First, support the Zheng regime’s move southward to annex the southern regime, thereby ensuring the Xinghai Kingdom’s food, mine resource sources, and port construction, and providing logistical support for the Xinghai Kingdom’s navy’s plan to move south.

 Second, support the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty to advance westward, completely defeat the Yongli regime, and resolve the internal strife between the two major regimes of the Southern Ming Dynasty, thereby providing a guarantee for the resistance against the Qing Dynasty and unifying the Southern Ming Dynasty into one market.

Third, send an envoy to Da Yuan Island, contact Prince Zheng, and try to obtain the right to settle a port or the construction of a new port on Da Yuan Island for Xinghai Kingdom.

Fourth, the Xinghai Kingdom's navy went south and waited for an opportunity to establish or seize a port near Malacca to provide a forward base for the navy to sail to the Persian Gulf.

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 There is actually a lot on the agenda of this meeting.

 But most of them are coordination issues between two or three departments.

 For example, the division of responsibilities and powers and liaison issues between the newly established Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of National Security Affairs.

  Another example is some issues in the immigration process.

  But the really important agenda is the first four items.

 The first and fourth items are actually complementary to each other.

 The second article is related to important national policies such as immigration and commerce.

 As for the third article, it is more about laying a nail on Dayuan Island first and making plans for the future.

　In this meeting, the senior heads of various departments were fighting over each other for the interests of their own departments or other factors, and they were all red-faced.

But fortunately, noisy after noisy, noisy after noisy, the senators will not fight among themselves.

 After two consecutive days of meetings, the agenda evolved into plans one by one.

 The first plan is relatively simple. Xinghai Kingdom only needs to continue to provide guns and artillery to the Zheng regime, and the results can be easily seen.

 After all, after the Zheng regime obtained those guns and cannons, it would take action against the regime in the south without any encouragement from the Xinghai Kingdom.

Therefore, the hatred between the two sides has lasted for decades, and wars have continued between them. As long as they have some strength, they will fight together and wish to destroy the other side immediately.

The second plan is more troublesome. After all, although the Yongli regime was defeated this time, it still controlled several provinces. Although the Zhaowu regime now has guns and artillery, it also wants to destroy Yongli, but this

You may need help from Xinghai Kingdom.

After all, the Qing army in the north is eyeing the Qing army. Before the Zhaowu regime launches its westward strategy, the Xinghai Kingdom needs to send more troops to deter the Qing army.

 As for the third option, it just depends on luck.

Although Prince Zheng has a great history in this plane, it is a bit difficult to build a port on the opponent's territory.

After all, he is also the son of the Pirate King. It is impossible that he does not know the consequences of letting other forces drive a nail into his territory.

 The last option may depend on the strength of the navy.

The Malacca area is not a benign place. It is an important maritime route connecting the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. It can be said to be a battleground for military strategists.

 Helan people, Britain, Puya and other countries gathered around here, and the competition was extremely fierce.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Putao people built Famosa Castle in Malacca. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Helan people were eyeing Malacca, but they were defeated repeatedly. It was not until a few years ago that the Helan people and the Johor people joined forces to occupy Malacca.

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Britain has always been peeping at this place, but unfortunately it was not strong enough and its tentacles were cut off when it reached out. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that it completely took over this place.

As for the Folangji people, after establishing the bridgehead in Manila, they have not paid attention to Malacca. After all, for Folangji, the silver treasure ship coming from South America does not need to go through the Strait of Malacca at all. It only needs to arrive in Manila and be loaded with goods.

After collecting silk, tea, and ceramics from the Ming Dynasty, just turn around and return to South America, then cross the Great Ocean and return to Folangji.

 There is no need to take the rough and dangerous route to the Philippines.

 On the other hand, countries such as Putao, Britain, and the Helans are very dependent on the route from Malacca to the Philippines. After all, except for Putao, the international trade and colonial activities of other countries are carried out along this route.

And Putao's colonies in South America are being attacked and occupied by various countries, which makes them more dependent on Malacca.

 In short, if Xinghai State wants to realize its plan to establish an oil base in the Persian Gulf, it must face possible sieges from these countries.

 After all, in the eyes of these countries, the wealth plate is only so big. How can it be done by adding another competitor?

Even if Xinghai Nation promises not to trade, these countries will not believe it.

  After all, profit is tempting everywhere. A certain great man once said that when the profit exceeds 100%, businessmen can sell the ropes to hang themselves, not to mention that the profit of this route is not only 100%.

Of course, it is also possible to establish an oil base in the Persian Gulf from land.

  But given the current technological and economic conditions of this era, it is imaginable how difficult it is to accomplish this.

To put it simply, the Xinghai Kingdom needs to first open up long land routes, then station heavy troops in various places, build roads or railways, etc., to be able to do this.

 And the above measures are not just as simple as defeating the colonial strength of several countries here, but are more than ten times more difficult!

 Fortunately, in the more than a year since the shipyard was built, the navy of the Star Sea Kingdom has grown a lot.

 Four first-level battleships, 13 second-level battleships, 27 frigates, logistics support ships, and more than 20 hospital ships were all put into service during this period.

 For this reason, the number of the Xinghai Kingdom's navy exploded to tens of thousands.

 Of course, everyone talks about a century-old navy, and we also know how difficult it is to build such a navy.

 A navy like the Xinghai Kingdom, which has only been established for two years, is definitely weaker than the navies of countries such as Franji, especially in terms of the quality of its sailors.

 However, the Xinghai Kingdom's navy benefits from its strong technological strength, which makes the overall strength of its warships much stronger than that of other navies.

 Among them, the literal data of the first-class battleship is the most prominent.

It has a displacement of 3,700 tons, six 125mm main guns, 12 88mm secondary guns, equipped with four steam engines, with a maximum speed of 18 knots and a cruising speed of 10 knots.

Even though the first-tier battleships don’t have many guns, they are actually surprisingly powerful.

 After testing, the 125mm main gun directly sank a thousand-material wooden ship with one shot.

Of course, this is mainly because the cannonball hit just below the waterline. Not only did it penetrate the keel, it also made two large holes in the wooden boat, which directly tore most of the wooden boat apart.
Chapter completed!