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Eunuch Wei spent money and wanted to know how many possessions he had done, which was natural.

No matter what, it would be a fake that Eunuch Wei said it would not hurt if he was hurt.

Now, he has no other idea, just to listen.

There is also a whisper when peeing. This thing must be worth it to meet the hard work of Eunuch Wei these days.

With the cooperation of Wang Dali and others, Zheng Duo was ordered to conduct a unified inventory of the ships, ordnances and personnel of the Wusong River Camp.

The roster shows that there are 4,652 officers and soldiers in Wusong Shui Camp. After actual inventory, there are 3,265 people in the camp, of which 126 are out. The rest are only displayed in the book, but they do not actually exist.

Eunuch Wei knew this. In the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the land or the navy, eating empty salary is considered the basic operation of the general. That is, the court spent nine sides of the big silver every year, eating empty salary and drinking blood from soldiers is also the norm.

Fortunately, this phenomenon has not yet developed to the late stage, which is the ultimate in the Tianqi and Chongzhen period - the soldiers who were about to adopt were all private soldiers and private soldiers. In one battalion, only about five percent of the servants could fight, and the rest were cannon fodder.

During the Chongzhen period, a battalion of soldiers was 5,000, but it was rare to have 2,000 soldiers. Among these 2,000 soldiers were elite soldiers and powerful generals.

The personal soldiers and servants became the basis for generals to save their lives and get promoted. The rest of the soldiers were just raised as beggars and driven into cannon fodder during wartime.

At that time, no matter whether the famous officials were able to do so, they were numb to this state.

The emperor had no choice because he had no money.

No matter which army can fight or not, or whether it cannot fight or not, the upper and lower levels will raise soldiers. It would be fine if the servants' military equipment is not bad, but even eating is a problem. How can they fight? In the end, the soldiers are inferior to bandits, and they are even bandits.

Most of the people who could fight under the command of various "kings" during the Chongzhen period were actually the officers and soldiers of the past.

After all, those who serve in the army are also humans. If they are humans, they have to face the minimum problem of food and clothing. If the problem of food and clothing is not solved, they will point to people working hard to fight. Officials do not regard soldiers as humans, so the soldiers will not be soldiers.

The most famous ones are Zuo Liangyu and others, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and less than 20,000 people can be used. After Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court counted his troops and horses, and in the end they drove only more than 10,000 people, and the rest were not favored at all.

The only exception is the Tianxiong Army, which was promoted by the Prime Minister of the Five Provinces. This army is also an example of the imitation of Eunuch Wei. In essence, it is like a retreat from the Hunan Army in later generations.

Unfortunately, Lu Xiangsheng, a powerful army of thousands of days, is difficult to win the world.

Eunuch Wei should be glad that he came to the Wanli period, even at the end of the Wanli period, it was the tail of the prosperous era. The advantage of this tail is that everything is still like it.

The Ming army, which had just experienced the three major expeditions, was a little bad under the supervision of an emperor who valued military martial arts, but not very bad.

The situation on the Navy side is obviously better than that on the Land.

Speaking of which, the general and managers of Wusong Shui Camp are quite authentic, but after consuming 20% ​​of the empty-handed soldiers, it would be normal to eat half of them in other places.

This may be related to the fact that the Wusong Water Camp was officially established in the late Jiajing period, and most of the soldiers participated in the anti-Japanese war and aided Korea more than ten years ago. They were also the richest place in the world. No matter how they drifted or how they falsely reported the empty amount, the basic money and food of the Wusong Water Camp can still be guaranteed.

Otherwise, no matter how honest the general and the battalion were, they would not have only eaten two percent of the vacancy.

Most of the more than 3,000 water camp officers and soldiers were naval soldiers who had experienced large-scale naval battles, which was undoubtedly a valuable asset.

The Ming Dynasty focused on barrier defense and neglected coastal defense. In addition to the initial investment of the state and dynasty and attached great importance to the navy, the status of the navy was always weak, even ignored and ignored. It was not until the Jiajing period that the Japanese pirates rampant that the knowledgeable people in the court realized the importance of coastal defense. Nowadays, many water camps and Japanese defense guards were established along the coast at that time.

However, it is just to make up for the failure of the sheep, and the barrier defense is still more important than the coastal defense. Many times, the navy officers and soldiers act as land guard soldiers.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, it can be said that no one is as clear as Eunuch Wei’s reusability of coastal defense.

In terms of personnel, Eunuch Wei was very satisfied, very satisfied.

But I was not very satisfied with the ship.

