Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Hearing this, Aso Taiji hurriedly bowed and said.

"Hai Yi, Mr. Jin, the villain, knows his mistake!"

When Nobuo Kojima saw this, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. You are really talented.

How can any Korean say Hai?

Isn’t this just asking for help?

Taking a deep breath, Nobuo Kojima spoke.

"Aso-kun, when we dock at the port later, don't get off the ship. Stay on the ship and try to pretend to be mute and don't speak."

"If you say anything, I'm afraid you'll be at risk of being exposed."

When Taiji Aso saw this, his face turned pale, but he also realized the seriousness of the matter.

He immediately nodded and said yes.

This time he remembered, he couldn't say "Hai", but said "Yes" or "No".

Soon, the ship of Nobuo Kojima and others docked at the port.

A Ming official boarded the ship, looked around and said.

"Please report the ship's registration, cargo capacity, cargo type, and number of passengers!"

Seeing this, Nobuo Kojima hurriedly took a few steps forward, put on a flattering smile on his face, and said.

"Hello, sir, would you like to have me check it out?"

"We are maritime merchants from North Korea. We are carrying a batch of Korean paper and iron materials on board, including 3,000 knives of Korean paper and 50,000 jins of iron materials. There are thirty-three crew members on the ship, including us Koreans and others. Some Japanese people came to Korea to seek life.”

Nobuo Kojima was very detail-oriented in his work. In order to make up for the fact that some people on the ship could not speak Chinese, he simply admitted that there were some Japanese people on the ship.

Well, he knew that the derogatory names used by the Ming Dynasty and North Korea towards Japan were all Japanese.

Although he feels aggrieved by saying that he belongs to the Japanese country, he is not intolerable in the face of the overall situation.

When the Ming Dynasty official heard that they were Koreans, the look on his face really looked better.

Then he spoke.

"Where is your destination?"

The reason why I ask this is because the customs duties that a ship needs to pay are different if it simply docks in Ryukyu and if it wants to sell goods in Ryukyu.

If you simply call at the port, you will pay a berth fee based on the size of the vessel, and the management fee will be the same.

As for replenishing the ship, that's a separate price and calculation.

But if you plan to buy goods in Ryukyu, then tariffs are essential.

You have to pay customs duties before the ship can dock.

After hearing this, Nobuo Kojima continued to speak with a flattering expression.

"Guangzhou!"

"We are preparing to go to Guangzhou."

Although Daming is now opening and closing in coastal areas such as Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Tianjin.

However, due to its geographical location and first-mover advantage, Guangzhou is still the largest seaport city in East Asia.

All kinds of goods from the East and the West meet here, and a large amount of goods and gold, silver and precious metals flow in and out every day.

It can be said to be the largest port in the East!

Hearing this, the Ming Dynasty official nodded, and then sent someone to enter the cabin to check and verify to prevent Nobuo Kojima from lying.

Not long after, after checking the cargo and personnel on the ship and confirming that there were no problems, he ordered Nobuo Kojima and others to dock.

Just leave a payment slip and let them go to the port management office to pay.

……

When the ship docked, Nobuo Kojima ordered Aso Taiji to watch the ship, and soon he took the others ashore, preparing to go to the direction of the Ryukyu Royal City to conduct reconnaissance information.

If he wants to assassinate Shang Wen, he must first grasp Shang Wen's whereabouts.

As the first king of a foreign vassal to actively embrace the Ming Dynasty, Shang Wen now has a very strong defense around him.

If Nobuo Kojima and others are not fully prepared, Shang On will not be easy to kill.

The first step in this preparation is to grasp Shang Wen's movements.

After all, even if you want to kill someone, you have to find where the person is first, right?
A group of people began to wander around the Ryukyu King's Castle, going in and out of teahouses, restaurants, brothels and brothels to find out the news.

The hard work paid off, and just the next day, Nobuo Kojima got the news while chatting with people at the next table.

Shang On now lives in the Ryukyu Palace and goes out every few days to accompany the admiral of the Ming Dynasty's Donghai Navy Fleet to inspect the construction of the Ryukyu military port.

When the time comes, all he and others need to do is ambush Shang Wen on the only way to travel, seize the opportunity, and kill Shang Wen with a thunderous strike.

Of course, it would be best to kill Shang Wen, but even if that doesn't work, it doesn't matter.

This time they were ordered to assassinate Shang Wen. To put it bluntly, they came to provoke and anger Ming Dynasty.

