Dayan, stationed in Yuegang, "Two Jingning-class armored patrol ships. Over there, you can choose the best ones yourself. As for the shipyard, we have already said hello. You only need to report the name of our general to order warships." ship." The logistics officer in charge of military supplies lazily pointed to a row of so-called "old and replaced" warships on the pier.
"It seems that they all look similar in appearance?" The receiving team from Kazdale looked at the row of warships that were said to be decommissioned and scrapped, half of which were probably in new condition, without even dismantling their weapons and equipment.
After boarding the ship for a visit and inspection, it was like picking watermelons on the street. I chose two warships with the best mechanical condition, and went to the logistics officer to go through the formalities. With a wave, the two Jingning-class warships were changed to "two old and decayed sand ships in the fleet, and the price is 200".
This is for the above to see. As for the real purchase price of up to 3000 million, it went into the pockets of the fleet commander and the governor.
However, according to Kelsey's observation, the corruption of Dayan's fleet has reached the extreme in terms of management, but the combat effectiveness has miraculously not decreased much. One or two ships will also be added, and the officers and chief admirals seem to spend part of their income on maintaining the fleet.
"About the so-called loot...let's see what it is before we can make an offer, right?"
"This..." The commander glanced at the admiral, and the latter was also a little embarrassed. Some things can be done but can't be said, and it's not very pleasant to say it.
"Don't worry, we Kazdel are outsiders after all, and we don't have any interest in interfering with your internal affairs, but after all, these spoils of war are for us to underwrite, we can't make no money, can we?" Kelsey continued to increase In the end, the two fleet commanders finally nodded in agreement, and wrote a warrant for the people below to take Kelsey and the others to the warehouse to see the so-called "trophy".
"This is the warehouse. Don't tell what you see in it. You are welcome, and we are welcome." The officers and guards in charge looked quite elite, completely different from the crooked guards in the previous village.
The warehouse is a mess of goods, including everything from Dayan’s silk fabrics to various mechanical equipment, metal minerals, “I remember they are not…” The export of Dayan’s alloy technology and raw materials is prohibited, however There are at least a thousand tons of dragon steel alloys piled up here.
At first, Kelsey thought it was the spoils of looting people and caravans like the Ursus army, but judging from the type and value of these goods, it was not like ordinary caravans and villages could have, and the profits seemed to be too large. Not enough to maintain the fleet's expenses.
After the inventory, the items in these warehouses were underwritten to Kazdel in the form of 20 billion Longmen coins or equivalent precious metals or origin stones, and the governor seemed to finally heave a sigh of relief, and his words became much more enthusiastic.
"I'm curious, how did your fleet earn such a large amount of spoils without any war at all, can we learn from advanced experience?" The governor looked at the old cat in surprise, his expression almost said " Fuck, do you need to do this kind of thing too?"
"It's not easy to maintain a large army. Food, drink, clothing, gunpowder and guns are all money. Kazdel is poor, and the Sarkaz tradition..." Kelsey gave the other party a You know the eyes, and the latter also put away all the surprise, showing the expression of "deep understanding" of the same wandering people in the end of the world.
"Lord Kelsey is right. The army is powerful, but it is not easy to maintain," the governor sighed. Sooner or later, the Great Yan Heavenly Army will decline."
"So, you just..." Kelsey made a wild thief gesture, but the other party didn't nod but looked at her with a ghostly expression, "You... Are you wild? Cough cough, a slip of the tongue."
"Aren't you?" Kelsey showed a strange expression, where did these things come from if you don't play wild robbers.
"Okay, we have an action right now, Sir, you might as well come together if you are interested." The agreement has been signed, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and these Sarkaz people seem to have a wilder way, offending the court again The poor ones in it seem... trustworthy?
Longbei desert, north of Longmen, is the only trade channel between Dayan and the outside world. The continuous fleet connects Dayan and the Longmen trade port, and Kaierxi has stayed here with the Dayan Yuegang fleet for at least three days. Nothing happened.
