Louis XIV is not stupid, he now has only one requirement for the navy, as long as he can guarantee the sea control in the Mediterranean, and can ensure that the transportation line for him to buy arms from Yang Feng is unblocked, and he doesn't care about anything else to dominate the Atlantic, his real battlefield is on land and not on the sea, as long as the French army bulldoze the enemy on the land battlefield, he is the victor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In that case, why did he buy so many warships?

Especially if he is destined to be slaughtered by Yang Feng, it is better to buy a battleship at twice or even three times the price, it is better for him to buy more rifled guns and rifled guns! Even the starting price of a battleship is enough for him to buy guns for an infantry brigade. But the little help a battleship could give him was negligible compared to an infantry brigade with a full rifled armament, and what he needed now was to arm more army soldiers, and with the overwhelming superiority of France's population of more than 10 million, to press all the miscellaneous pieces of the anti-French alliance to the ground and brutally rub and rub again.

So he's not going to get into this game.

However, this did not prevent him and Yang Feng from being embarrassed to cheat the British.

He has a choice, but the British don't have a choice, once he really gets a fleet with overwhelming superiority, the British are all finished, the British can afford any defeat on the European continent, even if they are defeated, there is still a strait block, but they can't afford any defeat on the ocean, because that will make the British mainland directly face an attack, so the British have no choice, even if they know that they will be slaughtered by Yang Feng, they can only stick their heads over.

In that case, let them empty their money bags!

In the end, this auction was pushed to wave after wave by the crazy bidding of Earl de Ville and Howard, almost every third-level battleship auctioned was sold at the price of a second-class battleship, and even a third-class battleship with only sixty guns was auctioned for a sky-high price of 100,000 pounds, you must know that this is the price of building a first-class battleship, as for the acquisition of this expensive battleship, of course, it is the bold Queen Anne.

May her beauty and youth last forever!

Well, at this time, Han Qi, who supervised the auction, sincerely blessed this distant queen.

Her boldness brought a full budget of fifteen million dragon dollars to the Ming navy, and all the proceeds from the auction of these warships were used to build new warships for the navy, and the British bought forty-five battleships and ten cruisers in one go with fifteen million dragon dollars, and this huge amount of money was able to build thirty of the latest unprotected cruisers.

Well, these battleships were actually theirs, and the poor British sent them all the way from Europe and bought them back at the price of vomiting blood.

It's sad indeed.

There are still twenty-five battleships and forty cruisers left, which were auctioned off by France, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire and Oman respectively, but in return for Louis to help raise the price, the battleships auctioned by France are all conscience prices, in fact, a battleship is less than 100,000 dragon yuan, and a total of ten battleships and twenty cruisers belong to them, but these battleships will not leave the Ming Dynasty, at least until the end of the war.

Louis knew very well that his fleet would not be able to sail back until the end of the war.

As long as they sail out of Yang Feng's protection, the British will unceremoniously send them to the bottom of the sea.

On the contrary, the eight battleships and ten cruisers purchased by the Ottoman Empire, and the four battleships and six cruisers purchased by Oman, their respective envoys were very bold in auctioning off the dragon dollar bills issued by the Ming Imperial Bank on the spot and paying for them. This kind of banknotes, which are actually gold and silver double standards, can be freely convertible, and have long become the main currency in circulation in the territory and subject countries of the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman and Oman are both major slave exporters, and buy a large number of goods from the Ming Dynasty every year, and the dragon dollar banknotes are also in circulation in these two countries.

And European countries now have nothing to export to the Ming Dynasty, but can only use gold and silver to pay.

Of course, this is not much difference for Yang Feng, anyway, by selling these warships, he suddenly obtained enough funds for the construction of his new fleet, a huge amount of more than 20 million dragon yuan, not only so that the cruiser fleet under construction no longer needs financial allocation, and even the two Dingyuan-class ironclad ships that have just started have also obtained enough construction funds, saying that at this time Emperor Yang is also very short of money, after all, he has to feed more than one million troops, Moreover, he can be called a reckless soldier, fighting all over the surrounding areas, and also making the daily military expenses flow outward.

