Lord of Ming Dynasty

The artillery uses the latest artillery with a direct shooting distance of up to 450 meters. The direct shooting distance of the small artillery is 45 meters. But thanks to the kingdom's progress in solving materials, they can hit farther than the enemy's artillery.

These cannons have increased the accuracy of the Huaxia Army's bombardment with enemy artillery in naval battles by 20.00%, reaching 30.00%. It is a wooden sailboat, so it is of little significance to upgrade it. Once the enemy is close, the chance of survival depends on who pulls out the enemy first and sinks it. Those who hit have no resistance.

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7 Chapter Seventy The Spring of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

In January, the third prince finally got his wish. He successfully captured the main island of Lu State and gathered 10,000+ Han people from the original main island.

Sitting again on the throne that his father had sat on, he was very excited, burst into tears with joy, and cried aloud, then accepted the worship of the officials, and officially became the king of the Lu Kingdom, no, the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The island has been renamed the Ryukyu Kingdom.

After the full occupation, the redistribution and distribution of troops began. The main island has 1 troops, of which 5000 are sailors. Amami Island has [-] troops, of which [-] are sailors. [-] troops, and the garrison on other small islands ranges from [-] troops to a dozen or so.

The total force is 13.

Recover the land, resume fishing operations, and supply the Ryukyu Kingdom with food. At this moment, the Ryukyu Kingdom still relies on the Chinese Kingdom for supplies. Their population has reached 50 Han Chinese, 30 Japanese, and 10 militia servants. , the indigenous population of Southeast Asia is 3, the indigenous population of Southeast Asia is 98, and the total population is 13. If [-] troops are added, the population will be more than one million.

Their arable land can only supply 30 people, and the fishing boats provided by the captured fishing boats and the Chinese Kingdom can only solve the work and food for 10 people.

The entire Ryukyu Kingdom is in ruins, and many places are still in ruins. The third prince had to mobilize troops to work with the people to build houses for the people and military camps for the soldiers. The only thing that was not affected by this battle was the Chinese Commercial Hall of the Huaxia Kingdom. There are [-] navy troops and [-] navy marines stationed there from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle. The eldest prince dare not move no matter how fierce the battle is.

Even construction can't dilute the larger population. There are still about 50 people waiting for a way out. Although the Huaxia Kingdom still supplies food, it's not for nothing.

The Kingdom of Ryukyu needed money to repay, so Hong Tianpao had no choice but to meet with Xue Hong, a diplomat stationed here from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Ryukyu. After three years of training, two years of land reclamation, he was promoted from a clerk to a staff member, and then from a staff member through several levels to a junior official. He stayed in the County Council Bureau for three months, and the battle began. Later, he was dispatched to the state of Lu as the person in charge of the Zhonghua Commercial House.

However, they were not assigned to Qian Bingdeng, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time. There was also a Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in the center of Jinling, and there was no Ministry of Foreign Affairs in other places. People, there are no personnel outside.

A few months after Gu Yuesheng took over, Zhang Qiang assigned these departments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The liaison departments stationed abroad were all Chinese business houses, and the owners of the Chinese business houses were nine-rank officials, and Xue Hong was the first batch of officials. The owner of the Zhonghua Commercial Hall is also the first batch of subordinates directly under Gu Yuesheng.

In the past few years, Xue Hong has been staying in the Chinese business house like an unemployed shopkeeper. There is no shortage of food, but nothing can be done. The navy of the Huaxia Kingdom has been ordered not to participate in the war between the two sides. Everything is to defend China. As the kingdom's merchant house, it is important to protect the people of the Huaxia Kingdom.

As the battle progressed, he was sent out to collect the merchants and their guards and family members scattered around the merchant ships of the Huaxia Kingdom, and then handed these people over to the navy to take them away. Undertaking the task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacting the warring parties, and later designated as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has real power only after receiving the appointment, but in fact he has nothing to do here. The kingdom ordered not to intervene in the battle between the two sides, so he can Staying in the shop, even if the third prince wins, he can't let him do some things.

