"Let the Nanyang Naval Division coordinate the battle in Batavia."

"The local navy and army in Nanyang are unified under their dispatch."

After Chen Ming saw the fold handed over by Dong Huan, he conveyed his will without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, the British envoy to Nanking, William El Brontë, requests to see you."

"Nope." Chen Ming waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, the French envoy to Nanjing, François Philippe Perrier, and the Swedish envoy to Nanjing, Robin Lustig, are jointly asking for a meeting."

"No, no. Let them go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

Chen Ming held the translation of the secret letter of the North American Expeditionary Force that had just been delivered in his hand, and the whole person's attention was no longer in Nanyang at all, but in North America, his voice gradually roared from low to high, his face turned red, and then turned blue, his neck was like it was about to explode, and his fist was pounding in the imperial case.

Green tendons burst out on his forehead, if it weren't for the most basic restraint, Chen Ming would have wanted to sweep everything on the imperial case to the ground. At this moment, he didn't want to take care of any demeanor, damn it, the rocket actually leaked.

He was furious!

The expeditionary force crushed the Spaniards' Eastern Route Army, but rockets appeared in their Western Route Army on a large scale!

When the bad news of the Eastern Route Army reached the Western Route Army, the Spanish Western Colonial Army not only did not choose to retreat, but instead took out the rockets they had been hiding before, and attacked the defenders of the expeditionary force in the mouth of the Colorado River like crazy, and really crossed the Colorado River before the main force of the expeditionary force returned.

This was a very bad military situation, and it was sent to Chen Ming by the expeditionary force in another big victory of theirs.

Chen Ming was very angry, he wanted to scold his mother.

This was a blow to Chen Ming. Although he knew the day he made the rocket, sooner or later it would spread all over the world. And it is very likely that China's enemies will use it against China. In this time and space, it will have a higher and wider circulation and use age than the AK47, Type 63 107 rocket launchers, RPG-7 rocket launchers, the world's three most low-tech conventional weapons.

The devil knows how many years it will take for the weapons of this era to continue to develop before weapons that can compete with rockets in power and convenience will appear.

But Chen Ming hadn't heard the slightest news of the 'baby' leak before, and he didn't notice it, but the big duck suddenly took out the 'baby', which caught him off guard.

Chen Ming also had in his hands the European intelligence that he had received not long ago, as well as the war report from North America.

There is no news of the Spaniards using rockets in the war, which from a certain point of view, also shows that they have just gotten this thing not long ago, and Chen Ming can also feel that the Spaniards attach importance to China.

This is a big killer weapon, and the Spaniards who got the killer weapon seem to have kept it specifically to deal with China.

Maybe it won't be long before it spreads to every country in Europe.

I wonder if it will have an impact on the situation in Europe in the future, such as Napoleon's continental situation twenty years later......

Rockets are in the hands of the rebels, and the threat to the occupying forces will be unpredictable.

Chen Ming is now furious.

"Grandpa Zhang, what's going on?"

Li Xiaomei hurried to the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor's every move was watched by everyone in the palace.

Chen Ming rarely threw things, and he never punished anyone, if anyone provoked him, his position was directly adjusted.

But today, from mid-morning to lunch, six eunuchs and palace maids led by Zhang Dayong have already knelt outside.

"Back to my mother's words, it's a war report from North America, and our big man is fighting with Spain. One win and one defeat, the Spaniards have rockets in their hands. However, Guoan didn't notice the news in advance, and His Majesty Long Yan was furious. He had already called Changsha Hou Chen Liang in and severely reprimanded him.

Zhang Dayong knelt outside for three hours, and everyone was about to fall apart. Now he was supported by two little eunuchs, and he replied to Li Xiaomei. Since he climbed the high branch of Chen Ming, he has been subjected to such a crime for many years.

Li Xiaomei's face changed, of course she knew what the rocket leak meant, which was definitely bad news for Chen Han. The news alone raised her endless worries about the war in North America, which she had nothing to worry about, but fortunately they had already routed the small Spanish Eastern Route Army. The total number of enemies was more than 10,000, and the Eastern Route Army was defeated.

"The Spaniards equipped all the rockets with the Western Route Army, and the Eastern Route Army did not have a single one? This is so unreasonable. "Is it just because the Western Route Army is likely to fight a little later than the Eastern Route Army?

Li Xiaomei's attention has shifted, no longer caring about why Chen Ming suddenly became angry, and punished people, this kind of thing happened, if he didn't get angry, it would be worrying. Li Xiaomei turned to worry about the war in North America.

