Chapter 8 Duck Commander
Whether in terms of time or space, this extraordinary battle is too long.
The huge war expenses made Jiangnan Group, a big dog dealer who had mines at home and dozens of gold, silver and copper mines digging together, felt pressure. He could only issue stocks and bonds and pass on the cost to survive.
However, the benefits of this war were also huge. The South Ocean was recaptured, the Indian Ocean became the inner sea of Ming Dynasty, and control of the African coast was also obtained. It also received a claim to Brazil... The Ming Dynasty finally completely surpassed Zheng He's achievements two hundred years after Zheng He and caught up with the Age of Discovery!
In addition, without the stimulation of this war, Nanyang would not have developed so quickly.
Because the Nanyang Ocean is closer to the front line, especially after the South Indian Ocean route was opened, it only took more than two months to get the cargo ships from the Sunda Strait to the Cape of Good Hope, which was half shorter than before. Therefore, the group placed a massive order of military and logistics supplies to various administrative regions in the Nanyang.
With stable large incomes in various administrative regions, they have money to engage in infrastructure, safeguard people's livelihood, and allow immigrants to survive the initial difficult period. They also allow the industry and commerce of administrative regions to take shape quickly. Businessmen from all over the country came to the news, the market was prospering rapidly, and the economy entered a positive cycle...
In just eight years, it has achieved brilliant achievements of blossoming everywhere and immigrating tens of millions!
Although everyone was deeply tired, they were inspired by the continuous victory and have been able to hold on until today.
After hearing the good news brought back by Yilin, Yimu and Yimori were relieved. But Director Cai is worthy of being a senior official and soon returned to his calmness.
"Isn't that Philip II very arrogant? How could he put his face down and ask for peace?"
"It's not a delaying strategy, right?" Yimori asked. All fools knew that whoever asked for peace first would wash his neck and wait for slaughter.
"It shouldn't be, because something big happened in Europe." Cai Yiling paused and organized the next language:
"Brother should know that although Europe believes in Catholicism, it is divided into public sects and prose sects. In the eyes of public sects, Protestant heresies are more evil than pagans and must be burned to death. They think so and do the same. In short, in Europe, sectarian conflicts are now the most acute conflicts."
"Well." Cai Yimu nodded. He often learned that because of the decay of the Roman Catholic Church, some European countries abandoned the church from the bottom up and began to pray directly to God, without intermediaries to make a difference. This is the so-called Protestantism.
Moreover, Spain, Portugal and others are all vested interests of the Roman Catholic Church. For nothing else, they have to support the church to the end in order to maintain the Pope Meridian that divides the world. In short, these countries still regard the church as the spokesperson of God and firmly safeguard the Roman Catholic Church.
As the greatest vested interest of the church, Spanish King Philip II was naturally also a fanatical church supporter. His persecution and discrimination against the Netherlands had a lot to do with the general belief in Protestantism among the Dutch.
Another base camp of Protestantism, Britain, signed the Treaty of Nansach with the Netherlands in 1585 AD, that is, the 13th year of Wanli, and decided to fully support the Dutch's war against Spain's motivation.
In the eyes of Philip II, this was Britain declaring war on him. However, at that time, he was beaten by the Ming, Portuguese and French coalition forces, which made his fleet unable to leave the Strait of Gibraltar, so he could only let his sister-in-law be rude first.
"But the Queen Elizabeth of England became even worse. In the first month of this year, she actually knocked down her niece, Queen Mary of Scotland, who believed in Catholicism." Cai Yilin gestured with a beheading gesture.
"This woman is so cruel..." Cai Yisen said.
"Can a woman not be cruel to be an emperor?" Cai Yimu commented.
"That's right." The little brother shrank his neck and thought of Wu Zetian and his own editor-in-chief Ma.
"Now Philip II can't bear it anymore. Everyone knows that he has been instructing Queen Mary to oppose her aunt behind his back. Now Elizabeth has openly chopped off Mary's head. If he, the leader of the Catholic Church, does not respond, who will still hang out with him in the future?" Cai Yilin continued:
"Philip II was also a terrible move when he assassinated William the Silent. The Netherlands are now making a fuss. Moreover, France is Catholic, but in order to compete with Spain, they also help Protestant countries deal with him. Now Philip II has finally come back to the scene. He is the son of God and has no ability to fight on the four fronts. Moreover, because we blocked the Atlantic Channel, his treasure fleet has not transported silver to the Americas for many years. This has caused the people's livelihood in Spain to decline and a great famine..."
"Yes." Cai Yimu nodded and said, "I understand, he really can't stand it."
"Yes, he knew at this time that face is important or inner strength is important." Cai Yilin drank all the soda and said, "For Philip II, if you continue to waste time with us, there is no value anymore. Moreover, Portugal is a Catholic country. If you can't swallow it, it's better to stop and free up your hands to deal with the real enemy."
