Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang patted his thigh, "It's still early, Yanjing is at least half a year away. Qing Dynasty still has half a year to live."

After several people finished speaking, Li Dingguo and Xiao Fei went to deploy troops and arranged for the personal guard battalion of the personal guard regiment to attack.

Next, Zhang Qiang will look at the construction of the Navy. Ruan Jin reported that he plans to install 48 new warships. In the second half of the year, each fleet can have 36 new Huaxia-class warships and flying shear-class frigates. Twelve ships, one fleet has 48 new-style warships, and another 48 new-style warships and 24 new-style frigates are equipped for the Royal Fleet of Jinling Mansion.

According to Zhang Qiang's calculations, by the first half of next year, the Huaxia Navy will have five fleets, with a total of 264 warships.

It's not that he doesn't want to install more warships, but the cost of these warships is obviously much more expensive than the old-style warships. The original old-style warships cost only 30 Chinese yuan, and it took 11 years to install nearly [-] ships. For warships of [-] tons or less, each ship can only be loaded with one hundred thousand Chinese yuan. The smaller the tonnage, the cheaper the price, and the easier it is to build.

Even the more they are built, the more mature the technology and the quantity, the cheaper the price of these ships, because they can have multiple shipyards, and the supporting facilities of shipyards at all levels can be used as long as they are assembled in a general shipyard. The technology is not high. Aside from those gorgeous decorations, the cost is getting lower and lower. A new 28-ton warship is only [-] Chinese yuan.

But these old ships are now sold to several buyers to obtain land income, military income, and hire them to fight Japan, Baodao Prefecture, Lu State, Qing Army, Zheng Family, and Duge Rebels. It can be said that these ships have not been paid for and manufactured for nothing, but a new type of warship is 780 tons, and a lot of refined new steel is used as the skeleton. It is not easy to manufacture, and it takes a long time, and it cannot be popularized in large quantities. Factories manufacture supporting parts for each other, plus steelmaking plants make iron and steel, and the cost of single-piece manufacturing is expensive. A frigate costs 120 million Chinese yuan, and a small 180-ton frigate costs [-] Chinese yuan. This is amazing. .

Now Zhang Qiang is trying to stop the leak that the navy's combat effectiveness has declined so much that it is unable to patrol the entire sea, so he desperately deploys manpower and financial resources to manufacture warships, and now he has equipped 84 ships.

Among them, there are 24 warships and [-] frigates.

The total expenditure of Huaxia Yuan reached 8640 million, which is almost equivalent to the sum of the income of the Huaxia Army for two to three years seven or eight years ago.

If it is converted into silver, then the current silver is still exchanged for [-] copper coins for one tael in the Qing Dynasty. The Huaxia Army stipulates that one yuan of Huaxia Yuan for the Huaxia Army is [-] Wen copper coins, which is convenient for calculation.

But in actual use, because Chinese people still have fear and distrust of banknotes, in fact, Huaxia Yuan is only equivalent to 960 copper coins in China, and only 560 copper coins in the Ryukyu Kingdom outside. A hundred copper coins, in Southeast Asia, are only equivalent to [-] copper coins, and the depreciation is quite severe. Only in the Jinhua area in the south, people have confidence in the Huaxia Army, so the Huaxia Yuan is still valuable, equivalent to [-] copper coins.

In the Qing Dynasty, although some people were influenced by the Huaxia Army, some people used Huaxia Yuan, but it was only equivalent to [-] or [-] copper coins, which was far from being compared with silver.

Although it seems that silver is devalued, as a measure, silver is worth more than Huaxia yuan in Qing Dynasty, and can be exchanged for more than 300 copper coins.

Don’t look at the characters in the Qing palace dramas of later generations who spend money in silver, but in fact, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many people’s money was calculated in copper coins. People can only use copper coins, and their living standards are not high. The purchasing power is considerable, the more copper coins, the more things you can buy, and the less copper coins, the less things you can buy. Although copper coins are inconvenient to use and carry, people are still accustomed to using copper coins.

