I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 302
Chapter 301

Today, the size of the Ning Navy has exceeded 30 horses, including the four major fleets, with a total of more than 200 warships above [-] materials, and the number of naval guns alone is [-] to [-].

In a mere corner of Liaodong, the support for such a large number of well-equipped troops will definitely be heavy. In fact, if the Ning Navy relies exclusively on Liaodong's agriculture for support, even if the size of the troops is reduced by ten times, Liaodong will still be able to do so. I can't afford it either.

Thanks to the industry and commerce in Liaodong, especially the industry, the price of steel has now been suppressed by Liaodong's steel production capacity, from the original [-] yuan per catty to the current [-] or [-] yuan per catty.For example, sea salt, in particular, is suppressed to six renminbi per catty, and basically all the people can afford it.

Cheng Shijie has the salt quotation issued by the imperial court, and the salt merchants have no choice but to sue, if they can't win, if they can't fight, they can only sulk. More importantly, Cheng Shijie has never suffered a loss in wars, and the more he fights, the stronger his troops.

Fighting against bandits, the money and food accumulated by the bandits over the years became Cheng Shijie's spoils of war, even fighting against Jiannu, the gains were good, and the biggest profit was fighting with Zheng Zhilong, who had already been drained by Cheng Shijie.When fighting the Dutch and the Spaniards, Cheng Shijie wanted both face and face.

After learning that Cheng Shijie was going to have a small life, not only the reform-through-labour prisoners in Liaodong were excited, but even the soldiers of the Ning Navy also signed up one after another, asking to participate in the battle of crossing the sea and attacking Japan.In just a few days, Cheng Shijie received tens of thousands of blood letters in Jinzhou.

Daming is still a bit different from later generations. In later generations, there are still a group of people who don’t eat food, such as Hari, Jingri, and Meiri elements, but it is different in Daming. Although some people think that Xiaotian is listed by Taizu Hongwu Emperor It is the consensus of the whole people to fight for a country without conquest, or to eliminate Japanese pirates.

"Master, someone wants to see you!"

Cheng Shijie held the name thorn and looked at the four words "Erzhu Guangqi" on it. He was slightly taken aback. He was now sure that he had no friendship with this Erzhu family. In fact, the surname Erzhu originated from the surname Hu. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of talents emerged, such as Erzhu Rong, Erzhu Yanbo and so on.

However, this surname has disappeared in later generations, and most of them have been changed to Zhu, Er, Rong, Hu, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Long, etc.

Cheng Shijie said: "Did you ask him why he wanted to see me?"

"Erzhu Guangqi is a businessman from Zhejiang. He has not been naturalized in Liaodong, but he owns many properties in Liaodong..."

"Have someone go to the front hall and wait!"

Cheng Shijie found that his current attendants were not as flexible as Sun Kewang. If Sun Kewang had dealt with similar problems, he would have found out about the eighteenth generation of the other party's ancestors.

"Caomin, Erzhu Guangqi pays his respects to the commander in chief!"

When Cheng Shijie came to the front hall, there was a middle-aged man in a blue gown. He was fair-looking, with a smell of books between his brows. , which makes people feel good.

"You are Erzhu Guangqi?"

"It's the grass people!"

"What's your business with Ben Shuai?"

"I heard that the commander-in-chief is going to attack Xiaozi?"

"That's right!"

Er Zhu Guangqi said: "Commander, Caomin is willing to donate 5000 taels of silver to Commander!"

"What do you want to do?"

"Caomin has a beloved son. Nine years ago, he followed his mother back to Quanzhou to visit relatives. He never thought that he would meet Japanese pirates on the road. The Japanese pirates extorted 6 taels of silver from Caomin. , those beasts..."

Although Erzhu Guangqi is a sea merchant, compared with the millions of sea merchants, he is just a small merchant with seven or eight old and broken ships under his name, nothing more.

Since Erzhu Guangqi's wife and children were brutally murdered by Japanese pirates, Erzhu Guangqi began to prepare a revenge plan, but it was a pity that although Xiaotian was closed to the outside world, they could not be dealt with alone. Erzhu Guangqi prepared for several years, The more absolute the more desperate.

