"Yes, you're right. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tao Min nodded appreciatively, "The reason why Zheng Zhilong bought those warships at all costs is to defeat the Westerners and dominate the entire South Seas. But this is the last thing Yulin Bay wants to see, if Zheng Zhilong really dominates Nanyang, then his next target will definitely be Yulin Bay. ”

"The subordinates seem to understand." Xie Tian said, "Yulin Bay sold the Westerner warship at such a low price to help the Westerners fight against Zheng Zhilong, so that they could profit from it. ”

"Very well analyzed." "So we can't let this business go through." When you go to Xiamen, you must let Zheng Zhilong know about this, you can exaggerate the number of battleships and artillery a little more, and let Zheng Zhilong deal with Yulin Bay for us first. ”

"My subordinates understand."

"Two more things." Tao Min instructed again, "First, you must not let Zheng Zhilong know that this news was released by us, sometimes the power of the rumors will be greater." Second, after you finish your business in Xiamen, you have to go back to the trench mirror, and then think of a way to see if you can get the Portuguese to cancel this business, at least make them a little suspicious, don't give Yulin Bay silver so quickly. ”

"My subordinates understood." Xie Tian knelt down on one knee, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will do a good job." ”

"Yulin Bay, hehe." Tao Min sneered, "I'm going to let you lose your wife and break your army." ”

Xie Tian went down to prepare to go to Xiamen, and Tao Gong returned to the side room.

"Xie Tian is gone?" Tao Gong didn't see Xie Tian, so he asked.

"I arranged for him to do something else." Tao Min asked rhetorically, "What about the two Dutch?" Have you talked to them? ”

"Briefly talked." Tao Gong replied, "They were all shipbuilders when they were in Holland, and they knew a lot about Western warships. I showed them our sketches, and they said they wanted to study them, and it wasn't a big problem. ”

"It's good if it's not a big problem." Tao Min said, "The matter of the warship must be hurried, it will be the end of the year soon, we have also prepared some materials for more than a year, if they have no problem, they can find a man to test it first." ”

"It's easy to say, but there's another thing." Tao Gong asked, "Where are we going to build the warship?" Where will the future naval base be located? I don't think it's safe if it's placed in Lushun, and Wang Zhaoxing may come to make trouble. ”

"Lushun can't." Tao Min smiled, "Xu Lang has already found a place for us, and even the barracks are ready-made, so I really have to thank him." ”

"Brother, are you talking about Nanpu?"

"Yes, it's Nanpu." Tao Min replied, "But Nampo is only the first step. If our warships go well, there are still two places that must be taken, so as to lay the foundation for our march into Japan. ”

"Brother, where?"

"Jeju and Tsushima."

"Those two places?" Tao Gong lowered his head and thought about his brother's words.

"Brother, these are all afterwords." Tao Min interrupted Tao Gong's thoughts, "Now that there are three months left before the end of the year, we have a few important things to do." First, immediately return to Shengjing to form a fast gun team, and we will go to North Korea to train the North Korean army at the latest early next year. Second, go back and recruit a group of craftsmen, you take those two Dutchmen and craftsmen to Nampo and build the shipyard first. Thirdly, and most importantly, I want to convince the Great Khan to fight the Ming Dynasty again at the beginning of next year. ”

"Brother, why do you want to fight the Ming Dynasty, what we have in front of us is enough for us to be busy."

"Didn't you hear what Jiang Beiming said yesterday?" Tao Min smiled and asked, "They already know that we are going to North Korea to train the army, so it is difficult to say whether they will also go to North Korea to make trouble for us, after all, Wang Zhaoxing is in Dengzhou, very close to North Korea, and he will go as soon as he says so." ”

"Then what does this have to do with attacking the Ming Dynasty?" Tao Gong's head couldn't turn again.

"In history, in January of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the main force of the peasant army, a total of thirteen families and seventy-two battalions, gathered in Xingyang, Henan, and promoted Yingxiang as the leader of the alliance. Also in January, Hong Chengchou led the main force out of Tongguan, and the generals of the Xinyang Conference in Henan Province began to encircle and suppress Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong. And our Dajin army also entered the customs again, but only broke the 16 cities of Changping and returned to the division. ”

"Brother, do you mean we're going to go deeper this time?"

"Yes." Tao Min continued, "Judging from the current situation, these histories have not changed much. According to the news from Datong and Xuanfu, Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang began to recruit troops on the spot again, and I estimate that their strength may have expanded to four or five thousand people. If Hong Chengchou had the help of the Yulin Army, then Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's life might not be so easy. We must not let the Ming Dynasty government defeat them, and it is good for us to keep them. ”

"And." Tao Min waved his hand to stop his younger brother's question, "If we go a little deeper, let's see if we can find an opportunity to kill Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang first." Even if they can't be destroyed, Yulin Bay will send reinforcements, and they can't take care of North Korea. ”

"Brother, it's really yours." Tao Gong gave his brother a thumbs up.

"It's not over yet." Tao Min smiled and pressed his brother's hand down, "My plan is to kill three birds with one stone." Even if Jiang Beiming really sent all the 200,000 silver and materials, it would only solve our temporary urgency, and it was far from enough for us to enter Japan. So we have to take this opportunity to grab the last one, and there is no way to do it. ”

"Then without further ado, brother, let's go back to Shengjing."

After Jiang Beiming and Gu Yunkun landed in Tianjin, they rushed back to Yulin Bay without stopping.

"Beiming, it's the road." Jiang Beiming has been to Beijing since he married Yao Han, and he has not returned to Yulin Bay for nearly a year.

"Susu, I'm not working hard, but I'm not at home this year, you've worked hard." Since Yao Han married Jiang Beiming, she has reused her former maiden name--- Han Susu.

