Dragon Sea Empire

Zheng Junlan and Shen Yourong, deputy envoys of Fujian Haidao, insisted on sending troops to expel the Hongmaoyi.Shen Yourong said: "Hongmaoyi came here for trade, as long as Bingbeidao and the naval villages strictly forbid coastal residents to help Hongmao, and then sternly refuse to open the sea for trade, making them unable to comply, and food and grass cut off, they will naturally withdraw from Penghu. When the navy sends troops, there is no need to fight the red-haired barbarians..."

Governor Xu Xueju wondered, "If we don't fight Hongmao, then why should we send troops?"

Shen Yourong clasped his hands and said: "The navy sent troops to Penghu just to prevent the unruly people along the coast from helping the Hongmao Yi; just block the sea lanes around Penghu, and the Hongmao can be forced to live on the island."

Wang Yuyun from Xingquan Road, Fujian Province asked: "If the big red-haired barbarians go out to sea to provoke, how would you deal with it?"

Shen Yourong paused for a moment, then replied: "The red-haired barbarians came here for trade. There are only three ships, and the giant ship only has one boat. There should be no difficulty in raising 50 warships for the five major water villages in Fujian; there are few red-haired ships, and our ship If they go out to sea to challenge, we will use some ships to drive away their large ships, and the other part will rush into the bay, land on the shore, and attack their camp from land."

Zheng Junlan, deputy envoy of Haidao, hurriedly said: "I think General Shen's strategy is very clever, to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses; Hongmao came from afar, the number of people is only four hundred, at most five hundred, our fifty warships have at least 2000 soldiers, don't fight them Warships, fight for manpower on land, the chances of victory are in your hands!"

Shen Yourong frowned involuntarily; he knew very well in his heart that his plan was just a way to fight against Hongmao at sea, and could only rely on numerical superiority to regain the disadvantage.He really wanted to research and manufacture a big ship like the red hair, or a big ship like that Captain Yin; his predecessor Yu Dayou once made an incisive conclusion about naval warfare: without it, a big ship is better than a small ship, and a big gun is better than a small one. Gun ear!

However, when the navy of the Ming army can't even guarantee the soldiers' salaries, when will they be able to build big ships and big guns?Shen Yourong almost had no hope for this.

Fujian General Zhu Wenda quickly stood up, cupped his hands to the governor Xu Xueju, and said, "My lord, don't send troops. The red-haired barbarians are only here for business, and they have sharp firearms. They are not harassing the state capital at the moment. Sending troops is justified. Shun, two, once you fail, you will bring shame on yourself!"

Xu Xueju frowned, obviously hesitating.

Fujian General Zhu Wenda objected to sending troops, and there was a reason for that.In fact, he is Gao Yi's best friend, and Gao Cai has promised him that if the opening of the market is successful, he will be given a share of the benefits.

Shen Yourong, the chief of Dusi and Qinyi, couldn't help but also stood up, and said loudly: "My lord, Hongmao Yi has ulterior motives. Although Penghu is uninhabited, it is too close to the mainland. Hongmao will open a market there. With a firm foot and a big tail, you can spy on my territory at any time, and then you will be the second in Macau Folang Jiyi! My lord, let me send troops, I will not take the initiative to fight the red hair barbarians, try to force them away with tricks."

Hearing the word Macau, Xu Xueju came to his senses; the Macau issue was already a cancer of the Ming court, and it was hard to let go of it and it made him uncomfortable, so if another treaty port appeared, the court would definitely insist on not allowing it.

So Xu Xueju made a decision and handed over the matter of sending troops to expel the Netherlands to the general Shi Dezheng and the governor Shen Yourong.

Shen Yourong was worried that those fishing boats and merchant ships had already gone to help Hongmaoyi, so he was in a hurry to go to sea, and returned to Shihu station from Fuzhou (the Wuyu water village had been moved to Shihu at this time). The boat went out to sea and headed towards Penghu.

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After Yin Feng sent Li Jin away this morning, he started negotiating with the seven wealthy businessmen in Fujian about becoming a shareholder of the company.

Suddenly, Zeng Jingshan came to Penghu on a merchant ship of the Chinese company, and appeared in the Chinese business hall.Yin Feng was very surprised, he hurriedly apologized to the merchants of the Seven Great Masters, and ran out of the house to see Zeng Jingshan.

Before he could say hello, Zeng Jingshan said anxiously: "Is Lao Liu with you? Ming Zai disappeared the day you left Taiwan and Hong Kong, and never returned to your home!"

