Currently, in the world, only India and the Ming Dynasty have roughly similar populations. However, the third brother's country is full of feudal states, which is a complete mess.
In addition, both France and the Netherlands have opened up territories in the South Asian subcontinent. From now on, there will be three groups of French, Dutch, and local groups standing side by side, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
A certain new emperor has not yet considered sending troops to seize territory there, and will first digest Xianbelia.
Not everyone can stay with Third Brother!
As the saying goes: A bowl of Ganges water will send you to the west!
A certain new emperor now regards the subcontinent as a huge dumping market. If Zheng's fleet is too lazy to go there, it can use French and Dutch ships to transport local products there.
French and Dutch businessmen are not happy to do this. As long as they can earn a high price difference, they can transport the goods to the Antarctic to feed the penguins...
Daily necessities made in Daming can be found almost everywhere in markets across India, especially in coastal areas, and some are even cheaper than those made locally.
In the eyes of a certain new emperor, as long as he doesn't dump a certain film on his third brother, he is worthy of them.
The princes and nobles of the country also particularly liked the dazzling array of Ming Dynasty products, especially the expensive ones. The more expensive they were, the more they could highlight their extraordinary status.
The principle is exactly the same as in the Ming Dynasty. A group of rich people got together and started to show off.
Perhaps the wealthy people all over the world have this kind of virtue. Fang Yizhi wrote a letter a long time ago saying that the wealthy people in the Louvre are also like this...
It's like a piece of polar bear fur. Outside of the northern region, Third Brother's side has no use for this stuff at all.
But the wealthy people had to buy it. After one person bought it and let everyone see it, a group of people started to follow suit.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t wear it even if the temperature is high, just hang it up in the hall and use it as a tapestry!
Tiger skins can no longer be called luxury goods in India. The 24K pure rich must wear polar bear skins in their homes!
Using three to five thousand silver coins or a small box of jewelry to buy this thing was completely incomprehensible to a certain new emperor.
Probably because things are rare and valuable, I hope that one day when an alien comes to the world, it will be robbed by the local tycoons...
In Chongguo and Zhouguo, which are close to the Arctic Circle, the purchase price of a complete polar bear fur is only 500 silver coins.
When it arrives in Beidu, it starts with 1,500 silver coins. If the area is large, you can buy 2,000 or even 2,500 silver coins.
When it comes to India, the starting price is 3,000, and the price can be as high as 5,000 for those with snow-white fur and good shape!
Moreover, French and Dutch merchants are also very flexible in transactions. It doesn't matter if they don't have silver coins, they just need to exchange them for jewelry.
India is rich in jewelry, so businessmen can usually make around 20 to 30% more money after buying jewelry in exchange and returning to their home country to cash out.
It is said that there are polar bear cubs kept in captivity by rich people there. A certain new emperor can only say that the third brother is really good at playing!
There are also polar bears in the zoo in Beidu, but they are for tourists to watch, not private pets like there.
A certain new emperor built a large zoo outside the city and sent all the pets that Jin Yiwei was responsible for raising there.
Because the place is so big and divided into different categories, it’s like staying in a five-star hotel for the animals.
They are roughly divided into herbivores (elephants, yaks, camels, wild ass, goats, elk, pandas), carnivores (lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, etc.), birds (ostriches, peacocks, turkeys, hazelnuts, etc.) Chickens, pigeons, mandarin ducks, etc.).
There are also many amphibians and marine animals, such as crocodiles, salamanders, dolphins, seals, penguins, and turtles.
Marine animals that are too difficult to maintain, almost all that can be caught have been turned into seafood...
The imperial court provided the land, and the zoo was responsible for its own profits and losses. By the way, it could also house some disabled soldiers.
Since opening the business, we haven’t lost much money yet.
Because a certain new emperor encouraged the zoo to implement comprehensive management, he would move some of the temple fair's programs there to increase the number of visitors.
There are acrobatics, sleight of hand (called magic in the West), cross talk, plus some storytellers, sugar figures, dough figures, as well as kites, puppets, embroidery and other crafts.
As a result, many more people went to the zoo, and a certain new emperor also granted permission to build a cinema in the zoo.
There are hundreds of stalls selling various snacks, and parents who come with their children can even buy newspapers and magazines.
Temple fairs do not happen every day, but the zoo can be open every day.
As long as the weather is not extreme, you can make money every day.
After Colbert came again, he also brought d'Estre with him.
After sweeping across the Spanish ships in the Mediterranean, D'Estre, as the commander of the French Mediterranean Fleet, became extremely relaxed.
Because there are not only French battleships in the Mediterranean, but also battleships from the Ming Empire, Venetian battleships, and Roman battleships.
