Daming pirates

However, the wedding day must be over, and Yu Xiaotian was always on edge, making it impossible for him to completely feel at ease even during the wedding period.

So when the wedding just ended, he started to arrange a few things. Although the festival was about to take place in half a month, he still ordered Hei Tou to bring two ships and a small group of soldiers.

Let him go to sea, go due east of Nanri Island, and reach Taiwan Island, and let him lead his people to explore the terrain and local conditions in the northern part of Taiwan Island.

At the same time, Yu Xiaotian selected a person from the island who had worked as a painter, gave him a short training, taught him some things about drawing maps, and asked him to follow Heitou to Taiwan Island and draw the map based on what he saw.

Some maps and nautical charts, specifically instructing this guy to clearly map the terrain along the coast. If he does a good job, he will be rewarded heavily when he comes back.

Taiwan Island has many names in history. A long time ago, Taiwan Island was basically called Liuqiu or Ryukyu. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was also called Dongbo. When some ships passed through the Taiwan Strait, they were named after the mountains in northern Taiwan.

In order to identify the heading mark, it was called a chicken coop because it looked like a chicken coop. This was also the reason why Keelung, Taiwan, later got its name.

In the mid-Ming Dynasty, some people called Taiwan Dawan, Dayuan, and Taiyuan. However, after the Wanli period, because Taiwan Island's "terrain is like a curved bow, and the floating sea is like a platform," the names of Taiwan Island gradually began to be unified.

It was called Taiwan.

It was only after Yu Xiaotian arrived here that he gradually figured out this. The name Taiwan was already well known to the world, so he stopped thinking about it and simply called it Taiwan Island.

Hearing that Yu Xiaotian suddenly wanted to send so many people to Taiwan Island to explore the terrain, the leaders within Sea Wolf immediately felt that Yu Xiaotian had new ideas.

The smarter people immediately felt that Yu Xiaotian had set his sights on the island of Taiwan, and seemed to be interested in running the island in the future, so some people were in favor of it and some were against it, but in short the opinions could not be unified.

Those in favor have a slightly longer view and feel that Yu Xiaotian is paving the way for the future of the Sea Wolf, so doing so should not be a bad thing.

Opponents believe that Taiwan Island is a bit far from the mainland, and it is full of miasma, mosquitoes, and indigenous people living on the island. It is not a good place for individuals to stay. They currently occupy such a good place as Nanri Island and there is no need to run away.

If they go so far away, even if they fall out with the government in the future, there are too many islands in the sea. At worst, they can move to another place, which will make it easier for them to do things.

Regarding his decision, Yu Xiaotian insisted on his own opinion, and in order to unify the ideas of his subordinates, he took out a day to draw a sketch of the Fujian coast and Taiwan on a black board with lime, and drew his subordinates

They were all summoned to the meeting hall.

Yu Xiaotian strictly ordered the participants to treat this meeting as a secret and not to disclose the contents of this meeting without permission, so as to temporarily keep the things they discussed in their stomachs.

Yu Xiaotian expressed his worries about the future in public. Although many people think that Nanri Island is a good place and they are doing well now, Yu Xiaotian thinks this is inappropriate.

The most critical reason is that although Nanri Island is good, it is too close to the mainland, and it is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. It is only because of the neglect of management by the government that it is in the current situation.

In the past, the reason why the government used troops against the Shark Gang was for this reason. In fact, the court would not sit back and allow its territory to become an enclave. This time the red-haired people occupied Penghu, and the court was determined to drive them away and did not hesitate to change generals.

Sending Nan Juyi to Fujian to take charge of the expulsion of the red-haired people actually explained the imperial court's thinking.

Just because so far, the Sea Wolf has maintained a delicate balanced relationship with the local government, so they are in peace for the time being, but what about the future?

When the imperial court runs out of troops against the red-haired people, and once they win, their self-confidence may swell, and some people may stir up trouble and demand that Nanri Island be taken back.

In this way, unless they have the strength to resist the surging army, Nanri Island will not be a place to stay for a long time.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian thought that instead of waiting until that time and having to pack up and leave, it would be better to take precautions and find a more suitable place for him to settle down first.

Looking at the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, although there are countless islands dotted here and there, there are not many islands that are really suitable for them to stay. If they are too big, the imperial government will come to suppress them. If they are too small, the layout is too small, which is not suitable for them to develop their strength.

The situation on Taiwan Island is different. Although it is adjacent to the mainland, it has not been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If the Sea Wolves can gain a foothold on Taiwan Island, then Taiwan Island will have enough space for them to develop.

In addition, Taiwan Island has very large timber resources, the land is also very fertile, and there are countless wild animals, such as deer skins, which are very good commodities.

Therefore, the island of Taiwan is a pretty good choice. As long as they can gain a foothold there, they will have a lot of room for movement in the future.

Yu Xiaotian did not say anything about the future of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty has already turned into a decaying building. It has reached its final years. It won't be long before the Ming Dynasty collapses amid internal and external difficulties. The Tatars will

Only he, a time traveler, knew that he would take over the Central Plains. Even if he told it, no one would believe it.

In short, Yu Xiaotian analyzed the benefits of their sea wolves occupying Taiwan Island from various angles, and explained their current situation. Finally, he dropped the small wooden stick in his hand and said to his subordinates: "Everyone! We have to look further.

Although it is true that the island of Taiwan is full of miasma and mosquitoes are rampant, once it is established, the benefits will be greater than you can imagine! So whether you are happy or opposed, I am going to make my own decision on this matter, although I have not yet

I plan to move to Taiwan in a big way soon, but the advance preparation is unavoidable!

Heitou, I leave this matter to you. I hope you can help me handle it. Remember, where are you going this time? I don’t need you to grab territory for me right now. As long as you give me the situation in the northern part of Taiwan Island.

It's a great achievement to find out clearly. Whether we will go there or not will be discussed after you come back!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's long speech, the leaders who attacked also fell silent. Yu Xiaotian had made his words very clear, and the advantages and disadvantages had been made clear. Thinking about it carefully, they also felt that Yu Xiaotian's words

It makes sense, especially those who have followed Yu Xiaotian for a long time, and feel that Yu Xiaotian is not wrong. If Yu Xiaotian didn't always like to make long-term plans, they wouldn't be able to grow to such an extent now.

Therefore, after listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, most of them changed their attitudes and felt that they should support Yu Xiaotian's decision. Only a few people still felt that Yu Xiaotian was a bit alarmist and it was poor practice to do so.

It's just too unrealistic to bother with it.

Blackhead is Yu Xiaotian's die-hard confidant. To him, Yu Xiaotian's words are imperial edicts. The King of Heaven does not keep his word to Yu Xiaotian. Since Yu Xiaotian lets him go, he won't even let out a fart.

Even if I couldn't celebrate the festival at home, it didn't matter. I accepted the order and ordered a small team from the war barracks. They took two boats and immediately went to sea and headed east.