The sixth child is Zeng Rui, and Ming Tsai is his nickname.

Yin Feng's brain thumped and his mouth opened wide, not knowing what to say.Zeng Jingshan knew his character very well, knew that he would not cheat, he couldn't help stamping his feet and said: "This is broken! It's broken! This kid doesn't study hard at home, and he plays tricks and tricks all day long. This must be a Seeing that there are many novelty weapons in your guard, I followed you secretly..."

Yin Feng rubbed his hands, shook his head, and gasped, "No, no, when I went to Yaogang, I asked someone to drag him home. By the way, Chen Zhongji!" He turned his head and looked The new bodyguard Yan Siqi arrived, and hurriedly asked: "Zhenquan, where did Chen Zhongji go?"

Yan Siqi shook his head inexplicably.

Yin Feng sent all his personal guards to find Chen Zhongji, and dragged him back from the Xinxing ship after a while.

"Captain, what do you want me to do?" Chen Zhongji stood upright with his head held high, but his eyes did not dare to meet Yin Feng.Yin Feng had the eyesight that he had trained as a journalist for many years. He could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with him, so he asked straightforwardly, "Where is the Sixth Young Master?"

Chen Zhongji was discouraged, scratching his scalp and said: "Master Rui, he, he is on the Xinxing ship. He just wants to fire a cannon, just once..."

"What a mess, you brought him on board?" Yin Feng was very annoyed, he had been on the Xinxing for several days, why didn't he find that Zeng Rui was also on board?

"Brother Da Da promised, I just took him on board..."

It turned out that after Zeng Rui was brought back to Yin Feng's house, he didn't waste a moment at all. He turned around and followed the infantry of Yin Feng's escort until he reached the "Taipei Port" - Yaogang, and then found Chen Zhongji, two teenagers They are all daring masters; relying on himself as Yin Feng's closest personal guard, Chen Zhongji and Mai Dahai and others came to Taiwan from Manila, and they had already gotten to know each other well, so he went straight to Mai Dahai and let Zeng Rui board the boat.

During the sea battle with the Dutch, Zeng Rui was in the gun bay of the Xinxing, but since the main force of the sea battle was the Feilong, Zeng Rui also got a chance to fire the gun, and was pulled to the stern cabin by the sailors arranged by Mai Dahai to protect him.Yin Feng was busy directing and controlling the overall situation. When he landed, he went to the Xinsheng, and he didn't notice that Zeng Rui was not far away.

Zeng Rui was brought over, but he didn't dare to speak much under Yin Feng's glaring gaze, Zeng Jingshan hurriedly took him away.Before boarding the boat back to Taiwan, Zeng Jingshan privately said to Yin Feng: "You don't blame Ji Zai and Dahai, do you? It's all because of the mischievousness of the sixth son, so we can't blame them!"

Yin Feng said with a sullen face: "No, this matter can't just end like this. The guard is an army, and it is armed with military law and discipline. I have repeatedly emphasized military discipline and military law, and I can't tolerate it just because my personal guards and relatives committed the crime. Never mind."

Zeng Jingshan shook his head, speechless.In order to ease the atmosphere, Yin Feng changed the subject and asked, "How are those red-haired barbarians arriving in Taiwan?"

"It has already been arranged in a temporary prisoner-of-war camp by the Jishui River in the north of the city. The red-haired general, according to your letter, Lin Xiao is going to take him to visit the barracks."

"That's good. The trade agreement, wait for me to return to Taiwan, and then hold a meeting with the owner to discuss it. It should be in the next few days, and the officers, soldiers and sailors will come here, and I will come back as soon as I finish talking with them. "

Zeng Jingshan sighed, and said worriedly: "People in the government are greedy, you have to be careful!"

"In order for the Chinese company to have a few years of stable development, we must talk to them. There is no way!" Yin Feng sighed and took a deep breath.

Zeng Jingshan's sailboat had just left the Penghu Islands, and the captain of the Fujian Navy, Dusi and Qin Yi, drove the 12-boat sailboat led by Shen Yourong to the mouth of Penghu Bay.The scene Shen Yourong planned to see was: countless Chinese merchant ships and fishing boats surrounded Hong Maoyi's big boat, and these profiteers and troublemakers along the coast were doing business with Hong Mao privately.

But he saw a few fishing boats scattered out to sea; the big boat that greeted them at the mouth of the bay was the Xinxing.