After counting, there are 134 warships in the water camp, which sounds quite a lot, but the problem is that these ships are of various types, including lucky ships, tower ships, cypress ships, sand ships, blue ships, copper slings, sea boats, and Balahu warships. The size of the ships is large and small. Overall, large ships are not as large as small ships, and small ships are not as many as rotten ships.

Wang Dali has been very "degenerate" in recent years, and he has everything he wants to eat, drink, go for example, and gambling, but Yu Shuiying's work is still clear. He told Eunuch Wei clearly that only 103 of these 134 warships can be used, and the remaining 31 must be overhauled.

There are only 55 of the 103 ships that can be used to go out to sea, and the rest can only be used on the river and the sea gulf. Not to mention going out to sea for a thousand miles, even if you drive a hundred or eighty miles on the coastline, you may be able to leak water.

To put it bluntly, half of the ships in the Shuiying can be converted into grain ships on the canal.

This made Eunuch Wei's face appear black when he inspected the ships.

Fortunately, what made Eunuch Wei feel a little relieved was that the weapons on the ship were excellent. Not only were they equipped with bows, crossbows, swords, guns, spears and other cold weapons, but there were also a large number of firearms, such as Folang machines, tiger squat cannons, etc.

The maintenance of many firearms is definitely not possible, but the number is enough to make Eunuch Wei's face soothing.

If the quality is not good, make up by quantity.

If you can't use it, you can take it off and piece it together. Dozens of well-equipped warships can still make him happy on the sea for the time being.

At least, when you meet the red-haired ghosts, you will definitely bully the small with the big one and win the small one with the more.

It was really good luck to say that Eunuch Wei was, but in the end he saw three three-masted gun ships in front of him. These three three-masted gun ships made Eunuch Wei feel very familiar, and it seemed that he had seen them somewhere.

After inquiry, Eunuch Wei confirmed his memory. These three three-masted gun ships were indeed imitated by the Red-haired Ghost Warship.

"Father-in-law, these three ships are pictures drawn by the Penghu Inspection Office of Fujian Province seven years ago. Later, the Fujian Navy built several ships, and we got three ships here."

Yu Jianjia's skills, Wang Dali is still in charge. He pointed to the three three-masted gunships and introduced to Eunuch Wei, "Please look, the three-masted ships are very huge, with their heads raised and their tails raised, and are not afraid of wind and waves on the sea. The three masts on the boat are 4 zhang high, the main mast is 20 zhang in total, with 5 floors of upper and lower cabins. The surface of the ship is as high as a city, and can accommodate 300 people. In addition, this ship can be equipped with 8 cannons and about 40 thousand jin Folang machines. It can be said to be the three best boats in our water camp."

Eunuch Wei couldn't help but nodded. He remembered that in the 29th year of Wanli, the Dutch East India Company's fleet had a battle with the Portuguese in Macau. Three years later, in the 32nd year of Wanli, a Dutch fleet touched the Penghu Islands near Taiwan to the east.

Since the Penghu Islands were rarely popular, the navy in Fujian in the Ming Dynasty only inspected regularly, and the inspection department on the island did not have many warships and soldiers, so they did not dare to act rashly, but reported the news to the Fujian Provincial Administration and Envoy.

After learning the news, Fujian immediately sent someone to negotiate with the Dutch. The Dutch hoped to gain a base in Penghu, just like Macau in Guangdong. Fujian naturally refused. The official in charge was very strong and sent a navy to Penghu to prepare to expel the Dutch by force.

There were not many Dutch people who were fed with them. They found that the Ming Dynasty could not meet their requirements and showed signs of expelling them, so they had no choice but to retreat. Since then, the Dutch mainly conducted strategies in the Indian Ocean and the South Ocean, including occupying Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East India, which later occupied Batavia.

It was not until the Apocalypse period that the Dutch people went north again on a large scale and fought with the navy of the Ming Dynasty, namely the Battle of Luowan. This battle ended with a complete victory in the Ming Dynasty. In the next few decades, it was the story of the national surnamed crossing the sea to fight the red-haired ghost and regaining Taiwan.

Eunuch Wei was very satisfied with these three three-masted gunships. Overall, he made a preliminary judgment that his family could immediately organize a fleet of 50 warships and about 3,000 people to go out for an expedition.

However, he was a little confused about who the expedition was.

It doesn’t matter if you are confused, just hit whoever you want.

But before that, the reconstruction of the water camp and the re-adjustment of the upper and lower officers and soldiers system was the top priority.

The military power of Eunuch Wei has taken over it, and his family is somewhat clear. Now, he is about to form the most fundamental Royal Navy.
Chapter completed!