Wen Rensheng spent 120,000 taels and used 50,000 taels to train 500 troops in the governor's camp.
This is equivalent to one person consuming 100 taels of silver per year.
A decent salary these days is 2 taels of silver a month.
With real pay, we can beat most teams.
Then there are vegetables, food, silver, armor, weapons, horses, fodder, beans, eggs, stirrups...
If all miscellaneous items are added up, another 50 to 80 taels will be consumed in a year.
Of course it can be reduced, and the combat effectiveness will also be reduced.
Of course Wen Rensheng would not do that.
Relying on others now is not a long-term solution.
Chinese people pay attention to what is right and what is said.
If the name is not justified, soldiers will have doubts when fighting. If they have doubts, their morale will easily be shaken.
But he already had a way, which was to train at sea.
There are many islands overseas. Find an island overseas and train your troops intensively.
As for the routine at sea, it does not have an official background like the Ming Dynasty.
It's a battle between red grasshoppers and a jungle on the sea.
Fighting at sea requires fast boats and sharp guns.
The king of the offshore is a large number of fire ships and galleys, which win by collision with many people.
Even the red-haired men were defeated by the Zheng family's fleet.
And he can copy this.
But the Zheng family cannot control Yuanyang.
Because Zheng Zhilong has no big picture after all, he is just a pirate and a merchant with a big heart.
Of course, he also grew old later.
He obviously had a lot of money and was extremely wealthy, but he did not systematically learn the Western shipbuilding methods.
However, in the offshore area, relying on fireships and gunpowder tactics, the Zheng family still dominated. They defeated the red-haired people several times, always with great victories, forcing the red-haired people to choose to give in and achieve stable trade cooperation.
Since then, both parties have reached a balance.
One side relies on official background to form land supply channels, and the other side dominates overseas trade.
Both sides balance each other and do not interfere with each other's routes.
The Zheng family monopolizes the short-distance routes to Japan and Southeast Asia, and dominates East and Southeast Asia. Every ship has to pay a peace certificate, and a royal flag costs three thousand taels for a large ship.
However, the red-haired people can still monopolize the ocean routes to Europe and can still occupy many islands in the South China Sea.
This also prevented the Zheng family from intervening in the many islands in the southeast. Zheng Sen came to power and wanted to change this situation, but he died young, at the age of 39, or he died at the age of 38.
There are only a few islands in the north, and Dajuan Island is the largest. How can it compete with the Manchu Qing occupying the entire hinterland?
The Zheng family, which was originally able to break the situation, lost strategic depth due to Zheng Zhilong's short-sightedness, completely sank, and strategically failed.
If they can vigorously develop ocean-going shipbuilding and fight with the red-haired people at all costs, instead of focusing solely on making money through maritime trade, they will be able to win half the world.
Of course this is inevitable.
For talents formed under feudal rule, if they could reach the level of the Zheng family, it would be considered a ceiling.
At least it gives people hope.
And we can’t blame them entirely. Although many Ming people settled in many areas in the southeast, the total number was still small, and they were killed so badly by the Spanish red hair that they could not develop.
As a result, the Zheng family has never set its sights on the many islands in the southeast, nor has it been set as its foundation.
After all, we are just one family, not one country.
And Wen Rensheng also knew that the most profitable business of the Zheng family was to collect raw silk goods and ironware from the south of the Yangtze River, and then sell them to island countries.
Then buy silver containing copper from the island country, come back and refine it, and get an additional 10% profit.
Every time you go back and forth, your profits will be doubled.
At least twice as much.
Moreover, most of this route can be driven close to the coast, and there are very few ocean routes. It is considered extremely safe and mature.
Sailing northeast from the Jianfu coast, passing through Kinmen and Keelung Mountain, and then heading north along the coastal waters of the Ryukyu Islands, you can reach the island country of Yakushima.
This route is quite safe and usually only a few accidents will happen out of 100 times.
It's pretty safe.
The Zheng family occupies this profitable line of making money without losing money, and has accumulated a net worth of tens of millions, with annual profits of around one million.
Therefore, Zheng Chenggong was able to organize thousands of armored soldiers with one person to confront the main force of the Manchu and Qing cavalry head-on, and forcibly defeated the opponent under the Yingtian City Wall.
It's a pity that he was not familiar with land warfare and wanted to succeed in the first battle, so he brought a large number of family members and women ashore.
After being charged by the opposing cavalry, the soldiers saw their family members being attacked, their morale was shaken and collapsed, and the good situation was over.
Later, he could have made a comeback, after all, he had a lot of wealth, but he suddenly fell ill and died.
Later, in order to contain the Zheng family, the Manchu Qing Dynasty used the cruel method of moving borders and banning seas, killing countless people. This caused the Zheng family to lose their land goods and gradually decline.
