Lord of Ming Dynasty

I have to ask, because according to the current actual situation, thousands of miles away, the nearest is 8000 nautical miles, the farthest is more than 1 nautical miles, and one nautical mile is 85 kilometers, which exceeds 10 kilometers. The speed of the ship is six knots per hour, which is equivalent to about [-] kilometers per hour. It takes four months to go back and forth. With the current tonnage of Zheng Chenggong and his ships, it will take many years to pay off the debt.

The gold, silver and jewelry brought twice is equivalent to 800 million Chinese yuan, which means there is still a debt of 200 million. Even if it is 3000 million, Zhang Qiang estimates that all the gold and silver in Zheng Chenggong's lair have been converted. In response to the Dutch attack, in order to take root in Australia, they can be regarded as bankrupt.

When will you come again next time?

Taking away 3000 million ships and goods, this is more and more owed, and they have not seen their ability to pay back the money, can Zhang Qiang not be anxious?

Zhou Porridge came out to smooth things over, "Your Majesty, we have agreed that each ton of raw ore is purchased at 20 taels of silver, with a fluctuation of two taels of silver. Compared with our Huaxia Yuan, it is about 22 Huaxia Yuan to 25 Huaxia Yuan per ton, which is more than a thousand." For the amount of tons, add 1 Huaxia Yuan per ton each time, and if it exceeds 30 tons, it will be purchased at [-] Huaxia Yuan.

Guano is purchased at 11 Huaxia Yuan per ton, with a maximum of 15 Huaxia Yuan. The amount provided is not less than 24 tons each time, so that each time they arrive, the ship can bring us about [-] tons of ore and [-] tons of bird droppings. , each time they have twelve daifu ships of [-] to [-] tons coming, and at the same time there are the same number of escort ships, about [-] ships.

When they went back, they took away a population of 1 to 0.5. Each time they took away 0.6 Chinese yuan per Japanese, 10 Chinese yuan per Southeast Asian native, [-] Chinese yuan per Nanyang native, and [-] Chinese yuan per Han. "

"Then I'm not at a loss. The total income of sending them millions of people is less than a few million Huaxia Yuan?"

Wei Wuji didn't wait for Zhou Porridge to explain, and said first: "Your Majesty, this is because the ships we gave were old ships we used. The oldest one was 17 years old, and the youngest one was five years old. And they said we Our warships lag behind others by a large margin, and our naval director Ruan Jin also said that our warships are indeed a little behind compared to others.

It is manifested in factors such as inflexible rotation, slow speed, inability to catch up with opponents, and inability to run past opponents. These warships can only overwhelm people with power and win with numbers. Most of the artillery on the warships has not been reformed for ten years. The old cannons, our newly cast cannons are only land battle cannons, not naval naval cannons. Although the quality is good, they are still a bit old in comparison.

However, the Australian side decided to buy our ships and the artillery and weapons on them at a high price, and we will give them a slightly higher price for ore and guano, and give them a discount in terms of manpower, so that both parties can win-win. "

Hearing what they said, Zhang Qiang didn't say anything.

According to the calculation of the minimum transportation volume, they can repay the Chinese yuan owed by 11 to 15 yuan per trip, but they received the old ships of the Chinese army at a high price. It is precisely because of such a high price that their debts have reached 3000 million Huaxia Yuan, in the future they will have to transport iron ore and guano for free each time, and then receive the Japanese civilians that the Chinese Army does not want, as well as the natives of Southeast Asia and Nanyang, etc. It will take a long time to educate them before they can be naturalized as the Han population.

Solve some headaches for Huaxia Kingdom.

It is indeed a win-win situation. Although the Huaxia Army gave them these people for nothing in the end, they still need to feed these people. Don't they need money to buy food?In the future, you don’t need money to buy shells, and you don’t need money to buy gunpowder?

The Huaxia Army's 3000 million, after this transaction is completed, the Huaxia Kingdom's actual income is more than 3000 million, it must have reached the final income of 5000 million, and it can also obtain cheap ore and guano.

Based on the current farming conditions of the Huaxia Kingdom, each mu of land can produce about 2 catties. Even if the crops are improved and manure is used in the future, the plant ash can only be increased by about [-] catties. If bird droppings are added, this kind of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium The fertilizer of the three high-quality fertilizers may be doubled again to reach a yield of [-] catties per mu. This yield has not been improved by later generations, or it could reach [-] catties. But now that there is such an output, then the Huaxia Kingdom Even if the population grows to more than [-] million people, it will still be able to feed.

Double the population, triple the grain, and more than 2 million people will have more than enough to feed them.

