The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 243
When Jiang Tao received Chen Dajiang's memorial, he was taken aback. He didn't expect that the strong and weak would not be able to ensure the stability of the empire's waters. It seems that the American fleet can't leave for the time being.

Thinking that the new battleships of the empire are currently being tested and will not be built in batches until next year, and the construction period will be more than one year, Jiang Tao's heart moved, and he hurriedly issued an imperial edict: "Continue to build [-] Sea Lion-class cruisers."

However, this batch of warships must wait until the end of the year to be completed. This is because the empire has expanded several shipyards, otherwise it would not be able to manufacture 80 large warships in one go.

But at this moment, Cheng Zhang came up with an idea, that is, there are no other forces in the Pacific Ocean, and some pirates are not opponents of the Seawolf-class cruisers at all, and they can keep the fifty Seal-class cruisers of the American Fleet. For defense, it is still feasible to form another weaker escort fleet.

After all, this battle will not be over in a short time. Without the support of overseas trade, the empire's finances will be very tight.

Jiang Tao readily agreed and ordered Shi Lang to continue to take the escort fleet with Seawolf-class cruisers as the main force to trade in the Americas. As for the remaining fifty Seal-class cruisers, Gong Kaijun will be in charge of guarding southern Xinjiang.

Fortunately, the Black Dragon Fleet captured a lot this time, enough to last for a while, and the main ports of the empire have built permanent fortresses, which are covered with large-caliber fortress guns, and there are sharpshooters on the coast, so they are not afraid of the opponent's landing and looting .

Jiang Tao couldn't get involved in the naval battles in Southeast Asia, so he had to let the soldiers play on the spot. He just provided enough manpower and material resources. After all, the Black Dragon Fleet had been through bloody battles and was no longer a baby. As an emperor, there was no need to care about everything.

At this time, the country is peaceful, backed by overseas trade, and domestic factories have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Every family in the empire has at least fifteen acres of land, which logically cannot provide enough labor, but the people in the empire are hardworking, and their parents or wives take care of the fields, while the young and strong at home go to work in factories. Once back and forth, I earned tens of silver dollars more every year. Adding the income from the fields, the per capita annual income of the empire has reached 12 silver dollars. According to the previous years, the income has increased to more than three times. The average annual per capita income of ordinary people is It was more than eight times that in the [-] years of Kangxi. This is the benefit of developing overseas trade and overseas colonies, which has benefited thousands of households at this time.

This is mainly because the population base of the empire is too large. After the census, the population of the empire has reached 300 million people. This does not include the number of people in Mongolia and North Korea. Jiang Tao knows that when the empire’s colonies are further expanded, the people of the empire will The average annual income per capita will continue to increase.

In view of the rapid development of the empire, Jiang Tao once again increased investment in education, and another 150 million children can receive education for free. For this reason, the empire will spend more than 7500 million silver dollars on education every year, which is also one of the reasons why the empire is struggling one.

However, more than three-fifths of the school-age children in the empire were unable to enjoy the right to free education. For these, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu and others admired them. They asked Jiang Tao to resign many times and asked to dedicate themselves to education and writing books.

But they were all rejected by Jiang Tao. These great talents are like his library, and it is difficult to find such thoughtful talents in the world.

However, Jiang Tao also has troubles. The Mongolian ministries have been smashed by silver dollars for the time being, North Korea is more honest, and Japan continues to try its hardest...

Only the southern frontier was uncertain, and the five sharpshooters and one sharpshooter led by Jiang Wuji were actually entangled by Wu Shifan's army, and it was impossible to tell the winner for a while.

According to the deduction by the Imperial Wisdom Group, one of the reasons is the terrain. Myanmar is rich in forest resources. The country has 3412 million hectares of forest land, with a coverage rate of about 50%. Moreover, there are many rivers, which seriously affect the movement of the artillery division and the supply of combat materials. transport.

Another reason is that the opponent's firearms are not weaker than his own. Jiang Tao also saw the Dazhou Shenchuang seized from the front line. Reasons that cannot be resolved quickly.

