open sea

Chapter 1073
The Great Eastern Ocean of the Ming Empire, the east coast of Asia, Muye County, and the Nagashima Naval Port.

Chen Mu looked up at the blue sea.

Seven months ago, the Dongyang Military Government issued an eastward conscript order to the two counties of Jincheng and Changsheng on the west coast, conscripting the third and fourth phases of the Beiyang Banner Army previously stationed on the west coast to the east coast. Headquarters, the Second Corps of the West Army of Mexico City, with Deng Zilong stationed at Qilin Guard in Panama to the north, set up seaports along the coast, and made large-scale construction projects.

The former Spanish territory of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico was renamed Daxi Port. It was under the jurisdiction of the Great Spanish Region of the Ming Empire under the jurisdiction of Yang Tingxiang, and was garrisoned by the Second Army of the Western Mexican Army. It was an extension of the power of Mexico City in the Ming Dynasty to the east coast. Mu hoped that the Spaniards would supervise the mining and continue to make the Daxi Asia Tongbao reserve. The Ming army did not actually station troops in Daxi Port, and the daily patrols were entrusted to the Second Army of the Spanish Viceroyalty. However, the Ming army was still Daxi Port. Hong Kong's most powerful force.

Because the Europa Affairs Division of the Commercial Bureau of the Eastern Military Mansion was established in Daxigang, this affairs division only has 60 imperial officials from the seventh rank to the ninth rank who have been transferred from junior military officers to civilian positions. There are a total of 24 officials in the tax card and temperance companies. The 24 senior officials are all Changsheng immigrants, and the [-] small officials are all Asian natives, but they have the greatest power at sea.

Without their nodding, let alone the Spanish galleons that wanted to send money to Madrid could not get out of the Gulf of Mexico, even the merchant ships and warships from Havana, Jamaica, and the Bahamas had to rest on the shore honestly.

Power is never just power, everything depends on it.

The trump card of the Bureau of Commerce, first and foremost, is to set up two guards to establish military ports in Miami at the southernmost tip of the Florida Peninsula in the northeast of the Gulf of Mexico, and Tulum, the border of the Spanish Governor-General in the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. The horns locked in the bosom.

The other lies in the two companies they control, one is the Longhu shipyard run by the Yuegang Shaw family, and the other is the Dongyang regiment training ground run by the Qingyuan Bai family.

The two companies are both public companies, and the official documents show that [-]% of the shares are accounted for by Chen Ju, the superintendent of the Ming Dynasty, and the third is the treasury of the Eastern Military Government. Financially, the Eastern Military Government distributes half of the total profits to the operator to maintain daily operations.

The Longhu shipyard occupies the best deep-water beach, and is authorized to build all small and medium-sized warships from the small shark ship to the Chihai class of [-] materials; the Dongyang regiment training ground recruits instructors from retired Beiyang officers, bannermen, and immigrants The sergeants are trained and assigned to merchant ships of various companies to perform escort missions.

At the southernmost tip of the Florida peninsula, Tianshui Port was established with the aboriginal transliteration of Miami and the Chinese name Tianshuiwei. Hei Xiao, the commander of the Mowan Left Guard, led a thousand households of the Beiyang Banner Army to garrison. After the Cherokee tribe was moved to the north by Heiyunlong, the largest tribe remaining in the area was the Creek tribe, which mainly focused on fishing and hunting, supplemented by agriculture.

Tulum in the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico, the seaport called Tulum by the Ming army is similar, but it has more complete facilities and good guards than the sweet water port in Florida.

Leading the army in Tulum was Shao Tingda's adopted son, Shao Bianjiao, commander of the Mowan Right Guard, stationed in the only coastal fortress in the Gulf of Mexico that could be called a unique advantage.

Of the three major ports in the Gulf of Mexico, Zuowei Tianshui Port in the Gulf of Mexico has the worst environment. Although the sea water is clear, it is close to a barren land for the Ming army. All fortifications need to be done by yourself. From Heiyunlongshou to Wanli five months ago At the beginning of the eighth year, Hei Xiao led the army to settle there, but there was no decent fortification formed there. The soldiers under Hei Xiao's command became the mobile city wall of the Ming army there, and the fortifications of the Mowan Zuowei also originated from the wooden base of the barracks.

To this day, despite mobilizing the local people, Mowan Zuowei is still a wooden village and an earthen barrier, a scene of initial creation.

The environment of Daxi Port in the east of Mexico City is slightly better than that of Tianshui Port. The good earth-rammed road leads directly to Mexico City for 37 miles. Governor Yang Tingxiang has set up [-] post stations and beacon piers along the way, which can send coastal police to Mexico within an hour. City, the official documents were sent to the camp of the regiment training ground at one hour, and arrived at the Governor's Palace of Mexico at twelve o'clock.

There are also watchtowers on the local coast that were abandoned many times by the Spaniards in the past due to problems such as humidity and lack of manpower. However, because the garrison is the Second Army of the Spanish Viceroyalty, the disadvantages are that the order is not uniform, and the morale of the army is lax... surrounded by the Ming army from north to south After the Viceroyalty of Peru and the actual control of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, it is difficult for the Spaniards who are still here to treat the New World as their own affairs.

However, Tulum, which is located at the right side of Mowan Bay at the southern end of the Gulf of Mexico, is different. The past residents there were Mayans. Although their tribes and culture were destroyed by the invasion of the West, and the people were enslaved, they still left a legacy for the Ming army. A fortified little stone city that could be used as a garrison.

Due to the rule of the Spaniards, the aboriginal people here have a higher desire to join the army than elsewhere, which is beneficial to the Ming army.

There are more than [-] steps around Tulu Mu City. The wall is [-] feet high and [-] feet thick. The east wall stands on the coastal cliff. There are towers and watchtowers at each corner. The tallest building in the city is a huge stepped temple like a pyramid, which was once regarded by the Mayans as a source of strength.

Now it is really the source of strength——Shao ​​Bianjiao submitted to the Dongyang Military Government for approval at the beginning of the garrison. Twelve Changsheng giant townships with a caliber of five inches and three centimeters, a net weight of 32 catties, and a bomb weight of [-] catties. General Shuo's fortress gun.

Changsheng cast six of them, and up to now only two have been transported by land. The losses caused by the exhausted Spanish donkeys transporting the cannons have exceeded the cost of casting large cannons. The remaining four cannons are still floating on the sea. Counting the days, he should be stuck in the camp left by Zhao Shizhen on Tierra del Fuego for the winter.

Everyone in Asia was very busy this year, and Chen Mu was especially busy. He visited all the places where the military government set up guards and county governments, and supervised the places where the Banner Army was stationed and the officials educated the people. secondary.

The main responsibility is to check the learning achievements of the Asian Guozijian students of the Ming Empire. The Guozijian is just a joke, because the studies in it are all from the clan. It is named after the serious Guozi. Graduated early if necessary, and entered every place to help local soldiers and civilians build great Ming cities.

Makino Changdao, where Yang Zhaolong served as the magistrate, was the last stop of his journey, which also meant that the entire North Asian coast had been brought under the actual control of Daming.

　Good morning!

　　
　
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