Chapter 1122 How Convenient

Of course Zhu Yanlin came to the southern continent voluntarily. For her, coming to this free and unrestrained world is much more interesting than staying in Beijing.
Beijing is well-constructed and its bureaucratic system is well-established, so tightly organized that not even a breeze can get in.
It's so good here, everything is a fresh start with unlimited potential for the future.
There are dedicated people in the city of Chu who have built a princess mansion for her. Keep all @ matches in the translation.
At first, it was built with logs and was relatively small.
Gradually, craftsmen in this area began to extract raw materials, burn bricks, tiles, and so on.
Zhu Yanlin's life is also relatively simple. Unlike other girls, she does not have much makeup and usually does not overdo her appearance. Thank you for your translation assistance.
For example, on this day, as soon as she arrived at the princess's mansion, even before she had a chance to explore her own residence, she received the South Land's governor, Li Taichang, and the chief inspector, Fan Jing.
There is also Li Daoyuan, the governor of Chucheng.
"We pay our respects to Your Highness," Zhu Yanlin said. "
You don't have to be too formal, as I am here on His Majesty's orders to stay here for a period of time. As for how to develop the South Continent specifically, it will be up to you all to decide."
Li Taichang said: "Princess, adorned with gold and jade, willing to come to such a wilderness, it is truly a blessing for the people of the Great Ming."
Zhu Yanlin asked: "How many people are currently registered in Chu City?"
Li Daoyuan said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the current number of registered residents in Chucheng is 193,682. It is estimated to reach 2 million people in the next two years."
Zhu Yanlin said: "Two million people is not a small number. Currently, both food and daily necessities are shipped from the Badevia area. If we want to successfully stabilize these two million people, we need to do a lot of land reclamation."
"Your Highness, indeed, we have already formulated a comprehensive plan, in accordance with the highest strategic proposal put forward by the court. The southern continent is suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry. The first group of people who arrived there have also discovered bauxite deposits in some areas. According to the analysis by the Institute of Natural Philosophy, this type of mineral can be used to extract the metal aluminum."
"In addition, there is another iron mine near the city of Chu."
"And in the coastal areas to the southeast, there are also some coal mines that can be exploited."
Times have truly changed, in the past agricultural era, the only important resource was iron mine, while others could be ignored. Translation: "
However, even though iron ore is important, the difficulty of mining it is also great.
However, things are different now. The use of gunpowder and the improvement in iron quality have greatly facilitated the mining of iron and coal.
Not to mention the continuous improvement of the steam engine.
"Your Highness, here is a plan report." Li Daoyuan presented a document.
This is a very simple plan, roughly outlining the expected completion of Chu City construction and population migration.
In the eyes of these people, this princess did not understand those complex plans at all, and any effort given to her was in vain. Besides, they themselves could secretly slack off. Please note that the
Zhu Yanlin quickly glanced and smiled, "Mr. Li, as I just mentioned, when the construction of Chucheng will be completed and when the immigration will be finished does not matter. What matters is how the construction of Chucheng can be matched with the speed of immigration."
"Here, matching specifically refers to how the supply of living materials such as grains, roads, salt and iron, cloth, sugar, etc., can be balanced with the growing population."
"How to ensure stable prices and at the same time guarantee a sufficient number of housing for residents?"
“这些都是民生，朝廷不是向来以民生为重么？”
朱彦霖语速飞快，显然这些在她脑子里都非常熟悉。
“对了，还有秩序，如何保证秩序？官府的公职人员何时准备完毕？”
"What is the future economic positioning of Chucheng?"
"Does it export resources from the Central Plains? Which resources does it export?"
"Does it import resources from the Central Plains? If so, which resources does it import?" Translate the above Chinese into English and keep all @ matches. Only reply to the translated content.
"Finally, how will the relationship with the indigenous people be handled? What if a war breaks out? Is there a contingency plan? In the event of a severe war situation, is there a food reserve? If there is a shortage of food, how will the Han immigrants be properly taken care of?"

"How many ships are there on the trade route with Batavia, and how many people can each ship accommodate in case of an emergency?"
Zhu Yanlin asked a string of questions in one breath, leaving Li Daoyuan, Li Taichang, and Fan Jing somewhat bewildered. Translated content: Zhu Yanlin asked a series of questions, leaving Li Daoyuan, Li Taichang, and Fan Jing confused.
They naturally had made detailed plans, but they didn't expect that Her Royal Highness, the princess, would unexpectedly ask so many questions in one go.
Li Daoyuan, who was unprepared, was at a loss for how to answer.
Li Taichang came forward to smooth things over: "Your Highness has a wise mind, we have all learned from it. In fact, each of us has a plan, but considering Your Highness's recent arrival in Chucheng and the fatigue of the journey, we didn't want to disturb you. That's why Minister Li only provided you with a slightly simplified strategy."
Zhu Yanlin said, "This palace can understand Lord Li's situation, and as for these matters, they are specifically supervised and executed by you, Lord. This palace just voiced a doubt and casually asked. Since the court has entrusted the South Continent to you, Lord, it is undoubtedly because they have complete trust in you."
Li Daoyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Highness is kind and benevolent, we have learned a lot."
"I brought some gifts from Beijing, and some of them were specifically requested by His Majesty to be given to all of you."
Everyone immediately showed respect: "We are honored and grateful for Your Majesty's favor. Thank you for the grace of the heavens, Your Majesty."
After a brief conversation with Zhu Yanlin, these people politely took their leave.
As they left, Li Daoyuan couldn't help but sigh, "There are hidden depths in the heart of Princess."
Fan Jing said, "Yeah, this princess is not easily fooled. We should be more serious in our future work."
Li Taichang said, "You two don't have to worry. Princess will not stay here for too long. After all, this is a hurried place. How can a young girl like her stay here all the time? Even if she wants to, the Emperor will not agree."
"However, everyone still needs to cooperate with Princess as she is highly favored by His Majesty and has garnered support from several officials in the court. She is also building her own faction behind the scenes."
"Could it be that Princess cannot even be appointed as the crown prince?" Li Daoyuan chuckled and said, "Our dynasty has no precedent of a woman becoming emperor."
Not only is there no precedent, in the former Ming Dynasty, the status of women was extremely low, reaching the lowest point from ancient times to the seventh year of the Tianqi Era.
Although it is impossible to become an emperor, I believe that Princess Your Highness also has a promising future.

Let's not meddle in the court affairs.
Li Taichang said, "There is such a person who is in the business and suddenly came to me and wanted to do business in the South Land."
"Oh, on my way here, I heard people say that he was beaten by someone." Li Taichang said, "There is such a person who is in the business and suddenly came to me and wanted to do business in the South Land." "Oh, on my way here, I heard people say that he was beaten by someone."