The Huaxia Kingdom could not change it before, and it was not until several years after the implementation that people were forced to accept the Huaxia Yuan banknotes of the Huaxia Kingdom.

Nowadays, Huaxia yuan banknotes are basically in circulation in the core area, and no one uses silver and copper coins, but it is still inevitable to use silver and copper coins in border areas.

In other words, the Huaxia Yuan depreciated by almost half in the Qing Dynasty, and it can be counted as a considerable amount of silver, about 6000 million taels of silver.

Just over one-third of the equipment for the budgeted ships cost 6000 million taels of silver, so what about all the equipment?

More than 2 million taels, which is almost equivalent to more than the current annual income, Zhang Qiang had to immediately cancel the Royal Fleet, reducing [-] ships, and only approved [-] ships, which is nearly [-] million. For [-] million silver, Huaxia Yuan would cost [-] million or more.

So Zhang Qiang wrote to Ruan Jin, telling him not to rush to build more new warships, but to use the current 84 ships first, but he was allowed to complete the 72 ships made before, so that each fleet would have 27 warships. The two frigates are not bad, and new ships will be built when the finances are abundant in the coming year.

This year we have to fight to stabilize and restore Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture. Sishan Prefecture still needs subsidies. In addition, the states in Southeast Asia need subsidies. Yunnan and Guizhou are not developing fast because of the mountains and unfavorable terrain. They also need subsidies. So many places need money. No more wasting money.

If it hadn’t been for the sale of old warships that earned 800 million Chinese dollars this year, while the Sixth Fleet was abolished, the Fifth Fleet was destroyed, and the Fourth and Third Fleets suffered some losses, maybe they would not have approved the construction of these 72 ships. Don't forget, the financial power rests with the cabinet.

If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Keshuang brought a lot of guano to the Huaxia Army in the past two years, and the use of farmyard manure had increased the agricultural production in the core area by more than half, and doubled the production in a few years, it would have solved the food problem for the Huaxia Kingdom The population has solved the problem of food, and also used food to support the military support of the Ryukyu Kingdom to attack Japan. The cabinet will definitely not agree to start the construction of the second batch of 48 new warships, and the third batch of 72 warships. Zhang Qiang still exhausted his words It was only after the cabinet agreed to build it.

Regarding Ruan Jin's need to build new warships, up to 260 new warships, and Zhang Qiang to build a royal fleet, Zhang Qiang is speechless. It seems that the Chinese navy is no more stubborn and fierce than the later Japanese navy. Army resources and military spending.

He was afraid that their strength would become weaker, and that their contribution would not be as good as that of the army. Ruan Jin even launched a campaign to seize Luzon Island against Zhang Qiang, but Zhang Qiang could only laugh at him.

Six regiments, the current Ma Sanli Corps is equivalent to the garrison, in name only, the Feng Wuyu Corps is now divided into three front-line combat regiments by Xiao Fei, the Mahan Corps is currently the strongest, but the enemy that needs to be defended is cunning and has a strong territory Large, the core area is empty of troops, Zhang Qiang still wants to supplement the army, how can the navy build new ships.

Then he seized Luzon Island, what did he use to seize Luzon Island?

There are no soldiers, his guards are all split up and sent to the battlefield, and the guard regiment also splits up a guard battalion and sends it to the battlefield for training. The unemployed Marine Corps and Marine Corps are also used and sent to the battlefield First, to ensure that there are enough soldiers and horses to attack the Qing Dynasty. Now, in addition to some disciplinary battalion troops in the Jinhua Center, troops in the recruit training camp, and garrison brigades guarding various places, the garrison troops in the capital, and these immovable troops in the garrison headquarters, There is only one battalion of guards around him. What did he send to Luzon to attack the Spanish Manila?

Chapter 839 The Qing Army Calls Over

"156 warships and frigates, there can be no more. Even so, we have to spend another 5000 million silver taels, which is more than 6000 million Chinese yuan. This year there is still a big battle between Shanxi and Ganzhou and the Qing army, and we have to be prepared Doug rebels.

