Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 223 Misunderstandings
No. 19, Yangshan Road, Shanghai, this is Bai Mingxiu's official residence in Shanghai, with a total usable area of ​​245 square meters, which is not as good as the houses of ordinary wealthy people.

After Bai Mingxiu returned from Anqing, he launched the Huguang Battle. He did not go into battle again, but stayed at the mansion at No. 19 Yangshan Road, watching the performance of his subordinates.

"Shi Lang actually surrendered without a fight. I thought he would fight us to the end."

Bai Mingxiu himself had some misunderstandings in his thinking. He thought that Shi Lang could not surrender. After all, his grievances with the Zheng family were so deep. Zheng Chenggong killed his entire family. At this juncture, Shi Lang actually wanted the Ming army to surrender. Bai Mingxiu always finds it unimaginable that a man-scale Yangtze River Navy has become Nanming's thing.

Sister Shi, who tidied things up for Bai Mingxiu, said as a matter of course: "At this time of year, as long as people are not blind, they can see some clues. The Tartars are completely dead, and they are buried with a group of wild boar skins. To save a good life is not a difficult multiple-choice question for a realist like Shi Lang."

Bai Mingxiu smiled, he won without fighting, and his Inland River Fleet did not lose, which is a good thing after all.So Bai Mingxiu asked Sister Lion: "How about it, is your navy going to take Shi Lang?"

Sitting by the bay window, Sister Lion crossed her legs very gracefully, and said, "Let's follow the procedure, throw it away for renovation first, and see if the renovation effect is good. If you think there is no problem, it is not impossible for the Navy to keep it for a while."

"Hey, you, the commander of the navy, are a little too idle now. Don't you have anything to do with the navy?"

Sister Lion still looks like a calm lady: "Yes, if we were in Europe, maybe we still have a little exciting work to do, but we are now in East Asia, and no sea power will threaten your Ming Dynasty. The Navy of the Restoration Army. Since the Battle of Jiangnan, the main value of the navy has been to cruise in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Guarantee the safety of your commercial fleet and the interests of the empire. To be honest, personally, I They all believe that there is no need to update and add more naval ships on a large scale, on the one hand, our own trained talents are not enough to replenish, and on the other hand, we really have no enemies.”

She blinked her big bright eyes, and said, "However, there are still some things we can do."

Bai Mingxiu asked curiously, "For example?"

"Colonize, take a look at your highness, those countries in Europe with big boogers, oh, forgive me for my language, after staying with you for a long time, I will acquire some inappropriate habits."

Bai Mingxiu rubbed his nose, helpless to take the blame.

Sister Shi continued: "The so-called colonial activities of those small countries in Europe are just sending out a few small ships to take risks, using dozens or a hundred troops to occupy some territory. After all, not all military operations are Like your soul-stirring Southwest Campaign, Jiangnan Campaign, or the ongoing Huguang Campaign, it will cost millions of people and 20 troops to participate. This is a misunderstanding."

When Bai Mingxiu heard Sister Shi's words, he really felt like he had suddenly realized something.His current thoughts are indeed focused on the war against the Tartars. After all, if he does not unify China and drive out all the wild boar skins that have harmed the land of China, Bai Mingxiu feels that it is useless for him to travel across.His core intention is to establish a magnificent and prosperous dynasty, which not only has the ancestral land of China, but also radiates to the surrounding areas. At this time, there are no populated lands such as America and Australia to expand the living space of the Chinese.

However, a lot of the work he is doing now is centered around the Ming and Qing wars. Although there are also some foreign colonial occupations, such as the colonization of Burma and Java, for example, he casually threw a regiment to Annan, but in general, colonial business He did not come up with a guiding strategy, nor did he develop more.

However, if you think about Europeans today, do these white-skinned people have any grand colonial narrative?Of course not, what drives them is still interests and a bit of religion. Most of the official colonial actions are small and pitiful. This is why the Dutch and Portuguese colonies in East Asia that Bai Mingxiu came into contact with were hundreds of Europeans. What.

After all, Mingren were strongly influenced by farming culture, and now Bai Mingxiu has just brought a new set of ideas, and he has not yet fully understood the outside world and opportunities.

Sister Shi made a suggestion at this time. She said: "In fact, about a quarter of the ships in our navy are currently under-duty. We do not expect any large-scale naval battle to break out in the short term, so why What if these ships are not used for colonial activities? Maybe it may cost some manpower and material resources to capture areas like Annan and Luzon, but most colonial activities are unnecessary. For example, they do not have Sri Lanka, which is now controlled by the Dutch. How much strength. And Sri Lanka is an excellent springboard for us to enter India. Going further east, we can actually send those who are willing to survive in distant places to North America. The Mayflower more than 20 years ago, We just arrived in Boston with 102 people. Even if we Chinese are no longer willing to move, it is still easy to find hundreds of bankrupts and use gold digging as a gimmick."

Bai Mingxiu slowly felt that his mind seemed to open up. He stood up and said: "Yes, well, it is difficult for the government to promote immigration officially. We cannot do it profitably in many places. But as a private person, if you are driven by profit, you can still do it. Alas, although I have also established the Ocean Company and so on to prepare for colonization, but now these companies are more helping me with trade and real exploration. , Hard-core colonial operations still have to be done by small-scale colonial companies, people who are willing to travel across oceans for fur and gold."

Bai Mingxiu said: "However, if the navy has interests involved, it does not conform to our regulations."

Sister Lion smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Our navy can determine our colonial goals in the form of missions, and then recruit colonial companies that can cooperate with us to do these things. What I am more interested in now is to take Go down to Sri Lanka and set up our own stronghold in India. The other thing is to send some immigrants to North America. I will make a plan and give it to His Highness for approval."

(End of this chapter)