Even the Ottoman navy, which had previously maintained a tacit reconciliation with France, directly joined the operation to rob Spain...
In terms of geography and actual control areas, generally speaking, as long as you pass Malta, then eastward is the sea area controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
However, the two sides have already reached an agreement before. French ships can use the Sudan Canal, and Ottoman ships can also use the strait south of Sicily to reach North African territories.
For a time, Spanish ships became street rats in the eyes of this group of temporary partners. No matter which country's warships saw it, they would attack them.
After the enemy is eliminated, everyone returns to the default relationship before the war.
D'Estre, who had nothing to do, originally wanted to take over the post of French Navy Commander-in-Chief Sodi after the war.
As a result, the old man's body was still very strong, and it seemed that he had been out of shape in recent years.
So at Colbert's suggestion, Louis XIV agreed to let him follow Colbert to the Ming Empire.
Louis XIV also wanted to see the Ming Empire, which he could only see in photos before. However, because the newly acquired territory was so large, it had to be controlled first and digested later.
Prince Condé stated that it was certain that Carlos II had fled to America, and was very likely to have colluded with Charles II, who also fled to America.
For Louis XIV, this was not unacceptable. After all, the three families had already semi-pardoned Charles II.
However, Prince Condé said that Carlos II refused to give up the northern part of New Spain, which meant that New France lost half of its territory...
Prince Condé, who held 50,000 French troops, had previously issued an ultimatum to Carlos II, but the other party still said that he needed time to consider it.
Prince Condé was very dissatisfied with this, and the meaning between the lines in the letter was that this guy probably had water in his head when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
The situation has developed to this point, that guy still needs to think about it? ? ?
If the Three Kingdoms Alliance can give him a relatively decent territory, it will be considered a great blessing for him!
The condition that France could accept was that everything north of Texas and west of the area controlled by the Ming Empire belonged to New France.
Now, in addition to the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands, and France, the North American continent also has a British neighbor.
Prince Kong Dai said that 50,000 troops were simply not enough and asked for an additional 100,000 troops to be sent there.
Louis XIV did not agree to this seemingly reasonable request.
Within Europe, it was necessary to occupy the Spanish mainland, western Britain and Naples, and to guard against the Habsburg dynasty in the east, while also going to West Africa to grab land.
The 300,000-strong army was dispersed over such a huge territory, and there was very little left. Some of the land still required the Marine Corps to be garrisoned. It was impossible to maintain an army of 150,000 in North America.
France was not as powerful as the Ming Empire, with a population of less than 20 million. Based on the calculation of 40 people supporting one soldier, it could only maintain nearly 500,000 troops at most.
Now the total strength of the Navy, including the Marine Corps, the Army, and the newly formed Air Force, has exceeded 400,000.
The result of continued military expansion can only be boiling public dissatisfaction. If it were not for the ability to sell Ming Empire goods on behalf of the Ming Empire and engage in the slave trade, France would not be able to afford expensive ironclad ships.
Colbert once submitted various data on various countries to Louis XIV. He estimated that the population of the Ming Empire was as high as 200 million, which was ten times that of France.
In the future, the population gap between the two sides will become wider and wider. The reason is very simple. In the Ming Empire, like the Ottomans, a man could marry many women, but this was not the case in France and other European countries.
Otherwise, bad things that could wipe out even the royal family would not happen frequently...
After careful consideration, Louis XIV decided to pilot it first by referring to many cases in which his own country imitated the Ming Empire.
Except for the mainland, any Zimin who has settled in overseas territories can marry multiple women, with no limit on the number.
In order to avoid confusion, it was also stipulated that when a family had multiple heirs, priority would be given to children born to local women.
If the partners are both local women, then the first wife will take precedence.
It’s not that other children don’t have a share, it’s just that it’s less than the eldest child.
Unlike the Ming Empire's polygamy and multiple concubines, Louis XIV took it all in one step, and anyone who registered for entry was considered a wife.
The husband is responsible for ensuring that his wife has enough food and clothing and is not allowed to beat her, while the wife promises not to betray her husband.
Except for nobles, all wives must be able to do daily tasks such as cooking, laundry, and mopping the floor, unless they have physical or mental disabilities...
Of course, for Louis XIV, it was their own business to decide how many wives Zimin would marry.
But you need to register to go to your wife, and you have to pay the registration fee. The price is also very reasonable, only five silver coins are needed.
This is the level fee for marrying a wife. If you want to marry again, you have to pay more.
The second wife is ten silver coins, and so on, the cost increases with the number.
If a poor man cannot afford to marry multiple wives, he will naturally not waste his money.
