"It's such a big mess."

Yu Guozhen patted his head, looked at the sky, and thought helplessly.

He is now next to the Xinxiang Huangniu Reservoir, which was built on the Huangniu Ridge as the population of Xinxiang increased and the fresh water began to be tight. The water stored in the reservoir, together with the water pumped from the Yuhong and Qinjiang rivers by steam engines, is enough for 200,000 people in the city. After the completion of the reservoir, the surrounding scenery is outstanding, and it has become a favorite place for Xinxiang people to come to relax.

Like Yu Guozhen, he has been fishing here a lot recently.

The population is growing, and most importantly, the number of graduates from the Xinxiang Elementary School is increasing - just this past August, the third batch of graduates of the Xinxiang Elementary School was allocated, and its total number reached an unprecedented 3,100. These people are all young boys and girls who crawled out of the pile of dead people in Nanzhili in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and they cherish everything in their hands very much, so the degree of effort to study is unimaginable to later generations.

When people's enthusiasm is stimulated, their potential is amazing, and they complete their basic education in the shortest possible time. In terms of national language, in addition to being proficient in common characters, he can also write various reports in the vernacular, and can also proficiently recite certain ancient poems. In mathematics, they can already solve binary quadratic equations, calculate simple trigonometric functions, and do preliminary statistics. In practice, they dabble in mechanics, optics and acoustics, and even have a little bit of very shallow electricity, know how to go from atoms to molecules to matter, can memorize the top 20 of the periodic table, and know a little about human anatomy and body knowledge. It can be objectively recognized for geography and climate.

But that's it, Yu Guozhen still feels that there are not enough manpower, especially at this moment.

Song Xiance put away the hook next to him, smiled and picked the fish hanging on the hook, which was weighed, and then the staff officer, who was known for his scheming and viciousness, threw the fish back to the reservoir with great mercy.

"It's a bit annoying for the lord to say that. I don't know how many people want to have such a stall. Those European Baiyi have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean. Isn't that what this stall is for? He loaded the bait and threw the hook into the water: "Spices, lead and tin ore." Copper, gold, rubber, all kinds of tropical fruits, and inexhaustible timber, a land of plenty, a land of ointment......"

Song Xiance didn't know what kind of language to use to praise the land that was included in Xinxiang this month, and after arriving in Xinxiang, his vision was different from the past. In the past, he was like a traditional literati. The eyes are only staring at the Central Plains, and now it seems that outside the Central Plains, there are good lands, if these lands are handed over to the diligent and wise Chinese people. The wealth it can create is simply endless.

It is really a waste to fall into the hands of these natives now, and only when the Huaxia clan completely transforms them and even exchanges blood, and completely removes the laziness and stupidity in their bloodline, can this vast and rich land be revitalized.

There is only the Chinese tradition. Song Yingxing also came into contact with those natives who were brainwashed by the Xiyi priests, who did not teach them to be diligent and intelligent, but only taught them to be cruel and ignorant, and the failure of the Xiyi priests to educate in the southeast islands fully proved that their civilization was only suitable for themselves, and they had congenital defects.

"The lord is not annoyed by people's hands, don't look at the primary school graduated another 3,100 people, Mr. Song ran to cry and make trouble, in a blink of an eye, 500 people were gone, Guiquanzi Daoist came to blow his beard and glare, so another 500 people were gone. The housemother didn't have to speak, and the eight hundred women were left to the school for themselves...... You do the math, how many people are still there to divide it into. ”

Mao Yuanyi said in a weird manner, no wonder he is like this, he has always been a little unfair in his heart, because the headquarters of the staff group led by him cannot intervene at all in such a battle for talents. The people of the staff group were all selected from the tiger guards, and then entered the non-commissioned officer school for training, and finally came to Mao Yuanyi. Seeing that others were in full swing, but he could only watch from the sidelines, of course he was a little unfair in his heart - those are all talents!

"Speaking of which, the main public school cultivates talents in batches, and the merit is in the present and the benefits are in the future." Song Xiance said: "Now Hoi An, Xinhang and Changhua have all established primary school preparatory schools, and in the future, we can continue to cultivate new talents!" ”

Zhang Chi interjected on the side: "This matter is not the first creation of the lord, the sage runs a private school, but it is just the four words 'there is no class', and the main public office school is just the four words 'there is no class'." All young people in Xinxiang, whether male or female, rich or poor, rich or poor, rich or low, have the right to be educated and have the right to go to school. ”

They discussed the significance of running a school, but Yu Guozhen didn't pay attention, after fishing for a long time, Mao Yuanyi and others had harvested, but he didn't catch a single shrimp, which made him gradually lose his interest in fishing, and at this moment, he saw several people hurriedly coming over.

Squinting and looking over there, Yu Guozhen threw the fishing rod: "Don't fish, something, something." ”

"The lord is cheating, I said at the beginning, the one who has the least fishing harvest today is a treat!" Song Xiance shouted.

"I'll just go to the cafeteria tonight for a working meal!" Yu Guozhen said: "Boguang is back, we can completely close the net!" ”

The person he saw was Tian Boguang.

