He was in the prime of the Spring and Autumn Period. As long as he didn't ruin his country and his family, as the traitor had said, he still had at least twenty or thirty years to live. +∧八＋∧八＋∧Read +∧book, ※→o
Therefore, it is normal for the third son Zhu Cijiong to learn some skills. Even if he cannot inherit the throne in the future, he will not be like other vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, living in the palace and waiting to die.
The ancestral system stipulates that the vassal king should be like this, but the ancestral system will not be static. At least the ancestral system does not say how to deal with Donglu. Now that he is stimulated by this rebellious son, Chongzhen can only learn and apply it.
As for what Nizi said, Chongzhen thought it was acceptable. The two sons were both born to the queen, and they were brothers. Nizi would definitely not harm the three sons, so there was no harm in learning some skills from him.
It is said that this traitor only stayed in the immortal world for a short time before returning to the human world with such skills and knowledge. Chongzhen also wanted to see how well this traitor could teach the third prince.
After arriving in Nandu, if he is not busy, he will personally teach the fourth, fifth and sixth princes. After a few years, he will be able to compare with the third prince.
It's just that Chongzhen was still cautious about letting his prince travel thousands of miles to study in the West. Even if his third son went to study overseas after reaching adulthood, it would be extremely difficult, and he had to think twice before answering.
"Father, there is one more thing that is very important, but it does not need to be implemented immediately. It will not be carried out until the second half of next year at the earliest. However, I think it is still necessary to inform my father in advance and reserve a sum of money for both purposes. To meet the expenses at that time!”
I have introduced you to so many projects and made you so much money. Next, it’s time to take money out of your pocket. Otherwise, wouldn’t you be very sorry for yourself?
"...What's the matter? It's okay to just say it!"
Chongzhen was confused by what he said. It sounded quite serious, and he couldn't help but become curious.
"My son learned the technology of communication over thousands of miles from the fairy world, which is called 'wired telegraph'. He plans to lay a communication line from the capital to Shanhaiguan starting from the second half of next year. With this telegram, whether Jifu is under attack or Shanhaiguan is in trouble, Everyone can be warned in advance, and any news can be transmitted hundreds of miles away within a minute, which is extremely convenient. However, the cost is quite high, and a distance of seven hundred miles requires no less than 400,000 taels of silver. Father, there is no need to worry, the cost of this line It will be borne by the capital. If the father is interested, the son will notify the factory in advance to increase production capacity and make an extra part to lay the line from the capital to Nandu. However, the cost must be borne by the father, which roughly costs one million taels of silver. !”
A certain prince killed the scapegoat without blushing or heartbeat, and his attack was steady and ruthless. Back then, the Qing Dynasty built a telegraph line from Jinmen to Songjiang, a distance of three thousand miles, and the cost was less than 180,000 taels of silver.
Of course, industrialized production will significantly reduce the cost. Nowadays, Daming's copper wire drawing is purely manual work, so the high cost is reasonable. It is also the only one in the world, so it is natural that it is more expensive.
After calculation, it was sixty taels of silver per mile in the Qing Dynasty, and six hundred taels of silver per mile in the Ming Dynasty, which was almost one meter and one tael of silver. It was ten times more expensive, so the decision was made for one penny. You get what you pay for, expensive is good!
If there is no natural rubber, artificial rubber plus asphalt can be used as the outer covering of the cable. Together with some other materials, a cable with performance not much different from that of the later can be made. The specific method of making the cable cannot be widely advertised. That’s it.
"...Is there really such a powerful technology in the world? Can a message be sent thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye?"
After hearing what the rebellious son said, Chongzhen was shocked and extremely excited. If it could be realized, if a war broke out in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, he would be able to get revenge quickly in the southern capital. 】eight】eight】reading books,＠∞o
"My son has asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to reserve five hundred thousand taels of silver specifically for the construction of telegraph lines. The same is true for other projects under construction or preparation, which is called a 'budget.' Every project planned and implemented by the imperial court now must Make an estimate in advance, and after agreeing with the Ministry of Household Affairs, set aside the project funds and do not tamper with them without permission. The funds must be earmarked and monitored at any time to prevent personal enrichment or misappropriation.”
This matter is not a cakewalk. Construction will start before next autumn at the latest. Once completed, the capital and Shanhaiguan will be able to communicate with each other, know each other's situation at any time, and prepare for rainy days.
It can also be used for export, but the cost number will be multiplied by "2", and the extra part will be a net profit. Thinking about this transaction, a certain prince would laugh like a pig in his dreams.
The main sales targets are those with good financial status, such as France, Ottoman, Venice and other places. There is no credit for this transaction, and the full payment is all at once.
Even if the buyer of the cable peels the cable open and understands the material structure inside, it will not be able to make something similar, because without rubber, it is impossible to isolate the water from corroding the copper wire.
