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Yu Xiaotian reviewed the figures compiled by the Sea Wolf Council. Today, the major immigration areas on Taiwan Island have absorbed hundreds of thousands of registered immigrants, and have cultivated up to 3 million acres of farmland. This number is already considerable.

It is huge. Some of the farmland is newly reclaimed land. At present, the crop yield is low. We can only plant some leguminous crops first to increase the nitrogen content of the soil. In addition, we need to apply a large amount of farmyard manure to fertilize the land, which takes at least two days.

It takes more than a year for the land to become mature and the yield per mu to increase.

But at present, the food produced on Taiwan Island can almost satisfy the immigrants on the island, and there is even a slight surplus, which can be supplied to the army in small quantities.

Therefore, almost all places in Taiwan have entered a virtuous cycle, and Yu Xiaotian no longer worries about feeding so many people.

Moreover, most of the more than 300,000 people are now considered serfs in collective farms. The labor cost is very low. In addition to keeping them fed, although they are also given some wages, the wages are quite low and are only enough for them.

They usually buy some non-rationed items, but even so, most of these immigrants are already very satisfied. Yu Xiaotian can also earn a lot of income from these immigrants every year.

In addition, not all immigrants will go to farm. One-third of the young people will be absorbed into various workshops and become workers. In the workshops, they are responsible for manufacturing various tools and goods to supply local or

Used by the military, there are also a large number of industrial products that will be sold as commodities.

The output these workers bring to Yu Xiaotian every year far exceeds the output brought to Yu Xiaotian by farmers, and now they have become Sea Wolf's largest income.

Sea Wolf's current income is quite mixed, including income from smuggling, which is to put it bluntly, it relies on robbery, as well as a large amount of sea tax and fees, as well as fishery tax and other income, plus the annual sales of goods manufactured in factories,

As a result, Yu Xiaotian's current annual income is at least more than the income of several Fujian provinces, so there is no problem at all.

But at the same time, Yu Xiaotian also spent a lot of money, which was also comparable to the expenditures of several Fujian provinces.

In terms of expenditures, Yu Xiaotian's first priority is the army. Although the government currently pays for part of his military expenses, the actual military pay for his soldiers is higher than that stipulated by the government and army, so on the surface he has to supplement three

one-third of the army

In terms of pay, when it comes to food, the officers and soldiers who follow Yu Xiaotian are much better than other officers and soldiers. The Yu family's soldiers and generals are rationed one and a half kilograms of miscellaneous grains per day, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are rationed only one kilogram. So,

Yu Xiaotian wanted to make up part of it.

In addition, the soldiers of the Yu Jiajun not only have to eat well, but also eat well. They will be given some side dishes for each meal, at least some pickles, and they must have a meat meal in three days. Basically, some meat must be added to the dishes.

Oil, and when possible, some eggs should be given, and vegetables should be purchased as much as possible. During the fruit season, fruits should be purchased for rationing. Each person will also be given a little tea to chew every day.

, you can also soak it in water and drink it.

Officers eat officer meals, which are of better quality and more refined, with mostly fine grains. There are meat dishes almost every day. At the very least, there must be pickled salted fish or some dried seafood, and some are also provided to them.

Roll cigarettes to keep them entertained.

Therefore, the food quality of Yu Jiajun's generals far exceeds the food supply of any army in this era. The navy's food supply is even better. Fish, shrimps or meat and other meat and fish are supplied almost every day, and vegetables and fruits are provided as long as conditions permit.

, let the navy officers and soldiers eat it as much as possible.

Otherwise, after joining Yu Jiajun, many people exclaimed that it was so good, at least it was so good to eat. Even if it is a big pot of rice, according to the standards of future generations, it is tasteless, but in this era, ordinary people

People simply don't dare to eat like this, otherwise their food reserves will be eaten up in just a few months a year.

This is also the reason why the generals of the Yu family's army are so powerful in combat. Most of the Yu family's army recruits are poor people, just to have such a good meal. Many people are willing to work for Yu Xiaotian. In addition, there is sufficient food supply.

It also ensures the physical fitness of the soldiers and generals, making them much stronger in physical strength and endurance than their counterparts, and full of energy.

Food and salary expenditures are only a small part of military expenditures, and the real big part is not yet there. As we all know, the quality of Yu Jiajun's equipment is considered the best in this era. Since the equipment is good, then naturally it cannot be spent.

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The Yu family's military firearms equipment is popularized. The firearms are basically purchased on a one-to-one basis. In addition, a large number of replacement barrels and some wearing parts must be purchased to supply the army with maintenance and replacement at any time. In addition, a batch of them will be reserved.

, as a supplement.

Since there are muskets, ammunition must be supplied. Yu Jiajun currently supplies two types of ammunition, one is miner bullets and the other is ordinary blunderbuss. They are both produced directly in the factory using lead. The blunderbuss bullets for smoothbore muskets

, sometimes soldiers in the army can make them themselves, but minie bombs must be produced in factories.