Speaking of which, the reason why Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty was actually because his lifeline, the channel for stocking up, was controlled by the Manchus.
It would be impossible for him to safely collect raw silk and sell it to the island country.
In this case, he chose to bow his head.
Instead of trying to counteract it.
It's a pity that he forgot that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty. The Manchu Qing Dynasty relied on the Eight Banners as its core and was cruel-hearted. It had already decided to pull out this poisonous thorn.
It was impossible for Han vassal towns to survive under the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Wen Rensheng cannot use advanced technology and advanced ideas now, but there is still no problem in copying the Zheng family.
After all, the failure of the Zheng family lies in their lack of vision.
Wen Rensheng is now a civil servant.
But people can still be elected without becoming officials.
It would be a bit dangerous if Jinshi did not become an official.
A Juren has a considerable status in the Southeastern Shilin.
He now had a good excuse to stand on his own feet.
half year later.
500 elite men have been trained and formed an independent battalion in the standard camp, named the Selected Front Camp.
Wen Rensheng deliberately added swimming and boat training to his training.
The excuse is to fight against the red-haired people.
Then Wen Rensheng found Governor Wang.
He proposed to conquer the red-haired people who occupied Pengdao.
"Uncle Shi, the red-haired people were repulsed last time, and they are coming again this time. If we want to solve the problem once and for all, we need to set up counties on it, and at the same time occupy the Dajuan Island behind." Wen Rensheng said directly.
"Pengdao is nothing more than Pengdao. Why do we still need to occupy a large position? It's called Dongfan and it's a barbaric land." Governor Wang was a little worried.
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"Uncle Shi, the land in Damen is fertile, especially Danshui in the north. The climate is colder, similar to the north. We can accept a large number of refugees. Taking away the refugees can reduce the hidden danger of rebellion." Wen Rensheng said.
"But taking the emperor's people overseas is a serious crime." Governor Wang shook his head.
"In this case, I will only be stationed in Pengdao for the time being, but I would also like to ask you to recommend me as the prefect of Penghu."
"You are already a magistrate, and now you are a magistrate of the same government. Why do you need to go to this barbaric overseas place to serve as a magistrate?" Governor Wang asked puzzledly.
"The Donglu are tyrannical and have won many battles, but they are not good at water battles. We occupied Pengdao to cultivate farmland in order to prepare for the future." Wen Rensheng said.
Governor Wang frowned a little: "No matter how strong the Donglu are, they are just the second Mongolian. They cannot shake the foundation of our Ming Dynasty."
Now is the first year of Chongzhen. The Holy King is coming to the court, and all the ministers are quite inspired.
Little did they know that the danger was imminent. In the second year of Chongzhen, the Eastern captives would detour through Mongolia, climb over the border wall, invade the capital and plunder the territory.
During the most dangerous Little Ice Age, we used the blood of Ming Dynasty to survive the famine.
However, the Ming Dynasty had nowhere to plunder, and it was too decadent. The rice from the south of the Yangtze River could not help the famine-stricken areas in the north.
Finally, the peasant army was completely shaken down.
So Wen Rensheng shook his head and said: "Now the Donglu have formed an alliance with the North and unified the northern grassland. They couldn't defeat Shanhaiguan before and couldn't break the Ningyuan defense line, but now they can bypass the grassland. In this way, they will conquer the grassland in a few years."
Become a Northern prisoner during the Jiajing and Wanli years."
"Ah!" Governor Wang was shocked when he heard this.
In fact, many discerning people have noticed this situation.
We are also strengthening the strength and defense of important towns near Jiubian and Gyeonggi.
However, as the saying goes, the finances are bankrupt, the top and bottom are rotten, and the people are powerless, so they can only sit back and watch the danger coming.
You can see, it's useless.
Everyone knows they are going to die, but who can escape?
"As a result, the country will be in danger by then. In the former Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was attacked by the Jin people and floated in the sea. Now we have to find a way out for the royal family in advance."
Why did Wen Rensheng say this?
Why don't you keep silent and make a fortune?
It's very simple, he can't use advanced technology and advanced ideas.
We must try our best to bring into play the greatest power of this era: the gentry and the government.
The former is far superior to the latter.
If he immigrated silently, he might only have hundreds of thousands of people in seven or eight years.
Still can't match the potential of Manchu Qing Dynasty.
If the imperial court takes the lead, there can be over a million people a year.
This is not bragging.
Historically, Zheng Zhilong will immigrate as a senior official in the official name in the next few years.
Southern Fujian suffers from frequent droughts and hordes of hungry people.
With the support of Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, Zheng Zhilong once again recruited tens of thousands of people affected by the Zhangquan disaster. "Everyone was given three taels of silver, and three people were given an ox," and they were transported by sea ship to Dayuan to reclaim wasteland and settle there.
