As Raphael fled back to Manila, Coquela received the news that the sailboat was robbed, followed by a letter of declaration of war from Tenglong Trading Company. The news spread in Manila, and along with it were the news of Tenglong Trading Company's cooperation with the Dutch East India Company.

A deal that changed the trade pattern and a great victory spread the reputation of the community throughout the Eastern world. Soon people knew that a new maritime force had emerged on the eastern sea surface.

The people of the club are very clear that this is a foundation-laying battle, allowing the club to gain a foothold on the sea. If it is not involved in all aspects, especially the trade relations with the Ming Dynasty and the diplomatic pattern with the Dutch, some people hope to establish a country of their own.

Of course, this suggestion was extinguished from the beginning, but the senior leaders of the community have reached an agreement on this. If the community wants to follow the example of the Dutch East India Company, it may not be named as a country, but it must be of the state. Then it is urgent to establish its own system and administrative structure.

This was already in Li Mingxun's plan. The club has been established at the end of the 12th year of Chongzhen. It has been four years since it was established and has actually existed for nearly three years. In these three years, the club has almost started from scratch and started a foundation. It has already owned nine important strongholds including Budai Port, Xixindi, Hong Kong, Chongming, Yongning City, Vladivostok, Nagasaki, Dongfang Port, and Yuling Island. It directly controlled a population of nearly 200,000, and it has a strong fleet and 6th army. In Southeast Asia, it has passed many sultanate countries.

Obviously, a simple business architecture is difficult to maintain the situation, especially since each stronghold has a large number of military, administrative, diplomatic and commercial activities on weekdays, it requires a huge and professional bureaucratic organization to manage. When the community has gained space for survival and expansion and has a safe environment, all this needs to be clarified.

The highest authority of the community is named the Senate. The Senate is set up in the base camp and holds all the power of the community. Li Mingxun is a senior of Xi and serves as the supreme consul. In addition to Li Mingxun, the Senate also has nine major veterans. The veterans of the base camp include Lin Cheng, Li Hai (Ahai), Qian Jin, Simmons, and Gao Feng. The chief executives of the community's main strongholds in various places also serve as veterans of the Senate, including Song Laoqi from Yongning City, Xu Changxing from Chongming, Lin He from Hong Kong, and He Bin from Nagasaki.

Because the club is ready to develop Taipei and set up the Taipei Chief Executive District, and Ah Hai will manage this Chief Executive District, so there are only five veterans in the base camp, and these five veterans are responsible for the daily affairs of the base camp and hold corresponding positions. Ah Hai, other veterans only participate in the major decisions of the club and have the right to know and supervise daily affairs.

In addition to being the consul, Li Mingxun also governed all military affairs. In addition to serving as the deputy consul as a veteran, Lin Cheng also served as the chief executive of Budai Port, the chief of shipping and trade, and handled administrative and trade affairs. Qian Jin served as the chief of shipbuilding and industry, in charge of shipbuilding and industry. Simmons was the naval admiral and also served as the commander of the main fleet, responsible for Li Mingxun. The governor of the 6th Army was Gao Feng, who also served as the commander of the base camp and the admiral of the new military camp, and accepted the direct leadership of the consul.

Outside the base camp, the association has established many administrative departments such as Chief Executive Office, consulate, business office, etc. Among them, Yongning City and the future Taipei are areas where the association can directly control the areas where the association can directly control the areas without considering the surrounding forces. Hong Kong has actually been controlled by the association, and the Guangdong government has only the authority to collect taxes for entry and exit from Hong Kong. However, due to the influence on the Ming Dynasty, the Hong Kong Chief Executive Office District will not be disclosed to the public for the time being, and Lin He is still the consul in Hong Kong to implement administrative management.

Nagasaki and Chongming are a bit special. The merchants in Nagasaki only have trade and diplomatic responsibilities, so He Bin is still a consular status, while Chongming is similar to Nagasaki, but the club has left a 6th Army and a squadron in the name of the escort and transport ships of the mall. Xu Changxing manages all trade and diplomatic affairs as a senior businessman in the business office, while Zhao Sandao serves as the garrison commander and the squadron commander.

The strongholds where the chiefs can serve as veterans in the Senate are all first-level administrative regions under the jurisdiction of the association, and there are also second-level administrative regions under the first-level administrative regions. For example, Dongfang Port, Yuling Island, Vladivostok, Dongfang Port and Yuling Island, which are affiliated to the Yongning Chief Executive District, each has second-level administrative officers and are responsible for Yongning City. Vladivostok only has military functions, only a garrison commander is established.

