Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

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"Your Highness, everything is ready." Li Yi walked into the government office with his sword on his waist to report.

"Well, sit down." Qin Hao wrote lightly.

After everyone had arrived, Qin Hao spoke: "I summoned you all here today because I have something to say. I am planning to go to sea and return to Nanyang in the next few days, and I have something to deal with at home." After speaking, he glanced at a few people with his peripheral vision. .

Zhuge Xuan drank tea with his sleeves half-covered, the clouds were calm and the wind was gentle. Li Qing was still thinking about his big artillery ship, looking unconcerned.

On the other hand, Chen Hu and Li Yi had anxious looks on their faces, and seemed to want to stop them, but they couldn't find a suitable reason for a while and couldn't speak.

Qin Hao also knew what they meant. Now that the territory was in ruins and waiting for redevelopment, it was the time when people were needed. If he left like this, he would be afraid of problems. So this time he made a decision without any open discussion with everyone.

In fact, Qin Hao knew in his heart that his talents were not comparable to those of Zhuge Xuan, Li Qing, and Chen Hu, and were almost the same as Li Guo and Li Yi. It could not be said that he was really inseparable from him. It was just that he was the spiritual leader and everyone obeyed them. object.

So he comforted Chen Hu: "When I go back this time, my brother said that he would support me with some troops, and at the same time help me deal with the group of red-haired people here, so that I can open up the situation. Don't be nervous, take yours seriously. That’s all.”

This place has been on track in the past few days. Li Qing's brick kiln can produce tens of thousands of green bricks every day. Zhuge Xuan's government affairs are also handled in an orderly manner, and the paddy fields and homesteads of the households are arranged properly.

After Chen Hu came down from the mountain, Qin Hao took over the new army unit trained by Li Yi and asked them to divide their forces to train and fight to see the effect.

So Qin Hao planned to go out for a look. Going to sea was just an excuse that he had discussed with Zhuge Xuan before.

As for this location, Qin Hao also received a reminder from the system.

[Side Mission: Go North for Investigation]

[At the northern end of the island, some people have already built a city and expanded the territory. You might as well go and have some exchanges, maybe we can open up a new situation. 】

[Task reward: Language level +2]

Since the system has given tasks, Qin Hao has no reason not to go out, but he must be prepared before doing so.

Qin Hao planned to take all the cavalry and slashing soldiers with him for this trip. The soldiers in the system now include a Liaodong cavalry, ten Nuo guards, twenty Shuntian dead soldiers, five Alai shooters, in addition to The ten French gunmen were recently recruited.

This French gunman was the one Qin Hao paid special attention to during this trip. Chen Hu discovered their precise marksmanship when he took them up the mountain to suppress bandits.

In this era when firearms were not developed and all killings relied on volleys of guns, these gunmen could accurately hit the target's vital points within 20 steps and hit the target within 50 steps. There was an element of luck at long distances. But even so, these teams were also snipers in the hands of gunmen at the same time.

Compared with cold weapons, hot weapons have better lethality and can preemptively strike at long distances.

Qin Hao took a sip of tea and went outside to check on the supplies he had stored this time.

Five horses led by Shuntian dead soldiers have been loaded onto the cart. One is filled with daily necessities such as dry food, vegetables, tents, etc. Two carts are equipped with iron armor, bows and arrows and other weapons and equipment, and the remaining two are empty. Wait, the soldiers can ride when they set off. The distance all the way north is not close, but walking all the way like this, even without heavy objects, is not so easy.

With these carriages, everything can become extremely easy and easily solved. Soldiers no longer need to wear heavy iron armor and march with grain on their backs. They only need to put it on before encountering a situation.

After checking carefully, Qin Hao didn't find anything missing. He just asked someone to add more raincoats. It was now a typhoon, and there would be heavy rains from time to time. Oil-paper umbrellas were of no use here, but few people would. Production, these Jiangnan gentle breeze and drizzle have no market at all here.

Since there was no problem, I asked someone to pull a few carriages away. They will not set off until tomorrow. Today is preparation in advance.

After the carriage left, Qin Hao entered the lobby again, his face eager and eager to try, full of curiosity about this expedition to the north.

Zhuge Xuan gave him a lot of reminders last night. According to the development of history, if he remembers correctly, those people mentioned in the system are probably the pioneer colonizers of Spain.

Starting from the 16th century, Spain's overseas markets were all in the Americas, and after aggressive expansion, it became one of the most powerful empires.

However, in the 17th century, with the continuous rise of the Netherlands, the trade of Southeast Asian countries centered on Spain began to decline. It was not until 1624 that the Netherlands successfully occupied Taiwan, and Spain began to become anxious, because once the Dutch power was established on Taiwan, Spain's overseas trade would suffer various blows.

Therefore, Spain could no longer sit still and wait for death. It needed to start looking for some new colonies, so it also turned its attention to Taiwan.

In 1626, Spain assembled a large number of troops, set out from Manila, bypassed the back of Taiwan Island, discovered the city of Keelung, and successfully landed in Keelung.

Everything seemed to be going very smoothly, and they also discovered a natural island in Keelung, which was a good barrier. Afterwards, the Spanish built a fort on the island and stationed a small force here for defense.

After that, Spain began to sail to the northwest of Taiwan Island, constantly expanding its sphere of influence, and, surprisingly, it also discovered a freshwater river.

If all goes well, this year Spain will establish its own territory centered on Freshwater. The area of ​​Taiwan is large enough, so it is very convenient to engage in food production and cash crops. If the fresh water is controlled, then there is no need to worry about the Dutch.

When Qin Hao started heading north, it was unclear whether all this could still happen.

Qin Hao is also ready to fight the Spanish colonists, it depends on whether they are in a friendly state.

Everyone can have ambitions, but real ambitions can never be achieved at once. When you are in a low position and don’t have three meals a day, even if you have far-reaching ambitions, it is just a fantasy. You have to be down-to-earth, make progress step by step, and climb to the top. After a certain position, dreams may become real reality.

Qin Hao's ambition will never be limited to this small one-third of an acre. His ambition is to travel all over the world.

Now he has also entered a bottleneck period, and this contact with Spain is his first step towards the world. In the future, the Netherlands, France, and even England are bound to become his competitors in navigation in the future.

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