Chapter 733 , the speed of the Western United Firm
"Train well. When you capture Ceylon Island, you will be rewarded with a piece of land on Ceylon Island, where your descendants can enjoy happiness for generations to come."
Hu Xian patted Chen Lin on the shoulder and wrote a bad check again.
After saying that, he also left the training ground. There were still many things that needed to be done for him.
An army of five thousand men went to conquer the island of Ceylon, and there were many things that needed to be done.
Weapons and equipment, logistics, ship manpower, etc. require a lot of busy time.
And the time is also very urgent. I will leave for Ceylon next month, and many things have to be arranged in advance now.
Back at their residence, Feng Xiang and Zhu Benduan happened to be there. They were carefully studying the geographical location of Ceylon Island and the currents of the Indian Ocean.
"How's the training going?"
Zhu Benduan saw Hu Xian coming over and asked with a smile.
"It's not bad, but you won't know whether the mule is a horse until you pull it out."
Hu Xian looked at the map on the table and asked, "Has the research yielded any results?"
"There are not many results, but a merchant ship has just returned from the West, and our people have brought back detailed news."
"Look, this is a map of Ceylon Island. Our people bought it here in Ceylon."
"The entire island of Ceylon is high in the east and low in the west. When we attack, we must land in the southwest, capture Colombo first, and then build a castle here in Colombo as a stronghold, and then gradually capture the entire island of Ceylon.
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Zhu Benduan said to a map on the table.
Businessmen are the most attentive to their business. Even though they were all scholars before, they seemed to have no understanding of military affairs at all, but scholars all like to learn.
For such a huge investment, he was very concerned about it and sent people to Ceylon Island to collect detailed intelligence materials and information in advance.
"Although Ceylon is just an island, the people on it can be roughly divided into three groups. The Sinhalese people who believe in Buddhism occupy most of the southern part of the island."
"The Hindu Tamils occupied the mountainous and forested areas in the north, while coastal areas such as Colombo were occupied by traders from the Middle East and Persia."
"So we can definitely take advantage of that."
"The Sinhalese and Tamils have a feud with each other. The weakest ones are the Middle Eastern and Persian merchants who occupy the coastal areas. They were the first to attack them, occupying these coastal areas and driving them out."
"These Middle Eastern and Persian merchants are buying Tamil and Sinhalese gems at low prices and selling them to us at high prices. Do they really think that we Ming people are fools? This time? We will wipe them out first? We will replace them in Tin first."
The power of Orchid Island.”
"Then we took advantage of the hatred between the Sinhalese and the Tamils and made them fight? In the end, we benefited from it and took over the entire island of Ceylon."
Feng had also formulated a detailed combat strategy based on the map of Ceylon.
"It's a very good strategy."
After hearing what Prime Minister Feng said, Hu Xian pondered for a while and nodded.
"Do you think we can capture the island of Ceylon with only 5,000 troops and only two months of training?"
Hu Xian doesn't have the confidence? To be honest? Everyone is the first to do this kind of thing, and he doesn't have the confidence in his heart.
"It's definitely possible~"
"Judging from the situation we have now, even the Sinhalese people, who have the largest population, on the island of Ceylon? They are divided into several kingdoms that are hostile to each other. As long as we make good use of this, we will definitely be able to easily take over
Lower Ceylon."
"These Sinhalese people believe in Buddhism. We can learn from Tian Erniu and make good use of this."
Feng Xiang said very confidently.
Have they fully grasped the intelligence on Ceylon Island? They are also more confident in taking over Ceylon Island.
"No matter what happens, if we drive away these Middle Eastern merchants, there will definitely be no problem for the Persian merchants. At least we can replace them in controlling the coastal areas of Ceylon."
"As long as we master this point, nothing else? From now on, we have the final say in the gem trade on Ceylon Island."
Zhu Benduan also nodded, then thought for a while and said: "I feel angry just thinking about it? Don't you know these Middle Eastern and Persian merchants? There are not many of them? But they are very arrogant and rely on monopolizing the island of Ceylon.
I don’t know how much money I made from the precious stones.”
"Um!"
Hu Xian thought for a long time and nodded.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "When can our war horses be transported to Turtle Island?"
"We can arrive the day after tomorrow. The horses in the northern grasslands are not very good. The horses in the Middle East are very tall. If we take control of Ceylon in the future, we can get war horses from the Middle East and Persia. Then we can transport some stallions back.
Improve our war horses."
Zhu Benduan thought for a while and said.
