open sea

Chapter 1158
On the Great Eastern Ocean, after three months of ups and downs at sea, Li Dan arrived in Daxi Port with the latest news from Spain, and laughed before the ship docked.

He didn't know why he laughed, but he couldn't help but smile when he saw the black and red thousand-material warships docked by the sea surrounded by blue boats with "Chinese" characters, and the military port fortresses and forts lined up on the shore.

After leaving the New World for several years, Li Dan received information in Daming Port, Spain, that Daxi Port is a military port with the least defensive fortress in North Asia.

Because Daxi Port guards the east gate of Mexico City, the geographical location is superior, but the environment is very harsh and the climate is extremely humid. The Ming army is not willing to come here unless it is absolutely necessary. However, the place belongs to the Governor General of New Spain and is the garrison of two Spanish legions. Therefore, Governor Yang Tingxiang spared no effort in port repairs.

According to the contract, the governorship of New Spain divides taxes equally between the two countries. Every year, those belonging to Ming Dynasty are transported back to Changsheng, and those belonging to Spain must be spent by the king. How inappropriate is it to transport them back?
Yang Ting’s governance of the Viceroyalty of New Spain has been very effective. The earliest income of the Governorate of New Spain was entirely from plantation taxes. The money was just enough for the salaries of the officials of the two countries and the salaries of the soldiers of the three Spanish legions. The plantation owners still owed taxes for a long time. Those who were willing to pay, but those who were unwilling to pay later disappeared, and the finances of the Governor's Mansion became even tighter.

It was not until the immigrants came to collectively contract plantations, Ming merchants entered Mexico City to set up shop, and taverns, teahouses, theaters, brothels and casinos sprung up like mushrooms, that the financial income of the Governor's Mansion was guaranteed, but even so, it was only a small income. support even.

Because the mode of production has not changed, Yang Tingxiang is very clear about what role the land should play in the division of labor under his rule: the producer of basic raw materials.

New Spain has more than 200 acres of cotton-growing land, and the annual harvest of cotton exceeds [-] million catties. There are also plants such as hemp, corn, sugar cane, potatoes, soybeans, and rubber. However, there is still no perfect handicraft system until today, and even Under Yang Tingxiang's deliberate guidance, it is even less than before.

Burning pottery, burning bricks, making obsidian, squeezing sugar and spinning thread are allowed, but all other processing industries are not.

Even for weaving, cotton thread and hemp thread have to be sent to the past border. On the Alba line of defense, which is only a hundred steps away from the border of the Governorate of New Spain, the bastion close to New Spain was bought by the merchant from the head of the legion, Jesus. Dedicated to the Military Mansion, and listed on the Weaving Bureau of the Eastern Military Mansion.

"All the cotton threads and cotton in New Spain are processed there, and we will continue to reclaim the land next year. The tribes on the northern grasslands are asking for cotton clothes from the military government. Our people also need cotton clothes if they want to develop those lands on a large scale."

In the Governor's Mansion in Mexico City, while Chen Mu told Li Dan about the changes in New Spain in recent years, he said to Yang Tingxiang who was sitting beside him: "A while ago, your people discovered oil near the Spanish plantations on the east coast. How did you deal with it afterwards?"

"Oil is very important. It is very important now. Where there is oil, there is kerosene, asphalt, kerosene and gasoline. It will be more important in the future, but we can't use troops to grab it, in case Europeans find it important. Be careful."

The oil they discovered was in the north of Daxi Port, and the reserves were not known due to technical means, but Chen Mu estimated that it would not be small, at least as large as the oil field in Majia Port. The kerosene used in Changsheng, Jincheng and other places comes from Majia Port.

"I understand, I have already taken it."

Yang Tingxiang seemed to be familiar with handling these matters. He clasped his fists and said to Chen Mu, "I moved a village to immigrate there, held a funeral, and built an empty tomb at the place where the well was going to be dug. They bought them all. The planter came to the Yamen last month, hoping to allocate another piece of land to him...to stay away from the Daming people."

"He is a rare honest man. If he wanted to make some money, he would go back to Seville. I didn't make it difficult for him. The original land in the north was [-] acres, and [-] acres of wasteland were designated for him in the south. The ground has been explored, suitable for growing beans, corn, sugar cane and rice, no other minerals, there is a small lake with a nice view, I rent it for six years.”

Stay away from Daming people?
Can it be called far without going back to Spain?
"If you give him so much land, he won't know how to manage it. It doesn't matter, just give it if you give it."

Chen Mu has basically done everything he can do. It is impossible to drive the Europeans out of the New World without the intensification of conflicts, and the intensification of conflicts requires an opportunity, and the accumulated conflicts are far from enough.

But he was already tired of scrambling for every inch under the truce treaty, so he turned his head and looked at Li Dan: "I read your letter said that Fei Laoer hopes that the Eastern Army will join him in fighting against Portugal in the Great Eastern Ocean." King Antonio, why would he want us in?"

For Chen Mu, this was something that had to be clarified, because it was obviously beneficial to the Ming army. In name, Portugal was just a puppet king in exile, without even a base.

However, the joining of the Ming army will definitely make the Ming army fleet sail more recklessly in the Great Eastern Ocean. Chen Mu saw Philip lift a big stone named Li Dan with difficulty, and smashed it hard at his feet.

If it is said that Spain is not at all wary of Daming and is willing to open the Great East to Daming, Chen Mu 1 people don’t believe it—only Deng Zilong’s cruise fleet occasionally escorts merchant ships to Daming Port, and Philip scolds his mother angrily, let alone this normalize the behavior.

"Antonio got the help of Catherine, the Queen Mother of France. According to the news from the Nine Classics, Navarra is negotiating peace with the Valois royal family. Catherine has prepared an army for Antonio. Qi led the army; meanwhile England was helping him."

"William Cecil, the governor of the household, Francis Worthingham, the governor of the factory guards, John Hawkins, the governor of the water transport, and Francis Drake, the guerrilla general, are all preparing for this matter."

Chen Mu blinked, his expression was unclear: "Here, these officials, you appointed them?"

"Hey, it's a baby. They have similar duties. Cecil is in charge of the queen's money. Worthingham is in charge of espionage and espionage for England in Spanish. Hawkins is in charge of naval treasurer and shipbuilding. , Drake is good at naval warfare, but his fleet is private soldiers."

Li Dan smiled and explained to Chen Mu the duties of the several people, and then said seriously: "His Royal Highness Philip asked the father to send troops. My child thought that most of them were not sending troops, but a bribe. He would rather share the war profits with Daming than It was threatened by the Ming army when it competed with the two countries."

Chen Mu thought for a while, and frowned: "It's not that I don't want to send troops, but Spain can't squeeze out any decent oil, or it happens that Yang Ce is in Mexico, you can talk to him, if Philip is willing to give up the war, Yang Ce and Shi He may be interested in this matter, you may have seen it at the port, they have just armed their fleet."
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On December 14, the 12th year of Guangxu, the Beiyang Navy was established in Liugong Island, Weihaiwei, Shandong.

2019年12月17日，自造002航母入列，舰名‘山东’舷号17。

Long live!

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)