Lord of Ming Dynasty

The number of captives decreased, the number of hard labor decreased, the number of foreign immigrants decreased, and the number of people born increased. The Huaxia Kingdom is moving towards a powerful kingdom. The recovery of Sishan Prefecture has relieved the pressure of population explosion. The recovery of Shanxi-Gansu Prefecture has made some Where can young people who open up wasteland go to find their own opportunities, their own homes, and their own future.

The population has now reached 3000 million people.

So Zhang Qiang issued an order to stop population growth, control population growth, cancel the multi-birth subsidy plan, and vigorously promote the concept of rich and young people having children and planting more trees.

Zhang Qiang has already received feedback from Tong Dawei's previous report. With the introduction of this concept, although the effect is not significant for a period of time, according to the statistics of Guangdong Province, the birth rate of children in these three months has dropped significantly. The annual figure is 130 million, and the second half of the year is not over yet. The statistics can already be seen clearly. From a family with more than a dozen children, to newlyweds, or couples who are married already feel that having more children is a bit unaffordable, so from More than a dozen have been reduced to the willingness to have four or five children. In fact, the statistics in the first four months are 80. That is to say, 80 children were born in this state within four months, and it is estimated that it can be controlled in the next two months. At 20, that means 30 fewer children were born.

With the cancellation of subsidies and the promotion of ideas, the historical mission of population growth has ended, and the population growth will inevitably slow down. This year's growth may not reach the previous year's 3000 million population, and may only be 700 million, which is the smallest year. The growth rate is 300 million less.

With this Zhang Qiang felt relieved, and he said to Tong Dawei: "You have done a good job, but you have to prevent those who have become rich from overthrowing our ideas, and guide them rationally. If you want more land, you should You have to go outside to find it, the outside world is very big, it is very big, and it is more moral to grab the land of other kingdoms than to grab the land of your own people."

Chapter 827 About Zheng Keshuang's Arrangement

After seeing off Tong Dawei, Zheng Keshuang came.

"Your Majesty, we meet again." Zheng Keshuang was very happy.

Zhang Qiang had a gloomy face, "I don't want to meet with your Zheng family. You have deceived me. You have deceived the Huaxia Kingdom. You used our support weapons and ships to attack us together with the rebels and our enemy Hong family. Overthrow us, Mr. Zheng, is this your Zheng family's attitude towards our Huaxia Kingdom?"

"Alas," Zheng Keshuang sighed as he had known for a long time, with a bitter face, and then an expression of His Majesty listening to my explanation.

Zhang Qiang stared at him and listened to his explanation.

Seeing Zhang Qiang staring at him earnestly, Zheng Keshuang seemed to want to hear what he had to say, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, my father passed away from illness, and my elder brothers are already fighting over the family property. As the youngest If it wasn't just in the middle of the port far away from Darwin, I would follow in the footsteps of my younger brothers. Below me, my four or five underage brothers have already been killed by the elder brother and the second brother. They are afraid We'll divide their fortunes and fight them for the throne.

In the past six months, I escaped from the mining area in the central part, and the family members and generals who protected me went through hardships to the southern port, and then took a boat to collect the supporters and followers of the younger brothers along the way, as well as the previous two. My brother’s supporters, retainers, and soldiers took a detour and escaped with all my belongings. After drifting in the sea for a month and a half, I escaped my brothers’ pursuit and came to the vicinity of Palawan Island.

But I was stopped, and then I found out that you have already started a fight, Zheng Zhi, my fifth brother, obviously wants to leave our Zheng family, and he must not support my father's decision to make a friendly relationship with the Huaxia Kingdom, and I don't have that either. Method. "

It turns out that these are the six sons of Zheng Chenggong. It seems that there is no such person. As a national hero, well, it is said in the textbook. Zhang Qiang has paid attention to it for a period of time in later generations, but he still has a bit of grudges about Zheng Chenggong using Han soldiers to fulfill his ambitions. , but Zheng Chenggong did not end well in later generations, the people of the country were black, the people of Baodao were black, and the Japanese smashed his statue. Alas, it is really pitiful.

But now there is actually this person, standing in front of me, this guy is Zheng Keshuang, and Zhang Qiang is not happy to hear the name, because he let the Zheng family's power he sketched earlier contain the rebel Du Ge first, and then let After cleaning up the Japanese, he turned around and cleaned up Du Ge again. As a result, Zheng Zhi cheated on eating and drinking at his place, causing his Laigan fleet to be crippled and turned into two fleets at the level of the Coast Guard.

