Kong Youde thought for a while and said, "It just so happened that there are a lot of weapons on the ship now. I will notify Xu Wenyi later to unload some of the weapons. Then you organize some people to transport them to Changyi and directly follow the price of the last negotiation. They will sell as much weapons as they pay!"

These weapons are not available to the Tiance Army. In the future, the Tiance Army will gradually eliminate cold weapons, and even bird guns will be eliminated. Then all the boundary piles are equipped with muskets and cannons. These weapons must be disposed of. Just as the White Lotus Sect requests support weapons, they will simply sell them. Not only can they make a fortune, but they can also cause some trouble to the Guanning Army, killing two birds with one stone.

"No problem, let me leave this matter! But sir, how should we proceed with the negotiations with Fan Jingwen?"

Qin Zhiyuan came to welcome Kong Youde, but the main reason was that he had nothing to do and was too idle.

Dengzhou made arrangements and asked him to be responsible for the negotiations with Fan Jingwen. He also told him about the basic requirements, just follow the requirements.

But now Fan Jingwen obviously didn't seem to continue talking. The previous ones were officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, and they were full of sincerity. However, after the change of attitude, the people sent were all minor officials. Qin Zhiyuan disdained to talk to them, and believed that there would be no result.

"Let me think about this!"

Kong Youde thought for a while, then said, "The negotiation matter was temporarily put on hold. After dealing with these weapons, go back to Dengzhou directly! Since they are all perfunctory, there is no need to waste time! The next negotiation, at least it will take September, and you will go back to Dengzhou City first. During this period, some things that need you to deal with should be accumulated. You can go back to deal with them first!"

"clear!"

Then, the two came to the dock again.

Xu Wenyi also unloaded a large number of weapons and equipment from the ship in accordance with Kong Youde's instructions, and a lot of grain was unloaded for the construction of Jiaozhou Bay Salt Farm. There were originally two salt inspection departments here, and it would be no problem to expand it into two salt fields.

The next morning, the navy set sail again and arrived at Weihai Guard Port at dusk.

Then, a large number of craftsmen, prisoners of war, silver, food, and weapons were transported from the ship, which would become resources for the expansion of Weihaiwei.

Although the original purpose of going south this time was to solve the salt merchants, the harvest was quite huge.

In addition to a large number of ships and artillery, there are also cash, silver, silk, tea, grain, porcelain, etc., as well as various antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, etc. The accumulated value is more than 30 million taels of silver, which can be said to be a big profit.

The soldiers of the Tiance Army who came to greet him were shocked when they saw so many gains. Unexpectedly, they would have such great gains when they went south. They all felt it was a pity that they could not participate in this operation.

The same thing is true, the Ming Dynasty was poor in the country, poor in the people, poor in the people, powerful in the world, and rich in the people.

Most of the property of the Ming Dynasty was concentrated on these gentry and powerful men, as well as the merchant class that depended on them, which led to the jingling of poverty in the Ming Dynasty.

Kong Youde still remembers that it seemed that in the 17th year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng fought outside the capital, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to send troops to reinforcements as soon as possible, so he brought in a stance to raise military expenses from the Stable Prince. As a result, he received more than 200,000 taels of silver.

As a result, Li Zicheng entered the city and tortured him severely. He found no less than 70 million taels of silver and a large amount of other valuable assets and goods, which were estimated to be over 100 million in total.

For example, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law Zhou, when Chongzhen asked to personally ask him to take the lead, the old guy was unwilling to pay the money. Then his daughter, Empress Zhou, paid him 10,000 taels of silver and asked him to take the lead as an example to present it to the court. As a result, the guy actually swallowed 5,000 taels of money from his daughter, and only gave Chongzhen 5,000 taels of money. When Li Zicheng began to recover the stolen money and helped him pay, he directly found more than 500,000 taels of silver and other property not less than this.

Although this situation has something to do with Emperor Chongzhen's character, it is more because of these cultural relics, nobles and nobles. Can the court have their own family when it is important? At most, they can express some meaning.