Excess food can support the army to expand territory or colonize farther places.

It's just that Zhang Qiang also thought of a question, so if the warships, warships, and merchant ships are sold, what will happen to the tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers on them?

Zhang Qiang threw this issue to Wei Wuji, because it was something he managed.

Wei Wuji glanced at Navy Director Ruan Jin, Ruan Jin coughed and said: "We hope to build a new warship, the tonnage of the warship should not be too large, [-] tons is not bad, increase the speed, replace the artillery, during this period Carry out training for naval officers and soldiers, retire some old but uneducated ones, send some educated ones to the military academy to study or train new sailors and officers and soldiers, so that at least one-fifth of the soldiers will retire Or be sent to a military academy to serve as a teacher, or go to study for a few years, come out to replace the old sailor officers, update our sailor officers and soldiers, and reduce the overall age of sailor officers and soldiers.

From the current highest age of more than 70 years old, the highest age has dropped to more than 50 years old. Your Majesty, you know that our first generation of navy officers and soldiers are actually a group of pirates, fishermen, and some rebel soldiers on land. It is not conducive to the demand for new naval warfare. Although some old, weak and uneducated low-level officers and soldiers were cut off in the past few years, a large part of them stayed because we built two new fleets on the basis of one fleet. , as well as the Yangtze River Naval Guard.

This time the Yangtze River Naval Guard has basically replaced the first generation of graduates from the military academy. Next time I plan to replace a group of graduates from the military academy in the first fleet, and then let them be in the same position as Japan, the prince of Lu and the others. Accumulate experience in the battle, and so on, the second fleet, the third fleet, the fourth fleet, the fifth fleet, and the sixth fleet, all replaced the previous farmers and pirate sailors, making the navy more regular and professional. "

Zhang Qiang looked at Ruan Jin, "Well, the idea is good, but be careful, even if they are pirates and fishermen, sometimes they have their own set of knowledge that others don't know. We need to dig out this knowledge, such as some small experiences. ,tips.

For sailors sailing on the sea, they may encounter problems. With such a little experience, they can quickly solve the problem, and with a little knowledge, they can quickly avoid the shipwreck and death caused by such ignorance of common sense. Events, pay attention to summarizing the experience of predecessors.

We must give enough respect and care to these old sailors who have retired, and we cannot neglect them. They are also our people and our soldiers. They have fought for us and shed blood. Don't make them feel abandoned. "

After finalizing the transaction details and method with Zheng Keshuang, both Huaxia Jun and Zheng Keshuang felt that they had made a profit, and both parties began to fulfill the contract.

Zhang Qiang returned to the palace to continue handling government affairs after playing for a few days.

7 Chapter Sixty

Back to government affairs, many headaches came oncoming again.

Du Ge's strength has grown again, occupying one-fifth of Siam's area, with a force of [-], with front-loading muskets, front-loading rifles, front-loading artillery, and retreating guns. All Du Ge of the Huaxia Army ran out He figured out everything he knew before.

Although the main force of his troops were Siamese and the main force of his officers were Han Chinese, his strength had increased after all.

This is a painful tumor, Zhang Qiang's hands can't go deep into that place at all now, Tian Xian and Li Yuanyin sent there are not Du Ge's opponents at all, and it took half a day in that small place in Cambodia to get 5000 people. The regular troops are still guerrilla troops. They grew up in the battle with Du Ge, and at the same time they fed Du Ge, trained themselves, and made Du Ge's troops stronger.

What exactly is Ma Hansan doing in Southeast Asia?

And Liu Liangzuo, what is he doing in Laos?

What about Mahan?

What about Li Dingguo?

They don't have their own orders, do they know how to stick to the three small countries?

Can't we send troops to attack several times to interrupt the enemy's development?

Forget it and wait, there is no time to take care of it now, let Li Yuanyin and Tian Xian continue to toss, if they can take Cambodia down, it will be considered a credit, and now Zhang Qiang still pays attention to Japan.

On Japan's side, the second prince still hadn't made it. There was no chance. The Japanese sent 50 troops to Denios Island to strengthen the second prince's troops. Under the persecution of the Qing Dynasty, the Dutch, and the British, the second prince The treaty was signed, and the Japanese took over his debts to the British and the Dutch. He was responsible for working for the Japanese, and finally drove away the second prince of the Huaxia Army and was awarded the title of General Denios, becoming the island of Denios in Japan. The daimyo general joins the nation of Japan.

In the name of going back to ship weapons and ammunition, the Dutch and the British boarded four 180-ton armed merchant ships with gold and silver, raw silk, ore, salt, cloth, wood and other commodities looted from Japan. .

