Therefore, the Ming Navy has always been very strong.

Not to mention crushing the opponent every time, at least protecting the offshore sea, there are no major problems.

In the world of this era, the overall maritime power is very weak, and if you want to rely solely on the navy to open up the situation, you must have a very strong force.

No country has been able to do so.

Mainly at this time, the areas that were engaged in the sea, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, did not exist in the form of states, and were not very organized, but in the form of merchant groups.

At most, there is some policy support at the national level.

At this point, the Daming Sailor has the upper hand.

At least it has always existed in an official form, and the Ming court did not allow the military and merchants to collude in business.

If you want to have this situation, you have to sneak around a little bit in private.

President Wei has always put the development of the Navy on an equal footing with the development of the Army.

This has caused a lot of controversy within the Heaven and Earth Society and within the Baojun.

In particular, it aroused the dissatisfaction of many army officers, who felt that the Baojun Coast Guard had never fought a serious war since its establishment, and it could be said that it had not fought once.

The military expenditure is more than that of the army, and the number of troops is not much less than that of the army, and the navy plus the soldiers, plus the logistics, plus the military industry, there are nearly 20,000 people!

The total number of standing land forces capable of field warfare is only about 30,000.

Of course, the army's logistics are much larger than the navy's logistics contingent, and behind the 30,000 army are hundreds of thousands of garrison headquarters troops, as well as local support.

However, the quality of the navy's soldiers is generally much better than that of the army, which is equivalent to selecting the elite first, and the rest will be the army's turn.

So it is normal for the army to be dissatisfied.

What is even more unsettling to the officers of the army is that it seems that the navy's military spending is still soaring rapidly year by year.

And the army's military spending has been rising very slowly, the armament is replaced once a year, and not all fighters have weapons.

Although the army of the Baojun army uses all hot firearms, many soldiers are still using the front-loading smoothbore gun originally used by the Baojun Military Industry Administration for research and development, which is not much stronger than the bird gun of the Ming Dynasty, but the charge is simple and faster.

Breech guns, there is no rifling yet, and if you want to hit the target, you basically rely on faith, and practicing shooting does not arouse much interest.

The soldiers of the army all called the breech gun a burning stick, and as for the Ming army's bird guns and three-eyed guns, they were not taken seriously by the treasure army at all.

Wei Bao thinks so, ten years of the navy, three years of the army, and the construction of the navy are now very urgent.

The army is fully equipped with defense capabilities, and the navy of the treasure army basically has no defense tasks, and no one has the ability to attack the area controlled by the Heaven and Earth Society, so the navy of the treasure army has existed for the purpose of attacking and expanding the territory from the day it was born.

Unlike the starting point of the Army.

And in Wei Bao's view, his naval requirements are so high, on the one hand, for the outside, for a group of small vassal states in the southeast that have gradually separated from the Ming Dynasty, and for the three brothers of Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands who are rampaging at sea in this era.

These are not the main ones, Wei Bao even regarded the navy of the Ming Dynasty as an imaginary enemy.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have suddenly remembered to test the attack effect of the hot air balloon.

Wei Bo has always believed that even if he can't get the engine that can take an airplane into the sky for decades, air superiority is just as important.

Only by cross-coordinating the sea, land, and air forces and fighting collectively can we fully demonstrate the tremendous superiority of the era of thermal weapons.

The hot air balloon is drifting in the sky, the wind is not very powerful, and it is still far from the subject matter.

It's been adjusted for a long time, and Wei Bao is a little impatient: "How long will it take?" ”

Madman Tan asked the commander of a company in charge of the air force in the military sub-district: "The president asked." ”

"I can't say it for the time being." The company commander was about to cry, trying to control his emotions.

Wei Bao's expression relaxed a little, "Don't be so nervous, but, judging from the drill, your technology is very rusty, didn't you think that you would perform a mission in the sky before?" ”

"In the past, we used to take to the skies to train, at least once in five days, but we thought that the main thing was to observe and observe, so we mainly practiced lookout and flag language. There is little bomb throwing practice. The company commander said.

