Daming pirates

Having said this, Yu Xiaotian stopped and glanced at the group of subordinates standing in front of him. He looked confused, but Sun Baoqiang opened his mouth and replied: "Master Qi, my subordinates thought that the reason why this red-haired man kept

The reason for causing trouble along the coast of the Ming Dynasty is just to find a place to do business with the Ming Dynasty. I wonder if what my subordinate is saying is right?"

Yu Xiaotian immediately nodded and said: "That's right! This red-haired man just wants to find a foothold along the coast of our Ming Dynasty to do business with our Ming Dynasty!

But I’m afraid you don’t know the origin of the red-haired people and the dry silk people! Today I will briefly explain it to you!

In fact, the red-haired people, the Flemish people, and the dry silk people are all from Thailand, which is what we call the European countries! The dry silk people we often talk about are actually called Spain!

And these three families actually belonged to Spain a long time ago, they were originally one family! But later, the Francois learned their power from Spain first, and to put it bluntly, they established themselves as kings and no longer listened to the Spanish king!

Not too long ago, the red-haired people also broke away from Spain and established their country of the Netherlands! You only need to know this roughly!

So far, the king of Spain has regained control of the territory of the Francois, and now the two families are considered as one. However, after getting rid of Spain, the red-haired people began to oppose their old club everywhere!

These three families all made their fortunes by sailing. The red-haired people came from behind and were always at odds with their old employers. When they saw their old employers, the Spaniards, had come to our Ming Dynasty, they hurried after them, first from their old employers.

He snatched Batavia from his hands and wanted to make a lot of money by doing business with our Ming Dynasty.

But Batavia is located in Nanyang, which is a bit far away from our Ming Dynasty. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty are not willing to travel so far to do business with them.

So the red-haired people wanted to follow the example of the Fo Langji people and build a place like Macau along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty had suffered a loss and was no longer fooled, and refused to give the red-haired people this opportunity.

So the red-haired people started to make trouble, trying to seize a place to open a port for business. Later, the Ming Dynasty officials and them fought the Penghu War.

The red-haired man was now wiser. He felt that directly grabbing a piece of land from the Ming Dynasty would obviously not allow the Ming Dynasty to agree, so he settled for the next best thing. He simply ran to the south of Taiyuan Island, occupied the majority of the land, and began to build the city.

They used the Red Mao City as their base and later competed with their old employer, the Spaniards, for business.

Although this Taiyuan Island is very close to our Ming Dynasty, it has never been under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the red-haired people took advantage of this loophole.

The reason why I brought you here first to occupy Jilong Bay and Tamsui is because this is not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and can be used as the nest of our sea wolves in the future!

Nowadays, the red-haired people have come to Taiyuan Island. In recent years, they have colluded with our counterparts in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian to continuously intercept merchant ships heading to Manila to trade with the dry silk people, forcing them to divert to Hongmao City in Tainan to do business with the red-haired people.

, so this is equivalent to cutting off the financial path of the dry silk people.

The Ganrasi people arrived earlier than the red-haired people and captured Greater Luzon first. They thought they had taken advantage of the right time and location, so they did not pay attention to the Taiwan Yuan Island. Now they must have learned that their old enemies, the red-haired people, had taken over Luzon.

to Tainan, which threatened their business with Ming merchants.

Therefore, the Ganrasi people will not sit still and wait for death, and will definitely find ways to get back this round. However, currently, the Ganlusi people are not superior in terms of force and cannot defeat the red-haired people, so if he wants to get back this round,

Then we can only find another way out, so where do you think the Ganrasi people will attack Taiyuan Island?"

Having said this, Yu Xiaotian stopped again and looked at Heitou and others with his hands behind his back.

When Heitou heard this, he suddenly realized what Yu Xiaotian wanted to say, and said in surprise: "Does the master want to say that the Ganlusi people are planning to attack our Jilongwan?"

"That's right! The Ganrasi people can't offend the red-haired people, but they can offend us sea wolves! And now that Tainan has fallen into the hands of the red-haired people, the Ganrasi people can only focus on Taiyuan Island.

North.

Although there are many bays in the northern part of Taiyuan Island, only Jilong Bay is the best deep-water harbor, and the terrain is dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack!

