Chapter 200 Day's Ambition
When the two of them learned that the Folangji Empire had already divided the earth into two with the Spanish Empire, one to the west and the other to the east, and divided the colonies in large numbers. Now they had circled the world and met in the South China Sea. The vassal states that forced the Ming Dynasty to surrender to them, and some people who did not follow were directly destroyed by them, the anger in their hearts could be imagined!
This is a damage to the authority of the Celestial Empire and an invasion of the Ming Dynasty!
Any Chinese man would pause his feet when he heard about this, and his eyes were red and he would speak loudly!
How can we allow the Red-Feeded Yi to be so rampant and treat our Ming Dynasty as nothing?
Fuck it!
Therefore, Jin Ke and Wang Rulong can fully understand Zhao Hao's ambitions. This is due to the dignity of the arrogant people in the Celestial Empire!
Zhao Hao pressed the straw hat on his head and sighed, "Actually, this should be the court's business, but the two must have a deep feeling. It would be thankful that the court would not hold back. But it would be a dream to rely on the court to establish a powerful navy and go overseas to fight."
"Well..." The two of them nodded dejectedly. How did they and Zhu Jue get kicked out of the military camp?
Isn’t it just that General Qi thought the Northern Army was arrogant and slack, and wanted to transfer Zhejiang troops into Beijing as a model soldier, and then some former subordinates to help him train troops? In the eyes of the civil service group, this was simply a rebellion and was regarded as a rebellion! If it weren’t for the protection of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Tan Zhongcheng, the general would probably have returned to his hometown to fish!
How could civil officials guard against military generals like thieves? How could they agree to use the whole country's strength to build an invincible fleet that sails thousands of miles away without a trace? Is that going to scare them to death?
Besides, how many bad things are there in the Ming Dynasty? In the eyes of the nobles in the court, which one is not more important than building a navy? After all, the Ming Navy is still unrivaled in the Beiyang. Who would really care about sea and sea power?
"Since the court cannot count on it, we can only do this by ourselves." Zhao Hao said clearly for the first time: "But there are too many constraints in China. Even in Jiangnan, there are many eyes staring at us, looking for us everywhere, and we can't do it with great fanfare."
"Besides, we always hide it, it's not a big deal! If the reputation is not right, the words will not go well, and if the words are not right, the things will not go well!" He waved his hand and pointed to the blue bay at the foot of the mountain and said:
"How great it is here. The sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish leaps! We do whatever we want. We are the king of Danluo Island! Only the army brought out in such a place will have the domineering aura of no other than me, and will not be as cautious as in China and will be unhappy!"
"Yes." Jin Ke focused on it, which was something he had always been worried about.
An army must have a clear identity, but the security team members have always been confused in this regard. Are they identities? Hospital guards, bodyguards or private armed forces? But in order not to attract attention, the group always hides this aspect and never has a clear definition.
This made Jinke very worried.
At present, the security team members have been trained by strict military regulations and devils, and have lost their ability to think and become combat machinery that is prohibited.
But people's adaptability is terrible. When they become veterans and think about military rules and training, they will restore their thoughts and begin to think that they are just joining the army to earn wages. Why do they have to sacrifice their lives? No matter how high the salary is, they must have a life-saving spending. If they die and become disabled, what's the use of how much pension is to give?
Once this idea spreads in the army, the security team's fighting will fade sharply. In this way, when fighting a downwind battle, it can still maintain a high combat effectiveness. However, when fighting a downwind battle, the army will suffer from diarrhea faster than anyone else!
This is the idea of soldiers who are deeply hated but cannot be eradicated.
In this regard, the prescription prescribed by General Qi was to inject the idea of national integrity and defending the country into the minds of officers and soldiers, so that the soldiers knew why, for whom, and were proud of their sacrifices.
But obviously, the security group cannot take medicine according to the prescription because it is not right - how could the security members of the Jiangnan Group realize that they are fighting for the nation and the country? It's too hard to be difficult.
Brainwashing that cannot resonate will not only fail, but also have side effects.
Jin Ke couldn't think of a good idea, and Wang Rulong didn't. But since Mr. Zhao had long realized the importance of legitimate reasoning, I believe he had already had a solution to it!
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"I am optimistic about Chengshanpu." Zhao Hao said to the two firmly: "It's great here, the pattern is big enough. Eagles strike the sky, fish swim in the shallow bottom, and all kinds of frost sky compete for freedom!"
He paused and said, "As for the problem of shelter from Brother Jin, it is not difficult to solve. We have a magical artifact like cement, and the stone on the island is inexhaustible and inexhaustible. When the windshield wall at the port is built, two zhang is not enough to repair three zhang. What's the big deal?!"
"As long as the young master is willing to spend money, any problem can naturally be solved." Jin Ke smiled embarrassedly.
