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This is a good idea, and the Second World War between Britain and the Netherlands has only ended two years. The protracted naval war has left the two countries with a deficit in national strength and a great loss of vitality. London, England, endured another rare fire, and the economic losses were more than the cost of two wars with the Dutch, while the Dutch navy, although in St. The Battle of James Day was lost, but the main force of the fleet remained alive and did not suffer a fatal blow. He attacked Britain again and caused huge losses to Britain again, so although the two countries negotiated peace, they formed a greater hatred. Li Guang nodded, recalling the information sent back from Europe.

"Yes, that's why I said, pull the British to East Asia. The British came to East Asia, and after we drove the Spaniards away, we were able to give them the southern part of the Philippine Islands. Anyway, it was originally a Spanish colony, and we don't feel sorry for the British. Moreover, the British took the southern part of the Philippines, and the Spaniards could not say anything, and it was not forcibly occupied by the British, but given by others. Geng Jingzhong said with a smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

When Li Guangdi heard this, it made sense, and in this way, the Spaniards really had no reason to trouble the British. "That's a good idea! Kill three birds with one stone! Befriending the British, stopping the Dutch, and helping us repel the Spaniards, good! Good! Good! ”

"Brother Li, you're wrong again! The British are not good people, they are just for profit. In the future, these Nanyang islands will be our territory, but our temporary strength is not enough. When we accumulate enough strength, overseas colonization is not the preserve of Europeans! Geng Jingzhong put away his smile. He clenched his fist and said.

"yes. This is these countries of Europe. The area of the mainland is only equivalent to one or two provinces of China, but the territory occupied overseas is more than twice that of our country. If you don't talk about Britain and the Netherlands, let's talk about the Spanish Empire. He was the first to develop overseas territories, and he actually owned such a vast land of 20 million square kilometers! If this news is known to the imperial court, I wonder what the Guilds above the court will think? Li Guangdi also sighed.

I used to just hear Geng Jingzhong say it casually, and I thought he was joking. How can there be such a huge country in the world, and China, as the superior state of the Celestial Empire, should be the largest. Elsewhere, it's just barbarians! This kind of thinking is not only Li Guangdi alone, but the whole of China, from the emperor to the common people. Geng Jingzhong remembers reading an article in later generations, in which it was mentioned that when Western missionaries came to China to meet the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they actually drew China in the center of the world map, and the rest of the country was scattered all small countries. From this incident, it can be seen that it is still difficult to make the Chinese in this era change their thinking. There must be real evidence!

"Anyway, we won't do it until next year, so there's no hurry. These Europeans in front of us. It's not been active on our side for a few years. According to my estimates, in no more than two years at most, there will inevitably be another big war between Britain and the Netherlands. Also, in Europe itself, the French are now getting stronger, and their king, Louis XIV, is ambitious, and is expected to join the British in attacking the Netherlands. As France became stronger, it became even more reluctant to act against Spain. As long as we repel a counterattack from Spain, Spain will no longer have the time and energy to sail to East Asia! Geng Jingzhong clearly remembered the content of the three naval battles between Britain and the Netherlands in his head. This is also thanks to the later American blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Because of watching "Pirates of the Caribbean", Geng Jingzhong became interested in the history of naval warfare in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although it was only three minutes of heat, it firmly remembered the naval battle of Britain and Spain and the three naval battles of Britain and the Netherlands. These naval battles are the most classic, and they are briefly recorded in middle school history books. In the next decade or so, Europe was lively! In fact, in later history, the whole world was lively during this time, and on the Chinese side, the war between the imperial court and the three feudatories began during this time.

Historically, in the decades that followed, the Netherlands became weaker and weaker at sea, and by the beginning of the eighteenth century it had become a second-rate country. Spain was even more miserable, and after becoming a second-rate country, it actually became a vassal state of France throughout the eighteenth century.

"It has been a hundred years since the Spanish occupation of Luzon, and the people of Luzon have been colonized for so many years, and the resistance has long since been exhausted. As long as we drive out the Spaniards, Luzon will fall completely into our hands. "Geng Jingzhong is indeed a little imaginary now." Luzon is such a big place, and it is more developed than Taiwan. In the past two years, Kangxi has been dissatisfied with our trade with Westerners, but there has been no substantive action, I guess he treated us the same as Wu Sangui. ”

"With Kangxi's cleverness, he can't bear it, but he still wants to stabilize us so that he can take the lead in cooking Wu Sangui. If he dealt with us and Wu Sangui at the same time, he wouldn't be that sure. The three feudatories claim to be one, and we are also looking forward to Wu Sangui, so the means of differentiation and disintegration are what Kangxi must do. If he offends us with such a stupid thing, he won't do it, and we can be regarded as committing a crime against the wind! Hahaha! Geng Jingzhong thought of this and couldn't help laughing.

