In my opinion, how much is a detailed chart worth?

This is a difficult question, because there is no way to measure the value of a detailed nautical chart in silver.

For example, reefs, for example, whether an island can get food and fresh water supplies, this information is really indifferent for offshore navigation, but it is a fatal problem for ocean-going fleets.

And the three major fleets of the Ming Dynasty, each of which is an ocean-going fleet, and even if Emperor Chongzhen wants to build other fleets in the future, it will definitely develop on the ocean-going fleet, not the offshore fleet.

With such a large territory and such a wide sea area in the Ming Dynasty, the demand for the development of the offshore fleet is not very large, but the ocean-going fleet is the main force for future development.

As a student of the Zongheng School, Li Chengyan sees this very clearly, and naturally knows the value of such a nautical chart - a priceless treasure!

The existing charts of the Ming Dynasty are basically the charts drawn by Zheng He during his seven voyages to the West during the Yongle period, as well as some of the pirates of the Ming Dynasty that were perfected during the Chongzhen period, and the rest are the charts of the barbarians who were obtained from Cohen and Luzon Island before.

And the charts of more than 200 years ago, passed down from generation to generation, will there be any mistakes and omissions?

No one can guarantee this kind of thing - if something goes wrong, it can bury a fleet!

No one can afford this responsibility, regardless of whether it is a civilian system or a military commander system.

According to Cohen, he apparently had more detailed charts in his possession, and he didn't know how he had hidden them in the first place.

If the chart that Thun said is true, then no matter what kind of sky-high price is given, it is worth it, at least for Daming.

But it would be impossible for Li Chengyan to directly agree to the price of one million taels of silver—even if this chart was really worth one million taels, or ten million taels.

After pondering for a while, Li Chengyan said: "Mr. Cohen, I have to admit that this chart of yours is a great temptation for me and for Daming.

But you should also know that the Ming Dynasty is about to go to war with the British, and at the same time with the Mughals.

I thought, what does that mean, you know it very well in your heart? ”

Cohen nodded and said, "Of course, a lot of army transfers, a lot of logistics moves, a lot of ammunition consumption, and a lot of opportunities, well, promotion and fortune." ”

Li Chengyan smiled: "You may not believe it when you say it, but in fact, this war was completely caused by a word from those British."

The one who had just been carried out, Klavu, the leader of their reinforcements, said that Shah Jahan was the ruler of the world, and so the war happened. ”

Seeing Cohen's puzzled look, Li Chengyan explained: "My eldest son was ordered to rule the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, and I am the co-master of the world. How could Shah Jahan, the lord of the Mughals, dare to claim to be respectful? Naturally, I want to raise an army to fight the thieves. ”

Cohen finally figured it out - just because the words that people pretended to force were not pretended, it led to the bloody case of destroying the country!

Li Chengyan continued: "It is precisely because of this that this expedition against the Mughals will inevitably require a lot of troops and supplies, and it will not cost much silver taels. ”

When Cohen heard this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart - are you going to bargain? Don't forget, I'm a good guy who wants to help you kill the British, brother!

Li Chengyan did not disappoint Cohen: "Therefore, for Mr. Cohen's price chart, I can now bid up to 400,000 taels of silver, and if it is more, it is basically unrealistic." ”

Cohen was immediately confused.

It is naturally excellent to be able to kill the British with the help of Ming Guo.

Just like this time, he cheated the British East India Company, and once the Mughal was also taken by the Ming Dynasty, the British East India Company could basically be declared bankrupt.

However, such an important chart could only be exchanged for 400,000 taels of silver, and Cohen was unwilling: "Li, for the sake of us being friends, 900,000 taels cannot be less." Otherwise, I would not be able to account to the board. ”

Li Chengyan said: "Of course, I won't embarrass my friends - then, 450,000 taels of silver, plus 50 catties of Fushou ointment?" ”

Cohen shook his head and said, "No, it should be 800,000 taels of silver, plus 100 catties of Fushou ointment." Even so, I would be under a lot of pressure from the boardroom. ”

You bear the pressure of a hammer, one of the seventeen gentlemen, the equivalent of a firm with seventeen big shopkeepers, you are one of them, what pressure do you have?