"Don't worry, this investment will definitely not be lost." Zhao Hao smiled faintly, then turned to look at Wang Rulong and said, "As for Brother Wang, why can't you be in the same place as the transit port in Dajing County? First of all, confidentiality and security cannot be guaranteed!"
"Yes." Wang Rulong also thought about it at this moment, scratched his head and said with a sneer: "If we share a port with civilian ships, then how many ships we have, how many cannons on the ship, how many people, how many ships we go out and how many ships we are in the port, people can see clearly. And it is difficult to stop spies from infiltration and sabotage."
"Yes, the location of the naval base is very particular. First of all, it must be located in a strategic location. Shiroyamaura faces Japan and guards the portal of Japanese pirates going west. Once something happens, it will be two days faster than responding from the west of the island! So its strategic position is far better than Dajing."
"At the same time, natural conditions must be natural good harbor. In addition to being freezing and not being attacked by natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis, there should also be many islands as natural barriers to form natural good harbors surrounded by mountains and waters and calm winds. The so-called 'surrounding mountains and reliable defense'."
Mr. Zhao is now becoming more and more powerful and his words are becoming more and more precious. It is very rare to talk like this now. It can be seen that these words have been brewing in his heart for no reason, and he must speak up.
"But the coastline of Danluo Island is too straight. A port like Chengshanpu with two mountains as gateways is already the most suitable place on the island. Fortunately, the conditions of this Sunrise Peak are too good, which can greatly make up for the weakness of not being surrounded by mountains."
"In addition, various supporting facilities such as military ports, dry docks, barracks, military farms, etc. will occupy a large amount of land and excellent commercial ports, which will seriously limit the development of civil ports and even restrict each other." Zhao Hao finally said in a deep voice:
"Of course, the military port is located in Dajing County, and the logistics pressure will be much smaller. However, it is less than 20 miles away from Jingyi County, and the basic logistics support is still supported. But I don't deny that in Dajing County, the soldiers' lives will be a little more colorful." Zhao Hao finally asked back: "But is this a question that our fleet should consider?"
"Don't consider it." Wang Rulong hurriedly shook his head into a rattle and said, "For those who are in the army, you must stay away from the bright lights and wine. The simpler life is, the better."
"Well, it's not bad. This Danluo Island is a place for combat preparations. When you return to China, you will enjoy it. We will have plenty of holidays for the soldiers." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "If you change your defense every six months, you won't suffer from homesickness, right?"
"Half a year is too short..." Wang Rulong was halfway through his speech, and suddenly realized that this policy was actually to train soldiers and train more qualified security team members. He nodded and said, "I understand."
After all, the Japanese pirates are just the whetstone used by Mr. Zhao to train troops, and their real opponent is in the south!
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"Why do young masters value Japan so much?" Jin Ke was concerned about another question. Zhao Hao set his base in the east of Jeju Island. Obviously, the main energy of this fleet in the future is to focus on managing Japan.
"Because our future fleet depends on them to pay for it." This is another topic that Zhao Hao is very interested in. He smiled and said to Jinke: "A medium-sized black-tailed ship costs 800 taels of silver, and we have a premium of 2,000 taels. With all kinds of artillery, it costs 4,000 taels. Many people already think that this is burning money. But do you know? In the Portsmouth yard in the UK, a double-deck light Garen ship costs 80,000 taels of silver. This is just the price of an empty hull, plus fifty-five main guns, and countless Flores and circumferential cannons, with a total price of more than 100,000 taels of silver."
"Ah..." Jinke Wang Rulong and his two almost fell off their chins. Only then did they know why a Portuguese warship could repel Zeng Yiben's fleet.
Because a ship is more expensive than his fleet. If he can't beat his fleet, why do he have to spend such a high price to build a large warship? How much is it cost-effective to build a dozen cheaper ones?
"The Spanish treasure ship of the Spanish Empire is as expensive as 200,000 taels of silver." Zhao Hao sighed. He had not told the two of them the cost of the third-class, second-class and first-class ships that will appear in the future.
In the future, the cost of a first-class ship's naked ship will generally be more than 300,000 silver. The third-class ship, which is the main force of the fleet, will also cost more than 150,000 taels of silver.
The high cost of shipbuilding is enough to drag down any empire, let alone a mere Jiangnan Group Mr. Zhao?
"But these giant ships must be built!" The two heard Zhao Hao say in a deep voice: "There is no morality at the sea, it is the prey of the weak! If we want to go out in the future, we will inevitably have conflicts with the two empires of Florence and Spain. And it won't take many years to come, the fleets of the Netherlands and Britain will also come in a flood and break into our golden sea with endless wealth!"
"Although I don't want to destroy my might and develop ambitions from others. But I want to tell you a fact that thanks to the civil servants, our shipbuilding technology is already behind Europe. The only one who can compete with the Garen ship is the Garen ship, so we must also master the same warship, otherwise all the ambitions will be empty talk!"
Chapter completed!