Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 691, arrived in Songhu

Here at the estuary of the Yangtze River, more than a dozen large ships slowly sailed from the north, heading for the Huangpu River port in Songhu.

Liu Jin stood at the bow of the boat, full of thoughts.

His good servant of the household department was arrested by Emperor Hongzhi again this time, and he went into battle again, and accompanied the army to Nanyang.

Annan Yelang was arrogant, provoked Ming Dynasty wantonly, invaded Longzhou, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil. The Ming Dynasty was furious, and the emperor sent [-] troops to conquer Annan.

This time, the British Duke Zhang Mao was the coach, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren were the dog-headed military advisers, and Yang Yun was the vanguard general. The [-] new troops and the [-] navy attacked Annan from both land and sea directions. .

Zhang Mao and Yang Yun led a large army to assemble from land to Guangxi very early on. As for Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, they commanded [-] navies from Tianjin to gather in Qiongzhou, and then joined forces to attack Annan. .

This time was different from any attack on Annan in the past, because after Liu Jin and Zhang Mao discussed it, it was no longer the traditional way of fighting.

In the past when attacking Annan, they basically assembled large armies from Yunnan and Guangxi to attack Annan after crossing the [-] mountains. However, this plan has a big drawback.

That is the existence of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

One hundred thousand mountains, just from the name, there are one hundred thousand mountains.

In an era when the transportation conditions were extremely backward, it was extremely difficult for a large army to pass through the miasma-ridden, dense and primitive mountains. Even if there were thousands of troops, it would be difficult to deploy them in such a place, and it would take a long time. able to pass.

Moreover, Annan built a city gate at the pass of the Shiwan Dashan. Once guarded at the city gate, one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it. No matter how many and strong your army is, it will be difficult, very difficult to defeat it.

This is also the reason why it is difficult to continue to expand southward after the expansion of the territory of the past dynasties to Yunnan and Guangxi, because from Yunnan and Sichuan to Myanmar, you will encounter the Hengduan Mountains, which are compared with the [-] mountains. Even more dangerous.

Even in the era when technology and transportation are so developed in later generations, the Hengduan Mountains are still sparsely populated and the traffic is blocked. You can imagine that in ancient times, no matter how strong you were, it would be very difficult for you to continue to expand .

To the south, the south of Yunnan and Guangxi is blocked by the [-] mountains. These are basically primitive forests, sparsely populated, and full of miasma, so that there are ancestors whose land is not enough to supply, and whose people are not enough to command. Training.

Naturally, China's influence has reached its limit here, and the territory of all dynasties has not continued to expand. The main reason is because of this geography.

After careful study of this situation, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin decided to adopt a brand new offensive method, which is the style of play in the colonial era.

Attack Annan from the sea.

Annan's terrain is high in the north and west, plains in the east and south, and the Beibu Gulf in the east. If you attack from the sea, you can directly bypass the Shiwanda Mountains and attack Tokyo, the core of Annan (Hanoi in later generations, in It changed its name more frequently in this matter. It has successively had names such as Longyuan, Longbian, Zhongjing, Kyoto, Dongjun, Tokyo, Zhongdu, Shangjing, Beicheng, etc. Don’t think it is the Tokyo of the later Japanese kingdom).

Annan established many passes on the Shiwanda Mountain in the north to guard against the attack of the Ming Dynasty. With the help of the favorable terrain of the Shiwanda Mountain, he has always been confident.

I often provoke the Ming Dynasty, mainly because I feel that the Ming Dynasty can't do anything to it. With the existence of a hundred thousand mountains, the tens of thousands of troops from the Ming Dynasty can't get through.

As for sending hundreds of thousands of troops at once, it seems that except for Emperor Yongle, none of the emperors in the past had such courage, because the place Annan is simply not worth sending hundreds of thousands of troops to attack.

It's useless if you fight it down, you won't get a lot of tax money, if you can't fight it down, you will lose troops and lose the majesty of Ming Dynasty.

This is an important reason why Annan has no fear and repeatedly provokes Daming.

Once bypassing Annan's heavily defended [-] mountains from the sea, and directly attacking the core of the plain, the Red River Delta, it would be like stabbing Annan's heart with a knife.

There is no need for hundreds of thousands of troops at all, tens of thousands of troops are enough.

Of course, this time it is not only for the purpose of sweeping Ping Annan, but also for the annexation of Champa, the sweeping of those small countries in Nanyang, annexation of more land and islands, and the need to pull the new army out again and again, so it is also sending troops ten times. Ten thousand.

The [-] is a real number, not the previous one. There are only [-] people, but they insist on being called a million-strong army, and [-] is [-].

"Finally arrived in Songhu!"

Liu Jin shook his head slightly, that's how it is for those who have no way to be a courtier. If the emperor said a word, the people below would lose their legs.

