Chapter 258: The Shanghai Plan
Gao Junshan called Zheng Chenggong back, which was four words: annihilate.
The East India Company of Taiwan, Gao Junshan, was a killer who used violence to establish a monopoly on trade and continue to write the glory of the people of Asia by exploiting their blood and sweat.
Their existence is an obstacle for Huaxia to go to the sea in the future, so they must be put to death and then hurry.
Gao Junshan knew very well that after killing all these people, the Dutch would not give up, and they would definitely mobilize warships to take revenge in the next step.
Of course, Gao Junshan was not afraid of them, with the strength of the Wuchang-class battleship, he could completely defeat the Dutch, but he wanted to test his second son to see how he dealt with the Dutch invasion.
Therefore, Gao Junshan did not send a telegram to remind Gao Chengjun, and now it depends on his ability, whether he can predict the actions of the Dutch in advance, and whether he can command the first, fifth, and sixth fleets in the waters of Ryukyu and Taiwan.
This is also a good opportunity for him to exercise, Gao Junshan threw the whole plate to his son and let him operate.
On April 29, 1650, Zheng Chenggong sent another telegram that all the 900 Dutch who had surrendered on the island of Taiwan had been killed, and the materials obtained were abundant.
The goods transshipped from the Netherlands to Taiwan include:
20,000 bags of sugar (600,000 catties);
200,000 deerskins;
50,000 catties of venison;
100,000 pairs of antlers;
10,000 boxes of bamboo and rattan;
500,000 catties of Dutch rice.
The materials shipped from the island countries, North Korea, and Southeast Asia are:
70 million catties of pig iron, 900,000 catties of copper;
120,000 catties of tin and 60,000 catties of lead;
three hundred and eighty thousand taels of gold;
800,000 sackcloth;
1.8 million catties of cotton.
In addition, there are large quantities of spices, pepper, amber, silk fabrics, pottery, silk and various medicinal herbs.
After reading the telegram, Gao Junshan couldn't believe that the Dutch East India Company was so rich that the materials stored in Taiwan alone were rich enough to rival the country.
In fact, the Dutch East India Company had about 35 bases in Asia, ranking first with a profit of 38.8% from its stronghold in the island nation, followed by Taiwan with a profit of 25.6%.
Such abundant supplies are unimaginable to Gao Junshan, who was so rich in maritime trade, that he decided to carry out ocean-going activities, and could not miss this golden age of navigation.
At the same time, he forwarded Zheng Chenggong's telegram to the Logistics Department, asking them to make a detailed plan and rationally allocate these materials to various departments.
Gao Junshan also ordered Gao Chengjun to divide the venison in the warehouse on the island of Taiwan and eat it on the spot, so as not to spoil during transportation.
Later, Gao Junshan sent an additional telegram to the logistics department, and all the deerskins, linen cloth, and cotton in this batch of goods were transferred to Xijiang Province.
In the past few days, Gao Junshan is happier than picking up the treasure, as soon as he is happy, he can't help but be triumphant, his two concubines don't know what happened, and they don't dare to ask, just guessing.
Gao Junshan found that the two of them were muttering, so he said to them: "Don't stop muttering, I tell you to listen, we have made a fortune." ”
The two concubines were also happy: "I have made a fortune!" How much do we get? ”
"Daydream your daydreams! This is the property of the state, how can it be distributed to you? But I'm happy today, I'll take you to the suburbs to play, will you go? ”
Liu Ru hurriedly said: "Go and go, you have to play, how can you not go?" ”
Dong Xiaowan said: "You know how to play." ”
Do you think Gao Junshan is really out to play? No, he was going to Longjiang Shipyard, and he once again put the construction of Zheng He-class warships on the agenda.