Currently Zheng Keshuang, Li Yuanyin and Tian Xian are fighting very hard in Cambodia. In the past we just borrowed their land, but now they regard us as invaders. The indigenous dynasty there is not so polite to us. With their familiarity with the mountain and forest terrain, they Inflicted heavy casualties on our soldiers.

That is to say, the Cambodian aborigines have held back our progress. In the past, the enemies we thought about were the Doug rebels and Siam. Now our main opponent is the Cambodian aborigines dynasty, and their fragments that are not under the management of the dynasty. The mountain tribe, in short, where the troops fell into the quagmire, it made it easier for the Duge rebels. They now have the time and energy to develop themselves, and they don't have to be afraid of our people looking for trouble. "

Zhang Qiang said this to Ruan Jin, the navy director, and Ruan Shu, the deputy director of the First Fleet, who had been found.

Ruan Jin was a bit reluctant, Ruan Shu looked at his boss, although they were both named Ruan, they were not from the same family, Ruan Jin was from Zhejiang Province, and Ruan Shu was from Jinlan Bay, in fact, he had some blood from the old Annan Kingdom.

If this is a later life, he will definitely show that he is a mixed blood and will receive preferential treatment, but if you dare to show your mixed blood here, you will definitely be dragged into a punishment camp by your subordinates every minute. After entering a punishment camp, it is not a prison camp. The place that specializes in labor reforming local soldiers and heavy criminals of the Chinese Kingdom must be a hard labor camp. For those who dare to have impure blood, this is a potential threat to shake our Han people. Their boss Zhang Qiang hates this kind of person the most, even if you are credited No matter how tall you are, no matter how innocent your life background is, you will be dragged to the hard labor camp immediately. If you are not released one day, you will be relieved when you die.

In the Huaxia Kingdom, apart from the Hakka, Tujia, Miao, Dai, and other 56 ethnic groups recognized by Zhang Qiang in the later generations, the original Han family constituted the ethnic group, and all other ethnic groups were considered inferior.

Any sign that dares to shake the rule of the Han family will be eliminated.

So even if he has such a bloodline, as long as Zhang Qiang doesn't say anything, others don't care, don't show off, if they don't say they recognize your merits, they want to use you, you have to be loyal, otherwise death will not be so easy?

Zhang Qiang was working with Ruan Jin and Ruan Shu to solve the matter of the Huaxia Army Navy's shipbuilding. After the meeting, Mei Linyu returned to the station, Luoyang Fucheng.

The commander-in-chief for the defense of Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture is Bagyalu. Their corps is only for cooperation. The main task of their corps is to defend Henan Prefecture. A division he personally led was stationed in Henan Prefecture. He sent Wang Yuqun to Tongguan to Xianyang Prefecture. At the same time, where is the reinforcement of a cavalry brigade, Henan Province has left a cavalry brigade here. As for the area around Yan'an Prefecture in Shanxi-Gansu Prefecture, where Bagyaru's corps is defending, they will not intervene.

In short, their strength is equivalent to the second-line defense, and the first-line defense is still with the Bagyalu Corps. The Xi'an Mansion in front has recently stationed the [-]st Guards Division, and Wang Yuqun's cavalry brigade is stationed in Weinan County to support the [-]st Guards Division.

Their corps still has the task of coordinating Yunnan, Guizhou and Sishan prefectures. The task is still extremely important. It can be said that how to fight the battle in Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture is the business of Bagyalu. It is their corps' responsibility to prevent the enemy from rushing into the core area and the state capitals. matter.

After returning, he moved some elite militia brigades forward and piled them up on the border of the two families, and even sent some soldiers and horses to garrison the county town on the other side of the Yellow River that he had already occupied. The territory occupied by the soldiers and horses is not large. Normally, they would eat up the enemy's troops bit by bit and advance forward. But now that the enemy army is coming, the soldiers and horses are not enough. Let's withdraw, these few days Years of hard work will be in vain, let's not withdraw, can those soldiers and horses stop the enemy?

His main field brigade is still here, and he doesn't dare to let it go. What if the enemy encircles them?

