Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 715 The Spaniard's Abacus

The so-called North Sea Fleet is not actually a navy in the true sense. Strictly speaking, this force is more like the Marine Corps of later generations.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, according to Zhu Youjian's opinion, the Ministry of War ordered the North Sea Fleet to expand its army. The team expanded from 5000 to 8000 people, and there was also a 3000-person baggage battalion.

As long as the expanded source of troops came from the young and strong exiled Ming people they recruited in Liaodong, some of them were recruited from the local area of ​​Dengzhou Prefecture.

In the past two years in Terengganu, the generals and soldiers of the North Sea Fleet have basically married wives, had children, and settled down in Terengganu. This large-scale marriage tide has also greatly promoted the development of the local economy and the market. prosperity.

Among all the teams participating in the battle outside the pass, they can be said to have benefited the most from this route.

After landing on the Liaodong Peninsula, a series of sieges and villages were taken out, with minimal losses, but countless Eight Banners properties were seized.

After the war, Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao specifically asked Sun Chuanting to allow them to return from a long distance. The reason was that there were still many wounded on his way, waiting to return to Dengzhou Prefecture by boat with them. If you go back to Dengzhou from Guannei, the journey is too far, it is better to go back to their landing point and go back by boat.

Sun Chuanting naturally knew in his heart that there must be something tricky in it, but after the great victory, he was in a particularly comfortable mood, and his reasons were also very good, so he turned a blind eye to agree with Liu and Zhang. request.

On the way back with the team led by Liu and Zhang, they took out several buried trophies by the way, and then returned to Dengzhou Prefecture by boat.

After distributing the spoils according to the performance of each team, the imperial court rewards and rewards were sent over. Adding these two together, everyone in the Dengzhou Army made a fortune.

If you have money and time, why not marry a wife and have children?

These 5000 people are basically from Shaanxi, Yansui and other places. Many of them have no relatives at home. Therefore, after receiving the imperial decree for the whole army to take a half-year holiday after the war, only a small number of soldiers chose to return to their hometowns to visit their relatives. They just took the opportunity to get married, and while satisfying their physical needs, they also completed the task of carrying on the family line.

"Good old Liu! You are so loyal! Haha!
Er old Zhang accepts your love!

I will find a way to pay you back in the future!
This matter of picking soldiers, I have already thought about it a long time ago, this time I will only pick those who have children at home, so as to save those who die in battle and have no one behind them to pay homage! "

Hearing that Liu Guoneng agreed so happily to let him lead the expedition this time, Zhang Wenyao, who wanted to spend a lot of time, was overjoyed. He slapped the armrest of the seat and saluted Liu Guoneng with fists. Liu Guoneng waved his hands and said, "It's done!" It's over, we are a life-and-death friendship, and you don't need to be polite.

There is only one single seedling left in the old Liu's family. You can have more children. Don't let the family die before it becomes successful!
There are too many children in the family, so I will replace you again!

Since you know it well, Lao Zhang, then hurry up and start selecting the manpower tomorrow, and pull the anchor and go south in three days! "

Compared with Zhang Wenyao, who has a stronger ambition for fame and fame, Liu Guoneng is already very satisfied with his current status and treatment.

When he received the order from the Ministry of War last winter, seeing Zhang Wenyao's eagerness to try, he made up his mind at that time to give up this work, and the family first thought about how many more sons they would have.

On the third day of March in the 14th year of Chongzhen, the weather was fine.

The [-] officers of the Beihai Fleet and the [-] supply battalion young and strong boarded the ship one after another. Zhang Wenyao, who was wearing his helmet and armor, boarded the first ship with great vigor, and waved goodbye to Liu Guoneng and Dengzhou Fu who came to the pier to see him off. Several of the chief officers, as well as the family members of the expedition soldiers who came to see them off, and then he gave an order that more than [-] giant ships set sail from Dengzhou Port one after another, sailed eastward along the coastline in a column formation, and arrived at the The next day, we sailed out of Bohai Bay and entered the waters of the Yellow Sea, then turned around and headed southwest.

After about ten days of non-stop sailing day and night, the North Sea Fleet arrived at the waters near Quanzhou Port with a fleet of 7000 people and related supplies, and then sailed to special berths one after another under the guidance of the guidance ships sent by the South China Sea Fleet.

The fleet will stop at Quanzhou Port for two days to replenish fresh water and supplies.The main generals of the Beihai Fleet Expeditionary Force will visit Jinghai Bo Zheng Zhilong ashore. The two sides will discuss cooperation and cover after the war. After agreeing on the relevant combat plan, the two fleets will pull anchor and sail straight to Manila.

While the two fleets of Ming Dynasty were preparing for battle intensely, the Spaniards who were thousands of miles away in Manila were still immersed in the joy of plundering the wealth of immigrants from Ming Dynasty in the early days.

"Tiago, I heard that the Japanese are hiring Spanish natives to try to rebuild the Anming people's gathering area in Bali and turn that place into their residential area. Is this true?"

Located in the Spanish capital in the center of Manila, in a luxuriously decorated office, Perez, the Spanish governor in Manila, is discussing official affairs with the Spanish garrison colonel Thiago Ferreira.

Five months have passed since the massacre of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, and there is no trace of any bloody scenes outside the Spanish King City, and all the ugliness has been washed away by heavy rains.

"Yes, Your Excellency, the Japanese are doing this, and Noo Kimura and Takuyuki Arbor are leading the rebuilding effort.

The Japanese also grabbed a lot of wealth from the residences and corpses of those Ming people a few months ago, so they wanted to use this wealth to build their own gathering places.

After all, Bali'an is a good place. Some of the houses built by the Ming people are still intact. As long as a lot of labor is used to repair it, I believe that a year later, the bustling Bali'an will appear in front of us! "

Thiago, who is over 40 years old, replied with a smile while sipping black tea leisurely.

"Those Japanese shorties have really ugly hairstyles!
However, the Japanese are relatively mild compared to those intelligent "physiological people" who disobey our Spaniards' leadership.

At least they will submit to strong force, and they will not try to rob us of the dominance of the various islands in Luzon and Manila.

Balian let them rebuild it.

After the construction is completed, I will issue an order to allow the stowaways from the Ming Dynasty who fled in the countryside and the Dalun Mountains to return to Manila and live in Bali’an, which they are familiar with.

I have to admit that the wisdom and hard work of those Ming people are incomparable to others, and we still need them to bring us wealth.

By the way, after the last incident, how much has the number of merchant ships in Ming Dynasty decreased?
We need large quantities of porcelain and silk to make our fortunes, and massacres were carried out out of necessity.

It has been five days since the fleet dispatched to the Ming Dynasty, I hope the Portuguese can lead them to meet high-level figures of the Ming government, so that the Ming government can understand our difficulties! "

After the massacre happened a few months ago, as the news spread, the number of merchant ships from Ming Dynasty to Manila dropped sharply, the amount of silk and porcelain obtained by the Spaniards also decreased significantly, and the income of the Governor’s Mansion plummeted. Perez panicked.

Manila is the most important base for making money overseas in the Kingdom of Spain. If his income drops too much compared to before, his position as governor will be lost.

　Thanks to the cabbage tofu and egg cake robbers for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)