He went to the Longjiang Shipyard this time to restart the construction of Zheng He-class warships, and he had every reason to suspect that the three Zheng He treasure ships discovered before were the failed works of his predecessors, and they were not treasure ships in the real sense, because the three ships could not sail normally when they went into the water, and their speed was extremely slow. Therefore, he instructed the technicians of the shipyard to reduce the size of the Zheng He-class warship before building it, asking them to build a real treasure ship as soon as possible.
Gao Junshan further instructed that we should not be afraid of failure, failure is the mother of success, we should be bold, dare to innovate, and take the road that no one has walked before.
Finally, Gao Junshan said that 100,000 gold will be used as a research fund, and anyone who has made outstanding contributions in this area will be rewarded with gold.
After Gao Junshan left the shipyard, he went directly to the headquarters of the Second Army Corps.
The headquarters of the Second Army Corps was located in Shanghai, which at this time was not yet an open city, nor was it the largest city in the country.
The commander of the Second Army was He Renlong, and after Li Guo died of illness, Gao Junshan transferred He Renlong to the south, and the task was to recover the Liangguang region and Annam.
Annam was later the North of Vietnam.
Annam, known as Jiaozhi in ancient times, has been the territory of China since the Han and Tang dynasties, and after five dynasties, Fang became an independent country. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Annan took the opportunity to break off the Chinese territory, and once sent troops to attack Yongping Village on Siming Road, surpassing the Yuan Dynasty to demarcate the copper pillar for more than 200 miles, and occupying five counties such as Qiuwen and Qingyuan. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict to Chen Rikun, the king of Annam, and ordered it to be returned, but the Chen Dynasty was already in power by the minister Li Jiyak at this time, and he coerced the king Chen Rikun and refused to die. Zhu Yuanzhang used the war to rest, focusing on appeasement, and did not want to fight again, so he ignored it, and Annan has been in a semi-independent state since then.
Later Ming Chengzu sent troops to attack Nan'an from 1406 to 1407, and finally Annam became independent, and Ming named Li Li as the king of Annam, and since then he has paid tribute.
Now that Gao Junshan has crossed into this era, Annam must be recovered, especially Cam Ranh Bay, a naval base, must not fall into the hands of other countries.
The Ming Dynasty's long-term maritime ban policy and national closure made Shanghai not develop much at this time.
Gao Junshan was determined to build Shanghai into an international metropolis and set up the headquarters of the United Nations in Shanghai in the future.
Of course, these are all plans, and plans have to be realized step by step.
The two concubines who followed Gao Junshan to Shanghai were still unhappy at this time, and they were clamoring to go back to Jinling.
Gao Junshan said: "I am very happy today, I will send you a villa in Shanghai, where to build a villa, you can choose your own place." ”
Dong Xiaowan looked at it and said: "This kind of small place, I don't come here to live, what do I want to do in the villa, I want to go back to Jinling." ”
Liu Ru also said: "That's it, we don't live here, we want to go back to Jinling." ”
Gao Junshan shook his head helplessly and said, "You can't get a good reward for your kindness!" ”
How can these two short-sighted concubines know the future development of the situation? Ten years later, they didn't know that they regretted it, because ten years later, Shanghai was far better than Jinling, and when they remembered Gao Junshan's words and asked Gao Junshan for a villa, Gao Junshan could still promise them? This is absolutely impossible.
At the headquarters of the Second Army Corps in Shanghai, Gao Junshan was holding an operational meeting to the south, and he could no longer sit back and lose the opportunity, and he wanted to settle the problems of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Annam within this year.
Gao Junshan planned to dispatch two first-class divisions, with a total of 20,000 people, to march south, and he wanted to drive the expedition in person until Cam Ranh Bay.
The 201st and 206th Divisions of the Second Army Corps were the new divisions of the Second Army, which were descendants of Gao Junshan and had fought with Gao Junshan into the river, and were two teams with proud achievements.
The troops were planned to be divided into two routes, one led by He Renlong to enter Guangdong through Hunan, and the other was led by Gao Junshan himself, entering Jiangxi and entering Guangdong.