It was as if they were really here to perform official duties. They didn't plunder the caravan or attack the village, as if they were really patrolling and catching wild robbers here.
"Report, I found a large illegal ship with a perimeter!" The so-called perimeter is the perimeter of the ship. One perimeter is 200 meters, and the perimeter is 800 meters. Dayan prohibits ships with more than four perimeters from leaving the country without passing through Longmen Port, and strict enforcement border closure policy.
And as long as the emperor insists on this national policy for one day, the fleet will be loyal, and absolutely loyal, and as long as the emperor insists on this national policy for one day, Dayan's trade income will not reach the treasury, but will only go into private pockets.
As for why...
"Is there a flag?"
"Report, no dragon flag is hoisted!"
"Break the anchor and start work!" The admiral suddenly became excited, and a dozen fast ships surrounded the transport team at an alarming speed, quickly blocking the transport business team, "The old rules, half of the goods or reported to wild robbers, killing people and stealing goods, choose one .” The admiral shouted in front of the other party’s steward with a cigarette in his mouth.
"You Qiuba, do you know who the master is?"
"Whoever your master is, you have to listen to us when you arrive in this desert. It looks like you're not going to pay for your life? Beat them! Dude, I don't want it!"
"Stop! This guy has..."
"I don't care who owns the shares. Anyway, if you don't buy my dragon flag and dare to leave the country, you will be half of the goods. Now, I will give you one last chance. I want all the goods. Get out of here, or they will all be slaughtered."
"Isn't this..." standard banditry?But why not grab those transport ships?
"If you want to go to the imperial court to impeach the men, go, don't say that the Lord didn't give you this opportunity to make you miserable." The admiral curled his lips, "Give them thirty counts, deliver the goods and leave, or all die here."
"Dayan prohibits large ships from leaving the country, and if they go to Longmen Port, they have to pay taxes to the guarding customs. Even if they go to court, they will have nothing to do with us." Because they are only strictly implementing Dayan's anti-smuggling laws. Confiscated smuggled goods selflessly in the iron face.
Therefore, those gentry really hated the fleet so much that they set fire to the shipyard, destroyed the ship, and colluded with wild bandits for this reason, because these Qiuba relied on their sharp armor to collect their protection fees, and they didn't even pay the royal grain and national tax. If you are willing to pay, how can you be willing to pay protection fees?
However, if you don’t pay, you can’t do it. If you don’t pay, these hooligans really dare to block the waterway, so that you can’t do business. You will call all the ships and grab all the goods for you. If you want to do smuggling business safely, you have to pay protection fees for private foreign trade. .
The gentry who paid the protection fee will get a dragon flag, and the fleet will be treated as if they didn’t see anything, and those who don’t hang the flag are all thieves, and they will all take away the goods and ships. The power is not small, so the fleet generally only takes half.
As for the issue of impeachment, I am even less afraid. After all, the fleet is loyal, isn't it?As long as Dayan's policy of locking the country lasts for a day, and the whole fleet can rely on this thing to eat all day long, they will be the emperor's loyal courtiers for a day.
If Dayan abandons the policy of sequestering the country and builds a large number of customs, then they will not be loyal. Between having to pay taxes and paying protection fees, those businessmen and the gentry behind them will definitely choose the former.
So what would the emperor do?No, the reason is very simple, the governor of this term is very good, he honestly paid the emperor according to Dayan's commercial tax, and the prefect of Yuegang is also very happy.
You don’t need to look at the faces of the gentry at all, you only need to ask the fleet to get money and you can pay your annual tax in full. If you don’t take the money from the gentry, you will naturally be confident, and you don’t need to kneel to ask for money.
If this is not the case, it is hard to say whether the tax will be as much as it is now, but the key is that the money entered the emperor's internal treasury, not the outer court Taicang, which is the little emperor's private money.
