Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 414 Strategic Goals and Real Reasons

"Brother-in-law, are we only going to fight Zhampos this time?"

As soon as the boat left Jinmen, Qin Zhong who came to pick up the men was a little eager to try, and secretly asked about the specific situation of this dispatch.

Before Donghai County won the Wa Kingdom in the first battle, it was inevitable that the Black Dragon Army would swell a bit.

Coupled with the distribution of huge benefits, the entire Donghai County is full of expectations for the next war.

As a member of the Black Dragon Army, Qin Zhong was influenced by the atmosphere in the army, so it was naturally the same.

This time Mengzi and Gouzi were both busy preparing for the battle, so they asked his brother-in-law to pick them up.

From the perspective of the Black Dragon Army, with such sharp weapons as artillery and firecrackers, let alone Champo, even attacking the Great Wei is like finding something out of a pocket.

It's just that Feng Yibo, the Black Dragon King, has been determined by his performance all the time. It seems that he is willing to be the king of Donghai County in the Great Wei Dynasty, and he is wholeheartedly working for the court.

As the younger brother of Heilongpo and the staff officer of Heilongjiang, naturally many generals in the army asked him about some situations in conversation.

When he came out this time, it was inevitable that he would ask Qin Zhong for a thing or two.

"Champa must be beaten, but it's useless to fight only Champa."

Feng Yibo replied calmly first, seeing Qin Zhong's eyes lit up and looking at him expectantly, he said again:
"So, Brother Zhong, our situation should be larger. Now that we are dispatched this time, we will take down the eastern part of Manchuria and all the coastal areas, and make the South China Sea completely our inland sea."

He had already known the current situation in Donghai County from the official documents, as well as Gouzi and Mengzi.

Donghai County is now developing vigorously, and the Black Dragon Army is also full of fighting spirit.

He understands that this time, if he doesn't move, that's all. A move must bring enough benefits to Donghai County, so as not to disappoint these subordinates.

If things go on like this, it is inevitable that some people will be renounced.

Especially after defeating the Wa Kingdom, Donghai County has further established its position in the sea, and all aspects have also been able to develop explosively.

In terms of population, the registered population has already exceeded 500 million, mainly composed of immigrants from the Great Wei Dynasty and those who returned to the country.

In other words, the 500 million people are not counted as captive slaves, prostitutes in the Japanese country, etc.

It also does not include the floating population such as caravans stationed here in an endless stream from various countries.

If all these are counted, there should be more than 600 million.

Not only that, but now most of the people in Donghai County can still eat and wear warm clothes, and live a life that they could not even imagine before.

Judging from this point alone, if there are statistics on per capita gdp, Donghae County should be number one in the world.

After all, the common people who are registered have enough food and clothing, even in the relatively affluent Wei Dynasty, it is beyond reach, let alone a poor and remote place like Haixi.

Now the caravans going to and from Haixi only know Donghai County but not Wei.

If it weren't for the many precautions taken by the officials of Donghai County, Haixi might have to carry out large-scale immigration.

After all, compared with the local plot of Wei, Haixi puts more emphasis on the immediate interests.

However, Donghai County did not completely cut off the immigrants from Haixi.

Under Feng Yibo's instructions, Haixi people can also be naturalized and enjoy the same treatment if the relevant units agree to accept it.

In other words, only Haixi people with excellent professional skills can still apply to become a member of Donghai County.

For example, all kinds of craftsmen, especially craftsmen who can build ships are preferred.

If these Hercynians immigrate, they must swear to abandon their original Haicyn beliefs and accept the assigned jobs.

Of course, the salaries and bonuses of various departments in Donghai County are enough for a large family to live on.

In addition, there is another premise that you must learn to speak the official dialect of Wei.

In terms of culture and education, primary school literacy has been basically popularized.

The literacy rate of school-age children, that is, five to ten years old, is over 60%.

This is because of the increasing immigrant population, otherwise the literacy rate would be higher.

The middle school has also been prepared, but not everyone can go to it, but they need to pass the exam.

Each county in Donghai County has a middle school. After passing the entrance examination, it is probably equivalent to a scholar of the Great Wei Dynasty, and can work as an official in other counties.

Of course, according to the current middle school level, it is certainly 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 increase.

After middle school comes university, and there are three universities in the new city of Liuqiu.

