The Mawlamyine military port, tens of thousands of people, are busy on the beach.In the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty, all countries traded through silver dollars.For the tributary states, if they want to buy the goods of the Ming Dynasty, they first need to obtain silver dollars.This silver dollar, countries are not eligible to issue it, only the Ming Imperial Bank, can issue silver dollars.Then if countries want to do business with the Ming Dynasty and buy many products of the Ming Dynasty, they first need to earn silver dollars.At present, in order for countries to obtain the silver dollar of the Ming Dynasty, generally speaking, it is to sell domestic production raw materials and export grain, timber, fruits and other products to the Ming Dynasty.These raw materials for production are relatively cheap, and the silver dollars that can be earned in trade are not very many, and it is difficult to meet the consumption of silver dollars required by various countries to import goods from the Ming Dynasty.In order to ensure the prosperity of the vassals, the Ming Dynasty sometimes needed to strategically achieve a trade deficit, so that the vassals could reserve more foreign exchange to maintain the development of the entire trade system.Theoretically, as long as the trading system is maintained, there is also the settlement status of the silver dollar in trade.The Ming Dynasty could directly send more paper silver dollars and go to the vassal countries to buy them, so as to achieve the purpose of exploiting the vassals.Of course, as a righteous and responsible big country, the current issuance of silver dollars is directly linked to silver, and there is no over-issuance.At this time, Zhao Ming led a group of people to stand by the military port for inspection.A large crowd of people are surrounding the beach, repairing the sea pond and building a wharf.On the hill at the entrance to the bay, people carried stones to build coastal defense forts.Zhao Ming looked at the military port that had begun to take shape in just two months, and couldn't help but admire: "The speed of the Ministry of Industry is very fast!"
”Song Yingxing, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who presided over the project, said: "This is all funded by the imperial court, and the King of Siam is cooperating with it. ”Zhao Ming laughed, "The King of Siam wants to earn more silver dollars and save some foreign exchange!"
”Zhao Ming looked at the military port that was beginning to take shape, and was more satisfied, Wu Sangui thought that the supplies of the Ming Dynasty needed to be transported from Jiangnan or Guangzhou, in fact, in addition to some ordnance, food and other materials, the Ming Dynasty could directly purchase money from Siam, Zhenla and other countries.Over the years, the Jiangnan region has been vigorously planting cotton, mulberry seedlings and other cash crops, and the grain production areas of the Ming Dynasty have long been transferred to the Huguang and Nanyang colonization areas.At this time, Zhao Ming looked at the construction situation and asked, "Right now, are there any difficulties?"
When will the military port be able to be opened. ”Song Yingsheng said: "Back to the regency, the military port can be opened now, but the shipyard lacks wood for shipbuilding and repairing ships, and it will take some time to repair damaged warships." ”Zhao Ming looked at the battleship parked on the slipway, waiting to be repaired, and knew that the wood of the repaired ship would take two to three years of special treatment.Mawlamyine did not have a shipbuilding industry before, so the timber for the repair of the ships had to be sent from the Yanping Domain Shipyard in South Sea Borneo.Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "The widow hopes that once the timber arrives, the warships must be repaired as soon as possible, so that the fleet can go to sea and attack the Zhou army's sea supply lines." ”~~~~~~ when Zhao Ming inspected the Mawlamyin military port, tens of thousands of natives and Han Chinese were building the Yunnan-Burma Highway in the primeval forests of northern Myanmar, pushing wheelbarrows and holding poles and hoes.At this time, in front of the road, the giant trees were cut down by the soldiers, and then dismembered by the people and moved to the side of the road.Wheelbarrows with bodies poured earth and stones on the road, and groups of men, in groups of four, tied a wooden pier with ropes, shouted a trumpet, and pulled the wooden pier up with their backs, and then released it again, tamping the road.Two months have passed, and the Ming Dynasty has mobilized 100,000 people, and has built the road to Mubang and penetrated deep into the territory of Donghu.Li Dingguo's vanguard crossed the river to establish a stronghold in Xibo City to block the harassment of the Donghu people by the road construction team.The rapid progress of the Ming army in northern Burma surprised Bai Mang, the king of Donghu who was in Ava, but he did not expect the Ming army to move so quickly, and even the mountains of northern Burma could not stop the attack of the Ming army.Bai Mang is full of confidence in the primeval forests of northern Burma, there is no road to go in the mountains, and it is difficult for the army to pass through, and he will definitely be able to block the attack of the Ming army.It's just that the Donghu people didn't expect that there was no road in the mountains, so the Ming Dynasty built a road by itself.The Ming Dynasty was so cruel that Bai Mang was so frightened that he could only ask Wu Sangui for help, hoping that Zhou and Britain would send elite soldiers to support.News ~~~~~~ Mawlamyine and northern Myanmar soon reached Yangon.In the camp of the Zhou army in Yangon, Wu Sangui stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands, and a group of Zhou army generals gathered behind him.The Zhou army was connected to Burma, and it was convenient to ship by sea, and Wu Sangui felt a little difficult to maintain more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.The Ming Dynasty's expedition to Donghu, the sea route was thousands of miles away, and the land route was steep and steep, which not only maintained the supply of the army, but also had the spare power to carry out the project.This was completely beyond Wu Sangui's expectations.Ordinary people are so neat, just like the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, who has already dragged the country down, and the people have risen up, but Zhao Ming has made a good appearance.This made Wu Sangui very puzzled in his heart, how to change Zhao Zamao.Hong Chengchou looked at the back of Wu Sangui's heart that was hit, and said in a deep voice: "Judging from the information collected, since a few years ago, Zhao Zamao has been repairing official roads in the Ming Dynasty, and the roads in Yunnan-Guizhou have been built in the past few years.Because the roads are smooth, and the materials of Huguang and Liangguang are easier to enter Yungui than before, so they can support more than 100,000 people to enter Donghu to build roads.As for the establishment of a military port in Mawlamyine, it was mainly the contribution of the Nanyang vassals, and Zhao Zamao did not recruit many people from the Ming Dynasty. ”Wu Sangui turned around, "Those vassals are willing to work as coolies for Zhao Zamao, with their national strength, can they afford it?"
”Wu Sangui was a little puzzled, in the past, those vassals were thinking about how to cheat money in tribute and take advantage of the Ming Dynasty, but now they are competing to be coolies for the Ming Dynasty and rushing to be dogs.Hong Chengchou said: "According to the minister's understanding, Zhao Zamao gave them a large number of silver tickets, and Siam, Zhenla and other countries rushed to repair the military port for Zhao Zamao, and they saved a lot of silver tickets to trade with the Ming Dynasty!"
”Wu Sangui's heart was a little unbearable, he waved his hand to interrupt, and then said in a deep voice: "It can't go on like this, if the military port is built, the Ming Dynasty warships are repaired, and the new fleet arrives, it can once again threaten my sea supplies."
If the road in the north of Donghu was built by the Ming Dynasty, then a steady stream of Ming troops would be able to follow the road and enter Donghu.The situation will be extremely unfavorable for us!
”Wu Sangui was in the big tent, pacing back and forth anxiously, and suddenly stopped in the middle of the sound, and suddenly raised his arms and said: "Command the army, I must take the initiative to attack, before the Ming army carries out a naval blockade of me, defeat Zhao Zamao, and take down Gubo and Mao Lamyine." ”()