Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Counselor Zhou, please tell us about the situation around us recently, as well as the development of the territory." Zhang Qiang said.

Zhou Porridge stood up and said to Zhang Qiang: "My lord, then I will speak from west to east. On the side of King Lu, the Qing army intensified their encirclement and suppression. They lost several counties and territories they had occupied before. They have already retreated to the mountains and some villages, and the large forces have retreated again to Zhoushan and other islands near the sea."

Zhang Qiang felt that King Lu's family still had no ability to shake the Qing Tartars on their own, and it seemed that he had to help them out.

Zhou Porridge continued: "The Longwu court launched a southern expedition two months ago, in order to gain contact with the rebel army in Jiangxi, and to open channels and get in touch with the official army forces of the Yongli court, but unfortunately, Li Chengdong And Fan Shaozu defeated them, and Zhang Tianlu and others led the army to surrender to Li Chengdong, completely annihilating the entire army of the imperial court."

"This is a big deal," Zhang Qiang thought to himself.

Zhou Porridge continued: "The Longwu court lost an admiral, a dozen newly promoted generals, a general soldier died in battle, more than 1 officers and soldiers were captured and killed in battle, and another [-] Jiangxi rebels were wiped out."

"The mud can't support the wall." This is Zhang Qiang's feeling. In the past few days, Longwu has made great achievements in governance. The population of his territory has reached more than 300 million people. The trade in their own territory, the trade with Zheng Chenggong, and even the trade with the Dutch and Portuguese, as well as some smuggling trade with the north, have enabled their economy to embark on a path of steady development, which Zhang Qiang controlled through Zhu Dayou. The intelligence department can still feel it.

In addition, some former Ming officials and military generals also defected. It can be said that there are many soldiers and generals, all kinds of village bravery, and regiment training emerge in endlessly. There are 1 troops in the former Ming Dynasty, 4 newly formed troops, and some defected generals also have some troops. These have reached a total of 3 people. Including Zheng Hongkui's navy, there are almost 2 people. If Zheng Chenggong's navy is included , more than 12 troops.

But I still don't know how to use it. Most of the people are stationed on the territory directly under the Longwu court. Except for the common people who are tyrannical and domineering, they are afraid of the enemy and dispel the war, and refuse to attack. More victories than less, this simply tells the Qing dynasty Tartars, I am stupid, I am weak, you come and beat me.

Seeing Zhang Qiang lost in thought, Zhou Porridge also sighed.

"The imperial court has repeatedly sent people to order you, my lord, to take people to destroy Li Chengdong and the others. Because you are concentrating on researching guns and other things, I will transfer these things to the admiral's joint meeting on my own initiative. The admiral joint meeting has held several meetings, and I feel that it is still tactful to reject them. Now is the time for us to concentrate on development, and it is not appropriate to start a war with the Qing army." Zhou Congee said while looking up at Zhang Qiang's expression.

"Okay, you have finally grown up and can share my worries. Yes, we will do this in the future. If the Longwu court does not tear up our face, we will ignore them and concentrate on development. You have to deal with it well. It is really impossible. Then pass it on to me, and we can discuss it together. Some minor matters should be handled according to the rules, and I don’t need to deal with them.” Zhang Qiang instructed Zhou Congee with a very relieved look.

"Yes, my lord." Zhou Congee was also very happy, this was a test, Zhang Qiang's reaction made them very grateful, a good boss is a boss who can delegate power.

"How is Yongli Nanming going?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Zhou Porridge thought for a while, "My lord, it's very difficult there. Most of Jiangxi, most of Hunan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are almost all fallen, and half of Guangxi. I heard that the Yongli court set off again. The court is still on the way. I don't know what they are going to do." Where to go, Li Dingguo of Dashun occupied Yunnan, Liu Wenxiu and others occupied Kuizhou and other places, contacted Yunnan, the chieftain of Guizhou, the Qing army and the Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty were mixed and fought with each other. I heard that the largest chieftain had surrendered to Wu Sangui. Launch an attack on Li Dingguo's Yunnan."

Zhou Porridge’s words told Zhang Qiang and the Yongli court that they could not bear it any longer. Perhaps soon the Qing army Tartars would turn their eyes back to the southeast. Their own Jinhua rebel army is the most powerful force in this area. The Longwu court carried it, and I believed that after several defeats, the Qing army would definitely pay more attention to themselves. Maybe they would send an army that was similar to the Yongli court to deal with them, or even advance several ways in parallel.

Absolutely not.

I have to create some trouble for the Tartars.

Zhang Qiang's eyes rolled back and forth. When did Zheng Chenggong join forces with King Lu to attack Nanjing?

If the time is not up, I have to try my best to make this action happen.

"We've been here these days, except for some big things that I need to deal with, how about other aspects?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Zhou Porridge reported on some things related to grain purchases, distribution of military supplies, and food stamps. Generally speaking, the progress is accelerating, and the momentum is good, the development is fast, and the prospects are bright.

