After Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, he initially established the capital Hetuala, also known as Xingjing.

Later, after capturing Shenyang, the capital was moved to Shenyang and renamed Shengjing.

Now that the Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Xianxing, it was in line with the Qing Dynasty's custom to rename it Xianjing.

Neither Jierhalang nor Hauge had any intention of competing with Dorgon on this false reputation, so they agreed.

As for Fulin, just be a mascot, so I don't dare to raise any opinions.

that's it.

The Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Hamhung, Hamgyeong Province, and most of its power also moved to the Korean Peninsula.

Time enters May.

Taking advantage of the good weather, Dorgon led several confidants to Vladivostok to inspect the large-scale ships built by the shipyard.

The person responsible for the construction of shipyards and seagoing ships was Rafson, a Western missionary who originally preached in Korea.

This person has been preaching in Nanyang, Guangzhou, Japan, and Korea for more than ten years. He has not developed many believers, but he has become familiar with Eastern culture and has developed a good foundation in Chinese characters and Chinese. He can even speak a little Japanese and Korean.

Lee's Korea was more resistant to Western missionaries than the Ming Dynasty.

Raphson had been living in Korea for several years. Seeing that it was difficult to spread the glory of the Lord, he originally planned to move to another place, but he was attracted by the Qing court.

He first contacted the Dutch for the Qing court and purchased several firearms such as matchlocks and red barbarian cannons.

Later, he reached an agreement with Dorgon - he recruited people to help Dorgon build shipyards and large ships, and the Qing government allowed him to preach and build churches in the country.

In order to complete the task as soon as possible so that he could go on missionary missions, Rafson was very attentive to building ships in Vladivostok.

There is no shortage of giant trees in the old forests of Northeast China that can be used to build large ships, but it takes some time to store the wood.

Two or three years later, Raphson finally built several large-scale ships.

"Your Majesty, please take a look. This is the most popular Galen ship in the West. It can be equipped with forty or fifty naval guns. Even Spain and the Netherlands only have a dozen such warships in the East."

Dorgon stood next to the dock and looked up at the tall warship. While satisfied, he was also secretly proud of the wise decision he made a few years ago.

He turned around and asked, "Is it okay for this battleship to go to Japan?"

Raphson smiled and said, "Japan is only so far away. With this battleship, we can get there in one day if there is a favorable wind. Even if we want to go to Southeast Asia or the Americas, there will be no problem."

Dorgon nodded, and then felt a little regretful.

This battleship is good, but it is too expensive to build. With the artillery and so on, it cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

And it’s quite time consuming.

This time the Vladivostok Shipyard only built this one.

Dorgon looked at another larger ship.

Upon seeing this, Raphson immediately introduced: "This transport ship was built according to the prince's requirements. If squeezed, it can carry three thousand people. Of course, for normal transportation, more than a thousand people are most suitable."

In Raphson's view, if this kind of pure transport ship enters the ocean without the protection of warships, it will be the prey of pirates.

At first he did not advise Dorgon to build such a large ship, but Dorgon refused to listen, so he was too lazy to persuade him again.

"A ship can only carry three thousand people?" Dorgon frowned after hearing this, "Can't it be built larger?"

"This..." Raphson hesitated and explained, "It is possible to make it more natural, but it will also cause more problems."

"Besides, if you want to build a larger sea-going ship, you may have to go to the West to hire more skilled shipwrights. It will take at least two or three years to go back and forth."

Raphson also knew that the Qing government built large ships so that they could not escape during the war.

Ask someone to spend two or three years, and build the ship for another year and a half. By the time it is completed, the Qing Dynasty may be gone.

Sure enough, Dorgon frowned even more tightly. He thought for a while and said: "Then build ten more large ships like this."

Raphson stared at this, "Oh, Lord, this is really crazy...My lord, I must remind you, this is not a good idea."

"With so many large transport ships, there must be enough frigates, but the Qing Dynasty currently only has one battleship, three frigates, and dozens of gunboats."

Dorgon said displeased, "Priest Rafson, we'll pay for it, you just have to build it, don't worry about the rest."

Raphson spread his hands, "Okay, I understand - I hope you can defeat the evil Wei people."

Later, Dorgon personally boarded the ship and looked up and down before leaving.

···
Nanjing.

Forbidden City, Tianxin Palace.

Liu Sheng was looking at the map again—a map of the entire Da'ei area.

Since Damei conquered the Northeast last year, two new provinces, Liaoxi and Liaodong, were established.

The Western Liaoning Province mainly includes a large area of ​​land west of the Liao River. In addition to various guard posts south of the former Ming-Liao Great Wall, there are also many Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall who submitted to Da'ei.

It roughly includes Chengde, Chaoyang, Fuxin and other places in later generations.

As for provincial governance, Jinzhou was chosen.

This place is on the bank of Xiaoling River, not far from the seaside and not far from Daling River.

At the same time, it was also an important town for the last few dozen businesses in the former Ming Dynasty. It is quite suitable to be the governor of Western Liaoning Province.

Liaodong Province currently covers a large area east of the Liao River, but the actual control area is actually the former Ming garrison south of the Liao Great Wall.

The provincial government is naturally located in Shenyang.

Speaking of which, because the Qing Dynasty had already prepared for it, the population in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning was extremely small.

Western Liaoning was better - when Dawei captured Western Liaoning, although the Qing government had expected it, they did not expect it to be defeated so quickly. Moreover, they still resisted at first, so naturally they had no time to forcibly relocate the people.

But before Damei attacked Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty had plans to abandon Liaodong and moved most of the people away early.

According to the news from Liaodong, there may only be a few tens of thousands of people in Liaodong Province at present.

"Constructing Liaodong has a long way to go."

Looking back from the map, Liu Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

Liaodong has a sparse population and is the front line for future battles with the Qing army. Naturally, its governance methods cannot be the same as those of inland provinces.

Therefore, Liaodong Province is currently mainly under military control.

In terms of administration, only one provincial government team and a few county government teams were dispatched - this was mainly done to lay the foundation for Liaodong so that it could continue to enrich the population in the future.

However, there are still a hundred or two hundred years left in the Little Ice Age, and even the peak period of the coldest climate is still several decades away. The Damei imperial court will not immigrate to Liaodong on a large scale at the moment.

Within a few decades, the only way to replenish the population would be to exile criminals.

To be honest, when Liu Sheng discussed the governance and construction issues in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning with the Government Affairs Council, he somewhat understood why the Ming court gave up certain lands.

It was not that the emperor did not want to own more territory, but that he wanted to maintain possession of certain places. At the time, it was indeed worth the loss.

Of course, Liu Sheng came from a later generation and knew that the Little Ice Age would eventually pass.

Moreover, there are also ways to survive in severe cold places - no matter how cold it was in Liaodong during the Little Ice Age, it couldn't be colder than the north of the Greater Khingan Mountains in later generations, right?
In addition, the current development and application of coal in Dayei has exceeded that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in history.

There is coal, and there will be railways in the future. Liaodong will definitely not be lost again like the Ming Dynasty. (End of chapter)

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