The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 387 Intelligence Gathering
The ministers figured it out, and no one questioned it. The "Huaxia Big Bank" can exist in Daming generously!

Although Emperor Chongzhen was very poor, the Koreans paid tribute worth 10,000+ taels, so they couldn’t lose the face of the heavenly kingdom. The envoy of Lord Xinhai received a large amount of silk, tea and official kiln porcelain from the Son of Heaven. , the value is far greater than the tribute.

Originally, Xinhaijun operated by Huang Sheng was legal in North Korea. After Da Ming recognized it and rectified its name, it was double insurance. It was inevitable that the site of "Huaxia Island" became an overseas base.

Huang Sheng, who is thousands of miles away, is very busy. The Huang family has more than 3 large and small sea-going ships, and there are more than [-] sailors and gunners alone.

No matter what type of ship is, it shuttles between several Huangjiawan islands. Huangjiawan Island has dozens of ships arriving and departing from the port every hour. Fortunately, Huangjiawan Island has many natural harbors with ease.

There are two ready-made docks on Jeju Island. The craftsmen, materials and equipment have been completely received. The Huang family also arrested more than 1000 Korean shipbuilding craftsmen on Ganghwa Island. , Sancheng came to Huangjiawan Island to work.

"Huaxia Island" used to be a ready-made shipyard for Koreans who started construction in early November. Of course, the Korean craftsmen worked under the leadership of the masters of the Huang family.

Huang Sheng knew the development trend and was unwilling to let the Han people become a minority in a certain area. Using this method to consolidate the territory and eliminate ethnic conflicts is the fundamental way to solve ethnic problems.

Because the Han people have accepted the influence of Confucianism, they have no concept of bullying at all. Making the Han people an absolute majority also avoids the possibility of being bullied by a small number of foreign races.

Except for Scorpion Island and Huangjiawan Island, which are producing warships, all other dockyards are producing merchant ships and cargo ships. There are too many materials. The largest dockyard in North Korea was looted, and all the belongings there were shipped to "Huaxia Island".

Dongjiang Town is not idle in summer, taking advantage of the good opportunity to control the coast of the Yalu River, it transports too many wooden rafts down the river to Huangjiawan Island in exchange for grain. The subordinates can have enough to eat.

Zhao Shimin is already considering relocating all the warship manufacturing docks on Huangjiawan Island to "Huaxia Island" after completing the construction of the three 'battleships'.

Because the number of soldiers and civilians on Huangjiawan Island continued to increase, the land was obviously stretched, so he moved the shipyard to release a lot of land for civilian use.

The "Huaxia Island", which is more than [-] times the size of Huangjiawan Island, has a coastline of [-] miles. There are too many natural deep-water ports where shipyards can be developed. This time, the relocation will no longer be bound by geographical conditions.

There is also an advantage that Huangjiawan Island cannot match. There is no severe winter, so there is no possibility of freezing the sea surface, which saves the workload of uninterrupted ice-breaking in one to nine cold winters.

Zhao Shimin has personally inspected "Huaxia Island" and selected a natural deep-water port to build what should be the largest shipyard in Asia. At that time, more than [-] people will work there.

"Huaxia Island" is safe and sound. The North Korean navy has been beaten up by the Huang family and the Li family. Their army has been beaten to the ground by Jiannu. They have lost many excellent shipbuilders. It is estimated that they will have to rebuild It may not be impossible to accumulate combat power for more than five years.

Five years from now, there should be more than 30 Han Chinese living in Jeju Island with [-] or [-] households. The number of brave people in the township will not be less than [-]. Bastions will be built at the port and regular troops will be stationed for a long time. opponent.

What's more, the Huang family found that the North Korean navy showed signs of reconstruction, so they could go and seize their warships to receive their docks.

This year, when the dust has settled, it should be rewarded for meritorious deeds. All the soldiers of the Huang family have received double pay for six months. Too many soldiers have received military merit rewards, and most craftsmen have received bonuses exceeding two months' wages.

Everyone was very curious when they got the silver, and they were a little reluctant to spend the silver, because these shiny silver coins were so beautiful.

Of course, these are products produced by the Huangjiawan Island Mint. Gold coins, silver dollars, and copper plates are all industrial products produced by animal power and water power mechanization. .

The people of the Huang family trusted the patriarch, no one asked for money, and everyone happily used the new currency "Huaxia Tongbao", because all the shops on Huangjiawan Island were told that they had to accept the new currency.

As a result, Gu Ling'er's "Huaxia Big Bank" Huangjiawan Island Branch prepared a lot of cash for nothing, and left a lot of staff ready to deal with the exchange.

After several years of accumulating gold reserves of Huang's family has reached 40 taels, the issuance of currency has been a matter of course. In the future, transactions with big merchants do not need to carry silver around, and can be settled directly by bills of exchange.

Lancai'er finished her tour in Nanzhili and wanted to take the crew back to Huangjiawan Island to celebrate the New Year. On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, five grass-skimming warships and five No. [-] Fuchuan merchant ships sent by Huang Sheng arrived at Wangjiangmen Wharf .

Yi Facai, who was on business in Nanjing, visited many good craftsmen, and they took their families and took a sea boat to serve Huang's family.

The fleet returned to Huangjiawan Island on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.Due to the good publicity in all aspects, Caier led the team to tour 150 shows in Nanzhili, which were well received and applauded. .

The Huang family owned a "Qinhuai River Grand Theatre", a "Huaxia Big Bank" Nanjing branch, an entertainment club and dozens of shops by the Qinhuai River.

Lan Caier is still not satisfied with such achievements, she is preparing to rehearse a new play again, the writing of the script is nearing completion, Bian Zhiming, Shang Muming, He Xiang and others have all participated in the creation.

The background of the era is still the era when the slavery was rampant, and the protagonist is still the suffering people of Liaodong. As usual, the content is to accuse the atrocities of the slavery and praise the heroes.

Because of the name of Bian, they saw the actual battle under the city of Jinzhou. The description of the plot is more vivid, and there are many martial arts scenes.

Cai'er returned home happily, and brought a lot of gifts to the mistress and the sisters.

Her "Xie Fuchun" cosmetics became very popular in Nanzhili. Too many female family members of officials and eunuchs gave each other pollen packaged in porcelain jars, hair oil and shampoo in glass bottles as a fashion gift.

"Xie Fuchun" has become the No. [-] brand of cosmetics in Ming Dynasty, and the profit is too huge, the order quantity has doubled, and the production plan has been arranged until the spring of the following year.

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, Qian Meng, the person in charge of security in Wang Gongchang New Area of ​​the Beijing Normal University, personally brought more than 3000 refugees to Huangjiawan Island.

Because he found that there were more and more refugees, the Patriarch only asked them to find reliable refugees to take in without giving an upper limit. He knew that the Huang family's land was not big, and if he wanted a family, the Huang family would be unsustainable. He was going to meet the Patriarch to state his interests.

When he came to Huangjiawan Island and met many former comrades-in-arms who had become officers, he realized that he was unnecessary.Today's Huang family's territory is more than a hundred times larger than that of two years ago. If you don't worry about building slaves and harassing the Liaoxi Corridor, you can just settle a million people there.

Huang Sheng interviewed Qian Meng and Yi Facai to increase their workload, not only to take in refugees, to find good craftsmen, but also to secretly collect information.

(End of this chapter)