No matter who it is, if they want to come here, they will keep an eye on our Jilong Bay! The Ganrasi people will definitely not sit back and let this place be controlled by us! Maybe the two Thai and Western boats that came here to swim here last time,

It's possible that the Ganrasi people's ship came here specifically to explore the road!" Yu Xiaotian nodded and continued to say to Heitou and the others.

"***, according to what the boss said, it seems that those two large Thai sailing ships are really the ships of the dry silk people! If so, it will really be a bit troublesome!" Blackhead felt relaxed now.

He couldn't get up. Although his nostrils were turned upward and he looked down on his colleagues, he still had lingering fears about the large sailing ships owned by the Taixi people. It was clear that the warships they had on hand were not human at all.

A rival for that kind of large sailing ship.

"Except for the dry silk people, don't think that the red-haired people will not be disadvantageous to us! The appetite of the red-haired people is much greater than you think! Although they currently occupy the high-level officials,

They didn't come to our side, but that's because they haven't got around to it yet!

What the red-haired people actually want is the entire Taiyuan Island, and they want to use the entire Taiyuan Island as their colony! At the moment, they just don’t have the ability. Once they gain a foothold on Dayuan, sooner or later, they will

One day, they will still come to trouble us!

This is why I have spent more than a year to immigrate here, send people to build forts, and let you people stationed here.

I don’t care for the moment whether Taiyuan Island here is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but at least if this is our sea wolf’s territory, it is our Chinese’s territory, how can we allow others to get involved!

And you guys, especially you blackheads, actually feel that being here is too relaxing and don’t take it seriously. You spend the whole day just thinking about how to compete with others in a glorious way!

If you really think life here is so boring, then it's easy to handle. I'll give you a chance and just transfer you away from here. At worst, I'll replace you with someone else. In short, no matter who is in charge here, I will give it to you.

Watch this Jilongwan carefully, if there is even the slightest mistake, I will skin him alive!"

Yu Xiaotian scolded Heitou.

The black head was scolded by Yu Xiaotian and shrank his neck. He quickly lowered his head and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty and said: "Master, please calm down! The black head will not dare to do it anymore! Please rest assured, the master, I will never dare to be careless again. As long as I still have the black head."

If you have a strong voice, you must not allow anyone to take away this Jilongwan! Unless they step on my body!"

When Yu Xiaotian heard Heitou make such a promise, his face relaxed, and he nodded and said: "Okay! I'll trust you again! I think you've done your best here this year.

For your sake, I won’t argue with you! But

You all must remember to me that this Jilongzhai is the foundation of my life, and there must be no carelessness! I put you here to rest assured of you. If I didn't rest assured of you, how could I dare to leave such an important thing to you?

The place is left to you to guard!"

After hearing this, Heitou, Sun Baoqiang and others hurriedly bowed to accept the order and thanked Xiaotian repeatedly. According to what Yu Xiaotian said, it is obvious that Yu Xiaotian should be responsible for them being sent here to work.

trust instead of banishing them here, then they have nothing to complain about.

(Today I will update two chapters together, this chapter has too few words!)

Chapter 294 Pay equal attention to kindness and power

When Yu Xiaotian asked about the recent developments of the native tribes around Jilongzhai, Heitou asked Li Qing, who is now in charge of dealing with the natives here, to report to Yu Xiaotian.

Since the last time Yu Xiaotian personally led his men to annihilate the largest native tribe nearby, the surrounding native tribes have seen with their own eyes the power of Sea Wolf's firearms, and have begun to respect outsiders like Sea Wolf.

A lot, and a lot of fear.

They watched helplessly as the natives of the most arrogant tribe here for so many years were cut down to the ground like grass by the Sea Wolf's volleys of guns and "cannons", but they didn't even have the ability to fight back.

, were all frightened by the ferocity of the sea wolf.

Moreover, they also saw that when the Sea Wolf tribe was cleaning up the battlefield, they mercilessly cut the necks of the seriously injured natives. They were even more frightened by the Sea Wolf's methods and began to be full of outsiders like them.

Awe.

Therefore, since that time, the incidents of surrounding natives harassing Jilongzhai have begun to decrease day by day, which has greatly improved the safety of the Sea Wolf tribe and the immigrants transported here when they move around in this area.

