Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian nodded his thanks and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal. My life has been pretty good during this period. There are more ships, and there are not as few brothers as before. In addition, the door given to me by shopkeeper Li

Dafo Langji, although I dare not say that I can run rampant in this sea now, at least I will not be bullied easily anymore!

Of course, I will not be satisfied with this. Although there are more boats on board, there are still too few people on board!

I won’t be polite to Shopkeeper Li about this. If Shopkeeper Li can help Yu get some more cannons and blunderbuss, Yu will naturally be very grateful!

There is also the Eucommia lacquer that Mr. Yu entrusted shopkeeper Li to handle last time. I wonder if shopkeeper Li has finished it! I hope shopkeeper Li will take this matter to heart. As for the cost, it is easy to say. I will bear it next time and never let it go.

Shopkeeper Li pays for it!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Shopkeeper Li looked embarrassed and sighed: "Shopkeeper Yu, Eucommia lacquer is currently unavailable in Fujian. I have sent people around to inquire about the source of the supply. Once I can find it, I will definitely buy it."

It will be done as soon as possible! Shopkeeper Yu, please rest assured, it just takes some time!

But the artillery and muskets you want are not easy to deal with. I'm afraid shopkeeper Yu is not clear about something. Something is happening in the south now. I heard that the red-haired people of Helan Kingdom have been going to the country since last year.

They often harassed the coast of Guangdong, trying to force our country to open a port for them, but the Guangdong government refused, so they sent troops to attack Xiangshan Ao, but the red-haired people failed to win.

Later, under the leadership of the traitor Pan Xiu, he occupied Penghu. During this period, he built a city in Penghu in an attempt to occupy Penghu for a long time. He often teamed up with surrounding pirates to harass the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian and plunder ships.

Both the Guangdong and Fujian governments are raising military preparations to resist them. At present, various ironworks in Guangdong are casting cannons for the government and making blunderbuss in preparation for war. Therefore, it is really difficult to raise artillery in the near future, and it is not easy to buy even at high prices.

have to!

You have helped my Li family so much, how could Li lie to you? This matter is really difficult to handle, so Li can only continue to think of a way in secret, but whether it will succeed or not is unknown!

In addition, recently the governor of Fujian, Shang Zhou Zuoshang, has strictly ordered the state governments to investigate you people, and has also ordered the local governments to strictly control the export of saltpeter, sulfur and other substances to the sea. Even saltpeter and sulfur have been very difficult to do recently!

But I still have a few stones of saltpeter and sulfur here. If shopkeeper Yu needs it, I can give it to you guys. Shopkeeper Yu, please don’t misunderstand me. Li is unwilling to help!"

After Yu Xiaotian listened, he recalled that there was indeed such a period of time in history. Although Yu Xiaotian was not a student of history, he still had some understanding of this period of history.

The red-haired people of Helan Kingdom mentioned by Li Yi are actually the Dutch. The Dutch rose up on the sea later than Portugal and Spain, and naturally entered Asia later.

So when they came, they only captured Jakarta from the Spanish and Portuguese. At this time, it should be called Qaluba, and there were also two places in Malaysia in later generations, which served as their trading ports with Asian countries.

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However, these two places were relatively far from China. Portugal had the upper hand and deceived Macau, while the Spanish occupied Manila.

Chinese businessmen and Japanese businessmen are more willing to go to Macau and Manila to do business with the Spanish and Portuguese because the two places are relatively close. How can the Dutch devils not be jealous?

So they also wanted to obtain a place like Macau along the coast of China as a port for their direct trade with the Ming Dynasty.

The Dutch devils first tried to attack Macau, capture it and drive away the Portuguese, but the Portuguese had already prepared in advance and repelled the Dutch fleet.

So the Dutch wanted to change places again, but the local officials of the Ming Dynasty would not do it. The Dutch invaded many times without success. They only harassed everywhere along the coast. Later, they were directed by a profiteer or pirate to go to Penghu, occupied Penghu, and tried to

Penghu was a stronghold and a city was established for a long time, and trade was carried out there with merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

People who know a little bit of history about this matter basically know a little bit about it. For this reason, Yu Xiaotian remembered that the Ming Dynasty also sent troops to Penghu to fight the Dutch, and finally forced the Dutch to abandon Penghu and go to occupy Taiwan.

island.

When he thought of Taiwan Island, Yu Xiaotian's heart moved. To do this as a pirate, he actually needed a larger and more stable rear base. All the islands along the coast of China are too close to the coast, and these islands belong to various local, state, capital, and county towns.

Jurisdiction, he wants to occupy a big island as his home. If the trouble is gentle, the court and local officials can turn a blind eye and ignore him. But if he becomes stronger in the future, he will not be able to control the local officials or the Ming Dynasty.

If it posed a threat, neither the imperial court nor the local officials would let him go and sit idly by.

So if he develops to a certain level, Taiwan Island is a good choice, because Taiwan Island has not been clearly included in the territory of Ming Dynasty during the Ming Dynasty, so it can be regarded as an enclave. Even if he occupied Taiwan Island

, the court would also turn a blind eye to him.

