novelhk Chapter 275
Chapter 275
The early morning wind carried a few fallen leaves floating on the road. Qi Cheng opened his eyes and saw that it was already past seven o'clock. Fortunately, he didn't have to go to work today.
Don't worry about being late.
"The system will pick someone up."
"Gu Jinci of the Ming Dynasty."
"Host, I'd like to ask, since later generations have always encouraged trade, how did they deal with pirates at sea?"
pirate?
Qi Cheng read the introduction about him in the system. He lived in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty and was an armed maritime merchant. In other words, he might be a pirate himself.
You still have the nerve to ask questions about pirates.
"Let's talk about the pirate problem today."
"First of all, there are almost no pirates like you think there are in our country now, because we encourage trade now, and you can just leave the port normally."
"Besides, with the advancement of technology today, there is almost no space for pirates to survive in the coastal waters."
Song Dynasty
Several sea merchants were envious. The environment in later generations was really good. With good economic development and severe crackdowns, there was no place for pirates to survive.
They hoped that the imperial court would help to eliminate the pirates, but looking at their broken ships, they knew that this was unrealistic. Many of their ships already used small steam engines.
The court's ship still has sails.
And there is another very important point. There is not much difference between the pirates today and them. The size of their ships is also similar, but how big are the warships in later generations?
No matter how capable the pirates are, they cannot build that kind of steel warship.
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"If I were to ask which dynasty in ancient times had the most rampant piracy, I think it would have to be the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang's maritime ban was largely responsible for this."
Zhu Yuanzhang: Can someone else take the blame?
"There were Japanese pirates in the early Ming Dynasty, but they were probably real pirates at that time. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates kept invading, and once they even attacked Nanjing."
"What's strange is that even with so many troops in Nanjing, they watched the Japanese pirates burn, kill, and loot, and they didn't even dare to leave the city."
"And who were the famous pirates at that time? Wang Zhi, Li Dan. These were powerful smugglers. They wanted to monopolize the profits of smuggling, so they kept attacking the coast."
"It's to make piracy rampant, so that the Ming Dynasty will give up opening the sea. And you can speculate whether there are any aristocratic families from Jiangnan involved."
"With 100 percent profit, people are willing to risk their lives."
"Liu Daxia hid the sea map for the benefit of the Jiangnan clans."
Liu Daxia, who was in the Jinyiwei prison, spat out a mouthful of blood. After Tianmu said this, the emperor would probably send someone to interrogate him again.
Could those big families outside please help and rescue me quickly?
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He had already arranged to open the sea, but there were still many pirates on the sea. What was going on?
"Father, it's clear that the big clans in the south don't want us to touch the fat piece of meat of maritime trade." Zhu Biao snorted, "Your son is willing to take people to inspect the surrounding area."
"Fourth Brother, you and Duke Xin will go to Lu Province to build a powerful navy to deter these pirates. The Crown Prince will stay here as regent, and I will personally inspect the situation."
Now is not the middle or late Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's knives are still very sharp.
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"Globally speaking, there was a period of time when pirates actually had official backgrounds. Of course, I'm talking about foreign pirates. We'll discuss the details later."
"Because it's impossible to explain it in just a few words."
"A few years ago, there were still many pirates in Somalia, which seriously threatened the interests of merchant ships from various countries." Qi Cheng found a few videos on the tablet.
The people outside the sky watched the video of heavy machine guns shooting at wooden boats and felt that they were at a loss as to what to do. Can pirates use such a small broken boat? Why is that place so backward?
This ship probably can't go too deep.
However, as he watched a dozen wooden boats rapidly approaching the merchant ship and threatening it with various guns, some brutal stories about pirates came to his mind again.
These pirates should be shot down with heavy machine guns and all of them should be crushed into pieces to feed the fish.
"When can we have this kind of musket?" Li Shimin said with envy. "This is perfect for fighting cavalry. With three or five of these, thousands of cavalry can't break through."
"This is indeed useful, but if the logistics supply is not timely, it will be just scrap metal."
Gu Jinci also asked the same question, such as how to solve the supply problem of warships like this? They can't patrol on an empty stomach.
"The food in the navy is very good now, so how could we possibly go hungry? When the escort fleet goes out, it's accompanied by a special supply ship, and there are also our naval bases nearby."
"Of course, you can also go to the surrounding ports for supplies."
At a foreign naval base?
Everyone outside the sky was suddenly shocked. This method of later generations was indeed good, but it was too difficult to implement in ancient times. Probably no one would be willing to go overseas to guard.
Moreover, if a general were to be away from home and disobey the emperor's orders, the court would suffer a great loss.
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Di was jealous. No wonder later generations felt a little uncomfortable with Zheng He's voyages to the West. Why didn't he think of this?
"Zheng He, what do you think of this method?"
"Your Majesty, I think we can expand it, but the specific method will have to wait and see when we can be drawn. We will ask you carefully about the issue of going to sea."
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Guangxu looked at the naval base on the sky and sighed silently. Why were the people in later generations so powerful while his Qing Dynasty had to keep ceding land?
After thinking about it carefully, it might be because of the difference in national strength. At this time, the Qing Dynasty had become a piece of fat meat, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
The piracy problem was no longer a big issue; he wanted to know more about how to reverse the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
"Little Li, go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask where Djibouti is and whether the Qing Dynasty can establish a base there."
Empress Dowager Cixi smelled the fragrance of the apple and waved her hand to let Li Lianying leave.
"What? This... Eunuch Li, this is too difficult for us. Besides, that place is too far away from the Qing Dynasty. It's totally unnecessary."
"This is the Empress Dowager's decree. You can do whatever you want." Li Lianying took the silver and said in a slightly softer tone, "I'll go back and talk about it. I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not."
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Qi Cheng found a few more videos. Although there are no pirates now, there are sometimes large aircraft carriers in the south. They mainly rely on speed to escape the pursuit of the coast guard.
As for what's inside.
It is said that if Da Fei doesn't come, the price of pork trotter rice will go up.