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In the end, Yu Xiaotian accepted Yan Siqi's lesson under Lin Yiyang's suggestion and chose not to continue to expand the territory he actually controlled for the time being, so as not to arouse the jealousy of more colleagues. This saved him from being a fledgling and became the target of public criticism.

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If his colleagues are just looking for trouble one by one, with his current force, he is not worried too much. What he is worried about is that once these colleagues form a common enemy against him and gather together to attack him, then

Even if his brothers are all enemies, they can't stop the ants from killing the elephant.

Therefore, although Hailang actually snatched the territory north of Quanzhou from Mr. Chu Cai, it did not incorporate this newly acquired territory into the previous territory, but regarded it as a semi-actually controlled territory.

territory and control it.

After the toll collected by Hailang actually increased by 30%, the price did not continue to increase. The area that Hailang actually promised to ensure their safe passage was only expanded to the Meizhou Island area than before, and it did not completely extend to Quanzhou Bay.

This area is included within the actual control range of Sea Wolf.

In other words, although Seawolf actually seized the maritime territory from the north of Quanzhou Bay to Meizhou Bay from Chu Cai, it did not fully incorporate it into actual management and control, and tacitly allowed some colleagues to operate in this area.

Unless there are special circumstances, Seawolf will not provide merchant ships with a commitment to safe passage in this area.

This also avoids the dissatisfaction of other colleagues due to the sea wolf's large expansion of territory, and saves more people from being jealous of them.

After Yu Xiaotian ended the dispute with Chu Cai Lao, he rewarded his subordinates generously. Half of the 40,000 taels of silver extorted from Chu Cai Lao was used as rewards and distributed among his subordinates.

Everyone, whether they are directly participating in the battle or serving as logistical support, they all receive rewards, but the amounts are different.

According to Yu Xiaotian's understanding of people, if he wants his subordinates to work hard for him, they must not be reluctant to spend money. In this era, ideals and goals are of no use, only real benefits.

This is what motivates your subordinates to work hard for you.

That's why he drew up a set of incentive measures based on the British navy's system from the very beginning. One of the very important principles was that if he eats meat, he must let his men at least take a sip of soup, and even

Just keep eating meat.

Otherwise, the saying that you must fight when you encounter an enemy will become a piece of paper, and no one will fight to the death for Yu Xiaotian when there is no benefit to gain.

After this incident, Yu Xiaotian became even busier and could hardly find time to sleep.

He has to deal with a lot of things every day. In addition to personnel adjustments, Sea Wolf changed its previous practice of deliberately limiting the growth rate of the number of subordinates. After the end of April, it began another expansion.

In this expansion, in addition to converting the group of men who captured Chu Cailao this time into Sea Wolf tribes for his use, an additional group of tribesmen were also recruited to enrich the fleet and soldiers.

Now, through this battle with Chu Cailao, Seawolf has basically formed a navy division mainly composed of fleet crews and a land division mainly composed of original combat barracks, forming two relative operational capabilities. When necessary,

A combat system that can be used cooperatively.

The outstanding performance of the soldiers this time also allowed them to win a position that is basically equal to that of the navy, which made the sailors who looked down on the soldiers in the past look at them with admiration.

After this battle, although the navy still played a decisive role, the soldiers defeated more with less on the island, killing a large number of Chu Cai's men and seriously weakening the strength of Chu Cai's men.

After the navy suddenly returned, they defeated Chu Cai Lao.

This includes the fact that after the members of the Navy landed on the island, they saw the corpses of many of Chu Cai’s old men discarded everywhere, as well as the battered walls and the number of casualties among the soldiers, and they knew that something had happened here.

The tragic situation of the war has to be acknowledged

Admittedly, the battle camp was indeed very beautiful, and in order to defend the Wolf Cave Dazhai, the battle soldiers paid a considerable price. Therefore, through this battle, the battle soldiers thoroughly displayed their golden signature and won the victory.

He gained the respect of everyone above and below Sea Wolf.

This time, due to the large loss of personnel in the Zhan Barracks, the Sea Wolf expansion operation needs to supplement them. In addition, in order to cooperate with the future strategic deployment of managing Taiyuan Island, the Zhan Barracks also needs to expand in scale to cope with future attacks.

The use of troops on Taiwan Yuan Island may also be used to deal with other matters.

In short, the expansion of the Sea Wolf tribe this time is larger than the previous expansions. Yu Xiaotian attaches great importance to this matter, considering that Nanyue Island is currently due to the existence of the commercial area and the increase of islanders, as well as the limited area of ​​Nanyue Island itself.

, it was difficult to prevent outsiders from prying into the secrets of Sea Wolf's training, so it was decided to relocate Sea Wolf's new camp, which was specially used to train newcomers, to the Tamsui Village area for relocation.

This decision has aroused some dissent among the members within the Sea Wolf, especially the Council, which is currently in charge of the logistics of the Sea Wolf.

The reason why the council opposes this is simple, that is, if Xinying is moved to Tamsui, the pressure on their council will become even greater.

