Lord of Ming Dynasty

The Spaniards are getting stronger and stronger, but they are making great strides behind the Spaniards.

So he saw the huge Hong family's fleet entering the port at the port today, so he came up with the idea of ​​buying Hong's ships.

In the afternoon, the little prince and Zheng Zhi bought and sold ships. The little prince kept some ships that were in good condition and sold 800 ships in one go, earning [-] million Huaxia Yuan, and some urgently needed ships for the new Lu Kingdom. In the end, there were thirty merchant ships, five thousand-ton warships, five eight-hundred-ton warships, six six-hundred-ton warships, four three-hundred-ton warships, and the rest were sold to Zheng Zhi.

It is impossible for Zheng Zhi to trade with the Huaxia Kingdom.Hong Tianpao was also warned by the Huaxia Kingdom that even if he traded with Zheng Jing, he could not trade with Zheng Zhi, the enemy of the Huaxia Kingdom.

Because Zheng Zhi has already been defined as an enemy of the Huaxia Kingdom.

The profit of 500 million Chinese yuan was doubled in just ten days, which made the little prince very happy.

Chapter 924 Selling Ships to Our Enemies?

Zheng Zhi actually knew that the batch of ships in the hands of the little prince were second-hand goods bought by Hong Tianpao, but he couldn't buy these second-hand goods either.

He can buy ships from the Dutch and the British, but those ships can't fight against the Spaniards at all. The Thais and Westerners sometimes kill each other to the death, but sometimes they are abnormally united. Ask the Dutch, the British buy warships and warships that can defeat the Spaniards, let’s talk about it after waking up, they want benefits, but they will not do things that hurt their own interests.

He has been planning for a long time, and he must take down the Spaniards. Although the alliance initiated by Zheng Jing this time seems to be very beneficial. If these small forces do not unite, they will be wiped out by the Huaxia Kingdom. It's people from this sea area. The performance of the Dutch last time made him lose his appetite. The British are just soy saucers, and they fled after a few hits. It was lost, and it took a long time to recover, but now everyone is standing on a piece of land. He represents the interests of the Han people in Nanyang, so he cannot walk with the Spaniards. Maybe these Thais and Westerners will sell him out if they sit together.

So he still doesn't trust the Spaniards very much, and he thinks of ways to toss the Spaniards, thinking of driving the Spaniards out of Luzon as soon as possible, so as to unify his kingdom.

Currently he only has 89 warships, [-]-ton and [-]-ton warships. In fact, he thinks that [-]-ton warships can also be called warships, or they can be collectively called warships.

But now everyone is using warships to fight wars and transport goods at the same time. Therefore, it is not enough to call them warships, but it is not professional to call them warships.

He planned to wait for Hong Wenyi to come back, buy some more from Wen Hongwenyi, fill up [-] warships, so that when he faces the Spaniards, the army will dispatch and crush them properly. He is planning to launch an attack on the Spaniards in the near future Lose the Spanish sea power.

Zheng Zhi planned in this way. After Hong Wenyi dispatched the remaining warships, warships, and merchant ships to return to New Zealand first, he took an armed merchant ship, escorted two merchant ships, and went to the Kingdom of Ryukyu to find Hong again. The sky cannon is coming.

Back and forth, he delayed for more than half a month, and because Hong Tianpao was familiar with the trade, he bought out all the warships and battleships of the First Fleet in less than half a month, and the rest of the First Fleet , stationed in Japan Island, the Ryukyu Kingdom, and all the remaining warships and warships of Jinling Mansion, and all the retired merchant ships, armed merchant ships, and warships and warships of the outdated coast guard carried by the Huaxia Kingdom, There are more than 800 ships in total.

It cost him more than 3000 million taels of silver, originally it was more than 3000 million Huaxia Yuan, but he asked for some new warships and warships, so the Huaxia Kingdom allocated the remaining warships and warships of the First Fleet to him , All of a sudden, the First Fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom was turned into a fleet without old-style warships and warships.