For example, the chief assistant Wei Zaode at that time paid 400 taels of silver and cried with Chongzhen, saying that this was all his property, and it seemed that his family had no food the next day. As a result, Li Zicheng entered the city and tortured millions of silver.

The Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and at worst they could turn to the new master of the world. As long as they could be saved, they didn't expect to meet such an unreasonable master as Li Zicheng.

Beijing is so rich, and the more stable and prosperous southeastern half has more than that wealth. I believe that it will be more than 200 million taels of silver in southern Zhili and Zhejiang alone. During the Hongguang period, these people also tried to contribute to the Qing Dynasty and preserve their wealth, just like the civil and military nobles in Beijing.

As a result, the Qing Dynasty, who took over Nanjing, slaughtered a batch of fat sheep by force and made a lot of money. Although it was not as much as Li Zicheng, it was definitely a lot, and then it became the military expenditure for continuing to attack the Nanming.

If this money could be used to arm the army, not to mention defeating the Qing Dynasty, like the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be no big problem to defend half of the country with the Jianghuai River as the boundary. Maybe it would last for a hundred or two hundred years, and there would be a chance to turn the tables. They could only care about their own interests and ignore the national interests.

To be honest, Kong Youde knew that Jiangnan was rich, but he never expected that he was so rich.

If I had known that I was so rich, Kong Youde would not have launched such a hasty operation this time. He would have planned for a few more months. When the Chinese New Year is approaching, he will rush to Jiangnan and plunder it carefully. It is estimated that it will not be a problem to make two or three times more.

Of course, they must be on guard now, and it may be difficult to play like this again.

Therefore, Kong Youde would not make such a mistake. He did not intend to save this large amount of money, but was preparing to invest in construction and develop his own strength.

Of course, the navy was the most expensive. Kong Youde made a preliminary conclusion and directly threw 1.5 million taels of silver to Xu Wenyi, 2,000 craftsmen, and 2,000 prisoners who did not intend to reorganize them.

All this money and people will be used for the construction of the navy. Although it seems that there is a lot of money, there is no place to use it at all.

The first is the expansion of the Navy. Kong Youde's preliminary plan was to directly expand the Navy from the current scale of more than 2,000 people to 10,000 people. The money required was a lot of money, including military uniforms, weapons, banners, military camps, and soldiers' food and salary.

The second is the construction and transformation of warships. Although nearly 400 ships were captured this time and more than 100 can be used as warships, most of these warships are lucky ships, and they have been used for some years. They are used as transport ships or cargo ships, and offshore combat is OK. If the ocean war is in the face of more complex weather and sea conditions, it will be as reliable as the ocean warships such as the Garen ship and the Carac ship.

Therefore, these warships are just the main warships in the short term. Kong Youde imagined that the main warships of the navy would be large sail battleships of more than 1,000 tons, and these must be built by themselves.

Now with relevant drawings, I have experience in building a 500-ton Garen ship. Next, I will build a larger warship, but these cost money.

The first is the corresponding dock. The docks of Zaohe Shipyard are tailor-made. Building new warships requires building new docks. Moreover, the supporting storage facilities, docks, berths, roads, as well as forts and military camps for port defense, and the previous defensive facilities are far from enough. These costs alone are estimated to be no less than 200,000 taels.

At the same time, Kong Youde also plans to establish a Naval Academy to develop special naval war artillery and build more naval ports. At present, the two places, Chishan Port and Fushan Port, will also be built into military ports in the future, allowing the navy to have more space for activity.

The reason why he developed the navy so vigorously was mainly due to his position, the current world situation, and future strategies.

First of all, the Shandong Peninsula where the two Denglai Prefectures are located is surrounded by sea on three sides. The land area is not very large, not even one-third of Shandong. Even if you wait to fight against the Guanning Army and take down Qingzhou Prefecture, it will be only the area of ​​three prefectures. If the other three prefectures want to take down, they will probably have to continue to fight with the court. There is no time to develop stably, so there is no reality in the short term, so you can only find another direction of development.

