Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 535 Southeast Asia Raiders

"But the weapons we produce are not enough for ourselves. If we sell them, don't we have even more?" Sun Meng asked suspiciously.

Li Jing smiled and said: "He who is good at fighting will win without fighting. Daming's national power is not yet strong enough to go to war everywhere. I sold weapons to the Dutch in order to deter the Dutch and make them withdraw from the southeast voluntarily." Along the coast, after the Dutch withdrew from Southeast Asia, the remaining Spaniards and Portuguese were nothing to fear.

After the two countries are pushed back, then our energy can be focused on dealing with the local indigenous people in Southeast Asia.Hey, when the time comes, the materials produced in these areas will belong to our Daming.

The materials produced in these areas plus our Daming’s porcelain, tea, and silk, I want those western countries to send money to Daming. In a few years, our treasury of Daming will be enriched. "

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Also, do you think I will sell weapons to the Dutch alone? How much money can we earn by selling weapons to the Netherlands alone? Didn't De Bauer mean the countries around the Holy Roman Empire? Is there a war?

Hehe, then let's sell our weapons to the countries that are fighting. The harder they fight, the more they will come to buy our weapons.The more weapons they buy from us, the more lively the fight will be.At that time, it was too late for them to curry favor with us, so they dared to start a war with us?Don't think he died fast enough?
As for your concern about not having enough weapons, hehe, you also heard my quotation just now. Have you ever seen such a lucrative business?After you have money, are you afraid that you will not be able to produce weapons? "

"The commander-in-chief is wise." Everyone hurriedly said.

Li Jing smiled and continued: "In fact, the biggest difficulty in selling weapons is to let people understand the power of weapons. This cannot be convinced by demonstrations, but must be tested in actual combat.

And if we want to achieve the best effect, let them suffer from our weapons. It is precisely because of the suffering that De Bauer knows that our weapons are much stronger than theirs. Therefore, when he heard that I wanted to sell weapons, he immediately agreed. Buy. "

"Damn it, isn't this a bitch?" Liu Er cursed in surprise.

Li Jing smiled and said: "That's right, these countries are indeed cheap. When they first arrived in Daming many years ago, they thought that our Ming Dynasty was weak and bully. They ran amok along the southeast coast of our country. They were warned many times by us but did not know how to repent. , It was not until we gave us a hard lesson that we began to behave with our tails between our legs. Typical bullying and fear of toughness, remembering to beat but not to eat.

Therefore, if we want not to be bullied, we have to be tough, and we can no longer think of fighting back when we are bullied at the door of our house like before. We must take the initiative to attack those countries that have bad intentions against us.

Chen Tang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, once said, "Those who commit crimes against a strong Han will be punished even if they are far away." 'How can our descendants be inferior to our ancestors?I'll change a few words to this sentence, those who openly violate the power of tomorrow will be punished even if they are far away.

As long as our emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty have this courage, then the whole world will not be the king's land, and the land will be the king's ministers, and this will be realized. "

Waving his hand, Li Jing smiled and said: "It's far away, if you want to do what I said, it won't happen in a few decades, let's solve the immediate problem first.

At present, our main opponents in the southeast waters are three countries, namely the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.

The Netherlands has suffered a lot in our hands. Although they may not be willing to accept it, they will surely retreat after seeing the power of our weapons. Moreover, we promised to trade with the Dutch, and they should be able to calculate the serious gains and losses.

The next thing we have to deal with is Spain and Portugal.

Let me first analyze the strength of these two countries. Although Spain and Portugal are not as strong as the Netherlands in terms of maritime merchants, these two countries are old maritime powers. Before the Dutch came to Southeast Asia, these two countries were coming.

Especially in Portugal, Manga was occupied during the Zhengde period, and Haojing (Macau) was occupied during the Jiajing period. The Portuguese have been operating in Haojing for hundreds of years, and it can be said that they have taken root in Haojing. Now the Portuguese are in There are more than 300 troops in the Haojing garrison, and the current governor Shi Luobao.

We don't know much about Shi Luobao, but one thing is certain, it is impossible for Portugal to appoint him as governor without ability.

Next, let’s talk about Spain. Not long after the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan, the Spaniards immediately occupied northern Taiwan and built a city in Chicken Coop (Keelung). The Netherlands launched multiple attacks on the Spaniards in Chicken Coop in order to compete for trade dominance. , but never took down the chicken coop.In fact, there are not many Spaniards stationed in Taiwan, less than 1000 people, and the Spaniards mainly focus on Luzon.

I don’t want to say more about the Spaniards in Luzon. In the 30th year of Wanli, the Spaniards massacred Chinese in Luzon. According to statistics, about 3 Chinese died in the hands of Spain. Thirty years later, you must still remember this matter. "

Seeing everyone nodding silently, Li Jing continued: "Last year I received a secret report that the Spaniards stationed in Luzon were planning to be unfavorable to my Chinese. I originally wanted Zheng Zhilong to send troops to Luzon, but Zheng Zhilong only cared about his own interests and did not listen to the imperial court's order." , that's why I want to take Zheng Zhilong. Don't think that I have nothing to do to deal with Zheng Zhilong.

