Chapter 506
"Mr. Zheng, this matter requires two young people to like each other. How about finding an opportunity for them to meet him. If they like each other, it will be a good marriage." Although he felt that Zheng Zhilong had taken advantage of his seniority, but
Li Xiao still replied to Zheng Zhilong with a smile.
"Okay! I'll just follow you, Marshal." Zheng Zhilong agreed with a smile. Li Xiao did not show his identity as the eldest brother to pressure Li Xiu, which proved that Li Xiu held an important position in Li Xiao's heart.
"Brother, I'm going back to my ship." Li Xiu lowered his head and wanted to run away.
This was the first time for Li Xiao to see his younger brother, a peerless warrior at sea, look shy. A twenty-year-old young man should have a wife.
"Why are you going back to your boat? This will be your boat from now on. It's just a broken boat, and it can't go very fast even if it's full of sails. Look at this guy, he can still maintain a high speed against the wind. Just sit on your boat and wait.
When I arrived at Tianjin Wei, I'm afraid you didn't even arrive at Huangdao Pier." Li Xiao patted Li Xiu on the shoulder, which may have affected the wound, and the pain made Li Xiu grimace.
From Quanzhou to Zhoushan, Zheng Zhilong had a new understanding of these two huge warships. This ship was far less bumpy than the Zheng family ship, and small winds and waves could not be felt on the ship at all.
Moreover, this thing is not powered by sails. Although the sailing speed against the wind is not as fast as downwind, it is much faster than the sailboat. With this advantage, it can completely crush the sailboat in naval battles.
Not to mention, the artillery on the bow and sides of the ship, both in range and accuracy, far exceeded that of the sailboat. Now Zheng Zhilong knew that the British fleet could easily kill his Zheng family fleet. However, these two ships were defeated.
You have to throw away your armor.
Zheng Zhilong felt that the decision to withdraw from the sea was simply too wise. Even if the Zheng family fleet was not damaged, it would be impossible to compete with these two ships. Not to mention, Li Xiao was still building such maritime war fortresses in the north.
The advancement of science and technology makes Zheng Zhilong feel a little powerless. Leave the sea to the Li family. Anyway, the person in charge of the sea from the Li family will soon become the son-in-law of the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong is obsessed with the charm of Miss Zheng.
The fleet sailed all the way north and replenished fresh water, fresh food and coal when passing Huangdao Pier.
"I'm old! This is probably my last voyage. The commander-in-chief has time to go back to Changxing Island. Look at the children of the Xu family. They are all good children. Give them time and abundant resources, and the commander-in-chief will be rewarded.
What you want." The old fisherman sighed.
"Old Yu, I plan to build an engineering college in Shanhaiguan. In addition to researching and manufacturing large warships and naval warfare weapons, I also need to be responsible for teaching some students who can be called great craftsmen! Talent needs to lead to qualitative changes from quantitative changes.
I am going to ask you to be the principal!
After you have a large number of masters, the research results will be like grapes on the grape trellis, bunches for you to pick. Now that the world is settled, the more important thing is to rest and nourish the people. Shandong, Hebei, Liaodong
Primary schools have been opened in these places. After the children have studied primary school knowledge for five years, they will take an exam.
You academies can select and admit bright students. If our Ming Dynasty can train a thousand master craftsmen every year, it will not take many years for our Ming Dynasty to undergo earth-shaking changes."
"Teaching students? Haha! Marshal, don't be ridiculous. I was a craftsman in the beginning. Thanks to your support along the way, I am what I am today. If I hadn't met the Marshal, I might have died of cold and hunger. This
Principal, I can't afford it, I can't afford it!" Mr. Yu shook his hands like windmills.
"Haha! If the Tatars hadn't massacred my village in Lijia, I would still be just a farmer digging in the soil. No one knows what I can do in this life. You have built such an unprecedented giant ship.
How much experience is included in this. These knowledge and experiences are the most precious wealth of knowledge.