After receiving the invitation from the third prince, Xue Hong already knew about it. Originally, the Military Intelligence Department directly contacted the Third Prince. Handing over diplomatic matters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also gave Gu Yuesheng, who hadn't had much work for a long time, a job to do. The Ministry of Military Intelligence sent a military military officer to serve as Xue Hong's assistant to protect his safety and at the same time One hundred Marine Corps soldiers were dispatched from the Marine Corps to protect the Zhonghua Merchant Hall, and a general from the General Staff was dispatched to serve as his second military officer, responsible for the security of the Merchant Hall.

The personnel from the Military Intelligence Department explained to him his future work and put the letter of appointment on his desk, telling him that he would be in charge of dealing with the Ryukyu Kingdom in the future, and that he could transfer all matters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Military Intelligence Military Attache. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Military Intelligence have dual leadership, while the generals who protect him are directly led by him.

Xue Hong opened the letter that Gu Yuesheng gave him. The first thing was to tell him to let him contact the third prince, Hong Tianpao, to show the existence of the Huaxia Kingdom. The second thing was to let him fool the third prince into continuing to send troops to Japan. Hiring him to attack Japan to consume the troops of the third prince, the third prince is too strong for the Huaxia army.

In addition to the existing troops, he also has [-] militiamen on Shikoku Island and [-] regular troops to help guard the defense lines where they landed in Kagawa County and Kochi County.

Gu Yuesheng told him that the Ministry of National Defense meant to try not to let them be idle, and let them send troops to choose to join the battle between the Huaxia Kingdom and the Japanese.

Let his garrisoned 50 troops rush forward to help Prime Minister Yan resist the enemy's attack. Although Zhao Hui is there to command the battle, the enemy in the remaining county is still very tenacious. They still have a population of [-], and [-] The strength, this is the strength of the second prince.

The Japanese added 50 troops to the area where the second prince was located. Now Zhao Hui is fighting very hard. These troops are the troops of the Xinlu Mansion, and the troops of the Siguo Mansion have not yet been fully cultivated. The Xinlu Mansion is already considered the Huaxia Kingdom. The sphere of influence is gone, and the Huaxia Kingdom does not want to consume it here, so the second prince sent troops to attack the Japanese again, this time choosing Hokkaido Island.

But Shikoku Island also needs troops to give the troops on Shikoku Island time to grow.

Prime Minister Yan now has 1 troops of his own family, 10 recruits from the Han people, and 30 troops from the natives of Southeast Asia as the main militia. The casualties were heavy, and if it weren't for the support of nearly [-] troops from the Xinlu Mansion, it might have failed.

The Huaxia Army can still invest more troops to drive the Japanese into the sea, but Zhang Qiang does not want the Huaxia Army to suffer losses when going to sea, and the Xinlu Mansion also does not want them to lose. He thought of the third prince Hong Tianpao again, and wanted to Try to see if he can be obedient, if not, Zhang Qiang doesn't mind letting the first fleet come to the second thousand ships to besiege the island.

Let's do a fire scrub.

Chapter 771 The Ryukyu Kingdom Sends Troops

After Xue Hong received the mission, he negotiated with Hong Tianpao for fifteen days. Hong Tianpao really didn't want his army to go to war. Facing the situation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he felt that it was time to recuperate. But the toughness of the Huaxia Kingdom and the conditions for them to send troops forced him to make up his mind to cooperate with the Huaxia Army.

He continuously mobilized 5 regular troops from the island, 3 militiamen, and 1 militia servants. All Southeast Asian aborigines sent one person from each family to form a militia team of 6 people, Nanyang aborigines sent [-] troops, and Japanese aborigines The [-] troops sent were all unarmed cannon fodder who had experienced a little bit of war. Their mission was to be civilian husbands, and at the same time to block bullets and artillery for the regular army on the front line.

The total force was 22 troops, who boarded the Ryukyu Kingdom Navy warships and troop carriers.

Now through previous battles, the Kingdom of Ryukyu has 180 warships over [-] tons, [-] merchant ships over [-] tons, [-] patrol boats, transportation ships, and fishing boats under [-] tons.

This time a total of half of the ships were used, 550 ships carrying 22 troops to attack the main island of Japan. Originally, Xue Hong wanted him to raid Hokkaido Island according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Hong Tianpao and his generals I also have my own plans, the journey to Hokkaido is too far, it may not be possible to move their old ships, and if there is a storm at sea, it may be reimbursed for a single storm, so they refuse to go to Hokkaido island.