The rich are not short of money, even if they pay fifty silver coins, they still want to embrace the beauty.
This is not a scam, because the new version of the marriage certificate has a photo, which is something of commemorative value.
As soon as the new order came out, merchants warmly welcomed it because they did not plan to live in the mainland.
The nobles and some generals whose fiefdoms were in the local area expressed indignation because they could not marry more beauties.
In this regard, Louis XIV stated that this was a pilot project and it would be necessary to try it out for a few years to see how effective it was.
But the nobles and generals all seemed impatient after seeing the merchants starting to live a life of hugging each other.
As for the teaching method...
Louis XIV donated a large sum of money to repair the house where he prayed.
Rome has not expressed any position on this, so there is no obstacle to this matter.
It can be understood that as long as they claim to be loyal to each other, it is not considered out of the circle, and it doesn't hurt to add a few more people.
Louis XIV was not yet middle-aged, so he was naturally willing to implement this de facto poll tax.
If it were an old king, he wouldn't be willing to take such a risk since he couldn't see the money back.
Even the young Louis XIV would not dare to do this until the French army was winning steadily on the front line and was already confident of victory.
The more Zimin there are, the higher the total tax amount will naturally be.
Unless the whole country except the king is full of beggars!
For those guys who married more than one wife, Louis XIV had only one expectation for them, and that was to have sex hard!
No matter where your partner is from or what his body looks like, you must fulfill your wife’s obligations.
A hen that can't lay eggs is not called a hen!
There is nothing we can do about this, otherwise in a few decades, we will watch the population of the Ming Empire change from 200 million to 300 million.
France is still growing slowly, not even as large as the Ottoman population, and its position as the second largest country in the world is no longer stable.
Under repeated requests from the nobles and generals, Louis XIV could only reluctantly pass the local regulations.
By the way, I have also become a beneficiary of this regulation...
There is still one queen, and other women who come later can only be concubines with duke titles.
These concubines only had monthly salary-style pocket money and did not have much fiefdom. At most, they only had one or two manors.
But this is for a girl who comes from a poor family. After becoming a noble, it doesn't matter whether she has land or not.
After the supplementary rules were promulgated, they were warmly welcomed by the nobles and generals.
Louis XIV's reputation also rose to a whole new level after opening up new territories.
I hope that in my twilight years, the total population of France can double, or even reach 50 million!
Although it is still only a quarter of the current population of the Ming Empire, it can be considered a psychological comfort.
Not counting places outside Europe, most of the Iberian Peninsula and the west of England are native to the country.
The chance of a rebellion happening in the future and even tearing France apart is very small.
The empire he left to his son was large enough and the population was large enough. He was considered the second person after Charlemagne.
There were still many things to deal with at hand, and Louis XIV felt that it would be impossible for him to leave within five years.
Colbert suggested that d'Estre accompany him to the Ming Empire. After all, he was a senior member of the navy. With his help, he would be able to bargain more easily and would not be deceived by the seller.
Louis XIV promised Sodi that he would serve as commander-in-chief of the navy until he felt that he could not do it anymore.
So for now, D'Estre can also go to the Eastern World for inspection and see how the Ming Empire's navy is developing.
The Ming Empire's expeditionary fleet that had previously fought in Europe was large and powerful, but both Louis XIV and Soddy believed that this was not the true strength of their allies.
Especially according to common sense, if the Ming Empire's third-level iron-clad ships have been in service for many years, there will be larger-level iron-clad ships being built, so it is even more necessary to send people over to take a look.
Later, I heard that the Netherlands was discussing with the Ming Empire to exchange southern Africa for the purchase of third-class ironclad ships, which aroused great interest from France...
Since he had little territory in southern Africa, Louis XIV focused on Africans!
The Netherlands can exchange land for warships, then France can exchange people for warships!
All the disobedient tribes in West Africa or East Africa were sold as slaves to the Ming Empire in exchange for ironclad ships.
This should be a very good idea, and the Ming Empire also accepted this model before.
Now it's impossible for D'Estrès to leave, otherwise he will be suspended directly from his post under the king's order...
On the way, D'Estre thought that although Colbert was a capable person, he only liked new things from abroad.
It seems that he is a bit tainted with the copper smell of the businessman, although he himself also made a lot of money by fighting Spain.
Colbert felt that d'Estrère was a bit stuck in his ways and did not speak out directly for the sake of face.
For this duplicitous guy, Kolbe could only talk nonsense.
When they arrived at their destination, Kolbe's prediction was indeed correct.
D'Estre directly planned to stay in Tianjin because there was a giant ironclad ship he wanted here!