And if the bureaucrats impeach, you have to face a problem, where did your prohibited ship come from?Where did the cargo stolen by the fleet come from?What are you doing?Did you pay taxes?
This is tantamount to cutting off the jobs of the smuggling group. Not only will the protection fee be doubled due to the risk of the court, but it will also be more difficult to smuggle, and more taxes will be apportioned—whoever dares to impeach is a public enemy!
The only way to break the situation is to destroy the Great Flame Fleet. As long as they have no strength to block the transport ships in the wild, no combat power, no battleships, no soldiers, and no will to fight, then there is no need to pay protection fees.
However, the whole fleet can see very clearly that they can benefit for a few days by taking refuge in those bureaucrats, but once this smuggling channel is opened, their fate will be the fate of those guards.
The governor took them to see the miserable appearance of those colleagues in the army every day, and they were almost insulted by throwing flesh and bones into the barracks-so, the officers and soldiers of the fleet were very firm in maintaining this force, although the purpose was still for their own pockets.
In the end, the negotiation still broke down. The other party didn't care at all because of their deep background, but after the fleet got the order, they cheered and rushed forward like a wolf, which showed the excellent team-jumping skills of the Great Yan Fleet Army, and also reflected Precise gunnery - breaking the leg, dismantling the upper layer, washing the deck, and jumping the gang in one go.
The battle only takes half an hour to end.
"The corpses and the whole cargo were sent to those wild robbers, and they were blamed. We were too late to rescue, so that the cargo ship was attacked tragically. During the rescue process, unfortunately, some officers and soldiers died in the line of duty, and some private goods were found. Check it out, master, sort it out, and send it to this family—if they don’t lose money, we won’t collect their money, and from now on, regardless of the size or type of their family’s boats, send me one if you see one!”
"It's been so many years, isn't it good to pay money and start a business? How dare you go against the men and treat us like trash from the guards of the village?"
"These words were also taken to the Fuzhou and Quanzhou fleets. If they didn't see the compensation money within three days, their family pieces would not be allowed to leave the country!"
"This is your trophy?"
"Isn't the smuggled goods checked by the customs a trophy?" The admiral asked in confusion.
"..." Kelsey sighed, has the flames reached this point?They were much better than Ursus' border guards, though.
"However, I heard from people in the shipyard that you haven't purchased any warships for a long time."
"That was when President Liang was here before, now, hehe~" the admiral sneered a few times, "Since President Shi took up the part-time governor of Yuegang, it's a different matter, but there are some things, too. For example, regarding the warship, although the shipyard has enough materials and we plan to order the ship, but there is no good reason, I am afraid that the poor people in the DPRK and China will definitely get stuck for us."
Without the permission of the Ministry of War, expanding the size of the fleet without the permission of the Ministry of War, even the emperor has to weigh it. He trusts the loyalty of the fleet, but he can't start this, otherwise the country will not be stable.
"In fact, you have also done our family a great favor." The ship purchased by Kazdel, the people in the court will not say anything, as long as it is not passed on to those poor scholars who are too learned.
Moreover, for this business, there are quite a few people up and down who are preparing to eat money, verbally scolding and yelling to punish Kazdel, who is serious, who is really ready to do this, Who would say it to alert the enemy? Isn't it just to get more money, and the louder the roar, the more the price is not paid enough-whether you are cheap or not!
"Also, it's best to pay the money that your caravan should pay. Our brothers will settle accounts clearly, and we won't be afraid of you making trouble. If we cooperate, everyone will eat in the same pot, so we can meet each other, right?"
"That depends on how long you, President Shi, can stay in this position." Kelsey was noncommittal, maybe this is indeed a capable person, who collected the money in a way that was close to warlord looting, and It was used for military expenditure and successfully propped up the army when the country's economy was not doing well.
But also because of this - he must be disposed of when the emperor can't use it - he used private money to support the army, so it's hard to say who owns Dayan's fleet in the end.