Tian Boguang, who pounced in Nan'an Shijing, did not kill Zheng Zhilong's family in the end, but just escorted the Zheng family onto the boat and brought them all back to Xinxiang. When I sailed to Guangzhou, I found that the people here were panicking. After asking, he knew that the remnants of the Zheng family's fleet had just failed to plunder Guangzhou, so he retreated to Daguan. They left Guangzhou, met Xinxiang's patrol ship, and learned about the defensive battle of Longmen Island.

As soon as he saw Yu Guozhen, Tian Boguang's face was ashamed: "Official, you pounced, but let the Zheng family attack us first." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's because we have poor intelligence and have been deceived by the Zheng family." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "And the key role of sending you is to train the troops - how do you feel, if you are transported by ship to the vicinity of Jinling, such as Hangzhou'zhou, I want you to bring two or three thousand people to break into Jinling and capture an enemy." Escort hundreds of people to withdraw, is there any certainty? ”

"I still need to practice more, and in addition, the equipment needs to be lighter."

Tian Boguang responded in his mouth, but his heart was full of joy, Yu Guozhen never talked nonsense, he said so. It proves that he really has such a plan, but he sends Huwei to Jinling...... What is it for?

If it is a choice to raise troops, then it will not be just two or three thousand people. Moreover, although Xinxiang has a cold relationship with the imperial court now, it is not enough to start a war immediately.

Yu Guozhen knew that he was thinking nonsense, so he said again: "You have been informed of the military situation, right?" ”

"Yes. The fleet of the Zheng family and the Dutch was almost wiped out, the ships of the Zheng family escaped less than 20%, and now they have become wandering pirates, the Xun Deputy Bureau is in the process of purging, the Dutch were captured more than 1,000, nearly 2,000 dead and wounded, and only two ships escaped. ”

Fifteen days earlier, the defensive battle of Longmen Island had ended in a complete victory for Xinxiang, with as many as 50 ships captured in this battle. This is not the kind of small sampan with a displacement of only a dozen tons, but an armed warship of more than 100 tons that can be used for transportation and coastal operations!

More importantly, the number of people who were captured and accepted by the Zheng family's sailors in this battle was as many as 3,000, for Xinxiang. The combat effectiveness of these pirates is negligible, but skilled sailors are rare, even if they are not reliable now and can only serve on transport ships, which greatly complements the surface manpower of Xinxiang.

"Boguang, what do you think the Dutch should do?" Yu Guozhen asked.

"I can't say." Tian Boguang hesitated: "After all, the Dutch have never been like the Spaniards. Massacres of ethnic Chinese people. ”

In fact, the Dutch are not friendly to the Chinese ethnic group, which is determined by the civilization characteristics of Ouyi Baifan, but the Dutch attach more importance to commercial interests, and now in Southeast Asia, it is the Chinese who can bring them the most commercial benefits, so for the time being, they are quite tolerant of the Chinese. Even in Dayuan, there were natives who killed Han hunters, and the Dutch sent troops to retaliate for the Han people, not because they were really good to the Han people, but because the Han hunters were hunting deer skins for them.

As for Batavia, the Dutch also looted the Chinese merchants, but these things had not yet reached Yu Guozhen's ears, he only vaguely heard a little rumor, and Tian Boguang was even more unaware.

"So, I want to make a deal with the Dutch and allow them to ransom them." Yu Guozhen smiled: "Of course, that will be after we have Batavia and Manraka. ”

Tian Boguang was taken aback: "Official, this stall is too big, I'm afraid we won't have enough strength!" ”

He was not worried about not being able to defeat these two places, and after the defense of Longmen Island, the Dutch were so demoralized that two-thirds of their strength in the Far East either sank to the bottom of the sea or became prisoners, and like the Spaniards, they would not be able to defend them.

"I thought about it, Batavia and Manraga should only build fortresses to prevent Europeans from using these two places to invade the South China Sea. As for the emigration, we will talk about it in a few years, and put 3,000 men in Batavia, another 3,000 in Manraka, and 6,000 tiger guards, with forts and fortresses, and it will not be a problem to hold these two places. Next, priority will be given to expanding the size of the South China Sea Fleet, and at the same time moving the station of the Tan Xiang Fleet to Hoi An to ensure that these two places can be supported as soon as possible if they are in danger. ”

When Yu Guozhen told him about this, he immediately understood that this was to transfer personnel from the teaching brigade to serve as officers of the garrison units in these two places. He looked at Yu Guozhen, his expression was a little hesitant, Yu Guozhen said impatiently: "If you have something to say, mother-in-law, mother-in-law, could it be that you go to Nan'an to change your temperament?" ”

"Are the officials going to expand the army?" Tian Boguang asked.

"Yes, I am going to advance the most senior establishment of the Tiger Guard from the brigade to the division." Yu Guozhen said: "You are going to be promoted." ”

After several battles, there is no longer any force in the entire Northwest Pacific that dares to openly disobey Yu Guozhen. From the Wa Kingdom to the Ryukyus to the Dayuan to Luzon to the Manchurian Laga, the Huwei fought bloody battles to open up territory for the future of the Chinese nation, and these soldiers should be promoted. And the bigger the stall, the more soldiers are needed to guard him, and the expansion of the army is imperative.

But with Xinxiang's manpower of about 1.2 million, can it support the expansion of the army? (To be continued)