Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 473 Qi State Five-Year Plan
"Yesterday afternoon, the soldiers and horses of each battalion were encircled and suppressed. Huduntu withdrew from Pingfu and took the soldiers and horses to the Onan River. The soldiers and horses of each battalion rescued countless people and goods."

"A rough estimate shows that during this campaign, the northern captives plundered more than a thousand people, no less than 32 cattle and sheep, 70 villages in one town were looted, nearly [-] mu of cultivated land was trampled by war horses, there was no harvest, and nearly [-] grain and fodder were looted." Shi, Guochao lost no less than [-] taels of silver..."

On the seventh day of April, when Lu Jianxing of the Supervision Department of Jinyiwei came to Zhu Youjian with the latest military information, Zhu Youjian was discussing with Xiong Tingbi in Jilin County how to build the three provinces outside the customs.

The sudden news made people angry, and the loss suffered by Daming even made everyone in the Jilin County Yamen feel ashamed.

Lin Danhan's looting of Kaiping Mansion made the promise of the imperial court to the immigrants that the three prefectures of Taining and Ningxia were safe and secure became empty talk.

After such a thing happened, unless Daming completely wiped out Mobei, Kaiping Mansion would be threatened by war, and most of the people would not consider moving to this place.

Of course, the most embarrassing thing is that the emperor was besieged.

Although it was said that Lin Dan Khan only besieged Dading Palace for only two or three quarters of an hour due to the rescue of various troops and horses, but for Daming, it was definitely a resounding slap in the face.

"No reason!"

"Your Highness! The final general proposes to sweep the caves of the North Prisoner Liting to avenge this revenge!"

"Your Highness! The last general..."

In the meeting hall of the county government, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting in a high position, still spoke, and all the generals in the meeting hall roared angrily.

Although Xiong Tingbi was old, he still bowed and said, "Your Highness, if this revenge is not avenged, the country will lose its glory."

"If His Highness does not dislike it, I only need to lead He Shixian and You Shigong, and then take [-] cavalry, equipped with Tianqi [-]-style rifles, and wipe out Mobei immediately!"

"Old boy..." Hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Sun Yingyuan and Cao Wenzhao almost couldn't hold back their laughter.

When the news spread that Shen Cewei killed nearly [-] Jianlu by himself, the generals and command envoys of various armies became envious of the Apocalypse [-]-style rifle.

Nine thousand cavalry equipped with Tianqi eleven-style rifles, as long as they are equipped with three horses and two pack horses, can travel 120 miles a day, with [-] rounds of bullets for each soldier, and fresh water for one month.

One month, 450 rounds of ammunition per soldier, [-] million rounds of ammunition for [-] cavalry.

Not to mention the extermination of the northern captives, as long as there is enough food and fresh water, it is enough to exterminate Wala and Yarkand in Moxi.

It can also be seen that after the emergence of the eleventh form of the apocalypse, Da Ming actually has the strength to crush all countries in the world, and the only thing that restricts Da Ming is logistics.

However, what the generals said was very good, but Zhu Youjian said helplessly: "You guys have a good idea, but the production of bullets takes time."

"Nine thousand cavalry ammunition will take at least a year to produce."

"As for the rifles you mentioned, it will take at least three months to produce enough rifles to equip the third battalion."

"You are not in charge of the family and do not know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive..." Zhu Youjian shook his head and said these words, and then made a summary of Lin Danhan's invasion:

"The matter of Lin Danhan's entry into the bandits was caused by the lack of defense in the Shangzhigong Guard Battalion. I will go back and discuss the matter with Wansui, and you guys don't have to worry about it."

Zhu Youjian said this on his lips, but he knew in his heart that it was either the Five Armies Commander's Mansion or the civilian officials and the Yanshan faction who did this.

The reason for doing these things, judging from various circumstances, seems to be framing the Yanshan faction.

Without him, the methods are too immature, very much like the style of the Yanshan School.

However, if it was done by the Yanshan faction, then someone from Miyunying would have opened the gate of Dading Palace long ago. After all, not everyone is golden, as long as there is one person who is not, Dading Palace will not be able to survive.

