warring states careerist

Chapter 889 Seven Years Later

Seven years after the meeting in Fengchi.

In this year in the far west, it was the year of the Olympic Games. A referee played in person and won the championship of the racing competition.

And in the Central Plains thousands of miles away, something similar to the referee's appearance also happened... The referee Mohist, who holds the power of public opinion and the right to adjudicate whether it is righteous or unjust, accused the country of Yue of various unjust acts. In order to punish the injustice, the king of Yue sent envoys to plead not to punish them for injustice, but it didn't seem to work, and a large number of troops began to gather towards the Huaihe River.

There may be satirists in the world who say: The injustice of the Yue country is not because of its injustice, but because of Qin's attack on Xihe, Zhao Zhan Zhongshan, the death of the king of Chu and the chaos of the princes, and the resumption of wars, the country has no time, so the more injustice.If not, the unrighteous thing has already happened, why do we have to say it today?
This year, comets streaked across the sky.

20 years ago, people all over the world thought it was an omen, but today Sishang is preparing for the war, while taking advantage of this rare opportunity to observe with a telescope. The giant said that it was just an ice ball whose tail was blown out by the sun. People of all stripes who watched with telescopes believed it.

However, most people in the world still think that this is an omen, an omen that the world is about to go into chaos.

Jiangnan, Qimin County, Minzhong County.

The seven Fujians have been famous in ancient times. The so-called responsibility of Xia officials is to identify the people of the state, the capital, the contempt, the four barbarians, the eight barbarians, the seven min, the nine raccoon dogs, the five Rong, and the six Di.

Seven Min is not Yue. In history, the Yue Kingdom began to move southward on a large scale after the country fell. At this time, the Yue Kingdom had no chance to move south.

Minzhong County has become a big port these years, and there are even ships that have traveled thousands of miles away for trade. There will be a lot of people who are eager to get rich gathered here.

Nowadays, the morality of the Mohist school is more and more popular with those who are eager to make a fortune: as long as it is not forcible, as long as it is not obstructing the rights of others, self-interest is altruism, and selling more goods is equivalent to making the workshop owner sell more. If you make a fortune and are in line with morality, you will naturally like it.

There is a stone statue standing on the port in central Fujian. The stone statue has a very obvious feature, one eye is wearing a blindfold.

The person represented by the stone statue did not die. After setting sail from here and finding a new route to the island of sunrise, he made a great contribution, so he took the initiative to make a request-to build a stone statue of him, to be passed down through the ages.

Those who seek to make a fortune here also respect this stone statue, not only giving them a chance to make a fortune, but also because this person has a great life... so big that he participated in the exploration of India and initiated the search for the road to copper, gold and silver. The matter of the route to the island was successful, and he did not die at sea. Of course, such a fateful person deserves respect, and it may also bring him some good luck.

The stone statue stood on the pier, and the people on the pier were busy at this time.

This is not only the only way from Panyu to Yuedi, but also the starting point for the Eastern Airlines to Jinyintongdao. Most of the goods going from south to north pass through here.

There were no pirates at this time, because the development of the surrounding area was too low, and the Mohists almost monopolized all foreign trade. It was difficult to gain a foothold as a pirate without the support of hostile powers.

In addition, selling stolen goods is also a problem. Apart from hiding in Zhuxia and Kyushu, other places are still in the primitive era of poor mountains and rivers, and there is nowhere to hide.

There are a few settlements on the big island opposite Fujian, but they are not a place outside the law, and even those settlements are half begging, half using tax-free self-government to force some people to go there. Otherwise, who would run outside these years?
The most profitable thing in today's trade is actually the population. All kinds of large-scale plantations organized using the advanced farming techniques of the Central Plains require labor. This kind of behavior is strictly prohibited in Zhuxia and Kyushu. The laws are strict, and some businessmen have taken risks. South lane.

Although they are all contract long-term workers after notarization, there is no slave status, and they may not be able to live for ten years. Zhuxia's citizenship rights, but generally they will soon be reduced to extreme poverty, and then go to work in workshops or re-enter large plantations as hired labor.

In fact, this kind of trade was also discussed at the Congress of the Law of the Peoples.

Those who hold opposing opinions believe that this matter is harmful to the people. Even if they did not capture it themselves, it would incite the local states to fight each other to capture it, which is contrary to the morality of the world.

Those who support opinions believe that this matter is beneficial to the people. First, it can increase the total wealth of the world, so that the people can buy cheaper sugar, grain and various urgently needed minerals.

Secondly, those who support these opinions believe that since the Promised Land is divided into nine levels, those who are still slash-and-burn and use stone tools should go to the next level of Promised Land as quickly as possible, and the long-term trade is the most effective way. means.

Thirdly, if more manpower and money are needed to be educated, then taxes must be raised, otherwise, who would want to go to such a place to be educated?Besides, there are not enough cadres in Zhuxia and Kyushu, so under balance, there are priorities.