But you must first go to the capital of the Ming Empire and say hello to the emperor before you can enter the shipyard.
It’s okay not to go, but you must get the approval signed by the emperor himself before you can enter.
Since we have to wait for several days, why not go directly to the audience?
At any rate, everyone seems to be familiar with each other!
What's more, the transportation from Tianjin to Beidu is not difficult, and you can reach it directly by boat.
Besides, they are not here to visit, since the Dutch can exchange their land for a third-class ironclad ship with a larger tonnage.
That means that this kind of warship can already be sold to foreign countries, and we must find ways to buy a few of them to balance the improved strength of the Dutch Navy.
D'Estre wanted to buy eight boats at once, but gave up the idea after seeing the price quoted.
In the end, Colbert accepted four ships with 60 million silver coins, and he only had to pay 30 million in cash over six years, and the rest was paid for with slaves.
Unlike the ironclad ships of the same class that the Netherlands exchanged for were delivered in two batches, because France agreed to pay silver coins, the four ships would be delivered in the same batch and built first.
In other words, in five years, D'Estre will be able to get his favorite battleship, although during this trip he saw a more favorite fourth-level ironclad...
And he also found out the specific price. If you purchase it from France, you can enjoy a 20% discount, which means that one ship "only costs" 40 million silver coins.
But the premise is that the full amount must be paid in one lump sum, and only gold or silver is accepted.
"I advised you before, it's best not to ask, otherwise you will regret it even more!"
For D'Estrès, who had been depressed for many days, Colbert could only persuade him in this way.
"...God knew it would be so expensive!"
D'Estre is still obsessed with the fourth-class ironclad, even though he knows that this is not a true "miss".
"If an ironclad ship of four thousand tons costs 20 million silver coins, then it is reasonable for an ironclad ship of more than seven thousand tons to double the price."
Kolbe explained it to the seller. In his opinion, the price offered was indeed reasonable, and it was only because he had no money!
"Stop irritating me, otherwise you will have nightmares at night about being complained by the sailors because you can't afford a battleship!"
D'Estre could only look at this with a small look of resentment. The other party was right, poverty is the original sin!
"This is not your fault or mine, only three people can be blamed!"
"who?"
"The three who split the mighty Frankish kingdom into three!"
"...Alas~!"
Of course D'Estre knew that he was talking about the three prodigal grandsons of Charlemagne. If it weren't for them, the Frankish Empire would have continued to this day and would have been one of the most powerful empires in the world.
"So there is no pity, history is history, we can only live in the present and look to the future!"
Colbert was optimistic. At least under the leadership of the young king, France had won one victory after another and had now become the most powerful country in Europe.
"I hope that in my lifetime, the French Navy can equip such a fourth-class ironclad ship!"
D'Estre was powerless to deal with the immediate difficulties and could only postpone his hopes to a later date.
"Everything will be fine. Just twenty years ago, who would have thought that our navy would be equipped with so many ironclads? Our army didn't even know what a tank was. We even thought that birds and insects could fly. !”
Thinking about the past, Kolbe couldn't help but feel a little funny. The huge progress in the past twenty years is enough to be proud of.
"Yes! That's how people are. When they see something better, they start to be envious and jealous, and even want to take it for themselves!"
D'Estre admitted that Colbert's words were reasonable, but they were far from satisfying the psychological demands of most people.
"Tirena is right!"
"What did he say?"
"Assess the situation and be content with what you have!"
"..."
"Now the nobles are satisfied, the businessmen are also satisfied, and probably only the military is not satisfied, right?"
Colbert felt that the current situation was just the opposite from before. In the past, nobles and businessmen threatened the prime minister and the king.
"Those guys don't think about the future of France at all!"
Thinking of those two groups, D'Estre actually felt that only soldiers were the most loyal to His Majesty the King.
"Sorry, only if we satisfy them first can our taxes and fees be collected smoothly and military expenditures guaranteed. Otherwise, your dream of an ironclad ship will always be just a dream. If those two groups don't get together and make trouble once a year, even if they are right His Majesty the King has the greatest loyalty."
All in all, Prime Minister Richelieu spent about half of his life putting out fires. Otherwise, if he couldn't suppress them, the anger of those people could burn down Paris.
Without those people messing around, this outstanding prime minister might have lived a few more years, but it's a pity...
Kolbe could only think about this in his heart and did not dare to say it to anyone.
Otherwise, if it enters the ears of Louis XIV, it may be a different picture.
"We never thought that the technology of the Ming Empire would develop so rapidly. There is some similar research in the country, but the depth and breadth are not as great."
In order to avoid embarrassment, D'Estre pretended that he had not heard Colbert's apology, and he was not apologizing to himself anyway, so he changed the subject.
