March in spring.

Zhoushan.

Zhoushan County has been established here separately.

Originally, this place was two thousand-household offices of Dinghaiwei, but His Majesty the Emperor had abolished the garrison, so the original Dinghaiwei became Dinghai County. However, Zhoushan and Dinghai were not easy to manage, and Zhoushan was originally a place where maritime merchants gather, so a separate county was simply set up.

Moreover, this county was separately designated as the location of Fanfang.

Merchants from all countries who come to Zhejiang to trade all live in the Fanfang in Zhoushan.

Mainly for confidentiality...

The fist products exported by the Ming Dynasty must be ensured that they will not be leaked.

For example, the preparation of sugar, the processing of tea, and the firing of porcelain must be kept secret, so that the Thais can learn it. Then everyone will make a fortune in the future?

All understand!

Although those missionaries can move freely in various places, they cannot go to some places, let alone them. The factory owners and compatriots are guarding against each other. In fact, they mainly guard against their compatriots. The prevention of foreigners is just an excuse. The ones that really need to be strictly kept secret are the compatriots. The barbaric development of free capitalism has also brought about inevitable barbarism. According to statistics from Zhejiang alone, twenty-four craftsmen who master advanced craftsmanship were killed by bandits on their way off work.

Two more factories were blasted.

Yes, it's blasting.

If you can't compete, you can hire a dead soldier to drive a carriage and carry five hundred kilograms of gunpowder to solve the problem.

Very American style.

After all, this kind of thing is inevitable. This is an era of crazy development. Whoever is gentle and gentle is definitely going to move when it can move guns and cannons. It is not uncommon for gentry to organize armed battles to compete for raw materials and minerals. However, this is only the primary stage. After all, this method is too much, so local councils have issued warnings.

Don't do this again.

Competition is competition, but it cannot harm the factory.

Otherwise, if you provoke me and I provoke you, you will be cheaper in the end.

In addition to Fanfang, Zhoushan is also the base of Zhejiang Navy. This navy with forty-two warships has become the boss of Asian seas in a sense.

If most of the Wusong Navy will fight in joint operations, the joint fleet they formed together is the well-deserved first Asian navy.

Sixty-six battleships.

Six of the horizontal ships are equivalent to battleships, and sixty bucket ships are equivalent to cruisers.

Their main opponents are the Yangtze River Navy in Jingying and the Tianjin Navy in the north. The former only has twenty bucket ship-level gunboats, but their tonnage is lower than that of bucket ships. They are only used on the Yangtze River and have almost no real experience in navigating at sea. The latter often goes to sea and has rubbed with the joint fleet, but there are only twenty-four bucket ship-level ones in total, and the tonnage is still lower than that of bucket ships. After all, they are mainly in the Bohai Sea, and the tonnage is too large, which is inconvenient in the Bohai Sea.

Another major rival is Nanyang Company.

Nanyang Company mainly uses armed merchant ships, and although there are many, its combat effectiveness is relatively weak.

But now the two families are in the same palace...

Well, they also held tribute to each other in the same palace when they bombarded each other last year.

Therefore, Nanyang Company is building four giant treasure ships, and the external explanation is to use it to load more goods to trade in India.

but……

A merchant ship with sixty cannons?

There are so many pirates in the sea, how can we ensure safety if we don’t install too many cannons?

However, the fourth participant in the Oriental Maritime Arms Race will officially debut today.

"The Holy Driving is here!"

Accompanied by loud shouts, the drum music that had been prepared long ago, countless military and civilians gathered at Zhoushan Wharf, and even friends from all over the country, bowed and bowed. There were even officers patrolling with sticks among them. Several ill-behaved black slaves who did not salute and were immediately beaten by them. Then they screamed and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

A paddle boat depicting twelve golden dragons in front of them slowly stopped.

"I am the general general of Zhejiang Navy Ji Jin, who is the one who is in charge of your Majesty!"

"My deputy general of Zhejiang Navy, Ma Wenhuan, bowed to His Majesty!"

...

His Majesty the Emperor stood on the deck, wearing the newly made gilded armor, looking majestic at the subjects in front of him.

"Flat!"

He said.

The subjects stood up one after another.

His Majesty the Emperor took a group of ministers behind him to the dock.

At this time, his court had been established. Needless to say, the chief minister of the cabinet was naturally Wang Xijue. As for Zhao Zhigao's poor health, he no longer participated. Shen Shixing also said that he was in poor health. In fact, the old foxes knew that this chief minister was not a good job.

But Wang Xijue faced the challenge...

The chief minister is indeed not a good job, but it can bring direct benefits!

As Su Song's main capitalist, the Wang family had to get a lot of orders for their family as the chief minister. By the way, the Wang family was the chief minister for Wanli, and his son Wang Heng was a Hanlin in the Hongguang Dynasty.