Now those two fleets can still bully the passing merchant ships when there are no enemies, and when there are enemies, there may be only survival left.

Where does the Dutch still have a fleet of more than 30 ships? If all the warships and warships of the Fifth Fleet are concentrated, if the command is better, they can still win the battle, but what about after that?After that, there were not many warships and warships that could sail out to the open sea.

After all the ships went through the battle of the five joint operations to besiege the Huaxia warships, all the ships were wounded, and it was impossible for these warships to be repaired in half a year, more than half a year.

The warships and warships of the Third Fleet can barely maintain patrol ships now, and it is impossible to go out to fight in the open sea.

The British escaped three ships, but they are in India, and there is a governor's district, where there must be warships, and the Portuguese, although they were driven away from the moat, they also have colonies in India, and there are also governors It is not a problem to take out five or six warships, it is not a problem to take out dozens of merchant ships, and it is not a problem to refit the armed merchant ships. Let’s modify it. There are also the Dutch. They are in Indonesia, that is, Batavia. India has a governor’s district and sphere of influence. If the ships in several territories are concentrated, there are still dozens of warships. Now, the third The personnel sent by the fleet to replace the Fifth Fleet can only stick to Palawan Island.

Because that is the most complete fleet in the Huaxia Kingdom. If the Taixi people come to unite, gather within three or two months, and then come down to fight with you, then even if the Third Fleet wins, it will be a miserable victory. All sea battleships and warships are even less.

Not to mention ruling the outer sea circle of thousands of miles of sea in the kingdom, it is very difficult to defend Baodao Prefecture, Qiongdao, and the Gulf of Siam, because the coastline is too long, and if there are not enough ships, the enemy will take advantage of the loopholes to attack the coast, which will be even more of a failure. .

While Zhang Qiang was thinking, he was arguing with Zheng Keshuang, when the attendant walked in, "Your Majesty," and handed Zhang Qiang a memorial.

This was given by Xie Lan to Zhang Qiang. He led the reinforcements from the Third Fleet to conquer Palawan Island, harassed the Spanish coastline, and brought back many indigenous people. He also captured the eldest prince and the second prince gathered by Zheng Zhi. Their territory, and got a lot of prisoners, Han people, indigenous people, and Japanese people, Japanese soldiers.

They seized nearly [-] warships, although they were all originally sold to the two sons of the Hong family by Zhang Qiang and the others, as well as a hundred merchant ships. Sunk and captured in action.

Zheng Zhi fled to the territory of the Spaniards with two thousand defeated soldiers and twenty dilapidated warships.

Kodak reported that of the nearly [-] captured and seriously injured fleet ships sent back, [-] of them were dismantled into firewood and could no longer be used. Now the fleet has repaired [-] warships, two warships , the four Huaxia battleships were hastily repaired and sent to Taizhou Shipyard for re-repair.

At present, there are four battleships capable of combat at the base of the Fifth Fleet, four of which are in good condition, eight of which are almost intact, and twelve of which are not affected. Hastily refitted the twenty ships of the original Coastal Navy Guard, and the total number of ships capable of fighting is fifty.

The other ships are not very capable of fighting after being repaired. They can only be used as transport ships, or fishing boats or patrol boats more than ten nautical miles offshore. They may sink in a storm.

After handing these ships over to Zhang Liwei, he led the ships back to Haiphong Port. There were nearly sixty warships there, half of which had been repaired, but those were only a little better than armed merchant ships.

The other ships had to be lost to the Coast Guard.

Seeing such troubling data, Zhang Qiang really wanted to arrest Du Ge and Zheng Zhi, and he cramped. Is it easy for Huaxia Navy to build these ships?

It took decades, nearly 3000 million Chinese yuan of property, although the value of these properties has actually been sold to domestic businessmen, leased to them, and sold to the three sons of the Hong family when Zhang Qiang kept selling ships in the early stage. They were sold to the Xinlu Mansion, the Siguo Mansion, and the Zheng Family. They were all taken back. Zheng Keshuang alone took back 600 million Huaxia Yuan in supplies and Huaxia Yuan, as well as millions of gold and silver treasures, but Zhang Qiang still feels distressed. ah.

"You can't make it easier for others." Zhang Qiang thought secretly, raised his head and said to Zheng Keshuang: "I don't care what you think, I will give you a task now, um, let's fulfill our previous agreement, and now this agreement has been changed from now on. Your Zheng family has turned into you, go and take down Gegong Island."

Zheng Keshuang looked helpless, "Well, Your Majesty, the Zheng family is the Zheng family, I am me, and I am here to rely on you."