As for the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, it's impossible, because once this incident breaks out, they will be the first to take the blame. Just like now, the [-] guard battalions in the three prefectures of Taining have all been implicated, and everyone is probably waiting anxiously. Arranging.

What Zhu Youjian believes more is that a small number of people in the Yanshan faction are doing it, or that civil officials have framed the Yanshan faction.

It was easy to doubt the former, just as he thought, if the Yanshan faction worked together to do this, Zhu Youxiao would not survive at all.

It is more normal to suspect that the latter is more normal. Judging from the current situation, after the suppression of the Yanshan faction and the military governor's office, the civil servants and the three parties are the most profitable forces.

However, these things are not what Zhu Youjian cares about. What he cares about is why this incident caused such a big shock.

To put it bluntly, it was because he, Zhu Youjian, was in Daming, so the Yanshan faction did not give up, nor did the governor's office of the five armies.

However, the trust between Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian is still there, and the two reached a tacit agreement to temporarily put this matter on hold.

How to deal with this matter?It's very simple, just investigate the case, as much as you can find out, you should be killed, and you should be exiled.

It's just that even so, such things will repeat themselves in other ways in the future.

What needs to be solved is not them, but Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian's own problems.

It's very simple to solve this problem, Zhu Youjian went to Jiufan, that's it.

Therefore, what Zhu Youjian wants to do is to recover the territory that should be recovered as soon as possible, to stabilize the vassal king's place, to develop Qi State well, and to transfer all the restless factors for Ming Dynasty to Qi State.

In Daming, they are uneasy factors, but in Qi State, they are the talents who help Qi State expand its territory.

Zhu Youjian has been waiting for news from Yang Wenyue. As long as Yang Wenyue's news comes, he can start to prepare for the construction of Qi State, and then wait for the development of Qi State to a certain level before he can start to establish a feudal domain.

Zhu Youjian wanted to leave because he could feel one thing.

His good brother Zhu Youzheng is facing a more complicated situation as several children continue to grow up.

If Yuan Xipin and others are pregnant one day, what about Zhu Youjian?
If the child grows up and wants to fight for the throne, what should he do?
Did he kill the group of people who wanted to support the prince, or the prince, or the emperor's heir?
Zhu Youjian didn't want to stay in Daming. There are various problems left over from 5000 years in this land, and there are a lot of intrigues.

Going to Qi State, going to Qi State with a new force, I dare not say that the Qi State Council is better than Daming, but at least in Zhu Youjian's lifetime, Qi State will not have such a complicated situation as Daming, and he doesn't have to worry about it that much.

With the passage of time, Zhu Youjian gradually became tired of compromising with civil officials, and intrigues with gentry tyrants.

He can't rebel, but he can go to a new place and build his own utopia.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at the thick drawings on the table.

These drawings are Ming-style urban construction drawings drawn by Zhu Youjian. The ground buildings are all kinds of residential buildings with no more than three floors. They are built in the Ming architectural style with modern sewage, heating, and road construction.

"Okay!" Looking at the blueprints on the table, Zhu Youjian turned to Xiong Tingbi and the others in the hall, and stretched out his hand to pat the blueprints on the table.

"I asked the people from Jinyiwei to do the calculations. According to the construction drawings, a village with a capacity of 1000 people would cost 500 taels of silver."

"A market town with a capacity of 1 people costs 4000 taels, and a county town with a capacity of 10 people costs 30 taels."

"For the construction of 44 counties, 4000 market towns, 400 villages, and prefectural and county roads in the three provinces outside the customs, the construction cost is [-] million taels, which will be divided into ten-year construction cycles, from south to north, and the Ministry of Households will invest [-] million taels a year. silver."

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, Daming's annual financial expenditure went to another 400 million taels.

"Some of the promotions in this battle will be discussed with Long Live after I go back, but the temporary transfers are as follows."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian took a deep breath and said, "Let Guo Sangdai be the commander-in-chief of Donghai, You Shigong be the commander-in-chief of Beishan, and He Shixian be the commander-in-chief of Modong."

"Ren Xiong Tingbi as the chief envoy of Modong, Ni Yuanlu as the chief envoy of Donghai, and Fan Jingwen as the chief envoy of Beishan."

