New Ming Empire mixed in America

With new clothes and new shoes, the loyalty of the people of the empire to His Majesty the Emperor has increased by at least several percentage points.

Of course, these people still don't have much sense of belonging to the new empire. Now their thoughts are similar to the servants of a wealthy family.

They will work for whoever gives them enough food to eat. Of course, it would be better if they get paid.

When Liu Youcai told Li Mingqi what these people were thinking, our Emperor was shocked.

"You mean these unscrupulous people are just greedy for my food and welfare?"

Li Mingqi's voice was at least an octave higher, causing Liu Youcai to rub his ears and quietly take a few steps back, fearing that Long Live Lord's waving arm would hit him.

"Long live my lord, it's not that these people are ignorant, it's actually that our Xinming Empire is a bit... The late emperor founded the country in a hurry and has not yet spread his reputation, so..."

Liu Youcai considered his words, trying to make Long Live Master understand the empire's current difficulties.

"No, since these unruly people don't know what to do, don't blame me. Old Liu, tomorrow you ask Erhe to come up with a charter for forming an army, and ask all those unruly people to serve as soldiers for me."

After Liu Youcai hurriedly went to Liu Erhe to discuss the conscription, His Majesty the Emperor still looked indignant.

I thought that these unscrupulous people followed him because of his personal charm, but who knew that they actually did it for food and clothing.

Li Mingqi felt a bit sad like those modern capitalists: "I talk to you about the future, and you talk to me about wages?"

Sighing, Li Mingqi walked out of the captain's cabin under the starry sky, and led the four losers toward the warehouse.

After purchasing 500 new sets of camouflage uniforms and protective shoes, I went back to bed with a depressed look on my face.

As for the jeans that were given out earlier, just treat them as welfare and let those unscrupulous people take advantage.

As the leader of an empire and the future ruler of thousands of people, the Emperor slept until noon the next day.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Liu Erhe ran over to report on the establishment of the New Ming Empire's National Defense Force.

Yes, in view of the nonsense names proposed by the imperial ministers such as: Xinming Green Camp, Two Hundred Warriors, Tiger Descending Team, etc., Li Mingqiyu, who couldn't bear it, gave it the title of the New Ming Empire National Defense Force.

Today, the Xinming Empire has a total of: 211 National Defense Force soldiers (tentative) and 26 Jin Yiwei (new ones).

There are a total of important civil and military ministers of the empire: Liu Youcai, the Minister of Rites, Prime Minister and Secretary; Liu Erhe, the commander of the imperial guard and commander of the Jinyi Guards; General Cui Jianguo, and Sun Laifu, the captain of the Jinyi Guards.

At this time, all the important civil and military ministers in the conference room were present. In the main seat, Li Mingqi listened very carefully to Liu Erhe's statement on the establishment of the National Defense Force and delivered an important speech that was not said at all.

Seeing these loyal ministers who brought their own dry food, His Majesty the Emperor solemnly presented them with beautiful cakes.

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The boring life at sea always makes people feel that time flies very fast.

During the two-month voyage, the Asuka had completely changed. After this period of selection and training, the number of National Defense Force soldiers dropped to 150.

Craftsmen including carpenters, blacksmiths, potters and other craftsmen were organized into the logistics camp. According to His Majesty the Emperor's instructions: Talents should shine in the right positions.

(Actually, these people are...a bit older.)

Different from the muskets and knives used by the Jinyiwei, each soldier of the National Defense Force has a musket and a hand axe.

Due to the number of people, these soldiers of the New Ming Empire Defense Force have been temporarily divided into three combat orders:

Ten people form a team, with a team leader and a deputy team leader.

Five teams form a squadron, with a squadron leader and a deputy squadron leader.

The three squadrons form a brigade, with a brigade captain and a deputy brigade captain.

The army is responsible for food, clothing, and housing. Ordinary soldiers are paid five taels of silver per month, squad leaders are paid fifteen taels, squadron leaders are thirty taels, and group captains are paid fifty taels.