"Combat includes actual combat, not just lookouts and flags!" Wei Bao said: "Let the boat go over a little, if the boat does not move, you may not be able to get close to the target in another day." Tell the navy and let them cooperate with you, this exercise is originally a two-way street, and in the future, you will have to work with the navy to let the navy designate a few warships that must be equipped with hot air balloons. ”

"Yes, President." The commander of the air force company agreed, and ran down quickly with the posture of a soldier running to give the order.

"I've been to Beijing many times, but I haven't seen the content of Weijiazhuang's training in Beijing." Zhang Meiyuan whispered to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled and nodded, what does Jingying practice, how often to practice, Wei Bao knows very well that Jingying is simply negligent in training, practice is to occasionally practice the formation, practice hand-to-hand combat, and it's over.

The Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively elite, and the local army is even more unstable.

Wei Bao guessed that in the late Ming Dynasty, when the world was in complete chaos, there were many small armies that could fight, including the official army and the peasant army.

It is estimated that these small groups of troops are all because of the powerful generals, and the extent to which they can fight is limited.

Wei Bao still trusts training, actual combat, armaments and logistics.

These are the last word, there are excellent weapons, there are complete logistics, and it is like that if you can't fight anymore.

"President, it's a little windy, why don't you go and sit in the room first?" Madman Tan persuaded.

"Fortunately, it's still autumn, and it's not cold, and the crisp autumn weather treats me as a flower in the greenhouse?" Wei Bao laughed.

"That's not what I mean, I'm worried that the president is a little tired, and I should have known that I should ask the president for instructions on the first day and what to check today, so that I can prepare in advance, and the speed will be much faster." Madman Tan said.

"Then you can't see the real situation, you have to randomly select troops to come out for drills! You are my guard, the elite of the elite of the treasure army, even if you rarely carry out combat missions, but your officers are all rotated from combat units, and training should not be at this level in peacetime. Wei Bao admonished.

Madman Tan was taken aback, although this was not a very harsh tone, but the criticism that appeared from the president's mouth, no matter how harsh it was, was also very heavy.

Madman Tan broke out in a cold sweat for a while.

"Don't take me seriously, these should be things that you consciously do, do you have strict rules?" Wei Bao asked.

"Yes, all units of the Baojun Army have strict regulations, and the regulations of our President's Guard are even more exemplary." Madman Tan hurriedly replied.

Wei Bao didn't say anything more.

After the ship advanced more than five miles, ten hot air balloons were finally able to hit the target five miles away.

This made Wei Bao very dissatisfied, according to the plan, attacking the Shengjing City of Jiannu, when the time comes, the ships can only advance or retreat in the Hunhe River, in the current situation, it can only move laterally, how can it be close to you?

If this is the case on the day of the battle, you will not be able to hit the city of Jiannu, and you will not even be able to touch the walls of Jiannu, so what is the use of throwing a few grenades in the field?

At this moment, Wei Bao felt that his idea was a little whimsical.

A hot air balloon can move slightly in the air, but it can't come and go as freely as an airplane!

It's funny to think about, this is also in ancient times, such a large area in southern Liaoning, and an area as large as the Shengjing area controlled by Jiannu, just separated by the river and the city wall, almost zero distance, can be separated.

This is unimaginable in modern warfare.

In modern warfare, at least a few hundred miles of the warring parties are in a state of staggered teeth, battalion to battalion, regiment to regiment, brigade to brigade, mixed together, and even large-scale corps battles, several large corps are mixed together, division commander to division commander, army commander to army commander, and even commander to commander are very normal.

That's really called playing military chess.

But now, with such a large territory of the Baojun and the territory of Jiannu as large as the border, the two sides can actually be at peace for more than a year.

How not ridiculous.

The hot air balloon is finally ready.

All separately released grenades with grenadiers.

