I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Wu army progressed very smoothly. The soldiers of the Green Battalion hardly resisted, and they threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Wu Jun's various propaganda before had played a certain role.

When encountering a small number of Eight Banners soldiers, they killed them all the way.

Originally, the combat power was not as good as that of the Wu army, but now the number is small, and they were also attacked.

Those Eight Banners soldiers also fled all the way, and there is no army that can stubbornly resist one or two. When the army is defeated like a mountain, facing the trend of landslides, most people think of running away to save their lives, rather than turning the tide.

The only one that still retains combat effectiveness is the army next to Tadamu.

Over time, however, panic in this army has also risen sharply.

The city was attacked at night. At this time, I didn't want to escape, and I had to fight with the enemy to death. Isn't this courting death.

Tadamu doesn't want to live anymore, it doesn't mean that other people don't want to live.

People are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

Especially in this big night, it is much easier to escape from the large army quietly than in the daytime.

Suddenly, another soldier on the edge slipped away.

There were not many people around Tadamu.

"Heaven wants to kill me, God wants to kill me Daqing."

Tadamu roared up to the sky, and then raised his knife to kill himself. He would rather commit suicide than fall into Wu Jun's hands.

With Tadamu's suicide, the Qing army immediately lost control, fleeing and descending. Soon, the last resistance force also declared disintegration.

Next, it is some finishing work such as clearing and extinguishing fires and saving people.

Until dawn, these chores have not been done, but they are all irrelevant.

Of the nearly 4,000 prisoners, more than 3,800 were finally rescued, and only 100 died in the chaos.

This is already the best result for Lu Guangzu.

No major damage was done, and he breathed a sigh of relief, a smile on his face.

In this battle, more than 600 people were killed in the Wu army.

The 20,000-strong Qing army was wiped out, nearly 2,000 of them died in battle, and the rest all surrendered.

Fighting all the way, Wu Jun has captured tens of thousands of prisoners in total.

Some of these were adapted, and some diehards were imprisoned. They are very likely to be arranged to dig coal in coal mines and do coolies.

Also, there is no salary.

The area south of the Huaihe River was basically settled, and everyone wrote a detailed battle report and sent it to Nanjing.

In Nanjing, Wu Changqing took time to meet with Dutch businessmen Hurd and Albert.

"Dear Duke."

Hurd and Albert saluted, Wu Changqing's power now is not the same as before.

So, they also maintained the necessary respect.

"Mr. Hurd speaks Chinese well. With this huge advantage, other Western European businessmen will not be able to compete with you in the future."

Wu Changqing gave a small greeting.

For those Western European businessmen, learning Chinese well can definitely have a great advantage, at least they don't have to worry about being cheated.

"Thank you for your compliment, Lord Duke. Whether we can compete with other merchants, we still have to rely on Lord Duke. If every time the people under His Excellency detain our merchant ships privately, we can't do this business."

Hurd complained bitterly.

"Oh, you said that, don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future. Because, my army will soon take Hangzhou and Ningbo and other places. At that time, Mr. Hurd thinks Go to any port, go to any port."

Wu Changqing's words made Hurd curse his mother.

He is not struggling with which port to go to at all, but about fairness and free trade.

If it wasn't for the fact that Songjiang's business was strictly controlled by Wu Changqing, and he couldn't make enough profits, why would he go to Ningbo.

Later, when Wu Changqing captured Ningbo, he would definitely do the same thing in Songjiang there, but they still couldn't make a lot of money.

"Governor Wu, in fact, we feel that the trading method in Songjiang is outdated and not suitable for the current market conditions. I think there should be more freedom in business. Therefore, we want to directly trade with other businessmen, not with Government deals."

Hurd expressed his true thoughts, with the government intervening in the middle, they want to make a lot less money.

When doing business with the government, many of their business wisdom cannot be exerted.

When doing business, it becomes a freight forwarder, and all you earn is the freight.

"Oh, then you probably don't know that the previous imperial court prohibited overseas businessmen from coming to me to do business with me. I paid a huge price and risk to open overseas trade, can't I get a little fortune from it?"

Wu Changqing said with a smile.

"You can't say that. Later, the imperial court in the south also lifted the ban. Also, you can draw a certain amount of tax from trade, but you can't fully dominate and control all trade."

Hurd continued to argue.

His words are not wrong, commercial trade must eventually return to free trade.

Wu Changqing knew this better than him.

Therefore, for Hurd's appeal, in fact, he did not have many reasons to refuse.

What's more, he actually has a trick to continue to squeeze those overseas businessmen.

Wu Changqing is not Chongzhen. He has a very strong control over the group of businessmen, so he can

He secretly asked the merchants in Songjiang to unite and not allow anyone to lower prices without permission.

In this way, overseas businessmen still can't make high profits, they can only make some hard money.

Of course, the middle degree needs to be mastered very well. If the pressure is too low, Hurd and the others will not be able to make money and it is not cost-effective, and they will definitely not come back in the future.

In the long run, this is not good for Songjiang's development.

Wu Changqing needs to turn trade in China into a chicken rib, which is tasteless to eat and a pity to abandon. Let those businessmen in Western Europe can't stop, they can't make a fortune, and they can't bear it if they don't come.

"Don't be excited, Mr. Hurd, I have always been encouraging business and trade. Therefore, I can fully understand your request, and I agree.

I hope you and your partners can publicize the spirit of free trade on our side in Western Europe, so that more businessmen can join this trade. You should probably have heard about the production capacity of our Dahua, so you don't have to worry about the lack of high-quality products. "

Wu Changqing laughed.

His words surprised Hurd and Albert a little. They originally thought that this matter would be difficult to deal with, and they would have to argue with Wu Changqing for several days.

But I didn't expect that Wu Changqing would be so refreshing.

Of course they could not have imagined that Wu Changqing could have such a strong control over the businessmen under him, because in Western Europe, that was impossible.

In Western Europe, these merchants have great power, and the king needs to treat them with courtesy, let alone control them, which is impossible.

If the king wants to control trade and control the price of commodities, it is even more of a dream.