The previous time he searched and emptied the ships of the Yangtze River Naval Garrison, and the Yangtze River Naval Garrison was replaced with newly manufactured old-style inland river patrol ships, plus new-style warships and frigates. This time he searched and emptied the First Fleet.

3000 million silver, 5000 million Chinese yuan, he gritted his teeth and bought it. Now his hard work for more than half a year was in vain, and there was only a surplus of more than 2000 million Chinese yuan. Although it was still a surplus, he still felt distressed.

If it weren't for the buy one get one free thing, he would never buy those old-fashioned old merchant ships.

After Hong Wenyi arrived, he heard that he was going to purchase again, saying that the family's silver had arrived, and he hurriedly met him. Good man, he was still thinking about how to pass on the cost, so Hong Wenyi came to the door again.

After a lot of bargaining, he yelled loudly in order to sell those old ships, and also bought one and got one free, but his buy one get one free was of course not what the Huaxia Army did to him, but only the latest ones that cost a lot of money. An old merchant ship, calculated in this way, he sold all the new merchant ships donated by the Huaxia Army for money.

Hong Wenyi didn't discuss with him too much, and bought twenty warships and twenty warships in one go, and bought all his merchant ships at the same time, and ordered four hundred merchant ships and one hundred warships from him. , fifty battleships.

Hong Wenyi held more than 1000 million taels of silver from Zheng Zhi in his hand, and it can be said that half of it was purchased for Zheng Zhi.

This time he bought a total of [-] merchant ships, [-] [-]-ton warships, [-] [-]-ton warships, and [-]-ton warships. The reason why he only needed [-]-ton warships was because He found that the [-]-ton battleship seems to be relatively new, and its speed is two knots faster, which can reach six knots, which can greatly improve combat effectiveness. Compared with the old warships, which can only open three to four knots, he prefers it. For an [-]-ton battleship, although there are less than a dozen cannons, it is a bit disadvantageous in firepower projection, but the speed can make up for this shortcoming.

They were fighting Zheng Jing, not the Huaxia Army, let alone the Spaniards.

Not to mention that the money Hong Tianpao made is refreshing, nor that Hong Wenyi returned to Zheng Zhi's place, earned another 1000 million taels of silver from Zheng Zhi, sold more than half of the merchant ships and warships to Zheng Zhi, and then used the remaining money in The Nanyang Kingdom bought a lot of goods they urgently needed and returned to New Zealand with a huge fleet. For Zhang Qiang, the Huaxia Kingdom purchased ships twice through Hong Wenyi, which led Hong Tianpao to buy warships and merchant ships twice. Buy out the first fleet, buy out the ships of the Yangtze River Naval Guard, and buy out all the old ships of the Coast Guard from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea.

How could such a change not be noticed by the Military Intelligence Department and the Military Intelligence Department of the Huaxia Kingdom, Zhang Qiang and the others hurriedly summoned people to discuss it.

In Zhang Qiang's study, Jin Qi, Mi Lin, Huang Tao, Feng Quan, and Ruan Jin, director of the Navy, all gathered together and discussed.

"Let's take a look. Recently, Hong Tianpao has been rich. He has continuously sent us 8000 million taels of silver, nearly [-] million Huaxia yuan. The Ministry of Military Intelligence noticed this situation. According to the investigation of intelligence personnel, we found that our These friends seem to be very restless. Xinlu Kingdom and the Kingdom of Australia are having a great time fighting. Zheng Zhi's Nanyang Kingdom and the Spaniards are accumulating strength and preparing to fight.

What's ridiculous is that Zheng Jing has organized an anti-China alliance. This alliance is still in contact and has not yet been formally established. If we let them all rest, we may be in the Southeast Asian waters, and the South China Sea will be busy again.