Zhu Youjian suddenly promoted two officials of the Donglin Party as political envoys. Although the two provinces are not doing well right now, no one will underestimate the power of the chief envoys of the two provinces.

Xiong Tingbi's emotional intelligence is not good, but he can roughly know that this is Zhu Youjian's preparation for Zhu Youxiao's pro-government.

He knew that Fan Jingwen and Ni Yuanlu were very foolish and loyal people in Donglin. If they served as the chief envoys of Beishan and Donghai, and these two provinces developed in the future, then Zhu Youxiao would have These two provinces were used as financial guarantees.

"It seems that His Highness really wants to go to Fan..."

Xiong Tingbi sighed in his heart, and Zhu Youjian continued:
"The preparations for the people's migration to the north can be started now. After the autumn harvest, the grain from the southern provinces will be transported to the north, and then the people can bring food stamps to the north to emigrate."

"The existing cultivated land is distributed according to 10,000 mu per person. Those who do not have cultivated land will be given cattle, mules and horses. This time, [-]+ mules, horses and cattle have been seized from Jianlu. The three provinces have this strength."

Zhu Youjian said this, but he knew in his heart that as long as the industrial zone is fully constructed, the next step is to relocate the village as a collective and distribute tractors to replace part of the animal power.

But for now, to meet the appetite of nearly 2000 million people in the three provinces outside the customs in the future, the annual output of [-] tractors in Ming Dynasty is far from enough.

Even if it continues to be put into production in the future, I am afraid it will take more than ten or twenty years.

It will take a very long process for Ming to fully enter into industrialization. At this point, Qi and many vassal states may enter into full-scale industrialization before Daming.

However, with the size of Ming Dynasty here, it would not be difficult to industrialize half of the country in a few decades.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian thought of the construction of Qi State.

Before Yang Bingwen came back, he could not start the construction of Qi State.

On the contrary, in the industrial area of ​​the Armament Academy, there are more than 3000 steam tractors piled up. Once Yang Bingwen and the others come back, Zhu Youjian can start preparing for the advance team.

Zhu Youjian has even thought about the lineup of the advance team, that is Huanglong and Jinxuan.

Huanglong is in charge of the army, and Kim Hyun is in charge of the government. Don’t worry about coal. There are several major coal mining areas on the west coast, and there are no Europeans involved at all.

More than 3000 steam engines can reclaim [-] to [-] mu of cultivated land in one year. With the cooperation of Yingzhou labor camp workers in mining coal in the northern part of the west coast, the construction of Qi will be very fast.

Zhu Youjian plans to send three types of steam engines to Qi State according to one-third of the annual quantity, to help Qi State take root in North America.

As for the soldiers and horses to be sent, Zhu Youjian is going to send two battalions of soldiers and horses to go there with Huang Long and Jin Xuan.

This amount of soldiers and horses will not put too much pressure on Daming.

In the second year, with the increase in the number of steam engines, the local arable land will exceed [-] mu, so the people can be relocated from the third year.

Choose some people who are willing to go to Qi from the army, and go there with their families, and distribute the cultivated land according to [-] to [-] mu per person.

According to Zhu Youjian's prediction, almost 20 years before the apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty will completely rule the north and south of America, the population will reach about 200 million, the cultivated land will reach 800 million mu, and the economic revenue after the internal circulation will reach 50 taels of silver. Counting foreign trade, it can reach about 100 million taels.

At that time, Zhu Youjian was 30 years old. As long as he wanted to, he could already rule the country of Qi.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian asked Xiong Tingbi to calculate the compensation for the soldiers who died in the battle, the Yinhe pension, as well as the silver reward and disability retirement.

He was going to Yanshan County on April [-]th, so he only had seven or eight days to stay in Jilin County.

Xiong Tingbi and others who heard the words also promised to report it soon, and Zhu Youjian went down to rest after hearing this.

It was only after he left that Xiong Tingbi and the others discussed the rifle again, and they were obviously very interested.

This kind of calm lasted for a few days. No one made troubles in the capital, and Yanshan also seemed very calm, not to mention the northeast where Zhu Youjian was located.

Time passed day by day, and it was not until April [-]th that Zhu Youjian got into the carriage and went to Yanshan County under the escort of Xiao cavalry guards.

