Zhao Han saw that Gu Jianshan was unhappy and asked with a smile: "Why, are you unhappy?"
"I don't dare." Gu Jianshan replied quickly.
As the commander of the Datong Navy, Gu Jianshan enjoyed great glory in the past few years. The Linjiang Water Battle, the Ganzhou Water Battle, the Yangtze River Water Battle... the battles caused the Ming Dynasty Navy to lose their helmets and armor, which determined the outcome of the war several times.
Even in the Hebei War, it was the Navy's control of the Triangle Lake that made Fei Ruhe's army invincible.
But now, all provinces are settled and there is no need for navy.
Gu Jianshan even regretted that he should not have been idle and wiped out the water bandits in the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, and Poyang Lake. If the bandits respected themselves, they would not have laid off the navy...
Well, if he dares to respect himself, it won't be a matter of cutting down the navy.
After all, he is a veteran of the Datong Army, so Zhao Han had to say some words of comfort: "It's not that the Navy is useless, but it's just that we don't need as many of them. Cutting them in half is more than enough. You can continue to stay in the Navy, or you can transfer to the Navy."
As a naval admiral. However, the sea is different from the Yangtze River. Your water warfare skills are of no use in the sea. After joining the navy, you are not allowed to intervene in command for the first two years. You should listen more, watch more and learn more about sea knowledge. "
Gu Jianshan said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, I...sickness."
Zhao Han: "..."
You are the Admiral of the Datong Navy. You have fought water wars for ten years, and now you are telling me that you are seasick?
Gu Jianshan explained: "Your Majesty, I am really seasick. I don't feel faint in rivers and lakes, but I am really dizzy in the sea. After the battle of Triangle Lake, I thought about switching to the navy and returning to the Shanghai Fleet.
I visited there. I didn’t get sick when I first got on the boat, but I got sick after sitting for a long time. I took the boat several times in a row, each time for more than ten days, and my seasickness couldn’t be cured.”
Zhao Han said: "Then you should return to Beijing and serve as the left governor of the Navy Commander's Office, in charge of the navy and navy. In addition, you are from Sichuan and were granted the title of Duke of Shu in Jin Dynasty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gu Jianshan was shocked.
Although the Sixth Army Governor's Mansion, front, rear, left and right, Zhonghai has been established long ago, it is not yet completely built, and many official positions have been vacant for a long time.
The front, back, left, and center are equivalent to dividing the country into five major military regions.
However, successive years of war have resulted in most of the troops being deployed on the northern front line, and only the southwest region has regular troops. The functions of the major governor's offices are performed by the Ministry of War and the civil servants of the governor's office, while the generals are left outside to train and fight.
The situation in the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion is somewhat similar to when Yu Qian was in power in the Ming Dynasty.
As for the title, Gu Jianshan was previously a marquis, and now he deserves the title of Duke of Shu.
Zhao Han warned: "You don't have to go to the sea, and you don't have to learn naval warfare skills. However, you must know the overseas situation well. You must study the situation in Nanyang, Tianzhu, Persia, and even Europe and America seriously.
Ask around. The earliest batch of century-old wood has been brewed for almost ten years. Warship building will begin this year. Your first task is to supervise shipbuilding. You don’t have to master shipbuilding technology, but you need to know what materials are needed for shipbuilding.
How much manpower, material and financial resources are there to supervise the shipbuilding and control the situation in Southeast Asia at the same time."
"I obey!" Gu Jianshan said.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Do you know what native countries there are in Nanyang and what foreign forces there are?"
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 asked people to compile this information into a book. It is not a very thick booklet. You should finish reading the book first. By the way, the world map
, you should also be familiar with it.”
Gu Jianshan followed the female officer to get a globe, a map and a book, took them home and read them slowly.
He has a house in the city, which was given by the imperial court.
Emperor Zhao was very stingy, and he was not happy to give him a house. The mansion in Gujianshan was once a garden for nobles in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor felt that the area was too big, so he divided the garden into four parts. The walls were rebuilt and the buildings in the garden were renovated.
Then they were given to the four marquises respectively.
"Husband, can you eat at home?" asked his wife, Cen.
Gu Jianshan said: "At home, I went to the study. Your Majesty gave me a new job. By the way, it's time to change the lintel of our house. Please ask a craftsman to carve a sign for the Duke's Palace of Shu."
Mrs. Cen was overjoyed: "Congratulations, husband, congratulations to your husband!"
Mrs. Cen was married by Gu Jianshan in Ganzhou, the daughter of a Hakka gentry. Because he was leading troops abroad all year round, Gu Jianshan did not have many children, and he only has one son and one daughter so far.
When he came to the study, Gu Jianshan looked at the globe first.
This thing was man-made by Zhao Hanrang, and it is the latest version. It is even marked in New Zealand, which was only discovered a few years ago.
The Americas are still so deformed, with South America being particularly large and North America being particularly small.
Australia is also ridiculously small.
Gujian Mountain first found China, and then determined the location of Nanjing. Then to the east, we saw North Korea and Japan. To the south, we saw Taiwan and Qiongzhou. Continuing south, we reached Luzon.
Turning his eyes, he saw Annan.
