open sea

Chapter 336 Country Name
In Manila Bay, warships at the port are loading and unloading luggage, and big flags with Ming characters are erected every [-] paces. During this period, the Ming army with the flag on their backs commands and recruits civilians to carry the luggage, and the carts that are rushed to transport the luggage and military equipment into the royal city under construction .

There is a castle in the northwest corner of the royal city, and the fortress is heavily guarded. Although the gate is closed during the day, people only know that the general and his staff are inside, but they don't know what to do inside.

"I won't talk about some things, you may not think of them. The military supervisor is a student of history, right? Looking at the dynasties and dynasties of various countries, when is a country most vigorous? I think it is a time of chaos, not a time of chaos, but a time of chaos." Chen Mu He raised his hand and patted on the tea table, "It's the internal and external troubles, the inequality of the rich and the poor, and after these problems happened, a saint was born, and the people of insight all over the world were devoting themselves to worrying about it."

"If you are poor, you will think of wealth, and if you are weak, you will think of strength. Everyone seeks change to survive, and the imperial court is exactly like this."

"The southern Japanese and the northern captives have been harassing for decades. This year, I decided to pay tribute and expedition to Nanyang, which is considered to be resolved; the border market was opened in the north, and the treasury will just be able to save at the end of the year; courtiers don't have to be tied up anymore, they can seek change. At that time, if Chen jumped out to add trouble, what am I?"

"I just think that's not enough. You should be able to feel that the imperial court is not comparing itself with yourself. There are many countries in this world. They are forging ahead. Our fleet cannot reach their country, but their fleet He can sneak up to our gate, kick and fire two cannons, like an ignorant child."

"Don't be fooled by the harmless appearance of these children. They are stronger than us. They used the fleet to go east and finally returned to their own country, proving that the world is round. They have traveled many places and know which country can treat them. It poses a threat. We only know about the section from Malacca in the west to Japan in the east, and what happened to the Sanbao eunuch in other places after he went to Nanyang, and we don’t know anything about it.”

"The essence of the world is competition. This is the case with people, and so is the country and country composed of people, because everything in the world is limited. We have two catties of rice, and I eat one catty. The three of you can only be together. If I eat a catty, my strength will be greater than yours. This is the situation in middle school, Yangzhou Dajia can fly farther than anyone else who can throw the gold leaves from the top of the mountain, and the people at the foot of the mountain are so skinny that they will starve to death."

"Those impoverished people failed in this competition. It is not necessarily the fault of those merchants. Not every official is corrupt and perverts the law, and not every merchant is cunning, but they use their wisdom and deception to win more. ,in my eyes."

"The imperial court owns the world, and the ancestors made similar rules, relying on this set of rules to distribute the world's food, money, and other messy things to everyone in the country. Even if everyone has the same amount at the beginning, there will be much more later. , Less and less, there will always be more and less, those who get more may not all be bad people, and those who get less may not all be good people."

"There is a problem with this set of rules. I can't help you how to change it. That's why I advocate Nanzheng. I know that Nanzheng is useless in your eyes. It may be useless in the eyes of Gao Ge, Zhang Ge, and even the emperor. It's just that I feel that I am too annoying to be noisy all day long, so I kicked me far away, as long as I don't disturb them."

"But only at this time, can Chen's wish come true! In a time of peace and tranquility, can someone like Chen, who jumps on the beam, rise to the Southern Expedition? Huoma doctor, at least they think that Chen has a way of making money and farming, and Nanzheng will definitely not lose money."

"Otherwise, even if the imperial court really recruits the army with Yu and Qi Nanzheng, so what?"

Chen Mu's face slumped, and he clapped his hands together, "We hit the Iberian Peninsula, let their king come out and kowtow, and offer tribute every year, and the army came back to farm again. This is what we normal people think , How much gold and silver can we earn? Why don’t we take the goods to Yuegang and let others buy them, we can collect the money while sitting, and what are we going to do when we go out?”

Chen Mu's words convinced Chen Ju and Zhao Shizhen, what can Manila do?Another 4 farmers are recruited to plant the land, and the grain grown is just enough to feed [-] people. Isn't this crazy, there is land in Daming!

"Chen doesn't value money. Two things. The supervising army knows the soldiers. Is this newly built bastion wall outside useful?"

Chen Ju nodded. In fact, he didn't know much about soldiers. At most, he was more curious about military affairs than most eunuchs in the deep palace. But even so, he could see that the biggest advantage of this thing is that it doesn't matter where you come from. Come on, there are three walls or more defenders attacking you at the same time.

"But the city wall is short, it's still a slanted wall, and it's covered with soil and grass. Once the city is attacked, it's too easy to climb."

"Short, artillery is not easy to shoot, there are cannons and bird guns on it, how do people climb, the normal city wall is high, and it is easy to be bombarded if it is high. It doesn't matter, as long as you know it is useful; Mr. Xu translated the Xiyi Navy War Book , is it useful?"

Xu Weiku had been sitting for a long time, originally he wanted to ask Chen Mu what he was planning to come here, and he seemed to be staying in a tug-of-war for a long time, but since Chen Ju opened his mouth, he kept silent, and at the same time, he thought of Chen Ju as the supervisor. Blame it, I decided to stay away from him in the future.

He didn't suspect that Chen Mu was planning to rebel.

Hearing Chen Mu's question at this time, he got up and cupped his hands and said, "The Xiyi sea battle was fierce, all because of this book, which is no less exquisite than Qi's military book."

"That's right, this is cultural exchange, because we won, so how much we exchange, we have the final say; they have been doing this, we can't do it if we don't go to sea, in the war, take other people's good things Learn it and integrate it with our good things, which is much faster than Daming's own improvement for decades."

"The advancement of technology depends on demand. Silk weaving in the south of the Yangtze River is well developed, so there are pedal reeling vehicles and even large water-turning spinning wheels. This is because the demand is met, and technology progresses; if no one buys silk, what is the use of technological progress?"

"How to expand the demand? The market, Manila is now our market. If we produce more cotton cloth, cotton looms will improve; if we produce more weapons, our weapon manufacturing will improve; if we fight more battles, our art of war will improve."

"But demand alone is not enough. Ming Dynasty is too big, so it is difficult to cause manpower shortage and make people think hard to improve technology. Unlike those small countries, they only need to colonize to obtain gold, silver, manpower, raw materials and markets, and they can make huge changes. Ours no."

Chen Mu shook his head, not to mention worrying, but this is the reality he needs to face: "No amount of gold and silver can fill Daming; no amount of manpower can compare to Daming itself; no amount of raw materials can compare to our own There is output; no matter how big the market is, it is difficult to match the entire Ming Dynasty."

"So my gold and silver, in addition to handing over to the emperor and dispatching soldiers, all the rest of the money will be invested in the Guangzhou government and even Guangdong, so that the Guangzhou government will lack manpower, forcing it to concentrate production, and the production will be dumped in various places, and then rewards will be issued to encourage technological progress. In the past eight years, there will always be changes. We are doing a very great thing, and the filial piety scriptures say: establish yourself and practice the Tao, make your name known to future generations, and show your parents, which is the end of filial piety.”

"We will stand up and practice the way, and spread the name of the country to future generations!"

(End of this chapter)