Similarly, Yuan Yingtai, who was in Liaodong, began to call on the people to farm outside the pass after the fall of Jianlu, and many people who had sold their fields for a long time to wait and see, dragged their families and took the road to the north.

There are not a few such north-bound teams, so that when Zhu Youjian went south, he could see people from Guangning, Daning, Shenyang, Liaoyang and other prefectures constantly going north.

"Den..."

Li Dingguo closed the car window, turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian in the car: "Your Highness, after the destruction of the Jiankui, Liaodong has indeed become much more lively."

"What? Are there still many people today?"

Today is the third day to Yanshan County, April [-]th.

Following Zhu Youjian and the others, they came to the official road in the north of Daning Prefecture. Along the way were the railway embankment under construction and laborers, as well as the people who were constantly migrating northward.

"Well! There are still a lot." Li Dingguo responded, and further asked Zhu Youjian:

"Your Highness, the tractors should be distributed to the people next, right? I heard that the annual output of tractors has reached [-] units."

Li Dingguo read a lot of memorials to and from the Imperial Horse Supervisor and Armament Academy, so he naturally knew the output of the six major industrial zones.

"Not yet, we have to wait another two years..." Zhu Youjian responded without raising his head while processing the memorial, but Li Dingguo still asked himself: "Your Highness, are you really not going to clean up the tiger?"

"Lost dog, when Taining Mansion is more stable, you can just order a soldier and horse to wipe it out, don't worry about it..."

What Zhu Youjian said was an understatement, it is estimated that Lin Danhan would vomit blood after hearing it.

He regards Zhu Youjian as his biggest opponent, and Zhu Youjian regards him as a little bum who can be seen everywhere...

"Drive! Drive... woo..."

When Zhu Youjian and Li Dingguo were downplaying how to deal with Lin Danhan, a group of Tangqi approached outside the carriage.

Hearing this sound, Liu Xiaozu immediately opened the window of the car, and Tang Qi outside the car got off his horse quickly, trotted all the way to keep up with the carriage, and handed over the general's love.

Liu Xiaozu glanced at it, then closed the car window, and conveyed the military situation with both hands: "Your Highness, it is Yang Buzheng who sent people from Yingzhou to expedite the military situation by eight hundred miles."

"Huh?" Hearing that it was Yang Wenyue's military information sent by someone, Zhu Youjian took it with anticipation, and the moment the military information was opened, the content inside made Zhu Youjian smile.

"Yang Bingwen has returned to Yingzhou. This is his handwriting. You can read it."

Zhu Youjian handed the book to Li Dingguo, but Li Dingguo asked suspiciously, "Don't you read it, Your Highness?"

"It doesn't matter whether I read it or not, you can read it to me." Zhu Youjian knew better than anyone else the advantages and disadvantages of North America, and it didn't matter whether he read it or not.

"Yes..." Hearing what Zhu Youjian said, Li Dingguo immediately began to read.

During his recitation, Zhu Youjian also closed his eyes and listened.

In general, the situation in North America is similar to that estimated by Zhu Youjian. The only difference is that because Ming won the Southeast Asia and India, Spain lost two colonies to feed back.

Although the trade has not been affected, there are fewer places for people to migrate in the country. Therefore, the Spanish population in Central America at this moment is about 4 more than this period in history.

With more people, there will naturally be more garrisons.

At present, the number of Spanish troops in North America and South America is about 2, controlling nearly a million people in the area. They continue to buy black slaves from Levia to develop local silver mines and trade with Ming Dynasty.

From this point of view, it is very simple for Zhu Youjian to write an article. He can completely interrupt the saltpeter trade between Daming and Spain, increasing the pressure on Spain, and having to send American troops to support Europe.

At this time, if the Qi State suddenly stationed tens of thousands of troops in the northern part of the Governor-General of New Spain in Spain, and took the opportunity to offer trade and purchase conditions for colonies, Spain might not be able to help but let go.

However, this possibility is very small, unless Europe puts a lot of pressure on Spain, and Qi also puts a lot of pressure on Spain, otherwise Spain will not recognize this condition.

"Wait and see..."

Zhu Youjian is unwilling to go to war with Spain directly, or he is unwilling now.

