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  Chapter 609 606 [The colonial ambition of Duke Shu]

  Zhao Han saw that Gu Jianshan was unhappy, and asked with a smile, "Why, are you unhappy?"

   "Don't dare." Gu Jianshan replied quickly.

  Gu Jianshan, as the commander of the Datong Navy, had a lot of glory in the past few years. Linjiang Water Battle, Ganzhou Water Battle, Yangtze River Water Battle...the Daming Navy lost their helmets and armor, and decided the victory or defeat of the war several times.

  Even in the Battle of Hebei, Fei Ruhe's army was invincible because the navy controlled Sanjiadiandian.

  But now, all provinces are determined, and no navy is needed.

  Gu Jianshan even regretted a little, he shouldn't have nothing to do, and wiped out the water bandits in the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, and Poyang Lake. If you support the pirates, you will not cut down the navy.

   Well, if he dares to support himself, it is not a matter of reducing the navy.

After all, he is a veteran of the Datong Army, so Zhao Han had to say a few words of reassurance: "It's not that the navy is useless, but that it doesn't need so much. It's more than enough to cut half of it. You can stay in the navy, or you can transfer to the navy." He is an admiral of the navy. However, the sea is different from the Yangtze River. Your water warfare skills are not needed in the sea. After serving in the navy, you are not allowed to intervene in the command for the first two years, and you should listen more and learn more about sea knowledge.”

  Gu Jianshan wept with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, I... I am seasick."

  Zhao Han: "..."

   You are the admiral of the Datong Navy. You have fought in water battles for ten years, and now you tell me you are seasick?

Gu Jianshan explained: "Your Majesty, I am really seasick. I don't get dizzy in the big rivers and lakes, but I am really dizzy in the sea. After the water battle in Sanjiaodian, I thought about switching to the navy and returning to the Shanghai Fleet I have visited there. I don’t get sick when I get on the boat, but I get faint after sitting for a long time. I have been on the boat several times in a row, each time lasting more than ten days, and the seasickness can’t be cured.”

  Zhao Han said: "Then you go back to Beijing to take up a post. You will serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Governor's Mansion, in charge of the navy and navy. In addition, you are from Sichuan, and you are the Duke of Shu in Jin Dynasty."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gu Jianshan was shocked.

  The Sixth Army Commander's Mansion, front, back, left, and right Zhonghai, although it has been determined long ago, it is not yet fully built, and many official positions have been vacant for a long time.

  Front, back, left, right, middle, equivalent to dividing the country into five major military regions.

   Years of wars have caused most of the army to be on the northern front, and there are regular troops in the southwest. The functions of the major governor's mansions are performed by the Ministry of War and the civil servants of the governor's mansion, and all the generals are left outside to train and fight.

  The situation of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion is somewhat similar to that of Yu Qian in the Ming Dynasty.

  As for the title, Gu Jianshan was a Marquis before, and now he deserves the title of Duke of Shu.

Zhao Han warned: "You don't have to go to sea, and you don't have to learn naval warfare skills. However, you must know the overseas situation well. The situation in Southeast Asia, the situation in Tianzhu, the situation in Persia, and even the situation in Europe and America, you have to be serious. Inquire. The earliest batch of century-old timber has been soaked for almost ten years, and warship building will start this year. Your first task is to supervise the shipbuilding. It is not necessary to master shipbuilding technology, but you must know what materials are needed for shipbuilding. How much manpower, material and financial resources. While supervising the shipbuilding, while controlling the situation in Nanyang."

   "Follow the order!" Gu Jianshan said.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Do you know which native countries and foreign forces there are in Nanyang?"

  Gu Jianshan shook his head: "I don't know."

Zhao Han said: "I asked Fujian and Guangdong merchants to report a lot of information about Nanyang, and let them compile this information into a book. A small booklet is not very thick. You should read this book first. By the way, the world map , you also need to be familiar with it.”

  Gu Jianshan followed the female officer to fetch globes, maps and books, and took them home to read slowly.

  He has a house in the city, which was bestowed by the imperial court.

  Emperor Zhao is very stingy, and it is not easy to give a house. The mansion of Gujianshan used to be the honorable garden of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor felt that the area was too large, so he directly divided the garden into four. The fence was rebuilt, and the buildings in the garden were remodeled, and then they were given to the four marquises respectively.

   "Can my husband have dinner at home?" asked his wife Cen.

  Gu Jianshan said: "At home, I went to the study, and His Majesty gave me a new job. By the way, the lintel of our house should be replaced. Please ask the craftsman to carve a signboard of the Duke of Shu."

   Cen was overjoyed: "Congratulations, husband, congratulations, husband!"

   Cen was married by Gu Jianshan in Ganzhou, the daughter of a Hakka gentry. Due to leading soldiers outside the country all the year round, Gu Jianshan doesn't have many sons and daughters, and he only has one son and one daughter so far.

   Coming to the study, Gu Jianshan first looked at the globe.

   This thing was made by Zhao Hanren, and it belongs to the latest version. Even New Zealand has a mark, and New Zealand was discovered only a few years ago.

  America is still so deformed, South America is very big, and North America is very small.

  Australia, also ridiculously small.

  Gu Jianshan first found China, and then determined the location of Nanjing. Then to the east, you see North Korea and Japan. To the south, see Taiwan and Qiongzhou. Continuing to the south, it is Luzon.