In addition to this, there is the construction of a huge railway network.

The railway system of the Ming Dynasty is divided into two kinds of national railways and private railways, the national railways are those railways that stretch out to the frontier reclamation areas, such as to the northeast and northwest, these railways will not have private enterprises willing to invest, private railways are more in the economic prosperity of the interior, and now many small counties and towns are privately invested in the construction of railways, but the investment in the frontier is large and can not obtain income in the short term, so it can only be invested by the state.

And all of this has to be done with money!

"You have to go out and rob it!"

Emperor Yang sat in his palace and muttered to himself awe-inspiringly.

"Haven't the Indians sent Yinren yet?"

He asked.

"Your Majesty, Bahadur Shah said that the first Yinren did not run to his territory, but in the area controlled by the Gurkhas, and secondly, he has no obligation to arrest us."

Yang Zhong said cautiously.

In other words, Bahadursha is indeed very innocent, Yinren fled to Shannan and went directly to the territory of the Gurkhas, and formed an alliance with the Gurkhas, and is trying to unify the chaotic Nepal, although that place is indeed very close to the Mughal Empire, but it does not mean that Bahadursha has the obligation to give Yang Feng to a country that does not belong to him, and arrest a person who has nothing to do with him, if Yinren really goes to his territory, he doesn't mind sending Yang Feng a personal favor.

But with the Gurkhas, forget it......

Well, Bahadur Shah actually didn't dare to provoke the Gurkhas, these mountain people were very fierce, in fact, they were often bullied by them in the later period of the Mughal Empire.

"In that case, then tell him that I will send troops to arrest him myself!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

Of course, he knew that Bahadur Shah would not give him this job, and the bad guy was also an emperor, and he was not a dog, so why did he have to do whatever he asked him to do? And what he wants is such a result, which gives him enough reason to send troops to India, and then ......

Well, he's going to make a robbery.

Bengal.

After the Battle of Plassy, Clevus himself looted a full 200,000 pounds of wealth as a commander, and the looting of the Bangladesh treasury increased the wealth of the East India Company by more than 30 million pounds.

In that case, don't miss it.

"Spread my will, set up the Indian Economic and Strategic Embassy, with a garrison in Calcutta, change the name of Calcutta to Xuance Mansion, and transfer the Second Army to capture Yinren."

Emperor Yang said.

"Also, transfer a brigade of the Jinyi Guard Special Service Team!"

Then he added.

"Your Honor."

Yang Zhong said with some astonishment.

The Jinyiwei Special Service Brigade is actually the Armed Police Special Service Team, but the real combat effectiveness is not stronger than the Army Field Force, after all, as an internal affairs force, they cannot be like the Army Field Force, using a seven-and-a-half-pound rifled gun as standard equipment, but in terms of light weapons, it is better than the Army Field Force, because the rifles they use are different, and the Army that uses paper shell bullet firing pin rifles is different, and the Jinyiwei Special Service Brigade uses the latest metal cartridge case fixed bullet lever rifle.

Thirteen Taibao.

Well, Winchester, actually.

But this army was of little use on the battlefield where large corps were engaged.

After all, their duties are different.

Of course Yang Zhong didn't know, His Majesty the Emperor transferred Jinyiwei to the past, just because Jinyiwei was more suitable for special work, such as looting others and the like, you must know that India at this time was completely like an untapped treasure trove, and there were mountains of gold and jewelry in the homes of those princes and nobles and temples in various places. In fact, Bengal was still a province of the Mughal Empire at this time, but as the empire weakened, the local governors had begun to evolve into warlords and princes who dominated one side, so Yang Feng was not very sure whether there would be a treasure trove like a mountain of gold waiting for him.

The best thing to do this is to cast a wide net and not miss out wherever you can.

