Chapter IX Re-upgrading of the Navy
Looking at the crowded naval generals, Zhu Cijing couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. The Ming Navy was so shabby back then. There were less than 100,000 naval officers and soldiers, and the only few naval generals were all beaten with eggplants like frost. The pirates and the others could not control the thousands of Dutch people entrenched in the Eastern Band.
As for the warships, they were full of small sampans. The lucky ships were not even as many as Zheng Zhilong's pirates, and there was not even a single super battleship. Even Zheng He's treasure ship was floating where he had floated.
Now, the Ming Navy has developed to five regular corpses and one reserve corps, with a total of 600,000 soldiers. The number of super battleships reached 1,000 last year, and the treasure ships have also surfaced again. It turns out that the Fu Ship warship, which was the main warship, has begun to be completely eliminated!
At this time, the Ming Navy was far ahead of any European power, whether it was the number of super battleships, the number of naval soldiers, or the level of weapons and equipment. Not to mention the Netherlands, any great power alone would be seeking death!
Perhaps it was because the great powers saw this momentum that they had to find ways from the mainland, intending to stifle the development of the Ming Dynasty, and even defeat the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.
However, is the Ming army so easy to mess with? I dare to bite the Ming Dynasty, this time I will ask Tsarist Russia to break up all her mouth!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiu coughed and said loudly: "Everyone, the ice and snow in Siberia are melting, and the war with Tsarist Russia is about to break out. Although this time it is mainly land warfare, Siberia is vast and has a crisscrossing rivers. It is much more convenient to walk on water than on land. Therefore, the Navy must fully cooperate with the Army to do auxiliary work such as troop transfer, material transportation, and fire support."
Upon hearing this, the navy general present immediately stood up and bowed his hands and said in unison: "Please give an order to the emperor."
Zhu Cijing nodded and waved: "Yes, everyone sit down first."
With a bang, all the admirals sat down at the same time, with their waists straight.
Zhu Cijiong immediately said: "Before this, I will announce some adjustments to the navy."
Speaking of this, he cleared his throat and said loudly: "I decided to promote the North Sea Fleet, East Sea Fleet, and South Sea Fleet to the Second Class Legion from now on."
Upon hearing this, the three generals Yang Geng, Chen Hui and Zheng Xing stood up again, bowed and said in unison: "Thank you for your grace."
Zhu Cijing waved his hand, signaled them to sit down, and then continued to say loudly: "I decided to form the Arctic Fleet of the Third Class Legion based on the Naval Reserve Corps, and Zheng Ming, the former head of the Naval Reserve Corps, was promoted to the head of the Arctic Fleet."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Ming stood up excitedly and bowed: "Thank you for your grace."
Zhu Cijiu waved his hand, signaled them to sit down, and then continued to say loudly: "I decided to recruit 100,000 new soldiers from the coastal garrisons again to form a new Naval Reserve Corps. The former naval general Zheng Cai served as the head of the new Naval Reserve Corps."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Ming stood up excitedly and bowed: "Thank you for your grace."
Zhu Cijiu waved his hand, signaled them to sit down, and then continued to say loudly: "From the future, all naval fleets are equipped with 200 super battleships. Now the Beiyang Navy, Nanyang Navy, and South China Sea Fleet are equipped with 200 super battleships, and the Beihai Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet have also been equipped with 100 super battleships. The 200 super battleships produced by the Dongda Construction Shipyard last year will be allocated to the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet. As for the Arctic Fleet, the 200 super battleships produced by the Dongda Construction Shipyard this year will be allocated to you."
When everyone heard this, they were all excited. Two hundred super battleships were so majestic, domineering, and how terrifying the combat power was!
The Navy's adjustment has almost been completed. Except for Huang Long and Zheng Zhihu, other naval generals have basically been promoted, and the entire venue is full of joy.
Zhu Cijiuang stopped and continued: "In addition, I decided to establish the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company, and all the lucky ships on the sea outside Dongdaying were shipped by the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company, with a total of two thousand ships, the person in charge, Shi Daxuan."
Upon hearing this, Shi Daxuan stood up from the chair and said excitedly: "Thank you for your grace."
In fact, he had known for a long time that the emperor was going to establish the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company, because the emperor not only asked him to come for a meeting, but also asked him to bring all his lucky ships and sailors, saying that he would merge them into the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company.
He originally thought that the emperor would give him at most shares to gain some benefits, but he never thought that the emperor would directly hand over the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company to him!
Zhu Cijing waved his hand, signaled him to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Da Xuan, I will give you 10% of the shares of the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company, and then take out 10% of the shares to share them with the meritorious ministers below you. I will hire you, and they are the 200,000 veterans gathered in Dongdaying City. Are you sure to do a good job in this shipping business?"
The latter words are a bit joking. Shi Daxuan is a man of this background, so why can't he be sure? He nodded excitedly and said, "Thank you for the grace of the emperor. The villain is sure. Now, many merchants in the Ming Dynasty, including the vassal states, want to do overseas business, but most of them are too small to afford sea ships. They can only sell goods to sea merchants at a low price to make a small profit. Now there are more and more merchants like this, and sea merchants can't collect their goods. As long as they send people to inform them from door to door, there will definitely be many merchants rushing to ask the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company to help them transport goods."
Zhu Cijiu said with relief: "Yeah, it's very good. Your idea is to help merchants who have no transportation capabilities and have ideas to expand their business. You can now set up branch signs in various provinces and vassal states in the Ming Dynasty to undertake business. I will let the Beijing News promote you for a few days for free in a while, and the number of customers will gradually increase."
Upon hearing this, Shi Daxuan bowed excitedly again: "Thank you for your grace. With these conveniences, the villain promises to start his business within the year."
Zhu Cijiu smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you have to do me a favor first. In the past few months, all the lucky ships and warships of the Royal Marine Company of the Ming Dynasty and all employees have to go to Siberia to assist the Ming Dynasty Navy to transport personnel and materials. I will pay you a commission of 2 million taels every month, just as it is started capital."
Shi Daxuan quickly bowed again and said, "Thank you for your grace, let the villain do anything, but please give me instructions."
Zhu Cijing said half-jokingly: "This time the Ming Dynasty's opponent is Tsarist Russia. When transporting personnel and supplies, you may encounter danger. Are you afraid?"
Chapter completed!