This attracted Jiang Tao's attention. At first, he still looked down on Wu Shifan, thinking that the other party was just a little boy, a remnant of a big traitor, not a problem, but now it is the opposite, he is even stronger than Kangxi, which is worthy of people thought deeply.

Jiang Tao was irritated, and secretly said: "Qian Zong's special warfare divisions are proficient in jungle warfare. They are still on standby in Hainan Island. They might as well be transferred directly to Burma. Moreover, only the special warfare divisions are equipped with the most rockets. They are just used. In a group of infantry, rocket bullets are much sharper than iron bullets, and rocket vehicles are easy to transport.”

Thinking that the tiger squatting guns are very practical in Myanmar, Jiang Tao ordered the cabinet to send [-] tiger squatting guns there, and recruited five sharpshooters. He still doesn't believe this.

Unexpectedly, half a month later, it was reported that Annan, Laos, and Siam had arrested hundreds of businessmen from the empire and plundered a lot of goods, and gathered more than one million troops to form a coalition army, intending to invade Guangxi.

Only Champa was small and had no boundaries with the empire, so it didn't dare to make mistakes.

Jiang Tao couldn't believe it, did these countries eat their ambitions?Dare to play big swords in front of Guan Yu, don't you want to live?

As soon as Jiang Tao announced the matter to the whole country, it immediately aroused the resentment of the people and merchants of the empire, and vowed to clean up these disobedient vassal states. Recently, he only heard that the empire bullied other countries, but he did not expect these small countries to be so presumptuous.

Jiang Tao made a big noise in the city, just to test the cohesion of the people. If a country has no cohesion, no matter how rich it is, it is also a fat in other people's mouths. However, the situation is beyond Jiang Tao's expectations. A fundraising meeting raised 5000 million military expenses for the empire.

In this regard, Jiang Tao reluctantly accepted it, but issued an IOU. After one year, he can go to the bank to exchange the money. It will be regarded as a loan from merchants and common people, and there will be interest. In fact, Emperor Dahua is not so poor, and he You can also borrow money from the bank. The reason for accepting the military expenses raised by the people is to let the people consciously participate in the empire's colonial campaign. In this way, as long as there is no trouble in the country, the war will be unfavorable.

The news spread quickly and reached almost every prefecture and county in the empire, thanks to the Imperial Daily, which is a newspaper hosted by Jiang Tao. It is published every two weeks and sent to all parts of the country through post stations. It mainly introduces national policies and overseas news. The situation in the colonies, as well as the situation and national concepts abroad, as well as some common sense knowledge and scientific knowledge.

Jiang Tao also ordered the Southwest Military Region to build a defensive position in Guangxi, temporarily stopping the rebels at the border of the empire.

At the same time, ten sharpshooters who have just finished training but have not experienced actual combat are gathering at Lushun Port, preparing to enter Guangdong by water, and then enter Guangxi from Guangdong to participate in the battle against chaos.

Jiang Tao was dispatching troops, but Wang Fuzhi came instead: "Your Majesty, the sudden rebellion of Annan and other countries must be caused by Wu Shifan. The emperor must not fall into the trap. In order to end this war quickly, we have to wipe out Wu Shifan as soon as possible. Only then can the rebellion in the Three Kingdoms be quelled as soon as possible."

Jiang Tao sighed and said: "That's good, but Annan and other countries are too dishonest. Since they dare to offend the authority, they have to pay a considerable price. From now on, North Korea will be a first-class vassal state, while Annan and other countries can only be colonies. , send an edict to King Champa, and when I kill King Annan, I will give him the whole of Annan, and it will be called Vietnam from now on.”

"Your Majesty, it's a good plan. In this way, the strength of An Nan Kingdom will be dispersed." Wang Fuzhi said in surprise.

"Hehe, it's nothing. In fact, I just want to prove that I am the overlord and authority of Asia. Killing the kings of other countries is as easy as picking something out of a bag. After being reminded by Wang Laoyi, I didn't expect such a meaning. It seems that this occupation The city king is in danger."

Jiang Tao smiled lightly and said, that's fine, just hit a dozen and the world will be clean.

(End of this chapter)