Chapter 112: Decision
Zhang Han gently tapped the table with his hand. The manpower, material resources and labor costs of these materials, probably cost more than 200,000 yuan. With the cost of shipbuilding of each ship of more than 100,000 yuan, it is not necessarily enough for Taiwan to use all of them to build ships next year. Ping An income was originally planned to pay at least 600,000 yuan next year. This is the bottoming silver. In fact, everyone hopes to pay millions. The Finance Bureau of the Military Orders Department has begun to make next year's budget, and Tian Jitang plans to add this income.
Zhang Han can also understand this psychology. Taiwan will invest three years next year, and the iron trade and a large amount of trade income will be retained for Taiwan every year. After all, the military department is so nervous. Taiwan's investment has exceeded 2 million, and so far it has only returned 600,000 taels last year. The input and output are really not proportional.
Everyone here looked at Zhang Han. No matter what everyone thought, Zhang Han was the only one who was the one who was in charge of the family.
Zhang Han didn't hesitate for too long, and then knocked his finger for a moment and said, "Okay, let's do what you said."
Wang Jun was stunned. He didn't expect that the lord would agree so readily.
Sun Jingting and others were a little surprised, and Li Shenming's face showed an unhappy look on his face.
Zhang Han said: "We are not in the Taiwan affairs and cannot understand the determination of the marching department. Moreover, the adviser is the entire marching department, and no one has made different opinions. It means that not only Chang Wei, but also the top leaders in Taiwan such as Zhang Xuwen, Li Pingzhi, Jiang Kui, Li Shouxin, etc. all have the same views. Since that is the case, why do we, who are thousands of miles apart, oppose the arrangement ahead? I know you feel sorry for money, but sometimes, what should be spent is to spend."
Li Shenming pondered: "If you say that, the focus and center of next year seem to be on Taiwan."
"It's almost the same." Zhang Han said with a serious expression: "To be honest, I have nothing to worry about in the Chahar people, and even the Donglu. The Donglu is strong, but if we defend each fort, the Donglu will have no chance to take us. The Beilu has already survived and some tribes that are dissatisfied can be freed to slowly eliminate them in the future. Only Taiwan has a heavy layout and is also a very critical place. It can be said that I can lose the Thirteen Mountains and Kuantian Pi Island now. As long as Taiwan is there, it is not a big problem. So don't worry about the silver. As long as Taiwan stands, it will take another three years, tens of millions of taels of silver. As long as I drive the Dutch away and dominate the sea, these investments will definitely be worth it."
"Sir, wise and wise!" Wang Zheng was excited. He felt that he had a lot to say, and even made a big fight to attract everyone's attention to changes in the situation in Taiwan. Who knew that Zhang Han had made the final decision and had achieved the goal that everyone had asked before coming here: to make the military department pay attention to the enemy situation in Taiwan!
"I think you three thousand people may not be enough." Zhang Han pressed his palms with a low hand and said seriously: "Li Shouxin's three thousand people must protect the headquarters of the marching department, and prevent and eliminate the local natives. Although the Dutch only has one thousand marine troops, they have the power of the sea, so it is easy to increase troops. If they increase troops to two thousand or even three thousand, your life will be very sad, and the overall situation in Taiwan will become very troublesome."
Wang Jun's face changed. On this level, no one, including Li Shouxin, had ever considered it.
After all, purely from the perspective of land war, Li Shouxin's Fourth Regiment had a very excellent team of officers, very hard training, and very excellent artillery and firearms. The victory over Yan Siqi's troops proved the excellence of the soldiers of the Shang regiment, and the whole battle was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
Treating those natives with hundreds of enemies, it is possible that a merchant army cannot defeat a hundred natives, but a merchant army composed of 100 people is quite easy to defeat a thousand, two thousand natives.
This is the battle formation, training, cooperation, and the gap formed by weapons and armor. The more people the opponent is, the more vulnerable it will be.
But from a purely military perspective, if the Dutch mastered the ocean, they would attack and defend, and the initiative was in their hands. Whether the war was small or the Dutch would make up their minds to eradicate the alien forces on the island, who can tell now clearly?
Zhang Han turned to Sun Jingting and asked, "Which one can be transferred to Taiwan now?"
Sun Jingting thought for a moment and said, "The regiments are either stationed on the front line or are undergoing the restructuring of the dragon cavalry. Only Wang Yikui's first regiment has not been reorganized and the system is intact. In addition, Li Congye's third regiment is stationed between Xinghe and Zhongdu, and they have not reorganized either."
The first, second and third infantry regiments are old teams. The officers are mainly experienced old officers, and most of them have followed Zhang Han for many years. They are either from Lahu or porters. Only young officers come out directly from the school. There are also quite a few veterans who have followed them for many years, from Xinpingbao to Lizhuang all the way to the present. Therefore, these three regiments, the first regiment stationed near Qingcheng, the second regiment stationed in Yunnei, and the third regiment stationed in Xinghe. The three regiments are in triangle shape to protect Qingcheng firmly in the center...
