Daming pirates

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian sneered slightly in his heart. As far as he knew, the Dutch entrenched in Penghu were not as easy to deal with as Li Yi and others thought.

Historically, Nan Juyi thought of many ways, and it was not until the fourth year of Tianqi that he finally forced the Dutch who occupied Penghu away. He could not remember the specific time, but he was certain that Nan Juyi took office in Fujian.

After becoming the governor, his main focus was on dealing with the Dutch.

However, what Li Yi said could be regarded as a reminder to Yu Xiaotian. Although he now occupies Nanri Island, and Nanri Island is relatively large, it can meet his needs at this stage, but for him,

Now that he is in this business, he has no intention of stopping there. The Ming Dynasty has now reached its end, and the Central Plains will be in chaos. Talented people like Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other outstanding people will soon compete in the Central Plains. There are still Tatars in the north who are watching.

Therefore, it is a very critical period for him to take Yu Xiaotian's path in the future. Even if he has no plans to participate in the competition in the Central Plains yet, he must at least consider the issue of self-protection in the future!

After the Dutch failed to seize Penghu, they moved to Taiwan and occupied Taiwan Island. If he remembered correctly, the Spaniards soon focused on Taiwan, a geomantic treasure land. For him, Taiwan Island was

A threshold that has been crossed. As long as he continues in this line of work, he will have to face this problem sooner or later.

Yu Xiaotian had considered going to Taiwan to run a base before, but his strength was too weak before, so even thinking about it was in vain.

But now the situation has begun to change. Now that he has greatly increased his strength and has considerable subordinates and financial resources, this matter should be considered.

After coming here for a year, Yu Xiaotian discovered a very interesting idea of ​​the Ming Dynasty officials and court. Although Taiwan Island was there, none of the previous dynasties in China had truly included Taiwan Island into the territory of the mainland.

, only included the Penghu Islands under the jurisdiction of the mainland.

Although there were many mediocre emperors in the Ming Dynasty, one good thing about the emperors of the Ming Dynasty was that they were not weak on territorial issues. This was stronger than that of the Song Dynasty. The emperor's rule of guarding the country was inherited by all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

After that, no matter whether Chongzhen thought about moving the capital south or not, in the end Emperor Chongzhen still stayed in Beijing and performed his last duty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty paid more attention to the issue of territory from top to bottom. The Dutch obviously did not see this clearly and wanted to use the existing Ming Dynasty territory as their colony.

The calculation was wrong. This is why after they invaded Penghu, the imperial court, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian officials refused to compromise and demanded that they leave Penghu.

Because no one, whether it is the current emperor or local officials, dares to take responsibility for the loss of land, which is why the imperial court replaced the governor of Fujian this time.

However, this island of Taiwan, which is still an enclave for the time being, is not the object of attention of the Ming Dynasty. The officials of the Ming Dynasty are very realistic. They just want to preserve the existing territory and are satisfied with giving an explanation to the court. They do not pay attention to it at all.

Passing through Taiwan Island.

This also laid the foundation for the Dutch and Spanish to invade and colonize Taiwan Island in the future. The Dutch obviously saw this in the Penghu Islands and received guidance from some Chinese maritime merchants, so they moved to Tainan and started operations.

After leaving the famous city of Relanja, the Ming Dynasty immediately pretended not to see what they did to them and never cared about them again.

If Zheng Chenggong hadn't been forced to find a stable rear base to compete with the Manchu and Qing Tatars later, I guess Taiwan Island might not have been included in the Chinese territory by future generations!

Therefore, if Yu Xiaotian intends to make it big in the future, he will not be able to get around this hurdle. Taiwan Island is a place that must be taken sooner or later, and the earlier the better.

Yu Xiaotian's heart began to move, and he forgot to talk to Li Yi unconsciously. Li Yi sat aside and looked at Yu Xiaotian, a little distracted. After waiting for a while, he asked awkwardly: "Master Yu, are you still here?"

Do you have any other plans? After all, Mr. Nan has just come to take office. From what I can see, it would be better for Mr. Yu to give him some face, and we should not make too much noise in this area in the near future!"

After Yu Xiaotian heard Li Yi's words, he quickly retracted his thoughts, uh, and shook his head quickly: "Of course, of course! Haha! I just remembered something and got distracted! I'm sorry! Shopkeeper Li's words are very disturbing.

That makes sense. Shopkeeper Li, please rest assured. As long as others don’t come to trouble me in the near future, I won’t easily cause too much trouble! And I’m busy with my affairs right now, so I will also restrain the brothers below and try not to make too much trouble.

sharp!"

After hearing this, Li Yi felt a little more relieved. After all, he knew more about the official affairs in Fujian. Now that Yu Xiaotian has made the matter so big, he is already in the limelight, and he lives in the south.

Yi has just arrived and is going all out to deal with the red-haired man's matter. As Yu Xiaotian's collaborator, his interests will be closely tied to Yu Xiaotian in the future, so he extremely does not want it at this time.

Yu Xiaotian made such a fuss that he was punished by the government.

And Yu Xiaotian now stated that he would not make too much noise at this time, which was in line with his interests and needs. In this way, he felt a lot more relieved.

The two sat at the table and chatted for a long time. Yu Xiaotian took this opportunity to inquire about a lot of land-related matters from Li Yi, and learned that the She'an Rebellion in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan has not yet been completely eliminated.

After the war was settled, even the newly appointed governor of Guizhou, Wang Sanshan, died at the hands of the rebels.

At the beginning of the year, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and South Zhili were hit by a major earthquake. More than ten state capitals were affected, causing many refugees to be displaced. Coupled with the government's inability to provide relief, many refugees from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have recently begun to move south, and there has been an influx of people again.

