New Ming Empire mixed in America

After the taxation matter was settled, Li Mingqi felt much more relaxed, and all the subsequent domestic matters could be left to the ministers.

All that's left is Commander Zaragoza, who dealt with the invasion of Mexican soldiers.

Not to mention, go to the gallows.

Li Mingqi didn't care if he was a Mexican hero or not, he was a war criminal for invading the New Ming Empire.

After the domestic affairs were settled, it was August 1863, the day when the Xinming Empire's squadron set out.

This temporary expeditionary squadron was made up of a new ironclad ship as the flagship, followed by two ironclad battleships converted from sailing battleships, along with thirty ironclad gunboats and a regiment of the National Defense Forces.

The naming ceremony of the ironclad ship was also postponed because of these rubbish things, and was planned to wait until the squadron returned.

Their mission was to retravel the route they took during the expedition to Peru, but their final destination was Argentina.

This godson of Dai Ying danced a little too hard last time, how could Li Mingqi let him go?

"I didn't expect that our navy would also have its own squadron. Time flies so fast."

Song He stood behind Li Mingqi and saw off the squadron. Looking at the fleet that blew the whistle and left the port, he couldn't help but sigh.

I remember that when he came to the Xinming Empire, there were only two old-fashioned sailing warships in the whole country.

Three years have passed and the navy has developed to its current level.

Although training in the navy caused Song He to lose a lot of hair, looking back now, it was all worth it.

"What kind of squadron is this? It's just a formation at most."

Li Mingqi shook his head and said: "When there are more warships in the future, we can expand the strength of this formation, at least to suppress the countries in the northern and southern states."

Song He scratched his head and said strangely: "Your Majesty, this squadron can now make these countries cautious. No country in the coastal waters of America has the maritime strength to easily defeat them."

Li Mingqi glanced at him when he heard this. Song He had been a little distracted recently.

"Do you know how many offshore gunboats the Northern Federation has?"

After seeing Song He shaking his head, Li Mingqi said: "There are at least more than 400 offshore warships of various types, and new warships are constantly being launched."

This was the first time Song He heard about the naval strength of the United States, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised by the number of the enemy.

Although they are all offshore warships, the ants kill the elephants.

But then I thought about it carefully and felt something was wrong, so I asked: "Your Majesty, we can't go to the Gulf of Mexico. I'm talking about the countries in South America..."

I almost got bypassed by His Majesty!

"Okay, let's not talk about the naval strength of the Northern Federation, but the navies of various European countries cannot be underestimated, and they also joined forces to launch the Crimean War."

When Li Mingqi saw Song He reacting, he touched his nose and thought of an idea to beat him, so he said:

“Does Tsarist Russia’s Black Sea Fleet alone know how many warships there were in the Crimean War at that time?”

After seeing Song He shaking his head, Li Mingqi continued: "Four 120-gun battleships, 12 84-gun battleships, four 60-gun cruisers and a large number of auxiliary ships."

At this point, Li Mingqi will not mention it anymore. The size of the Black Sea Fleet is much stronger than the expedition fleet that the British led last time.

But there is a premise, that is, the Black Sea Fleet does not have steam power as an auxiliary, and it is still the old routine of sail battleships, and the Black Sea Fleet

But Li Mingqi would not say this. After all, he wanted to beat Song He to prevent him from continuing to expand.

Song He was indeed taken aback, because he knew that Russia had failed in the Crimean War, and the Black Sea Fleet was the name of a squadron.

The size of a squadron was so huge, he couldn't imagine how many warships there would be if all the warships in Tsarist Russia were added together.

Seeing that Song He was fooled, Li Mingqi nodded with satisfaction.

People should not be too inflated, otherwise they will easily make mistakes.

If the west coast was not too far away from Europe and had no direct interests, Daiying would have suffered such a big loss and would have brought his entire family and allies to beat Li Mingqi.

It seems that Li Mingqi is like a flat-headed brother who gets angry with everyone, but now the Xinming Empire is in a unique position.

