My Daming New Empire

Duan Renzhi used to live in Xiamaqiao Farm, but after his children grew up, the house there became smaller.

In the eighth year of Zhengtong, the First Fleet of the Navy built a naval dormitory on the north side of Xuanwu Lake.As a hero of the empire, Duan Renzhi was assigned an independent three-story building even though he was only a general manager at the time.

Duan Renzhi left Meng Meng to talk, and had to wait for the other party to explain many doubts, while Meng Zheng and Duan Qi, amidst the smiles of their grandmother and mother, were sent to the back garden for the young couple to talk to.

Finally able to be alone with his sweetheart, Meng Zheng said with a serious face as soon as he opened his mouth: "Don't worry, I want my descendants to have more Ming blood, just like my father, so, even if it's just for the mission, only you and my children to be recognized by me."

Although Duan Qi was more generous than ordinary women, she couldn't help being shy after hearing his words: "Who is going to have a baby with you, we are not married yet."

Monte laughed and said, "Father and I came here to discuss marriage with your grandfather... In the past few days, you should spend time with your grandmother and mother. After we get married, we will leave for Europa."

At this time, in Nanhua City, the southern continent of Dongzhou, a huge fleet has been formed. The ships are fully loaded with precious mahogany from Dongzhou, and there are many iron ingots, ready to go to Europa.

Nanhua City is the Rio de Janeiro of later generations, and the source of Brazil’s name in later generations is mahogany. The wood here is very popular with those Arabs, and it is their necessity.

Iron ingots are the favorite resource of the Europa people. There are not many or large iron mines in Europe, and the price of iron in Europe is also very high.

In the past, in order to control European muskets, Daming was not allowed to send ironware to Europe, and at most it could only supply iron pots made of pig iron.

But now that Daming has changed to a repeating gun, he has begun to let go of the iron control and rely on iron to weaken the European economy.

Dongzhou is too far away from Daming. Although the wood here is expensive, the cost of transporting it back to Daming is high.

Around Daming, there is no shortage of valuable wood, and Dongzhou's wood has no competitiveness at all.

On the other side of Xizhou, there are also a lot of precious wood in the territories under the jurisdiction of King Han and King Jin, and Dongzhou has no competitiveness with them.In order to develop Dongzhou's economy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs discussed with the two palaces for a long time before they agreed to allow Dongzhou's timber to be sold to Arabs.

Zhang Han came to the pier in his grandfather's car, and he was extremely proud when he saw more than a dozen large ships parked beside the pier.

So far, only Daming can manufacture this kind of [-]-ton giant ship.

Princess Yongqing reluctantly bid farewell to the children in front of her. This time, apart from Zhang Han, several girls from the Zhang family who were 13 to 15 years old also returned to Daming together.

They don't have a marriage contract yet. After returning to Daming, those who can get married will get married. If they don't have a suitable partner, they can also be arranged to work as errands in the palace for a few years of experience.

Originally, they could also go to the Governor's City with the fleet, and then take a boat directly back to Daming from there.

But Zhang Han proposed to visit Europa, and this plan was agreed by Zhang Feng, so this time they will go to Europa first, then to Crete, and then return to Daming by boat.

Although the road here is a bit longer, but you can pass through more countries and regions along the way, and you can gain a little knowledge.

Except for those girls who were born in Daming, most of them have never returned to Daming, and they are full of yearning for the rich and prosperous Daming.

Therefore, although their elders were very reluctant to part with each other, they themselves were very excited and did not have much reluctance to part with each other.

Zhang Han gave a big gift to his mother and uncles and aunts, and the other sisters also knelt down and kowtowed. "Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of all the younger sisters along the way, so as not to let them suffer any grievances. When we arrive in Daming, I will also worry about their marriage with my elder brother."

Princess Yongqing said: "They are still young, so it's better to get married a few years later, but you, this time you go back to settle the marriage, otherwise, don't blame your mother for arranging a random marriage for you."

After saying goodbye, Zhang Han took his seven younger sisters aboard a [-]-ton giant ship. It took a lot of effort to settle these younger sisters in the luxurious guest room on the second deck.