   Turning his gaze, he saw Annan.

Gu Jianshan muttered: "Annan, who is fart bigger, is actually divided into two. I heard that this place is rich in rice. If I become the left commander of the navy, I will ask the emperor to occupy Annan. It is said that Annan is full of miasma, high mountains and forests. We can send troops from the sea and transport the Datong army to capture the coastal cities, and we can guarantee that every strike will be accurate."

   Continue to check the globe, and soon Gu Jianshan discovered that the South Philippine Islands were marked as Spanish forces.

  Gu Jianshan knew that Luzon was taken from Spain after a war with Spain a few years ago. Where is the mainland of Spain?

  Gu Jianshan looked towards America subconsciously, and was immediately surprised that Spain has such a huge territory in America.

   No, why is Spain's territory in the east? Isn't Spain Spanish barbarians?

   Alas, Zhao Han held several court meetings to let the officials know about the world situation, but Gu Jianshan has been leading troops outside and did not attend. There are also relevant books in the army to allow the generals to understand the world situation by themselves, but the generals only care about the situation in the northern border.

  Gu Jianshan turned the globe, looking all the way west, and finally found Spain in Europe.

  The mainland is only this big?

  This is a snake swallowing an elephant!

  So, Gu Jianshan became interested in Europe, and soon discovered that Portugal has a smaller land area.

  It can be found in Brazil and Portugal in South America.

  There are also East Africa, and India, and the sporadic Portuguese colonies have completely confused Gu Jianshan.

   "How do Portuguese monarchs and subjects govern so many scattered enclaves?" Gu Jianshan was puzzled.

   After studying the globe, Gu Jianshan opened the map again.

   To be precise, it is an atlas. All major countries in the world have simple introductions, and the information comes from the dictation of missionaries.

  Germany and Italy are densely packed with small countries, and the ancient sword mountain is a little dizzy. He doesn't think this is a decent country, it's obviously a warlord separatist regime, and those soldiers must be self-proclaimed kings.

  What the **** is the Papal State?

After reading the introduction of the Pope's Kingdom, Gu Jianshan couldn't help laughing and said: "So it's the Pope of the Christianity, just a leader of a magic stick, who actually established a country and even has an army. A group of foreign monks are fighting with firecrackers? The White Lotus Sect and others That's all."

  In addition to eating and sleeping, Gu Jianshan has been reading materials for the next half month.

  He is familiar with the world situation, but he can completely follow his own understanding. The Pope is regarded by him as the leader of the White Lotus Sect, the European Principalities are regarded as a warlord force by him, and the Emperor Shenluo is regarded by him as the Son of Heaven.

  Safi Persia, Gu Jianshan pays special attention to it, this is the hometown of Persian girls.

  Although Gu Jianshan did not take concubines, he also raised Nanyang servant girls. He looks good and has a good figure, but unfortunately his skin is a bit dark, and he bought it for thirty taels of silver. He has always wanted to buy a Persian girl, but the price is too expensive, and he can't afford it without corruption.

   After carefully reading the situation in Persia, Gu Jianshan discovered that Persia had been at war with the Mughals of India for a long time.

   Let’s look at the Mughals again. In such a large country, how can there be a colony of the small country of Portugal?

   No!

  Gujian Mountain is associated with Macau, where the Portuguese used to live. Portugal's colonies in India, like Macau, must have been leased from the Indian emperor.

   Lease land, let maritime merchants do business to make money, and collect customs duties at the port. Is this the way of European colonization?

  The ancient sword mountain sweeps towards South India, where it is not the Mughal land, but split into ten countries. These ten countries, according to the data, include at least hundreds of states. The data also said that the ten countries in the south are rich in gold, cotton and grain.

Gu Jianshan thought to himself: "If I control the navy, can I also occupy several Tianzhu ports? The emperor sent civil servants to collect taxes in the port, maritime merchants to do business in the port, and the navy to occupy the sea there. These are all military achievements. Ah, the navy has battles to fight, merchants have money to make, and the emperor and civil servants have benefits too. Cotton production decreased last year, and prices rose sharply. If you occupy India, you can get a lot of cotton."

"The books say that Portugal is dead. The Dutch colonies in Tianzhu were all snatched from Portugal, and Malacca was also snatched from Portugal. Then pick the soft persimmon of the Netherlands and **** all the Portuguese colonies in Tianzhu. In this way, there is no need to fight with the Tianzhu countries, anyway, it is Portugal's territory that is being robbed."

   "But Malacca is very important. This is the hub of the east-west sea route. If you don't take this place, you will be stuck in your throat. Therefore, the basis for the expansion of the Datong Navy is to capture Malacca controlled by the Netherlands!"

   Gu Jianshan, who has a half-understanding of the world situation, comprehended the colonial thought on his own, and quickly made Malacca his primary goal.

   This guy was born as a water bandit in Poyang Lake, but he is not a reckless person. He was born as a scholar of the Ming Dynasty.

   As a scholar, he has led the army in battle all year round, and his brain turns very fast.

  It's only been half a month, and I actually thought of going to India for colonization.

"No, I have to go to Guangzhou to learn more about the Netherlands," Gu Jianshan mused, "The Netherlands is so small that it can be an enemy everywhere, so there must be something unique about it. The Dutch navy must be very sharp, too. To start a war with it easily, you have to find an opportunity to give it a fatal blow."

  (end of this chapter)