"Have all the ships been contacted?"
"Everything has been arranged. Ten large ships from each of our major trading houses will be enough. The food has also been purchased from Cochin."
"The artillery can also arrive here together with the war horses the day after tomorrow."
"In addition, when we set off, major trading houses will also organize fleets to follow us to the West. At that time, we can also ask other ships to help us transport some goods and people."
Zhu Benduan also replied one by one that he was in charge of the logistics and Hu Xian was in charge of the overall command.
Because Western United Commercial Bank is the big boss and jointly funded by major shareholders of major commercial banks, it has received strong support from major commercial banks in all aspects.
The important people quickly gathered enough people. If they wanted money, they would have money, if they needed supplies, they would have supplies, and if they needed ships, they would have ships.
In a very short period of time, these trading houses transported all the necessary things to Turtle Island, preparing for the next battle against Ceylon.
"Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind."
Hu Xian also nodded with satisfaction, looked at the hot weather outside, and couldn't help but sigh.
Time is passing slowly.
Boats arrive at Turtle Island every day.
Turtle Island is a small island south of Crescent City. It has a very good geographical location. There are plantations on the island where sugar cane is grown on a large scale. At the same time, because there are many ships traveling between them, a port has been built.
Ships from major trading houses kept coming and going, bringing various supplies to Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, and Feng Xiang.
After the five hundred war horses arrived at Turtle Island, Chen Lin began to train cavalry. Cavalry was still very important.
Horse riding is fast, and horses are also an important means of transportation. There is no doubt about the lethality of cavalry, but they cannot arm too many cavalry, otherwise they will want to buy more horses.
A few days later, rumbles of shelling began to be heard on Turtle Island.
Artillery was also delivered, and artillery training began.
The whole Turtle Island is in full swing. The Western United Trading Company is sharpening its knives and preparing to start the first overseas colonial history of private armed forces in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, we are also here on the island of Java in the South Ocean.
Liu Jin is commanding 30,000 Ming troops to attack the indigenous people on Java Island. Java Island is a big island, and the indigenous people on it are divided into many countries. There are traditional Javanese Sundanese, and there are also new Javanese who believe in YSL, and foreigners.
Persian missionaries in the Middle East established several msl'kingdoms here.
The countries in Java are very unfriendly to Ming merchants. Not only do they impose heavy taxes, but there are also many signs that the disappearance of several merchant ships and the murder of merchants and crew members are all related to these people on Java Island.
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So for the countries on Java Island, Liu Jin didn't just ask them to cede territory and pay compensation, he wanted to kill them on a large scale.
Kill them ruthlessly and teach them a lesson, and they won't know how to be afraid.
"Boom~Boom~"
Along with bursts of rumbling roars, more than five hundred Miyun cannons roared one after another.
The small city in front of us soon turned into ruins and ruins.
"attack!"
Following Liu Jin's order, the Ming army marched towards the city with neat steps. The natives, who had already been frightened to death by the artillery fire, were no match for the Ming army.
In less than a stick of incense, the city was occupied by the Ming army.
After occupying the city, Liu Jin demoted all the prisoners captured in this battle into slaves, put on bracelets and ankle cuffs, and escorted them directly to the seaside port. There were merchant ships one by one to sell these slaves to Southeast Asia.
to the plantation.
Nowadays, these slaves are very valuable. An adult slave can be sold for more than twenty taels of silver, and you can pay as much as you want. Plantations in Nanyang require a lot of manpower, and the more the better.
The plantation owners are all having headaches and troubles over this matter.
"The action is really fast. How come it is almost organized so quickly that it will attack Ceylon Island next month?"
Liu Jin received the latest news from the Ming Dynasty, the focus of which was on the Western United Trading Company.
"The Island of Ceylon is a good choice. It is a country of gems. Their Western United Trading Company will open it in the future."
Liu Jin took out a map and looked at the location of Ceylon Island, and couldn't help but laugh.
This is good. As everyone gets rich overseas, more and more people will go overseas in the future. By then, large and small trading houses will have established large and small colonies all over the world. It doesn’t take a hundred years to
In time, the entire world will almost be divided up by us Ming people.
"Well, Ceylon Island ~ has a strength of five thousand people, there will definitely be no problem in taking it."
Soon, Liu Jin turned his attention to the Java Island in front of him.
"After taking over Malacca, Java and Jinzhou, the entire Nanyang region fell under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and the most important thing was to block the spread of people from the Middle East, Persia, and India to the east. From now on, this is