Arrived in Fujian.

In short, three years after the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty was not stable. Even the Gyeonggi area had a major earthquake. At any rate, it was slightly lighter than the earthquake in South Zhili. Li Yi didn't know the specific situation. It was just in the capital.

Now there is news that Wei Zhongxian, the emperor's new favorite eunuch, has become more and more powerful recently, causing many officials to act based on his face. Who knows what trouble will happen if eunuchs are involved in politics like this.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian laughed and said: "Wei Zhongxian is not at his most powerful yet, but you will know how powerful he is in the future! Yu wants to remind Shopkeeper Li, don't mention this easily outside in the future.

Wei Zhongxian, don't say bad things about him easily, otherwise you will get burned if you are not careful!"

Li Yi couldn't figure out why Yu Xiaotian knew so much about things in the capital. From his previous judgment that Nan Juyi was coming to take over as governor of Fujian, Li Yi had always suspected that Yu Xiaotian might secretly have some secret relations with people in the capital.

People have connections. Now that Yu Xiaotian said this, he was not surprised at all. He felt that Yu Xiaotian's words should be credible, so he quickly nodded in agreement and became a little more wary in his heart.

In fact, Yu Xiaotian has not paid much attention to the situation of the Ming Dynasty so far, because he is very clear about the direction of history. Emperor Tianqi is a complete fool and has no idea how to govern the country. During his reign, the most important thing was

He focused on carpentry and trusted Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family the most. What caused Wei Zhongxian to torment the Ming Dynasty was the evil atmosphere, which drained the last of the Ming Dynasty's energy and blood, so that after Chongzhen took over as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was basically unable to recover.

Oh my god.

He is just a little pirate leader at the moment. Although he is watching the huge car of Ming Dynasty sliding towards destruction with strong inertia, he has no way to hold back this rotten giant car.

I can sit back and watch him continue to rush forward with huge inertia.

The only thing he can do is to strengthen himself as much as possible before this giant car falls into the abyss. If possible, he hopes that he can at least have the ability to protect himself. In short, let him shave his tail in the future.

He doesn't want to do anything about his head. He has no interest in being a slave to those bastards who did all the bastard things that the Qing Dynasty Tatars did.

So his top priority right now is to turn a deaf ear to what is going on outside the window, and focus on strengthening himself first. Now that he has occupied Nanri Island, his strength has greatly increased, but looking at the entire southern coastal area, his strength is nothing for the time being, compared to

He has many powerful colleagues along the coasts of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. If he is not careful, he may be beaten back to his original form.

He didn't have the ability before, but now he can do some things. Being a pirate is not just about fighting and killing at sea. The real pirates in this era are actually maritime merchants.

It is also a matter of stealing and business.

Yu Xiaotian has had a clear understanding of this for a long time, and now it's finally time for him to put it into action.

So Yu Xiaotian and Li Yi discussed a partnership, and in the name of the Li family, they opened a shop in Fuzhou to sell some specialties from Nanyang. At the same time, through this business name, they would collect some specialties from the mainland and transfer them to Manila in the future.

Or they are sold in Dani and other places.

Yu Xiaotian had no choice but to choose Li Yi as his partner. He was now a pirate. He had killed Jiang Baihu in Funing Prefecture, which made him a wanted criminal in the Ming Dynasty, so it was not appropriate for him to show his face on land.

, and at the moment, he does not have any suitable personnel to come forward for him to open a business on land, and the most suitable person is only Zhao Mazi.

However, after Zhao Mazi went to Guangzhou, there is still no news and no one knows what happened. Yu Xiaotian has already planned to arrange for someone to go to Guangzhou to investigate Zhao Mazi's whereabouts.

What he lacks the most now is more knowledgeable subordinates to support his appearance and take care of his business, so he can only borrow a boat to go to sea and temporarily cooperate with Li Yi to complete this business first.

After he trains or recruits some suitable people through this business in the future, it won't be too late for him to plan to do these businesses on his own.

Li Yi was a little hesitant about the idea of ​​cooperation proposed by Yu Xiaotian, because his Li family was also engaged in such business. Although there were many businessmen like him in Fujian, his financial resources were not very strong.

, but after all, he alone has the final say. Once he cooperates with Yu Xiaotian, then Yu Xiaotian will have to intervene in his business in the future, and his freedom will naturally not be as great as before.

So once Yu Xiaotian proposed this idea, Li Yi became a little hesitant.

"Are Shopkeeper Li reluctant to partner with me in this business?" Yu Xiaotian asked, looking at Li Yi with a half-smile.

Li Yi quickly shook his head in embarrassment and said: "How dare you! It's my honor that Mr. Yu is willing to partner with me! But I also have difficulties! After all, I have taken care of a lot of business for the time being. If I work with Mr. Yu,

If we jointly open such a business, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Li to spare enough energy to manage this business! So..." At this point, Li Yi stopped talking.

Yu Xiaotian immediately understood Li Yi's thoughts, so he laughed and said: "That's right! In this case, Yu won't force shopkeeper Li anymore! This matter can be put aside for the time being, and it won't be too late to talk about it later when we have the opportunity.

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Shopkeeper Li is here today. Yu is really grateful to you, shopkeeper Li. Come on, let’s have a drink! The conditions here are limited and the reception is not good. I hope shopkeeper Li won’t mind..."

(Today I would like to express my special thanks to two friends from Wandering Jiangnan and Future Man 02 for their tips! Thank you very much! I won’t talk about it this month. I will check out my daughter’s situation next month and try to restore the update to two updates a day starting from next month.

!Being a father is not easy! You have to coax your children until midnight every night! It’s really all kinds of sleepiness! Haha!)