"How many people have we lost? Spain's Western Route Army won, how many great victories did they win? ”

"Back to Niangniang, the expeditionary force came to report that our army had lost a total of 3,000 people in two battles. The Spanish Western Route Army crossed the mouth of the Colorado River. ”

"The Colorado River is the main river in the southwestern part of North America, originating in the Rocky Mountains in the central and western part of North America, flowing in a northeast-southwest direction and flowing into Jiazhou Bay. This river is like the Nu River and Lancang River in Yunnan, southwest of China, where we have many cliffs and deep valleys on both sides, and it is difficult for birds to cross. ”

"The estuary that flows into Jiazhou Bay is the easiest place for the army to pass through." The Spanish Eastern Route Army crossed the Colorado Valley before entering the Salton Basin, and 40,000 men were abandoned for nearly ten days.

The Colorado River runs northeast and southwest, and the Eastern Route Army first crossed the valley of the river and then entered Solton, but the first tough battle of the Western Route Army was at the mouth of the river. This is not a contradiction.

"After that, the Spaniards could attack the Shimo-Kashu Peninsula in the south, San Diego in the west, and Tokyo in the north. San Diego, not far from the west side of the Salton Basin, is an important port on the west coast of North America, and there are already migrant villages around it. Now that the Spaniards have come to the slaughter, San Diego will have a heavy loss, regardless of the final result. ”

Zhang Dayong roughly explained to the empress some of the current war situation in North America. The expeditionary force was not decisive for the victory of the Eastern Route Army, because the Salton Basin was too far from the elite of Mexico, but the Spanish Western Route Army across the Colorado River could attack San Diego, a city that had not yet been renamed, and thus cut off the upper and lower states by land. From San Diego to the north, this can be said to be the effective control area of Chen Han; From San Diego to the south, some parts of the Xiajiazhou Peninsula have also been established by Chinese immigrants.

If the Spaniards really want to fight in, even if they are beaten badly in the end, Chen Han's immigration process in North America will suffer a heavy blow.

Chen Ming no longer wanted to look at the Dutch in Nanyang, and if he could, he would now want to send the Janissaries in Nanjing to North America, and then completely wipe out the Spaniards in Mexico. But now he can't, there are no immortals in this world, so he can't do the 'Great Shift'. But he decided to immediately bring in a reinforcement force, which would show his toughness and give confidence to the North American expeditionary force and immigrants. So he didn't want to spend any more energy on the Nanyang issue.

"Count how many troops are there on Chongming Island? As long as they are qualified, send them all. ”

"One more regiment from the Praetorian Guard."

"The logistics department needs to mobilize enough transport ships in the shortest possible time."

The Manchu civil and military forces have been holding their breath for the past few days, and everyone knows that the emperor is angry, and while they sigh for the high-level leaders of the expeditionary force and sigh for Chen Liang, they are also slightly worried about the situation in North America. After all, the number of the expeditionary force is too small.

Of course, this slightly panicked attitude is more caused by Chen Ming, who made him not calm. And the reason why Chen Ming was not calm was because the situation was beyond his control.

Fortunately, after being annoyed for a few days, Chen Ming gradually stabilized his mind, the power of the rocket is very great, but it may not be able to help the Spaniards defeat the main force of the expeditionary force, how can there be no payment and price in the war.

China's capital is so abundant, even if the entire West Coast of North America is now finished, he also has the strength to start again.

At the same time, the news also spread from the top to the middle of Chen Han, and the news was reported in the newspapers, including the defeat of the Colorado River. In a few days, a group of ships returning from North America will arrive, and there will be a lot of people, and the news will obviously not be hidden. Then simply make it public first.

Just to say that the defeat of the expeditionary force at the Colorado River is a strategic shift, and that's it.

After all, in terms of casualty figures, the price paid by the expeditionary force in the war was much smaller than the defeat of the Spanish Western Route Army. Even if the battle of the estuary was lost, the 3,000 expeditionary force lost about one-third, but they exchanged four or five times the enemy's casualties, as long as the matter is vague, how many people can get a map of North America, and then point to the location of the battle of the estuary to tell everyone how important the significance of this battle is?

The sudden start of the North American war quickly won everyone's attention, and even the beginning of the South Sea War, the easy capture of Batavia City by the Nanyang Naval Division was not as attractive as the word 'North America'.

A war that happened around us was robbed of the limelight by a war thousands of miles away, which illustrates the change in the mentality of the Chinese people today. The Chinese with unknown numbers have long regarded Nanyang as their own territory in their hearts, and in the minds of countless Chinese, it is simply effortless for the imperial court to arrange a naval army stationed in Nanyang and level the two islands of Jawa and Sumatra.