"The principle of getting along with far and near is suitable for attacking each other." Cai Yisen smiled and said, "Will we withdraw our troops from Europe?"
"There should be half of it, and half will be left. According to the commander-in-chief's instructions, I will maintain a long-term military presence in Europe, of course, only at sea." Cai Yilin said with a smile: "If the Spanish can pay a good price, it is not uncommon to help them fight the British."
"The big boss is really afraid of the British." Cai Yisen supported his glasses. He remembered that the British captain Drake who was sailing around the world and more than 200 British sailors under him were executed by the big boss for pirates at the same time, and it was executed immediately.
That was also the only time Zhao Hao had openly interfered in the judiciary, although it was still legal in procedurally...
"The commander-in-chief attaches great importance to the Dutch, and the British can only rank second." Cai Yilin said lightly: "He ordered us to firmly stop the fleet of sea coachmen from sailing out of Europe and do everything possible to destroy Amsterdam's shipbuilding and shipping industry."
"I didn't expect that Spain could only rank third," Cai Yimu sighed.
"No, France is the third one." Cai Yilin smiled and said, "If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't for the fact that it was too weakening Spain and not in line with the commander-in-chief's strategy, we wouldn't just keep their fleet at home."
"That's how..." Although Cai Yimu and Cai Yisen didn't understand it very much, they were both shocked. The big boss's temple calculation level is that heifers are sitting on electric wires, and Niu Boyi is carrying lightning all the way...
The three brothers were talking when they suddenly felt the carriage stop.
"Have you arrived?" Cai Yilin asked.
"No, the management committee is not close to the dock." Cai Yimu said, lifting the curtain and looking out, and couldn't help but smile: "Oh, I'm giving way to the Duck Army."
"Duck Army?" Cai Yilin also heard the rattle outside the car. He looked out and saw that good guy, at least tens of thousands of ducks, were lined up to cross the road, Wuyang and Wuyang could not see the beginning and end. It looked like a large army was driving.
"Academies of agricultural sciences in various parts of Nanyang have been promoting compound agriculture over the years." Cai Yisen has followed up and reported it, and said as if he had known it:
"For example, traditional mulberry fish ponds, rice fields, and this kind of duck-rice symbiosis model. The duck commanders of the commune duck farm take the duck army to shuttle through the paddy fields of each production team every day at dawn. The duck army can eat most of the bugs in the rice fields, eat weeds, but do not harm rice. Moreover, when traveling in the fields, it is equivalent to intercultivating the soil, which is very beneficial for rice root growth. In addition, duck flour is also an excellent fertilizer that can help rice grow."
"The rice fields also provide sufficient water and abundant food for the duck army, which saves a lot of feed, and produces a large amount of duck eggs and duck meat for members, which complements each other." Cai Yimu continued with a smile: "So the Management Committee specifically stipulates that when the duck army crosses the road, all pedestrians and vehicles must give way."
"Second brother, why do ducks be so obedient? Will they succeed if they are chickens?" Cai Yisen asked with a smile.
"If your second brother is really simple when his limbs are developed?" Cai Yilin said with a blank look: "Because the ducks are waterfowls, like geese, and like organized actions. The chickens are more casual."
"This is the content of the ninth lesson of "Elementary Biology", I remember it." Cai Yimu also smiled and said with admiration: "The principal is really a pedantic and eccentric person, and he knows everything."
"That is, science is truly a learning that breaks all ignorance, and it is also a learning that is practical and practical!" Cai Yisen said deeply: "And it is a learning that can truly save the Ming Dynasty!"
"Haha, this argument is so familiar." Cai Yilin couldn't help but smile and said, "Isn't this the article "Science Revival of China" that reporter Cai Dacheng became famous?"
"That's right." Cai Yimu also cleared his throat and recited: "Zhang Juzheng's reform cannot save Daming, and the second ancestor cannot save Daming even if he reborn. Because the Chen-Chen has been together for two hundred years, no one can solve the problems accumulated in a hundred generations!"
"But that is just unsolvable in the traditional ruling, but unsolvable to the old-style emperors and generals!" Cai Yilin then said apologetically:
"Breaking out of the thousand-year ruthlessness of self-restraint, come to the wider world, look at our overseas administrative regions, and you will find the answer."
"The answer is to reconstruct our country by building a more efficient, reasonable, accurate and fair social organization method!" The three brothers said in unison.
These words not only express their thoughts, but also express the voice of the entire group. This is the new world Zhao Hao wishes to them!
"It's just this new world, including the entire Ming Dynasty?" Cai Yilin suddenly asked quietly as he looked at the duck army lined up in a row.
"Of course." Cai Yisen said with a sharp gaze through the lens: "Otherwise, what's the point?"
"That's too difficult." Cai Yimu frowned and sighed.
The carriage equipped with rubber tires slowly started along the asphalt road paved with natural asphalt, but the three brothers stared at the north for a long time and were reluctant to look back.
Chapter completed!