Chapter 1747 Huge Profits

How important is the role of the navy? Haihan has set the best example for the countries in the Far East with his own history of prosperity. From being unknown to being powerful, almost every overseas expansion of Haihan has involved the participation of the navy, and now

The role of the navy is best demonstrated by governing many overseas colonies stretching from the Yellow Sea in the north to Malacca in the south.

The countries in the South China Sea that have experienced this process personally are naturally interested in following this development path that has proven to be extremely efficient. But this path is not that easy to follow. To achieve this goal, first of all, a strong team must be established.

The navy is enough to deter many relatively weak countries.

However, Haihan has provided these countries and local forces with another more convenient solution. Even if they cannot build warships with excellent performance and cannot form a maritime combat force, it does not matter. As long as they are willing to pay, the navy can

The Han Dynasty can even provide a full range of services from customized warships to personnel training. And the Annan Kingdom and the Fujian Ming Army, which are at the forefront of this road, have indeed begun to form a formed naval establishment.

Of course, only the parties involved know how much money they spent to build their own country's naval force, as well as the compromises on diplomatic conditions. Buying warships built by Haihan in batches does not mean that you own a navy.

A strong navy, on the contrary, is just the beginning.

For example, the East India Company, which spent a huge amount of money to buy a batch of Haihan warships last year, began to have headaches about how to use these warships to form combat effectiveness in the future. Haihan only provided them with basic crew driving training, and

The corresponding tactical system is not included in the money to buy the ship - even if the Dutch are willing to spend extra money to buy it, Haihan does not intend to teach them the relevant tactics of the exploration-class warship.

Therefore, for the ships purchased by the Dutch, they not only had to find ways to equip them with naval guns and other weapons and equipment, but also had to explore their own tactics and tactics to convert the warships they finally bought into combat effectiveness. This is compared to Annan and others.

The full set of services that buyers can enjoy is naturally much less efficient.

In short, if you want to quickly form combat effectiveness, you must come up with conditions that satisfy Heihan. And the Netherlands is regarded by Heihan as its main competitor around the world in the next few years. This is an inherent flaw that the Netherlands cannot make up for.

. Even if he is willing to pay, it is difficult to get some important skills here in Haihan. So Su Keyi knew that he had nothing to achieve in this link, so he left angrily. Of course, if the Haihan people are willing to relax to the Netherlands

If the conditions are willing to give him the same treatment as Annan, then he will probably not be able to drive him away.

And Fei Cexian could only watch the Fujian people with envy. Although Haihan sold a batch of weapons and equipment to the Ming Dynasty in accordance with the agreement after the establishment of diplomatic relations last year, this did not include maritime warships. In fact, Haihan did not even have a sampan.

The fact that it was not sold to Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the price. It is purely because Haihan did not want Ming Dynasty to have a maritime armed force with relatively strong combat effectiveness.

Among them, only Fujian is an exception. The Fujian Navy can not only purchase warships in batches from Haihan, but also let Haihan train officers and sailors on their behalf. Of course, such treatment is only limited to the troops under Xu Xinsu's command. The Ming Dynasty

If the garrison troops from other places want to come and follow Zhanguang, or let Fujian resell the Haihan warships, these are actions that are not allowed by Haihan.

The Ming court was well aware of the intrigues involved, but Fei Cexian also knew that if he asked Haihan not to export weapons and provide military aid to Fujian, or to switch targets to the Ming court, he would most likely have no choice but to do so himself.

Take it as a shame. The Haihan people had ulterior motives in supporting the Fujian garrison. Their attitude towards the Ming court seemed to be intended to win over, but in fact they were extremely wary and would definitely not agree to such a request.

Fei Cexian didn't know about these secrets in the arms trade when he was working in the capital. It was only after he came to Haihan that he gradually came into contact with the inside story. As for the big shots in the court, and even the emperor in the Forbidden City, were they aware of Haihan?

The Han Dynasty was constantly suppressing the Ming Dynasty from all aspects, and Fei Cexian was not optimistic about it.

