Dragon Sea Empire

Sorry, I was on a business trip, and my family forgot to post it, so this chapter is only posted now, sorry.

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When the guard was first established, no one except Yin Feng thought of turning it into a professional professional army.From the perspective of the Zeng family and businessmen Han Pingping, the semi-cultivating and semi-agricultural guard system of the Ming Dynasty saves money and worry; although the Chinese company says it aims to return to Manila, making money is the top priority for the time being .As a Chinese businessman in the Ming Dynasty, no one in this era thought that commerce and military could be combined.

Even in another time and space, the sea power of the Zheng family in the late Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong’s generation has never established a regular army and fleet. ; It wasn't until Zheng Chenggong recruited troops in South Australia that the Zheng family had a formalized army, so that they were able to hold a stalemate with the powerful Qing Dynasty for decades with a small piece of land on the southeast coast.

Thanks to Yin Feng's efforts, the guard was still established, and the military expenditure on the construction of the guard this year has exceeded 60 taels of silver.Most of this money is Yin Feng's private money, and other shareholders of Zhonghua Company hate Yin Feng's extravagant spending on army construction.

Under the constraints of various shareholders, Yin Feng has been unable to obtain enough military expenses. If his personal influence is not too strong, it may be difficult to maintain the current size of the escort team.This makes the escort look like an army except for infantry, and the warship is completely different.Moreover, the funding problem directly caused the problem of personnel organization. The military supervision system and intelligence system have not been able to be formalized, and they are mixed in the company's daily business.

The establishment of the Military Intelligence Department was tailor-made for Lin Xiao; the former government servant Lin Xiao was very good at dealing with people of various religions and ranks. Of course, he used to specialize in blackmailing these people, but now he is trying to get information from them.

He did not go out with Yin Feng, but stayed in Taiwan and Hong Kong to form a military intelligence department.At that time, he only had some rules and regulations written to him by Yin Feng, as well as a list of several persons in charge of the Zengjia firm in various places.

One day, he got a message from an informant in the governor's yamen: a servant of Zhou Xuan, the confidant of the tax envoy eunuch Gao Cai, had arrived a month ago on a merchant ship between Taiwan and Fujian. Arrived in Taiwan port.

Taiwan Port is an open and free commercial port. Foreign ships, regardless of their size, only need to pay a fixed pilot fee to dock, and domestic ships park duty-free, so the traffic of people is too complicated.Since there is no need to collect import and export taxes, the port management of Zhonghua Company is to register the name of the ship and the name of the owner of the ship. Unless the goods are sold to the company, the company's personnel generally will not check the personnel and materials on board.

It will definitely not be a good thing for the eunuch Gao's men to come to Taiwan.But this person has already come to Taiwan, how can we find out?

Now, the Chinese company's strict zoning management of the city has shown results.The managers, craftsmen, and workers stationed in Taiwan live together in the same area of ​​Dongcheng; while the inns open to foreign merchants in the port are concentrated in the direction of the port, and all of them are opened by Chinese companies, with a strict personnel registration system. People were found.

A subordinate of the Military Intelligence Department came to report to Lin Xiao: "Brother Lin, this person has been found..."

Lin Xiao, who was worried, couldn't wait to jump up, grabbed the subordinate and asked in surprise: "Found it? Where is it now? Take me to arrest him!" He was about to go out with him.

The subordinate broke free from his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, this guy has already left. His name is Zhou Qi, and he is from Zhejiang."

"Gone? Where did he go? By the way, whose ship brought him to Taiwan?" Lin Xiao was disappointed, and asked quickly: "If you can find out whose ship is there, you will have a way to know where this guy is going. .”

"The boat belongs to the Wang family at the south gate of Fuzhou, so we can't move it." The subordinate of the Military Intelligence Department was an experienced Quanzhou government servant and a distant relative of the Zeng family: "They are the in-laws of Zhu Wenda, the Fujian general. It belongs to Master Zhu, the commander-in-chief."

"Oh, there is no way to stop them. Are they still in the port?" Lin Xiao calmed down, sat down and meditated.

"Still, trading goods with our company. But, that guy went to Yao Port, oh, Taipei Port."

"What are you doing in Yaogang this Saturday? Can you go by land? There are only some fur traders in Yaogang, so it's easier to find him. How long has he been there?" Lin Xiao asked.

"I went half a month ago, and I also went there on the boat of the Wang family in Fuzhou. The Wang family has obtained the company's leather goods license."

Lin Xiao sat distressed: "Send someone from the Military Intelligence Department to Yaogang, find this person, and don't touch him yet. Find out who he has been in contact with these days."

Although Lin Xiao sent someone, he didn't need him to investigate anything. Within a few days, the news came that Yuan Jin and Li Zhong led people to defect by boat, and then there were defections and internal strife in the interior of Yaogang.Although Lin Xiao, who is extremely face-saving, has tempered his character in the past few years, he still smashed all the furniture in his military intelligence office after hearing the news.Then, he immediately took people to Yaogang, and arrived at the old camp of the battle fleet almost at the same time as Yin Feng.

When Yin Feng saw him, he didn't criticize him much—in fact, Lin Xiao couldn't be blamed entirely, after all, Yin Feng didn't have any experience in this kind of thing, so he didn't make precautionary arrangements in advance.

"The battle fleet must be overthrown and started over." Yin Feng said when he saw Lin Xiao: "Now, Mai Dahai and Ye Hua have taken away most of the Danmin sailors, and they want to suppress the current battle fleet in Hong Kong , we don’t have enough manpower, what do you think should be done?”