After complaining secretly in his heart, Li Chengyan continued: "Four hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, plus one hundred catties of Fushou ointment." No matter how much I had, I wouldn't have had the place to raise that much silver. ”

Cohen still shook his head: "At least 700,000 taels of silver, plus 150 catties of Fushou ointment." ”

Li Chengyan gritted his teeth and said: "500,000 taels of silver, plus 200 catties of Fushou ointment!" If Mr. Cohen agrees, then we can sign the deed now.

If Mr. Cohen disagrees, I can let a few of my fleets explore slowly, and it's just a matter of time. ”

Instead of saying yes or no, Cohen turned the subject in another direction: "How many fleets? How many terrifying fleets do you have like this? ”

Li Chengyan said with a big grin: "The East China Sea Fleet, the South China Sea Fleet, the West Sea Fleet, the North Sea Fleet, plus the Indian Sea Fleet that is being prepared, there are a total of five.

Of course, this is what I know at the moment, and as for whether there will be a few more fleets to come out, it is uncertain. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Chengyan showed a look of sudden realization: "By the way, I also have a fleet on Xinming Island in the Ming Dynasty, a total of six."

The equipment and personnel of these fleets are basically exactly the same - they use the same ships, receive the same training, and then guard the 10,000-mile sea frontier of our Ming Dynasty. ”

After Li Chengyan finished speaking, he looked into Cohen's eyes intentionally or unintentionally.

This time the cowhide is blown so big, will it blow up? Will it scare this brute to death?

Cohen didn't doubt Li Chengyan's words, but just gasped.

With such a terrifying fleet, there are only two fleets that I know, but listening to Li's meaning, they still have four of the same fleet!

God, do they want to occupy all the seas that God has created by their fleets?

The Netherlands had their own fleet, and the shipbuilding industry was also well developed, and although the three-masted galleons were not as good as the main ships in their fleet, the gap was not particularly large - at least they would not be beaten without the slightest strength to fight back.

However, it is difficult to turn the whole of Holland over, and to assemble a fleet like theirs!

The fleet of the Ming people, with twelve main warships, plus various supply ships, the size of a fleet can probably reach more than thirty ships.

And the Dutch fleet, basically, has three or five main warships, and even counting auxiliary ships is less than ten.

In this way, the gap is infinitely widened - to deal with a fleet of the Ming people, it is basically necessary to go out of all the fleets of the Netherlands!

However, once there is a conflict, the remaining fleets of the Ming Kingdom will be indifferent and sit back and watch their own fleet being bullied?

It's impossible to think about!

After pondering for a long time, Cohen spoke: "Lee, I have a bold idea, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

Li Chengyan said: "Of course. However, nautical charts? ”

Cohen smiled, "Since we're friends, we have to talk about some friendship, right?" 500,000 taels is 500,000 taels, plus 200 catties of Fushou ointment! ”

Li Chengyan continued: "You said you had a bold idea just now? ”

Cohen nodded, and said excitedly: "Of course, you have an invincible fleet, and our East India Company happens to have a large number of nautical charts, and there are many colonies.

I mean, we can join forces and ransack the whole world!

For example, the damned British, they had a warship named the Mayflower, which carried the Secession Puritans to North America to establish the colony of Plymouth.

We can rely on your Armada to go to Plymouth and take out those damned Brits, and then divide up their riches! ”

When Li Chengyan heard this, his heart couldn't help but move, but he refused: "Of course, this idea is very good, and there is a great possibility of realizing it."

But in any case, our most important task at the moment is the conquest of the Mughals and the damned British East India Company. ”

"John Company, their real name is John Company and not the East India Company, they are impostors! They are violating our right to reputation! ”

The indignant Cohen first corrected Li Chengyan's statement before he continued: "Of course, this is about the reputation of your emperor, and you must crusade against them first!"