In the first-level administrative district, a power organization is also established in the model of the Senate, called the local council. The chief is appointed by the chief executives of various places, while the commanders of the squadrons, garrison commanders, and business commissioners deployed in various places serve as members of parliament in local meetings, and local councils must open the positions of parliament to important allies. For example, the Yongning Chief Executive District, Bahai, Anlin and other important allies also serve as members of parliament and have the right to vote at the annual local meetings.

Of course, Chongming and Hong Kong are a bit special, and local meetings will also invite some important partners. All resolutions will seek their opinions and explain them to their partners.

In the future, the base camp will send new officials to various Chief Executive districts and serve as councillors in local meetings. The new officials are already in preparation. One is the clerk who is responsible for financial review and supervision, and the other is the law enforcement officer who is responsible for legal affairs in various administrative districts.

After the important appointments of the Senate and the first-level chief executive district were completed, Ah Hai, who was temporarily clerk, locked into a box and opened the paper to record the first veteran meeting of the Senate today.

Because of the triumph, in addition to the five elders of the base camp, Ahai and Lin He arrived, and seven out of the ten elders and the consuls were also there, so they could make decisions on various matters.

"There is only one issue today, that is, expansion of the army." Li Mingxun stood up and set a tone for the first meeting of the Senate.

Now the military forces of the community are divided into two parts: the Navy and the 6th Army. There are also two departments: the Navy Admiral and the 6th Army Governor. All military forces under it have been split. The Navy has obtained the arrangement of main ships, frigates and notification ships. The 6th teams originally affiliated with each ship also belong to the Navy. Of course, the Navy Admiral also has command of the squadrons established in Chongming, Hong Kong, Yongning City and Vladivostok.

The newly organized new military camp belongs to the 6th Army. In addition, the garrison battalions, garrisons, pioneering battalions, and pioneering battalions of each stronghold are also within the scope of the 6th Army.

Li Mingxun knocked on the table and nodded to Qian Jin. Qian Jin stood up and hung a design sketch, saying: "According to the consul's plan, the navy's sailing frigates and notification ships have reached saturation. The construction of the fast-buckles and the captured Manila sailing ships belong to the shipping department. At present, the navy's main expansion force is placed on the two main battleships."

As he said, the sketch had been hung up, and it could be seen that this was a heavy artillery battleship improved on the basis of the White Shark. The biggest improvement was that it had lengthened the hull. The length of the ship reached 42 meters, which was six meters longer than the White Shark. The width remained unchanged, further reduced, narrowed the stern of the ship, simplified the functional compartment of the bow, extended the length of the artillery deck, three masts and full sails, and two layers of artillery decks, and the displacement would definitely exceed one thousand tons.

Because of the larger tonnage and the artillery deck, the two main battleships were equipped with sixty guns, which slightly increased in their magnitude. It is precisely because they are even larger that they are named after whales, one is named as a fin whale and the other is named as an orca.

"These two main battleships are the focus of the shipyard's current resource investment. Now the keels have been laid, and the ribs and wood are ready. They should be launched into the navy at the end of this year or early next year. The shipyard has also designed a heavier and larger main battleship with seventy-four heavy artillery. At the same time, it received an order from the consul to design a heavy cruiser with thirty to thirty-six guns."

After talking about his own shipyard affairs, Qian Jin said: "The casting gun factory has mass-produced four- and six-pound copper cannons. At present, the twelve-pound and nine-pound copper cannons have been successfully trial-cast, and the twelve-pound cast iron cannons have also been successful. However, the weight is expected. Heavy copper cannons are limited to copper materials and will not be produced for the time being. The cast iron cannons are mass-produced in small batches and are used as fortress cannons to be placed in various strongholds."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly and expressed satisfaction with the work of Director Qian Jin: "In another half a month, our British partners will send a group of immigrants from Europe, including watch craftsmen, gun casting craftsmen, ship designers, more than half of them are British, and of course more people from other European countries. This was recruited by the British East India Company in Europe the year before yesterday, and all of them will be handed over to your Ministry of Shipbuilding and Industry to enhance the technical strength of the community as soon as possible."

Lee Mingxun's eyes glanced at everyone and finally fell on Simmons, saying: "As we reconciled with the Dutch, the biggest threat has disappeared. Even if Spain hates us, we will deal with the main resources on the Dutch, and the resources of the club will be liberated. Everyone knows that there are two bottlenecks for the club's current exhibition, one is money and the other is people. This time, the Manila sailing ship has brought us one million taels of silver. In addition, the profits brought by several shopping malls such as Nagasaki, Chongming, and Hong Kong, we will not be short of money in the next two years. The only need now is people!"