Nanyue Island itself already has some old camp facilities. Although Chu Cailao's attack this time destroyed most of the new camp buildings and facilities outside Dazhai, it is not very troublesome to rebuild them here.

However, once the new camp is moved to Tamsui, everything will be required, and the investment may be greater. Moreover, the Tamsui Village area has not yet truly formed self-sufficiency, especially in terms of food.

Thousands of people, because the farmland has just been reclaimed, the first year's harvest has not yet been harvested. In addition, the newly reclaimed farmland is mostly raw land, and the grain output is very low in the first two years. Only after the raw land is matured can the grain output be gradually increased.

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To suddenly send one or two thousand new recruits to Tamsui for training, the Council will need more ships and manpower to provide them with food and other needs. This consumes too much money and is really not cost-effective.

In addition, one move can affect the whole body. Such a large-scale change will involve many aspects. For example, so many people will move to Tamsui Village, Sea Wolf’s training is very strict, and corporal punishment and accidents will continue to occur. The medical officer is sure

It is necessary to transfer a batch of people, and there is also the construction of the camp. Where will the manpower come from? The manpower for building the Tamsui Village is already very tight, and now the workshop area and the new boathouse have to be built, which makes the manpower shortage even more serious.

What should we do about these things? Therefore, a group of people in the council, headed by Zhao Mazi and Li Gouzi, strongly opposed Yu Xiaotian's actions. During the discussion in front of the Langxue Hall, they expressed their opinion on the spot that it was inappropriate to do so.

As for the navy and soldiers, they also have different views on this. They feel that it is enough to train new recruits on Nanyue Island. Once they move to Tamsui Village, they will have to send a lot of manpower to help. Originally, they are currently short of manpower.

Okay, this is a bit of a waste.

After listening to these people's opinions, Yu Xiaotian thought about it again and again, and finally insisted on his opinion.

There are several reasons why he insists on moving Sea Wolf's new camp to Danshui Village.

First, Nanyue Island is now crowded with people, and it is too close to the mainland. If there is any disturbance, it will soon spread to the government on the mainland. And he has recruited a larger number of troops this time. If he trains heavily on Nanyue Island,

If he does, the government on land will soon learn about it, so even if it is to avoid suspicion and avoid the government thinking that he wants to rebel, training new recruits on Nanyue Island is not a good choice.

The second is that Tamsui Village is far away from the mainland, and Taiyuan Island is not part of the daimyo territory so far. The emperor is far away from where he is. He can do whatever he wants, and the government will not care where he is.

Third, the main waterways in the Taiwan Strait are currently close to the mainland. Only a small number of ships can take the route close to Taiwan Yuan Island when traveling from the Guangdong and Guangxi areas to Japan. Therefore, he basically does not need to train troops there.

Worried that the news will be leaked and the government will be worried.

Fourth, by allowing the new recruits to train in Tamsui Village, the new recruits can have an intuitive understanding and sense of identification with Taiyuan Island, the future rear area of ​​their sea wolves, making them feel that Taiyuan Island will be their territory in the future.

They will develop a sense of belonging there, and if something happens and they need to defend Tamsui Village or Jilong Village in the future, they will be more attentive and work harder.

Of course, there are also disadvantages to doing this, which is that it increases the difficulty and consumption of logistical support. A considerable number of people and ships are required to supply these newcomers with food, clothing, weapons, etc.

The pressure of construction made Fang An and others even more stressed there.

However, Yu Xiaotian felt that even with these problems, moving Xinying to Danshui Village would have more advantages than disadvantages than staying on Nanyue Island.

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's explanation, everyone's objections subsided, and Lin Yiyang, as a consultant, also believed that Yu Xiaotian's decision was right.

So in the end, the move of the new camp to Danshui Village was finalized and implemented immediately. The first batch of newcomers, namely Chu Cailao's men captured this time, were immediately shipped away and headed there first.

Tamsui Village was used as a labor force to build a new camp. After the new camp was built, this group of people stayed and began to receive training.

A hundred soldiers were also sent together. This group of soldiers will be responsible for taking care of these prisoners for a while and supervise their establishment of a new camp. They will then stay at Tamsui Village and serve as the instructors of the new camp in the future.

In addition, before the new camp starts training, the Navy will also dispatch corresponding personnel to the new camp in Tamsui Village to serve as instructors and train the new recruits there.

The new camp is divided into two adjacent buildings, one is used as a recruit training camp for training navy soldiers, and the other is used as a recruit training camp for future combat soldiers.

Moreover, the new camp is required to be set up on the banks of the Tamsui River, and a temporary dock must be built on the riverside to serve as a docking place for training and supply ships in the future.

The workload of such a new camp is quite large, but fortunately there are also a lot of prisoners this time. After screening, five or six hundred people were left in the end. If these people concentrate their efforts, plus the help of some craftsmen, and

With sufficient local timber resources, the construction of the new camp should be completed within two months.

In addition, some prisoners who were used as slaves will also be sent to Tamsui Village and used in the construction projects there. Together with the local people recruited on the spot, various construction projects in Tamsui Village can be completed as soon as possible.

Completed within four to five months.

(Special thanks to brother stdx for the reward today!)