Easy things.

"From now on, you are all glorious soldiers of the Ning Navy. Your real designation is the Ning Navy Yecheng Garrison Regiment!"

Cheng Shijie is actually also thinking about a problem now, that is, it is a bit confusing for Ning Haijun to adopt the Ming Dynasty's military system, especially for Ning Haijun's naval forces, like Li Zhixiang and Shen Shikui. Their rank is the general soldier, but the problem is that under the general soldier, if

Some of the commanders of the strike squadron who commanded twelve battleships had the rank of staff general, while others had the rank of deputy commander-in-chief, which caused great confusion.

Cheng Shijie had been thinking about this issue during the decisive battle with Zheng Zhilong.

The military structure of the Ning Navy needs to be changed. Especially for giant shark-class battleships, each battleship has a total staffing of 385 people, while the sea shark-class has 300 people. The staffing is different, and the number of soldiers under command is different.

Same.

Moreover, warships need to be organized flexibly, so according to the tradition of the army, whoever has the higher rank will naturally listen to whoever has the highest rank. However, Ning Haijun's navy's chief commander, chief general, and chief commander Qian themselves have different establishments, and there is serious confusion.

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Cheng Shijie decided to carry out comprehensive military reforms for Ning Haijun. Of course, the army cannot yet adopt the battalion, company, platoon, and squad levels like later generations. Cheng Shijie decided to change the original garrison bureaus in various places into garrison regiments.

The Yecheng Defense Regiment is the first local defense force established by Ning Haijun to establish a regiment-level unit.

"I am willing to die for the commander-in-chief!"

"You are not going to die for me, you are going to die for..."

Cheng Shijie pointed to the densely packed Chinese people on the port and said: "When the indigenous army or the Dutch army raise their butcher's knives at us Chinese, and when their shells cover the sky, you can rush forward without hesitation, for this land, for this

The people on this land who have supported us with their blood and sweat will die without hesitation!"

"For this land, for the people on this land who support us with their blood and sweat, die without hesitation!"

The passionate roar was like thunder, shaking every soldier's eardrums and shaking their hearts.

Li Sixi and Lin Bufan looked at each other, both showing expressions of ecstasy.

In fact, the Chinese people today are unable to survive in the Ming Dynasty. In order to avoid taxes and make a fortune, they traveled across the ocean to Nanyang. In their hearts, no one in the court or the government cared about them. Only Cheng Shijie ordered his troops

, to die for them.

After a brief speech, Xie Jinglin brought Lin Bufan, Li Sixi, Li Shiji, Guo Bingren and others to greet Cheng Shijie: "Commander, please allow me to introduce you to Lin Bufan, who serves as the deputy director of the Coconut City Executive Committee!"

"Nice to meet you!"

Cheng Shijie shook hands cordially with Li Sixi, Li Shiji, Guo Bingren and other Chinese representatives.

Cheng Shijie's principle was always to read reports in the office. After arriving at a certain place, he definitely wanted to go around first. When Xie Jinglin presided over the construction of Yecheng Port, he considered that Ning Haijun would not be able to station a large number of warships here all the time. In order to avoid

The control of the sea has disappeared, so the port area and living area of ​​Yecheng, including warehouses, are more than ten kilometers away from the coastline in a straight line.

Just when Cheng Shijie went to the temporary cabin to rest in the port area, the negotiators sent by Brewer came to Yecheng Port. Li Weiluan randomly found a small warehouse in the port and placed it here.

This is a small warehouse with an area of ​​no more than fifty square meters, and it is a dilapidated warehouse. Although it has been renovated, there is a musty smell in the room.

Xie Jinglin and Cheng Shijie sat in a carriage and headed to the port area. Cheng Shijie was preparing to carry out reforms for Ning Haijun's army. Sitting on the huge carriage were Li Zhixiang, Shen Shikui and others.

"Zhixiang, our navy needs reform!"

"I wonder how the commander-in-chief can reform!"

"Currently we have six strike squadrons. These six strike squadrons are unified and integrated according to different construction times. Now they are all new ships. It is not a big problem, but the longer the time goes by, the more problems the old ships will be exposed to.

Come more and more!”

Cheng Shijie mused: "I feel that I need to disrupt and reorganize all the battleships!"

Li Zhixiang said: "Okay, General I have no objection!"

"The formation of sixteen warships that usually patrols is a bit too big. The sea is too big for us to cover too many places!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said: "With the strength of the Dutch, they will not fight us for the time being. They will not have the strength for at least half a year. I thought that the battleships could be disrupted and divided into different categories. First, the two thousand material-level Sea Wolf-class battleships

, it is enough for regular patrols, and it is more than enough to deal with pirates. Moreover, this Seawolf-class warship is relatively cost-effective. The Giant Shark-class and Sea Shark-class warships consume too much cannons, and the army generals have long had objections!"

After discussions with generals such as Li Zhixiang, Shen Shikui, Li Fang, Chen You, etc., the future reorganization plan of the Ninghai Navy is as follows. First, each Seawolf-class warship has the rank of lieutenant in the fleet, the Sea Shark-class fleet has the rank of captain, and the Jusha-class fleet has the rank of captain.