In addition, the gunpowder supplied by Sea Wolf to the soldiers is fine granular black powder with reasonable formula, high power and low smoke. Initially, small bamboo tubes were used for custom packaging to ensure the same amount of powder each time. However, although the bamboo tubes are well packaged, they are relatively

It was still a bit troublesome, and there was an extra step to process the bamboo tubes, so later they began to gradually use oil paper packaging, which can prevent moisture and ensure the amount of medicine.

Nowadays, ammunition factories employ a large number of female workers, and even some child workers, who are responsible for packaging ammunition. They have even directly packaged bullets into fixed ammunition, which makes it easier for musketeers to use them.

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Now the ammunition factory can produce tens of thousands of fixed ammunition every day. Even if it is not distributed for use, it is temporarily stored in the warehouse and ready to be supplied to the army for use in war.

In addition, the Navy is a big spender. Even if a ship is built using Xiaotian's standardized production method, an ordinary No. 2 Fu Ship will cost at least 400 to 500 taels of silver. Like the one built now

A galenic ship that uses more than a thousand materials to go to sea can easily cost more than 1,500 taels of silver to build. Even after it is equipped with various sails and ropes, it will require at least more than 2,000 taels of silver.

This is still the cost price of a bare ship. If you add in the cannons equipped on the ship, the cost will be even higher. For such a 1,500-material Galen ship, equipped with all the cannons, the cost alone will be

It requires at least nearly ten thousand taels of silver.

This is only what Yu Xiaotian can afford to play with. The Ming Dynasty government cannot afford to play with such expensive things. But even if Yu Xiaotian is now as rich as the country, it is still very difficult to play with this thing.

Fortunately, he has always controlled the size of the navy.

No matter how many new ships Yu Xiaotian built, he always controlled the number of naval warships at around 200. He replaced the old with the new. When equipping a new ship, he replaced the next old ship. If the old ship was no longer useful, it was directly dismantled.

, a small amount of those that can still be used will be allocated to the Naval Officer Academy and used as training ships. When necessary, they can be directly incorporated into the fleet and continued to be used in combat.

In addition, most of the available ships that were replaced were handed over to the merchant fleet of the Council for use as merchant ships. Most of the artillery on the ship was dismantled, and only a limited number of artillery pieces were retained for self-protection on the ship. This allowed him to survive

He must be able to survive, otherwise, the unrestricted expansion of the navy would have driven him bankrupt long ago.

Fortunately, although these decommissioned ships have been converted into merchant ships or cargo ships, when necessary, as long as Yu Xiaotian gives an order, these ships can be reorganized into the fleet and used as warships. They only need to be equipped with all the soldiers and generals on them, and equipped with

Artillery can regain combat effectiveness immediately.

In addition, a large number of merchant ships also brought huge profits to Yu Xiaotian. Now Yu Xiaotian has more than 400 merchant ships on hand, at least more than a thousand. These ships are considered big ships in the Ming Dynasty.

, with such a fleet size, if you look around Asia, you really can’t find another one now.

There are now forty to fifty thousand sailors in the Merchant Navy working for Yu Xiaotian. If necessary, these people can be transferred to the navy at any time in the future. On the surface, these people are given monthly salary.

The wages cost him a lot of money, but the profits these ships brought him were staggeringly high. It was really a piece of cake to support these people and the ships.

Nowadays, the routes of Sea Wolf's merchant fleet have spread all over Asia, including Japan, North Korea, and Southeast Asian countries. Ships have sailed as far as India, not to make money, but to open up shipping routes, and even

Several expedition ships have now arrived in the Americas and Oceania. Next, he will send more ships and manpower to explore these places, draw his own world chart, and establish a new world where he landed.

Bridgehead, prepare in advance for the next large number of immigrants.

So now as long as Yu Xiaotian is willing, he can sweep all the maritime forces along the entire East Asian coast at any time, and he will not encounter any decent opponents.

Of course, only Yu Xiaotian and his core members can know this kind of thing. The Ming Dynasty court does not know these things. According to the military register reported by Yu Xiaotian to the Fujian government, the naval establishment he has on hand is only 120.

Ten warships only have a strength of 15,000 men. In fact, Yu Xiaotian has nearly 8,000 more naval forces. The current navy has an actual strength of at least 20,000 men.

Military expenditure is a large part of Sea Wolf's expenditure, but compared with other expenditures, it is only the tip of the iceberg. Every year, Yu Xiaotian has to invest a lot in other aspects, of which the school is also a big part.

Yu Xiaotian attaches great importance to the issue of education. In the future, if he wants to develop industry, he needs to build a modern army. Officers and technicians must be educated, and they cannot just learn things like the Four Books and Five Classics. They must accept

A more complete education, including mathematics, physics and chemistry, is indispensable. If you don't understand these, you won't know how to fire a cannon when you become an officer, let alone a technician in a factory in the future.

Therefore, since Yu Xiaotian first captured Nanri Island, he has actually planned to build Sea Wolf's school, specifically recruiting children and teenagers between the ages of six and thirteen, and there is no gender restriction, both men and women are welcome.