Just after Man Qing was driven out of the pass, we were preparing to recuperate for a while, when the enemy started to move around again. It seems that if the enemy is not eliminated, the enemy will not stop for a day. "

Milin touched the teacup. He hasn't come back for five years. He came back this year to report on his work. He left the court center in five years. He was a little strange, but seeing Zhang Qiang's kind smile, he still wanted to try whether he was still in the emperor's heart. , smiled and said: "Then you are still desperately selling ships to these enemies, aren't you afraid that they will become stronger and we will be difficult to deal with?"

Jin Qi rubbed his two fingers without raising his eyes, "Your Majesty means, take advantage of this gap and let the enemy beat you to the death first. The second prince was arranged by His Majesty. He hurt Zheng Jing first, at least to hold him back." , and then provoke the Spaniards to go to war with Zheng Zhi, then this alliance will be full of contradictions, even if it is united, it will be easy to deal with at that time, just like window paper, it will rot if you poke it."

Chapter 925 Sit and watch the situation rise

Huang Tao laughed and said, "Yes, not only have we made so much money, but we can also dispose of the old ships of the Coastal Navy Guard, and then we will have the money to replace them with new ones."

Ruan Jin, director of the Navy, said with a smile: "Well, so far we have disposed of all [-] outdated merchant ships of the Coast Guard. Those below [-] tons were sold to the common people for fishing. Those above [-] tons and below [-] tons They were sold to merchants who ran offshore, and other old ships that could not be sold or could not be sold to our merchants were sold to Hong Wenyi through Hong Tianpao.

According to the information I saw just now, more than half of these merchant ships were sold to Zheng Zhi for refitting, and Hong Wenyi kept some of the better ones for himself and brought them back to New Zealand. He probably also went back to refit the armed merchant ships. "

Zhang Qiang sighed, "It's really a waste to give so many ships to others, and then they are smashed by artillery and turned into broken wood boards or garbage on the seabed. It's really cruel to take so many lives."

Everyone couldn't help covering their faces after listening to the words of their Majesty the king. How many ships he smashed and how many people's lives he ended, and now they lament the cruelty of naval battles. The cruelty of naval battles is not as cruel as he ordered to exterminate the natives of Japan and Southeast Asia Do you have?

Now there are at least 1 million Chinese Zhang Qiangs who think that they will become traitors in the future and will subvert the Han people. The Chinese national culture has become history. Those who refused to do so just let them dig a hole for themselves. It can be said that if you want to find a pure Japanese in the Huaxia Kingdom, it is probably more difficult than finding the authentic work of Wang Xizhi.

Ruan Jin, director of the navy, said: "From the moment they were built and refitted as armed merchant ships, they were destined to sink. It's no big deal. If the sailors don't fight, don't toss a few times in the flames of war, and are lucky to survive. If he is not a sailor, he is a worker. How can a soldier be afraid of death if he does not fight? If he is afraid of death, he is not a soldier. Of course, everyone is afraid of death at first. You master it, it’s better to be frank, isn’t it?”

"Papa papa,"

"well said,"

Xiao Fei pushed them away, clapped his hands and praised.

In advance, Zhang Qiang had asked the military officer to ask Zhang Qiang for instructions before coming in. It is not a big deal to let his chief of staff participate in the naval affairs. Today is only an exchange of information and strategy, and has not yet involved specific operations. Therefore, Zhang Qiang Xiao Fei was not invited. Milin came because Milin used to be a secretary of the Ministry of Military Intelligence and was good at intelligence and strategy, so the intelligence officials did not take it seriously. How could a governor sit here? There is no such question.

Of course, they would not know that the military intelligence department secretly formed by Milin was directly responsible for Zhang Qiang secretly, and that the personnel used were not from the intelligence department of the Huaxia Army. They were all recruited by the civilians alone. They were extremely secretive single-line contact intelligence agents. Less, but extremely capable.

Mainly responsible for the affairs of the Zheng family. Australia, Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Keshuang have intelligence agents from the Military Intelligence Department everywhere. Zheng Jing wants to organize an alliance and send people to contact all places. information.