Of course, the emperor will not do anything in the short term. On the one hand, he is also waiting for this "blood tax" to rescue him. The ability and power to govern the local area is difficult to interfere with imperial power.
However, there is an old saying in Dayan, and Kazdel's behavior is proving this old saying-"The man with a strong army and a strong horse is the emperor." Before he has a check-and-balance army in his hand, the emperor and the court will definitely not treat the general. How about it, I dare not investigate or order to rectify or disband this legion.
Just kidding, this order was sent to Yuegang, I'm afraid it wasn't for the general governor Shi, who would have to be arrested by his subordinates the next day, and then enter the Great Flame City under the name of the Qing emperor, and then go in directly 20 miles outside the city with a yellow robe Ascension to the throne, this is not without precedent.
"What is it in your Dayan's words? Loyalty is like a traitor?" The admiral was noncommittal, this level of irony was considered gentle, and those tyrants who had been cut off their goods and boats were even more ugly, and This is also the most curious thing for the fleet officers and soldiers-what is this boss planning?
Let’s talk about separatism, pay taxes honestly, and patrol the border diligently, which has greatly reduced the number of wild bandits on the border. He is also obsessed with military construction, and has saved the last army that can fight tough battles for Dayan. He looks like a loyal minister and good general appearance;
You can say that he is a loyal general. The orders of the military department are obedient and obedient. When he leaves Yuegang, he will let go and plunder. All merchant ships that have not paid protection fees will be looted. Burning, killing and looting a dragon for you is even more domineering in the local area.
The whole manor was directly run over by the fleet, and then a wild robber was reported to commit a crime. The family property was added to five and one vote was divided between the lieutenants and officers. It is very common.
As for setting up a private workshop, bribing the superiors, feeding the eunuchs to the full, and then colluding with traitors, making the local people miserable—it is a very complicated person. [There are prototypes in history]
"Two Jingping-class armored patrol ships and four Pingsha-class large gunboats, but only two of the gunboats were handed over, and the remaining two belonged to us. Of course, you paid for it. Do you have any objections?" How to get the "spoils of war", the two sides began to formally enter the stage of delivery of money and goods.
"No, but you have to make sure that the Yan government has no ability or attempt to stop it." This is close to extortion, but Kelsey doesn't care, as long as he can get the battleship, it is only natural to be extorted a high price.
The difference is that in some places it is called bribery, in some places it is called sponsorship, and the former may even be a little more reputable than the latter. At least you will get something, instead of clicking halfway on the grounds of "endangering national security" There you go.
"Then it's settled like this. Two days later, you find someone to drive the ship away, and we will open a green channel for you. But after you get it, don't make a fuss. It is mainly to buy four ordinary transport ships. As for When it comes to the equipment above, let’s say that you modified it yourself, if you can’t find a target to plant, I have the account here, and you can plant them one by one.”
It has to be said that after collecting enough money, the Yuegang Fleet moved very quickly. They quickly pulled away two of the four ships built with padding at the shipyard, painted their own marks, and paid the final payment. The magistrate happily went to visit the nearby mountains and rivers, but Xiu Mu didn't know anything about it.
He paid the full amount of taxes, there was no wild robber attack, Yasuhira Shino, and the evaluation of "ability" is indispensable in the assessment, why should he tear his face?Isn't it nice to be promoted, get rich, and receive filial piety?
The Jingning class is the battleship with the most Yan, and it is called a battleship. Because the superstructure is concentrated at the stern, it looks like a seat. It is a special close-range combat ship. The fortress-like battleship can Let it take advantage of the height when jumping to help sweep the deck with intensive firepower, and it can also sweep the opposite deck.
Launching the jumping rope from the top can also cooperate with the docking rope at the bottom faster, and attack the target up and down, because in the past when the jumping gang was rampant, a lot of them were built, and Boss Shi felt that this kind of bulky thing was gradually useless, and wanted to replace it. Things that are faster and better at long-range firepower projection are sold in large quantities-however, his shipbuilding plan was blocked by bureaucrats.
