Daming pirates

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Blacksmith Lei was really frightened. He quickly kowtowed and replied: "Master, spare your life. I will never dare to do it again! I know how to forge cannons. Please rest assured, master."

, Small ones are not just for blowing. When I was working in Foshan, none of the small cannons that were made were ever blown up!

It's just that the process of casting cannons is very cumbersome. For small ones, you need to prepare a lot of things in advance. You need to make a clay mold first. It takes one to two months at least to dry in the shade. Moreover, the best soil and charcoal ash are needed for the clay.

, the iron also needs the best refined iron from Guangdong, and also needs to build a chemical iron furnace, which will take some time.

In addition, the small ones also need some helpers, at least a dozen people. If there are less, the work cannot be done by one person!

As long as everything is ready and everyone is ready, the little one can immediately start casting cannons for the big boss!"

Yu Xiaotian frowned after hearing this. What this guy said is right. It is not a simple matter to build a cannon from scratch. To establish a complete cannon production requires time, materials and manpower.

For many, it is impossible to achieve success overnight.

He nodded and said: "I understand what you said. You can rest assured about these things. As long as you need something, just tell me and I will make a list and prepare it for you immediately.

There is also the shed you want for casting cannons. I will start having people build it for you tomorrow. You can tell me how high and big you want it. It doesn’t matter if it is bigger. As for the manpower, there is no problem. I will find a way to get it for you.

I have a group of people specially assigned to help you. If you need help from a blacksmith, I will have someone come to land to find it for you!

In short, I will give you one month to prepare. After one month, you will at least start making artillery models for me. Also, let me tell you, I don’t want those shabby bowl-mouth blunderbuss, hundred-zi blunderbuss and the like. You can make cannons for me.

Just make me a Western-style Hongyi cannon! Or make me a Thousand Jin Folang Machine!

In short, you kid, don't try to fool me with junk goods. Don't think that I don't understand. If you can't make it, then what's the use of you? You can weigh it yourself!

Okay, you go down! From today on, remember, you only have one month, I will give you whatever you want. After one month, if you can't start making molds for me, then it will be a waste to keep you.

food!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Blacksmith Lei was so frightened that he peed his pants. He agreed again and again, stuck his buttocks out and walked backwards before being taken out.

In the following month, the entire Nanri Island became more lively than ever. According to Yu Xiaotian's instructions, Sea Wolf's ships began to go out to sea one after another. Every few days, Wang Hong would head towards the island.

A boat was sent back.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian specifically told Wang Hong that when kidnapping refugees, it is not necessary to kidnap only young and strong men. If they have family members, they should also be brought back regardless of age. This can avoid the separation of their flesh and blood.

Let these people settle on Nanri Island.

At the same time, Yu Xiaotian also secretly ordered his subordinates to select some reliable gang members among the Sea Wolf and order them to return to their hometown and recruit the landless people from their hometown for the Sea Wolf to settle in Nanri Island. The condition is that the Sea Wolf Gang will give them to them for free.

Provide land for reclamation. Young and middle-aged people, regardless of gender, will be given ten acres of land each. Those younger than fourteen will be given three acres of land. If there are more than five people in a household, an additional cow will be given, regardless of whether they are cheated or cheated.

For those who are recruited, each person will be rewarded one tael of silver based on their head count, with no upper limit.

In addition, he also sent a message to the merchants, asking them to buy large quantities of cattle, donkeys and mules on land. As long as they are transported to Nanri Island, Langxing will buy them at a high price, and they will settle in cash and will never default on payment.

In short, it is definitely not what Yu Xiaotian wants to see such a huge Nanri Island being so remote. If he wants to make Nanri Island prosperous, he needs to immigrate to the island.

He doesn't care what means are used, whether they are kidnapped or invited. As long as they enjoy the benefits on the island, they will not worry about these people staying at ease.

In this era, if someone has everything, not to mention that Nanri Island is not his ultimate goal. His appetite is getting bigger and bigger. The next step is to enter Taiwan Island. How can he do it without anyone? Nanri Island is just a small island at most.

It's just a springboard, so now he has to spend all his time to prepare.

Of course, he only knows about the invasion of Taiwan Island for the time being. He has not even told Liu Laoliu. He is just planning it secretly in his heart. Otherwise, if it is made public, it will inevitably upset the hearts of his subordinates.

A boatload of refugees was collected by Wang Hong from various places along the coast of Fujian and brought to Nanri Island. In less than a month, Wang Hong forcibly kidnapped nearly 500 people from various places along the coast.

With these people, Yu Xiaotian solved the problem of insufficient manpower, and the progress of various construction projects on the island began to accelerate rapidly with the abundance of manpower.

On the construction site of the boat house, nearly three hundred workers were divided into two groups and worked two shifts on the construction site of the boat house. Except for a break in the middle of the night, work on the construction site did not stop for nine hours a day.

Two abandoned and silted docks were gradually re-excavated under the shifts of cleaning by these workers. The dock door of an abandoned dock was also reinstalled in place with the efforts of craftsmen, and the bottom of the dock was re-consolidated by workers.

Stones were paved, and the collapsed part of the side wall of the dock was repaired and rebuilt with stones.

Some workers were ordered to go to the nearby mountains to quarry stones, and then load them into ships along the shore of the island and transport them to the dock for use in repairing the dock.

Some workers were also sent to other parts of the island to help build various work sheds. Nanri Island, which used to be peaceful and seemingly remote, in the second half of the third year of Tianqi, the area near the northwest corner of Nanri Island became...