Chapter 828 The Helplessness of Multi-line Combat

"Here," Zheng Keshuang didn't know what to do, and asked him to take over Zheng Zhi's stall. He couldn't do it, he was good at running errands, and managing a place, he wasn't that material.

And Zhang Qiang also ordered him to fulfill his previous promise.

That is to fight, to kill.

"I'll send some people to follow you, how many warships and warships do you have now?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"I have [-] warships, [-] warships, these are the ships collected from the chaos of our Zheng family on the road, and some ships that Zheng Zhi was scattered, and the two hundred ships I brought this time The merchant ship brought about [-] tons of guano, [-] tons of ore, and some Australian fur, timber, coal, and other goods."

Zheng Keshuang answered Zhang Qiang.

"Well, that's good, you leave people, goods, and merchant ships here, even if your Zheng family's treachery to our Huaxia Kingdom and the previous debts have been replenished, you can go to Saigon with the warships and warships, Then go and tell the fleet commander there, he helped you command the fleet and defeated the Dutch, you will be stationed on Koh Kong Island, and then help my generals and officials from there to defeat the traitor as soon as possible."

Zhang Qiang raised his head and said proudly to Zheng Keshuang.

He is very satisfied with the current result. It is very gratifying to see a person who has nowhere to turn. In later generations, he is desperate and has no place to turn to others. Of course, you should be kinder, accept his refuge, and give him a perfect job to eliminate the rebels for me.

"Your Majesty, why are you bothering? Your Huaxia Army has millions of soldiers, and you can send just a few people to wipe out the gang of rebels. We, old and young, are full of pots and pots. It's not easy to fight, right?" Zheng Keshuang grimaced. road.

He still has a little friendship with Zhang Qiang, and has done business many times, selling slaves and iron, selling coal, selling bird droppings, buying ships from Zhang Qiang, etc., so he did not feel uncomfortable or restrained when meeting Zhang Qiang, but now he It felt like the situation shifted, from friend to subordinate.

"You mean you want to eat and drink for nothing with me?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"No, Your Majesty, I didn't mean that, I meant..." Zheng Keshuang didn't know what to say.

"What are you talking about? You are now leading a large group of people on the land of our Huaxia Kingdom, with guns, warships, and warships. If I were not familiar with you, I might think that you are here to fight us? You Does the Huaxia Army greet such people with a smile? Or open fire?" Zhang Qiang asked with a sneer.

Zheng Keshuang is stupid, yes, the name is wrong, the words are not right.

The Huaxia Kingdom has already issued a ban. Non-national troops are not allowed to possess arms, and non-military units are not allowed to possess guns and ammunition. It has to be approved and licensed every day, otherwise a large-scale foreign armed force will be allowed to stay on the land of the Huaxia Kingdom for a long time. What a threat this is to the Huaxia Kingdom. If you are not careful, if he comes to attack, it will occupy a piece of land Woolen cloth?

This is also the reason why Zhang Qiang wants to drive Zheng Keshuang away, how can he allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch!

Moreover, by driving Zheng Keshuang to Koh Kong Island, he can guard the southwestern sea frontier for himself, and at the same time support Li Yuanyin and Tian Xian. Although their current power is expanding in Cambodia, they obviously have no revolutionary experience. Due to the suppression of the local Chinese, the development is slow. The troops of the Southeast Asian states of the Huaxia Kingdom stay there like a tiger, which makes all the indigenous people feel threatened. Who is this person of insight?

Tuhua, that is, those Hu people, Han people, Miao people, Hakka people, Tujia people, and Baiyue people whose ancestors wandered from various dynasties. Those who have been aboriginal since the primitive era can no longer be aboriginal.

But what era is it now, outside is the age of great exploration, um, it just started, because the 16th century is actually the No. 17th century, Europe just ended the dark middle age of the sixteenth century, and began the colonial era, that is, the age of great navigation , as the European ships sailed again and again, they brought a broad vision and some messy Western ideas, and Ming Dynasty was considered an open empire. Many people, especially those from the south along the coast, flowed faster, and everyone had already gotten rid of it. Out of ignorance, began to pursue the truth.

What is the truth? Westerners say that you are colonized by us. We open your minds and give you our advanced ideas. Will you be our slaves?

The natives said, well, such a beautiful gem is actually a glazed glass ball, such an easy-to-use ceramic is actually a porcelain from Ming Dynasty, such a fun gun saves hunting effort, the house you live in is so beautiful, we want to have it too, Westerners say, well, good slaves, you can also live in big houses.