The hit rate was very unsatisfactory, the index finger was a hot air balloon, and in the first round of fire, only one hot air balloon hit.

Webb's eyes are on the other side of the telescope.

Madman Tan and the Air Force Company Commander secretly glanced at President Wei's expression.

Fortunately, the president didn't look very angry and dissatisfied.

"This accuracy is too low, you have to train quickly, and now you have to be ready to fight at any time!" Wei Bao said to Madman Tan: "I'll give you ten days to prepare, after ten days, I will let you attack at any time, you should also pay close attention to the wind direction these days, if the wind direction is particularly conducive to attacking, you can attack by yourself without asking me." ”

"Yes, president, it's all written down, don't worry, president!" Madman Tan hurriedly replied.

"Don't reassure me every time you say something, you have to show your achievements and speak." President Wei said with a straight face.

"Yes, yes." Madman Tan was so frightened that his tongue was half shortened, and he felt that the president seemed to be in a bad mood today, and his temper was a little rushed.

Usually, the president always speaks in a crepe, very gentle.

Zhang Meiyuan, Wu Xuexia, and Princess Zhenming also felt that the president was not in a particularly good mood today.

Wei Bao watched another round of firing and stopped them.

In the second round, not a single grenade hit.

It really didn't hit a single one.

This is not only a madman Tan, but also a group of generals in the military division.

Even several of the main technicians of the arsenal who accompanied President Wei to observe broke out in a cold sweat.

I can't hold my face.

The main thing is not a matter of face, but that I feel ashamed of the president and have not done a good job.

It is no wonder that the strike accuracy of the grenadier is already very limited, and on the ground, at a distance of 500 meters, it is still difficult to guarantee that two out of ten grenades can hit in the past, let alone in the sky.

Fluttering in the sky, where the grenades will fly depends entirely on faith.

If there is a hit in the first round, it can be said that it is a big luck.

When everyone knows that the president is going to watch another round of launches, at most they secretly pray that it will be good to hit one like the first round, and thank God.

It's a pity that the creation made people, and they actually ate zero eggs, and not a single grenade hit the target.

The military industry of the Baojun is still very backward, and in other words, the cost is super high and the effect is very poor.

Most of these shells are polished by hand, how precious are they?

One shell is worth two houses!

One by one, one by one, they were thrown into the sea, and after a short while, thousands of taels of silver were thrown away!

Fighting a war is such a wonderful thing, many times, the weapon itself is much more expensive than the thing to destroy, but everyone still desperately makes weapons to destroy each other.

Most of the time, it is a 1,000 enemy kill, 3,000 self-losses, or even 10,000 self-losses, but it does not prevent the large-scale manufacture and continuous upgrading of weapons.

Therefore, to fight a war is to fight for money, and only when the economy is more than ten times that of the other side can it be crushed.

The area under the current jurisdiction of Wei Bao, including Weijiazhuang, Weijiazhuang in Daming can never be counted as one of the best, but it is stronger than Liaoxi and Liaodong, stronger than Beizhili, and can be regarded as a rich land in the north of Daming, which is nothing in the entire Daming.

In this way, no one can crush the area under Weibao's jurisdiction economically, let alone more than ten times.

Moreover, the areas under the jurisdiction of Wei Bao are not big or small, but in fact, they are all not small, and there can be five or six large Shandongs, but they are scattered and poor, and they are still in the initial stage of infrastructure construction, and they are far from the point where they are rich and need to use war to expand domestic demand.

If it weren't for the fact that the Haiphong Money Village under the Haiphong Yamen was set up and some grain was bought from the interior, and the area under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society was very peaceful, the landlord would not have kicked him twice on the line of life and death as before, and he was worried that he would still be called to pay taxes and tenants when there was nothing to eat for many days.

Otherwise, the area under the rule of heaven and earth will still have a food shortage this winter!

Thinking of this, President Wei felt a little stuffy in his chest, and he didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive.