"So the prince wants to take Luzon Island as our back road?" Li Guangdi also thought of this, and immediately asked out loud.

"There's such a meaning in it! But I am still confident in our future development, in a short period of time, we will be able to develop with our heads covered! Geng Jingzhong replied. By the way, I was going to discuss with you earlier, we have a lot of money in our hands, and we can't just let them sleep in the silver cellar. Silver is money when you use it, and it's just a bunch of metal when you don't use it. ”

"What does the prince mean?" Li Guangdi blinked, to get to the point, the next thing is to do things, and you must get serious.

"Recruitment! It's not a fanfare, it's a covert recruitment. This time, the recruits were not recruited in Fujian, but went to the north to recruit. In the past two years, the Yellow River has flooded every year, and last year, there was such a big earthquake in Shandong, how many victims were there! We only need teenagers around the age of fifteen to eighteen, and we will recruit in the name of Fujian Workshop recruitment. There is no limit to the number of people, and you can recruit as many as you can. What we have is silver, even if we can afford 100,000 people! ”

"But where are they placed? If you set up a camp and train here in Fujian, you will definitely be known by the imperial court, and Kangxi will definitely have a move at that time! "Li Guangdi was still worried about the resettlement, but then he thought of a good place." Oh, I see, Shizi, you mean to send them to the outer islands as well? ”

"Of course, isn't it asking for trouble to put it in a ponytail or somewhere else? There are more than 100,000 people living on large and small islands off the coast. We're training soldiers, not letting them live on the island permanently. All the islands where the navy is stationed are blocked, and the navy sends food and everything to them regularly, and they are only responsible for good training! In this way, no one knows that we have tens of thousands of more soldiers without knowing it! When the world is in turmoil, it is guaranteed to surprise the world! The corners of Geng Jingzhong's mouth smiled again, and he said confidently.

"The son of the world is clever! I will send someone to do the recruitment, at most three months, at least 30,000 people, but this money does have to cost a lot! Lee agreed.

"Are we still short of money? Use the money you need! It's okay to spend more money to get things done, by the way, when recruiting people, by the way, start arranging to go to Jiangnan to buy grain. Contact those big grain merchants in Jiangnan and buy a large amount of grain. It's time for us to stock up on food, the daily consumption of the army is too great, and the amount used to be not enough is not enough, so we must buy a large amount. Speaking of this, Geng Jingzhong suddenly thought of something: "I almost forgot, we were still talking about it just now, isn't Luzon producing rice, and we don't necessarily have to go to Jiangnan to buy grain, let the Kunpeng fleet go to Luzon, go to Manchurian to buy grain from the Spaniards and the Dutch!" ”

"We haven't done anything to the Spaniards yet, so we can still do business with them. The Dutch are the same, they have large colonies in these countries, and we buy a lot of grain, and they also make money! Geng Jingzhong clapped his palms as he spoke, "Yes, that's it!" Except for Taiwan's Zheng family and the Wa Kingdom, no one knows what the strength of our navy is. We are stationed on the island, and all the food is purchased from Luzon, and the imperial court may still think that we are still like the original, ignoring us, and staring at Wu Sangui wholeheartedly! ”

Li Guangdi also agreed: "Okay, if it is a qiēshun lì, by next year, more than 30,000 soldiers will be trained, and when the time comes, the veterans will go to Luzon, and the recruits will stay to watch their families, what do you think?" ”

"Hahaha! Those who know me, Brother Li! ”

By next year, when I get the territory of Luzon, my strength will go further. Three or five years later, even if Wu Sangui did not have a big war with the imperial court, he could easily take Beijing City with the force in his own hands. The sailors of the imperial court are vulnerable, and the Mawei fleet has entered from Tianjin on a large scale, maybe Kangxi can really be driven back to Changbai Mountain to dig ginseng! It's just that now I'm still far behind, if I kill it now, all the soldiers and horses of the whole country will rush to Fujian to kill, and then I will be completely finished. can only learn from Zheng Jing and go to the sea to find an island cat to get up.

In that case, without a base, you can only sit and wait for your slow demise, and as long as your head is not broken, you can think of it! (To be continued......)