"Brother-in-law, are we just going to fight Champa this time?"
As soon as the ship left Jinmen, Qin Zhong, who came to pick up the people, was a little eager to give it a try, and secretly asked about the specific circumstances of this dispatch.
Donghai County's previous victory over Japan in a battle inevitably swelled the Black Dragon Army.
Coupled with the huge profits being divided, the entire Donghai County is full of expectations for the next war.
As a member of the Black Dragon Army, Qin Zhong was affected by the atmosphere in the army, so naturally he was the same.
This time Mengzi and Gouzi were busy preparing for the battle, so they asked his brother-in-law to pick them up.
In the view of the Black Dragon Army, with sharp weapons such as artillery and firecrackers, let alone Champa, even attacking the Wei Dynasty was like searching for something.
It's just that Feng Yibo, the Black Dragon King, has always been determined. He seems to be willing to be the king of Donghai County in the Wei Dynasty and dedicated his life to the court.
As Heilongpo's younger brother and Heilongjiang's staff officer, naturally many military generals asked him about some situations in and out of conversation.
When I came out this time, I would inevitably ask Qin Zhong about it.
"Champa must be beaten, but just beating Champa is not very profitable."
Feng Yibo replied calmly, and when Qin Zhong's eyes lit up and he looked at him expectantly, he said again:
"So Brother Zhong, our layout needs to be bigger. Since we are dispatched this time, we will take over all the coastal areas east of Manchuria and make the South China Sea completely our inland sea."
He had long known the current situation in Donghai County from official documents and from Gouzi and Mengzi.
Donghai County is now booming, and the Black Dragon Army is also full of fighting spirit.
He understood that this time he had to do nothing. Any movement must bring enough benefits to Donghai County to avoid disappointment to these subordinates.
If things go on like this, it is inevitable that some people will become alienated from morality.
Especially after defeating the Japanese state, Donghai County further established its position on the sea and experienced explosive development in all aspects.
In terms of population, the number of registered residents has exceeded five million, mainly composed of immigrants from the Wei Dynasty and those who surrendered.
In other words, these five million do not include captive slaves, Japanese brothels and other lowly status.
It also does not include the traveling population such as caravans from various countries stationed here.
If these are all included, there should be more than six million.
Not only that, most people in Donghai County are now able to have enough food and clothing, and live a life that they could not even imagine before.
Based on this point alone, if the statistics of GDP per capita are now available, Donghae County should be number one in the world.
After all, all the registered people have enough food and clothing, which is out of reach even in the relatively wealthy Wei Dynasty, let alone in remote and remote areas like Haixi.
Nowadays, the caravans traveling to and from Haixi only know about Donghai County but not about Wei Dynasty.
If the officials of Donghai County had not taken many precautions against the Haixi people, Haixi might have undergone large-scale immigration.
After all, compared to Wei's rural plot, Haixi's side values immediate interests more.
However, Donghai County did not completely cut off immigrants from Haixi.
Under Feng Yibo's instructions, Haixi people can also be naturalized and enjoy the same treatment if relevant units agree to accept it.
In other words, only Haixi people with excellent professional skills can still apply to become members of Donghai County.
For example, craftsmen of all types, especially craftsmen who can build ships, are given priority.
If these Haixi people immigrate, they must swear to abandon their original Haixi beliefs and accept the assigned jobs.
Of course, the salaries and bonuses of various departments in Donghai County are enough to support a large family.
In addition, another prerequisite is that you must learn to speak the official dialect of Wei Dynasty.
In terms of culture and education, primary school literacy has been basically universal.
The literacy rate among school-age children, those between five and ten years old, is over 60 percent.
This is due to the increasing immigrant population, otherwise the literacy rate would be higher.
The middle school has also been established, but not everyone can go to it, but they need to pass the exam.
There is a middle school in each county in Donghai County. After passing the exam, you are probably equivalent to a scholar in the Wei Dynasty, and you can work as an official in other counties.
Of course, according to the current middle school level, it is definitely not up to the knowledge reserve of a scholar, but there is no problem in reading and writing official documents and general arithmetic.
After it is fully rolled out in the future, the level of education will gradually improve.
After high school, there are universities. There are three universities in the new town of Liuqiu.
One is a liberal arts school, specializing in traditional Confucian learning, which is a subset of the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as arithmetic.
College students who graduate from this can serve as teachers, officials and other positions.
One is the University of Science and Technology, which includes many disciplines such as smelting, firearms, shipbuilding, and agriculture.
It also provides professional talents to various departments and yamen.