After all, in the eyes of many people, Haihan does not seem to have the intention to invade the Ming Dynasty on a large scale, and since last year, there has been a favorable argument for Haihan in the capital, believing that Haihan's various actions on the coastline of the Ming Dynasty are actually for the sake of

It was possible to open a sea passage from Sanya to the Liaodong Peninsula, so that troops could be mobilized to the northeast to defend the Ming Dynasty from the Hou Jin offensive, and their military exploits could be used to offset the crime of cutting off Qiongzhou Island from the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of statement, which a discerning person would find ridiculous at first glance, is actually quite popular among the government and the public. Many people are confused by it and think that Haihan is not actually hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Although Fei Cexian does not believe that Haihan people are so kind, but

He also believed that Haihan might have sent troops to Liaodong in order to make Ming Dynasty completely relax trade restrictions. However, when he came to Sanya and came into contact with more information in the library and various occasions, he slowly realized that Haihan

The purpose is not as simple as the outside world thinks. At least the Haihan people use this as a propaganda method when promoting their own arms.

Not counting Hainan Island, there are already seven or eight colonial ports operated by Haihan near the coastline of the Ming Dynasty. More than half of them function as military strongholds, with a certain number of land and sea troops stationed all year round. From north to south, the Ming Dynasty

In fact, the entire coastline is under Haihan's supervision, and being able to control these thousands of miles of sea territory is also one of the evidences used by Haihan to promote its naval power to the outside world.

Even the Ming Empire, which has the most extensive territory and the most powerful national power, has its sea areas under the control of the Haihan Navy. Can there be any more convincing advertising than this? Annan Kingdom, which has been the most active in this regard, in recent years

Under the guise of joint cruises or military exercises, they have sent fleets to frequently operate in the Beibu Gulf, as if they have treated the waters that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty as their own backyard. The reason for Annan's arrogance is precisely because they relied on Haihan to provide

With the warships and training methods, he established his own navy. Although it was not large in scale, it was enough to suppress the Guangxi Ming Army, whose navy had been basically abandoned.

The Fujian Navy is even more aggressive. In the past two years, the Haihan Navy has frequently operated in the Liaodong waters. It is said that ships and personnel from Fujian have always been involved in the fleet. The last time Haihan sent troops to attack Manila, the Fujian side

It seems that troops were also sent to participate in the war. These actions of not greeting the capital were on the one hand a sign of Fujian Xu's disobedience to the imperial court, and on the other hand they showed the combat effectiveness of the Fujian navy with the help of Haihan - now

Today, there is only one Daming Navy that has the strength to send troops to Liaodong and Manila to perform military missions.

Although Fei Cexian didn't like Haihan's deliberate support of Fujian and the artificial separation between the imperial court and local governments, he had to admit that Haihan's strength in maritime armed forces was indeed far superior to that of Ming Dynasty. And if Ming Dynasty wanted to rely on its own efforts

To narrow this gap in strength, I am afraid that the longer it takes, the less likely it is to succeed.

Because according to the information Fei Cexian found in the library, Haihan will create a new fleet every two years or so on average. The navy's strength is expanding at an alarming rate. However, the situation in Ming Dynasty is exactly the opposite.

, in order to have enough military expenditures to support the suppression of bandits in the Central Plains and the defense of enemies in the north, the imperial court had to reduce the expenditure of naval forces in various places, and even canceled the naval establishments that existed in name only in some places, so as not to allow some inactive generals to continue to guard the establishments.

Eating empty pay. Today, there are only a few naval forces on the Ming coastline that can still patrol the sea with a fully-manned fleet.

Amid this ebb and flow, the gap in strength between the two sides at sea is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Fei Cexian cannot think of any solution to this situation. There is definitely no way to fight at sea.

The Han fleet not only has strong ships and powerful guns, but has also been constantly fighting with various people in recent years. This is not an opponent that the Ming navy, which has been idle for many years, can match. Apart from ineffective protests, there is almost no other way for the Ming Dynasty to compete.

The counterattack method that works on Haihan.

Fei Cexian sat in the audience, numbly listening to Bai Kesi's report about Fujian's order for warships. He became increasingly less optimistic about the future of the Ming Dynasty. Although he was not a military strategist, he had come into contact with a lot of information in Sanya, and his vision had already improved.

Through the civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to judge the difference in military emphasis between the two countries and the changing trends in the future. The Ming army will continue to work hard to quell internal and external troubles, and the expensive war expenditure will make it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to allocate resources for some time to come.

