On the second day after Zhu Fugui sent Lao Li away, Zhu Fugui got the information that the Russian Empire officially and voluntarily terminated the negotiations with the Washington government on the sale of Alaska.

This deviates from the original history.

On the original historical line, Tsarist Russia will sell Alaska to the United States of America in 1867, that is, next year.

Alaska covers an area of ​​170 million square kilometers, which is 20 square kilometers larger than the entire "chicken head" in the northeastern part of Heijiliao + Inner Mongolia.

Although this is also a piece of bad land, as long as it is big enough, it will be very fragrant.

Historically, Americans bought these 170 million square kilometers for only $700 million plus a handling fee of $20, and the average value of each acre of land was only two cents.

700 million US dollars is just the price of 3 medium-sized armored battleships, or 1.5 main iron-clad battleships.

Although it cannot be said to be a small amount of money, compared with the government income of a country, it is indeed better than nothing.

The reason why Tsarist Russia sold Alaska at such a low price is that in fact, it is the same as my Qing Dynasty, and it also followed the routine of inviting foreigners to guard the country.

Even Zhu Fugui felt that the Russians in 1867 were special. Inspired by my genius idea in the Qing Dynasty in 1860, he came up with the idea of ​​selling Alaska to the Americans so that the Americans could block the British and French attacks on Siberia. .

Of course, Siberia in Tsarist Russia was indeed saved in the end.

But whether this is the credit of the Americans or the ghost weather in the polar regions is unknown.

No matter how unreliable the Russians' calculations were before, but in this time and space, the Russians obviously have no plans to join the United States and fight against Britain.

It's not that they don't want to connect, it's just that the Americans are like a pill, and they can't be counted on.

And even if the Russians wanted to sell it, the Americans would not buy it.

They couldn't afford it, and they didn't dare to offend Britain and France.

Recently, the southern government is struggling to survive on the back of Zhu Fugui's low-interest loan of 300 million Ming Yuan.

The two northern governments were generously financed by the French.

After all, it is usurious imperialism, and the interest rate is much higher than that of Ming Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the poison of the devil.

At present, whether it is Washington or New York, the tax rate has reached an outrageous height.

But even so, their fiscal revenue can only cover 1/4 of the expenditure.

According to Julie's calculations, the combined liabilities of the two states may have exceeded $40 billion.

The annual financial income of the two gangs will not exceed 4 million.

The debt ratio has exceeded an astonishing ten times.

You know, this is the era of the gold and silver standard, and the problem cannot be solved by the Fed printing money.

In the end, either the two states completely disregarded the so-called "contract spirit" and turned against the French and violated the contract by force, or they went bankrupt completely, and a large number of high-quality assets were harvested by the French.

It can be said that the Americans in this life have finally lived like Argentina.

Zhu Fugui has already written "America Don't Cry For Me" and is just waiting for the release of the vinyl album.

At that time, countless American capitalists and middle-class people, listening to melodious songs, will fall freely from the balcony one by one in an upside-down posture. Presumably, such a scene will be very poignant and touching...

In short, the French chicken may become the biggest winner in the American Civil War.

This is probably why Zhu Fugui's teasing jokes quickly became popular in the northern states.

In contrast, Daming, as a creditor country of the southern state, is much more moderate. It just wants extraterritorial rights. Soldiers can follow the laws of Ming Dynasty to make a small cult town disappear at will, and other small rights and interests.

Of course, Zhu Fugui's 300 million is not of the same order of magnitude as Faji's 40 billion. Although the latter is also compounded, the principal is far from what Daming can support.

At present, the global capital market has higher and higher expectations for the debt default of the two northern states in the United States, so the financial evaluation price of US debt has also plummeted all the way.

Instead, Zhu Li suggested that Zhu Fugui buy some U.S. debt through the black market, and maybe he can exchange for some mines, factories and so on.

Even if it's a little risky, it's still worth the risk.