"Where's Brother Lu?"

"He can't protect himself, and he is trapped in the old port on Fanhan Street in the north." After Yaogang was controlled by the Chinese company, a new wharf and the old camp of the war fleet were built at the mouth of the Jishui River—the original Fanhan Street became the old port.Yin Feng looked at the people coming and going in the old camp, and said anxiously: "A full-scale rebellion is imminent! Fortunately, this place is still occupied by Danmin sailors and brothers from Quanzhou. Otherwise, we would not even be able to enter the old camp."

He pointed to the north side: "Fanhan Street is all controlled by the Pirate Gang and Yuan Jin's people. Just now, the people sent by Lu Shishitou detoured here from Huwei Longshe in the north, and told us that those anti-bones boys were meeting to discuss whether to On the other hand, Yaogang still occupies Yaogang as its base."

Lin Xiao blushed: "I'll send someone to the north, call Mai De's first whistle back, and kill all these guys!"

"No! One is that Mai De is conquering the Dadufan Kingdom, and the progress is going well, so he can't give up halfway; the other is, when he comes back, maybe this group of people has already raised the flag of rebellion, and Brother Lu will have his life. Worry. The rest of the guards are going to guard Taiwan and Hong Kong, which is our basic base, and they can’t move.”

Yin Feng looked at Luo Aquan and the others who were resting in the yard, and said decisively: "Because they haven't formally rebelled, I'll go to Fanhan Street."

Lin Xiao turned pale with shock: "No, this won't work, captain, it's too risky!"

Yin Feng ignored him and shouted: "Luo Aquan!"

Sharpshooter Luo Aquan hurried in, saluted with his left hand across his chest: "Captain!"

Yin Feng said: "How many people did you bring?"

"I brought 10 people with me, and 10 people from Deputy Commander Kutre are on the way, and it is estimated that they will arrive here at night."

Yin Feng nodded: "Okay, plus ten of my personal guards, Lin Xiao, your subordinates..."

Lin Xiaodao: "Only five or six of my subordinates can go to the battlefield, the captain..."

Yin Feng held up his palms, indicating that he needn't say more: "Everyone get ready, we'll go to Fanhan Street in Yaogang tonight."

The pirate gang and pirates from all walks of life gathered in Fanhan Street had more than 40 boats and more than 800 people. They were divided into the old pirate gang and the new pirate gang, as well as Yuan Jin's original accomplices.Lu Shitou's subordinates are only about 10 people still following him, and they are actually under house arrest in Fanhan Street.

On the other hand, there are about 200 more sailors that Yin Feng can trust, all gathered in the old battalion at the new wharf in Yaogang, and there are about 15 warships.In the evening, all 15 ships sailed out, commanded by Lin Xiao and Mai Xiaoliu, who was temporarily transferred back from the merchant fleet, and now Yin Feng could only trust his direct descendants.

The fleet quietly approached the beach of Panham Street along the coastline; fortunately, the guys who were brewing a rebellion were scattered and did not send night patrol boats according to the rules of the war fleet.On the contrary, the ships were moored on the coast, scattered and completely out of formation; the strict discipline of the war fleet was completely forgotten by them, and basically ignored.All the little bosses gathered in the "long-established" hotel on Panham Street, arguing, insulting, and even fighting each other.

Some of them want to go back to Hong Kong and go far away, some hesitate to negotiate terms with Zhonghua Company or Yin Feng; One side tore their faces.

Lu Shitou was watched by several of Yuan Jin's subordinates, and he huddled in a corner with his trusted subordinates and drank Mongolian wine.

Looking at the chaotic scene in the arena, he snorted contemptuously: "Come on, make a fuss to your death, and you won't know how you will die then!"

One of his trusted subordinates pushed him secretly: "Boss, keep your voice down, Yuan Balao's people are not easy to mess with, they kill people like hemp!"

"What Yuan Balao! Let him die!" Lu Shitou suddenly shouted loudly, "Damn it, Yuan Jin was still peeing his pants when my old Lu went to the sea to eat this bowl of rice!"

"Old man, what fart is that in your mouth!" Several Yuan Jin's men drew their knives and forced them over.This time, the already chaotic venue became even more chaotic.Although some brothers of the old pirate gang don't want to work in the warship fleet anymore, they still respect the big brother Lu Shitou, and don't allow those rising stars in the pirate world to offend their big brother, so they drew their swords and surrounded him to protect Lu Shitou. Shitou: "Boy, you're looking for death! Compared to Big Brother Fu Lu, are you a little tender?"

"Brother Lu, you are just a running dog of the Chinese company..."

"Who the hell are you calling a dog?"

There was a sound of swords clashing.Someone screamed.More people drew their swords, seeing that this hotel with bamboo mat sheds would become a battlefield.Suddenly, there was a crackling sound, which appeared very crisp in the night sky.All the people who were fighting stopped at once, and listened with their ears up.

From the direction of the land in the north and the direction of the beach in the south, there were continuous musket shots at the same time.The brothers who were present were familiar with this sound: during the training of the Sailors and Musketeers, the gunshots were often deafening.

Yuan Jin's people looked around in panic, and asked anyone they caught, "Is the guard coming?" The person being asked widened his eyes and asked back, "Is it the first sentinel of the troops? They have artillery... ..."

Before the words fell, the sound of cannons resounded through the night sky, and it came from the direction of the northern land.