Chapter 241 Poor Ming Dynasty, why do you fight? (Please subscribe, please collect)

"Woo."

When the piercing battle alarm sounded, on the mast of the armored cruiser Cao Guogong, the observer Staff Sergeant Lu Benwei, who had been working in the Ming Navy for eight years, was a little confused.

He is just a farmer from a remote county in Yunnan, because the land in his family is already the minimum size of the family farm in accordance with the "Land Equalization Order" and the "Land Restriction Order" (the land limit has not only an upper limit but also a lower limit).

The share could no longer be divided, so it had to be inherited by his elder brother. After graduating from junior high school, he could only "apply for land" from the superiors and join the army as a soldier. He became a sailor.

And the reason why he wants to be a soldier is not to make achievements. It is what low-level officers with civilian backgrounds daydream about all day long. When he becomes a soldier, he doesn't think about that at all. In the Ming Dynasty, soldiers have to be promoted.

It is difficult to be an officer. No matter how good a soldier is, he can only be promoted to a first-class sergeant major. Lu Benwei is not very interested in becoming a first-class sergeant major. His purpose of becoming a soldier is just to do a little bit of "asking for land".

The so-called "request for land allocation" means that the state rates the children of farmers from the Ming Dynasty who apply for land. Those with high scores will be given priority in land allocation, while those with low scores will be sorry. I am afraid that they will not be able to get land for the rest of their lives.

Of course, just because there is no land to distribute does not mean that the country will not care about it - King Zhuge Wuzhong, an "idealistic" time traveler, has already drawn a clear framework for his descendants. If it is because of too many people, the "Land Equalization Order" stipulates

If the plan of dictating land cannot be implemented, then the court will help the Ding men who "ask for land" to purchase real estate in the city. Don't think about good locations in the city centers of big cities, which are usually satellite towns in the suburbs of big cities or emerging industries.

A small piece of land was allocated near the city's industrial zone so that men could build houses at their own expense.

So now, in the suburbs of cities of all sizes in the New Daming Dynasty, there are many neatly planned small towns, all of which are built with single-family two or three-story Chinese-style buildings. The people living in them are not rich people, but wealthy people.

The fields failed to bear fruit, and they were forced to go to the periphery of the big city to get a piece of land to build a house as a poor worker.

Throughout their lives, they have a small building, two cars (cars have just been invented and are not yet popular, but they will definitely be available in the future), a wife and two or three children. Well, in the imagination of the citizens of the imperialist new Ming Dynasty

In China, a poor person can only get so poor. If he wants to be poorer again, he will have to find a Japanese wife who is better at living.

However, Lu Benwei is a more motivated person and does not want to be a poor worker. He would rather be a rich farmer with a family farm. To become a rich farmer, there are generally only two ways, one is to earn points. Now the Ming Dynasty still has some land in its hands.

Points are already very precious, so ordinary people can't get them. They have to serve the country as a soldier for a few more years to earn enough points. In addition, you can earn a lot of points by studying hard and entering an agricultural college. But Lu Benwei is a poor student at school.

, couldn't get into the Agricultural College. Therefore, serving as a soldier was the only way for him to earn points.

In addition to earning points, you can also go to the vassal state or go to the "no man's land" on the frontier to become a rich farmer. But that requires a lot of capital, and the risk is also high. If not, you will lose everything and become a "poor among the poor"

By then, I won’t even be able to get a Japanese wife.

So Lu Benwei joined the army. Because he had very good eyesight, a very clever mind, and he learned things very quickly, he was assigned to the Navy as an observer. His main tasks were two, one was to use telescopes to

Look around at sea; secondly, use a stereoscopic rangefinder that looks a bit like a bamboo pole placed sideways at first glance to measure the position of distant islands, ships and the warship you are on.

His position usually doesn't matter much, it's just that there are a lot of assessments, but when it comes to war, whether the cannon can fire accurately depends first on his observation level, and then on the "abacus soldier" in the gunnery bridge.