In the end, it is said that this is the quickest and most effective way for them to enter civilization without raising taxes, and it can also enable the people to get cheaper goods, and so on.

In the end, at the Manmin Law Conference, the decree allowing long-term labor trade was passed with 230 votes in favor, 150 votes against, and 120 abstentions, but many regulations were made for this trade.

Of course, the regulations are ridiculous. There is only a difference between having and not having this kind of thing, but in order to prevent people from going to Sishang to compete with local hired workers for profit, this kind of trade is strictly prohibited from crossing the Yangtze River.

Relying on all kinds of strange trade methods and the advantageous location of Minzhong County, Minzhong has developed rapidly in recent years, and there are more and more ships.

At this time, the workers on the wharf were loading and unloading a ship of cane sugar, which was purchased by the Sishang government. In recent years, Sishang has expanded its army, and the demand for cane sugar has surged.

One is that it is distributed as rations as a welfare comfort for soldiers, and the other is that sucrose has more energy than food, and when necessary, sugar will be used to replenish energy between battles, so the government purchases a large amount of sugar every year.

At this moment, a heavy bell rang in the distance.

After three loud bangs, a group of soldiers quickly entered the pier. The people on the pier looked at the place where the bell rang in the distance, put down their work in unison, and gathered towards the square near the pier.

It was like rehearsing many times, and there was no panic.

Two quarters of an hour later, the crowd erupted into a buzz.

The war has begun, and the country of Yue has started a war.

At this time, the order on the stage was coming to an end, and one thing that was closely related to the people present was to "recruit all registered ships, all registered sailors, and all those who have retired within three years. Reported by the local armed forces."

Someone shouted: "Our ships are all merchant ships. Without oars, we can't fight."

The people on the stage shouted: "The supply and logistics. What's the problem? If there is no problem, all the ship owners and the captains of the chamber of commerce will go to the county office for a meeting."

It was expected to go to war with various princes, and everyone was not surprised.

After the Fengchi meeting seven years ago, everyone knew that it was impossible to eliminate soldiers from all over the world. There would definitely be a big war, but they didn't know when.

Once the war started, soldiers who had retired within three years would definitely be recruited. Whether it was Nanhai or Sishang, every family had service experience. This was compulsory, and they were no strangers to these things.

But it was all land battles before, and there had never been a situation of recruiting ships.

The purpose of merchant ships is to maximize profits. They carry a lot of cargo and are almost unarmed. Only the sailors on board carry muskets.

Of course, this is enough for surrounding trade, in fact, it is even enough for some illegal traders who capture "long-term workers".

There are only a few princes with naval forces in the Xia Dynasty, Yue, Mo, Chu, and Qi.

The navy of Qi State has been destroyed, and it was not allowed to rebuild within a few years, so far it has not regained its vitality; the navy of Yue State has the ability to fight at sea, and the navy of Chu State is good at fighting in the big river.

Regardless of Chu or Yue, the combat environment predestined that Zhuxia's naval forces would be dominated by sailing warships, and battles between gangs and ships were still the mainstream.

A purely sailing ship used to transport goods is not suitable for combat, and it is easy to be captured and slaughtered, because no oars means poor steering, and poor steering in water warfare is tantamount to death.

This time all the ships were conscripted for the transportation of luggage. Everyone thought, how large-scale a big battle is this going to be?

It's just the country of Yue, is it worth mobilizing so much power?
More than ten days later, a fleet of boats appeared on the sea of ​​Fujian Zhongwai.

The boat in the front was huge, about thirteen or four feet long and two feet wide. Besides the sails that merchant ships must have, there were some long oars sticking out from both sides.

This is the main battleship of the Sishang Boat Division, improved from Wuyue's warship, with added sails and retained oarsmen.

There are 150 oarsmen on the ship alone. These oarsmen are all professionally trained, and they can't be recruited at any time to serve.

The ship is also equipped with fourteen bronze cannons, the bow has a ram, and the front is equipped with a hook designed by the public transport class back then, which is used for boarding battles.

This is an improved version of the building ship, and it is also the main force of the standard offshore and inland river warfare.

On the boat, Shugui Tianzhi proudly took off his naval uniform without collar and rank, and put on a woolen navy uniform with a colonel's collar just issued.

He is not the captain, but he just takes this ship. To be honest, he doesn't like the name of the ship very much, because...it's a bit unlucky.

The name of this building ship is "Yuhuang", which sounds domineering at first glance, but in fact, because of the allusion, the name of this ship is not very auspicious.

Yuhuang was the name of the flagship of the Wu State during the Wu-Chu War. When it was a fateful fate, it was first captured by the Wu State in the shipboard battle, and then captured by the Wu State's night attack. It didn't take long before it sank in the Wu-Yue War. .

The reason why this ship is called Yuhuang is that the state of Wu has disappeared, and most of the first sailors after the ship was built were from Wu, so it was named after Yuhuang.

(End of this chapter)