The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 358

Then Ding Yi gave orders to Wu Dong and Wu Guochun.

The two organized an intelligence branch in Japan, developed Japanese traitors, found out the strength, military strength, economy, territory, and population of the daimyo lords in Japan, and tried every means to obtain maps of various places in Japan. They could also lead a team to travel all over Japan in the name of businessmen. Draw a map.

The two listened with serious expressions, they never expected Master Ding to ask them to stay and do such an important thing.

"You are old brothers from the Intelligence Department, and you have followed Zhao Dashan for many years, so I only trust you two." Ding Yi said: "This matter cannot be completed in a year or two, it is a long-term and lasting task."

"First of all, the shogunate and the shogunate cronies are the main names, and then the other daimyo lords in Japan."

"If you need a strong manpower, you can contact Shang Kexi and draw from the army first."

"But also develop rape locally."

The expressions of the three of them were solemn, and they all felt that Mr. Ding attached great importance to them.

Unanimously, the three of them thought at the same time, after a few years, Mr. Ding will definitely fight Japan.

If you don't fight Japan, why do you investigate so clearly?
The three of them didn't understand why Ding Yi did this.

But thinking about the robbing of Nagasaki this time, the silver alone is worth millions, and the goods are estimated to be hundreds of thousands. Sure enough, fighting a war can make a fortune.

Of course, the only places that can be grabbed in Japan at present are Nagasaki, Hirado, and Edo.

I am afraid that other big names will not be able to grab so much wealth.

On November 11, Ding Yi returned to Phi Island with 8 million taels of silver (father-in-law Songpu happily gave 100 in return for sending troops), 82 warships and merchant ships, a large amount of ore materials, and more than 8000 horses.

As soon as I returned to Phi Island, I received a letter from Zheng Zhilong.

The envoy Zheng Zhilong sent a letter a few days ago, first to thank Ding Yi for his help in sending troops, and second to tell Ding Yi that in October, he won a bloody battle with the Dutch and Liu Xiang allied forces at sea and won a big victory. During the Gulf War, fifty of Liu Xiang's ships were sunk, and Liu Xiang is now being hunted down.

So far, Zheng Zhilong has dominated the world at sea, and it also allows Ding Yi to run business with peace of mind in the future, and there will be no more pirates to rob his ship.

All the generals looked at each other in dismay.

They just won a big victory in the Japanese naval battle, but compared with Zheng Zhilong, they seem to be a little bit worse.

Ding Yi remained calm, and wrote back a letter first, and took it with Ruan Siqing when he went to Songjiang Jiangnan to buy raw silk and other things. Congratulations to Brother Zheng for his complete victory. I am really happy for you. I will pay a visit after a while.

After he came back, he traveled to many places non-stop, including Pidao and Lushun, and also went to Changsheng Island and Fuzhou Jinzhou. Right now, Fuzhou Jinzhou is confident that he can hold on to it, but he is afraid of more than 20 mu of fertile land between the two states. farming.

Once it is planted, the Houjin soldiers may come over.

Similarly, Houjin has now re-occupied Gaizhou, but the fields south of Gaizhou and near Fuzhou are all vacant.

Both parties knew that the other was a despicable and shameless villain and did not dare to grow food.

In the original history, Jin Bing would enter the customs again after next year, but Ding Yi felt that Huang Taiji might advance.

Because in this history, Fuzhou and Jinzhou were occupied by Ding Yi, which made them lose a lot of fields.

On the 10th, Ding Yi called a meeting of various ministries in Lushun, and Wang Weizhong and Du Ruhai from Dengzhou also came back to attend.

Wang and Du Xian of Dengzhou reported the situation, and now more than 1 soldiers in Dengzhou have completed the cultivation of 14 mu of land.

Because the fields were all there before, but they were barren due to the war. They built the fort and farmed the fields at the same time. This autumn the wheat was planted.

In addition, in the past few months, many refugees have come in from other provinces one after another. According to Ding Yi's request, Dengzhou has accepted more than 5000 people, and they are currently building forts and hoarding land.

When Ding Yi heard that it took only a few months to receive more than 5000, he knew that the peasant army was not big enough at the moment.

But he really can't remember how many years it took for the Peasant Army to become the largest and have the largest number of refugees.

I can only wait first, and everything is the most difficult at the beginning, and now the matter of diverting refugees is actually just beginning.

Then, as usual, the Craftsmanship Bureau reported that there were more craftsmen and skilled workers, approaching 5000.