"Many people are obsessed with titles, land, money, and women, but they are not obsessed with technology. They even think it is some kind of abominable witchcraft!"
Kolbe was very touched by this aspect, but it is a pity that lagging behind means lagging behind. This must be admitted.
"How far do you think we are behind the Ming Empire in terms of technology?"
"About thirty to fifty years!"
"...With all due respect, this is really not good news!"
"There's good news!"
"real?"
"Well, other countries have also lagged behind the Ming Empire for such a long time!"
"...You can really joke!"
"You know everyone is the same, except for the country we live in."
"This is a terrible monster!"
D'Estre deliberately lowered his voice, fearing that others would hear it and spread it out, which would be embarrassing.
"In my opinion, this is a teacher who is happy to teach students like us. It's easy for us to progress, we just need to pay the tuition."
Perhaps due to his career, Kolbe's perspective on things was completely different from his counterpart.
"Then the tuition fee is quite high!"
"The tuition fees for senior teachers are naturally very high. If you learn from black Africans, you don't have to pay any fees, and you can eventually make money by selling the teacher!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
D'Estre had learned Colbert's sophistry, which was one of the reasons why he became a favorite of His Majesty the King after Mazarin.
Colleagues now refer to Colbert as the "non-prime minister", a prime minister who is not the prime minister, describing his status and power.
After Louis XIV announced that he would no longer have a prime minister, Colbert, who was the minister of finance, could exercise no less power than Mazarin.
"The threat to us from Britain and Spain no longer exists. As long as we can maintain good relations with the Ming Empire and ensure that we do not have too many problems, France will be the world's No. 1 country in the next few hundred years. Two powerful countries.”
Colbert believed that this was the highest achievement that France could achieve in a short period of time.
Further up, you have to challenge the overlord.
Without complete assurance, France will fall into an abyss of eternal destruction...
"Is His Majesty the King satisfied with this?"
D'Estrès was particularly concerned with Louis XIV's attitude towards the "Second World", which was decisive.
"Your Majesty never said anything like this to me!"
Colbert understood that out of self-respect, Louis XIV would not talk about being second in the world in public. After all, this was not the first in the world.
If you want to be number one in the world, you have to go to war with the Ming Empire. The current strength comparison is that you can't beat the opponent at all.
Looking at this development trend, if nothing unexpected happens, we will still be unable to defeat it in a hundred years.
France's mobilization of one or two million people was already the limit, but the Ming Empire could easily mobilize three or four times that number.
This is secondly, the naval development level of the two sides is not at the same level at all. To be precise, the difference is more than two levels.
So far, the French Navy has only one third-class ironclad ship, and the rest are first-class ironclad ships.
And the Ming Empire Navy's fourth-level ironclad ship is about to be launched. This is a giant weapon that even D'Estrela is envious of.
If the naval battle fails and the main force of the French army is trapped in Europe, how can the war continue?
Therefore, His Majesty the King is now carefully maintaining friendly relations with the Ming Empire and striving to obtain maximum benefits from it.
For example, in Africa, North Africa was the inherent territory of the Ottoman Empire. The Ming Empire signed an agreement with the Netherlands and obtained South Africa.
Then France can only quickly seize West Africa, which is relatively close to the mainland. It can't let the fleet spend money to cross the canal to seize East Africa, right?
"What if we have a conflict with the Ming army in North America?"
D'Estere meant something. After all, the arrogant Prince Condé would not have any sense of existence unless he did something.
"This has to be decided by His Majesty the King, but my suggestion is to stay calm and resolve it peacefully!"
Kolbet was even willing to watch Prince Condé’s jokes. If you think you can defeat him, go ahead and do it. We will applaud you!
"...You are really optimistic!"
"Otherwise? Do you want us to go to war with the Ming Empire?"
"of course not!"
"That's alright. Since you know you can't beat the opponent and you still want to fight, the result will be very pessimistic. Wait, aren't you saying that Condai can't take over Carlos II's territory and go back to the west to take over the Ming Empire? of?"
Kolbe came to this conclusion and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Only now did he realize that D'Estrère was not a militant, but had a clear intention.
"You must also know that that prince will not listen to anyone except His Majesty the King!"
In the absence of sufficient evidence and no connection with him, it would be very irrational for D'Estre to openly doubt a prince. This is just an example.
If he had not sided with Louis XIV back then, if he had been on the other side, Condé would have chosen himself as the King of France!
Now this can be considered a lot more restrained, but it still doesn't make people completely satisfied and reassured.
"I hope everything is safe, otherwise if something happens, I will be responsible for the subsequent events!"
