Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 734, the speed of the Western United Firm
"Train well. When Ceylon is captured, you will be rewarded with a piece of land on Ceylon. Your descendants will be able to enjoy the blessings there for generations to come."

Hu Xian patted Chen Lin on the shoulder, and once again wrote a bad check.

After finishing speaking, he also left the training ground. There are still many things that need him to be busy.

An army of [-] men is going to conquer Ceylon, and there are many things that need to be done.

Weapons and equipment, logistical supplementary notes, ship manpower, etc., need a lot of busy time.

And the time is also very urgent. I will leave for Ceylon next month, and many things have to be arranged in advance.

Back at his residence, Feng Xiang and Zhu Benduan happened to be there, and they were carefully studying the geographical location of Ceylon Island and the currents in the Indian Ocean.

"How's the training going?"

Seeing Hu Xian coming, Zhu Benduan asked with a smile.

"It's okay, but it's not known whether it's a mule or a horse or a yo."

Hu Xian looked at the map on the table and asked, "Have you got any results from the research?"

"There are not many results, but it can be said that a merchant ship has just returned from the West, and our people have brought back detailed news."

"Look, this is the map of Ceylon Island. Our people bought it from Ceylon."

"The whole island of Ceylon is high in the east and low in the west. When we attack, we must land on the southwest side, first take down this Colombo, and then build a castle here in Colombo, use it as a base, and then gradually take down the entire Ceylon island. "

Zhu Benduan said to a map on the table.

Merchants are most concerned about their own business. Although they used to be scholars, it seems that they don't understand military affairs at all, but scholars like to learn.

For such a huge investment of his own, he was also very concerned. He sent people to Ceylon Island to collect detailed intelligence materials and information in advance.

"Although Ceylon is just an island, the people on it can be roughly divided into three groups. The Buddhist Sinhalese occupy most of the southern part of the island."

"Tamils ​​who believed in Hinduism occupied the forested areas in the north, and the coastal areas such as Colombo were occupied by merchants from the Middle East and Persia."

"So we can take full advantage of that."

"The Sinhalese and the Tamils ​​have feuds with each other. The weakest are the Middle Eastern and Persian businessmen who occupy the coastal areas. They are the first to attack them, occupy these coastal areas, and drive them out."

"These Middle Eastern and Persian merchants bought Tamil and Sinhalese gemstones at a low price, and sold them to us at a high price. They really thought that we Ming people were fools. This time, they were wiped out first, and they replaced them in tin. The power on Orchid Island."

"Then we used the hatred between the Sinhalese and the Tamils ​​to make them fight. In the end, we made a profit and took the whole island of Ceylon."

Feng has also formulated a detailed combat strategy relative to the map of Ceylon Island.

"It's a good strategy."

Hearing Feng Xiang's words, Hu Xian pondered for a while and then nodded.

"You say that we can take this Ceylon Island with only [-] people and only two months of training?"

Hu Xian lacked confidence. To be honest, everyone was the first to do this kind of thing, and he also lacked confidence in his heart.

"It's definitely possible~"

"Judging from the current situation, even the largest number of Sinhalese on the island of Ceylon are divided into several kingdoms that are hostile to each other. As long as we make good use of this, we can definitely take it easily. Down to Ceylon."

"The Sinhalese believe in Buddhism. We can learn from Tian Erniu and make good use of this."

Feng Xiang said very confidently.

Having fully grasped the information on Ceylon Island, they are more confident in taking Ceylon Island.

"No matter how bad it is, there is no problem for us to drive away these Middle Eastern and Persian merchants. At least we can replace them and control the coastal areas of Ceylon."

"As long as you master this point, if nothing else, we will have the final say on the gem trade on Ceylon Island from now on."

Zhu Benduan also nodded, and then thought for a while and said: "Thinking about it, I feel angry. You don't know that these Middle Eastern and Persian businessmen are not many in number, but they are very arrogant. They rely on monopolizing the island of Ceylon. gems, I do not know how much silver they earned."

"Ok!"

Hu Xian nodded after thinking for a long time.

After thinking about it, he asked again, "When will our war horses be transported to Turtle Island?"

"You can arrive the day after tomorrow. The horses in the northern grasslands are not very good, and the horses in the Middle East are very tall. If we master Ceylon in the future, we can get war horses from the Middle East and Persia, and then bring some stallions back. Improve our horses."

Zhu Benduan thought for a while and said.

"Are all the ships connected?"

