As the days passed, the weather started to slowly get warmer from the severe cold. During the Ming Dynasty, everyone began to get nervous and busy.
The news that the King of Tang was the first to feudal North America has been officially announced to the world, and the relevant preparations are in full swing. Envoys from the capital are constantly going to and from Nanyang, Henan, to coordinate the handover between the King of Tang and local officials and other various matters.
During this period, the Northern Fleet successfully completed its mission and returned to the port of Tianjin to rest and recuperate, while Yan Yingyuan escorted the Dutch prisoners of war to Beijing. "Novel" novel chapters are updated the fastest.
Compared with Duke Xing Guo's suppression of the Jiangnan Rebellion at the beginning of the previous year, both the scale and the results were much smaller this time. The results were also expected, so no grand prisoner presentation ceremony was held.
In the Wenhua Hall, Yan Yingyuan reported the story of the war to Emperor Chongzhen, and a group of ministers listened, including Zhong Jinwei.
"Your Majesty, I led the fleet south and surrounded and suppressed 16 pirate lairs, capturing 765 pirates and their families. After arriving at the top, the Dutch surrendered without a fight, capturing a total of 134 prisoners.
People, both bows of the battleship." Yan Yingyuan made a brief report.
Emperor Chongzhen now has a much higher vision after being constantly stimulated by Zhong Jinwei. Regarding Yan Yingyuan's victory, he just nodded slightly.
He was more concerned about the running-in situation of the Northern Fleet this time, so he asked Yan Yingyuan: "How is the fleet going south and north this time?"
The chief minister of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, and others all looked at Yan Yingyuan, paying close attention to this question.
"Your Majesty, during this voyage, we did find a lot of wenti. Some of them have been slowly solved during the voyage, but there are still some wentikeneng that need to be solved by craftsmen." Yan Yingyuan straightened his body and bowed to answer.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was curious and asked: "Is there anything that Wenti has not solved?"
"Back to Your Majesty, one of the major issues exposed by the fleet this time is the 6,000-material Fuchuan. It is too slow to use small boats to supply warships at sea. And the Fuchuan is too big, and there are no suitable berths in ordinary ports.
Even docking for supplies is a troublesome matter. Therefore, I would like to mention this problem to the craftsmen to see if they can solve it?"
As soon as Yan Yingyuan finished speaking, before Emperor Chongzhen expressed his opinion, Zhong Jinwei said: "Have you ever considered supplying supplies directly through pulleys?"
"Ah, pulley?" Yan Yingyuan didn't understand and looked up at his brother-in-law with a puzzled look on his face.
Emperor Chongzhen heard what Zhong Jinwei said, as if he had a solution, and couldn't help but look at Zhong Jinwei with a smile on his face.
Zhong Jinwei looked at his brother-in-law and explained to him in detail: "The fortune ship is tall and the warship is relatively short, so there is a height difference. In this way, you can first use an arrow with a rope to shoot to the opposite ship, and then tie it with a pulley.
Just slide the supplies over."
Although he still didn't understand it clearly, Yan Yingyuan roughly understood how to do it through Zhong Jinwei's description. He couldn't help but smile on his face, and said to his brother-in-law: "Okay, let me tell you what to do!"
However, the eager-to-learn Emperor Chongzhen didn't know, so Zhong Jinwei spoke again, talking about fixed pulleys, movable pulleys and combinations, and directly put aside the protagonist of the meeting, Yan Yingyuan.
Finally, Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhong Jinwei to apply the idea of the fixed pulley before returning to the original topic.
Only then did Yan Yingyuan talk about the difficulties one by one. Some people proposed solutions on the spot, and some had to go back to discuss them again.
After Yan Yingyuan finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "After the Northern Fleet rests for five days, it needs to make a trip to Ryukyu. Yang Qing will explain to you carefully about this matter."
Yan Yingyuan had just returned and was about to go on another expedition. Although he was a little tired, he could not disobey the sacred order. At the same time, he also wanted to hone his command skills, so he simply responded: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Chongzhen was also very satisfied with Yan Yingyuan's attitude. He had just returned from a thousand-mile voyage and had to go on an expedition again, which was quite tiring. He comforted Yan Yingyuan with a few words before letting him retreat.
As soon as Yan Yingyuan left, Emperor Chongzhen asked his ministers: "What should I do with these captured pirates and Dutchmen? Do you have any suggestions?"
Originally, the criminal prisoners of the Ming Dynasty were exiled overseas to build large supply points. However, because Zhong Jinwei captured enough captives during the war to destroy the captives, there was no need for criminal prisoners.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen asked this question to see what other ways to deal with bad things? For the current Emperor Chongzhen, he has understood that the best way to deal with bad things is not to end it with a "click", but to squeeze out the maximum value.
"Your Majesty, why don't we take them to dig iron ore? There won't be too much labor there." Wen Tiren thought for a moment and then suggested.
Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this. It was a good idea. Just when he was about to agree, Zhong Jinwei said first: "Your Majesty, I think it would be a bit wasteful for these people to dig iron mines as pure labor."
"Oh, what do you suggest, Master Zhong?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen put down his previous thoughts and turned to look at Zhong Jinwei and asked.
Wen Tiren was also curious. Did Duke Xingguo have any good ideas?
I just heard Zhong Jinwei suggesting to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, didn't you have plans before to benefit the vassal king who volunteered to be the first to go to North America? Now that the king of Tang has been decided, why not give all these prisoners to him. Because
He cannot recruit people who are familiar with maritime affairs in the interior. With these prisoners, there will be an additional guarantee for the success of the Tang Dynasty's feudal North America."
The first vassal to establish feudal North America, of course the court wanted it to be successful. Not only would it be successful, it would be better if it went smoothly. This would serve as a model for subsequent vassals and thus promote the entire feudal lord's establishment of North America.
process.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren and others felt that Zhong Jinwei's suggestion was just a prisoner for the imperial court, but it was a powerful supplement for the king of Tang. Therefore, they agreed to this suggestion.
A few days later, the Beijing camp sent Cao Bianjiao to lead Li Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi on the expedition with the Northern Fleet. Although Li Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were young, their mastery of firearms and tactics was among the best in the Beijing camp.
. Therefore, they had this opportunity and did not let Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, who left Beijing last year, get ahead of themselves.
After a few days, the seeds sown before have blossomed and begun to harvest. Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, sent people to Beijing to report that the last batch of reorganized soldiers and military households had set off for Liaodong.
This means that the northern army has completed its preliminary reorganization after almost a year. Either the remaining power of the extermination of the captives, the strength shown by the Beijing camp, or the correctness of the reorganization plan made this reorganization
, basically there were no major accidents and it was completed smoothly.