Is your abacus going well?

But Lu Benwei didn't understand at all that he was sitting on an armored cruiser, looking at the scenery of the Indian Ocean, thinking about the happy life of becoming a "rich farmer" after earning enough points, and why he suddenly had to go to war?

Also, what happened to the Ming Dynasty in the past two years? Why does it keep fighting with others? Last time, there was a war in Japan for no apparent reason. The newspaper said that it was a small group of Japanese careerists who caused trouble in the Kii Waterway in an attempt to provoke the Ming Dynasty.

The story of a world war between the Empire and the British Empire to achieve their sinister purpose of taking advantage of the chaos and seizing power in Japan seems a bit false!

The result of that war, in Lu Benwei's opinion, was that a large number of officials were promoted for meritorious service, and the prices of Japanese brides and Japanese ladies increased by 30 to 50%!

This time it’s even more inexplicable. He went all the way to the Indian Ocean to fight with people!

Is there someone in India who wants to stir up trouble and provoke a world war between Ming Dynasty and Great Britain?

Just when Lu Benwei was shocked by the inexplicable war that broke out, the alarm sound in the loudspeaker beside him suddenly stopped, and then the voice of Captain Lei Teng came: "Comrades,

, I am Lieutenant Colonel Lei Teng, captain of the Cao Guogong. The battle is about to begin. I hope that each of you can fulfill your duties in this battle, win victory and glory for our empire, and win great military exploits for yourself! Long live the Ming Dynasty,

Long live the emperor!"

Then the cheers of a group of bridge officers came from the loudspeaker: "Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live the Emperor!"

Then, the music of the Ming Empire's national anthem "Song of the Red Scarf Army" sounded - of course this song was composed and written by King Zhuge Wuzhong himself. The melody is impassioned and the lyrics are exciting.

Lu Benwei, who still didn't quite understand this sudden war, stopped thinking and started singing loudly to the music of "Song of the Red Scarf Army": "Rise up, people who don't want to be slaves."

"Report, distance is nineteen thousand yards!"

"Eighteen thousand yards!"

"Seventeen thousand yards!"

"Ten thousand."

As the navigator made reports one after another, the atmosphere in the bridge of the armored cruiser Blake also ignited. After all, the opponent was only eight third-class cruisers with a capacity of 3,000 tons, not three Blakes with more than 9,000 tons at all.

A rival to the armored cruiser.

Although the Ming Empire is a formidable opponent, today's victory definitely belongs to the British Empire, no, to the Indian Empire.

Unlike those officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy who still don’t quite know why they are fighting, the officers and soldiers of the Royal Indian Navy all know why they are fighting!

The British in the fleet all know that their empire on which the sun never sets is based on victory after victory. Spain, the Netherlands, France, the princely states of India, and the barbarians in the New World are all subordinates of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Defeat. And it is because of this that they, the English, can go from being islanders on a barren European island to becoming the people of the richest country in Europe, which is almost on the verge of catching up with the people of the Eastern Kingdoms in terms of per capita income and living standards.

Victory every time!

If they can defeat the Ming Dynasty, then their empire will become number one in the world, and they will also take advantage of it and move to the next level!

As for the Indians in the fleet, most of them are of the Kshatriya caste and come from Chamindar landlord families. They are quite satisfied with Emperor William's rule and believe that Emperor William will definitely make their India great again!

Well, India is already very great now! Not only is it the eldest son of Great Britain, but it is also the master of the Indian Ocean and has the second-largest GDP in the world, second only to the Ming Dynasty.

As long as we work harder and defeat the Ming Dynasty, India will truly be number one in the world, and the 19th century will be the Indian century!

"Thirteen thousand yards!" At this time, the navigator shouted in the loudest voice, "Sir, it is already thirteen thousand yards!"

Colonel Jervis nodded heavily: "Okay! Now the left helm is full! We have to pass in front of the enemy's line. May God bless us, and may God bless Emperor William and the Indian Empire!"
Chapter completed!