I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Xu Baoxin and others were completely desperate when they saw the pile of goods.

Obviously, Wu Zhiyue did not lie to them. They need to think carefully about what to do next.

"Business is really bad now."

Xu Baoxin said with emotion.

"I don't think so. I just inquired everywhere and found a big news. Governor Wu bought spices from the Dutch and only needed one tael of silver and a pound, while other businessmen bought spices from Governor Wu for two Two silvers a pound. What's even worse is that everyone sells porcelain to him for only three taels of silver, and he sells it to the Dutch for fifty taels. If we bypass him and trade directly with the Dutch, the profits will be more than a few. times."

A cloth merchant surnamed Huang said that he has now planned to dispose of the goods in his hands at a low price, and then focus on doing business with overseas merchants.

"But who among us speaks Dutch? Those bird languages ​​are so obscure that it is impossible to communicate."

Xu Baoxin complained.

Although Huaxia also has various dialects, communication in general is not a problem.

It would be more convenient if both parties had read books, and the written terms are the same as the national standard.

"For this, we can send smart people from home, and then hire Lu Shanwei to teach."

Manager Huang said.

He did not know that at this time, Lu Shanwei had been assigned a task by Wu Changqing, that is, to open a foreign language school in Songjiang to teach Dutch and Portuguese.

In addition, Wu Changqing is still sending people around to find people who can speak English, and he is going to get them over to be teachers.

There will be a huge shortage of people who can speak foreign languages ​​in the future, and Wu Changqing has already begun to train in advance.

Wu Changqing stayed in Songjiang for a few days, personally instructing Sun Yangxiao, the magistrate of Songjiang County, how to manage and develop this Songjiang business district.

This is the county town that he attaches the most importance to, and Sun Yangxiao is also generously taught.

"If you can manage Songjiang well for me, you will choose the official positions of the third or fourth rank in the future. If you can't manage this place well."

Wu Changqing didn't say it clearly, and let Sun Yangxiao experience it himself.

Sun Yangxiao hurriedly said that he would do everything in his power to die, and pick the third or fourth rank officials at will. The temptation was too great, so big that he could hold back and not embezzle.

When you reach the third rank, you will earn more at that time.

After a few days in Songjiang, Wu Changqing returned to Suzhou.

When he got home, he found that Qian Ruyu, Dong Xiaowan and others were having fun playing with Chen Yuyan and the others in the backyard. They were playing mahjong made by Wu Changqing.

"How's your luck, have you lost all your private money?"

Wu Changqing walked up to Chen Yuyan and made a joke.

His words made Chen Yuyan blushed, but she also enjoyed Wu Changqing's way of speaking.

"Sister-in-law's luck is good, I'm the only one who lost five taels of silver."

Wu Yu complained.

"If you continue to play after losing so much, are you not afraid of losing all your New Year's money?" Wu Changqing asked with a smile.

"It's your fault, Governor-General, for making such a fun game, I even lost eight taels of silver, and I still can't bear to end it."

Qian Ruyu said.

"Blame me, blame me, I'll personally lose some money to you."

Wu Changqing had not touched mahjong for a long time, so he took this opportunity to play two.

Then Chen Yuyan gave him the position and let him play.

It's just that Wu Changqing said he was going to lose money, but he didn't let out any water when the fight started. His poker skills are definitely better than those of those who have just learned, plus luck is not bad, even Hu three.

"Oops, I'm sorry for being stupid again, let's give and give."

Wu Changqing smiled and stretched out his hand to ask for money.

"Big liar, he also said he wanted to send money, his card skills are obviously better than that of his sister-in-law."

Wu Yu complained.

When Qian Ruyu was taking out the money, her finger pretended to touch Wu Changqing's hand inadvertently.

If it were a teenager who had never tasted meat, this would definitely be unbearable, and he might have imagining it immediately, and then he would have a physiological reaction.

And now Wu Changqing is indifferent to this level of teasing.

While they were playing, suddenly the personal soldiers came to report that there was an emergency military situation.

"You keep playing."

Wu Changqing stopped helplessly. For him, leisure has become a luxury.

After Wu Changqing left, Dong Xiaowan said, "Your Excellency the Governor is really funny. He clearly holds a lot of troops and is in charge of a province's finances, yet he is so happy because he won two taels of silver."

"He's always like this when he's not on official business."

Chen Yuyan has become accustomed to Wu Changqing's double-sidedness, serious and serious when dealing with business affairs, but frivolous and impetuous on weekdays.

"Lord Governor is so interesting, you are lucky, Yu Yan."

Qian Ruyu said.

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According to the intelligence, the army of the Manchu Qing had already begun to march south, and the exact number is unknown, but it is estimated to be more than 100,000 people.

At present, Wu Changqing's intelligence system is limited to the south of the Yangtze River and is relatively complete, and there is only a small amount of infiltration in the north of the Yangtze River, so the inquired information is not very accurate.

The only certainty is that the main force of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army, has begun to move south.

This is actually what Wu Changqing expected. For this battle, he has already prepared

For a long time, not only has the army expanded to 60,000 troops, but there are still 20,000 people in the training camp on standby at any time.

The soldiers in these training camps are training basic combat skills every day. As long as the battle ahead is tight, they can be dispatched to fight at any time, which is not much different from the regular army.

There are only so many troops for the time being. Although they are still recruiting and expanding, the basic training also takes a month, and there are only so many troops in a short period of time.

In terms of weapons, there are already 6,000 flintlock guns, 9,000 ordinary arquebuses, 3,000 crossbows, 3,000 war horses, and 30 artillery pieces.

These thirty artillery pieces are all large-caliber cannons of the red-clothed cannon level. More importantly, these artillery pieces can now fire both solid rounds and howitzer rounds.

However, the number of howitzer shells is currently small. This thing is all hand-made. Because of the exquisite structure, it has to be completed by very skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, howitzer shells can only be made by hand at present, and there is no way to mass-produce them. How to simplify the structure and achieve mass production is the next subject for Guan Mengfei.

After looking at the data of his troops and weapons, Wu Changqing felt that he could have a head-to-head battle with the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Wu Changqing stayed in the study alone, looking at a very accurate map, he was thinking about how to fight this battle to minimize losses.

If the loss is too large, he will not have the strength to attack Nanjing again.

And when he rested, Man Qing was able to take a breath. With the territory currently controlled by the Manchus, it is much easier to restore strength than Wu Changqing.

Therefore, Wu Changqing must do low loss and come to a big victory. Then take the opportunity to advance to the northwest and take the two cities of Zhenjiang and Nanjing, so as to defend the river and gain a firm foothold in the south.

However, how to achieve low loss?

Wu Changqing fell into thought.