Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 307 Battleships bound for Luzon

Emperor Yongli's ship left Yecheng and went directly north, with the destination of Guangzhou Mansion.Because the South China Sea is basically under the control of the Ming Navy, and there are many places where it can stop.Under Bai Mingxiu's instructions, Daming also began to build ports along the South China Sea one after another, and stationed troops and set up reserve warehouses there.

When Yongli's ship passed the Nansha Islands, it found many large warships moored in the harbor of Yongshu Island (author's note: As mentioned above, the Nansha Islands in this plane are really islands and not rocks).These large warships are rarely seen in Australia. After all, Australia has no defensive pressure and is more of a patrolling naval frigate.However, what appeared on Yongshu Island were several steam battleships weighing more than 3000 tons, to be precise, three domed cruisers.

Fans of these three arched cruisers will find at a glance that they are the Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, and Jiyuan ships of the Beiyang Fleet.In the previous ultimate dungeon, Bai Mingxiu damaged all three ships so badly that they could no longer fight, but he also took them away.It took a goldfinger coin to restore it, and even after the copy was over, it was arranged directly at the South China Sea port.

Of course, there is a reason for Bai Mingxiu to do this, because he received a tip, because Ming continued to tighten control over the South China Sea trade and routes, and the strength of the Chinese continued to increase, which caused the Spaniards to panic and began to attack the Luzon Chinese. varying degrees of abuse.

Originally, Bai Mingxiu had a bad opinion of the Spaniards, so as early as he won Guangdong and subdued Zheng Chenggong, he wrote a letter to the Spanish Luzon colonial authorities, threatening and luring Spain, reprimanding Spain for hurting the Chinese twice. At the same time, it shows that Ming Dynasty intends to establish a new maritime order in East Asia and combat piracy and smuggling.

In the original history, after Zheng Chenggong took Taiwan, he sent a letter to Spain to intimidate him and prepare to attack Luzon.The Spanish side was very scared. On the one hand, they sent people to beg for peace, but on the other hand, they massacred local Chinese businessmen and laborers, fearing that there would be spies or defections.Later, when Zheng Chenggong died, it was all over.

In this plane, Bai Mingxiu is still very worried about the recurrence of the old things, so the wording in his letter to Spain is more European, and there is no special intensification of fear, nor does he threaten to attack Luzon, but only pulls out the Dutch example, and falsely told the Spaniards to share the trade dividends.

Sure enough, the Spaniards did not cleanse the local Chinese in panic. At the same time, Bai Mingxiu began to send Jin Yiwei to Luzon, secretly cultivating underground Chinese armed forces in some places.

However, due to the growing strength of the Ming Dynasty at sea, although the Ming Dynasty Navy will not collect tolls or protection fees from European merchant ships passing by, the Ming Dynasty Navy will conduct inquiries, such as counting the goods, investigating prohibited goods, and seeing if there are any fugitives some type of.As a result, although the Spanish merchant ships did not need to pay, they would be stopped by the Ming warship and boarded for investigation.The Spaniards dare not speak out, after all, the Chinese have big fists and cannot beat them.

After finding the person in charge of the Yongshu Island Base, Yongli finally understood the situation.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Spaniards have recently persecuted our Ming people in Luzon. Many people have been robbed of their wealth and even killed innocently. Many people have already fled from Manila and other big cities. After learning about this situation, our Ming Navy immediately A contingency plan was activated to save our nationals and to punish the Spanish colonial authorities."

Zhu Youlang was shocked when he heard this: "What, is there going to be a war?"

In his opinion, fighting a war is a big deal, let alone fighting a country outside the region.Daming had just completed the Restoration War, and it should have entered the stage of recuperation, but he never expected that now he would fight the Spaniards again in order to protect his own people.

But the person in charge said confidently: "The Spaniards are vulnerable. This battle will not be large-scale at all. His Royal Highness has already prepared for it. At the beginning of the year, he has allocated a part of the budget and equipment, which can be used in this war."

Zhu Youlang was also in a daze when he heard it, and he prepared it at the beginning of the year. Doesn't it mean that his precious son has long wanted to fight Spain?
Although Zhu Youlang's thinking is very old and he is afraid of war, after all, he stayed in Australia for a while, and he also came into contact with some new knowledge. He also knows the situation in Europe and how big Luzon is.

"How many troops and ships do I have this time to conquer barbarians?"

The person in charge replied: "There are more than 7 marines in a regiment, and [-] naval warships, including three cutting-edge Zhiyuan-class cruisers, two Ninghai-class sailing warships, and two Yongjin-class frigates."

In terms of scale, it is really not that big. Compared with the East China Corps and Central Plains Corps led by Li Dingguo and Su Shuhuan, which are often 10 in size, it is nothing.

Zhu Youlang had also heard that Bai Mingxiu had only sent a regiment of troops into Annan at the beginning, directly swept away the local Lord Zheng and the Mo family, and now established Jiaozhi Province.Thinking about it this way, it seems a logical situation for a thousand people to fight Luzon.

For Bai Mingxiu, Daming already has a lot of things to worry about.Now he has too many lice and doesn't itch, and he doesn't care how much it costs to fight.Anyway, now he has huge funds, and Nanming has initially established a series of industrial and agricultural production capacity, which can support his various military operations.Therefore, he is not worried at all about the situation that in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's economy collapsed due to the war in Liaodong.

This kind of real foreign war should bring benefits to Ming Dynasty.Just like Jiaozhi before, after the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army entered, they quickly acquired a lot of land, and actively organized the local people to resume production, making Jiaozhi a new source of income for the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, providing a lot of rice.This is especially the case in Myanmar. After the King of Myanmar was eliminated, Wu Min properly governed Myanmar, making the financial revenue of the Ministry of Propaganda and Consolation in Myanmar even more than that of Jiangxi Province.

Fighting the Spanish colony of Luzon is also the same idea. Bai Mingxiu hopes that the Marine Corps will control the scale of the war, eliminate the local colonial forces, and seize the large amount of wealth that Spain placed in Luzon.As an important relay point for the Spanish galleon trade, Luzon is still worth searching.Not to mention, after controlling Luzon, Da Ming can continue to utilize the trade resources of this place, and its development dividends and output will inevitably bring enough economic benefits to Da Ming.

It can be said that under the reformed Ming Dynasty's economic and management system, the benefits that war can bring are far greater than those of the feudal dynasty.The main reason why China has conquered the surrounding areas in the past dynasties, and even refused to start border wars, is that it is not beneficial, the cost is too high, and the result of wasting people and money is to shake the foundation of its own rule.

When it comes to Bai Mingxiu, the logic is reversed. A small number of troops with technological advantages fight an asymmetric war, collect wealth, and control trade without losing their own people. The input and output of the war immediately become beautiful.

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