As long as there is an act of assassination in public.

As for Shang Wen, it’s best if he’s dead, but it doesn’t matter if he’s not dead.

Thinking about this, Nobuo Kojima led people back to the ship in the port, preparing to discuss the details of the assassination with everyone.

……

Capital City, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army!

Zhu Jing'an was dressed in white, his hair was simply tied up, his figure was slender, and his eyebrows were handsome.

His white clothes look simple and elegant, but they are not cheap. The clothes are made of the best Shu brocade, and the Shu brocade is embroidered with the Tuanlong pattern using the most advanced Su embroidery technology.

A five-clawed golden dragon is looming. Looking from a distance, it seems that the golden dragon is soaring in the clouds, flashing from time to time, exquisite and majestic.

As spring began and the weather got warmer, Zhu Jing'an took off his heavy cotton-padded and fur coats and put on a thin shirt.

Underneath his clothes, he looked more and more handsome and handsome.

Although Zhu Jing'an doesn't rely on his reputation to make a living, no matter who sees him at this moment, they have to praise him for his good looks.

Surrounded by a group of high-ranking Ming army generals, Zhu Jing'an strode into the Yamen of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and then entered the main hall.

In the main hall of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, a huge map hangs.

This is the entire map of the Ming Dynasty today.

Among them, it reaches Sakhalin Island in the east, Beihai in the north, Ili in the west, and NSQD in the south.

It has been ten years since the Ming Dynasty launched its army in 1776, the st year of Qianlong's reign.

After ten years of fighting and ten years of running, the Chinese begonia leaves were finally unified.

Zhu Jing'an felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

At the very least, he dared to say that after traveling through time, he did not lose half of China's territory and would not let the Manchus and Qing Dynasties compete with him.

However, on this map, several provinces in the southwest, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, etc. are marked with special colors.

Zhu Jing'an held a baton in his hand, stood in front of the map, pointed the baton to the southwest position on the map, and then spoke.

"I fought for ten years in the Ming Dynasty before the Chinese begonia leaves were unified today."

"It's a pity that the rebellion caused by the chieftain in the southwest has caused chaos again in our Ming Dynasty. The people have been separated and people's livelihood has been very difficult. This is something I cannot tolerate!"

When he said this, Zhu Jing'an's expression was extremely serious, his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

The generals on the side heard the words and said in unison. "The last general is willing to be the king's vanguard and conquer the unfaithful!"

"The last general is willing to be the king's vanguard and conquer the unfaithful!"

"..."

Zhu Jing'an nodded slightly and then spoke.

"With the order, the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army will immediately prepare for war and formulate a battle plan to conquer the southwest."

"Then the order was sent to several provinces in the southwest, asking local officials to guard the state capitals to guard against rebel attacks, prepare grain and grass supplies in advance, and cooperate with the imperial army to fight."

Although the terrain in the southwest is rugged and easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is not suitable for large group operations.

But fortunately, several provinces in the southwest are still the territory of the Ming Dynasty after all.

The important passes in and out of the provincial borders were still under the control of the imperial court.

In addition, the imperial court still holds a considerable number of state capitals in the southwest.

I dare not say more, but it is not a problem to ensure the logistics supply of the army.

Of course, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to deal with those chieftains, it would not require a large army to fight.

Even the division-level establishment does not need to be used!

It is almost enough for the troops to fight in regiments or brigades.

After all, the enemies of the Ming army this time were just a bunch of scattered chieftains.

After receiving the order, a group of staff officers from the Fifth Army Governor's Office began to formulate a battle plan.

At the same time, the cabinet was also using telegraphs to convey orders to the provincial governments in the southwest.

Let the provincial governments in the southwest be prepared to respond to large-scale military operations.

……

The Fifth Army Governor's Office was fully engaged in war preparations, and Zhu Jing'an did not rest. He left the Fifth Army Governor's Office and set off for an inspection of the newly built Beijing Arsenal outside Beijing.

In Zhu Jing'an's vision, Beizhili will be the heavy industry center of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

If this is the case, then it is natural to build an arsenal here to facilitate the arsenal to obtain local materials, produce ordnance, and reduce the manufacturing cost of ordnance.

Of course, in addition, there are also concerns that eggs cannot be put in the same basket.

The Ming Dynasty in Noda cannot only have one arsenal.

Zhu Jing'an had to find a way to spread out the Ming Dynasty's ordnance production capacity to prevent any unexpected situation from being taken over by others.