Colbert didn't want to wipe Condé's butt. Others took off their pants to fart, but this prince really knew how to poop!
"So I think we should invite a certain prince to come and take a look at the development of the Ming Empire to avoid making strategic misjudgments!"
D'Estrère told a joke so bad that Colbert didn't find it funny at all.
“I’m afraid we’ll have to wait five years before we talk!”
The suggestion is very good, but the prince is far away in North America and has no time to come over for the time being.
After Colbert decided to return to China, he proposed to Louis XIV that he hoped that His Majesty the King would take the prince with him to visit the Ming Empire.
All in all, you have to be as close as possible to facilitate this matter, otherwise the prince will really cause something big in his lifetime, and it will be very embarrassing to apologize to the other party later.
"I hope that when His Majesty the King comes to visit, he can bring back the technology of the third-class ironclad ship!"
D'Estre was not willing to spend a lot of money to buy finished products from the Ming Empire. He would rather see the fleet equipped with domestically manufactured ironclads.
If possible, he would like to exchange the New French Territory in North America for ten third-level ironclad ships. If this is not possible, eight ships are acceptable.
Because France is almost indigestion from its new territory in Europe, how can it possibly care about a place as big as North America?
The area is much larger than the mainland and other European places combined, but not many French people settled in it in the past.
Except for Quebec, there are not as many French as there are Indians in other parts of New France...
This is just his wishful thinking, and it is basically impossible in reality.
Prince Condé would not agree, and His Majesty the King would not agree.
The meat that was finally snatched from the opponent cannot be given away so easily.
D'Estre believed that when Louis XIV visited the Ming Empire, it would be time for the other party to transfer the technology of the third-level ironclad ship.
At least he believes that the country's shipyards will not be able to build a four-thousand-ton ironclad ship within ten years.
As for the three-thousand-ton ironclad ship currently under development, which is equivalent to the second-level ironclad ship of the Ming Empire, the progress is extremely slow.
On the contrary, you can save 30 million silver coins. If you don't buy these four armored ships, you won't even have to capture slaves worth 30 million.
But the Dutch Navy will make rapid progress after acquiring six third-level ironclad ships, and the French Navy cannot sit still and wait for death.
It is obvious that the country's shipyards cannot count on it. It may be twenty years before the country's third-class ironclad ships are launched.
D'Estre thinks he cannot predict what the world's naval development will look like in twenty years' time.
But one thing is that as the tonnage of ironclad ships increases, their combat effectiveness will also rise linearly.
Similar to wooden battleships, the truth is obvious.
If our side takes action too slowly, it will mean that it will be one level lower than the Dutch Navy's battleships in the long run.
This was unacceptable to France, to Louis XIV, and to d'Estrès.
The French Navy is now second only to the Ming Empire Navy and on an equal footing with the Dutch Navy.
If there were no third-class ironclad ships, it would become a third-rate navy...
Although I got a commemorative ironclad ship for free, how could this ship be used enough?
After the purchase of four third-level ironclad ships was signed, D'Estre looked at this ship like a fishing bait!
It's okay if you don't know about level three ironclads. Once you have them, you want to get more ships of the same level.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t buy it, I’ll give you one for free!
We'll talk more about it after you have personal experience.
The emperor of the Ming Empire was so good at doing business that D'Estre was convinced.
What else could he say?
Good is really good, expensive is really expensive!
From the perspective of expansion, this is more affordable than buying a first-class ironclad ship back then.
I hope that when the other party promotes the fourth-level ironclad ships, they can also adopt the same delivery-first-sell-later model.
In any case, these four third-level ironclad ships have finally been finalized, and the ships will be available in five years.
With France's population and national strength, it would be a matter of time before it overtakes the Netherlands.
After the two old enemies, Britain and Spain, are no longer as powerful as before, France can be the second best player in the world without any worries.
The Netherlands should be worried that its status will be surpassed by countries such as the Ottomans. Perhaps the second most powerful country now is the Ottomans.
The size of the Ming Empire was so huge that D'Estre simply didn't think about it.
Just looking back at the long queue will give you a sense of superiority.
If old man Sodina is still in good health, he should be able to see these third-level ironclad ships return home.
Otherwise, I'm sorry...
As for the fourth-class ironclad ship, D'Estre had only seen it on the shore and was not qualified to board the ship for a visit.
The other party used the excuse that there was great uncertainty in the warship trial. It might turn into a diving monster like the Swedish Navy's "Vasa" if it was left open. For the sake of the safety of the VIPs, they declined this request.
Of course D'Estre knew the truth, but he didn't want to be angry. After all, this was their most advanced warship, so it was reasonable to refuse.