Afraid of what to come, the people in front sent letters by flying pigeons. A village where they were was attacked by Shang Kexi's tribe. Helped people massacre a naturalized village where they were, where the militia and self-defense force killed one of the other party, and then was almost wiped out by the other party on the way to escape, only five wounded self-defense force militia rushed Out of the siege, he rode a mule to the local militia company to ask for support.

After the militia company received the alarm, they led two squads of soldiers forward, but they were attacked by 800 cavalry on the way, only seven of them and one militia from the militia self-defense team fled back, and then the whole town was attacked by [-] soldiers from the enemy. surrounded by people.

Fortunately, the militia company has already reported the situation to the county general. When the enemy surrounded the town, they sent five cavalry to report to the county. The two reports let Merlin Yu know that the enemy is Shang Kexi's troops. According to the news from the Ministry of Military Intelligence , This is Shang Kexi's [-] Korton infantry and [-] Han Chinese cavalry from Shaanxi, Gansu and Sishan Prefectures.

Mei Linyu and a group of staff members checked the map one after another. The town is called Dawang Town, which is a town on the bank of the Yellow River that is [-] kilometers away from the Yellow River after the Huaxia Army broke through the defense line of the Yellow River.

It seems that the enemy came over from the mountains, otherwise the enemy may have come from the Phoenix Ferry.

Where is the Phoenix Ferry from Shanxi Prefecture to cross the Yellow River to attack the Huaxia Kingdom? Two years ago, Xuanyuan Longfei dispatched a field brigade to waste a few months to capture the ferry, and then followed the Yellow River bank several kilometers wide. The river bank attacked and captured a long and narrow area close to the Yellow River, but there was still a mountain blocking it from Shanxi Prefecture. The mountains became wider and wider from west to east, blocking the Huaxia Army on the bank of the Yellow River. Fang Fang hadn't ended the war yet, and they couldn't get the approval of the cabinet and the court, so they could only stand on the shore instead of attacking forward, not to mention that they had just stopped fighting with the Dajin Kingdom at that time.

Now that the Dajin Kingdom has perished, it has been replaced by the Qing Dynasty, which is hostile to them, so the two sides have launched a fierce competition for the ferry and the landing site on the bank of the Yellow River on the side of the several kilometers wide mountain range, but the Qing soldiers have just won the Dajin Kingdom , so not many troops were sent, and they did not retake the river bank a few kilometers wide.

Let the Xuanyuan Dragon Flying Corps of the Huaxia Kingdom stand firm on the other side of the Yellow River. After Mei Linyu took over, he first mobilized an elite militia brigade, and then a militia brigade to maintain law and order there. Ferry launched an attack and completely invaded Shanxi Prefecture. He did not expect that the enemy would launch an offensive against China's Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture at this time. He could only put this plan on hold and defend with all his strength to help Bagyaru stabilize the rear and at the same time be responsible for transporting Missions for materials and supplies.

Now he doesn't want to attack the enemy from where, but the enemy started to attack him from where, and he is still the weakest of the enemies, Shang Kexi, this can't help but make Merlin Yu feel angry. Sick cat?

8 Chapter Forty

"Can the elite militia brigade withstand it?" Xiao Fei asked his chief of staff.

"It's about the same. It's not the first time that these elite militia battalions have fought against the Manchus. They followed the field army and fought from south to north. Not to mention how high-quality they are, but they still have combat experience, which is quite high. They are the same as ordinary militiamen. Compared with the brigade, they are almost as powerful as the garrison brigade, but the level of education and training they receive is much lower, but now there are some officers who have been recruited from the military academy to support them, and they should be able to defeat them."

"It doesn't work like this. Send a battalion of cavalry in this way, and send our division directly under the cavalry battalion to stabilize the situation there. At the same time, send a field brigade's artillery company and infantry battalion there. Form a temporary field battle The regiment is fully responsible for the war there."

Merlin Fishway.

"Yes, but Lord Admiral, who will you send to lead the army?" the staff officer asked.