New Year's Day is followed by the New Year's Day, and according to the chronology of the Western calendar, it officially entered 1643.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty was already very bad, and as the Zheng family resold more and more arms, the amount became larger and larger, and the entire chaotic battlefield at the end of the Ming Dynasty had become a little impossible to guess at this time.

It is no longer possible for the traversal to guess the problem according to what they know in the original time and space, and at this time, the overseas secret service staff lurking in various places played an important role, and the information fed back from all over the country every day was collected and sent to the Guangzhou Intelligence Processing Center for screening and sorting.

And the most important thing is that these news will have a very big effect on the future Australian troops, according to reliable information, Huang Taiji, who has obtained a large number of 26-pounder guns, has already begun the next detention operation.

With the success of the deduction, he has become more and more aware that he is not far from the time to unify the Central Plains, and he will become the king of the Central Plains again in the history of the Later Jin.

There is another person who has the same idea as him, that person is Li Zicheng, the same Li Zicheng also obtained a large number of Australian weapons from various sources, especially 26-pounder guns, and now those people in the local area have begun to worry about whether the Ming Dynasty will collapse in advance because of the export of these artillery.

If you fall into this short-term anarchy, you can imagine what kind of scene it will be, Wu Sangui at the border will inevitably be ready to move, and it is not impossible to conspire with Houjin, who has long been merciful to the Central Plains.

According to the course of history, he did this, he took Houjin into the customs under the banner of avenging Emperor Chongzhen, in fact, he wanted to be the king of Pingxi, and learn from Yunnan Mufu to guard the southwest for generations to be the king of the southwest.

Li Zicheng can be said to have a bad ending in the end, that is, the ending of the entire peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not too good, and very few people survived in the end.

If they had worked together to resist Houjin, this would not have happened.

The Zheng family has completely become a first-hand dealer. Australians are not so strict about the restrictions, only a little bit on the price, but this price is not a problem for those buyers.

There is nothing distressing at all for Hou Jin to use the plundered wealth to buy, and Li Zicheng's peasant army is basically the same as them in terms of the source of wealth, which is snatched from the hands of the gentry and wealthy merchants, so naturally they will not be so distressed.

And most importantly, this wealth can be exchanged for more weapons. Do better to win more battles.

Having money to earn is a good thing for the Zheng family, and the profits of arms are extremely high, they have begun to pay attention to the profits in it, and plan to separate the arms trade as a business for the Zheng family.

The Zheng family, who had earned enough money from both parties, were also privately considering the issue of replacing shotguns with cannons, and heard that the Australians had begun to cooperate with the Spaniards and the Dutch to build shipyards, that is, the kind of ships that could run without sails.

There are so many advantages to this type of boat, not only is it fast, but it can sail without the action of the wind. Moreover, it is very convenient to transport goods in Shanghai, and the Zheng family has merchant ships sailing to Japan every day, transporting countless kinds of materials in the past.

If there is such a fleet, the time for transporting goods will definitely be of great help, and in the end, this kind of ship can also be used as a warship, and the two warships that the Australians stationed in Hong Kong are steamships.

The Zheng family once sent secret agents to see that the speed of the ship was extremely fast, and the most important thing was that people could flexibly turn around at sea.

The boat didn't have to make a big arc like a sailboat to turn around.

It is impossible to want to cooperate with Australia to build a factory. The people of the Zheng family have considered this, after all, where to put this shipyard is a problem. If it were in Hong Kong, the Australians would have chosen it for the other two shipyards.

Since there is a reason why he doesn't put it here, it is impossible for the Zheng family to let the shipyard be placed elsewhere, and the most important thing is that the shipyard should be placed in the territory of the Australians, which is definitely not possible.

If Australians are a little bit estranged from themselves, they are completely controlled by others. So it is absolutely impossible to cooperate in the construction of shipyards.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, to buy Australian ships, I heard that Australia has a modified steam ship, if possible, the Zheng family can provide sail wooden ships to Australia can be equipped with steam engines. It's just that Australia is willing.

Australia has had unpleasant problems with the Zheng family, and the most important thing is that it happened at sea, if it was somewhere else, the Zheng family is not sure, but on this it may not be.

The number of ships in the Zheng family sea is too large, if all of them are converted into steam ships, then it will definitely be a threat to Australia, so they are worried about the problem at all, and the Australians will inevitably worry about whether it will affect their power in the East China Sea.

Don't look at the two warships they stationed in Hong Kong when they were in Hong Kong, but the power of these two warships is almost equivalent to half of the power of the Zheng family's ships, and the most important thing is that as long as they have enough shells, they can completely kill the entire Zheng family's fleet in seconds.

With such a strength, how can people not feel afraid, and this is their advantage, once the Zheng family's ship also has such an advantage, the Australians will not be able to maintain such a position.

So they have reason to believe that the Australians are not so easy to agree to their invitation, and the most important thing is that even if they have this idea, they will not completely sell a steamship of the same level as themselves to the Zheng family.

Chinese have always had the weapon of the country how to easily show people, so such a problem does exist, but for the Zheng family, I still hope to be able to try, even if it hits a wall, it is better to try it than not to try it at all.

The Zheng family sent people to Guangzhou to discuss the purchase of a steamship with Zhang Tianwen, who actually knew their thoughts early on, didn't he just want to buy a steamship.

However, for this problem, the local attitude is different, if the old Zheng family is too strong, it is definitely a threat to Australia, the most important thing is that they have too many ships at sea, and they really have to complete the transformation, even if it is a lower level, it will cause pressure on Australia because of the large number.

Even with the wolf pack tactics, the other party can also take down the Australian battleship, let alone his method. Moreover, they have rich experience at sea, which is not comparable to Australia's accumulation in only a few years, and the last conflict was completely based on their own advanced weapons and the right time and place, and now it may not be said. (To be continued......)