Until now, Cheng Shijie raised his troops to attack Xiaotian, which gave Erzhu Guangqi hope.

Erzhu Guangqi said: "The grass people hope that they can give the commander some money so that the commander can build more artillery and kill more Japanese pirates. The grass people want to buy a hundred heads of Japanese pirates from the commander to commemorate the spirit of the deceased wife and beloved son in heaven."

"Good talk, good talk!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the 5000 taels of silver and said with a smile, "I will give you three hundred taels!"

After Erzhu Guangqi left, Zhu Weiti came over.

"Sir, can you take a look?"

"what happened?"

"This is the Xu Su family of Songjiang Mansion recommended by Zhang Chen."

Zhu Weiti handed over a gift list to Cheng Shijie, and Cheng Shijie took a look. It read: "Eight thousand pairs of thousand-layer bottoms, eight thousand pairs of cotton socks! Three hundred fat pigs!"

Mrs. Xu, Cheng Shijie has really heard of this person. If Mrs. Zhang and Chen are rich women in Liaodong, then Mrs. Xu is the owner of the largest private clothing store in Liaodong.This Xu Su family came to Liaodong with five children, and later married Xu Shipeng of Guangning as his wife after matching.

If in later generations, it is definitely not easy for a woman with five children to remarry, but the problem is that the situation in Liaodong is not the same. A woman with five children is actually a sweet potato.

Later, Xu Peng broke his legs when he was attacked by Dutch shells. If it was the medical skills of later generations, he could still keep his legs. In this era, he can only amputate his legs.Xu Peng retired due to injury, and because he had killed seven enemies, the Xu Su family had the start-up capital to make a fortune.

Soon Xu Su's business in Liaodong flourished, and his net worth was hundreds of thousands in just three years. This time he heard that Cheng Shijie was going to attack Xiaotian, so Xu Su used Zhang Chen's connections to find Zhu Weiti, a present to Zhu Weiti!

At the same time, there is also 5 taels of silver donated by Zhang Chen.

"Are there many cases like this?"

"It's quite a lot. Most people actually don't have the chance to meet the commander. They can only donate to Ning Haijun through their own channels."

Within half a month of Cheng Shijie's decision to attack Little Days, Ning Haijun received donations from the people one after another. A total of more than 15 cans of beef, more than 15 pairs of shoes, more than 800 shi of grain, and [-] potatoes [-] million catties, more than [-] bags of starch.

There is also a donation of more than 130 million taels of silver.

Cheng Shijie sighed: "It's really what everyone expected!"

On the 15th, at the same time that the Ning Navy was about to go to sea, Wang Chengen came across the sea and brought the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen, and read the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen in front of the officials of the Liaodong Management Committee.

The diction of the imperial decree is quite beautiful, parallel five Li six, citing scriptures and allusions, it is quite enjoyable to watch, but the content is not beautiful at all.The core content is just one: Aren't you going to rob Japan?I agree, let's go grab it!
Sun Chengzong's eyeballs almost popped out of his sockets, and he yelled at Wang Cheng'en: "How is that possible? The Taizu personally enshrined Xiaotian as a country that will not be confiscated. Is the Holy Majesty confused and disobeyed Taizu's will!?"

Wang Chengen smiled and said: "Mr. Sun Ge, you don't know something. At this time and at that time, when the Taizu named Xiaori as a country without conquest, Xiaori never sent troops to invade the Ming Dynasty's borders, let alone ran to the south of the Yangtze River. Killing and setting fire! Since Xiaozi is so ignorant of good and bad, of course we have to pay back!"

"Well said! The little days are shameless. We list them as a country that will not be conquered. We want to live in peace with them. They are lucky. First, they ran to Jiangnan and made Jiangnan a disaster. After being beaten away, they got worse. , dispatched 10,000+ troops to fight against North Korea, who can swallow this tone?"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly and said: "In the past, there was a series of wars and disasters, and Da Ming's strength was greatly damaged. We can't do anything about them. Now that Da Ming's soldiers are strong and powerful, when will we not let out such bad breath again!"