From now on, our Ming Dynasty will not only need unparalleled battleships, but also world-class shipbuilding technology!
Today I will tell you the truth. The Ming Dynasty has been fighting wars for so many years. The country has accumulated a lot of abuses. If you want to make the country rich and strong quickly, the only way is to plunder other countries.
As strong as the Han and Tang dynasties, they could not completely conquer the Western Regions even after exhausting their national strength. People in the Western Regions compared us Han people to floods and compared them to stones. Every time the floods of the Han people receded, the stones would surface again. This kind of stupid thing, we
Can't do it anymore.
Therefore, our goal can only be the ocean. Through the ocean, we can reach all coastal places in the world. We have powerful warships, and we need even bigger ships to transport the loot back.
As the Ming Dynasty's population gradually increases and recovers, we will colonize various parts of the world. All of these are inseparable from the ocean. If you want to sail on the ocean, you need a big ship." Li Xiao held his hand on the railing of the Zhenyuan.
, looking at the sunset falling into the sea in the distance.
The dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea is so obvious, a clear line, and they are clearly incompatible with each other.
"Do you really mean what the commander said?" Mr. Yu's eyes lit up.
After spending all these years with Inatomi Yu, I finally understand why the Japanese nation is prone to expansion. The island country has a small population, which makes the Yamato nation extremely yearn for strength. And plundering is the best way to become strong quickly. When I was a child, I often heard those rich people say
He said that if you buy more wealth for your family, even a prodigal son in your family will be able to survive for two more years in the future.
Li Xiao's idea now is not to give more family wealth to future generations.
With the current status of Yulao, he is actually a noble of the Ming Dynasty. The fate of the family has been firmly linked to the fate of the country. The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty will lead to the prosperity of the family, and the death of the Ming Dynasty will lead to the death of the family.
"Old fisherman! In fact, there are not only gold and silver that can be plundered overseas, but also countless mineral deposits. If nothing else, let's talk about the gasoline I mentioned to you. It is extracted from something called oil in the Middle East!
We need to build giant oil tankers as big as mountains, transport the oil back to our country for refining, and then inject it into warships so that our warships can sail faster and farther.
By injecting this fuel into the airship, their airship can travel across mountains, rivers and seas unscrupulously. Obstacles on the ground will no longer be a problem. If the airship can carry weapons, it can attack the enemy from the sky. In today's world, whether it is land or sea,
, our Ming Dynasty will all be invincible.
These two things, potatoes and corn, may cause the population of Ming Dynasty to skyrocket within a few decades. If there is not enough land, Ming Dynasty will not be able to accommodate such a large population. Therefore, we need overseas colonies and we need living space.
Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would be like the fighting between natives and foreigners that you saw in Fujian. Fighting within the country would eventually lead to the sinking of the Chinese nation again. The surrounding barbaric nations took advantage of the situation to rise and carry out the most brutal massacre of the Han nation. Just like
Wu Huanhua is like that!
Only by obtaining enough resources can we solve the problem of our Ming Dynasty. And the resources require our soldiers. We will use the best weapons to occupy and rob bit by bit. We will leave behind those who obey and surrender to us.
, kill those who disobey and submit to us.
The ultimate law of this world is that the weak eat the strong. Only by standing at the top of the world's nations can we and our descendants have a better life. Only then can we prevent them from repeating the suffering we have experienced." In front of us is a beautiful sunset,
But in front of Li Xiao's eyes was the blood and humiliation that he had seen on film.
Our nation has suffered too much that should not have been suffered. When the world was developing, our nation was closed to the outside world, which ultimately led to the Chinese nation's centuries-long decline. We suffered the most brutal aggression, and we took out the country's most elite
Children fight desperately against aliens on the battlefield. We bear the heavy price of tens of thousands of people dying every day in the war!
Although we won a tragic victory in the end, the price of this tragic victory was too high.
Now that he has the opportunity to change history, Li Xiao is determined not to let these things become a reality.
Chapter completed!