Chapter 348 Great Imagination(1/2)
Liu Mingjing and Liu Mingqi have the best friendship.
When the two brothers are together, they often brag while eating, drinking and bragging.
Some words were said after being drunk, and they forgot when they woke up, but Liu Mingjing did not.
So Liu Mingjing knew that Liu Mingqi had a big heart.
But he never expected that Liu Mingqi's heart was so big.
Before, Liu Mingqi mentioned the Kushan continent, and said that there was fertile soil, rich minerals, beautiful girls, gentle Kushan people... and so on, saying that Dakang must take it down.
Liu Mingjing only thinks that Liu Mingqi is dreaming about it.
According to Liu Mingqi, one-third of the Kushan continent is so big. How can we fight and how to deal with it?
So he was just excited for a while and immediately abandoned such an unrealistic idea.
As a result, today Liu Mingqi talked about her long-term plan again.
The Indochina Peninsula was built, the granary was added to the empire, and the ports and guarantees were provided for the empire's trade. These were all free of charge, and they were all necessary things for Dakang.
But this time you not only talked about Kushan, but also about those small countries in South Asia?
Do you really want to take the lead and turn all the territory you see into Da Kang?
This is not just a matter of great ambition, but also a matter of directly suffocating!!
Thinking of this, Liu Mingjing quickly said, "Mingqi, you can't be so ambitious! If we can completely digest this... Indochina Peninsula, that is a great blessing!
How many troops do you have to do the strategies you mentioned? How many troops can we have in Dakang? If we recruit so many troops, if we don’t make enough money, it will lead to overall collapse. Wouldn’t we cheat ourselves?"
"You can't be too ambitious." Liu Mingqi said first: "Don't worry, I know what to do!"
Liu Mingjing originally wanted to persuade him a few more words, but when he thought that Liu Mingqi was just a dog-headed military advisor, he didn't even have the qualifications to lead the army, so he could only think about his ideas and make plans.
Except for taking down the entire Indochina Peninsula, the emperor and ministers might agree to these strategies, the rest are simply not to think about!
Everyone is much more pragmatic than this kid!
Even if he finally became the emperor, he would never do whatever he wanted!
Thinking of this, Liu Mingjing suddenly felt refreshed and began to eat meat in big mouthfuls.
Liu Mingqi saw what he was thinking, but did not continue to explain to him.
Because Liu Mingjing didn't know that there was a country called the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, and Great Britain!
These countries have only a few million people, or tens or 20 million people, but they can occupy many places on the earth. Is it because they are too many people?
Of course not!
There are so many things to pay attention to here!
Great Britain, especially, is simply a super model of colonialism. From ancient times to the present, no country has ever been as successful as they did.
A country with a population of only 30 to 40 million by the 18th century enjoys 70% of the world's resources, ruling more than 2 billion people for more than 200 years. Do you dare to believe it?
What is the population of Dakang now?
Official statistics are 150 million people. If not counted, it should be more than 200 million people.
After all, ancient statistics were very nonsense, and there were many imperfect places.
What is the concept of 200 million people?
In the 21st century, they are all superpowers with the top five populations!
Not to mention this ancient time!
That is to directly beat the existence of all countries!
Maybe there are not 200 million people in the whole of Europe now!
With so many population bases, if you try your best to fertilize your fertility, the baby boom you give birth will be very terrible.
I dare not say that it doubles in ten years, but the population doubles in twenty years, that is something that can definitely be expected!
With such a population base, first go to various important islands and serve as node fortress support on land, and then slowly begin to develop towards the inland, like what the British, French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese did, and patiently spend decades or even hundreds of years, then these islands will become Dakang’s land!
Take a step back and say that even though Dakang fell apart later, all parts of Asia spoke Dakang dialect, used Dakang culture, believed in the same gods and Buddhas, and worshiped the same ancestors and sages... So how big is the difference between this country or not?
It is actually not difficult to clear and colonize the Indochina Peninsula, and there is no problem in keeping it.
The real difficulty lies in Kushan.
The culture of the third brother is no worse than ours, and historic inheritance even surpasses us. Although there have been many periods and civilized destruction in it, as a distant nation, their own centripetal force and religious beliefs still exist and cannot be erased.
In addition, with the differences in races, it should not be a realistic problem to completely conquer them and make them Dakang people.