Only the Spaniards could get rubber, and it would probably be ten years before they figured out how to make a telegraph.
"...One million taels of silver? Should it cost so much?"
When Chongzhen saw the promise, he began to believe it. Anyway, the line from Beijing to Shanhaiguan was to be laid first, and the results would naturally come to light. It was the huge cost that surprised him.
"Father, the technologies in this immortal world are very expensive. If they are not expensive, they are very easy to master. The human world has already had them. There has never been an airship in the human world. It is because the technology is complicated and the cost is high. This can send messages thousands of miles away. The same is true for the telegram! The actual cost may not be so much, but I still hope that my father can make a sufficient budget to avoid being stretched by then."
A certain prince had to explain the reason for the high construction cost in a reasonable way, and he also had to inoculate the second-rate emperor, lest he later find it too expensive to build the line.
"...Oh~! I will seriously consider it!"
Thinking of 300,000 taels of silver to buy twenty airships, Chongzhen could somewhat understand. If the telegram could really work as it should, one million taels of silver would be acceptable.
If the court has money, the court will let it go. If the court has no money for the time being, he can advance the payment with money from internal funds and then ask the Ministry of Revenue to repay the money. In short, the telegraph line must be repaired as soon as possible.
According to book calculations, the construction cost will not be too high, but the actual laying is uncertain. The actual conditions on the ground will be taken into consideration. If necessary, multiple patrol teams will be established to protect the lines to prevent anyone from fishing out the cables. Selling money...
"Now that Taicang is relatively wealthy, when will the imperial court prepare to make an expedition to the north and regain the lost territory in Liaodong?"
This was the issue that Chongzhen was most concerned about. Although he moved to Nandu, it did not mean that he could give up the lost land outside the pass and gave it to Huang Taiji.
In the past, he was short of military pay, and was often hampered by this matter, resulting in the generals having no fighting spirit and the soldiers having no fighting spirit. Now it is different from the past. Chongzhen naturally has to be concerned, especially how this traitor with ulterior motives should deal with Donglu.
This traitor is full of tricks, and Huang Taiji is cunning. It just so happens that he meets his opponent. Chongzhen can finally get out of this quagmire that makes him suffer, and sit leisurely on the mountain to watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
"If I say, 'Ping Liao in five years,' my father will definitely not believe it. In my opinion, the imperial court will not be able to regain the lost land in Liaodong in the short term. The whole process will take at least ten years, or even twenty." It takes years to get what you want.”
If you want to recapture Liaodong in a short period of time, you must destroy the main cavalry force with tens of thousands of braids. Then you need Gundam to come to help in the battle. Even if it doesn't work, you have to cobble together a "Leopard" armored brigade. Otherwise, you should just go to sleep.
"...How could it be so long?"
These words disappointed Chongzhen, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable to think about it with the "Five Years of Ping Liao" as a foreshadowing. It was not deliberately perfunctory, and it did not make him angry immediately.
"Father, you must have discovered that the same number of Ming Dynasty troops are no longer the opponent of Donglu. If you want to win, you must gather three or four times the strength of Donglu. However, the total strength of Donglu is no less than ten Fifty thousand, how easy is it for the King's division to assemble an army of 500,000? Not to mention the lack of troops and horses, even the food and grass needed for the 500,000 army need to be transported from Nanyang. If there are not enough troops and food, it would have been impossible It is an unrealistic fantasy for Wang Shi, who is exhausted from long battles, to defeat the well-trained Donglu, even if Xu Da, Wang Yangming, and Qi Shaobao are reincarnated."
The braid obviously has a quality advantage. The Ming army has no quality to begin with. The Tianxiong army was destroyed by others. The Qin army and the Baigan army were both fighting in the south. The Yongwei camp was transferred to Nandu by the dumper, hoping that Guan Ning army would take the initiative. Attack...
If you can't find the right quality, you can only blindly pursue the quantitative advantage in an attempt to use your own quantitative advantage to offset the quality advantage of braids.
The problem is that the food required by an army of 500,000 for a year's battle alone requires at least two million taels. The fodder required for horses is also calculated separately, and the military salary is as high as 13 to 4 million taels.
The north is basically affected by natural disasters. The food shipped from the south is not even enough to eat, so don't even think about saving two million stones of military rations. To solve this problem, large-scale imports from Nanyang are necessary.
"...Then what should we do?"
Chongzhen had only thought about military pay before, thinking that with enough pay, all the ministries could take the initiative to attack Donglu. He had never thought about food and grass. Now he was directly criticized by Nizi.
