The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 553 Changing Guns and the Most Powerful Belly Society
In the 36th year of Jiajing (1557), the Portuguese Dolo Bugarao built a gun factory in Macau, with Bugarao himself as the manager.

Most of the copper materials needed by the foundry were purchased from Japan, while iron ore, sulfur, etc. were obtained locally from areas near Macao.The cannons produced are divided into two types: iron cannons and copper cannons. Iron cannons originated from Chinese workers, and copper cannons were created by Portuguese.

Copper cannons have a long range and are durable. During the war between Britain and France, the famous British general Clinton once used the copper cannons produced by this factory to show their power in the peninsula campaign.By the 17s, the factory had developed into a considerable-scale cannon foundry, producing not only cannons, but also shells, gunpowder, and even church bells.

In order to build a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese gave the Ming Dynasty [-] taxes and [-] land rents every year.

The guns of the Macau Gun Factory in this era are no worse than those made by Ding Yi, and may even be better.

Thinking that they can make a lot of money casting cannons every year, and they can also hand over 2 taels to the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that this industry is very profitable.

Ding Yixi said, "How do they change?"

"They seem to be planning to exchange sugar for copper mines in Japan, and exchange 12-pound copper cannons for [-] catties of our sugar."

Ding Yi calculated that 500 jin of white sugar is worth about [-] taels. If it is sold to Japan, it will cost several times, and it will be worth thousands of taels. This cannon is a bit expensive.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty built its own guns, which probably cost dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver.

Of course, considering the copper cannons used by the Portuguese, the price will be even higher.

The Portuguese sell it a bit expensive, but Ding Yi has to consider that the cost of building a cannon here is now very high, because if he builds the cannon by himself, copper ore, iron ore, sulfur, etc. must be shipped from Lushun.

And the key point is that the cost of his sugar production is only about 200 taels.

200 pairs of 12-pound copper cannons are barely acceptable.

When he finds copper ore, iron ore, sulfur and other ores in Dayuan, and can obtain local materials, the cost of making cannons will come down.

Ding Yi immediately decided and agreed to exchange guns with them.

"Next time you come to Macau, no, you go directly and say that I agree, try to exchange copper cannons, and we will offer nine thousand catties." Ding Yi laughed.

Of course, bargaining is a must when doing business.

"After we build our line of defense in the future, we need heavy artillery for coastal defense. 24 pounds and 32 pounds are not enough. After I leave, you go to Macau and ask them to make heavy artillery for us. We will exchange it with sugar or copper ore."

Ding Yi planned to transport the copper ore directly from Japan to Macao to exchange guns.

On the side of the senior officer, he wants to let Macao manufacture the guns of 24 pounds and above, and the guns below 24 pounds are made in Lushun, and then shipped over, it is easier and saves time.

Everyone nodded and said to take note.

Ding Yi asked again, do I have the talents I want to mine?
Zhu Xiangyang and Yao Xinhan looked at each other, not yet, but they sent Fan and Ming troops to search everywhere every day.

Right now there is only one copper mine and an oil mine, both of which belong to the original fan. They are now digging mines every day, hoarding money and practicing copper at the same time.

In the future, as long as you are ready to make guns, you can make them at any time.

At this time, Zhao Dashan said: "Some time ago, our people went to Taichung to draw topographic maps, and were chased away by the local students. They were almost killed, but luckily they ran fast."

It turned out that after Ding Yi left, according to Ding Yi's arrangement, Zhao Dashan sent a large number of people to the whole Taiwan to survey the terrain, draw maps, record place names, mountains and rivers, and record them all.

At present, they have reached the vicinity of the present Changhua County, that is, to the middle area in the west of Dayuan, which is also the most extensive place in the Chianan Plain.

There is the largest suitable farming plain in Dayuan, but there is already a fanluo called Dadushe, whose king is Adegourang.

The Dadu Society is extremely powerful, composed of 27 villages, and the villagers hoard and farm land, no different from the Han people.

Duan Gaolin, who was accompanying him, said at this time that at the beginning of the year when Ding Yi occupied Dayuan, the Dutch attacked the Madou Club and forced them to sign the Madou Treaty.

Afterwards, about 1500 people from the Madou Society fled to the north and joined the Dadu Society.

Right now, there are 27 villages in the Dadu Society, with a total of more than 3 people, which is estimated to be the society with the most members.

Of course, many senior officials have never been to other places.

But experience tells Ding Yi that the population of raw fans living in the mountains is generally not too large, while the population of familiar fans living in the plains can easily exceed several thousand.

So this Dadu club is probably the one with the most in Dayuan area.

There are high mountains and long roads in Changhua, and there are many people in Dadu Society.

In the original history, the Dutch did not conquer them until 1645, and they were in a semi-independent state. They surrendered on the surface, but they were actually very hostile to the Dutch.

Ding Yi didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "We must conquer that side."

Because there are a lot of plains there, and the Dadu Society already has tens of thousands of people, and it has been operating for tens of hundreds of years, and there are ready-made fertile fields there.

After Zheng Chenggong occupied Taiwan, there was a shortage of food for a time, so he went to grab these cooked food. The two sides fought for a long time, and Zheng Chenggong's subordinates died thousands of people. They used killing to conquer the local people.

