Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 452 Pacific Raiders

Carinho was really pleasantly surprised at the moment.

He originally only hoped that the Ming Empire could increase the purchase of rubber and pure copper to about twice, so that His Majesty the King could ease the pressure on the military expenditure a little bit.

This can also be regarded as his achievements through hard work.

Doubling the purchase of rubber and pure copper is equivalent to an extra income of nearly 200 million taels a year, which is not a small feat.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire increased the purchase of rubber and pure copper by ten times!
In this way, their military expenditure problem in Spain can be said to be basically solved.

His Majesty the King will definitely be overjoyed, and he will definitely be rewarded by His Majesty the King after he returns.

Such a great thing, he had never dared to think about it before.

Well now, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has spoken, as long as they agree, the deal is basically done.

There is nothing wrong with this deal.

The price of rubber is a bit lower, but the profit is actually about the same. Anyway, they just spend more effort to make more wooden barrels, and the cost has not increased much. There is no problem at all.

The problem is, they simply don't have the ability to transport so much rubber and pure copper from America to the Ming Empire!
You know, their invincible fleet has been destroyed by sea storms five times, and their ocean-going ships are already pitifully small.

They don't have so many armed merchant ships at all, and even if they do, it is impossible to put all of them on the route from the Americas to the Far East.

The route from the Americas to their Spanish mainland is their foundation. If the route from the Americas to Spain is cut off, their native land will have no resources.

Therefore, they simply do not have the ability to transport so many goods from the Americas to the Ming Empire.

What to do now?

It is impossible not to do such a big business, and the problem of their military expenditure will be solved.

Perhaps, you can ask the Ming Empire to send a ship to pick up the goods!
Thinking of this, Carinho said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, thank you for your generosity. We can find a way to produce 100 million catties of pure copper and [-] million barrels of rubber. The problem is transportation. As you know, we don't have many ocean-going ships. It’s a big ship, I’m afraid we won’t be able to transport so much pure copper and rubber to your Ming Empire. Uh, this, can you send Ming’s armed merchant ships to America to pick up the goods?”

We pick up the goods ourselves?
When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Daming doesn't seem to have any merchant ships either!

Only at this time did he realize that Daming didn't seem to have a single armed merchant ship!

Of course, this armed merchant ship refers to a new type of ship, not a sailing ship.

They still have some sailboats, but he doesn't plan to use them.

Because sailing boats cannot go to sea without wind, and if there is wind, they are likely to encounter sea storms. Once encountering sea storms, they will lose everything!
They will definitely eliminate such backward things.

And at this moment, the business of the Daming Western Company has begun to expand to Southeast Asia. This armed merchant ship must be built, and a lot of them must be built.

The problem is that there is no room for the shipyard in Wubei City.

Perhaps, it should be considered to open a new shipyard in other places to build civilian or commercial ships. Otherwise, Daming's shipbuilding capabilities will be stuck and can no longer be improved.

The Dutch can easily build [-] or [-] large ocean-going ships in one year, but it takes a lot of effort for Ming Dynasty to build [-] large ocean-going ships a year. This is a bit absurd!
This is definitely not possible. It is necessary to increase production capacity and surpass the Dutch.

As for going to the Americas to pick up the goods, this is actually a good thing. Daming can take this opportunity to completely occupy the waters from the Far East to the Americas, or the entire Pacific Ocean!
Now that the entire Far East is almost under Daming's control, it's time to consider the issue of outward expansion.

This expansion is directional.

If you think about land colonization, it will naturally expand westward, because the Mughal Empire, Persia, and Dashi in the west are not colonies of European countries at the moment.

In other words, there are still a lot of land in the west, which is enough to grab for a while.

Historically, Britain and France, the rising colonial powers, focused on the Mughal Empire, and the Mughal Empire and its surrounding areas were eventually successfully colonized by them.

However, the cost of land colonization is indeed a bit high, it is not as fast and profitable as sea colonization.

Taichang still felt that Daming should focus on the sea, at least, the early stage should focus on the sea.

As long as all the sea areas are occupied, the European countries will not even be able to leave. At that time, Daming can do whatever he wants!
Therefore, it is not advisable to develop westward.

At least, not at the moment.

Both south and east are stronger than west.