He doesn't have to think about so many things without leading millions of people to eat.

Being able to maintain the status quo with Jiannu and not have a large-scale war is what Wei Bao hopes for the most.

Otherwise, the poverty and weakness of the regions under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society will not be able to fight a war of attrition at all, a dozen is silver, and a dozen is food consumption, if it is not fought well, and then let Jiannu rush into southern Liaoning, then it will really collapse.

Although on the surface now, the area under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society is very peaceful everywhere, and everywhere you go, there are people shouting Long live the president.

But Wei Bao knows very well that once there is no food, there is a food shortage, and people who are hungry and anxious don't care so much.

Wei Bao has suffered that kind of suffering, but he doesn't believe in any benevolence and morality, he has enough money to be worthy of benevolence and morality, the poor can't even eat enough, they can't afford to wear clothes, they are threatened with death at any time, everything is empty talk.

At this stage, from an economic point of view, the Baojun war is meaningless to burn money, tighten its belt and burn money, and it will not help the economy in any way.

Early the next morning, Wei Bao took Zhang Meiyuan, Wu Xuexia, Princess Zhenming, Yang Xue, Xiong Xin'er, Wang Qiuya and other daughters to bid farewell to their parents.

Huang Ying took Wu Xuexia's hand: "Xuexia, will you go back to Shanhaiguan this time?" ”

"Well, I'm not going to Yongping Mansion with the president, I'm going directly to Shanhaiguan." Wu Xuexia replied, "Go home first and wait." ”

After Wu Xuexia finished speaking, she lowered her head shyly, with a happy face.

Huang Ying smiled: "When Xiaobao takes you to Weijiazhuang, you will be the daughter-in-law of our Wei family." ”

"I'm not coming to Weijiazhuang." Wei Baoqi said: "Didn't they say it? It is directly from the Wu Mansion in Shanhaiguan to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce to do a happy event, if you come to Weijiazhuang, outsiders have to follow, not good. ”

Huang Ying sighed, "What are you guys doing?" No one told me or your father. ”

"Told me, I forgot to tell you." Wei Dakang blushed and said: "I'm afraid that you will have a lot of trouble, in two days, let's go to Shanhaiguan and wait, Weijiazhuang is different from the outside, it is not good for people from outside to see it, Xiaobao is now a member of the imperial court, and there are many high-ranking officials with him." ”

"What can I do? Am I an unreasonable person? Huang Ying said unhappily: "You forgot to tell me everything, and I forgot to tell you if I have something in the future." ”

Wei Bao was amused by Huang Ying and Wei Dakang, and it was quite interesting to listen to his parents' quarrels occasionally.

Wu Xuexia snuggled up to Huang Ying obediently and said: "Mother, this is very good, I don't want to be too extravagant and wasteful, from Shanhaiguan Wu Mansion to the hall of Shanhaiguan Tiandi Firm, the distance is close, the cost is low, and now our Tiandi will still be very difficult." ”

Huang Ying touched Wu Xuexia's pretty cheek with relief, "Look, what a sensible child, I have wronged you." ”

Huang Ying had seen the marriage between Wei Bao and Zhang Meiyuan, and what a sensation it was in the capital at the beginning. I don't want Wu Xuexia to suffer too much.

In the hearts of Huang Ying and Wei Dakang, they didn't feel that Wu Xuexia lost much to Zhang Meiyuan, because they had always lived in Liaoxi.

The Wu family is really good in Liaoxi, and it has already created an established impression on everyone.

Although in the entire Ming Dynasty, the Wu family is incomparable with the British government, and not many people know about it, but it is different in western Liao.

After talking for a while, President Wei's team set off.

When they arrived at the three forks of the Bulao Pavilion, they asked a team of people to escort Wu Xuexia to Shanhaiguan, and they went to Yongping Mansion.

"Let's go." Wei Bao saw Wu Xuexia crying, and her nose was a little sour.