At present, the Bureau of Craftsmanship routinely produces [-] guns per month.

The monthly output is 500 iron armors and 900 cotton armors.

每月产12磅铜炮18门，24磅铁炮12门，每月造佛朗机炮35门。

At present, Ding Yi has more than 3 soldiers in Mali, half of which are gun soldiers and half are gun shield soldiers. All the gun soldiers have been equipped with guns, and there are many more.

The Bureau of Craftsmanship has stored [-] pieces.

After hearing this, Ding Yi signaled that starting next month, the production of Lumi guns would be reduced to [-], and then [-] guns worse than the original would be produced, which would be exported to Japan.

Ding Yi requires that the wall of the blunderbuss should be thin, and it needs to be fired about ten times in a row. If it is not continuous, it can be fired about [-] blunderbusses. The range should be within [-] steps, and the effective killing distance should be within [-] steps. Related parts There must be renovations and so on.

Li Zhongyi said that there is no problem, just try a few more times, and use less materials, especially less steel.

Such guns cost four taels to five taels at most, but Ding Yi sold them to Japan for 20 taels.Selling two thousand a month, that's 4 taels.

Of course, Ding Yi won't just sell the shogunate. His contract with the shogunate is to sell [-] per year, and he plans to sell at least [-] per month, so he must sell it to other daimyos.

The same is true for artillery. He signed a contract with the shogunate to sell one hundred pieces a year.

Ding Yi asked the Craftsman Bureau to make a 12-pound gun made of iron. The wall of the gun was also thin, and the chamber would blow up after ten guns fired in a row.

The cost of this kind of gun is more than 100 taels, and it is sold to Japan for 500 taels. Less Francophones are made, and 20 guns are sold every month, which is also 2 taels.

In this way, only selling arms, you can get at least 6 taels per month. After removing the cost and transportation, the net profit is at least 4 taels.

The navy will be divided into two parts and three parts, one Ruan Siqing. Every time he goes to Japan, he first goes to Jiangnan, Fuguang and other places to buy goods, sells them to Japan, and then transports local specialties back from Japan.

Ding Yi roughly calculated that because he signed a fixed purchase agreement and price with the shogunate, Ruan Siqing could make two or three trips a year, and he could make a profit of about 70-90 yuan after excluding expenses.

The other team, led by Seinfeld and Fran, made a special trip to Japan and Phi Island, once every two months, took two months of firecrackers and cannons and some fur specialties, and when they came back, they only brought all kinds of stone and silver. Mineral materials, after this year, after deducting the expenses, they can probably earn 70 million.

These two sailors who do business can earn Ding Yi 60 million a year, which is already quite good, and they can completely spend on raising troops.

Of course, he is much worse than Zheng Zhilong. A few years later, Zheng Zhilong's annual income will reach more than [-] million yuan, but for Ding Yi now, he is already very successful.

This is all the benefit of this cutting day.

In addition, Ding Yi also has salt interests in Dengzhou and Lushun. Now that the chaos in Dengzhou has been settled, the salt road has returned to normal, and the opening of Dengzhou shopping malls can bring Ding Yi an annual income of about 30. (In addition, the salt interests in Jinan and Qingzhou have not yet been fully rolled out. After all, they have just taken over and are paving the way in the early stage. In the future, Wei Jiye estimates that it will not be lower than that of Denglv and the two places, with at least 30 for the whole year.)
He also collects the military pay and wages himself, and now has an income of about [-] a year, and it is increasing year by year.

In this way, the annual income of Ding Yi Dongjiang Town, not counting the court payment, is close to 200 million taels.

The confidantes at the scene were all dumbfounded when they heard it.

Right now in Ming Dynasty, only Zheng Zhilong earns more money than Ding Yi.

Now that Ding Yi is able to make a lot of money, he will naturally raise the salaries of everyone here. Depending on the size of the official position, each person's annual salary will be increased by tens of taels to hundreds of taels. The generals and civil servants are all overjoyed.

Of course, they are basically in Lushun and Pidao, and there are not many places where they can spend money, but they are very happy to have money, which proves that Master Ding has not forgotten everyone.

Ding Yi said earnestly again, right now we are making money, but it doesn’t mean we can continue to make money, so we have to save it. Moreover, this money is not mine, Ding Yi’s, it’s going to be used to raise troops and build guns to expand our Territory and military power, this is the capital for everyone to settle down in this world.

Of course the generals understand that after the war against Japan, everyone knows that wars can also make money.

(End of this chapter)