Chapter 233 Literacy

Hearing this, Yinxiang was already shocked in his heart, the old fourteen has been in Nanyang since last year, and he wants to conquer Nanyang? Thinking of Kangxi's recruitment of 3,000 children of the Eight Banners in Beijing to be stationed in Taiwan, he already understood that Kangxi had made up his mind to conquer Nanyang. Expedition to Nanyang, such a big thing, the entire Beijing division did not hear a trace of the wind, this is really a bit appalling, even if Kangxi Qiankun is arbitrary, at least he has to act in the court, and consult the opinions of the ministers, how can he not hear a trace of rumors? How did Lao Fourteen convince Kangxi? What does Kangxi think? Yin Xiang's mind was full of questions.

Nanyang is not comparable to Taiwan, a Taiwan has been conquered for more than 20 years with the strength of the whole country, let alone Nanyang? What is the support behind the old fourteen? Let him have such great ambitions?

"The minions sailed at sea for five days, and on the second day of fresh water and food shortages, they encountered a fleet from Guangzhou to Manila, and they were able to escape."

After listening to Zheng Qingyuan, Yinzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the loss of the ocean-going trade fleet was not very large, but the news that the Spaniards wanted to attack the ocean-going trade fleet was afraid that it had already spread, which would inevitably cause people's hearts to fluctuate.

I really didn't expect that Spain was inferior and difficult to change, and actually created another large-scale massacre in Manila, and there was also the idea of daring to hit the ocean-going trading fleet, it seems that it can't wait any longer, and if you don't fight back, the shareholders of the ocean-going trading fleet are afraid that it will cause panic, and the pirates in the South Seas will only dare to fight the idea of the ocean-going trading fleet in the future, this kind of thing must not be connived at, otherwise the consequences will be quite serious.

After pondering for a long time, Yinzhen asked, "How many troops do the Spaniards have stationed in Manila?" ”

Zheng Qingyuan was familiar with this situation, and opened his mouth and said: "Back to the prince, there are 800 Spanish firecrackers stationed in the city, 2,000 indigenous soldiers outside the city, and there is a fleet in the port, there are two second-class battleships, five three-pole battleships, and fifteen slightly smaller ones, which are two-deck, and the rest are more than 20 small warships, with a total number of more than 12,000 people?" ”

"What is a 2nd and 3rd pole battleship?" Yinxiang was confused when he heard it, and couldn't help asking.

Zheng Qingyuan glanced up at Yinxiang, and saw that he was young and dressed in civilian clothes, but he was very casual in front of Yinzhen, and couldn't help but look back at Yinzhen, Yinzhen nodded and said, "This is the thirteenth brother of this king." ”

Thirteen elder brothers? Zheng Qingyuan hurriedly called Qian'er and said, "Slave Zheng Qingyuan asked the thirteenth master to say goodbye." He got up and said: "Back to the thirteenth master, the second-class battleship is a three-deck battleship with 80 to 100 guns, a Western battleship with a crew of 750 soldiers, and a three-pole battleship with two to three decks, with 60 to 80 guns and more than 500 non-commissioned officers. The smaller one is a two-story deck, with more than 50 artillery pieces and about 300 soldiers. ”

When Yinxiang heard this, he was directly blindsided, how big is this second-stage and third-pole battleship? This fleet alone had thousands of artillery pieces, and even the most powerful Fujian naval division of the Qing Dynasty could not compete with it.

Hearing that Spain has such a large fleet in Manila, Yinzhen is also a little confused, there is no reason for Spain to station such a large fleet in Manila for many years, is it possible that Spain and the Netherlands have a dispute again? After a moment of silence, he asked, "This fleet has always been stationed in Manila?" ”

"No, Manila originally only had two tripolar battleships and more than a dozen small warships. In addition, those battleships only came last winter. ”

Yinzhen nodded, this is normal, I don't know what Spain's intention is to temporarily mobilize such a small fleet to Manila? It shouldn't be for the Qing Dynasty, and it is estimated that most of it is in conflict with the Netherlands. However, for the current navy, this fleet is large enough that it can be gnawed down by the existing warships of the navy?

Glancing at Zheng Qingyuan, who was full of short hair, Yinzhen said gently: "Go down to rest first, if there is something, this king will call you again." ”

Zheng Qingyuan said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, there are still more than 100 people who escaped with the minions. ”

"Huh?" Yinzhen thought for a moment before saying, "Arrange for them all to go to the Naval Academy and participate in training with the recruited sailors." ”

After Zheng Qingyuan retreated, Yinxiang asked, "This Spain is also Western?" Why have I rarely heard of it before? ”

Listening to Yinxiang's question, Yinzhen was not as blind as Meng Kangxi, and explained in detail: "The West refers to Europe, our Qing Dynasty is called Asia, the Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires more than a hundred years ago, even now, its land area is wider than my Qing Dynasty, with a total population of about 70 million, however, Spain in the East, but only occupied Luzon, before the Ming Dynasty, they also invaded Taiwan, and were driven away by the Netherlands. ”

Hearing that Spain was even bigger than the Qing Dynasty, Yinxiang couldn't help but worry for a while, "Fourteenth brother, Spain is so powerful, let's grab its territory, aren't we worried about causing a war between the two countries?" ”

Yinzhen chuckled and said: "Don't worry about this, give him a stick and give him a sweet date, it won't be much of a problem, Spain occupied Luzon in order to trade with the East, let's rob Luzon, and then give him the right to trade, he has many overseas territories, and he won't care about the gains and losses of the territory at all." ”

Yinxiang glanced at Yinzhen in surprise, the old fourteen has only been in Shanghai for more than two years, how can he know so much about the situation in Western countries?