As he said, Li Mingxun pointed to the map behind him and said: "After comparing various information, immigrants from Da6 are most likely to integrate into our system. They are hard-working and have skills, which is the best choice for immigration. But everyone has also seen that because the strong rural complex of the Han people can attract Jiangnan, the only things that immigrants from Guangdong come to the country are favorable, which undoubtedly increases the cost."

Lin He is deeply touched by this. Hong Kong has just opened a port for a year and has gathered more than 30,000 people. However, it is very difficult to immigrate these people to Taiwan. Although Hong Kong has brought 15,000 immigrants to Taiwan, it has also paid a huge price. The association has decided to no longer deliberately immigrate, but to place some industries in Hong Kong, such as forging and textile industries with high demand for technology.

"Everyone, only those who cannot survive will go to unknown areas regardless of everything. In the north of the Ming Dynasty, the people were oppressed by the government, bandits and the Eastern Barbarians, and were the most suitable targets of immigration. Now the base camp is safe, and the main resources of the club will be invested in the future. It is definitely not possible to build a commercial hall. If we want to intervene vigorously, we must participate in the war between the Ming and the Eastern Barbarians. Therefore, this year's military expenditure began to be tilted towards the 6th Army, and the original new military camp was expanded to three." Li Mingxun's words caused an uproar. Not to mention the other veterans present, even Gao Feng did not expect that it would be the ending.

Last year, Li Mingxun drew elite veterans and officers from the escort and base camp garrison battalions to establish a new military camp with a tentative quota of 2,000 people. This is the first main field battalion of the club. For this reason, a large number of personnel were recruited. The brigade that participated in the battle in Chongming was the training team of the new military camp. After actual combat inspection, two brigades and one artillery team were arranged, and a new military camp was officially formed.

What really restricts the formation of the new military camp is military expenditure. As the main force of the community, the new military camp is of course not the beggar troops like the Ming Dynasty. This army consumes a lot of resources.

Take an ordinary contrailer in the new military camp for example. Their monthly salary was three taels, and the assembled contrailer was improved from the Goa Arsenal. The unit price was over fifteen taels. In addition, training consumption, military shoes and military caps were equipped with all kinds of miscellaneous things. It would take about twenty taels to arm a contrailer, but maintaining the salary of such a contrailer, the training loss was over fifty-five taels.

In the new military camp, there were about a thousand medlet gunmen and six hundred spearmen. The spearmen's spears were cheap, but they had to be equipped with iron helmets, breastplates, and mail. The more dangerous positions required higher military pay. The equipment and maintenance costs of one spearman were about seventy taels, and the artillery team had six artillery pieces, four four-pound cannons, two six-pound cannons, and several mortar cannons.

The report Gao Feng showed that a new military camp with a scale of 2,000 people, including three infantry brigades, an artillery team and a direct team, consumed a total of about 140,000 taels of military expenditure, which was almost equal to the price of two mass-produced main heavy artillery boats.

Of course, Gao Feng has been actively reducing military spending. The main way is to make all the ordnance self-produce and efficient. The ordnance factory has begun to produce the first type of combing guns of the club. However, due to the number of craftsmen, the production volume of only 100 shots per month, but the price per shot has been reduced to about ten taels. In the future, as the scale expands, the unit price will be even lower.

"All the firearms purchased by the club will be handed over to you. Two new military camps will be trained before the end of the year. The recruitment scope will be expanded. Indigenous people who are proficient in Chinese can also be listed in the recruitment. You don't have to worry about the other new military camp. I will let the Yongning Chief Executive District be responsible. The Jinsha produced by Humal will be used to build a new military camp. The new military camp will be mainly cold weapons, supplemented with muskets and artillery, and the main armored weapons are also ordered from the Satsuma Phantom. However, Gao Feng, you have to set up a separate heavy artillery battalion, and a nine-pound bronze cannon is temporarily used." Li Mingxun said.

"If this is the case, the military expenditure of the 6th Army will definitely exceed 600,000!" Lin Cheng said from the side.

Li Mingxun smiled: "If these investments can bring us more than 300,000 refugees, we won't lose."

"In this case, the benefits brought by the sailing ship will be almost invalid." Lin Cheng said.
Chapter completed!