Everyone in Jinyiwei receives the same treatment, and each person's monthly salary is fifty taels.

As for the important ministers of the empire, they have no wages for the time being because they have escaped from low-level tastes.

"It actually took nearly four months for this broken ship to travel from the Qing Dynasty to San Francisco?"

Looking at the light of the lighthouse faintly emerging in the distant dawn, His Majesty the Emperor kept complaining.

In his opinion, a voyage of so many days was really a disgrace to a clipper ship.

"Dear Li, you know this is almost the fastest boat."

"Besides, I stayed in Japan for more than a month because of piracy."

Ernesto, who was also holding binoculars next to him, said dissatisfiedly.

After two months of contact, Ernesto had complex senses about this mysterious Li.

Ever since he bought the Bird, there seemed to be an endless supply of food and fresh water in the cabin.

Although he said he bought it the last time he docked, do you really think he is blind?

"I know that there is a steamship in Europe that is driven by two wheels. I heard that it is very fast."

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Ernesto with caring eyes.

This made this self-proclaimed well-informed businessman feel very unhappy:

"That kind of ship is fast but not suitable for ocean going. You must know that steam ships have a high failure rate and cannot overcome the terrible waves. These waves may collapse the steam ship's chimney, immerse the steam boiler, and may even cut off their propellers.

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"And each voyage requires a large amount of coal, which will undoubtedly make the warehouse smaller. Its maintenance cost is much higher than that of a sailboat."

"Besides, there are only a few ports around the world that can provide coal supplies, and as long as a sailing ship has water and food, its endurance is almost unlimited."

"The most important thing is... although steam ships are faster than ordinary merchant ships,... no matter how small the Bird is, it is still a clipper ship!"

Ernesto gently caressed this old ship that was more than ten years old, with a look of reluctance on his face. He did not pay any attention to what he said, especially the last slap in the face, which made His Majesty the Emperor very unhappy.

Feeling the cloth bag in his arms, the reluctance on Ernesto's face immediately turned into a satisfied smile.

The cloth bag contains the old-fashioned aluminum lunch box and fluorescent cross.

"After arriving at the port, I suggest you take a few more people off the ship. San Francisco (San Francisco) is now more...unfriendly to foreigners."

Ernesto reminded His Majesty the Emperor very sincerely.

"It's not unfriendly, it's arrogance and discrimination. I'm very curious. It's ridiculous that a country composed of criminals and villains can discriminate against others."

His Majesty the Emperor has a very bad feeling towards Americans. (It seems like America is okay? (??????ω????)?)

"I agree with you, but after all, it is the territory of the Jews. Those son-of-a-bitch capitalists have high-minded eyes."

Ernesto also had a bad attitude towards the United States. After all, the fact that the great British Empire was bitten back by his own son really made Ernesto, a British man, a little angry.

"If I want to open a factory on the West Coast, what should I pay attention to?" Li Mingqi asked humbly.

Ernesto's answer was simple:

"Gold coins, gold coins, gold coins, son of a bitch. In this garbage dump, only gold coins can make those bugs look at you."

"I want to open a gun factory and a steel factory, or something else. Now I need an agent."

His Majesty the Emperor watched Ernesto speak slowly, and pointed to the very obvious traces of the square cloth bag on the other man's chest.

"I am a noble British businessman. I will be a large farmer or something in the future. But I will definitely not be an agent left in this damn garbage heap."

Ernesto hesitated for only a few seconds before refusing.

This time he went to the Far East to trade, although he almost went bankrupt because he didn't understand the market. But after meeting this "generous" Li, Ernesto has completely escaped the bankruptcy crisis, and even increased his assets more than ten times.

"Agent for aluminum or luminous gemstones..." His Majesty the Emperor added slowly.

This sentence immediately changed Ernesto's life goals:

"Dear boss, I think America is actually a charming country, especially the...um...cute seagulls living there."