It's just that his steps are still a little smaller.
Follow Wen Rensheng's approach and directly immigrate millions of people.
As for how to eat on the island.
The Chinese people have been a herbivorous people since ancient times. At this time, there is grass everywhere and they can just eat it.
Eating it all can also solve the problem of malaria caused by too many mosquitoes.
Of course, we can't exactly say this, but we can do it this way.
At this time, the government still had no enforcement power.
Otherwise, all the hungry people in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places would be taken overseas and exiled.
But this difficulty is too high.
If the Ming Dynasty bureaucrats could do such a thing, they would have wiped out the Donglu long ago.
However, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were able to accomplish it.
Because they are cruel enough.
Isn’t it more difficult than moving borders and banning seas?
You want to know how many people are there within 30 miles of the coast?
There must be tens of millions of people.
Anyway, they just have four words, kill them if you don’t leave!
Kill him and leave.
The Ming Dynasty did not dare to do this. It was worried about its reputation and also because it did not have a core to support its force. Once it took action, the legitimacy of its court would be gone.
Later, when Zeng Shatou was under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, he learned this trick from his Manchu ancestors. If there were too many people and not enough land, what would happen if they rebelled?
After killing them all, the land will be divided.
It's that simple.
If there had not been an invasion by foreigners and the rise of new armies, this trick could have been used for tens of thousands of years.
This is the eternal ability...
After Wen Rensheng finished speaking, Governor Wang was greatly shocked: "My nephew is indeed a loyal minister of the country. He can think of others but not others. In this case, of course I will give you my fullest help."
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He also thought that if he established this kind of foundation, wouldn't he be able to become Optimus Prime in the future?
Are you still afraid that you won’t be able to become the first assistant?
So the two of them planned to start by driving away the red-haired people.
Only by driving out the red-haired people can we get great merit from the court and gain the title of a leading pioneer.
Then Governor Wang made a memorial.
There was some discussion in the court.
The emperor had just ascended the throne and was full of energy.
The imperial court issued an order for the red-haired people to occupy Pengdao again, and ordered Governor Wang to summon the navy to drive away the red-haired people.
Then Governor Wang issued a general governor's order and called in two general soldiers to discuss.
They are Yu Datao, the commander-in-chief of Jianfu.
Zhangzhou Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming, the former commanded the navy, while the latter had a relatively strong team of servants.
Wen Rensheng observed these two people.
I found that both of them had the intention of making great achievements, and they were not just generals waiting to die.
Moreover, Yu Datao is more loyal and serious. He is considered to be a person who wants to move forward bravely at the end of the dynasty.
"The red-haired men's ships are powerful, have many cannons, and are good at musketry. They are really difficult to deal with." Yu Datao said directly.
It seems that he usually studies his opponents frequently and knows them well.
"Li Tongzhi, what do you think?" Governor Wang directly asked Wen Rensheng to talk to the two of them.
"That's right, so we have to use our own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Their strengths are big ships and cannons. Their weaknesses are that they come from a long way and have few people. We can dispatch tens of thousands of people, and they can dispatch two or three people at most.
"
"Their boats are big but the number is small, our boats are small but the number is large."
"We have the offshore advantage. We can pretend to attack. The opponent will definitely come to surround us near the port. We will ambush a large number of small boats nearby. Once the opponent approaches the port, we will immediately attack the opponent from all sides and win with fire ships!"
Wen Rensheng said methodically.
"This is a very good plan." Yu Datao agreed as soon as he heard it, because this was also what he wanted to do. He originally thought that the other party would be able to talk on paper, but unexpectedly he actually thought of something. It seems that this time he does not have to worry about encountering a boastful person.
of civil servants.
"Before using fire ships, we need to practice more. This time I ordered the express ship company to reimburse 200,000 taels of military expenses. At the same time, I requisitioned 200 fire ships and transformed them into fast and flexible ships. Since it is a fire attack, we must use fire.
"Oil, there are huge nails on the bow of the ship. Once it hits the other side, it won't break away."
"But if the opponent is outside the port and they use the wind to maneuver around, it will be difficult for the small boat to catch up. And their cannons are quite accurate. Because the range is very long, our fireships will lose morale within a short time."
Zhou Ming asked a question.
"It doesn't matter. The red-haired people have always been arrogant. As long as we reduce the range of the fort, they will definitely come close to the harbor and shoot. We will take the opportunity to quickly send out the small boat. Their ship will turn slowly and will definitely be entangled by the small boat."
"Of course, this is only the first strategy. We can also widely offer rewards to find where the red-haired people are stationed and take the initiative."
"But no matter what kind, we must train strictly to make the soldiers proficient in this method of warfare."
