However, the armed police force still needs to be retained, but in the future, they will be converted into local police, and the expenses will be deducted from local finances. This will have to wait until Zhao Yan controls the administrative power of the provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the combat troops, Zhao Yan felt that the division should continue.

In addition to retaining individual main groups to maintain concentration, other troops should be divided into regions and then dispersed into small groups to fight to establish an overseas colonial system.

If the combat troops do not gain enough benefits in expansion, they should indeed be reduced. If the economy has reached a certain scale, the number of combat troops is not enough at present, and it only depends on the situation.

The premise is the development of new weapons.

Zhao Yan began to draw large drawings, drawing the drawings of the German Mauser 98K and 7.92×57mm rifle bullets, and then handed them over to the Military Weapons Bureau to develop. The Mauser 98K is 1.1 meters long and has an effective range of 800 meters. The Mauser rifle is extremely powerful. Those who are shot within 800 meters are either dead or injured.

If you use clay for experiments, you can shoot a hole as big as a bowl with one shot. When you hit the head, it will basically be rotten watermelon.

Installing a 6x scope can kill enemies a thousand meters away, but with current technology, a 6x scope cannot be created.

This is an excellent weapon, powerful and accurate, but the rate of fire is lower than other rear bolt-pull rifles, with 15 rounds per minute.

With current technology, it is no longer a problem to produce rogue guns, but the production line takes some time to study.

The production of Maxim heavy machine guns is currently 3 guns per month, and the output can be increased to 20 guns per month in three months.

With the Maxim heavy machine gun, the strongholds in the expanded area can be defended with a small number of troops.

...The eleventh year of Chongzhen was an ordinary and extraordinary year for the California colonies.

Britain, the Netherlands and France, which suffered, signed a "Reconciliation Agreement" with the California Colony under the mediation of the Spanish. Britain, France and Britain no longer pursued the plundering of the Ming Navy before, and the American fleet should stop looting ships from their three countries.

This armistice agreement was finally signed after half a year of hard work. The California colony received the order from Zhao Yan and signed a settlement agreement with the three countries.

This is an equal treaty. For the American colonies, they had already aroused the fear of the Spanish and should not make enemies everywhere at this time.

As for the use of naval plundering merchant ships, privateers are not prohibited. Privateers exist in all countries, and each country has issued a "private license".

Zhao Yan also issued the first batch of privateer permits on the Ming Dynasty, and the targets were Navy veterans. He directly ordered the integration of ships and selected 50 warships from the Fujian Navy's warships for assembly.

The equipped cannons are all the most advanced, and Zhao Yan is not afraid that these cannons will fall into the hands of Westerners. Obtaining cannons does not mean they can be built.

Before the privateer arrived, the American fleet stopped looting merchant ships and instead focused on protecting them.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, more merchant ships came to America. Shandong's merchant ships arrived in California one after another, and more than 80 merchant ships in the California colonies were also present.

Some pirates rushed to the west coast to commit crimes, but the American fleet worked hard to protect merchant ships. Those fast-speed clippers were generally not robbed because they were very fast and pirate ships could not catch up. However, slow-speed merchant ships usually traveled together, and there were warships to protect them, so those pirates could not take advantage of the loopholes.
Chapter completed!