It was already very lively. Even if it wasn't a bustling crowd, it was at least full of energy.

People of all kinds are busy here, giving people a feeling of prosperity. This scene makes the Sea Wolf tribe members feel that their days are more promising.

The subordinates of Hunjiang Long Chen Jiu who were captured in the battle on Dongitch Island were now selected and screened. About half of them were selected into the Sea Wolf Gang, received retraining, and were then assigned.

Arrived on various ships.

In addition, a small number of personnel were added to the combat barracks, bringing the strength of the combat barracks to more than 170 people. These combat soldiers were organized into three detachments by Yu Xiaotian based on the 50-50 system, and each detachment was divided into divisions.

There is one captain, one deputy captain, three guards, one cook, one squad and five squads, each squad has eleven people, and there is a captain of ten, and five people are in a team, and they are selected from among them.

One serves as a corps commander.

Although the army of later generations mostly adopted the three-three system, this organization was not suitable for this era, and the five-five system was more suitable for the requirements of this era. With the army as a unit, five people can just form a group and cooperate with each other.

Demonstrate better combat effectiveness.

Moreover, among these five people, two are equipped with muskets, two spearmen, and a sword player. They can attack from a distance and defend at close range. When necessary, they can act independently as a unit.

Although Yu Xiaotian is not a genius, he knows far more than most people in this era. Moreover, he stands on the shoulders of his predecessors and does not need to be tested through more practice, so even if he is good in this regard

There is no experience to speak of, but he is still much better than many people in this era.

When a detachment cooperates with the fleet, it can also be squeezed into a large ship and be responsible for fighting the enemy after landing ashore. Not only is it more professional, but its combat effectiveness is far superior to that of a temporary team made up of sailors on the ship.

This point has been tested in actual combat on Nangantang. A group of about a hundred soldiers easily defeated an enemy that was about twice as many as they did. The casualties were very low and the effect was extremely obvious. This also made the original formation of Xiaotian

The disapproving person in the Zhan Barracks was shocked and had to admit that Yu Xiaotian's doing this was indeed a very far-sighted thing.

The Battle of Dongch Island and the Second Battle of Nangantang also pushed Yu Xiaotian's reputation to a high point. Those who had defected from the Shark Gang in the past were still not convinced by Xiaotian at first, but through this

After the battle, no one dared to doubt Yu Xiaotian's ability anymore. Even the somewhat unruly Ma Feng had to nod his head and praise Yu Xiaotian for being really good afterward. At the same time, Ma Feng became a lot more honest.

In this era and the environment they live in, one must rely on strength to speak. Yu Xiaotian has undoubtedly convinced the vast majority of his subordinates through his display of personal strength, and has also completely stabilized the Sea Wolf Gang.

In short, after trying hard to deal with Hun Jianglong, the entire Fuzhou coastal area became stable. No one dared to trouble Sea Wolf anymore. Sea Wolf also became famous in this battle.

He became the absolute ruler on the sea in Fuzhou, which provided a strong guarantee for Yu Xiaotian's subsequent activities.

As various affairs progressed, over a few months on Nanri Island, business houses began to spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain on the originally empty seaside.

The commercial terminal was also declared completed after three months. A total of three sturdy wooden trestles were built to provide convenient docking and unloading conditions for ships passing by.

The merchants who came at first were a little uneasy. They were afraid that Yu Xiaotian would be dishonest and renege on his words. They were also afraid that if they did business under the noses of these pirates, they would be swallowed up at any time, leaving no trace of their bones.

However, after three months of trial operation, these merchants gradually discovered that the new leader of Nanri Island named Yu was much more trustworthy than the original Zhang Hu, and the planned commercial port was managed by him in an orderly manner.

, even the harassment that merchants are most worried about from the Sea Wolf tribe rarely occurs.

Usually, the Sea Wolf tribe is under centralized management and is not allowed to leave their ships or stations without authorization. Only with permission, the Sea Wolf tribe will go around the commercial port area, but the Sea Wolf Gang has booked some

According to the rules, all members of the Sea Wolf tribe who go to the commercial port for leisure are not allowed to cause trouble in the commercial port. Violators will be severely punished. At the same time, shopping is also required to buy and sell on an equal basis, and no force is allowed on merchants.

Although some unpleasant things happened during the period, once something happened, the Sea Wolf Gang immediately punished the troublemakers and escorted them to the execution hall to receive punishment, which basically safeguarded the interests of the merchants.

In addition, the Sea Wolf Gang also purchased a large number of various materials from land through these merchants. The merchants were only cautiously testing at first, but found that as long as the goods they provided met the acceptance of Sea Wolf, they could almost immediately purchase them from the director of Sea Wolf.

The money was collected from the hall and settled in full, never in arrears.

As a result, these merchants gradually felt at ease and began to concentrate on business here. They tried their best to meet the needs of Sea Wolf and at the same time increased their efforts to do business here.

It turns out that at the beginning, it was considered good for these merchants to come to Nanri Island with one or two ships at the end of the day. Sometimes it would only take three or two days for a ship to load or unload goods. But after three months, this situation has begun to become extremely serious.

Big changes, more and more people began to come here to trade with confidence and boldness.

This has greatly improved the utilization rate of the terminal. At the peak around the end of October, eight ships came in a day, which has already caught up with the number of ships entering and exiting Dalian Island at the beginning, and the cargo throughput also began to increase a lot.

(Haha, I would like to express my special thanks to Brother Fenglin in Qiu for his reward, which gave me a good sign starting from the first day of this month! Thank you very much!)