Chapter Ninety-Four: Preparations for the Expedition

This road can be said that most of the places, are the richest places in the Ming Dynasty, such as Wenzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Songjiang, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Huai'an, these must pass through the place, it can be said that the place is rich, do not extort and extort, is really sorry for his own, these counties along the way must be eaten by Yu Xiaotian, if the fleet arrives temporarily, only to notify them to prepare materials, it will definitely delay a lot of time, waste time in this regard, it will definitely not be successful.

A large number of soldiers will live in a small space for a long time on the ship, which will have a great impact on them psychologically and physically, and after arriving at the place, there is still the problem of water clothing that needs to be adjusted, followed by a big war, for the sake of supplies and small money, it is not cost-effective to delay for a long time on the way.

He didn't care about the two-month time limit in this holy decree, from Fujian to the Jiaodong Peninsula, the road is long, and he can't go for two months, which is very normal.

Now it is no better than in those previous years, the court wants to kill which general, as easy as killing chickens, now the Ming Dynasty everywhere press the gourd to float the scoop, as long as there are soldiers and generals at hand for the generals, the court also throws rat taboos, dare not take what they do, like Zu Dashou, first killed his own people in Dalinghe City, surrendered Jiannu, and then made a fraudulent surrender, ran back to Jinzhou and then led the troops to continue to do, the sound of the court shouting and shouting to kill has long been turned upside down, but Chongzhen still does not dare to take Zu Dashou, in fact, this is also the reason.

What's more, Yu Xiaotian, he now has tens of thousands of troops on hand, and in addition to the Ming Dynasty, he also occupies a piece of territory, just go, no one can take him, don't look at Chongzhen's stern words in the holy decree, but even if Yu Xiaotian tosses it hard, Chongzhen actually has nothing to do with him.

In fact, there have been many warlord families at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and they have begun to support their own troops, and they no longer listen to the call of the imperial court, but Chongzhen really dares to kill people with knives, but there are very few, and those people who really killed the deputy generals of the general army were actually all fought out of their old books and became the commander of the light pole, so they would be killed by Chongzhen without scruples.

With Yu Xiaotian's order, the Seawolf Group became lively again, this is the first time since the establishment of the Seawolf to mobilize a large number of armed forces at such a long distance to carry out long-distance operations, for the Seawolf Group, is undoubtedly a huge test.

Yu Xiaotian had been preparing for this for a long time, but when it was time to really use it, how well the fighter he had built would work would depend on his actions this time.

8,000 people, if according to the standard of the Ming warship in this era, a No. 2 Fu ship can carry about 200 people, and a 400 sand ship, that is, about 300 people, just to load these personnel, at least more than 40 No. 2 Fu ships are needed.

But Yu Xiaotian will not let his subordinates suffer this kind of grievance, two hundred people can indeed be stuffed into the No. 2 Lucky Boat, but after these two hundred people are stuffed in, this Lucky Boat will become a canned sardine, and there is no place to sleep, let alone move.

There are a lot of sailors and soldiers on the ship, this time as a transport task, you don't have to get on board, but at least more than 50 people to operate the ship, otherwise the long-distance voyage will make the crew very hard, especially this time to the north, and it is against the wind, the ship has to make frequent turning, adjust the sails to the wind, in order to sail against the wind, but it is not the kind of ship with the engine installed in later generations, start the engine, and sail directly towards the target, so the consumption of the crew's body will be very large. Naturally, there is no shortage of personnel.

These more than 200 people are crammed into the hull of the ship, which is really too embarrassing, and these more than 200 people have to eat, drink, and sleep on the ship all the way, and they can't get off the ship, and if the density in the cabin is too large, it will definitely have a huge impact on the psychological and physiological aspects of the personnel.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian was reluctant to let his own people suffer such grievances, and ordered a ship to carry a maximum of 150 people, and a larger cargo ship could carry more people.

Now Yu Xiaotian has in hand, but it is not only the No. 2 Fu Ship so simple, he has started to build at least 100 more than 700 to 800 large ships over the years, these ships have become the main force of his freight, running back and forth on various trade routes all year round to do business, to earn more profits for him.

In addition, through Yu Xiaotian's efforts, he ordered the dismantling of the two captured 400-ton armed merchant ships of the Dutch and the Spaniards, and asked his subordinates to draw a large number of drawings according to the dismantled ships, and let the craftsmen use these two ships to learn the Western shipbuilding technology and the alignment and manufacturing technology of the ships.

