The First Fleet of the Imperial Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty set sail from Tianjinwei, passing through Goryeo, Fuso, and Ryukyu to Annam, and then northward through Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Songjiang and other coastal ports of the Great Zhou, and finally returned to Tianjinwei.

Because it was the first voyage of the Royal Navy, Zhang Lingyang did not give Han Liang any orders, as long as they could successfully complete this voyage, it would be considered a good start.

Of course, there is no meaning of declaring military might in this.

Goryeo, Ryukyu, and Annam were vassal states of the Great Zhou, and they had always been respectful to the Great Zhou, which is easy to say, but for Fuso, which is separated from the Great Zhou Sea, the Great Zhou should be cautious.

I won't say much about the history of Fusang, but the main thing here is that around the Great Zhou, Fuso can be said to be the only country that has not expressed its submission to the Great Zhou.

Not to mention the grievances and grievances with Fusang on the earth in the previous life, just say that in the Great Zhou, the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty were very angry about Fusang's ignorance.

But there is a sea barrier, and even if the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty are angry, they can't.

Because sending troops to Fuso is simply unrealistic.

It's not that the Great Zhou can't gather so many troops to attack Fusang, it's just that the Great Zhou is too big, and big and small things happen every day, so how can you have the heart to manage Fusang, a country that is not subordinate?

What's more, Fusang is actually very barren, for the Great Zhou, spending things, troops and money to occupy this barren land, some of the gains outweigh the losses, so for Fusang's non-submission, although the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty were angry in their hearts, they would not make a big move because of this.

Now, at the end of the fourth year of Tai'an, Da Zhou finally has its first official navy, and naturally wants to declare to Fusang, a country that does not submit to it.

As for what to do with Fuso in the future? It is still necessary to wait for the combat power of the navy to be truly formed before Zhang Lingyang makes a decision.

Zhang Lingyang would not have delusionally thought that with just a few warships, he could make Fusang obediently surrender to the Great Zhou.

After sending the first fleet of the emperor's navy to sea, Zhang Lingyang returned to the capital by Luan.

As soon as he lay down and rested in the Heart Cultivation Hall for less than an hour, Xiao Fuzi hurriedly walked in.

Seeing Zhang Lingyang's eyes closed, Xiao Fuzi thought that Zhang Lingyang had fallen asleep, so he didn't dare to disturb and was about to retreat, Zhang Lingyang, who didn't want to hear the movement at this time, opened his eyes, glanced at Xiao Fuzi, and asked, "Xiao Fuzi, is there something?" ”

"Yes, long live the lord!" Seeing Zhang Lingyang wake up, Xiao Fuzi, who was about to retreat, turned around and came to Zhang Lingyang, and replied: "Long live the lord, the slave just received a few drawings from Zheng Yongji, the governor of southern Henan, saying that it is a planning map for Luoyang City, and please take a look at it!" ”

As he spoke, Xiao Fuzi dragged a few drawings with both hands and presented them to Zhang Lingyang.

"Open it!" Zhang Lingyang did not take it, but ordered Xiaofuzi to unfold the drawings on the desk.

After taking a closer look, Zhang Lingyang's brows became tighter the more he looked at it.

"It seems that Zheng Yongji is still planning according to the thinking of this era!" Zhang Lingyang said in his heart.

On the drawings, Zhang Lingyang saw a lot of problems.

First of all, the streets are too narrow.

If according to the current situation of Da Zhou, the street planning is not narrow, and it can be put in future generations, the widest street on the drawing does not have a provincial road wide, how can Zhang Lingyang be satisfied?

In addition, the commercial area and residential area on the drawing are too distinct, which has a bit of the meaning of the fang market system in the Sui and Tang dynasties in the previous life.

The advantages and disadvantages of the market system are obvious, the advantage is that it is easy to manage, and the disadvantage is that it is too clear and distinct, which is not conducive to the circulation of commerce.

In the previous life, Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, broke the fang market system, although there were many problems in management, there is no doubt that the prosperity of commerce was incomparable to Chang'an and Luoyang in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Although Zhang Lingyang did not completely refer to the construction method of Kaifeng Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty in the previous life, he was also not interested in the management model of the fang city system.

And then there's architecture.

The Luoyang City on the drawings is still dominated by wooden buildings. The shortcomings of wooden buildings are obvious, and they are easy to cause fires, so Zhang Lingyang has a complete veto attitude towards the buildings on this drawing.

"Since we want to build a new capital, cement is naturally indispensable, how can I forget this?" Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Although there is no cement factory in Dazhou, the relevant technical literature has been translated by the Royal Academy.

If you purchase another batch of cement manufacturing equipment from Europe and make cement in Dazhou, is it still difficult?

He told Xiaofuzi a few of his thoughts in detail, and asked him to write back to Zheng Yongji to re-plan Luoyang City, and Zhang Lingyang was satisfied.

The construction of a new capital city is not a matter of one or two days, and the planning on the drawings alone will take half a year.

At that time, I was afraid that the cement production equipment purchased from Europe was about to return to Dazhou.

So Zhang Lingyang didn't feel that it would take any time to do so.

"Long live Lord, according to your orders, I'm afraid that 10 million taels of silver is not enough!" Xiaofuzi has been with Zhang Lingyang for several years, and he is relatively familiar with the strange lewd skills from Europe, so after Zhang Lingyang gave his orders, Xiaofuzi was a little worried.

"It's okay, if the silver in Zheng Yongji's hand runs out, I will dial it again!" Zhang Lingyang said disapprerovingly.

After apportioning the land into the mu, the gentry paying the grain as one, and increasing the mining tax and commercial tax, now the Great Zhou treasury, this year's tax has been counted, more than 50 million taels of silver.

Such a large amount of money, for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they would not dare to think about it before.

Think about the tax revenue of the first emperor Yongkang Dynasty, a country with a large country, the annual tax revenue is only five million taels of silver, what is this enough to do?

Well, now that the tax reform has only been one year, the tax revenue of the state treasury has increased tenfold, and who would dare to say anything about the tax reform in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?

This is the first year, and Zhang Lingyang firmly believes that with the complete implementation of the tax reform, the tax revenue of the state treasury will only get higher and higher.

What's more, once the industrialization process of the Great Zhou is fully rolled out, not to mention the tax of 50 million taels a year, it is not difficult to pay 10,000 taels or 20,000 taels of taxes.

In the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the industrial base could still collect more than 10,000 taels of silver in taxes every year, and there was no reason to spread out the tax revenue of the Great Zhou.

However, it can also be seen from this that whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the previous life or the current Great Zhou, the wealth of the people is extremely amazing.

It's just that many gentry would rather bury their own silver and get moldy than take it out for circulation, and the common people are poorer than the other, in this case, it is strange that the country can become rich.

Now, Zhang Lingyang is forcing those gentry to dig up the silver buried in the ground and pay taxes. In the future, Zhang Lingyang will force them to invest in industry and commerce......