"I heard that our chief manager was almost intercepted by the Dutch outside Jianye Port a few days ago?" Hu Wenjin asked with a smile while standing on a watchtower on the mountain.

Jianye Port Coast Guard Captain Zhang Jiawen was startled, shook his head and said: "It was quite a fluke at the time. If it hadn't been for encountering the Yangming, and later using the Divine Fire Flying Crow to ignite a Dutch warship and scare away another one

.Maybe the Dutch will really be blocked at sea!"

"Haha..." Hu Wenjin chuckled a few times, and then said: "Our chief manager is blessed with auspicious stars and great fortune! From now on, he will really be the destined emperor of our Hanzhou!"

"After a hundred years of becoming the Commander-in-Chief, it will be natural for the General Manager to inherit our position as Commander-in-Chief," Zhang Jiawen said.

"In the future, when we build a country in Hanzhou, the commander-in-chief will be the king." Hu Wenjin looked at the sea in the distance and said softly.

"That's natural." Zhang Jiawen replied casually.

Hu Wenjin turned his head and glanced deeply at Zhang Jiawen, feeling a little impatient in his heart.

"How are your legs now?" Hu Wenjin asked.

"I've been lame for more than four years. I'm used to it." Zhang Jiawen subconsciously touched his right leg and said with a smile: "Back then, if you hadn't kicked me on the ship, I might have been hit by a cannonball on my back.

It cost my life. Speaking of which, you saved my life."

"Back then, I subconsciously kicked you to the deck. I didn't know that I could save your life." Hu Wenjin patted Zhang Jiawen on the shoulder, "At that time, although we were precarious, we lived comfortably.

Live a free and unrestrained life. We are together every day, and we feel like brothers."

"But it was miserable at that time!" Zhang Jiawen said: "On the sea, Liu Xiang, the thieves, made things difficult for us. When we were working hard, we were put in front, and when we were dividing things, we were left behind.

Next. If the Commander-in-Chief hadn’t proven his progress back then and dealt with it properly, he would have been tricked to death by those pirates long ago!”

"Yes, the commander-in-chief is capable and ambitious, and we all obey him." Hu Wenjin said: "In the future, if there is a junior commander-in-chief, he may also have his demeanor. Then we will enjoy the blessings!"

"Haha..." Zhang Jiawen smiled and said softly: "Maybe the commander-in-chief will have another daughter!"

"Then...what if I give birth to a son?" Hu Wenjin looked into Zhang Jiawen's eyes and said.

"..." Zhang Jiawen looked at Hu Wenjin calmly and said, "That's naturally good. The commander-in-chief will have a queen!"

"After the great commander-in-chief becomes king, his son will also be our crown prince of Hanzhou."

This was made very clear, and Hu Wenjin wanted to persuade him to support Cao Xiong's unborn son as the future leader of Hanzhou.

"I..., I will obey the commander-in-chief's arrangements." After a long silence, Zhang Jiawen said in a low voice.

"The commander-in-chief values ​​feelings. Sometimes, you may not be embarrassed to take back what you say." Hu Wenjin said quietly: "We old brothers need some actions and words of support from the commander-in-chief."

After hearing this, Zhang Jiawen's expression changed, he sighed slightly in his heart, and turned to look at the sea in the distance.

"I will definitely obey the decision made by the commander-in-chief... Whoever is the commander-in-chief, I will obey him."

"That's natural." Hu Wenjin said.

After coming down from the watchtower, Hu Wenjin couldn't help but look up and frowned.

After walking a few steps, a person caught up behind him. He didn't say anything and followed Hu Wenjin silently.

"Lao Zhang said that he only listens to the commander-in-chief." Hu Wenjin said.

"Haha..." Guan Zongxiang smiled, "Who in Hanzhou dares to disobey the general."

"...He will not persuade the commander-in-chief." Hu Wenjin said: "He is an honest man. He will only obey whatever arrangements are made by the superiors."

"We are all honest people." Guan Zongxiang paused and then said: "Otherwise, we wouldn't have been forced to come to Hanzhou."

"An honest person must also earn his life!" Hu Wenjin said: "Not only must he earn his own life, but he must also earn his own life for future generations?"

The corners of Guan Zongxiang's mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did not speak.

"Old Guan, you are in charge of the Black Guards, which is equivalent to our Jinyi Guards in the Ming Dynasty." Hu Wenjin said: "I heard that from Lord Hongwu to the current Lord Chongzhen, few of the commanders of the Jinyiwei died well. New

When the emperor comes, he has to clean up the officials left behind by the old emperor, don’t you think so?”

When Guan Zongxiang heard this, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes. He did not respond and continued to remain silent, following Hu Wenjin as he slowly walked towards Jianye City.

In the shipbuilding yard not far from Jianye Port, Qi Tian and Cao Xiong were inspecting the repair of war-damaged ships and the construction of new ships.

With more than a year of development, the Jianye Shipbuilding Yard has nearly 800 craftsmen and apprentices of various types. It has built two huge shipyards and three parallel slipways. In theory, three ships can be built at the same time.

Boat.

Two fast cruising warships of more than 400 tons have been built continuously, and their practicality and reliability have been proven in actual combat. Next, the shipyard will continue to build a warship with a displacement of 600 tons, hoping to continue to outstanding

In addition to its fast cruising ability, it can also increase its firepower and protection.

"Xiaotian, when you met the Dutch when you returned home that day, you should throw all the wild buffalo into the sea as soon as possible." Cao Xiong said: "Sometimes, in order to survive and keep opportunities for yourself, you need to be willing to abandon them."