Then forget it!
As long as I can rule them, occupy the territories and islands along the coast, and turn these places into my own, that's enough.
For example, Chennai, Pondicherry, Koh Comorin, Paraji, Mumbai, Diu, Karachi, Guadal, etc.
There are also Sri Lanka, Maldives, Amindiv Islands, etc. on the Indian Ocean.
With this channel node, there will be no obstacles to Dakang's access to the Western world.
It seems that there are many strongholds and areas that need to be occupied in this way, but in fact, these are simply too simple than colonization and clearing in Southeast Asia.
The Kushan argument of "atonement for sins in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life" is most suitable for colonial rule.
Dakang is not as brutal as Great Britain, and is famously tolerant. It may be possible to integrate many people at the bottom into the Dakang ethnic group.
What Liu Mingqi is most looking forward to is the rapid development of four-masted sailboats and cannons.
Only by practicing it yourself can you know how difficult it is.
Only when we see the rich interests, the possibility of opening up the territory and building up our great prosperity in all directions, will the emperors and ministers of the court actively support this plan.
Before this, I am afraid that we will rely on those lawless maritime merchants to act as half of the armed robbery conqueror!
How to control them at that time is also a question worth pondering.
The practice of controlling colonies and armed forces should be to learn hard!
I don't believe it anymore. They can control the troops and officials released from outside. Will our Dakang Dynasty, which is much stronger than them, make a mess?!
...
While thinking, Liu Mingjing suddenly sighed: "Mingqi, I actually really want to participate in this Nanzhao guide."
"Don't joke, the last time I took you out was already the last crazy thing. How could there be another time?" Liu Mingqi smiled and shook her head, "You should stay honestly! I have accepted my fate, so relax! Restore your former style as the No. 1 slutty in the capital!"
Regarding the boy's joke, Liu Mingjing shook his head, "No! Although you don't leave Beijing, you can still invent various things and play your role... But I can't do it anymore. If I miss this time, I'm afraid I'll gradually become useless!"
"oh?"
Liu Mingqi took a bite of the dish and asked in surprise: "Why do you think so?"
"It's very simple!" Liu Mingjing said, "You invented gunpowder, wooden grenade, hell cocktail... Once these things become popular, they will be known by the enemy one day and thus imitate them!
Once they have this thing, do you think that generals like me are still useful? No matter how high your military power is, a few soldiers will throw a few wooden grenades and will be over!
I just thought that while there is no wooden grenade in Nanzhao now, I can still use my bravery to do something for Dakang, which is also a way to leave no regrets for the end of my personal military general!”
The boy was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect Liu Mingjing to think so far.
yes!
The emergence of gunpowder did not allow the generals to withdraw from the stage of history, but the emergence of grenades definitely caused this consequence.
A modern war, even if you are the reincarnation of Grandpa Zhang, it is not very useful.
After a roulette of guns and submachine guns came down, which one did not fail?
Therefore, the famous generals later refer to generals with strong command ability and excellent strategic ability, which is completely different from the brave generals in ancient times.
The generals we in China were proud of and those glorious years disappeared with modernization and could only exist in our memory.
What Liu Mingjing is worried about may not happen within three to five years, but it will definitely become a reality in ten or eight years.
No matter how powerful a general you are, you will be slap in the face of overwhelming artillery fire and bombs!
Liu Mingjing is only twenty-two years old this year, and ten years later, and it is the time when he is young and strong, but he will encounter such a result. Not only is he sighing, but Liu Mingqi is the same.
Back to ancient times, who did not have the dream of becoming a general invincible?
Even if Liu Mingqi himself cannot do it, it is a good thing that Liu Mingjing can replace him and go out to fight everywhere to kill enemies and protect Dakang!
What a pity!
Now is not the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms period, and this era can no longer tolerate us wasting time!
"well!"
Liu Mingqi patted his shoulder, "That's all! Unless there is a special situation, it's impossible for you to go."
"We just discussed that the Special Forces will go to the southwest to recruit and train the army." Liu Mingjing looked up and asked him, "Do you think I can go?"
Liu Mingqi said without thinking: "You can go, it should be fine. But don't think about taking the opportunity to take action first and then report to rush into Nanzhao! This is different!"
To be continued...