"Beiping, you are confused!"

"Teacher, the students don't understand, why are the students confused?"

"Emperor Taizu Hongwu listed Xiaotian as a country not to be conquered out of multiple considerations!"

Sun Chengzong said sincerely: "The Yuan Dynasty attacked Japan twice, and the result was that the entire army was wiped out. Daming's current state affairs are difficult, can it withstand such setbacks? No, I want to go to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit, so that His Majesty can take back his orders. Daming can't repeat the previous dynasties Mistakes!"

"Teacher, when Emperor Hongwu was in trouble, Mongolia was infested in the north, and he was not the main opponent of Ming Dynasty. He lived in a peaceful corner, separated by the sea. Although he killed envoys and disobedient ministers, it was really a disease of ringworm, not a confidant's trouble. At that time, the Ming navy was fighting We are not strong enough, we urgently need to restore our national power, and the Great Yuan campaign failed, losing tens of thousands of troops twice, so Emperor Hongwu listed Xiaotian as a country that will not be conquered!"

Cheng Shijie chuckled: "The Mongols can't live a small life because of their poor shipbuilding technology. Today, the seven major shipyards in Liaodong can manufacture dozens of large ships with more than [-] materials. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was difficult for the navy to destroy pirates. Not to mention the expedition to Japan. The establishment of a navy is not a one-day effort and requires a lot of money. It is obviously out of date for Ming Dynasty. I have never lost before, and this time is no exception!"

Sun Chengzong looked at Cheng Shijie's resolute attitude. Of course, he also knew the reason Cheng Shijie said. He reminded Cheng Shijie, just to let him pay attention to Cheng Shijie, and don't repeat the mistakes of Dayuan.

"It's a good thing that you have confidence, don't act out of righteousness!"

Sun Chengzong looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "The land is no better than the sea. If there is a storm on the sea, it will make every day not work, and the land will not work. You can send a general to supervise the expedition!"

"Teacher, it has been a student's long-cherished wish to attack the little days. This time, the students must go!"

Cheng Shijie said loudly: "If you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero, and you will have no regrets if you step on Mount Fuji!"

Sun Chengzong looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Beiping, this time, you must be prepared to lose money!"

"Loss?"

Cheng Shijie said in disbelief, "How could it be possible to lose money?"

"That place was too poor in my childhood, you probably won't be able to seize anything except salted fish!"

"Impossible, Xiaotian has a silver mine that has been mined for hundreds of years, and the Iwami Silver Mine also has a large number of associated copper mines. There are tens of thousands of tons of copper that can be used to cast copper coins!"

"That's all for now..."

Sun Chengzong tremblingly left the Ning Navy General Mansion, Cheng Shijie didn't believe it, but he was about to be slapped in the face.

After the Ning Navy's war machine is started, it will not stop. In fact, Cheng Shijie started this war to consume Liaodong's inventory. Whether it is shells, armor, or weapons, they all have a shelf life. No matter how safe it is, of course, there is also food.

Especially in the warehouse in Liaodong, there are a lot of long-life foods, such as compressed biscuits, canned food, sugar cubes, glucose, salt water, etc. There are too many backlogs of these materials and they need to be disposed of.

At the beginning in Chibi City, part of it had already been consumed, but it was far from enough. Many people might say, since there are so many supplies in Liaodong, why not send them to the Central Plains.

But there is no consumer market in the Central Plains. If it is free, the factory will suffer. If the factory does not make money, it will stop production and the workers will lose their jobs. One factory with two factories will not be a big problem. If a large number of factories stop production, a large number of factories will emerge Unemployed people are very unfavorable to the economic development of Liaodong.

Cheng Shijie originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Jiannu's invasion to fight a large-scale war with Jiannu, but the problem is that after the Battle of Longgang Mountain, Jiannu started to move, and 2 or [-] horses began to migrate. , It is estimated that I will run empty, and I will not get anything.

Of course, Cheng Shijie didn't get the exact information. Huang Taiji just asked Fan Wencheng to start the strategy of going west, and it was all about Ningxia.