"Beiming." Han Susu felt that this title was still a little awkward, "You won't leave when you come back this time, right?" ”

"I should have to go back." Jiang Beiming walked over and grabbed Han Susu, "I want to apply to the committee to take you and the child with you, would you like to go to Beijing?" ”

"Can I go to Beijing too?" Han Susu clenched Jiang Beiming's hand, "I just want to guard you and my son all the time." ”

"Xianggong, are you okay now?" Yao Chun shouted at Sun Tianhao at home.

"Lady, I don't have anything to do now, what do you want to do?" Sun Tianhao felt that the title of this Xianggong lady was very interesting, and he kept calling Yao Chun like this after getting married.

"If you're okay, come with me to see my sister-in-law, it just so happens that Chief Jiang is also back."

"Lady, you really don't have long eyes." Sun Tianhao said with a smile, "Beiming hasn't come back for almost a year, and the two of them don't know what they're doing now, aren't you going to disturb people now." ”

"Xianggong." Yao Chun understood what Sun Tianhao meant, and was a little shy, "It's not evening yet." ”

"Hehehehe." Sun Tianhao grabbed Yao Chun, "Who told you that you can only do it at night?" Let's go and work hard now. ”

"Xianggong." Yao Chun was pulled by Sun Tianhao and walked to the bedroom half-pushed.

In response to the situation brought back by Jiang Beiming and Gu Yunkun, the two committees held a meeting. Xu Lang attended the meeting as chief of the General Staff. This time, Jiang Beiming not only reported on the situation of the negotiations with Tao Min, but also reported to the committee some recent incidents that had occurred in the northern peasant army.

This year, Chen Qiyu was promoted to the governor-general of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan, and marched to Junzhou, mobilizing generals to besiege the peasant armies from all walks of life. In June, Li Zicheng and other peasant troops were forced to retreat into Xing'an and were trapped in Chezhou Gorge, but because the Ming army was tightly surrounded, they surrendered. As a result, when the south plank road was released, the 40,000 peasant troops who had surrendered rose up together, killed the officers and soldiers who escorted the righteous army, re-raised the banner of righteousness, and defeated the army of the Ming Dynasty's general soldier He Renlong and Zhang Tianli with the momentum of destroying the withered and decaying fingers. Provincial governors and court officials handed over a chapter to impeach Chen Qiyu.

"Wang Qianxiang of Datong was also harassed by the peasant army, but was quickly repulsed." After giving a briefing on the situation, Jiang Beiming continued, "According to the dynamics in Beijing, there is not much difference between the issue of the peasant army and history. Emperor Chongzhen is ready to replace Chen Qiyu with Hong Chengchou, and next year Hong Chengchou will encircle and suppress the peasant army, if nothing else, our independent second regiment and independent third regiment should participate. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that." Zhang Guodong said, "We also received news from Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang that their recruitment is now underway, and it should be expanded to 2,000 by the end of the year." If the imperial court really wants to transfer them to encircle and suppress the peasant army, it is okay to beat the side drums. ”

"I have one more question." Gu Yunkun waited for Zhang Guodong to finish speaking and continued, "I have just reported on renting land with Chen Yingyuan and digging for gold, and I want to talk about finding oil. ”

"Director Gu, we can't do anything about this matter." Xia Yang said, "The oil in the Shengli Oilfield is very deeply buried, and we all know this, so let's take our time." ”

"Chairman Xia, you misunderstood what I meant, that's not what I said." Gu Yunkun explained, "We really don't have the ability to drill such deep wells in the Shengli Oilfield, so when I came back, I checked some of the information I had carried on my computer before the crossing, and thanks to the original mind, I printed it all out." It really led me to find a place where I might get oil. ”

"Really? Where is it? Where can you find oil? All of them were intrigued by Gu Yunkun's words.

"Yan'an." Gu Yunkun looked around at the wide-eyed committee members, "I found out that in 1907, the first oil well on land in China was drilled by Japanese technicians in Yanchang County, Yan'an City, and this place later developed into Yanchang Oilfield. The point is that this oil well is very shallow, only 81 meters, and produces more than a ton of oil per day, which should be no problem according to the current capacity. ”

"Okay, Gu." Zeng Guangxian excitedly shouted, "Our No. 777 can move again." ”

"Commander Zeng, don't be too happy too early." "The 80-meter well is true in Yan'an, but that place is not under our control. Yan'an was nearly 2,000 miles away from Wang Qianxiang's Datong, which was now under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, and Li Zicheng's peasant army was in Shaanxi. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Guodong also excitedly ordered, "Director Gu, don't go back to Dengzhou yet, and sort out the information of Yan'an oil wells first." Wang Hua, immediately let the people from the Second General Affairs Department go to Yan'an, find out the situation clearly, and then make plans. According to the current situation, Zheng Zhilong is likely to make a move against Westerners in Taiwan at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, and as long as No. 777 moves, we will have the right to speak. ”

After the meeting, Xu Lang invited Zhang Guodong, Wang Hua, and Jiang Beiming to the office of the General Staff.

"There were too many people in the meeting just now, and there was one thing I didn't say." Xu Lang poured a glass of water for all three of them.

"You're the chief of the General Staff now." Jiang Beiming took the water and said with a smile, "What the hell is going on, it's so mysterious." ”

"It's still Tao Min's business." Xu Lang said, "In the past few days, I have analyzed with Leng Tianbing's intelligence department, Tao Min is in a hurry to ask for the 500,000 silver, he must go to North Korea, and there is no problem with this." But the question is what if we lie to him and he doesn't get the money? ”

"What else can I do?" Jiang Beiming smiled, "Won't he go to North Korea if he doesn't have money?" ”

"Beiming, don't interrupt first, let Xu Lang finish speaking." Wang Hua realized the importance of the question raised by Xu Lang.