Ding Yi is not short of food now, but he needs fields and people, and he has no sympathy and no invasion.

In this era, the strong are respected.

If he is not strong, he will be swallowed up sooner or later.

If the Big Belly Club allowed him to develop, after a few decades, the population would exceed [-], and sooner or later they would come to him.

"If you want to fight the Dadu Club, you need a lot of soldiers and horses." Zhao Dashan said.

His current problem is that he has too few soldiers and horses. He only has [-] infantry in total, and he has to watch Tainan City and Xingang City.

We must also guard against the raw and cooked ones here.

It is impossible to mobilize too many troops.

"It's okay, I'm here to help you lead the soldiers this time." Ding Yi smiled.
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Early the next morning, in a huge square, there were already simple houses covered with trees.

At this time, Ding Yi asked the senior officials to do what they do every day, to keep building new houses, the more the better, to relocate the population.

Five hundred post-Golden Soldiers and two thousand Mongol households are all here, densely packed, all gathered together.

Among them, the family members are on one side, and Hou Jinbing and Mongolia Jingzhuang are on the other side.

So many people were gathered in the square, and many people showed fear on their faces.

Ding Yi was very hostile to the Qing Dynasty, and many people were afraid that Ding Yi would suddenly kill him and quit.

Surrounded by pikemen and pikemen, the pikemen are in front and the pikemen are behind.

Some people originally thought about whether to resist, but looking at the situation, it was useless to resist.

And they came all the way by boat, many people got seasick, not to mention that Ding Yi was not full by them.

If the Ming army wants to massacre them now, they can only suffer death, and there is no room for resistance.

"Is General Ding going to kill us?" a voice suddenly asked in the crowd.

This person was none other than Aobai who had recovered from his injuries. He was stunned by the cannon that day and woke up on the boat.

All the way to the peak, finally came to Da Yuan.

Ding Yi ignored him and looked back.

Taiji Tulu and deputy Taiji Wei Duolumu and Batu of the Dayuan tribe stepped forward one after another.

Tulu said loudly: "Brothers and sisters of my Dayuan tribe, you will get farmland, cattle and sheep here, and each household is ten acres of good farmland——"

The Mongols listened blankly. They had heard the same words many times on the ship before they landed.

Some people are dubious, some people are more excited.

It sounded like they were freer and more dignified than they were on the steppe.

After talking about their benefits, Tulu said again: "Now, every two households in the tribe conscript one strong man to serve as a soldier. The Jurchens serve as soldiers."

"Those in the tribe who are willing to take up swords and arrows and serve General Ding will be exempted from tax by [-]%."

"Wife, son, and parents all share one room."

"Before there is any production in the farmland, each person will receive three buckets of rice per head per month, and those who have made military exploits will be rewarded separately."

"Each time a Fanren's head is beheaded, he will be rewarded with one qian or a dou of rice, and if he captures a healthy Fannian alive, he will be rewarded with two qian or two dou."

If Tulu said it again, someone would say it again in Jurchen's words. After he finished speaking, there was an uproar all around, and the Qing soldiers and Mongolian soldiers were talking and whispering.

Obai said loudly, "What if we don't want to?"

"Kill." Zhao Dashan said without hesitation, "Men who are taller than the wheel will be killed."

"Woo!" The family members burst into tears.

The faces of the Qing soldiers were ashen, and they were all soldiers, which meant that if they disagreed, they would all be beheaded.

Ao Bai was surrounded by a few confidantes, they all looked at Ao Bai, and Ao Bai immediately understood what they were thinking.

Pretend to agree first, and find an opportunity to come back here.

Therefore, the Qing soldiers took the lead in agreeing.

On the 20th, Ding Yi formed a new army of [-] for Zhao Dashan, which the senior members called the [-]th Infantry Battalion.

Take Oboi as a guerrilla, and command the entire army, including five hundred Jurchens and one thousand Mongols.

There were 500 of them, and they were stationed in three camps. The 500 Jurchen people were divided into three groups and mixed with the Mongols.

The families of all the wives and children of the Mongolian Army above the officers live in Tainan City and Xingang City.

The officers went out with knives, bows and arrows at the gate of the city, and lined up at the gate of the city to hand them in when they returned to the city.

The family members of the sergeants lived with the acquaintances of the nearby Madou Society and Xingang Society.

All the armies lined up at the gate of the camp to receive their armor, and when they returned, they lined up to hand it in.

Because the [-] households in Mongolia ([-] households were transported in the next batch) all have family members, and they will not dare to resist when they go out to fight. Only when they come back and hand over their weapons can they see their families.

Let the Mongols monitor the Jurchens, and if the Jurchens dare to rebel, the Mongols will kill them.

But the Jurchens had just arrived as a senior official and were unfamiliar with the place, so they definitely didn't dare to run around.

Ding Yi's plan was to let these more than 1000 people and some Dutch infantry go to fight Dadushe. Afterwards, all captured Qing soldiers or Mongolian soldiers would be sent to fight Dadushe, so that both sides would suffer until they conquered Dadushe.

(End of this chapter)