Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

The evil done by heaven can be forgiven, but the evil done by man cannot be lived!

Qin Hao has not decided yet on what to do with Zheng Zhilong, but it is certain that he will not be beheaded like the Manchus. There are still hundreds of ships waiting in Xiamen. Killing them is definitely asking for trouble.

It is unlikely that he will let go for the time being. It is better to wait for the money to be delivered. With Zheng Zhilong in hand, the Xiamen Navy will naturally be able to avoid rats.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the shops in Keelung City are full of people again, and many shops have been opened in every corner of the city.

Anyone who is not blind can see that every inch of land in Keelung City is at a premium.

For this reason, Zhuge Xuan had a lot of headaches. He took the bill and went to the general's mansion to find Qin Hao, hoping to use a sum of redemption money to renovate the old city. Zheng Zhilong's money had almost arrived, and Qin Hao later went to see him in person.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong with a shiny face, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a little funny. One month of imprisonment did not make him lose weight, but made him fatter.

This indirectly proves that Keelung’s water really nourishes people!

As for Zheng Zhilong's attitude, it didn't matter at all. Qin Hao personally took him to the Keelung Shipyard. When he saw a shipyard with such specifications, he was immediately stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses and said that he didn't dare to fight anymore. As for whether it is true or false, only he knows, and Qin Hao doesn't care.

Recently, Qin Hao has been obsessed with beauty, and Li Xiangjun was picked up by him from Jinling.

Two people, oh, no, three people, plus Bai Ling'er, the three of them are Riri Shengge.

Although they are two women, Qin Hao is still very charming and shows no signs of weakness.

If Zhuge Xuan hadn't come over every day to cause trouble, Qin Hao would have been a little obsessed with beauty.

Seemingly realizing that this was indeed inappropriate, Qin Hao moved into the study room of the Government Affairs Hall in recent days and handled political affairs with Zhuge Xuan.

"Lord, the budget for the demolition of the city wall has been calculated." Zhuge Xuan's voice rang from the desk. Qin Hao took it and looked at the last line of the report.

Thirty thousand taels! Be good! Shocked!

"How much does it cost to demolish a city wall?" Qin Hao asked suspiciously.

"It is not only the city walls that need to be demolished, but also some private houses, and the area in Keelung City needs to be reorganized." Zhuge Xuan explained.

"Half of it is the price of recruiting civilian laborers. Since the release of a group of Zheng family prisoners, labor prices in Keelung and Hsinchu have soared." Zhuge Xuan's eyes showed a hint of helplessness.

"There is nothing we can do about it. Cheap prisoners are not always available."

Qin Hao is very open-minded about this. But he also knew that the development of a city must inevitably rely on low-cost labor, so Keelung City must open another base.

There are not many options in front of you, including Ming Dynasty, Japan, and the Li Dynasty.

"Which place do you think is better?" Qin Hao asked Zhuge Xuan. Zhuge Xuan put down the report in his hand, pondered for a moment, then turned his head and analyzed it slowly.

"My lord, let's not make any moves this Ming Dynasty for the time being. The officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are so arrogant that their whole body can be affected by a single move. They are not easy to ask for advice."

"As for the Li Dynasty, it's a good choice, but they are trying their best to resist Houjin. If we recruit people on a large scale, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

The current Li family dynasty is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. It is a bit inhumane to attack him at this time. In a few years, when he surrenders to Hou Jin, and then the army attacks, there will be no worries.

"In this case, it is ruled that they are the four Japanese islands!" Qin Hao said firmly.

"This time I will personally lead the troops, attack Japan, and march to Kyoto."

"My lord, let the generals below go. Your body of gold..."

Before Zhuge Xuan finished speaking, Qin Hao interrupted him. It was okay to talk about other places, but not Japan.

In Qin Hao's heart, there are two places that he must conquer personally, one is the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Japan. The former is the homeland, a great country, and if it conquers the world, it is a place of hegemony. It is hard to rest assured when fighting against others. As for Japan, it is a great hatred. If it is not cut off with one's own hands, it will be arrogant to cross it once.

"Get ready to go down early, and make sure to take good care of it this time." Qin Hao's eyes showed blazing heat.

Not only Qin Hao, but also Zhuge Xuan felt the heat rushing through his chest.

Putting aside everything else, from a profit perspective, Japan's journey can definitely make a lot of money. After the Tokugawa shogunate won the Battle of Sekigahara, Japan began to implement a true sense of isolation. Except for several powerful vassals such as Satsuma Domain in the southwest, Japan could not find a treaty port.

This was the reason why Zheng Zhilong agreed to the Keelung Treaty before. He married a Fuso woman and had close contacts with the Satsuma clan, but Qin Hao couldn't do it. It was by grasping this that he felt confident.

The four islands of Japan, with 30 million people, are such a huge market. Moreover, it is right next to Taiwan. As long as it is opened, Keelung's career will definitely skyrocket.

In addition to Japan, there is another place that Qin Hao can't forget, and that is the Ryukyu Islands. This pearl necklace suspended overseas has many good harbors and a superior geographical location. No wonder the beautiful countries of later generations paid so much attention to it and insisted on stationing troops again.

Qin Hao liked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's talents and strategies very much when he was a student, and he also remembered his words in his heart.

The bandits can go, and so can I!

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, successive Ryukyu kings have requested for canonization from the Chinese emperor. It was not until the 16th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty that the relationship between king and minister was formally established.

It has been almost two hundred years now, and the people of Ryukyu have long admired the favor of the Celestial Emperor, and Qin Hao deeply agrees with this.

As another pearl in the East China Sea, Qin Hao knows the significance of Ryukyu to Taiwan. He is the hatred in the hearts of every Chinese. If Ryukyu is captured, the problem of the island chain entering the Pacific will be easily solved.

"Go to Japan first, then plan for the Ming Dynasty!" Ryukyu made Qin Hao more determined in this decision.

Firstly, the Ming Dynasty is still alive, but it costs a lot to buy it now; secondly, Qin Hao discovered that Japan is now closing itself off, and his products cannot enter at all.

This was absolutely not allowed, so Qin Hao decided to blast it away with a cannon himself.

Let Japan not suffer the hardship of being closed to the outside world and save the millions of people living in the land of Fusang.

Soon, an official document from the general's office was passed to the officers of the navy and army. It only contained eight words: Prepare the army for war, so as to achieve subsequent effects.

For a time, military songs were blaring loudly on school grounds everywhere, and all soldiers were training desperately.

The benefits brought by the battle with Zheng Zhilong to this group of soldiers were so huge that it was jaw-dropping. Generally, the third-class enlisted soldiers had Jia Shang worth 10 taels of silver, but they had not yet gone to the battlefield.

For those who went to the battlefield and killed the enemy, the rewards in their hands all started at fifty taels, and there were no deductions from them. They were given out one by one by the staff in the camp.

The relaxation that lasted for three whole days was reflected in the hearts of every soldier. Soldiers also want to have a bite to eat. With such a master, who is not afraid of death and is a hero?

The officers were even more generous with the money. Some bought shops and houses in Keelung, and some were more squandering and went away. Three days later, they were all carried out. It wasn't that they didn't have enough money, but that their bodies couldn't bear it. The incident caused quite a stir in the army, and the man was given fifty lashes, of course after his back injury healed.

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