As for the south, it doesn't take too much effort, because there are no European colonists in the south at the moment.

In other words, the colonies in the south, including the sea area, can be said to be at your fingertips, but the key lies in the east.

The Americas in the east were the focus of colonization by European countries.

If all the seas near the Americas are captured, the European countries will basically stop eating!
Now that they have offered to invite them to pick up the goods in America, such a good opportunity cannot be missed.

Armed merchant ships were going to be built anyway, and it would be no problem for Da Ming to pick up the goods himself. This opportunity must be seized, and all sea areas near America must be swallowed up.

In other words, swallow the Pacific Ocean first, and then enter the Atlantic Ocean!

The problem is that this intention cannot be known to others.

He also had to find a way to cover up this intention, and quietly took down the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean!

The Pacific Ocean doesn't seem to be very difficult to take. At this moment, Da Ming has already controlled the entire Far East. Sooner or later, Da Ming will take all the islands south of the South China Sea. In this way, the European countries in the west of the Pacific Ocean will not be able to enter.

As for the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west coast of America seems to be all Spanish colonies at the moment, and they don't have much maritime power, so it doesn't seem very difficult to control it.

The problem is how to fool people.

In this regard, those shameless robbers in Europe seem to have a special routine.

What's the trick?

If they want something, they usually don't directly say what I want, they usually say what I want to do for you!
Hmm, that's a good idea.

Thinking of this, Taichang pretended to hesitate and said: "Well, it's not impossible for us to pick up the goods. I can consider helping with this. You can tell us where we need to pick up the goods."

Whoops, that's great, the shipping problem is solved and the business is basically closed!
Carinho quickly pointed to the map and said, "Rubber is picked up in the Governor's District of New Spain and New Granada, and copper is picked up in the Governor's District of Peru and La Plata."

Isn't this going to span the entire west coast of America?

very good!

The whole Pacific Ocean is ours!

Taichang looked at the map and thought for a while, then pretended to frown and said, "I'm afraid we can't do without a supply point for such a long route. Moreover, when we arrive in America, our fleet must have a harbor for docking and resting, and we can't just float on the sea all the time." , can you build a few large supply points and large ports?"

this?

Trouble!
Of course, Carinho knows how many supply points and ports are needed for more than [-] large armed merchant ships.

The problem is that their supply points on the west coast of the Americas are very small. It is not bad to be able to provide supplies for more than ten large armed merchant ships. As for the ports that dock more than two hundred large armed merchant ships, there is no one!
This is really troublesome. It is basically impossible for them to build large supply points and large ports on the west coast.

Because their center of gravity is on the east coast of America, there are not many people on the west coast of America!
They are not as frighteningly populous as the Ming Empire, where they can easily attract tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people to build port cities.

They have a total population of only a few million at the moment, and they can't manage the huge American colonies, so there is no one to build any large supply points and large ports.

How to do it?

Carinho frowned and pondered for a long time, but said honestly: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that we will not be able to build large supply points and large ports on the west coast of America."

Hey, I know you don't have this ability.

Hearing this, Taichang pretended to be in disbelief and said, "What do you mean, let us have more than two hundred large armed merchant ships floating in the sea all the time, and what's more, we can't get any supplies?"

Uh, that seems to be the case.

This is really ridiculous, no matter what kind of ship it is, it cannot float on the sea for several months or even more than half a year!
People are willing to send their own ships to pick up the goods, but they can't even provide them with large supply points, and there is no large port of call. Isn't this a scam!
Carinho blushed in embarrassment and said, "Well, His Majesty the Emperor, what can you do?"

That's right, I said it earlier, I can "help"!

Taichang pretended to stare at the map and frowned and pondered for a long time before he said helplessly: "Oh, it's really not possible, we can help you build this large supply point and large port, or you can sell us a few small places and we can build them ourselves Big supply points and big ports are fine too."

How can a few small places sell it!

If I can make the decision, I will give it to you directly.

Carinho thought for a while, and then solemnly said: "Your Majesty, you are helping us, how can you pay for it! I can go back and report to His Majesty the King, and send you a few places Build large supply points and large ports for you."

Well, this guy is on point.

Next, it depends on your fortune.

If you go a little further, I will really give you a fortune.

(End of this chapter)