If you come here in five years, you should be able to visit by then.
It seems that I haven't aged much after five years. Whenever I have the right opportunity, I will definitely come and take a look.
Even if I become the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and there is no war to fight in Europe, I can still go out for a tour in the name of inspecting the development of a world-class navy...
As for matters in the Americas, just send a squadron equipped with several first-class ironclad ships to solve the problem.
The other side doesn't have even one ironclad ship. If they can't even do this, it means that the entire French navy is useless!
Looking back on the previous decision now, it confirms that spending a lot of money to purchase ironclads was an absolutely correct and wise move.
The side with ironclads can easily defeat the opponent without ironclads, and the losses can be controlled within the tolerable range.
So the heartache is heartache, and the money that should be spent must be spent.
"Thinking about women?"
“Thinking about black people!”
"……What?"
"Thirty million silver coins would require capturing three million slaves!"
"This... seems to be true!"
Colbert had a headache over this. The emperor of the Ming Empire had already lowered the selling price to 60 million. As for slaves, it was difficult for him to raise the price.
This is equivalent to saving money, but more work is required to make up for it. The problem is that those are three million slaves!
Like France, the Ottoman Empire also captured people in East Africa and sold them to the Ming Empire.
The only difference is that the Ming Empire seems to prefer the white slaves captured from the Black Sea coast.
The reason why the Ottoman Empire lived a good life was that on the one hand, it traveled along the Sudan Canal, and on the other hand, it could cash out or barter through a steady stream of white slaves.
Kolbe wanted to do this too, but who to arrest?
The French fleet was going all out to transport British and Spanish slaves, and there really was no spare time for more work.
Nordic?
Sorry, Sweden has been an ally for decades, and we still expect them to limit the expansion of the Holy Roman Empire from the north!
"For the sake of being friends for many years, let me give you an idea!"
Before that, money had never been a concern for D'Estre, unless he put money in his own pocket.
"Okay, I'm all ears to hear your opinion!"
Kolbe didn't think that a certain general could give him any good ideas, so he just regarded it as a pastime.
"I heard from the ambassador that the Ming Empire's troops were not advancing smoothly in the East Indies!"
"...You still won't say we send troops to help them, right?"
"Wouldn't it be great to catch slaves from there?"
"You mean to capture slaves for the Ming Empire on its territory?"
Kolbe was really shocked by this bold proposal, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Those natives didn't obey the orders of the Ming Emperor. Since they didn't obey, why couldn't they become slaves? Anyway, we don't need the Ming army to come forward. We can just handle it. I'm afraid it won't take three years to catch three million! "
"Well, I'll go find out. If it's really possible, it's worth a try!"
Kolbe knew that the Ming Empire had a huge gold mine on the island of Papua New Guinea, and it was very close to transporting slaves from Java or Sumatra.
In fact, D'Estre's suggestion struck a chord with a certain new emperor.
Li Dingguo's troops are engaged in some kind of non-mainstream military operations on Sumatra Island, supplemented by killing and mainly arresting people.
Most of the soldiers under his command were former bandits who had surrendered, but those who were managed by Li Dingguo and several generals under his command were honest and did not cause trouble again.
A certain new emperor didn't give them a chance to cause trouble, so he was transported to Sumatra Island in an organized manner, where they had "a lot of fun"!
In the words of the soldiers, that is - damn bugs, damn mosquitoes, damn natives, damn weather!
After the Dutch retreated, the local natives began to celebrate their victory.
It didn’t take long for me to find out that a more ruthless group was coming!
But the natives did not give in, and fought hard with super toughness.
Using rainforests, swamps, mountainous areas and other terrain, coupled with local climate and mosquitoes, began to fight guerrillas everywhere.
Li Dingguo, together with the generals, dream of dreaming. One day, he will be given a routine by the indigenous routine that he has used himself!
At the beginning, guerrillas were the established tactics of the eight kings!
Now it is good, everyone dreams of dreaming of "speaking trees"!
Because indigenous people are good at disguising themselves, so that the soldiers of the ministry are not clear about which tree and people!
The vegetation in the rainforest area is very dense. The Ming army from afar is not very familiar, which has led to three years, and the other party was restrained.
A new emperor put on a brigade of Li Dingguo on the island of Sumatra, plus three Jijun brigades, and a disciple Huang Ting's brigade and three migrant military brigades on Java Island.
Because Sumatra is much larger than Java Island, it is almost twice the size of the latter, and the indigenous people's resistance is very tenacious, making the attack on the island's troops very difficult.
A new emperor did not consider increasing troops. The problem is that other troops have no experience in fighting in the tropical rain forest area.