To put it bluntly, it is a reverse imitation, the year before last, the first imitation of the Western-style Galen ship has been launched successfully for sea trials, so he ordered to continue manufacturing, of course, to carry out a certain transformation, and to enlarge the hull, last year's first 800-ton ship, has been built, and after the trial, can basically meet the requirements.

In just three or four years, Yu Xiaotian has basically mastered the manufacturing technology of the most advanced large sea warship in the West so far, and he has planned to build a larger Western-style galleon in the next step to make basic preparations in advance for the future domination of the sea.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian had already sent more than 1,700 sailors and soldiers, as explorers, to drive five self-built Western-style Galen ships, loaded with a large number of supplies, and set off from Taiwan, according to the routes he planned, equipped with the best weapons, three of which sailed to the Americas, to find places that had not yet been occupied by the Spaniards and the Dutch, to establish their bridgeheads, and to prepare in advance for a large number of colonies in the future, to occupy a large number of colonies.

The other two sailed to Australia according to the route he gave, and now Australia is still a terra nullius, except for the indigenous people on land in Australia, it has not been discovered by the Western European seafaring powers, and occupied as their colonies, such a good place, Yu Xiaotian will certainly not miss the opportunity to let the Westerners occupy it.

You must know that Australia contains too many mineral deposits, for the future Chinese, it seems that China's products are very rich at present, in fact, China's lack of natural mineral resources, except for coal mines, is almost insufficient, and the future generations have not been pitted by those foreigners, now that he has been given this opportunity, he will naturally not give up.

Another reason is that he has found a way out of how to face the various problems that exist in China after the future unification of China, that is, a large number of immigrants.

Isn't the north the Xiaoice period, with drought and poor livelihood? The war will definitely consume a lot of people, but there must still be a lot of human resources, and he does not plan to engage in any land state ownership, private ownership will definitely be continued, so what about a large number of landless people?

Well, there is land on the colonial side, as long as you go, everyone will give you a few hundred acres without a problem, the Chinese peasants' desire for land is so strong that it is obvious to all, as long as there is land, these Chinese are not as fond of land as people think, even if they love land, but the thirst for land will still make them dare to go on adventures.

Isn't that what Europe does? The people who did not have assets and land were called by the state to go to the colonies to emigrate, and after the immigrants passed, they carried out the expansion and gradually controlled more colonies, and who could compare with China in the abundance of human resources in this era?

Although it is a little late in the Americas now, it cannot be said that it is too late, as long as the strength is strong enough and there are enough warships, then with the production capacity of the Chinese, as well as the number of people, add up the whole of Europe, can you surpass the Chinese?

Therefore, although it has not yet reached that point, it is necessary to take precautions and send people to explore the road first, find a feasible route, and lay a good foundation for grabbing land and a large number of immigrants in the future.

Although he didn't have enough energy to do this now, he still had the strength to send people to explore the way first, and Tongguò kept sending people to explore, first training a large number of future captains and first mates, and then once he had completed the great cause of chasing the Central Plains, he could immediately start building a large number of ships and transport a large number of immigrants to the colony he had chosen in advance. At that time, the colonies will continue to transfuse blood back and forth, and obtain high profits.

If he succeeds, then the future century will be the world of the real Chinese, even if there are many places that may become independent in the future, but the blood relationship will still allow the Chinese to stand at the top of the world, and for China, which was once the mother country and the suzerain, its hidden interests will still be very large.

Of course, this is another topic, and what Yu Xiaotian has to do now is to drive a wedge in the north first, and do a good job in the battle of Denglai this time.

At present, the fleet of the Sea Wolf, even if you do not count the strength of this part of the warships of the Great Ming Naval Division on the surface, it is a piece of cake to transport seven or eight thousand people with the various armed merchant ships and cargo ships that the commercial department of the Sea Wolf Group has.

And they have a lot of large ships, even according to his requirements, low-density loading personnel, only need more than fifty large ships to complete this transportation task, and even if they add ships to transport a large number of materials, they only need to exceed the capacity of a hundred large ships, which is enough to complete this task.

In fact, Yu Xiaotian had already transferred these ships to the area of Weitou Bay to wait for the call, which was still the capacity that was withdrawn without strictly affecting the normal commercial capacity of the sea wolf, even if more ships were used, he could easily do it.

In addition, all kinds of ammunition and materials, food, weapons and other materials have already been prepared to stop in Weitou Bay, and a large number of live poultry, live pigs and live sheep have also been prepared to stop.

(Dizzy, dizzy can barely sit still!) You can't walk without supporting the wall! It's worse than drinking high! Hurry up and lie down, it seems to be a little more comfortable to lie down! )