"Call Hong Tianbao in." Yinzhen commanded the outside world.

Hong Tianbao is the third son of Hong Wanshan, the thirteenth line of Wanlilong Tea in Guangzhou, only twenty-two years old this year, cautious and clever, as soon as he heard Yinzhen call him, he hurriedly came in and bowed down and said: "What does the prince command?" ”

Yinzhen said: "Chuan Wuge, Yande, Zheng Qinghai, Zhang Yuanlong, Wang Bin, Lin Babao is waiting to see." The rest of the people wait, let them go back first, don't delay the business, if there is something urgent, please note it on the post. ”

Tianbao bowed and answered.

As soon as Hong Tianbao retreated, Chen Pengnian, the superintendent of Jianghai Customs, Yan Haifeng, the prefect of Songjiang, and Cha Siting, the prefect of Shanghai, came in, and asked Yin and Yinxiang to greet each other in turn. ”

Yinzhen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down." The three of them sat down, and they made a brief report on the situation in the last few months one by one, Yinzhen listened, as usual is a warm word of encouragement, and then said: "Lord Chen, at present, Shanghai is the designated trade port for cotton cloth and raw silk, and you are preaching that from next year, all those who buy two cocoons of raw silk and silk must pay in gold, and in addition, from next year, all trade must be paid in gold according to two percent of the total payment." ”

"Is there no gold to trade?" Chen Pengnian asked cautiously.

"Be clear about that." Yinzhen said: "Starting next year, all customs will be handled according to this. ”

"The subordinate officer takes the order." Chen Pengnian replied.

After speaking, Yinzhen looked at Wan Yan Haifeng again, and said: "Starting this year, the number of people immigrating to Taiwan will inevitably skyrocket, but all immigrants are poor people, newly moved to a place, lack of food and clothing, Fujian is already short of food, unable to take care of it, a group of black-hearted businessmen will inevitably take the opportunity to make profits, you take the king in Songjiang to buy and hoard 300,000 stone rice, in case of emergency." ”

Yinxiang's heart jumped in the auditor's heart, what the old fourteen said was glossy, is this grain prepared for the expedition to Nanyang?

Wan Yan Haifeng hurriedly bowed down and said, "The slave is cautious of the prince's will. ”

Yinzhen nodded, then looked at Zha Siting, and said with a smile: "Shanghai is prosperous and rich, and you don't need to worry too much about taxes and servitude, but there are many businessmen from the south to the north like a carp crossing the river.

The emperor let Lord Cha take charge of Shanghai, but he has high hopes, but the land of Shanghai, many Nanyang, Western and other foreign countries, are not familiar with the literature of my Heavenly Empire, when Lord Cha preaches etiquette and education, he may wish to prepare another vernacular propaganda speech and notice, otherwise, it is difficult to see its effect. ”

Before Zha Siting went to office, Kangxi personally received him, the heavenly language is pure, that is, he focuses on education, for Kangxi's meaning, he understands it in his heart, at this time when he heard Yinzhen's words, he was very grateful, and he got up and said: "The prince's teachings, the lower officials keep it in mind, and they will definitely respect the prince's will." ”

Yinzhen was inspired by this, and said to Chen Pengnian and Wanyan Haifeng: "The same is true for the two of you, whether it is the customs or the local yamen, most of the people you face are people who have never read a book. ”

"Respect the will of the king." The two replied in unison.

Outside Liuchun Garden, Hong Tianbao relayed Yinzhen's words, and the unnamed managers immediately dispersed, Zhang Yuanlong was about to enter the garden to wait, and then listened to the entourage reminded: "Master, the eldest uncle is here." ”

Uncle, Wang Tongxu? Zhang Yuanlong, why is he here? When he turned around, he saw Wang Tongxu's hurried footsteps and nervous expression, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, Wang Tongxu went to Manila to trade, how could he come back so quickly? He hurried up to meet him.

"What's going on? Hurry up, the fourteenth master is waiting to see me. As soon as they met, Zhang Yuanlong hurriedly urged.

"Brother-in-law, something is wrong." Wang Tongxu had a bitter face and briefly recounted the experience of going to Manila.

As soon as Zhang Yuanlong heard this, his face turned pale, such a big thing happened to the ocean-going trade fleet, and it was his brother-in-law, although it had a great relationship with Zheng Qingyuan, but Zheng Qingyuan's matter was obviously not publicized, this time it was a full loss of 500,000 taels, would anyone make a fuss about it?

After steasing himself, he ordered: "You wait outside the door, in case the Fourteenth Master wants to see you." ”

After Chen Pengnian and the three of them withdrew, Zhang Yuanlong, Wang Bin, and Lin Babao followed in, and once the three of them finished the ceremony, Yinzhen stretched out his hand to give up his seat as usual, these three people are the managers of the three largest shipyards in Shanghai, and when the three of them sat down, Yinzhen said with a smile: "For the construction progress of warships and merchant ships, this king is most concerned, and there are more than three months of farewell, so you can briefly talk about their respective situations." ”

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