The Japanese and the second prince were left behind to confront the forces of the Xinlu Mansion and the Siguo Mansion in the Huaxia Army Autonomous Territory.

And the stupid Japanese didn't know that they were abandoned at all, and thought they were powerful. The Xinlu Mansion did not dare to fight against Kitakyushu Island, and on Shikoku Island, they thought that they would be able to defeat Feng Quan's troops with another fire. Then take advantage of the trend and hit Kyushu Island where Xinlu Mansion is located.

Denios Island was besieged on three sides, and only one side of the bay could enter and exit. The Japanese dispatched troops day and night, transporting as many as 50 troops to Shikoku Island, and at the same time mobilized as many as 20 civilians to the island. They believe that the superiority of troops is on their side. The 30 troops of the Xinlu Mansion are nothing to be afraid of. Without the 10,000+ troops of the third prince's line, they use 50 to fight 30. At the same time, they still have the remaining 15 troops of the second prince. It is enough to destroy the four kingdoms.

Feng Quan has returned to Xinlu Mansion, and Prime Minister Yan handles the civil affairs here. The 24 war-experienced troops were taken over by Zhao Hui, and Zhao Hui succeeded Feng Quan to command the battle in the Siguo Mansion.

The 11 troops were withdrawn because Feng Quan knew that the Xinlu Mansion was empty. The total regular army of the Xinlu Mansion was originally only [-] troops, but later expanded to [-] troops. On Shikoku Island, the militia is not strong enough.

So 12 militiamen who had been through the war withdrew from Shikoku Island and continued to recruit soldiers from the people of Xinlufu. In the county seat, [-] points are stationed in several towns on the front line, inside the coastal fortifications.

The front line is conducting intensive training for the remaining militiamen who have been transferred from the front line. At the same time, they are constantly recruiting young and strong people from several towns near the front line to join the militia team. While training, they are allowed to patrol and guard at the same time to maintain law and order.

In the rear, Feng Quan is also doing the same thing, but what he is doing is not just for guarding and maintaining law and order, but for supporting Shikoku Island or later attacking Japan's Honshu Island to reserve militia forces.

The newly arrived Han Chinese immigrants from the Huaxia Kingdom and the native immigrants from Nanyang, and many Southeast Asian immigrants have experienced the militia era. After a little reorganization, there will be a militia force of 2 people. The officers are Han Chinese, and the soldiers are indigenous people, also known as They are the primary naturalized Han Chinese, and the remaining Japanese naturalized Han civilian militia in Xinlu Prefecture.

All in all, although there are not many wars in Xinlu Mansion, it is still a military-controlled area. There is not much livelihood, agriculture, and the young and middle-aged people have been transferred to serve as militiamen. Agriculture is basically deserted. Only some old people and Women working in the fields.

Although some young and strong people remained, they also participated in the official yamen that maintained law and order, such as yamen servants and arresters, which made agriculture even more hit. Construction, housing construction, coastal fortification construction, the current Xinlu Mansion is still a primitive society.

The current population is 300 million. The Han population and the indigenous population are increasing, while the Japanese population is gradually decreasing. Either they were involved in the war, or they were emigrated. Some Japanese families who fought in Xinlu Prefecture were immigrated to Qiong Island, Sishan Prefecture, some Japanese civilians who participated in the turmoil were also thrown into Sishan Prefecture prisoner camps or Qiongdao mines, and even about 50 people were arrested in the prisoner camps in Hangzhou Prefecture, waiting for Zheng Keshuang's fleet transported them away.

910 ships, how can they all be driven away at once, Zheng Keshuang and the others just recruited some fishermen and sailors, and drove away about twenty escort warships, fifty Chinese military abolished warships that arrived earlier, and fifty merchant ships, This time, a total of 86 small fishing boats were to be transported away, all of which were placed on the decks of nearly a hundred warships and merchant ships. The remaining space was vacated for some people, and the food and weapons they purchased, as well as other goods, were stored in the cabins.

About 5 people will hit the state this time, and each of the 100 escorting warships will contain 2000 people. The Han population is only [-].

One hundred merchant ships and warships, except for gunners and sailors, each ship does not have soldiers who jump to fight. Due to limited space, each ship can only carry 200 people. After squeezing hard, each ship can carry more than 400 people. Equal to 1000 people.

The remaining thousands of people were loaded with several [-]-ton warships brought by Zheng Keshuang this time, and they could almost squeeze them out.

In this way, the whole team is relatively bloated, and it will take almost four months to go back.