After Xue Hong reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gu Yuesheng instructed him that it doesn't matter, as long as they send troops, the Huaxia Kingdom doesn't want to face the Japanese alone and fight with the Japanese, let the third prince fight with them.

Then he promised to give 22 dans of food to the 30 army every month, and gave the third prince a batch of old firearms from the Xinlu Mansion to arm his militia servants.

The second prince is not helpless, the eldest prince still has a lot of weapons that are too late to take away and destroy, such as knives, guns, swords and halberds, Portuguese matchlock guns, Spanish matchlock guns, Dutch matchlock guns, and even Russian heavy matchlock guns. There are as many as [-] pieces. In addition, there are Dutch armor, Spanish plate armor, Portuguese breastplate, Spanish spear, Portuguese long sword, Dutch epee, Ming Dynasty Yanling sword, simple sword, bow and arrow, and Qing Dynasty heavy horn bow.

Just fiddle with it, and his servants and militia are all armed. Even the cannon fodder civilians are armed with swords, spears, spears, bows and arrows, etc. His Janissaries are full of Spanish plate armor. Dutch helmets, Huaxia Army smoothbore flintlock guns, and the luxury of five thousand soldiers and horses.

The remaining 2 garrison troops on the island are Yishui Huaxia Army Jingai 24 matchlock guns, wearing Spanish plate armor, carrying a Qing Dynasty heavy-horned bow on their backs, and hanging a quiver in their waists, with [-] heavy arrows inserted in it , and on the other side of his waist is a Ming Dynasty Yanling Saber, which can be said to be weird.

Although the third prince has also experienced wars, he lacks some comprehensive military edification, and has the conceit and vanity of a literati. Such a luxurious army armed with such a luxurious army makes him face. Compared with the Chinese army who usually wears Portuguese bras Armor, with the uniform of the Huaxia Army on the inside, and the ugly helmet that looks like a Ming army hat on the top of his head, he still feels that his army is mighty.

After his army was armed with the weapons of all nations, it was loaded on 550 ships and sent to Japan. He did not tell the Huaxia Army where he was going to land. , issued an order to send three [-]-ton Galen warships to follow and monitor.

According to the order jointly issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense, no matter how high your military position is or how high your military rank is, the troops stationed abroad must accept the joint command of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The store owner.

Therefore, the navy general immediately dispatched three warships to follow.

On the third day, Xue Hong received the carrier pigeon sent back by the military military officer on the dispatched navy ship. The third prince's fleet did not go east to the sea, but went around Xinlu Mansion, preparing to land on China Island opposite Kitakyushu Island.

Xue Hong has to worry about this arrogant third prince, but there are 50 Japanese samurai who are preparing to attack Kitakyushu Island. Although your force is higher than others, and your combat effectiveness is stronger, but facing 50 troops, you 22 How did thousands of people fight?And how do you land on someone else's island?

He hurriedly went to meet the third prince, who received him eagerly, heard his worry, and said with a smile: "Haha, I would be so stupid, here, I will fight here first, and then use this as the starting base to rest for a while I will attack China Island in the future. At that time, I will immigrate 20 people to this island to serve the army. If the army is damaged, my 20 people can at least arm 22 soldiers and horses, and then these [-] soldiers If you go to support the [-] soldiers, how can you teach the enemy some lessons and hold back the enemy's forces for you, so that General Kong Youxing can fight through Kitakyushu and land on China Island."

When Xue Hong saw it, he jumped up and roared angrily, "That's Jeju Island in Goguryeo. Are you going to attack Jeju Island?" After a few strategy lessons, he knows what Jeju Island is. It is the island of Koguryo. The Japanese have not solved it yet. The third prince is going to provoke Goguryeo. Although Koguryo is unbearable, there is Qing Dynasty behind them. Goguryeo, Goguryeo's troops have become servants of the Qing Dynasty. Compared with those who have high eyesight and low hands, they only know how to bend bows and shoot arrows. The Qing army who slashed and killed on horseback is better than the Japanese in terms of firearms.