One is liberal arts, specializing in traditional Confucianism, that is, a subset of the history of the Four Books and Five Classics, while also taking into account mathematics.

Graduated college students can serve as teachers, officials and other positions.

One is a university of science and technology, which includes many disciplines such as smelting, firearms, shipbuilding, and agriculture.

It also provides professional talents for various departments and yamen.

The last one is Liuqiu School of Medicine.

Village doctors have been implemented in all villages and towns, and hospitals are being built one after another in the county.

Villagers from all over the country actively donated, and county officials also actively applied.

However, these were directly rejected by the Black Dragon Mansion.

In order to avoid the monopoly of medical resources, the construction of hospitals must be planned in a unified manner.

The three universities have a common feature, which is package distribution.

There is still a big shortage of talents in Donghai County, and many graduates from middle school can directly become officials.

With the support of talents from Haixi and the University of Science and Technology, the technological development of Donghai County has also made great progress.

Not to mention other things, just the replacement of manpower by hydraulic power has been used to the extreme.

Feng Yibo once said to Gouzi that the most stable power in human history cannot be separated from water.

It is a pity that the utilization of water in Donghai County is still in the stage of potential energy.

For high-end utilization methods such as "boiling water", it is still in the experimental stage.

Even with the large frame of the steam engine proposed by Feng Yibo, it will still take some time for research and development before it can be put into use.

Fortunately, even if only the potential energy of water is used, elementary lathes have already appeared.

The only pity is that Liuqiu is located in a hot and humid area, and it is prone to flash floods during the rainy season.

So although there is plenty of water, there are not many rivers that can be used stably.

But even so, Liuqiu's productivity is not comparable to other places.

Therefore, Donghae County is not only a distribution center for Eastern and Western commodities, but also can produce commodities by itself.

Products produced with raw materials from Wei and Wa countries, especially cotton, linen, silk, paper and porcelain, etc., these labor-intensive products have been sold 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 has completely formed the hegemony of the East China Sea, and through the terms of this negotiation, the Black Dragon Coin has become recognized by the entire East. currency.

The currency obtained by the Black Dragon Mansion flows to Donghai County, and even the entire East, through payment of salaries, rewards for innovation, construction of education, medical and other infrastructure, and purchase of raw materials.

Among them, the people of Donghai County are naturally the most profitable!
It stands to reason that the people of Donghai County are rich and live in peace, so they should be content and happy.

But people's hearts are always greedy. Seeing that the dividends of war are so great, all walks of life in Donghai County are looking forward to another move from the Black Dragon Mansion.

The will feedback from all walks of life naturally came to Feng Yibo's desk.

Therefore, this time when Zhan Po and Cang Lan captured Jiaozhi, Feng Yibo would take the initiative to ask for a fight.

Because he had planned for a long time, he knew that the time was ripe for a new round of expansion.

To the east of Donghae County is the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas on the opposite side are too far away.

With the current navigation technology, it is necessary to follow the ocean current to Mexico from the Nanyang island chain, or go north along the coastline through the Bering Strait.

The routes of these two routes are too far away, even if they want to go, the surrounding areas of Donghai County will not be expanded.

There are only a few natives in Australia in the south, and you can send some people to get it done.

Over the past few years, on the Luzon side, following Irian Island to the south, the islands discovered have basically been cleared, and the islands along the way have become transit supply points.

The advance troops going to Australia already have a place to stay there, and have started business with local students.

The natives there have no territorial awareness and no combat effectiveness, and are still in the era of slash-and-burn farming.

Only after the population of Donghai County is saturated, immigrants will be able to slowly occupy and assimilate in the future.

To the north of Donghai County are the Wa Kingdom and the Great Wei Dynasty, which cannot be moved for the time being.

There is a peace agreement on the Japanese side. As long as the other party pays the money on time and makes Donghai County unimpeded, there is no need to use weapons for the time being. Just slowly suck blood and wait until the other party wants to resist or is weak. Just suppress it in one fell swoop.

And Dawei, as the rear of Donghai County, the supply place of population and raw materials, naturally it is not the 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 Mancijia area.

Right now, Feng Yibo's choice is naturally to have both.

Hearing such words, Qin Zhong muttered a little disappointed:
"Only the South China Sea?"

Feng Yibo couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said:
"We have to eat every bite. The Indochina Peninsula has a complicated terrain, and there are not many resources that can be obtained. A full occupation will only involve the energy of the Black Dragon Army, which is completely worth the candle."

