My Daming New Empire

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No one knows how many soldiers will be inspired to fight because of such huge war profits.

(Hundreds of words are used to talk about history. I have something to do today, and I will make up for everyone tomorrow with more.)

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On November 25, a fast boat returning from Kochi brought news that the Southern Army had begun a full-scale offensive.

At the same time, the [-] head of cattle brought back from India can only be grazed in Borneo temporarily because the cargo ship cannot move forward quickly during the headwind, which slows down its speed.

At present, the refitted treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty use one layer of cabins to load cattle and the lower layer to load goods, and can transport 220 to [-] cattle at a time.

Cows are not goods. They have to eat and drink along the way, and they have to remove manure to prevent epidemics.An extra day of walking on the road means an extra day of forage preparation.

More than 200 cows, walking on the road for ten days, eat a huge amount of fodder, let alone [-] cows.

Now that it’s winter, in order to reduce transportation costs and breeding costs, Daming started raising cattle on Borneo as a transit point.

Zhu Zhanji was not surprised to learn that the South Route Army had started fighting, because according to the previous plan, the attack should also start at this time.

However, there is another news that is not good, because Liu Jiang, the governor of the navy that he has been worried about, did not make it through, and passed away in September.

His death did not affect the offensive of the entire Southern Army, because the navy was originally an auxiliary force.

However, since Liu Jiang died, another admiral should be arranged to go to Horumos.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Zhanji decided to send Meng Ying there, which could be regarded as giving him a chance to stand out.

Meng Ying's ability is there, but because she is a descendant of Mencius, she has been delayed.

Zhu Di might be a bit taboo, just like the Kong family, it is absolutely impossible to give them high officials and rich salary, just give them a false name, and now even the false name is taken away.

In April, Meng Ying took orders to go around Nanzhou, and she just came back a month ago.

Although she walked for a while and got dark a lot, Meng Ying was in good spirits.Obviously, as a general, he can still lead the army, rather than living in the capital for the elderly.

In fact, the most suitable person should be Wang Jinghong, but he has already made Zheng He, the eunuch, the chief of the navy, and he is the highest navy general other than him, so it is not appropriate to reuse Wang Jinghong.

The two eunuchs served as important generals of the navy, and a group of generals in the navy would rebel.

Liu Jiang was cremated in Kezhi, and his ashes were brought back.He can be regarded as shrouded in horse leather, seeking benevolence and deserving benevolence.

The Liu family had long been mentally prepared. Headed by Liu An, his children were sad but not sad, and held a funeral for him peacefully.

Zhu Zhanji also personally went to the coffin to burn a stick of incense. After all, this is a veteran who has been with him for many years. He is the one who manages the navy with no credit or hard work.

At the regular meeting of the navy, the generals who stayed behind had no objection to Zhu Zhanji's appointment of Meng Ying to Hulumos, and their attention was not here, but the position vacated by Liu Jiang.

Zhu Zhanji is the grandson of the supervisory country. At first, he was named the governor of the navy, but no one called him that way later. The governor Liu Jiang is the highest general of the navy in name.

Zheng He, the naval director, is now in charge of naval affairs, but his name is not justified.His position as a director has never existed before.

And Zheng He wanted to take the position of Liu Jiang, and his qualifications were sufficient, but he was an eunuch after all, and he himself had no intention of competing.

Zhu Zhanji is interested in Zheng He, and his ability is beyond doubt. Zhu Zhanji has never bothered about naval affairs in the past six months, and everything has been arranged by him in an orderly manner.

Besides him, Meng Ying's qualifications are not shallow, but like Zheng He, her status is not suitable.

For the other coaches, Yi Xin is not here, Zhu Zhen is still very good in marching and fighting, but he has not shown excellent administrative ability and power balance ability.

As for Gu Xingzu of the Fourth Fleet, his position as chief officer of the Fourth Fleet was entrusted to him by his father and grandfather, and his qualifications were too low to compete for this position.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji still didn't want to make a decision so early, and let Zheng He handle military affairs for the time being because of the importance of the current war.

Meng Ying was also very happy to be able to go to Horumos, regardless of the fact that she had been back for less than a month, she happily accepted the task.

More than half a year has passed, and Daming has now refitted dozens of steam sailboats of first-class warships, and even refitted a few treasure ships.

This time when Meng Ying went to sea, she used steam sailboats instead of pure sailboats.

Although the modification effect of the treasure ship is not good, not only the working efficiency of the rollers is low, but the blades are easily damaged, after all, the load on the back is too large.

But even so, it is definitely much stronger than a simple sailboat.

Although he was very dissatisfied, he knew that he could no longer ask for too much.

He is already strong enough to encourage growth, and no matter how big his steps are, he will be torn to pieces.

In fact, Zhu Zhanji knows the design and structure of sea-going ships better than anyone else in this era.

In his first life, he drove ships for 18 years, from bulk ships to container ships, from 15 tons to [-] tons, all of them.

All the way from the second officer to the captain, he knows everything on the ship.

But it didn't work.

Because the ship he knows is a high-tech ship of later generations, the technology is too high, but it is useless.

Among other things, ships cannot be made of steel plates, their hulls cannot be welded, steam turbines cannot be manufactured, and propellers cannot be manufactured.Just understand the principle, know how to maintain and use fart.

Don't talk about those technologies, even many materials can't be produced now.Otherwise, knowing the principle, internal combustion engines can now be manufactured.

Now Daming's steam sailboat is already the most advanced ship in the world, as long as it can always lead, it is enough.

After confirming Meng Ying's departure date, Zhu Zhanji came to Xiamaqiao Farm again, ready to give Zhu Di a pistol.

When making the first gun, Zhu Zhanji prepared a few more sets of accessories. One is to prevent the accessories from being damaged and worn out, and another reason is to prepare one for Zhu Di.

As a grandson, he should give it away, and as an heir, he should give it even more.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Zhanji hopes that Zhu Di will live a few more years.When the emperor is lonely, the feeling of standing on a high place is good most of the time, but it is inevitable that he will be a little lonely.

With the grandfather Zhu Di standing in front of him, his power is not much less, and it is rare to have someone who can have a good heart-to-heart talk.

If Zhu Di died, even if he had something in his heart, he didn't know who to tell it to.

A gun is a murder weapon, not a good thing, but he can't have it himself, but forget about grandpa.

Moreover, this grandfather is still the emperor.

The accessories are ready-made and assembled together, only need to polish the burrs of the deviation accessories.

It took only half a day for Zhu Zhanji to assemble the new gun and help Zhu Di adjust the front sight.

Afterwards, he filled two hundred of the bullets handmade by the craftsmen, and gave the bullets to Yu Changsheng, the servant inside. "You have to keep these bullets away, and don't let anyone know about them. When the emperor's grandfather calls you, you will give him the bullets."

Changsheng's hometown is Duyun County, Guizhou Province, and he entered the palace in the last years of Hongwu. Although he was young, he was smart and clever, and he was very popular with Zhu Di.

At the beginning, Zhu Di sent him and Jin Kuo to serve Zhu Zhanji. Jin Kuo was prudent in his work and was reused by Zhu Zhanji. Later, Zhu Di asked him to go back and serve him personally.