"Greetings to Princess Chongming and Princess Changping!"

Although Cheng Shijie declined, the only imperial edict that Empress Zhang had issued in the past eight years was naturally to open up the world, and Cheng Shijie never gave Cheng Shijie a chance to refuse.

As a result, Cheng Jiayue is now Princess Changping of Daming.

Cheng Shijie looked at Wang Chengen and asked, "How is the situation in the capital?"

Wang Chengen smiled wryly and said, "What else can I do? It's all a mess. Countless officials and censors have written letters to impeach Duke Hai..."

Cheng Shijie yelled: "Those guys are out of their minds, right?"

Wang Chengen sighed: "Those guys are opposing for the sake of opposition. They still pretend they haven't noticed the development of Liaodong. They only care about impeaching Hai Guogong, which makes the emperor very angry. There are several times in a row." The official censor finally made them a little smarter. But even so, the memorials to impeach Hai Guogong are still flying like snowflakes, and our family has to direct people to carry several baskets out and burn them every day."

"The commander-in-chief didn't throw their children into the well, why did they have trouble with the commander-in-chief?"

Although Cheng Shijie didn't throw other people's children into the well, Cheng Shijie was digging the roots of Confucianism, and of course they, descendants of Confucianism, would jump out and bite people.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little bit overwhelmed, so he risked the world and let Cheng Shijie lead the army to conquer Japan. First, he would show Emperor Shenzong the evil spirit of North Korea being invaded. Crazy bite sure something goes wrong!

Wang Chengsi said: "This time we are conquering Japan, our family is here to wish Hai Guogong the victory!"

"I love hearing that!"

Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and said to Wang Chengsi, "I'll get you tens of thousands of taels later as pocket money."

Wang Chengen was startled: "Don't, don't, tens of thousands of taels is too much, our family dare not accept... 1 taels is enough!"

"Let's see luck!"

Cheng Shijie said: "If you seize more, you will get 10 taels of silver, and if you seize less, you will get [-] taels of silver!"

Wang Chengen thanked him repeatedly, thinking in his heart that no wonder Gao Qiqian was willing to hang out with Cheng Shijie, look at him, this pattern...

The Ning Navy did not have an organizational system to transfer, but took the commander-in-chief as a unit, and the rain and dew were evenly exposed. Six commanders were drawn from the cavalry unit, three commanders were drawn from the artillery unit, and [-] commanders were drawn from the [-] capital divisions. In general, it is the captain of the guards, so since then, there is no complaint.

After half a month of preparation, the Ning Navy Navy mobilized 350 two transport ships with a class of more than [-] materials to undertake this transportation task. Mainly, after all, the transportation capacity of Ning Haijun is too weak.

A small Venetian city-state republic can gather thousands of armed merchant ships at one time, and although the Ning Navy has a total of more than three or four thousand ships, most of them are old and broken ships captured from Zheng Zhilong.One-third of the more than 350 ships are newly built recently, and 22 of them belong to the 600-material class, which means a displacement of more than [-] tons.

On September [-]th of the eighth year of Chongzhen, outside Jinzhou City, on the school grounds, more than [-] troops from the Ning Navy formed a huge square formation.

"Greetings, Commander, Commander Wan Sheng!"

Cheng Shijie rode a war horse and walked through the phalanx formations. Ning Haijun cavalry carried six firecrackers on their backs. This kind of firecrackers had a range of more than 150 steps. Within fifty steps, they could ignore Jiannu's three-layer heavy armor. It can break through heavy armor. As far as 150 steps away, the hit rate is not high, not that the range is not enough.

Even with the precision rifles of later generations, it is actually not easy to hit the target within 150 paces, not to mention riding on horses. In addition to six-loaded guns, they also hold sabers and spears, and control the horse with their legs. A team of one hundred cavalry, viewed horizontally as a row and vertically as a column, is extremely neat and orderly.

The number of heavy cavalry in the Ning Navy is small, only [-], all of which are Frisian horses purchased from the Venetians. The pulling power of the horse used to be active on the stage of European history as an all-round war horse, carrying Germany and Friesland to participate in the Crusades, and showed good mobility in a series of wars.