Seeing that although Qin Zhong nodded in agreement, he was still a little unwilling, so he comforted him:
"As long as they occupy the coastal area, they will become birds in a cage, 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, and a full occupation will not only take time and effort, but also bring little benefit.

And what Feng Yibo wants is to use the smallest force to monopolize the ocean trade, so as to have spare energy to develop Donghai County and avoid falling into the quagmire of war.

Moreover, according to his strategic deployment, the entire South China Sea has become the inland sea in name of Wei, but the actual control is in the hands of Donghai County.

Both the East China Sea and the South China Sea are in his hands, but not only the Indochina Peninsula, but also the Great Wei is wrapped in a cage!
At that time, the maritime trade between the East and the West will be completely monopolized by Donghai County.

The coinage rights and maritime trade rights all fall into their own hands.

Even if Donghai County does not make any further progress, as long as it can keep these two things, it can sit back and enjoy the benefits, and even secretly control the life and death of countless countries.

Of course, the premise of all this is strength.

Only when the fleet and firearms of Donghai County have been suppressed by combat power can they guarantee their own interests.

The reform of Great Wei is also Feng Yibo's desire for a stable Great Wei.

Because only a stable Wei can provide raw materials and population stably.

The current Great Wei is full of natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the rich and powerful are oppressing and ruthless.

If you ignore it, it won't be long before someone rises up.

Therefore, Feng Yibo's reform is actually to cut off the flesh of the gentry and continue the life of the Great Wei.

As long as the New Deal is implemented in place, Wei can fundamentally restore relative stability.

Donghai County can continue to develop steadily and obtain raw materials and population continuously.

If the gentry wanted to rebel, they would suppress it violently. Anyway, what the people wanted, what he did was indeed beneficial to Wei.

As for the life and death of the gentry, what does it matter to him?

As for the Indochina Peninsula, after Donghai County obtains enough population from the Great Wei, the industrial base will be stronger, and it will be easy to win it.

Qin Zhong finally nodded when he heard this, and did not continue to ask further questions.

There are no waves along the sea route, so I won’t repeat them here.

On this day, Feng Yibo finally arrived in Beigang.

Compared with last time, this place is much more prosperous.

Looking from a distance, there are almost no berths, and every wharf 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 led people to wait here.

"Welcome to the Black Dragon King!"

As soon as we got off the boat, a drizzle fell from the sky, which made the Black Dragon King even more mysterious.

Thousands of soldiers in bright armor are now at the pier, their feet are motionless, and their saluting hands are as firm as their eyes.

Many people from the civilian docks in the distance are leaning on the railing to look into the distance, but no one dares to come over to find out.

The barracks and the military port are all forbidden places in Donghai County, and there are loud noises from time to time, which have spawned countless legends.

The consensus of most legends is that the Black Dragon King practiced spells, but the spells in the legends were different.

Some said it was the five thunders who rectified the law, others said that they asked for Lei Gong's help, and some said it was the Black Dragon King who was snoring in his sleep...

No matter what kind 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 into the carriage and headed for the new city.

"Master, do you want to visit Zhonggang and Nangang this time?"

With the development of Liuqiu, Beigang is also becoming more and more prosperous, and the number of docked ships is close to saturation, so it has long asked for instructions to build seaports in the central and southern regions.

Now both of them have been built and will be put into operation soon.

Gouzi asked this, obviously looking forward to Feng Yibo's visit to give reassurance to the caravans.

But Feng Yibo ignored this little thought, directly shook his head and said:
"When I come back this time, I will prepare the army first, and we will talk about the rest after the war is over."

Gouzi was not dissatisfied at all when he heard the words, he nodded and said:
"Students everywhere are already notifying the assembly, and the assembly will be completed by the end of the month."

Although the main target this time is the coastal area, it is necessary to disembark.

If it is a plain, the Black Dragon Army can use artillery to suppress it by virtue of its equipment advantages, push it flat with firecrackers, and use gunpowder to blow open the city gate when it encounters a city.

But once there is a battle in the mountains and forests, the Black Dragon Army will inevitably have some troubles.

At this time, the role of Shengfan is reflected.

Shengfan, especially Liuqiu's Shengfan, is an expert in forest warfare.

(End of this chapter)