Then Zhou Porridge said: "My lord, I followed your instructions and built another artillery factory, a matchlock gun factory, and three gunpowder factories. I also built eleven small dams in many places and built 380 dams. The Lanzhou waterwheel used for water has built [-] water mills in many places. In addition, three new gravel roads have been built to connect the mountainous passages between Jinhua Prefecture and the prefectural capitals, and the connection between Chuzhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture. From Yunxi County to Yiwu County, and from Yiwu County to Sanmen County on the coast of Taizhou Prefecture, a road connecting the north and the south, passing through the mountains, and connecting several rivers and creeks was built, basically with four lanes."

"So we already have 27 gunpowder factories?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Zhou Congee immediately said: "Yes, my lord, there are still three gunpowder factories under construction, and we will have thirty gunpowder factories by then."

"Is there any more?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"There are also 140 large-scale granaries, 380 medium-sized granaries, and 300 small-scale reserve granaries in the entire territory, which can meet the current harvest of our territory and the storage of purchased grain, and can maintain the grain consumption of [-] million people for three years .”

"How many ironworks do we have?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"There are 28 ironworks in total, and [-] purchased iron material storage warehouses, which can basically meet the needs of agricultural tools, armor, swords, and even muskets and artillery production."

"How about our ironmaking technology?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"According to your reminder, my lord, a total of [-] hot blast furnaces have been built, all concentrated in Xianju County, divided into three steelmaking plants, with a daily output of [-] tons."

"Where is our shipyard?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"There are three shipyards, [-] supporting factories, and [-] small shipyards."

"I asked you to make Western ships according to my ideas. How many ships have you made?" Zhang Qiang said.

"Five imitation Clark ships have been built, and three Galen sailboats have been built. After more than half a year of running-in and familiarization, our workers can manufacture seven western ships with [-] materials on multiple slipways within a month. If It is a large blessing ship, about eight to ten ships, but there are not enough slipways, so we can only make one type.”

"We have formed three naval fleets, namely the first fleet of Longzhu Island, the second fleet of Taizhou County, and the third fleet of Wenzhou Prefecture. Among them, the second fleet of Taizhou County has the strongest combat effectiveness."

"Oh, tell me." Zhang Qiang said.

Zhou Porridge didn’t even need to search for information, and immediately said, “Currently the Second Fleet is under the command of Zhang Ying. It has three Western Galen ships of 650 materials, seven Galen ships of 21 materials, and Gaelen ships of 38 materials. Twelve Lun ships, 25 Clark ships of 850 materials, 32 Clark ships of 45 materials, 75 large Fuchuan, 120 materials, 340 [-] materials, [-] [-] materials, and [-] medium-sized Fuchuan It is estimated that there will be [-] ships, [-] small centipede ships and fast ships, and [-] offshore fire ships."

"Tsk tsk," Zhang Qiang didn't expect to have such a huge fleet after half a year of recuperation.

Maybe the experience and combat effectiveness of my own sailors are not as good as those of the Dutch and Portuguese, and there are many pirates compared to Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui, but the scale of my own navy has increased. Deterrence, for a period of time, whether it is Zheng Chenggong or the Dutch, the Portuguese dare not easily start a war against themselves and make trouble for themselves.

Chapter 167 You're a Kid

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Inside the Jinhua Mansion Gun Factory, on the second floor of a wooden building, Francois stared into the distance, stomping, and footsteps sounded, he turned to look, and Sebastian appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Sebastian,"

"Francois,"

The two called each other's name, and then Francois asked Sebastian to sit down, and Sebastian took a sip of tea, "What's the matter with Francois, I'm busy these days."

Francois asked puzzledly: "Sebastian, this isn't you, do you want to work for these savages for the rest of your life?"

Sebastian looked at him puzzled, "Francois, you came here earlier than me, do you have any grudges against our lord? Don't you seem to be very loyal to him?"

Francois shook his head, "Sebastian, we are Europeans, I don't want to stay here forever, our home is in Europe, we can't stay here forever, make guns and Pao, we have made enough money, we can go back when he thinks we are trustworthy, don't you think these Daming people are very heartless?"

Sebastian was taken aback, "Have no heart?"

Francois leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Once they settled down, the blood in them quickly dissipated, and then they settled down to enjoy themselves. After observing them for so long, I finally discovered their weakness."

Sebastian remained calm, squinting at him, "Oh!"

Francois continued: "They are not a nation that is naturally willing to fight, but according to the people of the Qing Dynasty I have contacted, their barbaric aura and indomitable fighting spirit are very similar to Germans and Slavs. They are not as developed as ours, but they are always a threat to our Europe, everyone is afraid of them, and they have lived up to expectations, causing us a lot of trouble, do you think a weak nation, a bloody nation, which one can win in the end?"

"You mean our lord will eventually perish?" Sebastian said with some concern.