The troops under the jurisdiction of the Nan court are existing, but they have been caught in the Burma battlefield.
The troops to Sumatra can open the situation, but the casualties will inevitably be very large.
A new emperor would rather maintain the current situation, and he was unwilling to lose the life of a bunch of soldiers, and he had to spend money.
Kerbe's temptation sent a good news to a new emperor.
If Louis XIV is willing to send troops, it will be great.
The French army caught slave on the territory of Daming to charge the balance of the iron armor, and a new emperor could really agree.
The premise is that the other party has a pension. Daming can provide enough fruit, food, and medicine for 30,000 French army operations.
This is equivalent to spending money to hire someone as a nanny to do housework for yourself, let alone not spend much money.
Grain is grain, and all rice, as long as the other party is used to it.
Meat is naturally seafood, ensuring that each person can eat one pound every day.
The army was provided by Louis XIV, and the logistics was borne by a new emperor.
A indigenous number reaches ten silver coins, and the quantity has no upper limit, and the value of death is zero.
If the French army did a good job in Sumenushara, a new emperor would not mind letting them go to a certain peninsula in the north to continue doing it.
Anyway, those indigenous people have no value to a new emperor in the local area. Only when you all have been mining can you make money for yourself!
A new emperor has heard that below is rumored that Xianbei is not hell, and Sumatra is ...
Xianbei has at least no mosquito bites in winter, in Sumatra, it is all the year, and it does not fall all day!
The mosquitoes over there are really too powerful.
Wrap the body and wrap the body in a hot and humid environment, this is naturally uncomfortable.
In some soldiers, this feels like going out in advance!
Stay there for a year, you have to live for two years!
A new emperor sent 10,000 people in the past, and 9,999 people had to scold themselves. The remaining one was out in advance!
This is also no way. The total number of local indigenous people should be nearly 10 million, and Sumatra should account for about 40 %.
Being able to eat such a big loss is because unlike the previous Dutch people, Daming moved a lot after cleaning up. The Dutch people moved a small amount, mainly trade.
I scolded it when I was scolded, and it had already become this morality, and it didn't matter if a new emperor was.
Fortunately, there are not much investment in the early stage, and the loss is not too large. In the middle period, the army is mainly based on the army.
Kerbe also asked a new emperor to provide a hundred copper guns, five hundred mortars, 500 steam tanks, and the corresponding artillery shells.
A new emperor naturally agreed that he was even willing to provide 5,000 left -wheel rifles and 100,000 grenades for free, but the scale of the opponent's troops was limited to less than 30,000.
The troops of the army sent 30,000 troops. If the French army sent the same number, it would be 60,000. No matter how many, the financial pressure on Daming would be relatively large.
It is no longer the time to braid. The local indigenous people have no fatal threat to Daming. A new emperor will not leave the family to spend money in a place where the birds are shit ...
In general, to deal with the indigenous people on the East India Islands, we must do it.
Nanyang Jinshan is located on Papua New Guinea Island, and other islands can gradually digest.
It doesn't matter if you can't digest it for a long time. When Lao Tzu develops a nuclear bomb, use a certain island to be a king -fried experimental venue!
If Kerbe heard that there was a thing about Wang Huo, he would be speechless.
In the current ancient horror story, Wang Bian is put out and blooms smoothly, and it will become a major accident ...
Except for Daming's chief scientist Bo Yue, a new emperor did not tell the third person for the time being.
After I heard that there was such a matter, Bo Yan felt that he was a few years younger and strongly asked to invest in related research.
For the super weapon that can make the Daming Empire permanently standing in an undefeated place, Bo Yan is more enthusiastic than any general!
A new emperor promised to set up related project teams within five years, but the road to research and development is very long.
Not to mention, it takes great power to purify uranium ore alone.
Prior to this, a centrifugal machine was also created, commonly known as "uranium ore dumping barrels"!
A new emperor also strives to remember the R & D route of Wang Bing, figure out each step, and then do it.
After thinking about it, I was not embarrassed to say to Bo Yan, this stuff was at least fifty years before it could be created ...
Even if the plane and the rocket can be lift off, "drilling the barrel" may not be able to throw out enough concentrated uranium that can make the king fried.
If you really use the king to bomb the indigenous people, it is estimated that a new emperor will be known as the first loser in history!
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A new emperor is not just talking. Even the location was selected, and it was placed in Shenmu, Shaanxi.
There are many coal there, and it is still a land price. A bunch of thermal power stations are built in the surrounding area to generate electricity for "drilling barrels".
When the king fried came out, a new emperor wanted to see. Who else would not accept it in the general heaven? ? ?