Although the two wars are far away and one near, the far ones are quite suspenseful, and the near ones are in the hands of victory, and the attraction is naturally far away and weak near ones.

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A British-flagged ship docked at Port Klang, the largest port city in the Sultan of Selangor, but five years ago it was still a humble fishing village, and in recent years, the Klang Valley tin mine near Kuala Lumpur at the confluence of the Goose Mai River and the Klang River has been developed on a large scale, and the Chinese have come here, and the Selangor area must have a nearby port to the sea for Port Klang to come into being.

The tins are transported along the Klang River by river vessels to Port Klang, where they are loaded onto sea vessels. At the same time, these ships also brought cheap daily necessities needed by the natives of the Selangor area, such as linen and muslin, for example, the goods transported by Chinese merchant ships were at least half the price of the homespun cloth produced by the local natives themselves. It is also light and breathable, which is more suitable for the local climate.

In addition, there are all kinds of other living utensils, clothing, food, housing, transportation, luxury and treasures. Soon, the colonial economy between China and Selangor was established, and during this period, a large number of Chinese came to Selangor, and some of the Selangor indigenous nobles were also drawn into the chain of interests.

With the formal integration of Malaya by China, the economic advantage of the Chinese in Malaya was also rapidly established.

For example, in Kuala Lumpur, which has developed rapidly in the past two years, almost all of the tin mines in it are run by Chinese, and at most there are indigenous nobles who enjoy dry dividends. But they don't care about it.

China's demand for tin is getting bigger and bigger, and naval copper is not only used in warships and transport ships, but also in the civilian ocean-going shipping fleet, which has increased copper and tin prices throughout the East.

Tin can also be used in glass production. Glass manufacturing in Europe has long been popular in this era, and production methods are no longer hidden secrets. What China is now producing is a glass plate (not a mirror), that is, the molten glass is poured on a tin plate, which can ensure the flatness and smoothness of the glass surface. As for the downstream production item of the glass industry, mirrors, tin is also used. The method of making mirrors by coating the back of glass with tin foil and mercury is still the most common method used in the manufacture of glass mirrors in countries around the world.

In China, bronze mirrors have almost completely been phased out. In addition to some remote border areas, copper mirrors are still being used, and in inland seas, glass mirrors have been like an unstoppable flood, washing away the traces of copper mirrors in thousands of households.

Even the famous Huzhou Mirror and Xue Jiajing are also finished.

Xue Jiajing, the representative of Huzhou mirror, which has a high status and reputation in the history of Chinese bronze mirror casting, has now become a handicraft.

The so-called Xue Jiajing, "like the essence of the sun, like the light of the moon, the water and the sky are the same color, and the rhino shines on the group." "It has always been a tribute to the court. There is also no way to live, and the copper mirror has too many deficiencies compared to the glass mirror.

And then there's tinplate. This is a product of great practical significance, good sealing, preservation, light protection, solidity and unique decorative charm, which determines its wide coverage in the packaging container industry, and is now the packaging variety required by many products in China. For example, snack boxes, sugar jars, and canned food.

The so-called 'tinplate' is an iron sheet with a layer of tin on the surface. Tinplate has been produced in Bohemia (in present-day Czech Republic and Slovakia) since the 14th century. It is mainly used to make tableware and drinking utensils, but in China it is mainly used to hold food.

This is the best storage for cans in this day and age.

The tin on the inner wall of the tinplate reacts with the oxygen remaining in the container during filling, reducing the chance of oxidation of the food ingredients. The reducing effect of tin has a good preservation effect on the flavor and color of light-colored fruits and juices, so the juice cans packed in unpainted iron cans are better in nutrition preservation than those packed with other packaging materials, the brown change is slight, the acceptance of flavor quality is better, and the storage period is extended.

Nowadays, in China, all kinds of canned food are emerging in an endless stream, and the production is increasing day by day, and the sales volume is also increasing day by day. Tinplate can ensure the hygiene of food, minimize the possibility of spoilage, and is the first choice for tea packaging, coffee packaging, cocoa packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, candy packaging, cigarette packaging, gift packaging and other food packaging containers.

Unconsciously, tinplate has also become the backbone of China's steel industry, which has only taken less than eight years. Tinplate was only officially produced in Chinese steel mills when I saw it.

Chen Ming originally wanted it to be made of military utensils and kettles.

In the early years, China's steel production, especially iron production, was far less than it is now, and there was not much pig iron to make it. But now everything has changed, just like Kuala Lumpur in front of you, changing so fast.