Historically, the Dutch took advantage of this and occupied Taiwan. Later, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to watch the Qing army move south. He could no longer stand on the mainland, so he ran to Taiwan Island and drove the Dutch out.

Li Li, occupied Taiwan, used Taiwan as a base to fight against the Qing Dynasty at sea, and proclaimed himself king on the ground in an attempt to confront the Tatars.

Therefore, occupying Taiwan as a base was undoubtedly a very tempting idea for Xiaotian, but after thinking about it carefully, Yu Xiaotian immediately gave up the idea.

Occupying Taiwan Island is a very unrealistic idea for him in a situation like this. At the moment, he only has less than one or two hundred subordinates at best. What kind of place is Taiwan Island? Don't look at it in future generations.

But in history, it was a barren land filled with miasma and mosquitoes.

It is so close to the mainland. Whether it was the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty or even the Yuan Dynasty, officials sent people to land on Taiwan Island, and left maps and written records. Therefore, it is called Ryukyu, but it does not refer to the Ryukyu Islands. Why is it so long?

Over time, various dynasties in the mainland have not included it in their territory. In fact, there are deep-seated reasons.

The most important thing is that the island of Taiwan is still a barren land in this era. Coupled with the special climate, the living conditions on the island are very harsh. Over the past hundreds of years, many people from the mainland have tried to live on the island.

Settlement, but in the end basically ended in failure.

The rampant mosquitoes there are the best way to spread malaria. After many people immigrated to the island of Taiwan, they soon became infected with malaria and eventually died. The only people who really controlled the island of Taiwan in this era were the indigenous people who were born and raised there.

How can these indigenous people adapt to the living environment, and it is said that there were many headhunters among Taiwanese indigenous people during this era.

Therefore, if you want to occupy and develop the island of Taiwan, it is a huge project, which requires huge investment of manpower and material resources, and you must be mentally prepared to pay a huge price. With his current strength, he can lead people to Taiwan.

If the island is occupied, they will die. It is estimated that their heads are not enough to be chopped off by the headhunters among the indigenous people on the island!

Therefore, in a short period of time, Yu Xiaotian can only look back and sigh, and he should just stick to the coastal area first. If one day his strength grows to a considerable extent, it will not be too late to consider seizing Taiwan as his home base.

As he has been thinking during this period, now he must be down-to-earth, work steadily, and develop his own strength first.

However, Li Yi's words also reminded him that there is currently a red-haired riot along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, and the imperial government will not pay attention to this area for the time being. It is estimated that in more than a year, the southern provinces will have to deal with Sichuan and Guizhou in addition to

In addition to the She'an Rebellion, there was also a fight with the Dutch.

If he remembered correctly, this battle should be the Battle of Penghu. The governor of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty should be Nan Juyi! He sent troops across the sea to conquer the Dutch entrenched in Penghu. After a hard battle, the Dutch were driven out of Penghu.

But he only remembered these few things, and he couldn't recall any more. But just now Li Yi said that the name of the governor of Fujian was Shang Zhouzuo, which was a bit inconsistent!

"Shopkeeper Li, what is the name of this governor of Fujian? I think you said his name was Shang Zhouzuo just now! Why do I remember that there seems to be a man named Nan Juyi... Could it be that I remembered it wrong?" Yu Xiaotian said abruptly.

asked.

Hearing what Yu Xiaotian said, Li Yi couldn't help being surprised. He looked at Yu Xiaotian in surprise. After a while, he said: "How did the shopkeeper know about this? To be honest with the shopkeeper, recently the official

It is indeed rumored by the person above that the current governor of Fujian, Shang Zhou Zuoshang, was impeached by his colleagues in the court because he was unable to stop the red-haired people from invading the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou areas. The court seemed to intend to replace him, and it was rumored that he would come to take over Fujian this time.

The governor is none other than Mr. Nanju Yinan you mentioned!

But so far, this matter has not been confirmed, but I wonder how shopkeeper Yu learned about it?"

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he was upset and spilled the beans again! It turned out that Shang Zhouzuo was only the current governor of Fujian, and Nan Juyi had not yet succeeded him as governor of Fujian. Now this matter is not easy to explain.

He can't say he has foresight!

But then I thought about it, he couldn't be too honest with this Li Yi. The two of them were still in a cooperative relationship, and Li Yi was quite shrewd and seemed to always be able to guess his thoughts. This time he accidentally

It's not a bad thing to let things slip. Sometimes he deliberately tries to show off something to this Li Yi, which probably makes this Li Yi not dare to underestimate him.

So he pretended to be profound and shook his head and said: "Well... I won't hide it from Shopkeeper Li. I just heard a little bit about it, but there is something I can tell Shopkeeper Li. If my guess is good, this Mr. Nanju Yinan

I'm afraid that he will indeed become Mr. Shang's successor. If Shopkeeper Li has connections, you might as well take the first step and catch up with Mr. Nan. It may be helpful to Shopkeeper Li's business in the future!"

(Today I would like to thank my friend Feng Quji for his generous reward!)