Lee, as a friend, what do I think I can do? For example, your supply problems? Can it be left to our East India Company to solve the problem? ”

Li Chengyan looked at Cohen with some amusement and refused: "I'm sorry, my friend." All our supplies can be delivered directly to Burma through the Ming Dynasty, and then transported to the battlefield.

In fact, even if it needs to be transported by ocean, we have enough ships to complete the task, so, sorry, I can't grant your request. ”

Cohen was immediately pity-free.

If the Ming needed the East India Company to carry their supplies, what a huge deal it would be, even if it was to send them the charts!

At the same time, Cohen also confirmed once again that what Li Chengyan said just now about the six fleets should be true - how huge the Mughal country is, Cohen knows something.

It is precisely because Cohen knows some Mughal information that he can roughly calculate the number of troops and supplies that the Ming army needs to use.

After this big battle, the Ming Kingdom should invest about 100,000 troops, and the supply materials are basically astronomical, even if it is a non-stop transfer day and night, it will take a lot of fleets to complete.

Cohen, however, was wrong.

The army that Da Ming wants to use this time is not 100,000, but 500,000, and as for the materials, it has reached an astonishing number.

Originally, it was planned to leave the British East India Company as a dumping target for nearly expired materials, but no one expected that the British East India Company would die to such an extent, and directly triggered a war between the two countries with one sentence.

For this war, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies even worked with the Cabinet and the Ministry of Households to collect all the materials that were about to expire in the Ming state capitals, whether it was food or use.

The 500,000 troops marched out, and the amount of supplies consumed by eating, drinking, and Lazar every day was a staggering amount, and a large number of merchants even began to be active.

Fortunately, there is such a thing as a steam locomotive, and fortunately, the railway has been built from the capital to Nanjing, and the line from Nanjing to Kunming has also been built.

Otherwise, just transporting these materials, even by sea, is enough for Guo Yunhou to jump to his feet and scold his mother - it is estimated that it will take millions of people to complete it!

With the railway, the number of people who were requisitioned and issued would be drastically reduced, and even one million people would not be able to use it to complete the transfer of these materials.

The big deal is to transfer the materials to Nanjing through the railways in various places, and then from Nanjing to Quanzhou, and finally transport them by sea, so that even the matter of requisitioning and sending people from Kunming is saved.

In fact, the expedition to the Mughals brought more than just a few things.

In addition to the household department being busy preparing materials and silver, and busy requisitioning people's husbands, the Ministry of Railways was also not idle.

Hong Chengchou simply sent out the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Railways and the Lang Zhong - the section from Kunming to Menggenfu, and the section from Kunming to Jiangtou City, all of which needed to be repaired temporarily.

There was no warning beforehand about the war, resulting in the two sections of the railway from Kunming to Menggenfu and Jiangtoucheng only on paper, without any field investigation and planning.

In addition, it is also necessary to mobilize barbarians from other railway construction sites to come to CCB for construction work.

In short, there are a lot of troubles to death, which makes Hong Chengchou want to scold his mother very much.

Fortunately, the railway cancer itself is in charge of the railway transportation and transfer, and it is the most economical and convenient to transport those laborers by train.

Even so, the Ministry of Railways still had to send people to investigate and explore the site to plan how the railway should be built, and the construction could only start after the labor and the rails were in place.

The red-eyed Hong Chengchou's order to the Ministry of Railways was very simple - the railway should be repaired first, and the army and materials could not be delayed, and as for the quality, it could be put aside first.

Anyway, it's no problem to survive this big war, and there is no problem with rebuilding it in the future, but during this big war, there must be no mistakes!

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Chongzhen took the train directly from the capital to Nanjing, and then from Nanjing to Menggen's Mansion, and then changed to a war horse to move forward.

PS: Take the "Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms" to sacrifice to the sky today, I hope the data can explode in a wave!

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