The third prince said proudly: "Our country of Lu, oh no, it is now my Ryukyu Kingdom, and we need a bigger place. We can't even accommodate 100 million people here, and we can't support them, so I need a bigger territory. And Jeju Island is a very suitable place, not far from Amami Island, and not far from Japan, so that we can not only support you nearby, but also find a place that can feed us. Jeju Island is sparsely populated. But it is suitable for planting, where the food produced in one year is enough to feed the population of the Ryukyu Kingdom for two years, and you can also raise horses, it is a very good place, where it does not belong to the Huaxia Kingdom, I did not do anything to the Huaxia Kingdom to be sorry for them, it is very good Bar."

Xue Hong smiled slightly, as expected of a member of the old Hong's family, even a son who is not very smart, would be so calculating, now he can't break this relationship and let the third prince have a dirty relationship with them, as a man who manages and does business abroad An old official who has been a businessman for several years, Xue Hong's brain is still very smart, and she went back after saying a few innocuous words.

Then he wrote a memorial overnight and reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chapter 772 Slave Trade

Zhang Qiang tapped on the table. The actions of the third prince made him feel insulted. It’s not his own people who are disobedient after all. But now Zhang Qiang doesn’t want to start a war with the third prince. Japan has not solved it yet. A huge Japanese nation is not a short-term can be solved.

Another thing that cannot be solved is the population of Japan and Southeast Asia. Although naturalization can solve many problems, it cannot solve the permanent problem after all. That is Sinicization. After all, the population of Sinicization still has certain instability , will bring endless troubles to my descendants in the future. My descendants can fight on their own, and the meat will rot in the pot after all, but if those remnants control the power, then it is an invasion and ruled by others. The regime in China is ruled by foreign races. This is a disgrace to the Chinese nation. It has happened several times. The Turks, Xianbei people, and Hu people during the five chaos in China, and the Mongols behind, and the Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty in modern times.

Now the base core area of ​​the Huaxia Kingdom already has a population of 3000 million, and the population is increasing at a rate of 3000 million per year. It is true that Chinese people are too capable of giving birth. It is not shameful for a family to have two or three children. It is normal for a family to have four or five. , a family with seven or eight children can be the king and hegemony in the village, and a family with ten or so children will be the king and hegemony in the village.

Although the Huaxia Kingdom is developing at a high speed, the foundation is still an agricultural country. The light industry has just developed. Hand-woven bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, brooms, and some sedan chairs and rickshaws that small businessmen like to see are manufactured. Blacksmiths are keen to make farm tools and some Needles, pots and pans, and a small number of carpenters make artificial doors and windows, make some spears for the militia self-defense force, make some luxurious sedan chairs, carriages, etc. for the gentlemen, and more light industries, making the Huaxia Kingdom extremely Prosperity, the life of the common people is getting more and more moist.

If it weren't for the Huaxia Kingdom's restrictions on the resale of land, the Huaxia Kingdom would soon become another prosperous Ming Dynasty, with more and more merchants, and more and more million households, tens of millions of households have already appeared, but these people The labor force still cannot offset the large population, and about 1000 million people need to work every year.

The Huaxia Kingdom can’t give them so many jobs. Soldiers only recruit 10 people every year, and 10 people leave the army at the same time. Only 1 people who leave the army can get jobs. , but not everyone wants to go, forced immigration can only have a few 10 people go to Southeast Asia and become landed farmers there.

The population in Southeast Asia is also quite large. It used to be only 800 million people, but later there were more than 1000 million indigenous people, that is, more than 2000 million people. They are also having children, and they continue to immigrate into the core area and continue to migrate to Qiong. Island, Baodao Prefecture, and Yunnan-Guizhou Prefecture, which borders the Four Mountains, cannot solve the problem, because the rate of birth is hundreds of thousands, but the population of births has reached 300 million.

So Zhang Qiang could only find a way to sell the Japanese, but because of the speed problem, it took a few months to go back and forth, and there were only tens of thousands of people, Zhang Qiang was very headache.

Now I can only immigrate to Sishan Prefecture. In a few months, 300 million people immigrated, and reoccupied the land where there were many vacancies.