The captain has the rank of major, and the commander of each patrol squadron is concurrently served by the captain of the Great Shark-class battleship, commanding four Sea Wolf-class ships, three Sea Shark-class ships, and one Great Shark-class battleship.

Eight warships form a patrol fleet, which consists of four patrol fleets, including sixteen Sea Wolf-class ships, twelve Great Shark-class warships, plus four Great Shark-class warships, forming a fleet of thirty-two warships.

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The fleet commander is at the rank of colonel. The First Fleet is temporarily established and is stationed in Luzon. The Second Fleet is stationed in Batavia West Port, which is Coconut City Port.

The Third Fleet is permanently stationed at Daguan, and the Fourth Fleet is stationed at Lushun.

In case of wartime need, the four major fleets can come to provide support.

In addition to the four major fleets, the main fleet of the Ning Navy has also been established. So far, each fleet is missing the Sea Wolf-class battleships and some Jusha-class battleships. As for the Sea Shark-class battleships, the remaining parts have been assigned to the main fleet.

Just when the navy's reorganization plan was being drawn up, Xie Jinglin went to Cheng Shijie and reported: "Commander, the Dutch are here to negotiate again! Do we want to negotiate with them?"

"Let's talk!"

Cheng Shijie did not stop talking. He could not stay in Yecheng for a few days. After taking a short rest, he had to return to the capital immediately. This was the fourth imperial edict, and Cheng Shijie could not stay in Nanyang forever.

With Cheng Shijie's permission, Xie Jinglin returned to Yecheng Port to prepare for negotiations with Putmans.

"Hello, Mr. Xie!"

When Xie Jinglin just arrived at the port, Putmans and Sidney hurriedly greeted him.

"You, Mr. Messenger!"

Xie Jinglin smiled lightly and said, "What do you want? Are you sending us a letter of war?"

"Mr. Xie, this joke is not funny at all!"

Putmans bowed and said: "First of all, on behalf of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Netherlands East India, Sidney and I congratulate you on your extraordinary victory..."

"Thanks!"

Xie Jinglin looked at Putmans and Sidney. There was not even a teacup in front of them. He pretended to be angry and said: "Come here, serve tea. Our Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. When the two countries are at war, they still don't kill the envoys. You guys

What are you doing?"

Soon, a waiter brought over two bowls of tea, which of course could barely be considered high-froth.

Putmans took a small sip, his mouth full of bitterness.

"Mr. Xie, we would like to discuss with you the ownership of the Batavia West Port Area. The Batavia West Port Area belongs to the Dutch East Indies. Can you return the Netherlands to us..."

"sure!"

Xie Jinglin smiled lightly and said: "It is not impossible to return the Batavia West Port Area to you, but the previous losses of Ning Haijun's Luzon Immigration Bureau, Ning Haijun's expenses for sending troops, and Ning Haijun's expenses during this period must be kept in mind.

Argument? Right?"

"That's a very reasonable request!"

In Putmans' view, Xie Jinglin or Cheng Shijie is willing to negotiate, which is a very good start. Now the Dutch East Indian colonial authorities have no cards left to play.

In the European Netherlands, the independence war with the Spanish Empire has entered a critical moment. The King of the Netherlands can even issue a royal edict and launch a nationwide mobilization.

But the problem is that the Netherlands only has more than five million people, but the Ming Empire has 20 million people, more than 400 times the number of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not mobilize the whole country, only the Duke Cheng Shijie would fight in the territory under his rule.

Mobilization can also mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

Population is the fatal wound of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The current crisis can only be resolved through negotiation.

Xie Jinglin said calmly: "The Yecheng Port area where we are now has a total area of ​​25 kilometers long from east to west and about 45 kilometers wide from north to south. Even if it is 16.87 million acres, according to our land price in Ming Dynasty,

Each mu of land requires eight to twelve taels of silver, so we’ll give you a 20% discount. Calculated at eight taels of silver per mu of land, that’s 135 million taels of silver!”

"One hundred and thirty-five million taels of silver? Oh God, are you crazy, or am I crazy!"

"Hans, don't worry, I haven't finished the calculation yet!"

Xie Jinglin said: "This is just the cost of the land in Yecheng Port. Our Ninghai Navy has built more than 500 houses in Yecheng Port, built two roads, and sorted out the waterways. This all requires money, no

Consider it too much, three million taels of silver. Also, you detained our Chengfeng, causing it to be in port for two months. The loss of Chengfeng is calculated as one million taels of silver. You also massacred us Chinese, a total of four

One hundred and twenty-one people, one hundred thousand taels of silver for each person is not excessive, right?"

"this……"

"There are also artillery shells. We fought with your Dutch East India Company's combined fleet and fired a total of more than 380 cannons. Each shell was one thousand taels. Erasing the fraction, let's count it as 190 million taels of silver!"

"We, the Dutch East India Company, will not accept this result!"

"It doesn't matter if you disagree, our Ming Dynasty is peace-loving! We can adopt the second option!"

"What plan?"

"We will collect taxes at Yecheng Port. When we collect enough 190 million taels of silver, we will return Yecheng Port to you Dutch people!"

"This is impossible!"

"Then let's start the war directly!"

"God is merciful, thank you. This is not an attitude to solve the problem. Let's each take a step back!"

"Okay, what's your plan?"
To be continued...