In the past, the Chinese only had what the Dutch called the junk ship, that is, the Chinese sailing ship in the shape of a hard sail, due to the use of the form of a watertight cabin, there was no way to use a multi-deck hull, and under the hull it was not like a Western-style warship that could construct gun emplacements, and place a large number of guns on the left and right sides, not only backward in artillery, but also greatly backward in the number of guns. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It can be said that one Dutch battleship is enough to overwhelm ten Chinese ships in terms of firepower, and the Chinese fight naval battles, and only the near-port rush and jump gang and the use of fire attack can achieve victory.

Of course, if you can be like Li Dan, a huge sailor composed of tens of thousands of elite sailors, such as the later Zheng family, you can also beat the Dutch to admit defeat and surrender, but Zhang Han has no way to spend ten years to recruit and train so many water warriors, he is not a native of Fujian, and he wants to use traditional methods to achieve the scale of the Li family and the Zheng family, and be recognized by the big and small pirate leaders and maritime merchants, even if he Yusheng uses all his energy in the south, it is difficult to do it.

In this way, you can only spend money on shipbuilding, and the schooner in front of the Dutch is an obvious result.

"Four on each side, plus two in the bow, two in the stern, twelve guns." The first mate of the Dutch ship put down the binoculars and said with a relaxed expression: "Our warships have at least about twenty-five guns, and the firepower of the Chinese is still too far from ours." Hutchison does not have as many manpower and ships as the Ming sailors, so it is still better to worry. ”

The captain said: "But they can't be developed any longer, such fast sailing ships will pose a great threat to us, and if they are numerous, they will pose a fatal threat to our routes." ”

The first mate did not think so of the captain's words, with six guns in more than forty main warships, as well as more than 20 secondary warships with 25 guns, as well as a large number of armed merchant ships, the Dutch East India Company was strong, the Spaniards were crushed to death by the Dutch, Li Dan also died, although its power has not disappeared but also greatly weakened, it can be said that now is the happiest period for the Dutch, no one can suppress them at all, which is also the reason why they easily get Taiwan, in the period when Li Dan was still strong, The Dutch could only squeeze with Yan Siqi and others in Bengang, where they replenished fresh water, and did not dare to fight the idea of monopolizing Taiwan.

As for the schooner in front of you, although it feels extraordinary, it is just a ship after all, if you are really worried, send troops as soon as possible to drive away this group of Ming Guoyans who stayed in Taiwan and sweep their base clean.

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It was cold and snowy outside the window, but it was warm as spring inside the window.

Even a little hot, Li Shenming was wearing too thick before, which would make his forehead sweaty, because he put down his chopsticks, he smiled at everyone: "How warm is it...... Come on, open the window. ”

Kong Minxing said with a smile: "There is a dragon burning in the house, and there is this pot in the middle, plus wine, how can it not be hot." ”

It was already the middle of December, and the headquarters of the military department and the marching divisions in various localities had rarely deployed new tasks except for necessary things, and all the arrangements for farm work in the forts had basically ended, leaving only daily military training, but it was also once a few days...... The weather is too cold, and in order to prevent unnecessary frostbite, training is almost always done on sunny days when the wind is not too strong.

A few days earlier, the Military Orders Department had issued its last military order for the year, ordering all units to stay where they were from the moment they received the military order, and to stay in place for defense until they had received the military order.

The Quartermaster Department prepared a large number of cattle and sheep, slaughtered them, and sent them to various departments in the form of frozen meat.

The departments had also stockpiled a large amount of frozen vegetables and canned food, and after entering the winter, most divisions and regiments had built semi-permanent barracks and barracks, and keeping warm was included in the top priority of all work.

In the years before, the military quartermaster will gradually be in place, so that the soldiers can have a good year in the ice and snow.

Most of them came from Lizhuang to Lingqiu and Guangling within a radius of 500 miles, plus the distance from Qingcheng to Zhangbei, this is also a very serious work, especially some people simply rushed from Mobei to the south, the distance was more than 1,000 miles, the load of the military station was quite large, and the soldiers worked day and night in order to complete all the transportation work before the year.

In the past few days, even the soldiers have gradually stopped working, and the convoy along the way to the east has also stopped, and it is not until after the sixth day of the first month that the transportation work to Liaodong will be slowly resumed again.

From the fifth year of the Apocalypse, it is estimated that the convoy to Liaodong will be reduced by most of the capacity, from the second half of the year, after Nurhachi decided to reduce trade, sure enough, the trade volume has been greatly reduced, and now it is only to buy food, as well as a small amount of medicinal materials and cloth, of course, Houjin proposed to buy Hutchison's fine iron tools, mainly weapons and armor, Hutchison of course also categorically refused. The trade volume has decreased, but Qingcheng does not mind, the insurance industry has been mainly promoted, and it is estimated that the amount of the fleet will be greatly increased after the year.