The establishment of a maritime armed force will restore the disadvantage, and Haihan will continue to expand its current advantages and further control the long coastline of the Ming Dynasty. Any situation along the coast that has secret collusion with Haihan or openly defected to it like Fujian will only happen in the future.

More and more.

After Fei Cexian came to Sanya, he learned a truth: some problems cannot be solved with money, and some problems cannot be solved at all without money. But today's Ming Dynasty is really unlucky, and it happens that both of these problems are encountered.

Here we are. Of course, Fei Cexian knew that the root cause was not Ming's luck or his solution to the problem, but Haihan's attitude.

Although Zhang Tiangui has told buyers that there may be a delay in delivery, representatives from various countries present have shown a high enthusiasm for buying as always, as if high prices and long delivery times are not problems. Only Annan

and Fujian, a total of eighteen exploration-class ships and six expedition-class ships have been finalized. According to the current cost, the total price of these warships and the weapons and equipment on board has exceeded one million. This does not include

Costs such as hull customization and modification, weapon upgrades, crew training, price increases, etc. will be included later.

"Why are Annan people so rich!" Fei Cexian couldn't help but be a little jealous of the generosity shown by Annan's young prince Zheng Zhu. Annan had always been a backwater in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty in the past. In addition to the unique geographical environment, this country's

With high grain output, it seems that nothing else is good for anything else. Moreover, before Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, this neighboring country had been in the middle of a civil war. In just a few years, there were faint signs of prosperity. This was very important to the Ming Dynasty.

This is definitely not good news.

"There are mines in Annan!" The Champa envoy sitting next to Fei Cexian heard his complaint and revealed the secret: "Iron, coal, and an aluminum ore that the Haihan people are quietly mining are enough.

Turning the Annan people into nouveau riche!”

The Champa envoy knew so much about the situation in Annan that he naturally put a lot of effort into it. Near the Vung Tau Port in the southern part of Annam and bordering Champa, there is an iron mine that has only been officially mined and operated by Annam in the past two years. Although

Its production capacity is far less than that of Shilu Iron Mine, a place that has started to operate mechanized mining, but it is already at the top level in Annan Kingdom. Of course, Haihan's guidance is indispensable for finding this mineral deposit, so there is also Haihan in it.

Han's shares can be regarded as a joint operation between the two countries.

Although the bauxite mine located in the interior of northern Annan is not mined on a large scale, the aluminum extracted is basically supplied to Haihan, and thus it also gains a lot of benefits from Haihan.

Compared with Haihan selling high-tech weapons and equipment, Annan's economic income, which depends on the weather, is much easier to come by, and the profits are quite generous. Moreover, these minerals also absorbed tens of thousands of prisoners of war after the Annan Civil War.

and prisoners, using a large number of these cheap labor forces, the cost of mining mineral deposits can be controlled at a very low level. In just a few years, a large amount of wealth has been accumulated for Annan's treasury. This allows Annan to spend every year to purchase goods from Haihan.

Armed itself with weapons, while maintaining frequent small-scale battles with Siam on the Western Front.

"It turns out that there is a mine at home!" Fei Cexian got this information accidentally, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that God is really blind, why should Annan country have such a cornucopia of money that was obtained without any effort.

Fei Cexian also thought that Haihan seemed to have mined a copper mine on his own in Shandong. It was said that the output was quite rich, but this was obviously a mine of the Ming Dynasty, so why did the Haihan people monopolize it? The imperial court should have issued an order to let the Shandong government

If you get involved in this matter, even if you can't get it back, you must at least set a share ratio with the Haihan people and not let them take advantage of it in vain.

Of course, Fei Cexian didn't know that it was not that the Shandong government had not taken any action, but that as soon as it took action, Haihan sent troops to fight back. As a result, a group of soldiers and horses were lost in Fushan County. But someone is destined to take the blame for this kind of rubbish.

Who dared to report the results of the battle to the court? The Shandong officials saw that the Haihan people had no intention of taking the opportunity to start a war, so they decisively concealed the embarrassing incident.

As for Haihan's mining in the local area, Dengzhou pretended to be deaf and mute after suffering a lot and stopped meddling in its own business. Instead of sending troops to Fushan County to ask for trouble, it would be better to send some people who know business there to follow

People in Haihan can easily earn thousands of taels of silver by doing business. Compared with wars that cost money and kill people, isn't it wonderful to get rich?
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