The reason is simple. With tractors, the west coast is enough for the country to digest for more than ten years. Looking at this situation, the 30-year war in Europe may escalate into a 40-year war.

"Whoever is strong suppresses whoever is weak will help whoever is weak" This is what Zhu Youjian wants to do.

In history, Spain was labeled as such a virtue, and it could persist until [-]. There is no reason why it would end the war early with the help of the Great Ming saltpeter trade, unless several other countries perish.

Right now it is the 11th year of the Apocalypse, and 31 in the Western calendar. Calculated, it is almost the end of the Little Ice Age, when the Qi State can eat the entire west coast, and it is the one that is fully controlled.

At this time, Zhu Youjian can completely propose conditions to the four European countries of "Britain, France, Portugal and the Netherlands".

For example, use sufficient saltpeter, arms, and cloth trade to buy the colonies of the four countries in America. If they disagree, increase investment in Spain and let Spain put enough pressure on them.

If they agree, that's fine, Zhu Youjian can suspend trade with Spain, give the trade volume to these four countries, and then use these four countries to suppress Spain.

In the case of the Netherlands and Portugal fighting for independence and Britain and France sending troops, how long Spain can resist is another matter.

At this time, if he still doesn't agree to Qi's purchase of its colonies, Zhu Youjian doesn't mind selling a batch of artillery eliminated by Ming Dynasty to Britain, France, Netherlands and Portugal.

Once thousands or tens of thousands of Yanshan five-jin guns and millions of catties of saltpeter are thrown into the four countries, Spain has no chance of winning whether it is land or sea.

When the sea route is cut off and the land is also fighting and retreating, Zhu Youjian does not believe that Spain can hold on.

If he is willing to sell the American colonies to Qi in a package, then Zhu Youjian can also take the opportunity to use the obsolete old-fashioned artillery to pay off the debt, so that Ming's old-fashioned artillery, bird guns, and rifles can shine in the European battlefield.

If Spain is still unwilling by then, then Zhu Youjian will have no choice but to send troops to destroy its colonies in America.

As for whether Portugal, Britain, France, and the Netherlands are willing to sell their colonies, Zhu Youjian doesn't even have to think about it.

The Netherlands and Portugal will definitely sell. If they don't sell, it means that they don't have enough bargaining chips. Zhu Youjian can support their independence.

As long as they admit that the colonies belong to Qi, then Zhu Youjian can send troops to take them over. Spain's strength in the Americas is insufficient, and they dare not conflict with Qi.

In short, no matter what you do, to keep the 30-year war in Europe going and maintain the balance among countries is what Zhu Youjian will do after he takes over.

As for why you can't directly fight Spain, this is because Ming Dynasty is currently in the Little Ice Age, and Spain occupies a large proportion of the trade volume with Europe.

To fight against Spain, one must first increase the proportion of trade with other countries step by step, or be prepared not to trade with Spain for several years.

It sounds simple and easy not to do business, but if you don’t do business for one year, Daming will lose tens of millions of taels of silver, and there will be tens of thousands, 10,000+ people without jobs.

Zhu Youjian was not in such a hurry. In his plan, the timing of various processes in Qi State was basically stuck.

When Qi actually controls the west coast, it will be the time to expel the Europeans, and when the Europeans are expelled, it will be the time to relocate a large number of reformed laborers from Yingzhou to shine for the Qi State Railway.

In the 15th century, it took six years and 150 workers in the United States to open the 60-kilometer Pacific Railway. The country of Qi could use 2 to [-] million Yingzhou reformed laborers to build a railway that runs through the north and south in [-] years. America, the "North-South Railway" with a length of more than [-] kilometers.

All in all, all the plans are linked together, including the research institute of Qi State in the future, and Zhu Youjian is also planning to take away sufficient scientific research talents from Yanshan.

In any case, Zhu Youjian still hopes to witness Qi enter the second industrial revolution in his lifetime.

Therefore, after knowing that Yang Bingwen came back, and the soldiers and horses who stayed behind in North America also started to build camps, then as the king of Qi, he almost started to prepare for his own vassal state.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian took out a blank booklet, picked up a pen and wrote six large characters on the cover of the booklet.

"Qi's five-year plan..."

(End of this chapter)