But it has been summarized by someone a long time ago.

If you want to create a peaceful grassland, you cannot leave trade.

But the essence of trade is to make money.

If the court doesn't make money, it won't be able to survive.

The trade with Beilu was very profitable. The imperial court could get cheap horses and cattle, as well as mutton and sheepskins, which were very useful materials.

So I persisted.

It also caused the Beilu to gradually weaken, become corrupted and lose their combat effectiveness.

This is normal. Those who survive the transaction will not kidnap them just because they think nothing is wrong. That could easily lead to death.

Only in cases of violence will they be raped.

"Do we have to do the same thing to deal with the red-haired people? But the red-haired people came from the sea. They trade and get rich. They will only continue to build big ships and become more and more powerful. They are completely different from the northern barbarians." Zhou Ming concluded.

He is a person who can serve as commander in chief, and he can tell the difference between the two sides at a glance.

"Hehehe, that's good. Yes, this is where the two sides are different."

"Then how should we deal with the red-haired man?" Zhou Mingwei wondered.

Wen Rensheng said: "It is actually very simple to deal with them, that is, we ourselves continue to strengthen ourselves through trade, and continue to build big ships and cannons."

Zhou Ming nodded first, then shook his head:

"It's too difficult. When our people have money, they will only buy houses and fields. They will not continue to invest in bigger ships and bigger cannons. For them, wealth and stability on land are still good and can be passed down for generations. At sea,

No one knows that everything will be lost in a shipwreck, and a fortune of one hundred thousand cannot be resisted by being given away in one go."

Wen Rensheng smiled and said that Zhou Ming was indeed the commander-in-chief of the town and could still see things very clearly.

This problem is indeed difficult to solve.

Because this is a common problem among most maritime merchants.

Even the Zheng family, which dominates the southeastern sea, has fallen into the situation of a guard dog. It does not want to continue to attack and expand. Instead, as Zhou Ming said, it buys land and builds houses, and establishes the Zheng family's foundation in the center left.

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty took over, they wanted to seek wealth and honor in the new dynasty, so they sat back and watched the Ming Dynasty emperor being killed.

He gave up his great maritime foundation and had no ambition to be independent.

To be honest, if Li Zicheng could have the Zheng family's annual sea trade income of millions of taels, he would have to laugh out loud and defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Send a partial division ashore from Liaodong to fight guerrillas, which is a good trick.

When the Manchu and Qing troops entered the Pass, they would go ashore; when the Manchu and Qing troops returned, they would leave.

When it comes to guerrillas, Li Zicheng is the master of all.

And they are different from the Ming Dynasty. Most of the Ming Dynasty's army cannot face the 10,000 Manchu troops.

Before the Manchus entered the customs, they always left 10,000 people behind.

But these ten thousand people could not deal with Li Zicheng's old army.

Elite soldiers who have been trained for many years can still defeat the Manchus at a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1.

At that time, in the battle of Yishi, Wu Sangui was almost defeated first, and then lost to Dorgon's sneak attack.

After losing this wave of the most elite veterans, we lost one battle after another.

It's also because I don't have firearms and I'm poor.

Wen Rensheng nodded now, he really wanted to find a way to solve this problem.

He cannot use the thoughts of later generations and must find a way out of existing thoughts.

This is also the limitation of the golden armored god.

Just when Wen Rensheng made his decision, the battle had already begun.

Commander-in-Chief Yu Da Tao led the clipper all the way, when the enemy ship's artillery fire began to roar.

The enemy's naval gun can shoot seven or eight miles, and it should be a heavy gun of more than 18 pounds.

Now the Ming Dynasty has at most nine-pound, six-pound, and four-pound cannons.

And the casting is not to the specifications of the red cannon.

But the old cannons and various artillery pieces.

It took a year or two before he learned how to forge red cannons, then established fortress defense tactics, and was able to successfully defend important fortresses with cannons.

At this time, Wen Rensheng saw that the speed of the clipper was increasing.

The sailors were rowing hard, and with the help of sails, the speed was still much faster than those Galenic ships that slowed down and entered combat mode.

If they don't raise the sails to full height, the clippers will be able to approach each other in about half an hour.

But if you start escaping immediately, you will definitely be able to escape smoothly.

The opponent fired the artillery fire calmly.

After fighting for a long time, with dozens of shells fired at a time, with a hit rate of 12% this year, we finally hit three clippers.

One of the ships was hit through the hull and was about to sink soon, and two were damaged.

However, three clippers were damaged, and the remaining clippers began to rush over in one go.

Surrounded left and right.

At this time, the opponent's large ship had already sent out a semaphore and fled on its own.

Galen's ship hoisted its sails and began to turn and escape.

In fact, they are already downwind and can escape at any time.

As a result, before the clippers approached, they had reached their maximum speed, and by this time the sailors were exhausted and unable to sprint.

He could only watch his opponent escape.

This battle fully demonstrated the huge gap between the two sides at sea.

That is someone else's ship, which can run fast, shoot accurately, have many cannons, and have many shells.

In this case, if the fight continues, one's own side will suffer increasing losses.

But again, the opponent's large ships are unable to surround the port, and they have not yet gained control of the sea.

Because they can't rely on cannons to destroy the clippers before they can bayonet them.

They can only be driven away.

It's like cavalry driven away by infantry.

They still can't control the situation, but they can cause a lot of trouble.

Wen Rensheng knew it well when he saw this.

The opponent's big ships can go far across the ocean, but their clippers can only stay close and have the advantage near the harbor.

In the battle just now, if the opponent's ship had been a few miles closer, it would have been impossible to escape.

At least two ships must be burned.

This means that their Ming Dynasty navy can still control the offshore sea.

This means that both sides can equally share the advantages at sea.

This is also the basis for the red-haired people to be driven back.

If it was really the late Qing Dynasty and the opponent's steam ironclads were not afraid of these small boats and fireships and could control all the near and far seas, then they would have no choice but to surrender.

Unlike now, the navy can also shield offshore defenses and the enemy cannot attack the port.

If they want to go elsewhere to bombard the port, they must be careful about being outflanked and attacked by ships from other places along the coastline.

Therefore, this tactic of bombarding the port, which could be used later, could not be used on Ming Dynasty at this time.

The advantage of this battle is that the opponent was driven away, and it was still a nominal victory.

The tactical purpose was achieved.

But our side lost one ship and damaged two.

This means the opponent doesn't have much time to bombard slowly.

After all, the wind direction along the coast is complicated.

If they really reach the ocean, they will definitely lose everything.

The Clippers can't get close to each other either.

After three such battles, the Ming Navy would definitely go bankrupt soon.

A clipper ship is also very valuable.

That absolutely cannot be supported.

Originally, the imperial court did not provide any military pay, and it was all raised by the province itself.
Chapter completed!