"When are you going to send us iron ore and guano?" Zhang Qiang asked Zheng Keshuang.

I can't help but ask, because according to the actual situation now, thousands of miles away, there are 2,400 nautical miles recently, the farthest is more than 8,000 nautical miles, one nautical mile is 1,85 kilometers, more than 10,000 kilometers, at the current speed of the ship, six knots per hour, which is equivalent to about 10 kilometers an hour, and it takes four months to go back and forth at a time.

The gold, silver and jewelry brought by the two times are equivalent to 18 million Chinese yuan, that is, there are still 32 million arrears, even if it is 30 million, Zhang Qiang estimates that this has converted all the gold and silver in Zheng Chenggong's lair, in order to deal with the attack of the Dutch, in order to take root in Australia, they can be regarded as bankrupt.

When is the next visit?

Take away 30 million ships and goods, this is the more you owe, the more you owe, and you haven't seen their ability to repay the money until now, can you not make Zhang Qiang anxious?

Zhou Congee came out to play a round game, "Your Majesty, we have agreed that each ton of raw ore will be purchased according to 20 taels of silver, and two taels of silver will float up and down, compared to our Huaxia Yuan, it will be about 22 Huaxia Yuan to 25 Huaxia Yuan per ton, and the amount of more than 1,000 tons will be added each time, and if it exceeds 10,000 tons, it will be purchased according to 30 Huaxia Yuan."

Guano was purchased for 11 Chinese dollars per ton, and at most 15 Chinese dollars, and provided no less than 1,000 tons each time, so that each time they arrived, they could only bring us about 5,000 tons of ore and 1,000 tons of guano, and each time they had twelve Daifuku ships of 800 to 1,000 tons, and at the same time the same number of escort ships, about twenty-four.

When they returned, they took with them 10,000 to 30,000 people, and each time they took away 1 Chinese Yuan for the Japanese, 0.5 Chinese Yuan for the Southeast Asian natives, 0.6 Chinese Yuan for the Nanyang natives, and 10 Chinese Yuan for the Han Chinese. ”

"Then I'm not a loss, the total income of sending them millions of people is less than a few million Huaxia yuan?"

Wei Wuji didn't wait for Zhou Congee to explain, and said first: "Your Majesty, this is because the ships we gave us are basically old ships that we have used, the oldest is seventeen years old, and the youngest is five years old, and they say that our warships are a lot behind others, and our sailor director Ruan Jin also said that our warships are indeed a little behind the Taixi people.

It is manifested in the inflexible rotation, slow speed, the inability to catch up with the opponent, the inability to run past the opponent such factors, these battleships can only overwhelm people with momentum, win by numbers, most of the artillery on the battleships are old guns that have not been reformed for ten years, our newly cast artillery is only marine artillery, there is no naval artillery, although the quality is excellent, but it is still a little old in comparison.

However, the Australian side decided to buy our ships and their artillery and weapons at a high price, while we gave them a slightly higher price in ore and guano and gave them a preferential price in terms of manpower, so that both sides could win together. ”

Hearing them say this, Zhang Qiang didn't say anything.

According to the calculation of the minimum transportation volume, they can repay 110,000 to 150,000 Huaxia yuan arrears per trip, but they received the old ships of the Huaxia Army at a high price, and it is precisely because of this high price that they owe 30 million Huaxia Yuan.

Solve some headaches for the Huaxia Kingdom.

It is indeed a win-win situation, although in the end, the Huaxia Army also gave these people to them for nothing, but they still need to feed these people, don't they need money to buy food? In the future, you don't need money to buy shells, and you don't need money to buy gunpowder?

Huaxia Army's 30 million, when this transaction is completed, the actual income of the Huaxia Kingdom will not only be 30 million, but will definitely reach the final income of 50 million, and it will also be able to obtain cheap ore and guano.

With the current farming conditions of the Chinese Kingdom, each mu can produce about 200 catties, even if the crops are improved in the future, the use of manure, the grass ash can only be increased by about 100 catties, if the guano is added, the fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium three high-quality fertilizers, I am afraid that it can be doubled again, reaching a yield of 600 catties per mu, this yield has not been improved by breeding in later generations, otherwise it can reach 1,000 catties, but now there can be such an output, then even if the population of the Chinese Kingdom grows again, reaching more than 200 million people, it can also be fed.

The population has doubled, the grain has tripled, and more than 200 million people have more than enough to feed.

The surplus food could be used to support the army to expand its territory further afield, or to colonize.

It's just that Zhang Qiang also thought of a question, so if the warships, warships, and merchant ships are sold, what will happen to the tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers on it?

Zhang Qiang threw the problem at Wei Wuji because it was something he managed.

Wei Wuji glanced at Ruan Jin, the director of the naval division, and Ruan Jin coughed and said: "We hope to build new warships, the tonnage of the battleship is not too large, eight hundred tons is not bad, increase the speed, replace the new artillery, during this period, the officers and soldiers of the naval division will be retrained, some old but uneducated will be retired, and some educated will be sent to the military academy to study or train new naval division soldiers and officers and soldiers, so that at least one-fifth of the soldiers will retire or be sent to the military academy as instructors, or go to study for a few years, Come out to replace the old sailor officers, renew the officers and men of our sailors, and let the overall age of the officers and men of the sailors be lowered.

From the current maximum age of more than 70 years old, down to the highest age of 50s, Your Majesty, you know that the officers and soldiers of our first generation of sailors are actually a group of pirates, fishermen, and some rebel soldiers on land, and such a group is no longer conducive to the needs of new-style naval warfare.

Next time, I plan to replace a group of military academy graduates in the First Fleet, and then let them accumulate experience in the war with Japan and the Prince of Lu, and so on, the Second Fleet, the Third Fleet, the Fourth Fleet, the Fifth Fleet, and the Sixth Fleet will all replace the former peasants and pirate sailors, so that the sailors will be more regular and professional. ”

Zhang Qiang looked at Ruan Jin, "Well, the idea is good, but it should be noted that even if people are pirates and fishermen, sometimes they have their own set of knowledge that others don't know, and we have to dig out this knowledge, such as some small experiences and small knowledge."

For sailors sailing on the sea, they may encounter problems, and with such a small experience, they can quickly solve the problem, and with a little knowledge, they can quickly avoid the incident of shipwreck and death because of such common sense, and pay attention to summing up the experience of predecessors.

We must give enough respect and care to these retired old sailors, and we must not neglect them, they are now our people, our soldiers, who have fought for us, shed blood, and do not let them feel abandoned. ”

and Zheng Keshuang finalized the details and methods of the transaction, Huaxia Jun and Zheng Keshuang both felt that they had made money, and the two sides began to fulfill the contract.

Zhang Qiang returned to the palace after a few days of playing to continue to deal with government affairs.

(End of chapter)