Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 131
At the end of October, the first large caravan, which was fully prepared, was escorted by the Shunfeng Escort, heading for the countries of Southeast Asia.

At the beginning of November, another huge caravan aimed directly at Dongyang, because it was going through the sea area of ​​Fujian, so in order to ensure the safety of the caravan, the Shunfeng Escort sent a total of [-] large and small warships.

The departure of these two fleets, which brought together the commercial power of Chaozhou and Huizhou, heralded a new chapter in Ming Dynasty's ocean-going trade.

The original method of relying on businessmen to sneak around, or only opening a few coastal ports, greatly suppressed the favorable development of commerce.

Now it is a proactive attack, a large-scale and organized attack, to bring out Daming's commercial potential step by step.

Daming's trade with overseas has maintained a surplus, and under the stimulation of this good form.

Tang Ning could imagine that more silver would flow into Daming in the future, further expanding the trade surplus.

During this period of time, Guangdong was the center of the south. Under Tangning's leadership, a lot of changes had indeed taken place. Many new things appeared, and business activities were booming.

As for the north, instead of the chaotic battle at the beginning of the year, it was relatively calm.

This is because the Qing army focused on stabilizing the situation after occupying the capital, first moving the capital to the capital, and then completing the distribution of rights.

The young Shunzhi was the emperor, but the power was in the hands of Dorgon, and he was named the uncle regent.

Zierhalang, Prince Heshuo Zheng, was conferred the title of Assistant Prince of Xinyi.

Azige, Duoduo, Haoge and other county kings were also crowned princes.

Baylor and Beizi were also blocked.

After the distribution of rights is complete, the next step is to distribute benefits by enclosure.

The next step is to rectify the army and horses, and start to go south to plot the whole world. Li Zicheng's forces are the stumbling block to the south, so he bears the brunt of it.

The north was too far away for the new army, and Tangning just asked Xiao Wu to keep an eye on the news from the north.

In order to be able to grasp the instant news as soon as possible, Tangning had already asked Xiao Wu's intelligence department to infiltrate north and set up a secret intelligence station.

Deploying an intelligence network is a long-term process, and there is no way to rush it, so Tangning naturally needs to make plans early.

While Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture were aggressively recruiting talents, Xiaowu also screened out some intelligence talents, and some Jinyiwei agencies were rectified and incorporated.

The Jinyiwei, which was reorganized, had many functions reduced. Now it is mainly responsible for intelligence collection, countering enemy personnel and assassination operations. They are strictly prohibited from participating in arrests and interrogations.

The three aspects of intelligence collection, instigating rebellion, and assassination are respectively in charge of by specialized personnel.

Those in charge of collecting intelligence mainly collect intelligence. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not be allowed to participate in the work of instigating rebellion and assassination, and the same is true for the other two.

These work subdivisions were personally presided over by Tang Ning, who borrowed a lot of experience and management methods from later generations, and combined them with the current situation to improve them step by step.

Xiao Wu is quite talented in the ability to collect information, but because he is young and has little experience, his ability in overall planning is a bit weaker.

Although Xiao Wu has flaws in this area, for Tangning, in some key positions, loyalty is more important than ability.

Tangning must ensure the loyalty of the supreme leader to her, and Xiao Wu is the best choice.

There are quite a few capable people in Jin Yiwei, with methods and wrists, but Tangning can only treat these people as knives.

Tangning can sharpen the knife, teach Xiao Wu how to use the knife, or ask someone who knows how to use the knife to assist him, but he must never let the knife turn against the customer.

Now Tangning's overall layout plan has been basically completed, but it is not perfect enough and needs to be improved step by step.

After all, time is short.

"Hey, hey, hey..." On the martial arts arena outside the city, thousands of soldiers were sweating profusely with long guns in their hands, practicing uniformly.

A middle-aged man with bright eyes glanced down from the front table, full of majesty.

In the corner of the martial arts arena, Tangning watched all this with satisfaction, the spirit of the team was slowly revealed.

It's not too surprising to be able to reach this level in a short period of time. After all, the chief instructor of the new army is Wu Shu, a martial arts expert, and a famous martial arts scholar.

The "Arm Records" written by him is an important masterpiece of martial arts, which draws on the strengths of others and pays great attention to the actual combat of martial arts.

Since the Ming Dynasty's military equipment has been neglected for a long time, the real martial arts masters have no chance to display what they have learned, and can only be spread among the folk martial arts.

Wu Shu likes to travel north and south, and also likes to communicate with martial arts experts from all over the world. He heard that Chaozhou Prefecture recruited talents from all walks of life, which happened to be not far from Guangdong.

As soon as he entered Chaozhou Prefecture, he was attracted by the new atmosphere of Chaozhou Prefecture.

This city is very different from the situation in the north where the people live in dire straits, as if in another country, even the most ordinary people have satisfied smiles on their faces.

In the north, even some gentry and gentry are in constant panic, and ordinary people are starving and displaced. This is simply a world of difference.

Therefore, Wu Shu's first impression of Chaozhou Mansion was very good. He wanted to stay here for a while to have a look, and also wanted to know if his ambitions could be fulfilled here.

Because there is no one who does not want their hard work and talents to be valued, but in the eyes of many people, martial artists are just some vulgar martial arts, and the martial arts is reckless, so they are not very popular.

Just like this, Wu Shu lingered at the entrance of Juxian Building for a long time but did not go in, because he was a lonely person, and if he was not welcomed, he would really lose face in front of everyone.

But in the end, his goodwill towards Chaozhou Prefecture prevailed, and he made up his mind to go in and give it a try.

But what he never expected was that the people in the Juxian Tower did not discriminate against the warriors, and even after knowing that he was Wu Shu, they treated him very politely.

In the end, he also met the young man who had brought such a change to Chaozhou Prefecture, and it was the other party who rushed to Juxian Building to meet him, and showed his courtesy to the corporal.

It can be said that Wu Shu's mood at that time was very complicated. He was a lonely person. Under normal circumstances, a young man who was only about 20 years old saluted him, and he could accept it calmly.

But at that moment, for the first time, he saluted a junior in the most humble way.

This is not for wanting to be reused by the other party, but for admiration from the bottom of his heart. He seems to know why Chaozhou Prefecture is in its current state.

Tang Ning assigned [-] recruits and asked Wu Shu to be the chief instructor, specializing in teaching single-handed and spear combat skills.

Wu Shu was naturally very excited to receive such attention.

He had heard a lot about the new army's deeds along the way, and he would never dream of being able to use what he had learned in the new army, so how could he refuse?
In order to live up to Tangning's trust, Wu Shu devoted himself to improving his teaching methods with the greatest enthusiasm.

He even took the initiative to ask Tangning to invite some like-minded people to serve in the new army.

After all, although Wu Shu has some attainments in martial arts, his learning is endless and each has its own strengths. Only by integrating the strengths of each school can we refine the most profound martial arts.

Tangning naturally appreciated and supported Wu Shu's selfless attitude.

Wu Shu always liked to make friends and had traveled extensively. He wrote a letter in his own hand, and the Ministry of Intelligence informed him of the nearest intelligence station, and then sent someone to deliver it.

After Wu Shu's letter confirmed that the Martial Arts Academy would be reused by the new army, except for a very small number of people who did not come due to incidents, the rest all took care of their affairs and rushed to them.

(End of this chapter)