Beijing in June was almost as hot as Nanjing, and Dolgon sat in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City and looked through a large collection of materials, although the two palace maids behind him kept fanning their fans, Dolgon still felt extremely hot.

On the chair next to Dolgon sat Prince Azig of Heshuoying and Prince Duoduo of Yu, who had just been recalled last month, and on the Jindun in front of Dolgon sat Sonny, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, and Ganglin.

Although there were many twists and turns in the court to impeach him because of Hong Chengchou's defeat in Guangdong, Dolgon did not blame Hong Chengchou, and Dolgon clearly knew that this responsibility did not lie with Hong Chengchou.

"In my opinion, this king will immediately lead the new army to Shandong and attack Nanjing from the Huai'an line, and this king is still sure."

Azig said loudly, Azig had never fought with the Wehrmacht, and he had no intuitive feeling of the Wehrmacht's strength, since he led the new army, he himself was shocked by the power of the new firearms, of course, he felt that his new army was extremely powerful, and it was not a problem to defeat the Wehrmacht in Nanjing.

Dodor, who was sitting next to him, glanced at his eldest brother and did not speak.

He knew that Azig had now trained 20,000 new troops, and that under the work of the craftsmen day and night, these new troops were equipped with the same rifles as those of the Wehrmacht, and that Dordor had specially visited the new army to see such rifles.

After seeing this rifle, Duoduo felt that there was still a big gap with the Wehrmacht's rifle, but seeing that the eldest brother Azig was full of confidence, he would not say it to make Azig unhappy.

"The British prince's desire to fight is admirable, but the most powerful thing about Nanjing's national defense force is not its rifles, but its artillery.

Hong Chengchou personally experienced the battle of Guangzhou, and knew very well that the artillery of the Wehrmacht was powerful, and Shang Kexi was blown to pieces by the Wehrmacht artillery, which he saw with his own eyes.

"Mr. Hong is reasonable, but from what we have learned, Nanjing is changing every three days, and its development speed is shocking.

Fan Wencheng specializes in handling intelligence in Nanjing, and he has the deepest feelings about the development of Nanjing.

"Yes, this is what worries me the most, I didn't expect these strange tricks to come to them, and they can play such a big role, which is also unexpected by this king." Dolgon had just read the information sent by Fan Wencheng and was worried, so he brought everyone over to discuss countermeasures.

"These are just one aspect, their so-called propaganda offensive is still fierce, Henan and Shandong, my Qing people, have already run over countless times, it is impossible to go on like this!" Sony also added on the side.

Although the Manchus desperately strengthened the vigilance and defense in the direction of Jiangnan and Shandong, the great improvement in the living standards of the people in Nanjing still attracted the people under the Manchu rule to flee to this side regardless of the risks, and Sony has received reports that 50,000 or 60,000 people have fled in the past two months.

"This wind must be stopped, and then let them run like this, I will not even have people in the Qing Dynasty, the land in Henan and Shandong is innumerable, and the taxes in these two provinces have been sharply reduced, this matter must be taken to heart, and we must vigorously rectify it after we go back."

Dorgon also had a great deal of trouble with this problem, but there was no good solution, so he had to let Dorgon go back and guard it tightly.

"Mr. Fan, can there be progress in artillery manufacturing?" Dolgon asked Fan Wencheng.

"Back to the regent, why Nanjing's artillery can hit so far, we have figured this out, but the rifling is also added to its gun chamber, but its shells explode when they land, and we have never been able to solve it."

Fan Wencheng raised his head and glanced at the people in the hall, and then said:

"Now our artillery has also been rifled, but it does not last, and the craftsmen analyze the reason, the key is that the quality of the barrel is not up to par. We also made the flowering bomb, but it was not exploded on the ground like the Nanjing National Defense Army, but ignited by the lead, which is still extremely troublesome to operate. ”

Listening to Fan Wencheng's words, Dolgon's face also showed an extremely helpless look.

After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, the hall fell silent, and everyone began to be silent, not knowing what they were thinking.

At this moment, Dolgon even had the idea of leading the Manchu people to retreat outside the Guan, of course, this idea was also fleeting, since entering the customs, the Qing Dynasty killed countless Han people, this great feud was not the Manchu Qing Dynasty retreated to the Guanwai can be resolved, the Qing Dynasty and the Nanjing government have reached the point of not dying.

Since the Nanjing Defense Army solved the Guangxi problem, the war basically stopped, and Dolgon knew that it was the Nanjing government that was accumulating strength, although the Qing Dynasty was also accumulating strength, but Dolgon knew deeply that as the Nanjing government stabilized the interior, its all-out attack on the Qing Dynasty would one day come.

The Qing Dynasty is still desperately expanding its army, and more than 300,000 troops have gathered in Henan, and more than 200,000 in Shandong, plus more than 1.2 million troops in Hunan and Sichuan, and the number of troops in the Qing Dynasty has reached more than 1.2 million, and the finances have been overwhelmed.

The combat effectiveness of these forcibly recruited men and horses will definitely not work, and Dorgon understands this, but he also has to do it.