As the former boss of the Military Intelligence Department, Milin still knows the contact information and personnel list of many intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department. Although Jin Qi has changed a lot since he took over, Jin Qi is his original subordinate and is in the same line as him. He thinks a little You can use your previous thinking to find the intelligence officer and contact method of the Huaxia Army's Military Intelligence Department. Of course, the intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Department didn't know that it was an intelligence agent from the Military Intelligence Department. human.

After some jokes, Zhang Qiang concluded: "The Kingdom of New Lu is fighting with the Kingdom of Australia, and the Kingdom of Nanyang is fighting with the Spaniards. We have to find ways to provoke new disputes, such as using Zheng Keshuang. Facing India, Malacca is not far away.

Zheng Keshuang helped us wholeheartedly. It seems that he has the intention to turn against us. With the help of Li Yuanyin and Tian Xian, Ruan Jin, you send another person to help them build a navy, and then sell him some good warships. The remaining 100 in the third fleet Sell ​​him a warship and warships, give him the matching merchant ships for free, and then transfer some armed merchant ships of the Coast Guard from Saigon, Haiphong, and Haomen to him, the instructors of the Coast Guard's naval squadron, and patrol boats, Communication ships, if possible, equipped with three new clipper-type frigates are moored at the port of Koh Kong Island. The commander is ours, so that we can communicate in time. After all, Zheng Keshuang is sincerely relying on us. "

Xiao Fei said: "Your Majesty, you want Zheng Keshuang to trouble the Dutch and the British?"

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, "Yes, everything around us is chaotic, and we are not chaotic. This is the blessing of our China. In this way, they all ask us, and we mediate and obtain benefits. This is the way of a big country, and the way of a big country is strong. secret."

However, Milin said: "Your Majesty, where should we send our new clipper frigate? If the Thai and Western people do it, then our navy's advantage will be lost. Zheng Keshuang's character is not a decisive and capable person." , On the contrary, I am a little kind and hesitant. In case something goes wrong, you said that Westerners are better at innovation and scientific research than us Easterners. In case they get captured ships, our new warships will be in danger in the future. "

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "It's okay, anyway, it's been three years since our new-style warships and warships came out, and the Thai-Western people are almost ready to research them, and the flowering bombs have already been researched by the Thai-Western people. Since we fought against them three years ago, most of their ships are now equipped with open-ended and solid ammunition, and as early as a hundred years ago, they had already used throwing bombs such as fire mines on board.

The firearms used by our Huaxia Army, I heard that the Taixi people have fully changed their equipment. Our progress will inevitably promote the enemy's progress. This cannot be stopped. No matter how well you keep it secret, there are always smart people. What they need is time. , and we just want to keep innovating, and try to delay the time when the enemy surpasses us, and keep our advantage for a long time. Now the enemy has also appeared. Although the performance is not as good as ours, it must not be much worse. It may not make much sense to keep it secret. "

Ruan Jin said: "So I propose that the navy replace a large number of new warships and frigates in order to maintain our advantages in this sea area. The current more than 200 ships cannot maintain an advantage in front of the enemy's new warships."

"Okay, the funds for selling Hong Tianpao, Zheng Zhi, and Hong Hongxiu this time will be used by the navy to fill in more frigates with a slightly larger tonnage. A frigate of about 300 tons is no longer suitable for oceangoing sailing. You can add some A frigate of more than [-] tons, close to [-] tons, can quickly follow the battleship to maneuver, and has at least half the firepower of a new frigate."

"Okay, that's it, go down and make a plan for the various departments to make these small countries around us into chaos, the more chaos the better, by the way, Huang Tao, your Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for instigating the war between the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Japanese, so that Hong Tianpao continues to fight the Japanese, don't let his Ryukyu Kingdom rest, that's not good for us."

Milin sipped his tea and said with a smile, "Let's just sit and watch the small countries around us fight to the death while recuperating."