I secretly think that women are sensual, and they have only been separated for a few days? Aren't you about to get married, why are you crying?

Wu Xuexia has been with Wei Bao for more than a year, and she has never been separated, although she also knows that she has only been separated for a few days, she still feels reluctant.

"Husband, are you sad?" Zhang Meiyuan was a little jealous, she and Wei Bao had also experienced separation, and Wei Bao left after only a few days of marriage, but the two of them were not so sensational.

Wei Bao smiled, "Women, they all like to cry their noses." I'm okay. The main Xuexia has not been separated from me for more than a year. She usually looks very assertive and strong, but in fact she is still a little woman. ”

"Yes, we women are the most useless, and we only have our own men in our hearts." Zhang Meiyuan took Wei Bao's hand and got into the carriage.

"What you said is not quite right, what do you mean that women are the most useless? Don't you see that none of the women in the Heaven and Earth Society lose to men? Fan Xiaolin is the highest among administrative officials, and Deng Erxian is a leader in science and technology! Who isn't amazing? What man can eat? Wei Bao said.

"Well, yes, I admire both of them. Especially that Director Deng, he is really like a man, and he is still so big! She speaks and does things vigorously, and she still knows so much, and if I have the opportunity, I really want to learn more from her. Zhang Meiyuan said.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, "Yes, you are the first lady, if you are interested in the military industry, this is a good thing, and it can also make up for my lack of time, and I care a little less about the army." ”

Zhang Meiyuan's eyes lit up when she heard Wei Bao say this, "Don't forget this, president, don't say that I have ulterior motives for running to the Military Industry Department next time." ”

"How could I say that, you think too much. Hehe. Wei Bao smiled, "You are my wife, treat others sincerely, not to mention that there is no secret between us for my wife." ”

Zhang Meiyuan responded sweetly, and her heart liked it tightly.

During this time, Zhang Meiyuan found that every woman in Wei Bao had a job, even Princess Xiang Zhenming, Yang Xue and Xiong Xin'er were not the president's women, but they also followed the president's side, and actually played some roles in the president's secretariat, and were useful as clerks and staff officers.

Zhang Meiyuan looked at it, there were people in various positions, she wanted to get involved, but she was afraid that she would have a bad relationship with the president's other women, she was afraid that people would think too much, so she wanted to get closer to the army, and she was afraid that the president would be too careful.

Now that he has received a positive reply from Wei Bao, how could Zhang Meiyuan be unhappy.

Wei Bao is also very happy, he trusts his wife very much, in this era, women who have become relatives are very loyal.

What's more, it's a wife.

And Zhang Meiyuan's family background is prominent, he has been with his father since he was a child, he is very familiar with the military system at all levels of the Ming Dynasty, and he is very familiar with the situation of the Ming army.

Wei Bao went to Yongping Mansion to pick up Ji Liao, Jing slightly Gaodi, and Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu, and Ji Yong, the three great eunuchs, went to Shanhaiguan together.

This time, a few people didn't drag, and after playing in one place for so many days, it was enjoyable.

And they knew that after all, they had to live in the Jinglu Yamen of Shanhaiguan, which was the place where they wanted to settle down.

"Speaking of which, we should actually go to Lord Wei's hometown to take a look these days, I have long heard that Weijiazhuang is rich and prosperous, and now it has been given to Lord Wei by His Majesty, it must be better." Gordy suddenly remembered something.

Gao Di didn't have ulterior motives, he wanted to go to Weijiazhuang to find out what was going on, he just wanted to find a new place to have fun and spend time.

Gao Di has a set of officials, thinking that Sun Chengzong is still in the position of Jiliao Governor, he doesn't want to have more direct contact with Sun Chengzong, so as not to cause contradictions.

Wei Bao was shocked when he heard this, and he was afraid that someone would propose to him to go to Weijiazhuang to see, if he was obedient, it would be nothing to go to some designated places to see, but after he went, how to control it?

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