If you want to come from Europe, it will take several months. A round trip is no closer than traveling from Europe to the Far East.

And will defeating the Xinming Empire bring any benefits to other European countries?

Obviously not. As long as the Xinming Empire exists for one day, Daiying will have to distract his attention to prevent Li Mingqi from interfering with their rule in Canada.

Otherwise, Tsarist Russia would not have recognized the Xinming Empire so casually, and Nasan would not have sent people to discuss matters in Mexico with Li Mingqi.

Moreover, except for Dai Ying, who was beyond the reach of the Xin Ming Empire, the remaining countries that had no dealings with the Xin Ming Empire were all small countries that had just become independent a few years ago.

Such as Peru, such as Argentina, such as Mexico, which just committed suicide.

What threat can these smelly fish and rotten shrimps pose to the Xinming Empire?

And if these countries hadn't been sent to Europe by the map Li Mingqi, most people might not have known that these countries existed in the world.

After the temporary squadron was no longer visible on the sea, Li Mingqi withdrew his gaze and asked Song He:

"When will the captured warships be refitted?"

Li Mingqi had no intention of returning the captured warships.

The European rules are not applicable to Li Mingqi.

European countries can take the warship back through diplomacy after it is captured, or they can be soft and pay some money to get the warship back.

But did Li Mingqi give them that little compensation?

What the Xinming Empire now lacks is warships. After the modification of these captured warships is completed, the naval strength of the Xinming Empire will increase a lot. No amount of money can be paid to get them back.

Only when you are strong can you speak forcefully. Otherwise, just relying on money to maintain relations with other countries is similar to being a coward, isn't it?

Therefore, during this period, the envoys from the Netherlands have been lingering in San Francisco, wanting to take back their captured warships.

Of the Dutch warships, only one was captured because it had been overhauled, and the rest were sunk.

But the Netherlands was not prepared to give up on the battleship, and wanted to rely on diplomacy to get Li Mingqi to agree.

But how could Li Mingqi compromise just because the other party acknowledged that the Xinming Empire was a country?

They don't need to recognize whether the Xinming Empire is a country or not, and they have no dealings with them anyway.

Nowadays, the industrial products of the Xinming Empire have markets in various countries in the Americas, and are even exported to Japan and Goryeo in the Far East.

During the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty, matches and nails produced by the New Ming Empire appeared, and various clocks with simple craftsmanship were even better sellers.

However, the sales of various agricultural tools were not successful in the Puppet Qing Dynasty. After all, the landlords did not have any surplus grain, and ordinary people did not have the money to buy these things now.

However, various old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns sold well, especially those of the Satsuma domain of the Japanese state. Before 1865, the slogan of the Japanese state was to respect the king and repel the foreigners.

Later, it evolved into a movement to overthrow the shogunate because Oitei supported the overthrow faction headed by the Satsuma clan and attacked the shogunate supported by Naomi.

But now Takasugi Shinsaku, who proposed "opening the harbor to protest" and making "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" a thing of the past, has been turned into a roast duck by the new Ming Dynasty film.

In Li Mingqi's eyes, this strategy of respecting the king and repelling the barbarians is very suitable. He doesn't know how long it will last.

The Japanese country that fought hard with foreigners and did not develop its own industrial strength was the good Japanese country in Li Mingqi's eyes.

Li Mingqi strongly supported providing weapons to the Japanese warriors who fought against the foreigners.

Nowadays, the old-fashioned weapons produced by Foxconn factories are very popular. Not only did the Southern Alliance exchange them for cotton, but some people even came to purchase them from the Austrian Empire some time ago.

During this period, due to the continuous growth of Prussia and the conflict with Nazirite, the Austrian Empire was now somewhat passive.

The Austrian Empire, which was suppressed overtly and covertly, could only purchase weapons from abroad, but nearby countries that had the strength to provide weapons in large quantities would not sell them to it at all.

So they turned their attention to Li Mingqi, who had been jumping up and down in European newspapers recently to support the workers.

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