Daming can also have a record to deal with it.

Next, when the southwest is pacified, Zhu Jing'an is also planning to build an arsenal in Chengdu.

Sichuan and Sichuan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is also relatively closed.

Building an arsenal there can be regarded as leaving a retreat for future generations.

The reason why Zhu Jing'an went to inspect the arsenal outside the capital this time was because good news came from both the Nanjing arsenal and the Guangzhou arsenal a few days ago.

They made breakthroughs in the projects of breech-loading rifles and breech-loading artillery respectively.

And conducted preliminary experiments!
Now, the actual object has been sent to the capital and is ready to be displayed in front of Zhu Jing'an.

Then after Zhu Jing'an watches the display, he will issue instructions and then prepare for production as appropriate.

Zhu Jing'an drove all the way out of the capital, and then arrived at the newly built arsenal outside the capital.

After Zhu Jing'an arrived at the arsenal, he did not immediately go to watch the experimental work of new weapons. Instead, he planned to inspect several newly built production lines in the arsenal.

Including production lines for rifled guns, rifled cannons, explosive ammunition, new smokeless gunpowder and other projects.

After all, this arsenal is newly built, so its production capacity is limited and its research and development capabilities are negligible.

But Zhu Jing'an believes that this new arsenal is backed by the heavy industry center of Beizhili, and its future development may be the best.

It is worth mentioning that the production lines of the Ming army's arsenal have eliminated manual production steps in large quantities, and instead began to use steam engines and machine tools.

For example, the work of rifling artillery and muskets is no longer needed in the arsenal by master craftsmen.

Instead, the steam engine is used directly to drive the machine tool for cutting.

Since then, not only has production efficiency improved, but product quality has also been greatly improved.

Because not all master craftsmen are top-notch.

Some master craftsmen are very good at their craftsmanship, let alone drilling gun barrels and barrels. Even if you ask them to rub a machine tool by hand, it will only be easy.

To put it bluntly, their technology can control the error to less than millimeters.

The first steam engine and the first machine tool produced in Ming Dynasty were all made by the hands of these masters.

The quality is quite passable!
After the first steam engine and machine tools were available, Ming Dynasty could use steam engines to drive machine tools and manufacture steam engines and various types of machines in large quantities.

In other words, the reason why Ming Dynasty was able to enter the steam age was due to the hands of these masters.

However, some people's craftsmanship is relatively poor, and the rifling can be of different depths, which makes the produced guns and artillery very easy to explode when used.

Comparing the former with the latter, after all, the latter has more.

In order to avoid such things happening as much as possible, mechanized production is the best solution.

Many times, machines are more reliable than people.

At the very least, when the machine is operated, most of the errors are controllable.

But that’s not necessarily the case for people!

Amidst the roar of the steam engine, the friction sound of the machine tool cutting metal was still quite harsh.

Zhu Jing'an watched helplessly as a cast gun barrel was heated by a refire and then sent to the processing table.

Driven by the steam engine, the boring machine head began to rotate.

The sharp blade tip made of tungsten metal rotated rapidly, cutting and polishing the inner wall of the gun barrel, causing sparks to fly.

A skilled operator is observing the machine and making some detailed adjustments from time to time.

For example, reduce the speed to cool down the overheated cutter head.

For example, reset the machine and perform secondary processing on the uncut areas.

Not long after, a barrel was cut.

The workers used chains and pulleys to lift the barrel and move it to another machine tool for rifling.

The tools for cutting the barrel and the tools for rifling are not the same thing, and they certainly cannot be operated with the same machine.

Soon, the rifling was also drawn.

The workers once again transferred the semi-finished cannon into the quenching oil through the iron chain and pulley block.

Along with a sizzling sound, an open flame began to appear on the quenching oil, and waves of heat came over the surface.

When the quenching was completed, the artillery was pulled out of the quenching pool and moved to the open space aside to dry.

After the barrel has cooled, workers will begin to finely polish and paint the exterior of the artillery.

After being painted, the artillery still needs to be inspected, test fired, and engraved with names before it leaves the factory.

After Zhu Jing'an watched the entire process of artillery production in the Ming Army's arsenal, a heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

This is still the capital arsenal with the worst technological accumulation. The technology in Guangzhou and Nanjing is definitely more advanced.

Nowadays, Ming Dynasty's weapons production has quite a bit of industrial production style. (End of chapter)