Cheng Shijie sent the dare heavy cavalry to the battlefield of Little Japan. What he valued most was the ability of the heavy cavalry to sweep everything like a tank.This kind of heavy cavalry, both men and horses wear heavy armor, only two eye sockets are exposed from the whole body, and the knight on the horse is holding a [-]-foot-long horse lance in one hand. It is not difficult to imagine that when these four-legged mecha monsters launch How terrifying it will be!
The crossbowman has disappeared from the regular combat sequence of the Binin Navy. However, this time the expedition was small, and there was still a deadly army in the army.

They are rogues from the Central Plains. You must know that these people are murderous beasts. Whether they are adults or children, they can kill them. As the elite of Zhang Xianzhong's army, wherever they go, no dog or dog will be left, and no grass will grow. .

The equipment of these people is actually very luxurious, yes, it can be called luxurious, more than [-] are archers, the arms of the bow are as thick as a child's arm, and the sharp arrows in the quiver are thick and long. If an arrow hits even a cow, it will immediately fall to the ground and die.

Behind the archers is the spearman, and behind the spearman is the heavy infantry. They are not many in number, but they are covered with double armor, which looks like a moving iron tower. The Mo Dao in their hands is shining coldly.

Behind this is the elite soldiers of Ning Haijun, everyone's armor is polished, and the military appearance is shocking.These are the elite teachers that Cheng Shijie has painstakingly created with resources, and they are the only capital for him to gain a foothold in this land.

Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers and said, "Soldiers, you should have heard of Luzon, right?"

All the naval officers and men said in unison: "I have heard it!"

"In the past few years, the weather in Liaodong has been getting colder and colder. Although we have tried our best, God still makes us lose our harvest every year. This commander has nothing to do with this terrible weather. This commander will take care of us in Luzon. There is no severe cold, no drought, and you can get a good harvest by sowing seeds casually. However, some people are jealous. Japanese pirates attacked us in Luzon and slaughtered more than [-] of us. You said, what should we do? "

"Kill them all!"

The officers and men of Ning's navy roared like thunder: "Kill them all!!!"

"Yes, kill them all!!"

Cheng Shijie said: "This commander will lead you to kill all the little days!"

Cheng Jialong, who was dressed in armor, was very excited.

As the soldiers of the Ning Navy began to line up to board the big ship, the armed merchant ships loaded with supplies and soldiers of the Ning Navy began to set sail until all the warships and armed merchant ships disappeared on the sea.

Zhu Weiti also turned back with the crowd who saw him off.

However, at this moment, Gu Ziyi said in panic: "Princess, something is wrong?"

"what happened?"

"Miss is missing?"

"Is she in the panda house?"

"There is no sign of the eldest lady in the panda house!"

"Have you asked the guard? When did you go out?"

"This is where the bad things happen. There is no record of the eldest lady leaving the mansion at the gate guard!"

"Where are the four companions?"

"It's gone too, no one knows where they are!"

Zhu Weiti panicked at this moment: "Look for it quickly!"

If Cheng Jiayue can't be found, Zhu Weiti doesn't know how to explain to Cheng Shijie.

In September, the East China Sea is windy and rough, with dark clouds rolling in the sky, covering the sky, and bringing heavy rain from time to time, and the howling sea breeze has brought a hint of winter chill.

The officers and men of the Ning Navy stayed in the armed merchant ships that swayed like drunks. The soldiers born in Liaodong, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong coasts were fine. Mold, one by one, vomited their eyes straight, and expressed their true feelings with the most ugly swear words.

Sun Kewang looked at the ups and downs of the waves on the sea, and said to Cheng Shijie with a little fear: "Humans are too small in front of the moody sea. A storm can kill a hundred thousand troops. It’s no wonder that Meng Yuan’s two attacks on Little Japan ended in disastrous defeats!”

Cheng Shijie was about to speak when a voice came from a distance: "Dad..."

Cheng Shijie stared dumbfoundedly at Cheng Jiayue, "Why are you here?"

"I'm going to beat the little devil!"

(End of this chapter)