Chapter 1656 Great Rivers and Mountains (First update, please subscribe)
Lucky!
Who isn't?
Zhu Xianhai nodded in agreement.
"I should be luckier."
He was indeed very lucky to be able to see the empire a hundred years later. This empire was more perfect than he had imagined. He was very content to be able to see all of this.
"We are all very lucky,"
The old man said.
"So what are your plans for the future?"
"Well, Joanna is at the company, so I don't have to worry about anything. I think I..."
Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"I should still enjoy my life and travel around the world while I'm still young."
"We should definitely go and have a look. We should go and see the foundation laid by Emperor Shizu. Due to limited transportation, Emperor Shizu did not have the opportunity to see this land and this beautiful land. Now, if we have the chance, we should all go and see it. After all, this was built by him."
The old man spoke to him meaningfully.
"If you have time to come back, you can stay in that house. Just take the business card with you."
"Then there's no need. The old place will bring back too many memories."
Where is the house on the business card?
In fact, it was Zhu Xianhai's private residence. As an emperor, he had his own private residences in Zhongdu, Nanhua and Yingtian, which were located among ordinary houses. Sometimes he would spend a day or two there like an ordinary person, with his beloved woman.
Because of this, those places would bring back memories of the past. Sometimes... people need to learn to forget.
The old man nodded slightly and said nothing.
Zhu Xianhai said to him again.
"From now on, you have to take care of yourself."
“You too…”
The old man opened his mouth, but in the end didn't say anything. He just smiled and left.
The moment the door closed, Zhu Xianhai's expression became a little melancholy.
Does he know?
Maybe, who knows?
But it doesn't matter anymore.
The important thing is that today, they have met, and have said everything that needs to be said. The rest is their own business.
After the car started and drove out of the garage, the old man took out a piece of paper from his pocket and looked at the contents on the paper silently. This was a general diagram of the development trend of smartphones. What attracted the old man's attention was not the various "speculations" about artificial intelligence.
“Who would have thought?”
As he stroked the words on the paper with his hand, the old man's brows flashed with joy from the bottom of his heart.
Whether it was the word or what he said...
but……
Closing his eyes, the old man put the paper into his pocket. There were some things that only he needed to know.
Soon the car drove into the palace.
…
There is no war, no famine, only modernity and civilization. This is what impressed Zhu Xianhai most when he set foot on this land.
Africa, in another world, this land is shrouded in years of war, famine and natural disasters, but in this world, this land is one of the richest regions in the world.
"It's really hard to imagine that human power can build such a large artificial river..."
Standing on the Ubangi River-Lake Chad Canal Dam, Catherine couldn't help but exclaimed. Not to mention her, even Zhu Xianhai, who had seen a lot of things, was stunned by the majestic dam.
"...The Grand Canal is 2,432 kilometers long and can transport 100 billion to 150 billion cubic meters of water from the Ubangi River to Lake Chad and East Africa every year, and can also provide hydropower for coastal areas. Although the amount of water diverted seems huge, because the Ubangi River is the upper reaches of the Congo River, only about 10% of the water in the Congo River will actually be used. At the same time, the Grand Canal has also opened up a route in central Africa..."
While a tour guide not far away was introducing the Grand Canal to tourists, Zhu Xianhai, standing on the dam, couldn't help feeling an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart.
"Catherine, can you believe it? More than a hundred years ago, before the Chinese came here, this place was just a wilderness. The people living here were not much different from the primitive people a million years ago. They lived a primitive and ignorant life, consuming fur and drinking blood. After we arrived, we brought civilization to this land. We used modern technology to turn this wilderness into the richest region in the world..."
How could Zhu Xianhai not be proud when mentioning these?
After all, he created everything. That’s why he chose this place as the first stop of his global tour. He wanted to see this completely changed land and feel the changes here.
Looking at the boss who looked so proud, Catherine couldn't help but grin.
"Yes, yes, it was you who changed everything here, but God knows those primitive people have been there. It took you a hundred years to change this land, but it only took you a few decades to make the indigenous people here..."
Without waiting for her to finish, Zhu Xianhai waved his hand and said.
"You don't understand,"
After that, he pointed to the distance and said.
"Those are all in the past. We need to look to the future. Without this Grand Canal, how could Central Africa become the granary of Europe?"
The central colony where Lake Chad is located did not belong to the empire, but to the French Empire. There were tens of millions of people living there. In addition to French immigrants, there were also immigrants from various European countries. After all, for European countries, French colonies became the only choice for their excess population migration. The arrival of tens of millions of European immigrants not only changed the land, but also created a new race, "Mauros". This word comes from ancient Greek, meaning brown-skinned people. It was the name for North Africans in the Roman era. The current Mauros are the descendants of European immigrants and indigenous people.
Thanks to the efforts of tens of millions of Mauros, vast lands in northern Africa were turned into farms, and the fresh water transported by the Grand Canal solved the demand for irrigation water in the north, thus making the area a granary for France and even Europe.
"Last year, France's African colonies exported 12 million tons of meat and 45 million tons of wheat, corn and soybeans to Europe. Half of every piece of meat eaten by Europeans comes from this land."
Faced with this fact, Catherine could only shrug her shoulders weakly and then said.
"Well, thanks to you, we Europeans can eat meat and drink milk..."
"That's the truth,"
As if to support Zhu Xianhai's words, the tour guide not far away spoke to the tourists around him in a joking tone.
"…It is precisely because of the importance of the Grand Canal's fresh water to North African agriculture that there is a saying that "once the canal gates are closed, the whole of Europe will starve." However, it is well known that this is impossible. After all, the Ming Empire and the French Empire are close allies like brothers…"
When passing by the tourists, Zhu Xianhai took a special look at them. From their appearance, he could tell that most of them were Mauros from North Africa. Mauros like to visit the Grand Canal the most because it has a very special meaning to them.
Strolling along the Grand Canal Dam, as Zhu Xianhai enthusiastically felt the power of modern civilization, Catherine asked again.
"So where are we going next?"
"East Africa National Parks,"
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"That place still preserves the most primitive side of this ancient continent..."
(End of this chapter)
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