"It's all been arranged. It's enough for each of our major commercial firms to send out ten large ships. The food has also been purchased from Jiaozhi."

"The artillery can also arrive here with the horses the day after tomorrow."

"In addition, when we set off, the major trading houses will also organize fleets to follow us to the west. At that time, we can also ask other ships to help us transport some goods and personnel."

Zhu Benduan also replied one by one, he was in charge of the logistics, and Hu Xian was in charge of the commander.

Because the Western United Commercial Bank was established with the joint funding of the big bosses and major shareholders of the major commercial firms, it also received strong support from the major commercial firms in all aspects.

The dignitaries quickly mobilized enough manpower. If you want money, you have money, you need supplies, you need supplies, and you need ships.

In a short period of time, these trading houses shipped everything they needed to Turtle Island, preparing for the next battle against Ceylon.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed."

Hu Xian also nodded in satisfaction, looked at the hot weather outside, and couldn't help sighing.

Time is passing slowly.

Boats arrive at Turtle Island every day.

Turtle Island is a small island in the south of Crescent City. Its geographical location is quite good. There are plantations on the island, where sugarcane is grown on a large scale. At the same time, because there are many ships passing by, a port is also built.

Ships from major trading houses kept coming and going, also sending various supplies to Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, and Feng Xiang.

After the five hundred war horses arrived at Turtle Island, Chen Lin began to train the cavalry again, and the cavalry was still very important.

The speed of riding horses is fast, and horses are also an important means of transportation. The lethality of cavalry is beyond doubt, just because they can't arm too many cavalry, otherwise they want to buy more horses.

A few days later, the rumble of shelling began to sound above Turtle Island.

The artillery also arrived, and the artillery began to train.

The entire Turtle Island was in full swing, and the Western United Firm was sharpening its sword, ready to start the first overseas colonial history of private armed forces in the history of Ming Dynasty.

At this time, it is also here on Java Island in the South China Sea.

Liu Jin is commanding the [-] Ming army to attack the indigenous people on Java Island. Java Island is considered a big island, and the indigenous people on it are also divided into many countries. There are traditional Javanese Sundanese, and there are also new Javanese people who believe in YSL. Persian missionaries in the Middle East established several msl' kingdoms here.

These countries on Java are very unfriendly to the businessmen of Ming Dynasty. Not only do they impose heavy taxes, but there are also many signs that the disappearance of several merchant ships and the murder of merchants and crew members are all related to these people on Java Island. .

So for these countries on Java Island, Liu Jin is not just asking them to cede land and pay compensation, he wants to kill on a large scale.

Kill them fiercely, and if you don't teach them a lesson, they won't know how to be afraid.

"Boom~Boom~"

Accompanied by bursts of rumbling roars, more than five hundred Miyun cannons roared wave after wave.

The small city in front of me quickly became a ruins and ruins.

"attack!"

Following Liu Jin's order, the Ming army marched towards the city with neat steps, and the half-dead natives who had already been frightened by the artillery fire were no match for the Ming army.

In less than a stick of incense, the city was occupied by the Ming army.

After occupying the city, Liu Jin degraded all the prisoners captured in this battle to slaves, put on bracelets and anklets, and escorted them directly to the seaside port. There were merchant ships one after another to sell these slaves to Nanyang to the plantation.

Now these slaves are very valuable. An adult slave can be sold for more than [-] taels of silver, and as much as you want. Nanyang plantations need a lot of manpower, the more the better.

Those planters are having headaches and troubles about it.

"The action is really fast enough. How come the organization is almost ready, and we are going to attack Ceylon next month?"

Liu Jin received the latest news from Daming, which focused on the matter of the Western United Commercial Bank.

"Island of Ceylon is a good choice, the country of gems, they will be released by the Western United Trading Company in the future."

Liu Jin took out a map, looked at the location of Ceylon Island, and couldn't help laughing.

This is very good. If everyone makes a fortune overseas, more and more people will go overseas in the future. By then, large and small commercial firms will build large and small colonies all over the world. It doesn’t take a hundred years. In time, the whole world will almost be divided up by us Daming people.

"Well, Ceylon Island~ With the strength of [-] people, it must be no problem to take it."

Soon, Liu Jin turned his attention to the Java Island in front of him.

"After taking down Malacca, Java, and Jinzhou, the entire Nanyang region fell into my Ming's control, and the most important thing was to block the spread of people from the Middle East, Persia, and India to the east. I am a paradise for the Ming people."

　Do you think this is okay?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)