New Ming Empire mixed in America

After the Yang Sanshi incident was over, Li Mingqi called Song He over.

"I heard that you used to be a pirate?"

Looking at this strong man with a hairy beard, Li Mingqi asked curiously.

In his previous life, he could only hear about pirates in a certain area on the news. This was the first time he saw real pirates, and they were Chinese versions.

"In today's world, if we don't rob others, others will rob us. Well...I'm talking about those foreigners."

Looking at Li Mingqi's face, Song He immediately said, "Our brothers have not robbed our own people. Besides, it's all hard work. What can we rob?"

"We are robbing all the merchants who do business with foreigners. You don't know that not one of those people has been wronged even if they were beheaded."

"Take our Guangzhou as an example. These maritime merchants who do business with foreigners, their goods are not tea and porcelain, but people!"

"Live people were sold to that place called the British West Indies to work as coolies, so it was these bastards that I robbed!"

Listening to Song He angrily denounce the poor labor dispatch environment during this period, as well as the unethical behavior of openly visiting people's doorsteps to recruit men.

Li Mingqi just sighed. What would he do if he didn't sigh?

If he dared to mention 1859...

If Lao Chongguang teamed up with Parkes and Aliguo, who was already the consul in Guangzhou at that time, to jointly try to control the coolie trade...

The above paragraph is probably gone.

"What you have done in the past has nothing to do with the Xinming Empire, and I will not pursue it. But if you dare to break the law in the future, I guarantee that you will regret coming here."

After Li Mingqi knocked Song He, he asked again: "I heard that you can control the kind of foreign paddle steamers?"

"Back to your Majesty, I once worked in a foreign shipyard. Their boiler-controlled paddle steamers are actually not much more difficult to operate than sailboats."

Song He is not ambiguous about his old profession at all, and he also knows that now is not the time to be modest.

What if he was humble and Li Mingqi took it seriously? So he just took over everything.

However, Song He was not bragging. He was indeed very experienced in controlling the two Spanish warships of the Xinming Empire.

He could even skillfully drive several impounded paddle steamers and make some tactical moves that could be used in naval battles.

Although Li Mingqi didn't understand, the Spanish navy he hired did.

Under the explanations of these people, Li Mingqi finally understood what upper position is and what professional terms such as the prefix T are.

After Song He returned to the shore after the demonstration, Li Mingqi arranged for him to become the captain of a warship.

Let him train some navies who can move ships skillfully as soon as possible. As for naval battles...that is a matter for the future.

The century-old navy is not only talking about battleships, but also the sailors who control the battleships.

After leaving the resettlement area, Li Mingqi simply took advantage of some time to go to the military camp of the National Defense Force.

Because of the impending war, the soldiers now mainly practice shooting, and the second is formation.

From the Xinming Type 60 rifles to the imperial rotary machine guns equipped in each platoon, to the light mortars equipped at the company level, the sound of gunfire in the military camp has never stopped.

In the evening, I concentrated on studying the works of His Majesty Li Mingqi.

Every time at this time, the instructors temporarily acted as guards in uniforms would hold teaching materials and tirelessly tell the soldiers about loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and protecting the family and the people.

In the evening, there are also warm-hearted gestures such as tucking in the quilt and delivering hot water.

It has greatly improved the mental outlook of the soldiers and also made them know what a sense of responsibility is.

Although the current queue training of new recruits of the National Defense Force is only at the level after military training in universities in later generations.

But compared to the current army... no, even if it were placed in the Republic of China, it would at least have the mental outlook of a regular army.

In order to prepare the soldiers for the future Battle of San Francisco, wartime regulations had already been implemented during this time.

The food was also changed from military camp food to field food, and the hard days of compressed biscuits and boiled water began.

But the hard life in Li Mingqi's eyes was not what the soldiers thought in their hearts.

It can be said that having enough food and drink is already the highest ideal for people in this era.

It is estimated that this kind of thinking will slowly change after the third and fourth generations of the Xinming Empire grow up.

After watching the grenade throwing training for a while, Li Mingqi called Sun Laifu over to ask about the progress.

"Long live my lord, don't worry. I'll give you another half a month. After the soldiers are basically used to obeying orders, they can go off to war."

Although Li Mingqi was anxious, he also knew that war is not a game. Soldiers can get through with just a click of the mouse.

In reality, logistics alone can drive people crazy. During this period, Liu Youcai, who works part-time as the logistics manager, has been so busy that he has not appeared in several chapters.

During this period, not only did the National Defense Forces intensify their training, but even the Foxconn factory began a later-generation advanced model in which personnel were rotated and machines were constantly rotated.

They worked overtime to store bullets and produce artillery shells. After grenades began to be equipped on a large scale into the hands of soldiers, the Foxconn factory opened a new workshop to produce grenades.

Today's Foxconn is no longer the small workshop that only had a single factory No. 1.

After completion, the arsenal can be said to be ranked among the best in the entire Americas.

It's a pity that now it can only produce some basic mortar parts and modified Enfield rifles.

However, the twelve-pounder Napoleon cannon has been successfully imitated, laying a solid foundation for future artillery production.

Li Mingqi planned to keep these artillery pieces that had become obsolete in the Xinming Empire and then look for opportunities to sell them to Li Shiqiang.

To add fuel to the fire of the Civil War, the Southern Army could not surrender in humiliation.

Think about how strong the Confederate army under Li Shiqiang was. The capital was directly designated as Richmond, right next to Washington. It vividly demonstrated the American version of the emperor guarding the country.

While the Xinming Empire was seizing the time to prepare for war, the lawmakers in Sacramento were not idle either.

After Stanford returned with Lincoln's handwritten instructions from Washington, the opposition to the war within California became much smaller.

However, although the opposition voices of those factory owners have become smaller, it does not mean that they will support the militant faction led by Leland Stanford.

So during this period of time, in order to collect equipment and rations for the militiamen, Mr. Stanford was so worried that his hair fell out.

People are like this. When others are working, they always think that I can do it for them. I can come up with several plans for one thing.

But when it was my turn, I was a little confused.

This is the case for Mr. Stanford. Since he has not yet formed his own election team, the manpower currently available to him can be said to be about the same as that of His Majesty Li Mingqi.

But the things he needs to face are much more troublesome, because the factory owners are always secretly trying to figure something out.

For example, the person who was sent out yesterday to purchase shoes for the soldiers came back and told him that now the entire California could not procure the military shoes needed by the militiamen.