"My son believes that in the next three years, we must focus on defending the major cities in the pass. The king's division is still in the repair stage, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative to fight against the Eastern invaders. At the same time, accumulate military rations and strive to save five hundred thousand dan every year, so that when the king's division's army attacks , at least about 80% of the military rations can be made up. Regarding the problem of military strength, Erchen believes that there are two solutions. First, it can be compensated with advanced weapons such as airships, tanks, and various guns and cannons. Second, it can hire foreign aid, such as Japanese Army to assist in the battle. Erchen has reached an agreement with the Japanese general Tokugawa. The other party agreed to send 50,000 troops to land on the Liaodong Peninsula to contain the Eastern captives. In this way, the Wang division can gain valuable time to recuperate, and after strengthening their troops, they can attack with all their strength outside the pass. .”
After much deliberation, only these two moves are feasible. For other moves, you can only rely on the combat auras of other protagonists. Master Wang is not only accurate in every attack, but his pigtails will also actively lower his IQ.
broken!
Fell into a trap!
What?
Fell into a trap again?
Alas!
Still fell into the trap!
Originally, he had won many battles, but in the end, the group was wiped out...
It’s really hard on them that the braids have persisted for so many years!
"...Ordering the Japanese army to help in the battle? Do you know how old I, the Ming Dynasty, have fought against the Japanese pirates? If you lead a wolf into your house and cause a big disaster, what should you do? Who will be responsible?"
The treasonous son proposed two solutions, but Chongzhen was very disgusted with the second one. The fight against the Japanese pirate invasion on the southeast coast was still fresh in his mind. Now that the treacherous son took the initiative to invite the Japanese pirates, he was really stunned.
"Father, don't worry. I have already thought of a countermeasure. The ships transporting the Japanese troops this time are all owned by the Zheng family. The Japanese troops will land in the designated area and will not set foot in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the time is also limited. In Before autumn, the troops would be withdrawn and returned to the Japanese country, and they would be sent out again before next summer. The imperial court only had to be responsible for food and grass for the Japanese army, and did not need to pay military salaries. The Japanese army could kill Donglu and use their corpses to cash in rewards, and the same could be done with looting property. "
You don't have to worry about this matter. I have already arranged everything. You just need to take advantage of the ready-made results. The result that concerns you will be a mess. It is better to kill first and deal with it later.
"...That would also... bring disgrace to the imperial court!"
After listening to what this rebellious son said, Chongzhen still couldn't find many faults. The court didn't even need to pay any money, and the Japanese army wouldn't land on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Such conditions were more or less acceptable, but he still said he was worried about it. adverse effects caused.
"To inform my father, I have already introduced the whole story of this matter to the ministers at the previous court meeting. The ministers had no objections, so I implemented it. I believe that the current situation is urgent, and after autumn, the Donglu will inevitably make a comeback. Everything can be done urgently and obey the authority. As long as you don’t make peace with the Donglu, pay indemnity, cede territory, become vassal, and any other method that can attack the Donglu, you can consider implementing it!"
It's come to this point, how can you still take care of the bad guys?
It would be great if it can be used. Let’s survive these two years first!
If the plague could destroy braids, a certain prince would not hesitate to use it.
If you build enough airships, you can also carry out unprecedented strategic bombing of the braid-controlled areas!
"If Minjian objects to this, what should you do?"
What Chongzhen was most worried about was that once opposition arose, not only he, the regent, but even himself, the emperor, might not be able to withstand the flood of criticism.
"If anyone opposes this matter, they must have ulterior motives and be hostile to the imperial court. They do not want the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Donglu, so they will do everything possible to confuse right and wrong. Furthermore, the Donglu have few troops stationed on the peninsula, and the Japanese army is in absolute trouble!"
Since Braids can enter the country and plunder with open fire, a certain prince can also find some helpers to return the favor to others in this way. Moreover, when it comes to robbery, the Japanese army is the "predecessors" of Braids, and others have already started doing this.
"..."
Chongzhen was choked and speechless for a long time. This traitor actually came up with the idea of hiring tens of thousands of Japanese pirates to attack Donglu, and then wanted to sit back and enjoy the results. It was really bad.
But the Japanese pirates hit and run, and Donglu's warships were far inferior to those of the Zheng family. At that time, they would really be disappointed and helpless. Maybe they could really win a big victory with the help of the Japanese pirates.
"My son also commissioned Tang Ruowang and others to return to the west and recruit a large number of mercenaries to come to our Ming Dynasty to participate in the war. It is estimated that the number of troops is thousands at least. My son will try every means to hold back the Donglu until the king's division is ready. When the time is right, the Northern Expedition can be carried out.”
As long as you dare to take risks, like money, and are not willing to continue to enjoy the "preferential treatment" of arrears of military pay in Europe, you can take a boat to the East to pan for gold.
A braid is worth one hundred taels of silver, and killing one is equivalent to working hard in Europe." You can find this site as soon as possible.