But it is also a good thing to be able to go out for a walk and have a look.

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin immediately laughed.

This is the first time I have come to the south of Daming, and the first time I have come to Songhu.

Liu Jin has been to Songhu many times in later generations. On both sides of the Huangpu River, there are many high-rise buildings and every inch of land is expensive. Shanghai has become a top global metropolis.

Looking at Songhu in front of us, it seems to be more like Shanghai in the Republic of China. Although there are already a large number of factories, workshops, and high-rise buildings on both sides of the Huangpu River, you can still see vast farmland.

It's only just getting started.

The boat slowly docked on the wharf beside the Huangpu River. At this time, the two sides of the Huangpu River have begun to see prosperity, with tall buildings standing by the river, and spacious concrete roads extending to the end of the field of vision.

In the planned areas, huge factories and workshops are busy, and the blast furnaces of the Songhu Iron and Steel Plant go straight into the sky, and billowing black smoke comes out of them.

On the cement road, there was a lot of traffic, and four-wheeled carriages came and went. Although it was not as prosperous as Tianjin, it was still quite busy.

"In less than a year, Songhu has grown to this scale. It really deserves to be the magical capital of later generations. The geographical location is really superior. If the shipping area develops, it will develop rapidly. It is only a matter of time before Tianjin surpasses."

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help sighing.

It's location is fantastic.

Located at the estuary of the Yangtze River, there is also the Huangpu River. The terrain is open and flat. It is backed by the most prosperous Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty. Relying on the Yangtze River, it can radiate to Huguang, Jiangxi, and South Zhili.

At the same time, it is located in the middle area between the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty. If you go north, you can go to Shandong, Beizhili, and Liaodong, and if you go south, you can go to Fujian, Ryukyu, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

If it is external, North Korea, Japan, and south can also go to Nanyang, Xiyang and Australia. In the future, after close contacts with the Golden Continent, they can go to the Golden Continent.

Such a geographical location is unique in the entire Daming, and there is no other place to be found.

This is accompanied by the lifting of the sea ban, the development of ocean-going trade, shipbuilding technology, and navigation technology. Even if Songhu is not an open port in the south, it will develop rapidly sooner or later.

To put it in a more mysterious way, it means that the luck of the world is gathered here.

Since last year, Liu Jin has been deploying here in Songhu. First, he concentrated all the land in Songhu into his own hands, and then began to transfer some industries to Songhu on a large scale.

Tianjin Shipyard opened Songhu Shipyard here, mainly to undertake orders from the south. Miyun Iron Works also opened Songhu Iron Works here in Songhu. The iron ore mainly comes from Maanshan Iron Mine and Hubei Daye Iron Mine.

In addition, the Songhu Glass Factory, Songhu Machinery Factory, Songhu Cement Factory, etc. have opened in Songhu, and a series of factories and industries have opened new branches in Songhu.

The south of Daming is a huge market. Once it exerts its strength here, its speed will quickly surpass the Beijing and Tianjin regions in the north. How could Liu Jin let it go.

After nearly a year of construction, these factories have also started to be put into use and output one after another, and it is as if a strong power has been installed on Songhu.

A large number of people and capital began to flow into Songhu continuously.

Not only a large number of capitalists from the north came to Songhu to invest and build factories and workshops, but also these big landlords, businessmen, and families in the Jiangnan area also gathered in Songhu to build commercial banks and factories.

Because they are one step behind the northerners, they are more active in this regard, for fear of missing a new round of wealth feast.

In a very short period of time, thousands of large and small factories will be built here in Songhu, and hundreds of thousands of people will gather here from all parts of the south, and the population will continue to grow rapidly. The Songhu County in Songhu County also immediately became a super metropolis comparable to Nanjing.

And because there are no restrictions on Songhu itself, and fewer restrictions than Tianjin, there is no need to worry about the attack of northern nomads.

So from the very beginning, the planning of Songhu was completely based on Tianjin. There is no city wall, only a series of cement roads extending in all directions, dividing the whole Songhu into regions. Along the banks of the Huangpu River, a city completely different from The metropolis of any city in the past is developing rapidly.

"With the development of Songhu, these big businessmen and big families in the south can almost be tied to the chariots of capitalism and colonialism. Even if someone mentions the sea ban in the future, I guess they don't have to do it themselves. These people are enough Cleaned them up."

Looking at Songhu in front of him, Liu Jin smiled unconsciously.

Thinking that this time the ruling and opposition parties agreed that Annan should send troops, Liu Jin laughed. Those who opposed the use of force in the past have disappeared. Are they all dead?

Of course not, it's just that their interests have changed.

　Annan seems to have to fight with it in all dynasties before it will calm down~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)