Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 647 Peaceful Merger
"Master, although the Goryeo Kingdom is also within the scope of our Chinese cultural circle, they advocate Confucianism and call themselves Little China, but they are not our own after all. Our own talents are not enough. Sending people to help them is tantamount to Raising tigers is a problem." When Li Yan left, an official from Dalian Port said.

"Otherwise." Chu Yun said, "Our Kyushu Army fought north and south, and the territory has expanded dozens of times in the past few years. It is difficult to build it on our own, and we also lack sufficient financial resources to build all the captured territories. .”

What Chu Yun said was exactly a big problem facing the Kyushu Army, that is, the speed of digesting the territory was far behind the speed of the army's expansion.It's like the Monan Grassland was attached to the Kyushu Army a long time ago, but the Grassland Railway has not yet been completed, and the large pastures on the Prairie are also in the ascendant.

"We haven't found a good time to enter Koryo, so instead of spending time and money to build Koryo after controlling Koryo in the future, it is better to send some craftsmen to encourage them to build railways and factories. At that time, they will have to invest A large amount of labor and gold and silver will be turned into other people's clothes when it is about the same time." Chu Yun knocked on the table lightly, "And Li Yi has always admired our technology. So what if it offered to join us?"

"Peaceful merger?" Everyone never thought that there is such a game.

"In fact, the Goryeo Kingdom is divided into two factions now. The traditional faction that believes in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and the reformist faction that has been influenced by us in recent years. They are not like us to make one side suppress the other through war, so it has reached a certain period of time. , there will inevitably be differences. At that time, we only need to support the reformers and let them fall into our arms. Moreover, there are no other forces in the east of the continent except Korea and Dongying. They will be annexed by us sooner or later. If A peaceful way, allowing them to join willingly, has many fewer hidden dangers than war." Chu Yun said.

If you want to conquer Goryeo by force, not to mention the current Kyushu army, even the Houjin army a few years ago can do it.However, the Kyushu Army has rarely disintegrated a complete kingdom through peaceful means.

"It's a good idea to try such a method." A civil official from Liaodong and Liaonan said.If Korea can be allowed to take the lead in developing, it would be great for them to be able to sit back and reap the rewards.

"It's not good at all. If we don't let them show our military power, they won't be willing to submit to us." Mrs. Yang, who is a general, objected.

"I think you just want to start something so that you can fight. Believe it or not, I will transfer you to the more comfortable Jiangnan area?" Chu Yun glared at Mrs. Yang feigning anger.

"I don't dare, can't I..." Mrs. Yang was even more aggrieved. At least in Liaodong and Liaonan, some troublesome tribes in the deep mountains can be pacified, or they can go hunting in the mountains. If they go to a gentle town like Jiangnan, they like to make trouble. Mrs. Yang is not depressed to death?

Chu Yun and his people stayed in Jinzhou for only two or three days, and then went to Dalian Port.At this time, Dalian Port seemed to be the busiest port in Beiyang. It mainly traded with Korea and Dongying, and became the center of triangular trade.

There are also several shipyards in Dalian Port, which produced a large number of warships for the three fleets of the Kyushu Army, as well as merchant ships in large warehouses.

The captain of the Dalian Port Royal Shipyard enthusiastically introduced the new project of the recent shipyard to Chu Yun, and led everyone to a round of steel giants, pointing to the steel giants and said: "Our first steam iron-clad ship 'Yongchang' "After the completion of production, it has been in service for quite a while. During this period, we have collected a lot of valuable information and found that there are still many problems with the 'Yongchang'. Therefore, our shipyard uses these collected information to improve the design blueprint of the steamship. It makes the steam iron-clad ship very stable and faster. This iron-clad ship 'Yongji' is the second-generation iron-clad ship produced on the basis of the 'Yongchang', and it is also the second iron-clad ship."

Chu Yun and the others boarded the iron-clad boat.This steam iron-clad ship, called the second generation by the shipyard, is indeed much more complicated than the simple "Yongchang", and it is estimated that its performance will be stronger than that of Yongchang after construction.

"Yongji is still a commercial ship, right? When will an armored battleship be built?" Chu Yun asked.

The director of the shipyard secretly wiped off a cold sweat: "My lord, the requirements for battleships are much higher than those of merchant ships, and they also need matching firearms. The research and development of firearms alone cannot keep up."

"I'm just asking casually, don't worry, just our current sail battleship is enough to traverse the world, and there is no need to invest a lot of money to smash an iron-clad battleship." Chu Yun said.

If Chu Yun really wants to build an iron-clad battleship, he can use the industrial revolution system to summon the corresponding talents, and he can really smash out an iron-clad battleship in a short time, but he is in a hurry to build an iron-clad battleship and waits for the technology to mature. Ironclad battleships probably cost more than ten times more silver taels.

"However, we will soon enter the Nanyang Islands and leave the Straits of Malacca. The number of warships needed in the Nanyang region is increasing. Your shipyards should produce enough sailing warships to build another fleet within three years. Is there a problem?" Chu Yun asked in turn.

"Returning to my lord, we received the order from the military department a few months ago, and there is no problem." The directors of several shipyards patted their chests and said, some of them were high-level executives of the Great Britain Shipyard summoned by Chu Yun, and some Locally promoted artisans in southern Liaoning.

After confirming that the shipbuilding industry is also developing, and the ships of the newly planned fleet are also under construction, Chu Yun is relieved, thinking about seizing the Nanyang Islands.The Kyushu Army expanded wildly in the south, and successively captured the Annan Kingdom, Champa Kingdom, and part of the Chenla Kingdom, equivalent to occupying a small half of the Indochina Peninsula.For the Indochina Peninsula, Chu Yun is not so eager. Instead, Chu Yun is more interested in the Malay Archipelago, which has a superior geographical location. It can also be used to open rubber plantations on a large scale and stockpile materials for the maturity of tire technology in the future.

Afterwards, Chu Yun bid farewell to Li Min, the heir son of the Korean king, at Dalian Port. Before leaving, Li Min was grateful.Seeing that Li Min brought a group of craftsmen he supported Goryeo onto the boat, Chu Yun planned to return to the capital.In any case, the next chess piece has been placed, and there is an excuse to build Korea in the future.

"My lord, Bumbutai, the special envoy in Moxi, has sent an express message." An official from Dalian Port hurried over with a telegram from the capital.

(End of this chapter)