In this case, Jinyiwei seems to have a little less special service brigade, the establishment of the special service team is 500 people, to say that if there are really 30 million pounds, 500 people are really a heavy work to move, you must know that it is equivalent to more than 200 tons of gold, 500 people have to carry more than half a ton each, this is indeed a difficult task for those young soldiers.

"Just transfer four more over, five special service teams should be enough."

Emperor Yang then said.

"Huh?!"

……

Just when Emperor Yang was thinking about the brothers Yinren and Yinyou, Kang Mazi's other son, who was still wandering, finally found his permanent home.

Distant Central Asia, on a desert that seems to have been forgotten by the world, a group of people who seem to have been forgotten by the world, are moving their steps with difficulty, they are wearing the iconic clothes that once ruled an empire, although they have been destroyed by the dust of the years, but they can still barely distinguish the four colors of yellow, white, red and blue, they have no hats on their heads, but the braids like dry grass in winter are still telling the world about their past glory.

But now, they're just a bunch of walking dead.

"All cheer up, we still have hundreds of good men of the Eight Banners, the thirteen pairs of armor of Taizu have laid down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, we have hundreds of elites who have been tempered and tempered, why can't we fight a piece of heaven and earth again!"

Yin Yu licked his chapped lips, waved his fist like the bark of a dried tree, and shouted in a hoarse voice.

Well, this was the last Qing army to flee west.

Over the years, they have been fleeing incessantly, from inside the Guanxi to outside the Guan, from the Hexi Corridor to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, from the foot of the Tianshan Mountains to the Kazakh steppe, from the Kazakh steppe to the Red Desert, like a pack of wild dogs without belonging, constantly relying on one force after another. Offering their wealth, offering their women for protection, and then watching one protector after another be crushed like a sandcastle by the chariots of the Ming army, and then they had to embark on the road of escape again. With the pace of escape, their number is also decreasing day by day, countless former princes and nobles have become dry bones in the desert, countless noble Gege have become the playthings of dirty shepherds, and even Yinxi's Fujin has to be given to Tou Ke Khan, screaming under his rough routing, and in exchange for less than half a year's survival.

After the death of Touk Khan, the Kazakhs fought each other for the throne of the Khan, and they had to continue to flee westward without protection, and after sacrificing their wives again, they were finally accepted by Khiva Khan.

However, it was only half a year.

With the arrival of the first cavalry army of the Ming army in Broken Leaves, the Khivas immediately abandoned them, and even prepared to use their heads to please the demon, the Khiva cavalry raided the Qing army camp, and the five thousand Qing troops and the old and weak women and children were directly scattered, Yinxi only took this person to escape from the pursuit of the Khivas, but plunged into the terrifying red desert, after many days of escape, all the horses were thirsty and exhausted, only they continued to flee on foot.

As for the goal......

Now that life is the goal, how can you think about anything else.

"Go to Russia, let's go to Russia, the Russians will protect us, let's go to the Turks!"

Yin Yu shouted.

The Qing soldiers who lowered their heads and moved their steps like walking corpses continued to move with difficulty as if they hadn't heard.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and several Qing soldiers fell headlong in the yellow sand, and then they didn't move again, none of the companions passing by them pulled a handful, and even looked down, but at the same time, Yinxi was stunned for a moment, and then he exclaimed in ecstasy: "There is water, there is the sound of water, just ahead!" ”

Those Qing soldiers were stunned.

After listening intently for a moment, they immediately erupted in screams and rushed forward desperately like crazy.

After rushing up to a sand dune in front of them, they were all stunned, looking at their feet as if they were stupid.

Water, boundless water, vast expanse of water, azure stretches endlessly, until it merges with the sky, surging in the wind, and in contrast to the golden sandy shore, the world seems to have only two colors.

Blue and gold.

I don't know who shouted first, and then all the Qing troops rushed down without hesitation, even Yinxi forgot everything and rushed down, like a flock of ducks rushing to the river, rushed directly into the pure crystal water, and then lowered his head, with indescribable happiness, and drank fiercely.

And then......

"Poof!"

Yin Yu squirted the water out again. (To be continued.) )