Whether it is the Yellow Sea or the Bohai Sea, there is enough space to expand. Although they cannot use more important resources in later generations such as fossil energy, mineral resources, tourism resources, etc., they are not able to use them now, but fishery resources alone are already huge enough.

If it is developed and utilized well, feeding millions of people is not a problem at all. It can be said to be a rare treasure for an era like the time when the weather was constantly in the late Ming Dynasty and food scarcity.

Moreover, there is no problem of fishing moratoriums and scarcity of fishery resources these days. As long as you have a boat, someone, and have skills, you can count as much as you can get in the sea, and there is no tax. However, seafood is not rich, it is nothing more than not developing in this regard.

Now, there are no strong competitors around. Japan should be almost completely locked down, and North Korea is also trapped in the party and government. The Tartars have no navy at all. Even if the ships brought by Geng Zhongming, they are basically one-time. No one will repair them if the ship is broken, and no one will build new warships if the ship is sunk.

So as long as Kong Youde is willing, he can announce that the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea are the fish ponds I contracted.

Of course, the premise is that there must be enough ships.

In addition to fishery resources, there is also this vast sea area. If the navy is strong enough, it can control the vast sea areas of Liaoxi, Liaodong, north to Zhili, east to Korea, Japan, south to Ryukyu, and Taiwan, which will be more long-term, and can even extend its sphere of influence to the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.

If this level can be achieved, future military operations will be more flexible, such as taking down Dongjiang Town first and then plotting against North Korea or Tartars.

Although Dongjiang Town is no longer as good as before and has lost many of its peak territory, its geographical advantages are still significant, including the islands in southeastern Liaoning, Pi Island at the mouth of the Yalu River, Zhanzidao, and Lushun, which is now under the attack of the Tartars. These places pose a serious threat to the Tartars.

Once Kong Youde can take these territories and be accompanied by a powerful navy, he can give the Tartars a heavy blow based on the situation.

At that time, the Tiance Army was able to attack the Tartars from any of the long coastlines such as Yaozhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Haizhou, and Yizhou, and sneak attacked the Tartars with one force to attract reinforcements from nearby Tartars. Then, the superior forces carried by the warships quickly landed onshore and annihilated them with thunder. Then, they could quickly retreat while the main force of the Tartars had not arrived. The Tartars had no warships and could only sigh.

Such operations will take several more times to eliminate the living power of the Tartars, which will inevitably be a heavy blow to the Tartars, resulting in a great loss of their strength.

Moreover, at that time, the Tiance Bureau can even go upstream along the Yalu River and take down Tieshan, Zhenjiang, Changcheng, Kuandian and other places that originally belonged to Dongjiang Town, and continue to do what Mao Wenlong did before. If you have anything to do, you can poke the Tatars' butt from the back, leaving the Tatars's time to care about their strength and their strength will be constantly depleted.

Moreover, Kong Youde also has the card Babultai. He is also the eldest son of Nana Buyanggu and the heir of the Haixi Jurchen Yehe tribe. Over the past period, this guy has performed quite well. Not only has he actively participated in military training, but he has also read various books and performed quite respectfully.

When the time is right, he can be brought back to the former land of Yehe tribe, supplemented by some Tiance army soldiers, and let him reorganize an army.

Although Yehe's tribe had been completely conquered by the Jianzhou Tartars, the war between the two sides lasted for decades, and the accumulated hatred could not be eliminated in half. If at this time, the son of Yehebeibuyanggu returned with a powerful army and an army that could defeat the Jianzhou Tartars, and could also bring them enough benefits, then they would rise up and resist the Jianzhou Tartars.

Moreover, although the Haixi Jurchens were conquered, most of the East China Sea Jurchens, that is, the savage Jurchens, were still independent. If they could be used to organize them, they formed a siege against the Jianzhou Tartars and eliminated the Tartars, it was just around the corner.

Of course, all this needs to be based on having a strong navy, otherwise these are just plans on paper.

Not to mention anything else, just transporting an army of 5,000 people to fight ashore, you must have a fleet of more than 50 warships as support, otherwise you will not be able to gain a foothold at all.
Chapter completed!