"Don't adjust the regiment." Zhang Han decided: "The three infantry regiments of the first, second and third are each transferred one to two companies, plus a battalion, and form two infantry battalions to form more than a thousand people to transfer them first. They are still recruiting and training new recruits on Pi Island, asking them to form a battalion, and start from Pi Island, so that another regiment will be gathered together. This regiment is called Jiang Kui. He is the deputy military commander of the marching department and gives him some specific things. In addition, the two regiments stationed in Taiwan are usually controlled by the military commander, and everything Chang Wei and the political meeting have the final say. As for the war, Jiang Kui is controlled by Li Shouxin, and he will never be allowed to surround the anti-military orders with his old qualifications. Okay, the military commander will immediately deploy and prepare for the transfer of the army can be started now, but the formal operation can be carried out after the New Year... Don't ask people to rush in the ice and snow at this time."
"Since Taiwan is in danger, why bother to worry about the New Year's Day?" Sun Jingting had a lot of resistance to Taiwan's request just now, but now he said with a sigh: "The so-called hardworking king's affairs should not be afraid of the weather or the New Year's Day. I will prepare later when I go back, and I will be transferred to various ministries within three days. Each ministries will set off before the New Year and arrive in Tianjin within half a month!"
Everyone nodded silently. Since there is a crisis in Taiwan, they must act resolutely and have no warmth at all.
Zhang Han can be polite. Of course, Sun Jingting and others must take on these offensive things, otherwise what is the use of setting up political officials and political meetings?
Li Shenming smiled and said, "They will miss you, Xiaozheng!"
"It doesn't matter." Sun Jingting turned to Wang Jun and said, "I remember Taiwan is shipped in Tianjin every month, right?"
"Yes..." Wang Zheng said: "This is a war preparation plate. If the new ship arrives, the old ship will stop at the port to repair and wait for goods, and also replenish fresh water. Sometimes, supplies are transported to Pi Island."
"That's good." Sun Jingting turned to Zhang Han and said, "We send a small boat to Pidao to send orders. At the same time, the adults can issue orders to cooperate with Taiwan to find common wood, and ask the 12th Regiment to arrest it as the first major event. We must use all means to ensure that Taiwan uses wood. It is best to prepare a thousand large woods in the first batch within one to two months."
Only then did Wang Jun understand the style of work of senior officials like the Military Affairs Office!
He is decisive and considers it carefully, with almost no omissions. Moreover, the layers and structures are quite clear and difficult, and there is nothing extraordinary. As long as you do things according to the arrangement, you can ensure that everything goes smoothly.
"Shipbuilding is a big deal." Zhang Han said again: "But are people waiting for you to collect money at sea, or wait for you to build a big ship to fight for him? Things in the world are not so easy and freehand. The enemy may first transfer the main ship to block the sea, or simply block Bengang. After the sea blockade, we cannot replenish supplies and cut off contact. As long as the blockade is blocked for half a year, Taiwan will be defeated without a fight."
Wang Jun said uneasyly: "We haven't considered this level yet..."
Li Shenming said dissatisfiedly: "This means you are still too young!"
No one answered this, which involved the evaluation of Chang Wei...
"They will have a solution." Zhang Han was quite tolerant, smiled and said, "Lu Lu Tang News will pass on our worries. I believe that the Taiwan Marine Department will find a way to solve the problem. One thing must be confirmed. Even if Zheng Junmen takes the risk of taking the Fujian Navy to cooperate, the Dutch people cannot really establish a blockade. Trade losses are still small matters. We cannot afford the risk of losing the entire Taiwan base."
Those present were not high-level officials or confidants. Everyone knew that Taiwan was an important layout that Zhang Han was not inferior to the grassland. They looked a little awesome at the moment. No one expected that Taiwan would encounter a strong enemy again as soon as it got on track.
Li Shenming sighed: "We are facing the Northern Territory, defending the Eastern Territory, and defending the Ming Dynasty in the back. It seems that Taiwan is not easy. We need to prevent malaria, open up land and farm, and immigrate to farm. There are natives in front, the Ming Dynasty behind us, the robbers at the sea, and real foreign enemies such as the Netherlands and Spain are really hard-working. It is not easy to always threaten them."
"It's not easy." Zhang Han smiled and said, "Men's husband just needs to do something that is not that easy. If it's easy, Brother Li should still be an aide to General Ma and help manage the business. And my younger brother should continue to do business passed down from his ancestors in Xinpingbao. Of course, it's much easier than now, but life is much boring!"
"What Wen Lan said is extremely true." Li Shenming looked emotional, raised his glass and drank a glass himself.
Chapter completed!