Gu Jianshan muttered: "The bigger Annan is actually divided into two. I heard that it is rich in rice. If I become the left commander of the navy, I will ask the emperor to take over Annan. They say that the miasma is everywhere in Annan, and the mountains are high and the forests are high.
Secretly, we can send troops from the sea to transport the Datong Army to capture coastal cities, ensuring that every attack is accurate."
Continuing to check the globe, Gu Jianshan soon discovered that the Southern Philippine Islands were marked as Spanish forces.
Gu Jianshan knew that Luzon was taken from Spain during the war with Spain a few years ago. Where is the Spanish mainland?
Gu Jianshan subconsciously looked towards America and was immediately shocked. Spain has such a huge territory in America.
No, why is Spain’s territory in the east? Isn’t Spain a Spanish barbarian?
Alas, Zhao Han held several court meetings to let officials understand the situation in the world, but Gu Jianshan always led troops outside and did not participate. There are also relevant books in the army, allowing generals to understand the situation in the world on their own, but the generals only care about the situation in the northern territories.
Gu Jianshan turned the globe and looked westward, finally finding the Spanish mainland in Europe.
Is the mainland so big?
This is a snake swallowing an elephant!
As a result, Gu Jianshan became interested in Europe and soon discovered that Portugal's land area was even smaller.
But in Brazil and Portugal in South America, there is a huge area.
There are also scattered Portuguese colonies in East Africa, India, and Gujianshan is completely confused.
"How can Portuguese monarchs and ministers rule so many scattered enclaves?" Gu Jianshan was puzzled.
After studying the globe, Gujianshan opened the map again.
To be precise, it is an atlas. There are simple introductions to the major countries in the world. This information comes from the oral accounts of missionaries.
The densely packed small countries in Germany and Italy made Gujian Mountain feel dizzy. He didn't think they were serious countries, they were obviously warlords, and those soldiers must be self-proclaimed kings.
What the hell is the Papal States?
After reading the introduction of the Papal State, Gu Jianshan couldn't help but laugh: "It turns out that he is the Pope of Christianity, just a leader of a magic stick. He actually founded a country and even had an army. A group of foreign monks fighting with firecrackers? The White Lotus Sect and others
That’s all.”
In addition to eating and sleeping, Gu Jianshan has been reading information for the next half month.
He was familiar with the world situation, but he understood it completely according to his own understanding. The Pope was regarded by him as the leader of the White Lotus Sect, the European principalities were regarded by him as a warlord force, and the Emperor of Shenluo was regarded by him as the Emperor of Zhou.
Saphi Persia, Gujian Mountain pays special attention to, this is the hometown of Persian girls.
Although Gujianshan did not have any concubines, it did have Nanyang maids. They were good-looking and in good shape, but their skin was a bit dark. They bought them for thirty taels of silver. He had always wanted to buy a Persian girl, but the price was too expensive.
You can't afford it without corruption.
After carefully reading the situation in Persia, Gujianshan discovered that Persia had been at war with the Moguls of India for a long time.
Let’s look at the Mughals again. In such a large country, how could there be a colony of the small country Portugal?
wrong!
Gujian Mountain is associated with Macau, where the Portuguese also lived in the past. The Portuguese colonies in India must have been leased from the Indian emperor, just like Macau.
Leasing land, allowing maritime merchants to do business and make money, and collecting customs duties at the port. Is this a method of European colonization?
The ancient sword mountain sweeps towards South India, which is not the Mughal land, but is divided into ten countries. According to the data, these ten countries include at least hundreds of princely states. The data also says that the ten countries in the south
A country rich in gold, cotton and grain.
Gu Jianshan thought to himself: "If I were to control the navy, would I be able to occupy several Tianzhu ports? The emperor sent civil servants to collect taxes at the ports, maritime merchants did business at the ports, and the navy occupied the sea there. These are all military achievements.
Ah, the navy can fight, the merchants can make money, and the emperor and civil servants can also benefit. Last year, cotton production was reduced, and the price rose sharply. If we occupy India, we can get a lot of cotton."
"The book says that Portugal is in ruins. The Dutch colonies in Tianzhu were all snatched from Portugal, and Malacca was also snatched from Portugal. Then we should pick up the soft persimmon of the Netherlands and snatch all the Portuguese colonies in Tianzhu.
! In this way, we don’t have to fight with the Tianzhu countries, and we are still grabbing Portugal’s territory anyway.”
"But Malacca is very critical. It is the hub of the east-west sea route. If we don't capture this place, it will be like a chokehold. Therefore, the fundamental of Datong's naval expansion is to seize Malacca, which is controlled by the Netherlands!"
Gu Jianshan, who was half-informed about the world situation, understood colonial ideas on his own and quickly made Malacca his primary target.
This guy was born as a water bandit in Poyang Lake, but he was not a reckless person. He was a scholar of the Ming Dynasty.
He is a scholar, he leads troops in battles all year round, and his mind works very fast.
In just half a month, I actually thought of going to India to colonize.
"No, I have to go to Guangzhou to learn more about the Netherlands," Gu Jianshan pondered. "The Netherlands, a small country with enemies everywhere, must have its own uniqueness. The Dutch navy must be very sharp, too.
If you start a war with it easily, you have to find an opportunity to give it a fatal blow." To provide you with the fastest update, 606 [The Colonial Ambition of the Duke of Shu] is free to read.
