Volume 17 Chapter 9 The Navy Upgrades Again
Looking at the admirals who were all together, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but sigh with emotion, how humble the Daming Navy Division was back then, the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division were less than 100,000, and the only few Navy Division generals were beaten like frost and eggplant, and the pirates couldn't do it, and they couldn't even pack up the thousands of Dutch entrenched in Dongfan.
As for the battleships, they are full of small sampans, the Fuchuan battleship is not even as many pirates as Zheng Zhilong's, and there is not a single super battleship, and even the treasure ships and giant ships that Zheng He went to the West don't know where they have gone.
And now, the Ming Navy has developed to five regular regiments and a reserve corps of 600,000 soldiers, the number of super battleships reached 1,000 last year, and the treasure ship giant ship has also resurfaced, and the Fuchuan battleship, which was originally the main battleship, has begun to be completely eliminated!
At this time, the Ming Navy, whether it is the number of super battleships, the number of naval officers, or the level of weapons and equipment are far ahead of any major power in the European continent, not to mention the Netherlands, any power alone with the Ming Navy, it is all death!
Perhaps it was when the great powers saw this momentum that they had to find a way to do it from land, intending to stifle the development of the Ming Dynasty, or even overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
However, is the Ming Army's army so easy to mess with? Dare to bite Daming, this time I will definitely make Tsarist Russia burst all the teeth in his mouth!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong coughed, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the ice and snow in Siberia are melting, and a big war with Tsarist Russia is about to break out. “
When the admirals present heard this, they immediately stood up and said in unison: "Please make an order from the emperor." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Well, everyone sit down first." “
With a snap, all the admirals sat down at the same time, their waists straight.
Zhu Cijiong then said: "Before that, I want to announce some adjustments to the navy. “
Speaking of this, he cleared his throat, and then said loudly: "I have decided that the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet will be promoted to the second class army from now on. “
When Yang Geng, Chen Hui, and Zheng Xing heard this, they stood up again, and said in unison: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, motioned for them to sit down, and then continued to say aloud: "I have decided to form the Arctic Fleet of the third-class legion on the basis of the Naval Reserve Corps, and Zheng Ming, the former chief general of the Naval Reserve Corps, will be promoted to the commander of the Arctic Fleet. “
When Zheng Ming heard this, he stood up excitedly and arched his hand: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, and then continued to say aloud: "I have decided to recruit 100,000 recruits from the coastal guards again to form a new naval reserve corps, and the former admiral Zheng Cai will serve as the chief general of the new naval reserve corps. “
When Zheng Ming heard this, he stood up excitedly and arched his hand: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, motioned for them to sit down, and then continued to say aloud: "In the future, all naval fleets will be equipped with two hundred super battleships, and now the two hundred super battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division, the Nanyang Naval Division, and the South China Sea Fleet have been fully equipped, and the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet have also been equipped with one hundred super battleships, and the two hundred super battleships produced by the Dongda Construction Shipyard last year will be allocated to the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, as for the Arctic Fleet, The two hundred super battleships produced by the Todai Construction Shipyard this year will be distributed to you. “
When everyone heard this, they were all in high spirits, two hundred super battleships, how majestic, how domineering, and how terrifying the combat effectiveness was!
The adjustment of the navy was almost at this point, except for Huang Long and Zheng Zhihu, the other admirals were basically promoted, and the whole venue was jubilant for a while.
Zhu Cijiong paused, and continued: "In addition, I have decided to establish the Daming Royal Shipping Company, and all the Fu ships and warships on the sea outside Dongdaying will be divided into the Daming Royal Shipping Company, a total of 2,000 ships, the person in charge, Shi Daxuan. “
When Shi Daxuan heard this, he got up from the chair and said excitedly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “
In fact, he already knew that the emperor was going to set up the Daming Royal Shipping Company, because the emperor not only asked him to notify him to come over for a meeting, but also asked him to bring all his lucky ships and sailors over, saying what was to be merged into the Daming Royal Shipping Company.
He originally thought that the emperor would give him shares at most, so that he could get some benefits, but he never thought that the emperor would directly hand over the Daming Royal Shipping Company to him to be responsible!
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Daxuan, this Ming Royal Shipping Company I will give you a hundred percent of the shares, and then take out one percent of the shares and distribute them to the meritorious officials below, and I will also hire you well, that is, the 200,000 veterans gathered in the city of Dongdaying, are you sure to do a good job in this shipping business?" “
The latter words are a bit of a joke, Shi Daxuan is from this background, how can he not be sure, he nodded excitedly and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, the villain is sure, now in the Ming Dynasty, including the vassal states, there are many merchants who want to do overseas business, but most of them can't afford to buy sea ships because the capital is too small, so they can only sell the goods to the sea merchants at a low price to earn a little profit." Now there are more and more merchants of this kind, and the sea merchants can't accept their goods, as long as they send people door-to-door to inform them, there are definitely many merchants rushing to let the Daming Royal Shipping Company help them transfer the goods. “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he said with relief: "Well, very good, your idea is very right, that is, to assist those merchants who do not have the transportation capacity and have ideas to make their business bigger. “
When Shi Daxuan heard this, he excitedly said again: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, with these conveniences, the villain guarantees that he will be able to start the business within the year." “
Zhu Cijiong shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't worry, you have to do me a favor first, in the past few months, all the Fuchuan warships and all the employees of the Ming Royal Shipping Company will go to Siberia to assist the Ming Navy in transporting personnel and materials, and I will pay you a commission of two million taels every month, which will be regarded as start-up capital." “
Shi Daxuan hurriedly bowed his hand again: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, let the villain do something, but please ask the emperor to command." “
Zhu Cijiong said half-jokingly: "This time, the opponent of the Ming Dynasty is Tsarist Russia, and when transferring personnel and materials, it is very likely that you will encounter danger, are you afraid?" “
Shi Daxuan was born as a pirate, and he was not afraid of letting him go up to do Tsarist Russia directly, he was afraid of this danger, he heard this, and couldn't help but say categorically: "But please ask the emperor to order, the villain will never give up." “