A new record was set.

Another fleet of clippers, also loaded with tea, departed from Guangzhou Port and headed to the Dutch trading post of New Amsterdam in North America in the New World.

This trading post was purchased from the locals by Peter, the Dutch colonial governor, on Manhattan Island for sixty guilders. At this time, it was an important fur trading point for the Dutch in North America. During the tea season, in order to ensure the quality of the tea and gain time

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This clipper fleet traveled from Guangzhou to Manhattan in only 88 days.

These sea racing parties have become the first choice for tea trafficking in various countries. The main producing areas of tea are in China, and the quality of tea is highly time-sensitive. Especially long-distance shipping is more likely to cause tea to be affected by moisture and deteriorate. Moreover, under the same voyage, the quality of tea is very time-sensitive.

The shorter the time, the higher the freight. Especially when new tea comes on the market, there is more competition for time in order to seize the market.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The clipper ships produced by the Royal Shipyard of the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to research and build, and brought together outstanding craftsmen from all the major maritime powers, and they lived up to their high expectations.

With its lightness and speed, it has not only become the first choice shipping vessel for various countries competing for the tea market, but has also been found by many businessmen to be extremely suitable for smuggling, and has received many orders.

In the past, the imperial court began to use clipper ships to transport supplies to Vladivostok, with a speed of 12 to 14 knots, allowing them to fly to and from the major ports of Qingdao, Dengzhou, Lushun, and Tianjin, and other ships could make a trip.

They can make two or three trips.

Although they have a smaller load capacity and less firepower than traditional merchant ships or armed merchant ships, they also have many advantages in transporting lighter goods.

Now the imperial court has set up a fleet of clippers for the Prime Minister's development fleet, and is considering the small sea from Vladivostok to the Heilongjiang estuary. The distance is really too far. If they want to patrol the Kamchatka Peninsula, Chukotka Peninsula, etc. further north,

, then it’s further.

In order to expel the invasion of Tsarist Russia and recapture these northern lands, especially the area north of Xiaohai, the emperor specially ordered a number of clippers for the dynasty, so that they could quickly patrol north to Xiaohai, and even patrol Liuli.

Ghost, the old land of Yaksha.

The Prime Minister has successfully received these ships and is still getting used to them.

"Lv Yicheng is in Jilin Shipyard, so he should set sail and go south, right?" Wang Chao Xiang said.

The imperial court now attaches great importance to the Northeast, especially after declaring war on the Golden Palace of Tsarist Russia. Of course, the emperor cannot just verbally reprimand him. War has been declared, so he must take action.

Lv Yicheng built ships in Jilin and established a blackwater fleet to cruise the Songhua River, Nen River and the upper reaches of Fuyuan in Heilongjiang, as well as support the Qili River, Ergun River, etc.

Wang Qi built a shipyard in Xingkai Lake. The fleet is still a pioneer and is responsible for patrolling Xingkai Lake, the lower reaches of Wusuli River and Fuyuan in Heilongjiang to the mouth of the river, and the tributary Hengu River.

The dynasty successively developed a fleet from Vladivostok to the Xiaohai at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, as well as Sakhalin Island, and the two peninsulas of Liugui and Yasha in the north of the Xiaohai, all the way to the Yasha Strait.

The three fleets have a clear division of labor. The Blackwater and Pioneer fleets are inland fleets, while the Pioneer fleet is an offshore fleet.

It is their mission to appease the Jurchen tribes, trade with each other, declare sovereignty, and wipe out the Tsarist Russian bandits.

They are not affiliated with the Ming Navy, nor are they affiliated with the Fifth Military Governor's Office, but are under the supervision of the Ming Royal Young Mansion. Their public identities are the Royal Merchant Fleet and a trading firm, but in fact everyone understands their nature. This is

Royal fleet, representative of the emperor.

"The further north you go, the better the quality of the leather is, especially on the Ruki Peninsula and the Yaksha Peninsula. The Inubu and Shikabu on the Yasha Peninsula can hunt fur seals, sea otters, seals, sea lions, and walruses. They ride on dog-pulled sleds or deer-pulled sleds.

The sledge travels everywhere to hunt, not only these seals in the sea, but also the huge whale oil.

Brown bears, moose, elk, reindeer, snow sheep, mink, sable, blue fox, silver fox, muskrat, beaver, mountain eagle, hazel pheasant, etc. are also very abundant on land.

Your ship is very fast, so if you bring more lighter commercial goods, especially ironware such as knives, axes, iron pots, etc., they will definitely be welcomed."

Wang Chaoxiang has been to the Heilongjiang estuary and to Sakhalin Island. He also has some understanding of the Liugui Yasha and other peninsulas north of the Xing'an Mountains. Over there, in the ice and snow, you can ride reindeer sleds or dog sleds. These people are very powerful hunters.

, make a living by fishing and hunting.

Quite original.

"This time we go north, trade is just a side trip. My mission is to find the Tsarist Russian bandits, first remove their strongholds on the coast, and capture all these bandits as slaves."

"Then bring more guns and artillery. Those Russians also have muskets and artillery. They are even equipped with flintlock muskets."

The Prime Minister smiled and said, "This time, His Majesty not only brought clippers to develop our fleet, but also many flint-haired muskets."

Shao Tianchao's research on flint-haired muskets is also unparalleled. Although they have not yet deployed a large number of troops, they have begun to increase the amount of equipment for reconnaissance troops such as Ye Bushou. If this kind of fire muskets are used in large army operations, they will be useless.

The main reason for its power is that its speed is not as fast as the matchlock gun.

A bird gun fires three shots, and a flintlock gun may fire only one shot, but this kind of flintlock gun also has advantages, that is, it shoots farther, is more accurate, and is even more concealed. After all, it does not use a match rope and is fired directly with flint.

This kind of flintlock gun is very good for small-scale Ye Fushou or bodyguards.

For small teams such as the Pioneer Fleet, the emperor specially gave them flint-fired muskets so that they did not have to worry about being blown out by the wind and not easily exposed.

"It is said that the Tsarist Russian bandits took three or four years to travel from Moscow to the Ryugui Peninsula. Even if they cross the Lena River between three and five thousand people a year, they are only a few thousand people. And we have more than a year to cross the Lena River.

Tens of thousands of people have already gathered in Vladivostok. Our three fleets are marching eastward with such mighty force that the Tsarist Russian bandits cannot compare with us."

The Prime Minister was very confident and would not be afraid of a head-on confrontation no matter how many times there were Tsarist Russians. The key to the problem was that it was difficult to find these people.

"No rush, you first clear out the Tsarist Russian strongholds along the coast of Xiaohai. Our three fleets have eradicated all the Tsarist Russian bandits in the Heilongjiang Basin south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains. Then we will study how to cross the mountains to the north to attack Yakuts, the bandit's nest.

It’s never too late.”

Seas and rivers are Ming Dynasty's advantages, guns and cannons are also Ming Dynasty's advantages, and numbers are even more of an advantage.

Lin Xuewu smiled and said, "I will build a prison camp for Tsarist Russian Cossack bandits here first and prepare it for you."

"Okay, I'll catch more alive ones!" Wang Chaoxiang also said with a smile.
Chapter completed!