There are about 4000 Spanish troops stationed in Luzon. The current governor of Spain in Luzon is called Coquera.

The situation in Portugal and Spain is roughly the same, now I will talk about my next plan.

Now Sun Huacheng's troops are deploying troops in Taiwan and are gradually advancing towards Taipei. I estimate that it will take another ten and a half days to reach the chicken coop.The Spaniards had ships, and if they were defeated by land, they would flee by sea.

We must not let any of these Spaniards go, but we will eventually do business with Spain, so we must not do this under the banner of Ming Dynasty.

Brother Sun, you send someone to deliver a letter to Brother Boya, asking him to use the banner of Zheng Zhilong to annihilate the Spaniards in the name of Zheng Zhilong.

After destroying this Spanish team, let him return to Haojing, and you send the army to support Brother Boya, and also take down the Portuguese in Haojing in the name of Zheng Zhilong.

After these two things are done, the Chinese New Year is basically over. After the Chinese New Year is over, I will have more troops in my hands. Then I will mobilize another 2 or [-] people to support you, and then I will start to deal with the Spaniards in Luzon. . "

Sun Meng nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Commander, in my opinion, we should conscript. Now our main combat force, the Jishi Army, has only 5 soldiers, which is far from enough. In fact, we have Most of the auxiliary soldiers and the original official troops are used.

After several battles, I feel that there is no problem with letting the auxiliary soldiers take the lead as the main force. After the original officers and soldiers were eliminated, the remaining combat effectiveness has also been greatly improved.

In order to improve the enthusiasm of good soldiers, I suggest that the outstanding soldiers among the auxiliary soldiers and the original official army be converted into regular soldiers, and the recruits and official soldiers be converted into auxiliary soldiers. In this way, our total number of regular soldiers can reach nearly 20 30, plus the estimated 80 million auxiliary soldiers, and recruiting 50 million new recruits, the force will not be so tense. "

Hearing this, Li Jing sighed softly and said, "I don't know that there are not enough troops now, but for 30 regular soldiers, a month's military pay, food, grass, clothing and other expenses cost more than 200 million taels of silver. More than 2000 million taels, plus auxiliary soldiers and new recruits, the military expenditure alone will be nearly 4000 million taels a year, how can Daming get so much money?"

"Speaking of which, our foundation is still too weak. This year, the commander tried every means to maintain the army's expenses. I rashly asked the commander to recruit troops. I didn't think carefully." Sun Meng sighed.

Li Jing shook his head: "As one of the five major governors, it is your duty to consider military affairs, and there is no problem of incompleteness. In fact, you understand the following situation better than me.

In this way, this matter will be decided after I return to Beijing. I want to see the revenue and expenditure of the national treasury this year. "

"Marshal, if you go back to Beijing this time by water, I will send you this year's Fujian tax money to the capital, but this year Fujian's tax collection is only more than 100 million taels, which is not as much as when I was in Jiangxi last year. I'll make it up for you next year." Liu Er said suddenly.

Li Jing smiled: "I know, you have been busy with military affairs some time ago, and only started to deal with government affairs in the last two months. You can collect more than 100 million taels in less than three months. This achievement is far beyond I was surprised. Er Leng, you have done a good job. While collecting taxes, you can also let the common people say hello, which is not easy."

Liu Er scratched his head in a daze and smiled, "I don't know how to do it either, I just do things according to the Commander's orders."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "This is your ability. There are so many magistrates in Daming, which one of them didn't follow my instructions? But only you and Dahu have the best grades.

I'm glad it shows that I've done the right job of appointing you both as chief envoys.The Chinese New Year is coming, and I will definitely not be able to celebrate the New Year with you this year. Tell me, what reward do you want? "

Liu Er Leng was a little depressed when he heard the words: "Brother, you didn't let me go to Beijing to pay New Year's greetings to you last year, and you didn't let me go back this year! Forget it, I don't want the reward. Er Leng has nothing to do with Big Brother in this life. Missing."

Li Jing waved his hand: "I ordered a carriage for you and Brother Sun, which is similar to the one I'm in. This carriage is for sister-in-law and younger siblings..."

Sun Meng was shocked when he heard this: "What? You ordered a carriage for my wife? Brother, you don't know what kind of personality my old lady has? My official position is getting bigger and bigger, and her official wife's profile is getting better and better. Daddy, if you gave her wife a car, my old lady would probably take it the next day, and if she sat in the carriage you gave her, her tail would still be up to the sky? No, no. I definitely don’t want this car. "

"Oh? Auntie still has the same temper as before?" Li Jing asked doubtfully.

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