Xinxing took the initiative to step forward and greet Shen Yourong's boat. "Hello! Is it the boat of General Shen in Wuyu Water Village?"

Shen Yourong asked his men to keep vigilant, walked onto the bow of the boat, raised his head and greeted loudly: "I am Shen Yourong! Who are you?"

"We are the ship of Yin Dong's family on the Huaxing United! Our big boss is waiting for you at Magong Port!" Ye Hua and other sailors on the Xinxing Ship greeted warmly, and led the way into Magong Port.

There are hundreds of Dutch corpses lined up on the beach, all kinds of guns and swords are piled up under the reef, including a 3-pound bronze cannon; there are also salvaged Dutch shipwrecks, the Dutch flag and other things piled aside.Accompanied by Yin Feng, Shen Yourong was looking at these trophies, and his complexion became worse the more he looked at it.The soldiers behind Shen Yourong also seemed very nervous, looking at the Chinese company sailors around them from time to time.

"This, these are all captured by you?" Shen Yourong asked in disbelief.Yin Feng stood on the side with his hands down respectfully, nodded and said: "Students dare not speak nonsense, it was indeed my two big boats that drove away those red-haired barbarians."

Shen Yourong looked at the sea surface, two large ships Xinxing and Feilong were cruising at the exit of Magong Port.In front of these two three-masted ships, the twelve sloops he brought seemed like a joke.Especially the densely packed gun ports on both sides of the Flying Dragon, the slender hull, the huge canvas, and the tall mast...All these made a deep impression on Shen Yourong.On the ship I brought, there were only a few small Frang machine guns with a range of no more than 100 steps, while the large ship of the Chinese company, Huaxing Lian, had at least 40 cannons.

Shen Yourong smiled bitterly, turned his eyes away from the sea, and said to Yin Feng: "Captain Yin, with your current strength, you can occupy an isolated overseas island and become king, why do you want to fight the red-haired barbarians here? "

Yin Feng knew that Shen Yourong was a soldier, not those pedantic scribes. A soldier's feeling of strength is the most direct, and he would not lie.He took Shen Yourong to visit his army's record, just to let Shen Yourong and the Fujian officials know his strength.Of course, he still concealed a lot of strength. All the guards hid in the north of the island and did not show up. A large number of weapons and equipment were also hidden. The official impression was that it was just a naval battle.

However, Shen Yourong was surprised when Shen Yourong spoke so bluntly without Yin Feng, and said calmly: "I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and it is only natural to defend against foreign enemies."

Shen Yourong raised his head: "Defend against other places?"

"Yes, and the red-haired barbarians robbed a merchant ship of our company for no reason, killing more than 20 of us. Of course we can't let them go!"

Yin Feng said seriously: "Master Shen, all these red-haired corpses are handed over to you, and the seized weapons are also given to you. I have already asked someone to write a manuscript and submitted it to Master Xu, governor of Fujian, to describe it to you and your subordinates." achievement……"

"What, what do you mean?" This time it was Shen Yourong's turn to be surprised.

"Master Shen, Ming people don't speak dark words. You and I understand the imperial court's system. It's best to give you the credit for driving away the Hongmao Yi, ha ha."

Shen Yourong was still thinking about the significance of Yin Feng's move, and the soldiers behind him couldn't help showing joy; under Shen Yourong's strict military discipline, they were not paid enough, lost the opportunity to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, and couldn't take advantage of it Looting the people, life is very hard.If he can make such a great achievement in expelling the barbarians, he will be rewarded with a large sum of gold and silver.

Yin Feng cupped his hands and said: "I wait for the merchants, and I only want to do business to make money. Should I leave this kind of great achievement to Mr. Shen?"

Shen Yourong said seriously: "What kind of person do you think I am? Will I be greedy for credit? I'm not such a villain!"

Yin Feng shook his head and said: "No, no, I didn't mean that, I was asking you to help me. You are right, the court system

Now, we don't even need to build ships with more than two masts.This will definitely not allow our firm to make such a great contribution. "

Shen Yourong still had an ugly face and said, "Why should I do you this favor?"

"One is that this does not violate any court laws, we are just driving out foreign pirates; the other is that you help our joint account, and you help tens of thousands of people along the coast who rely on our joint account for food." Yin Feng said lightly.

A personal soldier suddenly bowed his head and stepped forward, and whispered a few words in Shen Yourong's ear.Shen Yourong shook his head resolutely, and several soldiers' faces changed color, and they all surrounded him.