But Zhu Fugui rejected this opinion.

In terms of finance, Zhu Fugui thinks that he is not Julie's opponent, but when it comes to the "art of dealing", this little girl is not as good as him.

The white hound has now begun to land in Europe. Although an effective intelligence network has not been established, it can only be responsible for sending the official newspaper back as soon as possible, and cannot get top-secret information.

But newspapers are enough.

With the God's perspective of later generations, combined with the newspapers in Paris, Zhu Fugui can almost guess France's next move.

Daming's old friend His Majesty Napoleon III is a person who can't sit still.

In history, he has been devoted to usury and war.

As an afterthought, the place where France should use force most now is of course its neighbor to the east, the German Federation that has just completed the initial unification.

However, in history, Brother Nasan obviously underestimated the potential of the German Federation, thinking that Austria could easily handle these North Germans as before.

So he didn't intervene too much in German affairs, but set his sights on Mexico.

Nor was it a surprise that France invaded Mexico.

What was the headline in the Paris papers lately?

Did Bismarck make another iron-blooded speech?

Is it because tens of thousands of Egyptian slave laborers died in the Suez Canal?

neither!

There are only two things to go with the headlines in Paris: fashion and banknotes!

Oh, or maybe you have to add the Corsican monster, the unspeakable ogre king, the vile kleptocrat, and the supreme emperor.

In short, the front page headlines of the newspapers in the early days were basically the news of Richmond Fashion Week.

The citizens of Paris protested that Napoleon III was incompetent, and Napoleon III's wife was not as good at art as his uncle's wife!

You know, although the wife of Napoleon I crazily cuckolded him while he was marching into Egypt, and even found three strong men to have a shameful party, she is a great beauty in Paris!

What bad thoughts can a big beauty have?

But it's different when it comes to the wives of the Three Emperors.

An ugly Scot.

It is because of this ugly Scottish woman that it has brought down our taste in Paris, and even made Paris eclipsed in front of Richmond Fashion Week.

In short, in May and June, a considerable number of newspapers criticized the Nasan couple.

But in July and August, the wind direction of the newspaper changed.

On July 1866, 7, Mexican President Benito Juarez announced that he would stop paying interest on foreign loans, a statement that angered all Parisians, or all French.

Although 1/8 of the population is not related to foreign usury as it was in its heyday, Mexico's announcement of default is undoubtedly the most serious provocation to France.

The sluggish stocks on the Paris Stock Exchange stirred the nerves of every Frenchman.

Of course, the French were not the only ones affected by Mexico's default. The British and Spaniards also suffered losses.

But the loss of the French is undoubtedly the biggest.

Zhu Fugui estimated that the time for France to send troops may not be far away.

That's why he prevented Julie from buying the US debt in the hands of the French.

This kind of thing is a blood loss even if 1 Ming Yuan is exchanged for 100 US dollars of bonds.

On the negotiating table of the war, I, Ming Ming, took this kind of bond as straw paper with the mentality of a poor beggar.

Zhu Fugui believed that that day should not be too far away.

Shaking his head, Zhu Fugui improvised another eight French jokes, wrote them down in a small notebook, and asked the young man from Daming Voice to spread them.

The young man named Xia Jiang has a southern flavor of English with a hint of Fujian, which is especially suitable for telling milk jokes.

besides……

Zhu Fugui thought for a while, and with the mentality of hitting two shots with no dates, he called Ito Hirobumi: "Ito Kummon, you wrote for me to Comrade Alexander II Nikolaevich, the Russian Tsar. A letter..."

Zhu Fugui was stunned.

Did I just say comrades?

It's really strange, I don't know why when it comes to Vicky or Ski, the word "comrade" is always unconsciously added.

The timeline of this world has changed, and there should be no red Russia.

And he and I are both the emperor, the comrade relationship of the imperialist dictatorship, which seems to be correct.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

Ito Hirobumi woke up Zhu Fugui who was distracted.