In the past, the Sea Wolf tribe and immigrants rarely dared to move far away from Jilong Village, and only dared to move in slightly more open areas near Jilong Village. However, since that time, the scope of activities of the Sea Wolf tribe has increased.

Then it began to gradually expand, and began to extend its tentacles to farther places.

Some native tribes within a few dozen miles of the surrounding area got a lot of advantages after cooperating with Sea Wolf, that is, they divided the territory of the tribe that was wiped out, harvested a lot of spoils, and divided the territory between them.

I got a group of slaves, and also got some axes, spearheads and tools from Sea Wolf. It can be said that everyone is very happy.

In addition, they also discovered that these outsiders were not as bad as they thought. Under normal circumstances, they did not mess with these outsiders, but they were quite easy to deal with.

Moreover, these outsiders here in Jilong Bay have a lot of good things in their hands, which are difficult for them to get, especially tools and cloth, which are much easier to use than the bone, wood or even stone things in their hands.

a lot of.

So these native tribes began to deal with the sea wolves in Jilong Village, and from time to time they would go to Jilong Village to exchange the animal skins they hunted with the sea wolves for some useful things.

And Heitou and his gang also specially formulated a barter trade standard for this purpose. They used some knives, axes, saw blades, tea leaves, salt, cloth and other items, clearly marked the prices, and exchanged them from these natives for what they hunted.

Animal skins, and corresponding grades have been set for the natives' animal skins, so that they can be aware of it when they come to trade.

In this way, the nearby natives felt that the outsiders like Sea Wolf were doing things fairly, so the relationship between them became better.

In fact, these natives are not completely in a closed state. In the tens or hundreds of years before the sea wolves came here, many pirates and Japanese pirates had already come to Taiyuan Island to settle down, so the natives were not in a closed state with outsiders.

I have never dealt with them, but these outsiders mostly rely on the natives and have little knowledge. They either kill the natives indiscriminately or capture the natives as slaves. Even if it is a transaction, they often like to deceive the natives.

This also caused the natives to have a historically hostile attitude towards outsiders. They also adopted the same hostile attitude towards the sea wolves when they first landed in Jilong Bay, constantly harassing Jilong Bay and trying to confine these outsiders to Jilong Bay.

I even hope to drive them away.

But after cooperating with Sea Wolf and dating for a period of time, these natives discovered that the outsiders like Sea Wolf were not as bad as they thought. When trading with Sea Wolf, they felt it was fair. In the past, they had several

Good animal skins may not even be exchanged for a knife, but the price offered by Sea Wolf is much more reasonable now, allowing them to use less animal skins or prey in exchange for more useful things.

So gradually these natives weakened their hostility to the sea wolves. They felt that after having these outsiders, their lives seemed to be easier, and they no longer wanted to drive away the sea wolves. Otherwise, they would

There will be no place to change things in the future.

However, such a transaction is not a loss for Sea Wolf. On the contrary, the price offered by Sea Wolf is still very profitable for them. Often the hides they exchange for are transported to land or shipped to Manila.

, after visiting Macau and other places, the price can increase more than ten times, but relatively speaking, the natives feel pretty good about it.

Now under the auspices of Li Qing, this kind of barter trade has become quite large. Every month, they can exchange for nearly a thousand animal skins of various kinds, the most popular of which are Taiwan's unique sambar and sika deer.

skins, as well as the relatively rare Formosan clouded leopard skins, the profits earned from these skins alone every month can basically meet the living needs of the tribesmen here.

It can be seen that as long as the Shanhai economy is seriously developed, it is quite promising.

In addition to the skin trade that has taken place in Jilong Bay, sometimes the natives will also trade some inedible game with sea wolves. Li Qing also accepted all the orders and regarded them as gifts to the local tribesmen.

After improving the food use, part of it was pickled and sent to Nanyue Island as a local product for other Sea Wolf tribesmen to try.

In response to this, Yu Xiaotian specially found a few people who could make preserved meat and sent them to Jilongzhai to make preserved meat from some game meat and then transport it to land for sale. The business was actually quite good.

