Chapter 1: Chronicles of 1643

After the end of the Tea War, India's coastal cities were in ruins, and the people of Ceylon were so frightened that they did not dare to go out at night.

After this battle, no one will doubt Zhang Hongbin's determination to maintain the original products of China. At the same time, everyone understands a truth: the original product is the face of the place of origin and the dignity of a country.

This is not only understood by Dashun and Daming, but also by Western countries, after all, the smell of copper on their bodies is heavier, and they understand the benefits of monopolizing the original product. It's a pity that almost all of them have a little blood relationship between the royal families of the Europa countries, so it is difficult to control the loss of the original products of their own countries to other countries. As for the original products of the New World, they also began to spread with the progress of the voyages, so that it was impossible to monopolize a certain original product.

Unless, like Zhang Hongbin, start a war for the sake of the original, but it is obviously unlikely.

Annoyed? Annoyed that you didn't think of this? But even if you're annoyed now, what's the point?!

People always have small bellies, since they can't do it themselves, there will always be a way, so that Huaxia can't monopolize it. You can't do it openly, and you're afraid that the other party will directly chase it to the continent of Europa. But even if it is the people of China, there will be no shortage of greedy people among them, and there are many means.

They didn't know that after the tea problem appeared, Zhang Hongbin set up an overseas intelligence department, specially sending some Westerners who had joined the intelligence bureau for various reasons as secret agents to secretly lurk on the side of the Europa continent. This intelligence network will be built within a year, and under the offensive of money and specialties, it is believed that it will soon be able to break into the upper class, and every move on the Europa continent will be under the supervision of Zhang Hongbin.

This expedition to India also brought a large number of slaves and wealth to the republic. Naturally, all the gold and silver treasures will go into the national treasury, and except for the museums with historical and cultural value, the rest will be auctioned or melted. Banks just need a large amount of gold and silver stocks, and with their replenishment, the issuance of banknotes can be appropriately increased.

As for the spices, seasonings and beauties that are special to India, they are basically auctioned off on a large scale, and many chambers of commerce have made a fortune from this, and of course the largest amount of money is still owned by Congress. In fact, Zhang Hongbin also knew that when it was shipped back, the navy should have also withheld about 20% of the wealth, but others worked hard to make a trip, similar to this kind of gray income, as long as it was not excessive, Zhang Hongbin would not ask. If it goes too far, there will naturally be people who supervise the party to settle accounts with them.

There were no dead or seriously injured in the Navy this time. With a powerful artillery bombardment, plus machine-gun fire, how many people in this era will still be able to fight back alive? Not to mention, these Marines are also equipped with grenades, which are street fighting weapons.

It can be said that this expedition is completely crushing. Zhang Hongbin's power is improving little by little, and any force in this era is no longer his opponent. Even if it is the Ming Dynasty that has been developing, as long as they don't figure out the process of priming fire for a day and can't improve the smelting technology of steel, then they will be in a position of being tortured and killed for a day. At most, it's just whether you want to kill or not.

In this way, the year 1643 was passed, perhaps because everyone was busy building their homes.

Liu Ru gave birth to a seven-pound fat doll for Zhang Hongbin, named Zhang Ren, which means perseverance. Liu Ru was a little dissatisfied with the name, but she couldn't resist her husband. As a result, I screamed and screamed, and I got used to it.

Gu Hengbo and Li Xiangjun became pregnant, and Chen Yuanyuan and the other four girls looked at Zhang Hongbin with red eyes. Zhang Hongbin could only smile bitterly, it's not that he doesn't have seeds, but the seeds don't germinate! Just watching Xu Hui start to have a second child, coupled with Zhu Cunyuan and Sun Tingfang, Zhang Hongbin feels that he should have a lot of heirs in this generation.

Li Dingguo and the Red Lady are also cultivating positive results, and they have been married for three years, so they let the Red Lady get pregnant. Seeing that this old subordinate was about to become a father, Zhang Hongbin was also sincerely happy. It's just that when he thought that Li Dingguo would be forced to retire next year, Zhang Hongbin was still a little emotional.

But no matter what, the system always has to be fulfilled, if the system is ignored for someone's sake, then how can those officials who are slowly working up and are already old deal with themselves? There are still many heroes in the world, and it is not that Li Dingguo will have no talents, and he must always give others a chance to take the position.

Moreover, Li Dingguo has already agreed with Zhang Hongbin that after retirement, he will join the advisory group. At most, he will work for ten years, and he hopes to go to the New World to fight with the second young master (Zhang Hongwu), as a soldier, Li Dingguo should not be able to adapt to the days without war.

As for Cao Bianjiao, another guy who gave Zhang Hongbin a headache, he will also come back next year, when his uncle Cao Wenzhao will retire, and he will be promoted. During this time, even if the eldest princess Zhang Tian got along with him in a different place, the two kept writing letters. Looking at her unsuccessful appearance, Zhang Hongbin couldn't understand why the two were so much different in age, why they were getting better...... I can only sigh, let's go with the flow!

In 1643, the crown prince Zhang Jing was 11 years old, the king of Yue Zhang was 11 years old, and the eldest princess Zhang Tian was 11 years old.

In the autumn of last year, the crown prince Zhang Jing followed Cao Wenzhao and led 30,000 horses into the hinterland of Mongolia, and then divided the troops into two routes and led an army to wage war against Mongolia. There is almost no armor left in the place, and the Mongols are very brave and good at fighting, but the captain's advanced firearms are still only for the delivery of food. After a one-sided torture, whether they surrendered voluntarily or were finally captured, they became prisoners of the Republic and were transported back to the territory of the Republic.

The difference is that the former underwent labor reform as a prisoner, and had the opportunity to join the republic and become a Chinese citizen; The latter could only be sold as slaves.

Zhang Jing accumulated enough combat experience to leave the barracks at the age of eleven and enter the National Assembly to become Zhang Hongbin's exclusive secretary to help deal with government affairs. Many people can see that Zhang Hongbin is cultivating the prince. However, is it too early to train him to deal with government affairs at the age of eleven...... Well, this question is actually redundant, who doesn't know that the Zhang family's species is a demon?

Zhang Hongbin was able to rebel in his teens and fight against the huge world, Lao Tzu is a hero, one became the king of Yue and continued to expand his territory overseas, and the other also accumulated military merits in the army and mixed with the identity of a brigadier general. In terms of knowledge, he can almost recite the traditional classics, and his understanding is very profound, even if people teach him now, I am afraid that no one will be able to teach him.

It can be said that whether it is Zhang Cai or Zhang Jing, what they need is the accumulation of experience, and as for the consolidation of knowledge, there is no need for it.