"I thought that the sea was vast and the Dutch could not stop them. They could easily drag them into the night." Qi Tian smiled bitterly, "Who would have thought that with only two ships, the Dutch could almost overwhelm our Yangbo at sea.

, we are indeed too far behind the Dutch!"

"Yes, we may have to wait many years before we can catch up with the Dutch."

"If our combat skills are not good enough, then we will fight them to the limit of consumption, emigrate, and build ships." Qi Tianfa said harshly.

"Xiaotian, in fact, with our current reserve of sailors, even if we build a warship, we may not have so many people to operate it." Cao Xiong said: "If we rely heavily on the captured Portuguese and Dutch, we will

We are not worried."

"Uncle, there is an ocean outside Hanzhou. All we can rely on is an increasing number of ships, and they are powerful professional warships." Qi Tian said: "If we don't have enough sailors in reserve, we will train a large number of them.

Line immigration has begun to operate. In the future, our Hanzhou will welcome a steady stream of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. With our current transportation capacity, we can bring back at least 6,000 immigrants a year. In this way, our manpower will show a rapid

Increasing trend.”

"In addition, as a consumable in war, warships are bound to be damaged or even sunk. This requires us to ensure that there are some war reserves in the naval force. We would rather leave equipment waiting for people than to wait for people during a war crisis.

, there is a phenomenon of people waiting for equipment.”

After hearing this, Cao Xiong suddenly came to his senses. Due to the huge size of the warship, he always regarded it as a very valuable strategic material. Now, Qi Tian said this, the warship is nothing more than a larger weapon, so naturally it should be as big as

Artillery and muskets generally have a reserve. When they are needed urgently, as long as people are equipped with them, they can go to sea to fight.

"However, we still need to build a kind of immigrant ship specifically for transporting people." Qi Tian said: "This kind of ship can not consider cargo shipments or force protection, and can be suitable for long-distance transportation of immigrants as much as possible. The environment on the ship must be improved.

"The speed must be a little faster." Qi Tian considered that using conventional armed merchant ships to transport people would be very uncomfortable for immigrants under the above conditions, and it was also one of the reasons for the high death rate on the road to a certain extent.

"Indeed, we must build a few more large ships specifically for transporting people. When sailing on the sea, the wind is high and the waves are rough. It would be a pity if you died on the road in vain!" Cao Xiong nodded and said.

"Moreover, it is best for the supply points on the road to be shorter in distance." Qi Tian said: "Between Hanxing Island (today's Miyako Island in Japan) and Midway Island (today's Palau Koror Island) in Ryukyu

The distance is a bit far. We should find another secluded island near Luzon to serve as a transit point between the two places. In this way, the voyage between all nodes on the eastern route will not exceed seven days."

"Two exploratory flying fish ships followed Dajiang and the others near the Ming Dynasty. One exploratory flying fish ship was looking for a new immigration point south of Weihai (today's Cairns, Australia). The last flying fish ship traveled between Hanzhou and Xinxiang Fort, Weiyuan Fort (today's Cairns, Australia).

The connection between Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) and Dog Island (now Christmas Island, Australia). Today, there is no flying fish boat that can carry out exploration to Luzon." Cao Xiong sighed.

"How can everything in the world be perfect? ​​The completion of a small number of experimental immigrants on the Eastern Front this year has exceeded our earliest expectations." Qi Tian smiled and said: "Moreover, no one can threaten us on this voyage. However, we still

Be careful to avoid the Spanish's annual trade fleets traveling to and from the Pacific."

"With this eastern immigration route in Hanzhou, the Dutch can't do anything to us." Cao Xiong was also shocked. "Even if we huddle in Hanzhou, we will immigrate in large numbers every year, clearing wasteland, farming, and building buildings."

You can live your own life well if you have a room."

After hearing this, Qi Tian shook his head and said solemnly to Cao Xiong: "We should try our best to negotiate peace with the Dutch later. Just farming and eating will not make Hanzhou strong. We not only need the Ming Dynasty's market, but also the entire Nanyang

Even the Indian market in the future. Only by simultaneously developing industry and commerce and expanding overseas can we in Hanzhou develop faster and better."

Farming and eating is a typical agricultural society, and agricultural civilization is naturally involution.

The logic is not complicated. The core of agriculture is to plant crops on all the land. At the beginning of each dynasty, there are more land than people, so they can grow whatever they want, so they are prosperous. Generally, a prosperous age will appear at the beginning of a dynasty. But as time goes by

As time went on, the land gradually became less and less cultivated, and finally the land completely exceeded the limit of population. That was when the Malthusian sickle began to be activated, and the dynasty collapsed completely in its final years.

Industrial civilization and commercial civilization have an impulse to expand and use expansion to solve involution.

The reason is not complicated. Businessmen must make profits. If one field reaches the Red Sea, naturally some people will choose to break through to other fields to obtain the "first mover dividend". Therefore, every time the technology is exhausted, there will be new fields to explore.

Every time energy is exhausted, new energy will be generated. The power of business lies in stimulating everyone's potential to explore uncertain areas.

And the core of commercial civilization is not cost, but "revenue minus cost". Why could Zheng He stop doing business after his voyages to the West? Because the purpose is not to do business, only consumption and no profit. It all depends on financial support. When financial support is no longer available,

If it moves, it won't be able to play any more.

The Western colonists relied on a few sampans to go to America, India, and the Far East. Although it never went smoothly, the profits were always positive, or in other words, there were profits in most years, so they could get bigger and bigger.

In the future of Hanzhou, agriculture will be the root, industry will be the foundation, and commercial expansion will be the main focus. It will try its best to expand outwards. In addition to obtaining the living space needed by future generations, it will also sell industrial products to promote the entire country.

Industrial development and progress.
Chapter completed!