The last one is Liuqiu Medical College.
Village doctors have been deployed in every village and town, and hospitals are being built in counties.
Township elders from all over the country enthusiastically donated, and county officials also actively applied.
However, these were directly rejected by the Black Dragon Mansion.
In order to prevent medical resources from being monopolized by others, hospital construction must be planned in a unified manner.
These three universities have a common feature, which is package allocation.
There is still a huge talent gap in Donghai County, and many people who graduate from middle schools can directly become officials.
With the talent support of Haixi and University of Science and Technology, Donghai County's scientific and technological development has also made great progress.
Not to mention anything else, water power instead of manpower was used to the extreme.
Feng Yibo once told Gouzi that the most stable power in human history cannot be separated from water.
Unfortunately, Donghae County’s use of water is still in the potential energy stage.
High-end utilization methods such as "boiling water" are still in the experimental stage.
Even with the large steam engine frame proposed by Feng Yibo, it will still take a certain amount of time to develop before it is put into use.
Fortunately, even if only the potential energy of water is used, rudimentary lathes have already appeared.
The only pity is that Liuqiu is located in a hot and humid area, and flash floods are prone to occur during the rainy season.
Therefore, although there is abundant water, there are not many rivers that can be used stably.
But even so, the productivity here is unparalleled elsewhere.
Therefore, Donghai County is not only a distribution center for Eastern and Western commodities, but it can also produce its own commodities.
Products produced with raw materials from the Wei and Japanese countries, especially cotton, linen, silk, paper, porcelain, etc. These labor-intensive products have been marketed in the East and the West.
Although most of these are based on the improvement of productivity levels, it is undeniable that through this war, Donghai County completely formed the hegemony of the East China Sea, and through this peace negotiation terms, the Black Dragon Coin became recognized by the entire East. currency.
The currency obtained by the Black Dragon Mansion then flows to Donghai County and even the entire East through the payment of salaries, rewarding innovation, building education, medical and other infrastructure, and purchasing raw materials.
Among them, the people of Donghai County naturally benefit the most!
It stands to reason that the people of Donghai County should be content and contented if they live in peace and prosperity.
But people's hearts are always greedy. Seeing that the dividends of the war are so huge, all classes in Donghai County hope that the Black Dragon Mansion will make another move.
The will feedback from all walks of life naturally came to Feng Yibo's desk.
Therefore, this time when Champo and Canglan captured Jiaozhi, Feng Yibo took the initiative to ask for a fight.
Because he had already planned it, he knew that the time was ripe for a new round of expansion.
To the east of Donghai County is the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas on the opposite side is too far away.
With current navigation technology, we need to follow the ocean currents from the South Ocean island chain to Mexico, or go north and pass along the coastline through the Bering Strait.
Both of these routes are too far away, and even if you want to go there, it will be impossible to expand the surrounding areas of Donghai County.
There are only some natives in Australia in the south, and it can be done by sending just a few people.
In recent years, the islands discovered in Luzon and southward along Irian Island have been basically cleared, and the islands along the way have become transit supply points.
The advance troops heading to Australia have already settled there and started doing business with local students.
The students there have little sense of territoriality and little fighting ability. They are still in the era of slash-and-burn farming.
Once the population of Donghai County is saturated, immigrants will be able to slowly occupy and assimilate it in the future.
To the north of Donghai County are Japan and Wei, which cannot be moved for the time being.
The Japanese side has negotiated terms. As long as the other side pays on time and allows Donghai County to pass unimpeded, there is no need to use weapons for the time being. All we have to do is slowly suck blood and wait until the other side wants to resist or is weak. Just suppress it in one fell swoop.
As for the Wei Dynasty, as the rear area of Donghai County and the supplier of population and raw materials, it was naturally not the right time.
Therefore, if Donghai County wants to expand, it must go west.
There are two directions to the west, one is the Indochina Peninsula of Champa, Canglan and other countries.
The other is to compete with the Haixi people and occupy the Mancajia area.
Feng Yibo's current choice is naturally to have both.
Upon hearing this, Qin Zhong muttered slightly disappointedly:
"Just the South China Sea?"
Feng Yibo couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said:
"You have to eat your food one bite at a time. The terrain of Indochina is complicated and there are not many resources available. A full occupation will only strain the energy of the Black Dragon Army, which is totally outweighing the gains."
Seeing that although Qin Zhong nodded in agreement, he was still a little unwilling, he comforted him and said:
"As long as they occupy the coastal area, they will become a caged bird, and sooner or later they will not be able to fly out of the palm of Donghai County."