The reason is self-evident, is this guy adding a lot of high-speed light boats to fight those transport sand ships?Of course, the smuggling fleet of these bureaucratic gentry is interspersed at high speed. Strengthening long-range firepower is also to avoid the inevitable decline in the fighting will of the Yan army, and to reduce casualties—otherwise, in a peaceful state, a bunch of casualties will be reported every month. No one has a good face.
Therefore, this kind of expansion plan was naturally stuck, and I had to use Kazdel to get kickbacks. Here, I said that I would order 4 ships to fool the above and local guys, and then they would divide them into two ships.
Of course, this kind of trick can only be played once, but only once is enough to play the next one. Director Shi very enthusiastically invited Kazdel to make some money together.
Afterwards, if these poor people get in the way of his plan, he will put Kazdel's "Wild Bandits" in, and use high-speed battleships to teach those poor people a lesson. As for the income, everyone will split the bill. Kazdel's thugs get a [-]% bonus.
As long as those tyrants don't pass the plan for a day, he will keep letting these "wild thieves" come over to rob, and then cry poorly in the court, saying that the fleet has no high-speed ships, "the armor is rotten, the battleship is old, it is really embarrassing to use, please send it to repair Silver, plus permission to build new ships for the fleet to strengthen the frontier."
But if he agrees to his plan, he will change from Kazdel Bandit to Great Flame Bandit. There is no difference. Shipping things out or in, don't even think about it!
As for the issue of military pay, the fat and oily Yuegang Fleet doesn't care about the pay after three or five years of exploitation.
As for the new Pingsha-class gunship that is Dayan’s cutting-edge warship, the doctor attaches great importance to this type. Even if the opponent does not have any powerful weapons installed, the structure means that it can be equipped with a full 14~16 origin stones. Railgun looks, and a ton of rapid-fire weapons.
And the defensive performance of Dayan's dragon steel armor is also very good. It is estimated that it will not be much worse than Victoria's armor steel. After pulling it back for power modification and weapon equipment, it can change its defense and counterattack Teresis' fleet.
In addition, the shipyard has also accepted the order for the dragon boat here, and it is expected to be completed in two years. However, Dayan also gave a message that they cannot equip the dragon boat with any military weapons, except Dayan's old-fashioned naval guns. After all, the fleet dare not go too far on the surface.
Coincidentally, what is needed here is a professional fleet flagship, not a battleship, and the weapon system of Dayan is not needed, just pull back and improve the follow-up part by yourself.
Except for no weapons, everything else is the crystallization of standard Dayan's top shipbuilding technology. Defense, speed, control and power are all difficult to overcome so far-well, the shipyard has no money to develop new technologies, so it can only use these It is also a reason that old technology has been honed to perfection.
This outsourcing almost emptied all the idle funds of the Xia Group. If it weren't for the huge income of Xia Harvest that was about to be recorded, the group's financial situation might be in trouble immediately.
[PS]
The historical prototype is the Datong General Soldier in the mid-Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was almost unable to collect taxes. There were various reasons for excuses, various reasons for refusing to pay, and holding various waist cards and warrants to smuggle things into the grassland.
Then General Shi was very happy to find a way to feed the army and improve local relations-you don't have to pay taxes, the Ming law gives gentry and scholars the right not to pay taxes-but, only Within the territory of Daming.
After leaving the customs, he will pretend to be a horse thief and rob your caravan. If he doesn't want to be robbed, he will pay the money, which is equivalent to collecting taxes.
What's funny is that the collected money is not only used to feed the army, but also used to fill the treasury of Datong Prefecture. As a result, the local prefect officials don't need to look at the faces of the gentry, and don't need them to collect food and taxes. They speak extremely tough.
Moreover, the national tax that should be paid has also been paid, making it the only bank that has been profitable since the middle of Ming Dynasty.
So, reality is more magical than fiction—replacing Fu with robbing, believe me, few people who write history can come up with such a bad idea.
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