Especially venison and wild boar meat

Preserved meat is very popular among merchants and dignitaries in Fujian, and it has gradually formed a good business. Now Li Qing has started to set up a food processing factory in Jilongzhai, specializing in making this kind of meat.

breast.

Moreover, the raw materials have gradually developed from venison and wild boar to whale meat. In the future, the output will become larger and larger, and it will become a good way to make money.

Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied with Li Qing's work and actually praised Li Qing a few times, which made Li Qing very excited and he quickly got down and thanked her repeatedly.

"Li Qing! You get up and speak, you don't have to do this! You are doing quite well in the things you are in charge of. I, Yu, have always done things fairly. As long as you do well, Yu will not treat you badly!"

We, Sea Wolf, have not long been established, and at present, chicken coops, fresh water, and even Nanyue Island are all in need of prosperity, and we need people like you to take care of things! You work hard, and although I will not dare to protect you from shining brightly in the future,

But at least it can guarantee your prosperity and wealth!

It is particularly important for us to develop financial avenues now, but we have no way to compete with some industries in the Ming Dynasty. We can't compete with them in the silk from Jiangnan, the porcelain from Fujian and Guangdong, and the tea from Jiangsu and Zhejiang!

So we can only take advantage of the situation to develop our own industry! As the saying goes, we rely on mountains to rely on mountains and water to rely on water. We have the continuous mountains and dense forests of Taiyuan Island behind us, and we are facing the sea. If we don’t rely on these, how can we still make a fortune?

Rely on what?

So in the future you have to think more about this. The current dried meat workshops are just the beginning. In the future, what I want to see here is more and more processing plants for various foods, including fisheries, whale meat, as long as they can make money.

Just go ahead and do it. If you need people, I will give you people. If you need boats, I will give you boats. In short, Jilong Bay will produce more meat in the future!

In addition to making our brothers eat well, we also need to be able to exchange it for money. If you do this, you will be the hero of Sea Wolf, and you will enjoy it in the future!"

After Yu Xiaotian finished speaking, Li Qing felt like crying. He used to be just an errand boy in a shop. Later, his employer's ship had an accident and drifted here. He was frightened every day for fear of being eaten by the natives, but he didn't expect to meet him.

After boarding the Sea Wolf, his destiny changed so much.

When Yu Xiaotian learned what he said to the natives, he immediately activated him. Now he is an important person in charge of Hailang in Jilongzhai. In addition to changing to a clean and spacious residence,

There are also dozens of subordinates who run errands for him, and he also married a beautiful wife some time ago, which he never dared to think about before.

Now what Yu Xiaotian said to him made him feel that his life was about to start again. As long as he worked hard, he might really be able to get ahead and enjoy endless glory like Yu Xiaotian said.

There was no guarantee of wealth, so Li Qing quickly knelt down to thank him.

After Li Qing finished speaking, Sun Baoqiang continued: "After the big boss destroyed the group of natives, he didn't make it clear how to distribute their territory. This move was really a clever move!

Since then, several groups of natives in the surrounding area have begun to fight for territory. They will conflict with each other from time to time. Now these groups of natives do not dare to offend us easily!

Not long after the year, one group of natives took advantage of their large numbers and robbed a mountain. They bullied other groups of natives and refused to allow our people to enter their territory for hunting. They also shot and killed two of us.

A brother who goes hunting in the mountains.

So I and Brother Heitou immediately recruited several other natives and dealt with this group of natives vigorously. They arrested more than a hundred of their tribesmen and drove them out of their previous territory! Although they were not

They were wiped out, but they were also transformed from a large tribe into a small tribe. They will never be able to become more arrogant again, and their lives will be difficult from now on!

After this incident, several other natives were even more grateful to us. They now allow us to enter and exit their territory, and they also provide guides for our people!

At present, in accordance with the instructions of the original leader, we have ordered the soldiers here to be divided into three groups every month. Twenty to fifty people go out at a time. Under the guidance of the native guides, they go into the mountains and forests for hunting! After entering the mountains,

I also learned a lot from the natives.

In the past six months, we have gained a lot. Now our people no longer dare to enter the mountains as easily as when we first came here. From now on, it will not be the subordinates who brag about it. If there are any natives who dare to attack our Jilong Village in the future, even if

Without asking other natives for help, we can just go in and destroy their lair with our own soldiers!"