If we can resist for a while longer, we can also buy more time for the imperial court to manufacture new rifles and artillery, and when the number of new rifles and artillery increases, we may finally be able to fight with the Nanjing Defense Army.

"You have to restrain the team more when you go back, and you can't do things like slaughtering the city in the future, this is also to leave a way back for my Manchu and Qing tribes."

The hall was silent for a long time, but it was Dorgon who broke the silence, but his words made the already oppressive atmosphere even more suffocating.

With the completion and operation of the nitric acid production line in Nanjing, new ZHA drugs will be used one after another, which also announced that the Manchu court has begun to enter the countdown.

However, Luo Jian's recent focus is not on military preparations for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and with the gradual deepening of the research on electromagnetism in the physics laboratory, the demand for rubber as an insulator for wires is increasingly on the agenda.

Although the information was searched, there is a kind of Eucommia ulmoides tree in China that can also produce Eucommia ulmoides gum, but although this Eucommia ulmoides tree is widely distributed in China, there is no large-scale planting, and at present, this Eucommia ulmoides tree is produced in large quantities in the Qinling Mountains, and it is not realistic to collect Eucommia ulmoides gum in large quantities.

Considering the future development, it is necessary to find the seeds of rubber trees from South America as soon as possible, so Zheng Chenggong's great voyage is imminent.

Although the "Yue Fei" is huge, it also needs a lot of personnel, and this kind of transoceanic voyage must be accompanied by supply ships, and besides, it must not only look for the seeds of rubber trees, but also have to do some business by the way, and ocean-going merchant ships must also have it.

Although the Guazhou shipyard had produced three large ocean-going merchant ships, it was not enough to meet the needs of the merchants.

Luo Jian and Shi Kefa thought about it for a long time, and finally made up their minds that they would not wait for the new merchant ship to be launched, and used these three large ocean-going merchant ships to go to South America under the escort of the "Yue Fei" and "Huo Quai".

In order to make the "Huo Quai" more suitable for ocean voyages, the Guazhou Shipyard has made a comprehensive transformation of the "Huo Quai".

The ship's mast and sails have all been removed, and the steam engine has been replaced with the same model as the "Yue Fei" to ensure that the voyage will not be delayed.

Zheng Chenggong has been studying at the staff headquarters with a group of people during this time, and there is still an essential difference between ocean voyages and trips to Japan, after all, there have been routes to Japan since ancient times, and the routes are extremely familiar, but it is the first time to go to the United States.

Originally, Luo Jian wanted to arrange for Shi Lang to lead the team to South America, but under Zheng Chenggong's repeated requests, and Zheng Zhilong came to intercede repeatedly, Luo Jian had to leave Shi Lang behind and let Zheng Chenggong and Lu Wei lead the team.

The fleet will depart in another week, and Luo Jian will go to the staff headquarters every day for the past few days to determine the final plan with Zheng Chenggong and Lu Wei.

Zheng Zhilong rushed to Luo Jian's office to find him, and told him that June 16 was a good day to travel, he had already found someone to calculate, the fleet set off best on this day, which made Luo Jian a little crying and laughing, according to the original plan and plan, the fleet set sail on June 16.

The "Yue Fei" voyage about to begin has aroused great concern among everyone, both supporters and opponents, and most of the supporters know the true purpose of the "Yue Fei" voyage.

Opponents feel that trade with Japan and the South Seas is now in full swing, and why do they not need the main force of the navy to escort merchant ships in this area, so why go so far across the ocean?

Some people even say that Luo Jian is so happy that he wants to make "Zheng He's Seven Voyages to the West" to show off his force, just like Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, but now that the country has not been reunified, it is not the time to show off his force.

When Lai Fu sent the reactions collected from various aspects to Luo Jian's desk, Luo Jian was a little speechless after reading it. After thinking about it for a long time, Luo Jian personally wrote an article, and "The Future World is the World of the Ocean" was soon published in the "China Daily".

In this article, Luo Jian quoted some ideas from Mahan's "Theory of Sea Power", pointing out that with the continuous progress and development of technology, ocean commerce will have a profound impact on the development of the country, and the next century will be the century of the ocean, and if China does not start exploring the sea as soon as possible, it will be left far behind by Western countries.

Luo Jian's article has caused a lot of repercussions, of course, every article of Luo Jian will attract people's attention, but in recent months, he has rarely written articles in the newspaper in person, and many ideas are that Liu Lan writes articles under a pseudonym and publishes them in the newspaper.

Luo Jian personally wrote this article this time in fact, there is another meaning, he wants to use this article to tell those businessmen that there is still infinite wealth waiting for you overseas, and these are the goals you are pursuing, and the little deduction from the workers' mouths is only a drop in the bucket compared to these.

Although not everyone understands the meaning of Luo Jian's article, there are still many people who understand. The day after Luo Jian's article was published, Shen Tong, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, found Ren Minyu, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, and asked the government to agree to the Chamber of Commerce to send someone to sail with the fleet.

Of course, Luo Jian agreed to this request without hesitation.