The terrain inside the entire Indochina Peninsula is too complicated, with dense jungles, mountains and deep waters. A comprehensive occupation would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also of little benefit.
What Feng Yibo wants is to monopolize maritime trade with the smallest possible force, so that he can have enough energy to develop Donghai County and avoid falling into the quagmire of war.
Moreover, according to his strategic plan, the entire South China Sea became the nominal inland sea of the Wei Dynasty, but the actual control was in the hands of Donghai County.
The East China Sea and the South China Sea are both in his hands, but not only the Indochina Peninsula, but also the Great Wei Dynasty is in a cage!
By then, the maritime trade between the East and the West will be completely monopolized by Donghai County.
The right to mint money and maritime trade all fell into their own hands.
Even if Donghai County makes no further progress from now on, as long as it can keep these two things, it can enjoy the gains and even secretly control the life and death of countless countries.
Of course, the premise of all this is strength.
Only if Donghai County's fleet and firearms maintain combat power suppression can their own interests be guaranteed.
As for Da Wei's reform, Feng Yibo wanted a stable Da Wei.
Because only a stable Wei can provide a stable supply of raw materials and population.
The current Wei Dynasty is plagued by natural and man-made disasters, and the powerful are oppressing them severely.
If you ignore it, it won't be long before someone rises up.
Therefore, Feng Yibo's reforms were actually to cut off the flesh of the gentry and prolong the life of the Wei Dynasty.
As long as the New Deal is implemented in place, Wei can fundamentally restore relative stability.
Only then can Donghai County continue to develop stably and continuously obtain raw materials and population.
If the gentry wants to resist, then suppress it violently. Anyway, what the people want is what he does, and what he does is indeed beneficial to Wei.
As for the life and death of the gentry, what does it have to do with him?
As for Indochina, it will be easy to win the Indo-China Peninsula once Donghai County obtains enough population from the Wei Dynasty and its industrial base is stronger.
When Qin Zhong heard this, he finally nodded and did not continue to ask any more questions.
There are no waves along the sea route, so I won’t go into details.
On this day, Feng Yibo finally arrived in Beigang.
Compared to the last time, this place is much more prosperous.
Looking from a distance, there are almost no empty berths, and every pier is full of merchant ships.
The gantry slings are constantly coming and going, carrying boxes and bags of goods up and down.
Feng Yibo's ship docked at a military port, and Gouzi and Mengzi personally led people to wait here.
"Welcome to the Black Dragon King!"
As soon as we got off the boat, drizzle began to fall from the sky, making the Black Dragon King even more mysterious.
Thousands of soldiers in bright uniforms were present at the pier, their feet motionless, and their raised hands in salute were as firm as their eyes.
Many people at the civil pier in the distance were leaning on the railings to look into the distance, but no one dared to come over to find out.
Military camps and military ports are forbidden areas in Donghai County. Loud noises are heard from time to time, giving rise to countless legends.
The consensus among most legends is that the Black Dragon King practices magic, but the magic in the legend is different.
Some say that it was the Five Thunders who rectified the Dharma, others said that they asked the Lord Thunder to help, and some said that it was the Black Dragon King snoring in his sleep...
No matter which one it is, there is no way to know, because anyone who dares to spy will end up either feeding the fish or fertilizing the land.
With countless people watching from a distance, Feng Yibo got on the carriage and headed for the new city.
"Sir, are you going to visit Zhonggang and Nangang this time?"
With the development of Liuqiu, North Port has become increasingly prosperous, and the number of docked ships has been close to saturation, so it has long been requested to build seaports in the central and southern parts.
Now both locations have been completed and are about to be officially put into operation.
Gouzi asked this, obviously hoping that Feng Yibo would come over and give the caravans everywhere a reassurance.
However, Feng Yibo ignored this little thought and shook his head directly:
"When we come back this time, we will prepare our troops for war first, and we will discuss the rest after the war is over."
Gouzi was not dissatisfied at all when he heard this and nodded quickly:
"The students from all over the place have been notified to assemble, and they will be assembled by the end of the month."
Although the main target this time is the coastal area, we have to get off the ship.
It's okay if it's a plain. With their superior equipment, the Black Dragon Army can use artillery to suppress it, use fire blunderbuss to push it over, and when encountering a city, they can also use gunpowder to blow open the city gate.
But once a forest battle breaks out, the Black Dragon Army will inevitably be in trouble.
At this time, the role of raw fan is reflected.
Shengfan, especially Liuqiu's Shengfan, is an expert in mountain and forest warfare.
(End of chapter)
