Chapter 1000 On the Road

"Your Majesty, how was your dancing performance?"

On board the God Emperor, a pair of almost identical twin sisters were serving Wu Changqing.

This was a playmate specially arranged for him by the people below to pass the boring time at sea.

At sea, it's really boring, and you don't even have to watch the memorial.

Although Dahua already has radio technology, radio transmission requires signal base stations.

The fleet at sea can only receive telegrams in certain places. Most of the time, it is isolated from the world on shore.

This was how life at sea was before the advent of satellites.

For those who are sailors, the biggest difficulty they have to overcome at sea is not the danger at sea, but the boredom at sea.

As an emperor, Wu Changqing could only rely on women to pass the boring time at sea, and there was not much other entertainment.

Find a few people to play Solitaire Tractor Upgrade, and no one else will dare to beat him.

"Not bad."

"Is my sister a better dancer or am I a better dancer?"

Xia Yu asked.

"Of course my sister dances well."

In front of his sister, of course Wu Changqing said that his sister danced well.

"Hmph, Your Majesty, you are so annoying. Even though I serve you so carefully, you still can't tell the difference between my sister and me."

Xia Yu said coquettishly.

Good guy, it turns out this is my sister.

Wu Changqing called it a mistake and said with a smile: "How could it be possible? Xue'er is the most beautiful."

"Your Majesty, you were deceived by her. I am Xue'er and he is my sister Xia Yu."

Xia Xue came out of the room and said with a smile.

For a moment, Wu Changqing couldn't tell who was teasing him.

"You are so bold. You dare to deceive the king. It seems that I have to punish you two."

As Wu Changqing said this, he pressed the two of them on top of him.

Wu Changqing did not bring his concubine with him, so the impact was not very good. After all, he was going on an expedition.

The two civilian women arranged for him by his servants had much smaller goals, and no one knew about them at all. Even the officers and men on other ships in the fleet knew that there were women on board the God Emperor.

The pair of sisters arranged for him by the eunuch were carefully selected.

Not only is she young and beautiful, but she is also naughty and cute, and she doesn't even get seasick.

If the two of them were seasick and vomiting all the time, it would definitely be very disappointing.

It can be said that the eunuch responsible for arranging this matter took all aspects into consideration.

Departing from Shanghai, we stopped once in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, Wu Changqing stayed for a day.

Some important memorials were sent to Hong Kong by telegram.

Wu Changqing reviewed some of the more urgent matters, while other memorials were brought to the ship and reviewed slowly.

When they arrived in Saigon, the fleet docked again, and all the memorials were reviewed so that they could reply to Nanjing by telegram. At the same time, a new batch of memorials were received.

In this way, Wu Changqing continued to control the country.

As long as the telegraph station was not controlled by others, he could always keep abreast of what was going on in the country.

Even if the telegraph station is controlled by others, people from the Intelligence Bureau and Investigation Bureau can still send him reports.

If both the Intelligence Bureau and the Investigation Bureau are controlled by others, it will really be over.

But obviously, Dahua currently does not have such an awesome minister.

Otherwise, Wu Changqing would not have dared to leave Nanjing for so long.

Setting sail from Saigon, they arrived at the mouth of the river, which later became Singapore.

The current development of the river mouth is pretty average.

As the only way to pass the east-west route, it has an excellent position.

However, the current Hekou only has one pillar industry, port services, which is relatively single. There is no industry, tourism, or other high-tech industries.

Overall, much worse than later generations.

In the current Dahua, it is just a small and inconspicuous port.

Passing the Strait of Malacca, the fleet arrived in Colombo.

After docking here for two days, the fleet headed straight to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Wu Changqing stayed at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa for another two days.

Today, the Cape of Good Hope is developing very well, at least with a large population and a lot of immigrants.

Most of them are people attracted by the gold mine.

As soon as news spread of the vast gold mines in South Africa, adventurers flocked there.

Some of these people became rich and some went bankrupt.

There are indeed gold mines in South Africa, but that doesn’t mean everyone can mine them.

It requires some luck and some hard work. Anyone who thinks they can pick up gold nuggets on the mountain is obviously dreaming.

As the population increases, the consumption power will naturally increase.

In addition, whether they are gold diggers or sailors at sea, they are all high-income and high-consumption groups.

Therefore, the service industry and entertainment industry here in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa are very developed.

Compared to the rest of Africa, South Africa is a world away.

Some African natives occasionally come to the Cape of Good Hope to take a look and are reluctant to leave.

It's a pity that they can't survive in the Cape of Good Hope.

Wu Changqing is very satisfied with the development of South Africa.

This is the frontier for conquering Africa. It is a bit like Fuso's Minami Kyushu in the past. It is a place that broadens the horizons of the local indigenous people.

When the natives got to know Dahua and began to envy these lives, it would be much easier for Dahua to take over Africa.

There are many schools in South Africa that teach Chinese and Chinese characters to the indigenous people for free, infiltrating culture, values, etc.

The leaders of those tribes often sent their sons, daughters, and tribesmen to learn Chinese characters in order to facilitate trade and communication with Dahua.

This penetration has already achieved some results.

In South Africa, Dahua did not launch many military conquests, but its territory already reached hundreds of thousands square kilometers.

Some tribes who yearn for Dahua take the initiative to surrender to Dahua and become part of Dahua.

"Cultural penetration needs to be intensified, and the industry cannot be limited to South Africa. This is the key to our success in Africa in the future."

Before leaving, Wu Changqing warned Luo Yuan, Dahua's governor in South Africa.

Conquering Africa is easy for Dahua. What is difficult is how to effectively govern it.

The prerequisite for governance is smooth communication.

First of all, these natives must be able to understand and understand the language, so that they can have a basis for communication.

Therefore, it is very important to spread Chinese characters.

When spreading Chinese characters, we can also spread the culture and values ​​of Dahua and transform these indigenous people.

With consistent values ​​and cultural identity, communication becomes easier.

The current indigenous people have not experienced the baptism of civilization. They are still a blank slate and can be easily transformed.

Although the nature of the country is easy to change and hard to change, it would be better if they can be changed to some extent. In the future, they can at least become Dahua's help instead of Dahua's burden.

And this is enough. Dahua does not expect to get much profit from Africa. It is basically enough to be able to nominally bring it under Dahua's rule.