Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"My lord, now Dongning can manufacture four plywood gunboats with [-] raw materials every six months." Ma Yuan reported to Zheng Kezang, relying on the huge amount of raw materials from the dismantling of Shi Lang's ships, Dongning's various ships The farm can produce for several years regardless of losses. "Among them, the former Boy Scout Shipyard can occasionally build two notification ships of about [-] materials. If the current establishment of ten [-] materials warships and two notification ships of the Dog Fighting Team is used as a model, then before June this year , the Taijiang team will be able to complete the change."

"In this way, even if the establishment of each team is expanded to twelve plywood ships with three thousand materials and three notification ships with one thousand materials, it can be completed within this year?" Zheng Kezang asked, and Ma Yuan gave affirmative reply. "The speed of shipbuilding is still too slow. If the four shipyards can only launch one plywood gunboat in half a year, then increase the number of shipyards." Zheng Kezang instructed that large-scale land-based harassment is already difficult to be effective. However, if the naval equipment can no longer be improved, then Dongning's good life will not last long. "How did the four of you stand alone back then, and now you can let Yimao and Bingchen become teachers in two phases."

"Yes." Ma Yuan replied. "I will arrange it after I go back, and at least two new shipyards that can produce plywood boats will be added within this year."

Zheng Kezang nodded in satisfaction, and then asked: "How is the progress of the iron bone warship?"

"A ship with thousands of materials has been launched." Since this is the first attempt, Zheng Jun Shipyard has no experience in how to produce iron keels. At the beginning, either the keel was deformed or the screw rivets and iron nails were reserved. Fortunately, the iron keel can be returned to the furnace if it is scrapped, so the loss is not large. After the initial mastery of the technology that should be mastered, it is found that it is too troublesome to transport the iron keel from the iron smelting workshop. Iron smelting furnaces and casting facilities were added to the site, and everything was finally in order, and a long time has passed. "The other [-]-material gunboat has also finished casting the keel, and is preparing to lay the ship's planks. I plan to wait until the gunboat has no problems after the trial sea, and then proceed to produce [-]-material and [-]-material large plywood ships."

"It's an old-fashioned move to seek the country." Since he was crossing the river by feeling the stones, Zheng Kezang could not express any objection to Ma Yuan and others' caution, but the supply of iron materials was still insufficient, so he had to consider the relationship between supply and demand. . "Have you estimated how much material is used to produce a [-]-material iron-frame ship?"

"12 catties of iron are used to make the iron keel of a ship with 20 materials, and [-] catties of iron are used to make the iron keel of a warship with [-] materials. Based on this calculation, the iron keel of a ship with [-] materials should be [-] catties, and The iron keel of the [-] material ship is estimated to be around [-] catties."

12 catties, 20 catties?Zheng Kezang clicked his tongue. In this way, the iron materials he and Yantiesi grinded are only enough to produce a [-] ship for half a year, and it is only enough to produce three [-] ship and two thousand materials for a year. Used by the notification ship.

"So, in the first half of this year, Qing will produce at most one ship with [-] materials and one with [-] materials?" Zheng Kezang guessed that this is one of the reasons why Ma Yuan and the others had to go step by step. "It's hard to walk." Zheng Kezang sighed after getting Ma Yuan's confirmation. "By the way, won't this affect the sailor's outfit change?"

"Return to the Lord, no." Ma Yuan explained. "Because of the consideration of the production of large ships in the future, a new Da'ao was specially dug. The craftsmen were also transferred from various shipyards, so it has nothing to do with the original production of warships."

"Are the [-] material and [-] material ships built according to the model of the Frangji Galen ship in Tadao Harbor?"

"I have discussed with Tang Tong, Wu Hu, and Li Ping, and I feel that it is still difficult to rush to Galen with their abilities, and it is a bit cramped to use Galen's shape to talk about four thousand materials and five thousand materials. It is better to build three-masted schooners and fore-masted three-masted ships first, and then build full-sail ships after building larger ships with more than [-] materials. It is not too late to take the shape of Galen"

"The entry of the brigade of the Qing army into the three southeast coastal provinces has made the old tactics of the feudal clan useless to seize the sea and plunder the population." Zheng Kezang inspected the naval shipyard and immediately held a military meeting to discuss the next step for the mainland. battle plan. "I think that the current large-scale combat may be replaced by small-scale harassment below the post."

"I believe that the purpose of the Qing government's restoration of the three major naval divisions is not only to compete with the vassal for the Fujian Sea, but also to attack Dongning again. Therefore, in the future, we should not focus on land operations," Huang Chuxu made it clear about Sun Youlao's suggestion. be opposed to. "Instead, we should take the three major naval forces as the enemy, give priority to destroying them and delay their reconstruction."

"I think that Zhoushan should be taken from the north at this time." Yan Daoji stood up and suggested. "Now that the main force of the Qing Dynasty is pressing southward, the south of the Yangtze River is empty. As long as Zhoushan is occupied, the vassal can easily enter and leave the south of the Yangtze River and deter Hangzhou and Lake. Not only can it further mobilize the power of the Qing army, but it can also collect sea taxes from the nearby merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Taking Zhoushan is not as good as going south to Qiongzhou." Qiongzhou not only has a large registered population, but also has many Dan people who Zheng Kezang pays attention to, and its defense force is relatively weak. "This vassal once occupied Qiongzhou, and the terrain is familiar, but now the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong Province is the Xianggui Green Camp, and the terrain is not familiar with it, so the location is advantageous to me; in addition, although the waterway between Qiong and Lei is very narrow, after all, we have to cross the sea , just take advantage of the advantage of the navy to block it."