Insurance is pushed away, and in the five years of the Apocalypse, this piece alone will earn at least more than 200,000 yuan, although it has lost the profit of groceries to Dongyu, and the increase in the use of insurance and the fleet will obviously make up for the loss of this piece.

In addition, if the marine insurance is pushed away, the profit will be much higher, and it is conservatively estimated that it will earn an extra five or six hundred thousand yuan a year.

The goal of the military department is to earn 4.5 million or even more than 5 million a year in the six years of the Apocalypse, and as for whether it can be realized, of course, it depends on whether there will be any more accidents such as cutting trade.

The situation is going well, and it is approaching the New Year, and the middle and high-level officials in Qingcheng are beginning to relax, including the highest level.

Zhang Han usually does not participate in such banquets, but this time Li Shenming not only invited Sun Jingting and Zhang Han and others, but also Kong Minxing, who has always worked very hard, and several high-level officials of the Department of Agricultural Administration, plus the old shopkeeper and the second cabinet, the third cabinet Liang Hong, as well as Zhang Xuezeng and Sun Anle and others, plus Wang Yan, who had just rushed over from Taiwan, there were three tables in the big flower hall, and the seats were full.

"You've had the hardest year." Li Shenming picked up the wine glass with a smile and said: "Wen Lan's identity is not good for drinking a lot, this glass of wine I don't dare to worship for him, I can only use my own name to salute, but I also have to say more, Wen Lan is also very grateful for the hard work of the brother Zhizhi." ”

Zhang Han scolded with a smile: "If you want to toast, you can toast, if you want me to drink, is it worth saying such a big deal." ”

Saying that, he really raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother Zhizhi is really hard, come and have a drink." ”

Everyone in the house, Kong Minxing is indeed quite hard, and Li Yuchun, like him, both of them have dark faces, this is the image of an old farmer who has been running around and walking in the fields for a long time...... In the past two years, Li Zhuang has gone to Lingqiu and Ulzhou, and then to the grassland, opening up more than 3 million acres of land, from wheat to beans, and then studying sweet potato and corn planting, and then continuing to study cotton cultivation on the grassland...... It can be said that the development of agriculture in the past two years with Yusheng can be done without others, and it is absolutely impossible to have such great achievements without Kong Minxing.

"Thank you, thank you."

Kong Minxing said with a smile: "Both food and food, these are the things that are within the bounds, but since Wenlan and Zunlu thank me, this glass of wine still has to be drunk......

Zhang Han looked at Huang Yucheng and the others behind Kong Minxing, and said with a smile: "All gentlemen, please also drink together." ”

Everyone stood up in a panic, raised their glasses to their brows, and drank respectfully.

At this time, the middle-level personnel of the military department saw Zhang Han already a little nervous, originally Zhang Han was still a pure Ming businessman and military attaché, to be honest, the identity is equal to a local person, and later Yusheng developed more and more, his identity is also rising, to lay down the territory of the grassland, many large territories in Shanxi Province are in hand, the king of Shunyi, the three khans of Mobei also surrendered to him, this identity has exceeded the meaning that ordinary people and officials can cover, but is more than the prince.

No one can say exactly how far Zhang Han can go, and it is natural for everyone's mentality to change.

"Don't be nervous." Zhang Hanwen said: "This is not only my boss, but also my colleagues, I am not only your boss, but also the old shopkeeper who has worked for my family for generations, that is watching me grow up, I don't dare to pretend to be big, otherwise it would not be good to expose my old background." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhou Fengji, Li Yuchun and others also laughed...... Of course, they wouldn't be so uninteresting, if they really mentioned Zhang Han's childhood, everyone's mouth was very tight, and no one dared to ask casually.

"And elders, brothers, and friends." Zhang Han said with a smile: "Everyone is calm, there is a big pot on everyone's table, and the content is the same, the bottom of the pot with white fish and crabs in the Liaohe River, the soup is very fresh, the mutton is all from the fat sheep slices on the grassland, and there are dried mouth grinding and stored vegetables...... Even if you use it, anyway, Li Zhengshi is treated, you must not be polite. ”

Li Shenming scolded with a smile: "I know that you are uneasy and kind!" ”

Everyone is really a lot more relaxed, Zhang Han and Li Shenming are very witty and relaxed, Sun Jingting, Tian Jitang and others on the side are also quite relaxed, Liang Xing and Wang Changfu and several other high-level military officials have been shaking their cheeks and eating hard, everyone is a little awake at this time, except for a few people, there are nearly forty people at these three tables today, it can be said that in addition to the military's high-level Hutchison leaders, they are almost all together.

The only "outsider" is a silver ingot, wearing a Mongolian-style robe, this time it is also so hot that it is off, and it is also sweating profusely, and the silver ingot does not seem to have much interest in the topic of Zhang Han and others, but is like flying chopsticks to the pot in front of him.

The room was steaming, the heat of the hot pot and the heat rising from the soles of the feet, coupled with the good Yulu Spring wine stolen from the palace by Li Shenming, after everyone relaxed their spirits, the atmosphere in the room really became more enthusiastic.

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