The world has never been a reasonable place.
Even in later generations, the people are wise.
As a beautiful country, no matter how nice it is, it cannot get away from the fact that it has double standards.
A small island country knows that discharging nuclear sewage will harm the world, but it still ignores everyone's opposition to discharging nuclear sewage.
But Meiliguo did become blind, pretending not to see it.
This will be the case in future generations, let alone now?
From Western countries, people who come here look like gentlemen, no matter how they look or look.
But in fact, it was because they couldn't beat Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, under the guidance of Zhu Youjian, no matter what your foreign status is abroad, if you commit crimes within the Ming Dynasty, you can't escape the sanction of the law.
The more times you knock, the more honest you will become.
If you don't see it, those red-haired devils will turn into a group of bloodthirsty beasts once they leave Ming Dynasty's territory.
In America and other places, their banditry was in no way inferior to what Jiannu did in Liaodong.
The British royal family openly supported piracy, and Queen Elizabeth personally awarded the title of "Knight" to the sea devil Francis Drake.
Even robbers can be knighted, how can the West be reasonable?
The future of Ming Dynasty is not just around Ming Dynasty.
Everything illuminated by the sun and moon is bright earth. Wherever the rivers go, they are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty!
I want to safeguard the interests of Ming Dynasty! You must have a hard enough fist and a cruel heart!
Only the fist is hard enough.
Only then can we have sufficient strength to maintain our own safety.
Only if you are ruthless enough can you prevent a small country from getting in trouble.
Benevolence and righteousness internally, fist externally, is the long-term way.
In the future world, the mainland will be very important.
But the ocean is the star.
Historically, the rise of Western powers has been closely related to the ocean.
Although the Ming Dynasty's navy now regards the South China Sea and other places as its back garden, Zhu Youjian knows clearly that there is still a certain gap between the strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy and that of Western countries.
If it weren't for the fact that Ming Dynasty was quite far away from Europe, and the Strait of Malacca was firmly in the hands of Ming Dynasty.
In the South China Sea area, Xiyi's naval strength was severely beaten by the Ming Dynasty, and they lost a large number of warships and soldiers.
Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's blockade, the warships and soldiers of these Xiyi fleets could not be replenished in time, which kept the strength of the Xiyi fleets in the South China Sea at a very low level.
The back garden of Ming Dynasty will not be so stable...
If you want to dominate the ocean, you must ensure the absolute superiority of the navy.
But the navy is a behemoth that swallows gold. Ships and artillery, which one doesn’t have a lot of money?
The ships are okay, there is no shortage of shipbuilding wood in Liaodong.
If necessary, the imperial court could conscript people for labor service during slack periods, and everyone would be happy if they only had to pay food and a small amount of symbolic money.
After all, the imperial court only spent 2,000 taels of silver to build a main battleship. (excluding material fees)
But artillery can't do it. Copper is a real precious metal.
A powerful artillery piece weighs 2 tons alone. All added up, the cost of a cannon alone is nearly 2,000 taels.
In terms of cost alone, a main battleship can be built for 1 cannon.
Ming Dynasty's current main warships normally deploy 48 artillery pieces. Based on the current cost, a main warship requires at least 100,000 taels of silver.
In addition, each main battleship requires at least 2,000 silver per year to maintain expenses.
The Ming Dynasty now has three main fleets, the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet.
There are a total of 100 main battleships. In addition, there are various miscellaneous warships, totaling nearly 3,000 warships.
The imperial court needs to spend 8 million taels of military expenses (maintenance expenses and personnel expenses) every year for this.
In addition, according to the plan, the Ming Navy will add 50 new main battleships within three years.
If they were all equipped, it would be 50 million taels of silver.
For the current Daming, the pressure is still quite high.
The quality and design of the ship are related to the safety of the crew, and the price of the ship is only a fraction now, so there is no need and cannot be reduced.
But the cannon is different.
The cost of an iron cannon with the same power is less than one-fifth of that of a copper cannon.
If qualified iron cannons could be produced, Ming Dynasty could save at least 40 million taels of expenditure.
With these 40 million taels of silver, Ming can equip at least 200 more main warships.
However, Zhu Youjian is not prepared to build more current main battleships. 150 main warships, plus nearly 3,000 other warships, are enough to safeguard Ming's maritime interests in a short period of time.
With the money saved, Zhu Youjian planned to start the research and production of steamships in advance.
Although the design of Ming Dynasty's first steam engine has only just been completed, it will take a long time before it is put into use.
But after all, steamships are different from previous ships. It takes time to build something from scratch, right? Experiments also take time, don’t they?
As for if there is no steam engine as power, can't we use animal power as power first?
Don't underestimate the abilities of ordinary people, many people are hidden masters!
Living a mediocre life is not because they are incapable, but because the environment does not allow them to use their abilities, or it is not worthy for them to use their abilities.
It is impossible for a mere power rotating device to be made by the excellent craftsmen of Ming Dynasty.
. . . .
"Your Majesty, Zhu Dinghai is here to report that Xiyi has been a little dishonest recently. The secret guard discovered that the other party has assembled a large number of naval forces in Sri Lanka.
Those Westerners secretly supplied weapons to the rebels in the Strait of Malacca area, and had great intentions of invading the Malacca area. "
"Call the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and all the capital ships to go south and temporarily come under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea Fleet."
"His Majesty's North Sea Fleet is responsible for protecting the capital. Should we leave a few main warships behind?"
"Don't stay! The pirates near the North Sea have been eliminated many times and are no longer a problem.
In addition, the Japanese navy has been abolished. North Korea has become a new province of Ming Dynasty.
There are no big threats around the North Sea anymore.
Moreover, the North Sea Fleet deducted its main battleships. There are hundreds of other warships, which are enough to defend the North Sea.
The south is now an important tax collection area for our Ming Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty is ready, we should focus on stability.
The appearance of 100 capital ships in the South China Sea should keep the Xiyi people quiet for a while.
After the immigration work is completed, it is time to settle the general ledger. "
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is currently in good weather, why do you insist on emigrating?"
"Shut up, who asked you to ask this?" Zhu Youjian glared at Wang Chengen and asked with a serious look on his face.
Wang Chengen and Zhu Youjian knew him well, and he was truly loyal to him.
Over the years, no matter how difficult it was to do whatever he asked him to do, he would never complain or ask why.
This time he uncharacteristically asked Zhu Youjian the reason, which naturally attracted Zhu Youjian's attention.
"Your Majesty, I know you are wrong. It is my nephew who was included in the forced immigration team by the government.
……. "Wang Chengen knelt down and explained tremblingly.
It turned out that Wang Chengen's nephew Wang Tiezhu was added to the immigration team by the contemporary government.
In order to avoid being immigrated to a place where birds can't poop, Wang Tiezhu wrote to Wang Chengen and asked his uncle to help solve the problem.
But since Zhu Youjian came to the throne, what he hates most is official favoritism.
Zhu Youjian, the official who favored his own interests, was very ruthless.
As one of Zhu Youjian's most trusted people, Wang Chengen knew in his heart that he could not ruin Daming's immigration plan for the sake of a nephew.
flatly rejected the other party,
However, due to family ties, Wang Chengen still hopes that it is best for his nephew not to immigrate. If not, he can be assigned to a good place...