Navy advantage?Zheng Kezang frowned. Zheng Jun's navy may have some advantages over the Qing army, but this advantage is based on the fact that the Qing army's navy was completely destroyed and there were not enough warships. The number of ships is not large, and Zheng Kezang cannot afford to suffer losses in the battle.

"Qiongzhou is remote, so it may not be possible to mobilize the main force of the Qing army." Zheng Kezang was still thinking, and here he listened to Tang Shenzhi's support for Yan Daoji's suggestion. "Jiangnan is a place of wealth. Once it is shaken, it will definitely frighten the Qing court and let the anti-Qing people in the world know that there is still a possibility to revive it. To do this, occupying Zhoushan is a prerequisite."

"The Qing government sealed off the sea for a long time, and there were not many people living in Zhoushan. If the feudal clan manages Zhoushan, the first thing is to transport it thousands of miles away, which will cost a lot of money." Maying tends to fight against the southern front, so she criticizes Zhoushan's plan. "If the Zhejiang Navy and the Zhenjiang Navy are attracted to attack together, the Navy's navy will be scattered across the sea for thousands of miles. How can the Zhoushan alone be able to stop it?"

"Since we have to do our best to gain a foothold in Zhoushan, is it possible that the Penghu team alone can prevent Qinglu from boarding Qiongzhou?"

Hearing that several navy generals who were born in boy scouts tended to attack each other, Zheng Kezang coughed lightly immediately, and immediately suppressed the audience's awe, so Zheng Kezang looked at Wu Shu: "Wu Qing, are you Chief of the Military Academy, what's your opinion?"

"I think Zhoushan and Qiongzhou have their own advantages." Wu Shu said haha, Zheng Kezang's move to clean up Liu Guoxuan made him quite alert, so he didn't fight for power with Lin Sheng and Hong Gongzhu on weekdays. Even today, it is still mainly mixed with mud. "Of course, it is not unfeasible to harass the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong with a small group of soldiers."

"After all, our clan is weak now." Hong Gongzhu couldn't hold back anymore, he said. "It's better to focus on the strategy."

The so-called weak power in Dongning does not actually refer to the Lu division. Although the total number of the Lu division is only [-], the reorganized Six Division is still slightly stronger than the Zheng Jun when Zheng Jing just went west. It is worse than before, and unless Zheng Kezang can allow those Zheng troops who had surrendered to the enemy to return to the army, this situation will continue for a long time.

"It seems that Zhang Huangyan's old department is still there in Zhoushan." Lin Sheng is also inclined to the plan of going north. "Or you can contact the department."

"It's not like these people haven't been contacted by the clan before, but what is the effect?" It is one of the reasons why various anti-Qing forces failed one after another in the late Ming Dynasty, so He Gan is not optimistic. Contact the local anti-Qing forces in Zhoushan for suggestions. "Furthermore, I think that even if we send troops to Zhoushan, it is better to invest only a small amount of force, so as not to be careless for a moment and damage the foundation of our vassal."

This is a difficult problem. Without enough manpower, Zheng Jun can't let go of his hands and feet, but to obtain the necessary manpower, naturally he can't expect to bring back five or six, seven or eight people from the South China Sea Rim. If the Han people in the mouth return, they can only find a way on the mainland, but in that case, the war will be inevitable.

"Small groups of raids can neither conquer the city, but also are easily trapped by large groups of Qing troops. It seems that the loss will not be great, but it may not be unreasonable." Since the navy cannot go ashore, all those who go ashore come from Lu was transferred from the division, so the Zuo Yong guards commanded Yang Bokang to endure it for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it back. "It is better to fight big or not fight at all than to attack a small group and get hurt."

"No?" Huang Chuxu shook his head anxiously. "Then what will happen once the navy divisions of the three provinces of the Qing army come to attack together?"

"Navy divisions from three provinces?" Cai Qi'an, commander of the right military guards, agreed with Yang Bokang's opinion. "Firstly, it will take time for the Qing court to restore the navy, and secondly, the Battle of Jieshi caused the Guangdong Navy to hide in the Pearl River, and the Min Province Navy to hide in the Ma River. How can this be countered?"

"That's why we want to occupy Zhoushan," Yan Daoji repeated the old tune. "It's better to get rid of the Zhejiang Provincial Navy in Zhoushan first."

"It's not that easy." Maying shook her head. "Zhejiang Province has many water systems and many ports. How do you know that the Qing army will definitely fight to the death in Zhoushan Ocean? How can we be sure that the Qing army will not escape into the Yongjiang River after the defeat? Even if this domain can close the Yongjiang River for a long time to prevent the Zhejiang navy from going to sea, don't we care about the Minhai Sea?"

Minhai is the foundation of Zheng Jun, so naturally he cannot ignore it, but Yan Daoji is still unconvinced: "It is not the same as going south to Qiongzhou that cannot guarantee the safety of Minhai."

"Big difference." Maying obviously has a plan in mind. "The Guangdong Navy was just defeated in Jieshi, and it will not be able to rebuild for a while, so it doesn't take much force to control Lei Qionghai Road."

"It makes sense." Zheng Kezang nodded. As long as there is more than half a year, it is enough for Ming Zheng to move back tens of thousands of people and necessary resources from Qiongzhou. Impossible to be combative. "Then it's settled." Zheng Kezang scanned the crowd, even if some originally objected, they all bowed their heads and listened at this moment. "There are many typhoons in June and July. In order to avoid the windy season, the Fan Fan will send troops at the end of the month. As for Zhoushan?" Zheng Kezang pondered for a while. "After being selected by the people of the country of prison, they will be ordered to visit Zhoushan with the edict of the country of prison"