All the glory is everywhere!

Then there are Li Tingji, Tao Wangling, Guo Fu, and Wang Xijue, and Wang Xijue, who happened to be one family. The four of them formed a cabinet together. Guo Fu was a former Guanglu Temple Minister and a native of Guangzhou. Although his official position was not too high, he was in the rank of veterans in Guangzhou. This old guy was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Jiajing and a disciple of Zhan Ruoshui. So he was elected by Guangdong elders to represent the people of Guangdong. However, the court also had a Chaozhou Zhou Guanghao, the former Right Censor, and is currently the left Censor of the Censorate of Wanli.

In this way, Chaozhou in Guangzhou is satisfied.

Although Tao Wangling is young, he is currently the leader of the young and powerful sect in Zhejiang. There must be a young man among the old men in the cabinet.

Be enterprising.

The remaining six ministers and others have also confirmed.

In fact, this is how each province divides its official positions and then each has spokespersons in the court.

But no matter what, the Reformation Court of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was finally officially established, and even the governors of various provinces and other officials were confirmed.

Military governors of the Grand Governor's Office are part-time jobs by the emperor himself.

Following Yang Feng's system, he set up all the places in the Grand Governor's Office. He chose his own confidants, but in fact he had no confidants, just among the young and strong sects in various provinces, such as Zou Yuanbiao. Although Zou Yuanbiao is actually not good at military affairs, as a professional troll, and a loyal professional troll, it is still very useful for His Majesty the Emperor.

Emperors like to recruit core styles, after all, a single sound of the crane can make one's own life.

But the army certainly does not have one at the moment.

At present, His Majesty the Emperor only has an imperial camp of 3,000 people.

It was led by Xu Xinsu, who shared the hardships with him. He did not expect the Imperial Camp to fight anyway. The Imperial Camp's mission was to act as a guard of honor and to protect him from running away in danger.

Xu Xinsu is very suitable.

Six specially built fast warships are always available outside Hangzhou City.

As long as the Red Turban Army has fought Deqing, His Majesty the Emperor can board the ship immediately and then arrive at Zhoushan to receive protection from the navy here. The rest depends on whether the Red Turban Army will search the mountains and check the sea to capture Wanli. If this is the case, at most, we can continue to go south. Anyway, there are Fujian and Guangdong, so why can't we continue to run away? Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor is thoughtful and even Yashan thought about it. In fact, Xu Xinsu promised him that even Yashan would not work, the Nanyang Company could send him farther away.

For example, on a certain island, Nanyang Company has begun to establish a base on a certain island.

It was something they often went there.

Loyalty and righteousness!

Just as Wanli stepped onto Zhoushan Wharf, a rocket rose from the distance to the fort.

"Your Majesty, they are here!"

Ji Jin said.

His Majesty the Emperor smiled reservedly. Gao Cai, the eunuch who had just arrived from Fujian, quickly stepped forward and wiped a little stain on His Majesty the Emperor's breastplate. The already gilded plate armor shone brightly in the sun, but His Majesty's eyes were staring at the direction of the fort.

He didn't notice the crowded crowd, his eyes were looking at him with interest.

At this time, a giant ship comparable to a Henghai ship appeared on the sea in front of the fort, but this ship was in the style of a Guangzhou ship, but the number of artillery was not as good as that of the Henghai ship. The huge hull had only one layer of gun door. Even if those deck guns were added, the firepower was only equivalent to the Zhejiang Navy's fighting ship...

"Ji Qing, which one is stronger than yours?"

His Majesty the Emperor asked.

"It's hard to tell the difference between strength and weakness."

Ji Jin answered honestly.

"This ship's cannon is far inferior to the horizontal ship, so why is it difficult to tell the strength of the strength?"

Wanli said with interest.

"Your Majesty, this is ironwood, and it is indestructible. Most of the cannons used in the fighting ships cannot be driven. Whether it is a horizontal ship or a fighting ship, it is ordinary wood. At most, good materials are used for keel ribs, but the boards cannot stop the red cannons. When they really fight at sea, they will appear that although they have few cannons, they can penetrate our ships. Although our ships have many cannons, only heavy cannons can penetrate them. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between strength and weakness.

Even these Tiellimu Guang ships can directly smash the fighting ship even if they do not use artillery, relying solely on the sea to hit the ship.

However, the price of ironwood is expensive, so a warship is even more expensive than that of the Henghai ship, and the number of Guangdong Navy built is not large."

Ji Jin said.

"In this way, Laiqing and others can be called the two kings of the Ming Dynasty!"

The emperor said with satisfaction.

In other words, these can crush Yang Feng’s navy!

Ji Jin quickly thanked him.
To be continued...