When the ship set sail, the girls who were still happy all started crying again.

After all, they are still children, and they will not see their relatives for at least a few years when they leave home this time.

If the marriage was arranged in Daming, from now on they would have to live another life.

Only Zhang Han was in high spirits. He had longed for Europa for a long time.

On the banks of the Kama River, a heavy rain made the temperature here, which was not high, become extremely low again.

Lin Hanlun and Wu Lu were extremely bored, so they hid in the tent and started tactical deduction.

When they were in school, they were masters of deduction, but when they really entered the barracks, especially after studying with a group of staff members of the general staff recently, they realized that the deduction they were proud of was in front of real experts. , Playing house like a child.

Being able to enter the Ministry of National Defense as a staff officer, everyone here is a tactical genius. The two of them have not won against anyone in more than a month.

The coalition forces were surrounded for more than half a month. Since there was no shortage of food and grass in the opponent's formation, the protection was still very strict.

And in this far western land, the life of every Han soldier is precious.

Although they wanted to capture the position as soon as possible, they were unwilling to sacrifice too much, so they still besieged instead of attacking.

First, they waited for the results of another army that aided Black Rock City. If they could eliminate that coalition army, they would be able to lower the morale of the coalition forces here and give them an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Mazi, the rain will stop tomorrow, why don't you take leave with me and go back to Tanglin City. My mother's birthday is coming soon, and sister Xun's birthday is also coming soon."

"Boss, let me teach you a little more. Although there is nothing to do now, it is also during the war. At this time, not to mention the aunt's birthday, or His Majesty's birthday, you have to go to the back row. Although we are not the commander-in-chief, because of our special status, we belong to the soldiers. Hope. When the battle situation is stalemate, if we leave the barracks, the impact will be very bad."

Lin Hanlun froze for a moment, cupped his fists and said, "I've been taught, it's because my thinking is too simple."

Wu Lu smiled triumphantly, "Of course, I entered the military camp a year earlier than you."

The two were chatting, but they heard a noise coming from outside.

The two looked at each other, got up immediately, and opened the big tent. "What happened?"

"Young city lord, good news. The mistress led the army to defeat the coalition forces, and the crisis in Black Rock City has been resolved. The old mistress led the army to chase the rout, and the vanguard has returned along the Kama River, bringing back twenty A cannon."

"Twenty cannons." The two were overjoyed, and returned to the sand table on the long table. "Although the twenty cannons are still insufficient, they can have a huge impact on the morale of the enemy. Come on, let's do some research and see where these twenty cannons can be used to achieve better results."

"Report to... Hu Staff of the General Staff Department to issue an order, and the commanders at all levels and above will gather in the big tents of the Chinese Army."

The two people who studied in front of the sand table didn't bother to look at the sand table anymore. They were two young city masters. Although their titles were low, they were qualified to participate in the military aircraft.

There are twenty artillery pieces, which are very useful for attacking the opponent's tortoise array.They also wanted to see how the staff planned to use the artillery, and hoped that it would be effective in one fell swoop and break through the opponent's defense line.

(Caught a cold, sorry for the late update today. Continue to sleep now, hope the cold will be better tomorrow.)

Chapter 21 Aggregation

On the last day of April, Monte, who had become Xichangbo of Ming Dynasty, set off from Yingtianfu with three full cargoes, and embarked on a journey to Europe again.

The Andaman Islands in the original world are now officially named Xichang Islands.

As a businessman, although he made "military achievements" and was named an earl, he did not enjoy the same fiefdom as other generals.

Although his fiefdom is in the Xichang Islands, he does not have sovereignty over him. All he has is the right to trade.

In fact, this is enough for Monte.

He is very clear about why he was knighted. All of this is an illusion. If he wants to make this earl worthy of his name, he still needs to make more contributions.

It was not Monte himself who was able to raise a large batch of goods within two months after returning to Daming.

In fact, he didn't think about how much money he could make from this trade, and all the profits from this batch of goods would belong to the Secretary of General Administration.

Of course, the Secretary of General Administration will also pay him a batch of remuneration, which will serve as the shipping fee for his trade.