Daming pirates

Just when Yu Xiaotian was busy focusing on the relocation of his Sea Wolf industry and the relationship with the mainland government, a piece of news came from Yan Siqi, which forced Yu Xiaotian to shift his attention to them again.

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This news from Yan Siqi is about Zheng Yiguan. A brother of Sea Wolf who infiltrated Yan Siqi's place recently brought back a piece of news via a sea wolf merchant ship that came to Yan Siqi's territory.

The news said that something happened to Yan Siqi recently. Zheng Yiguan got the news half a month ago and suddenly rushed back to Japan. After inquiring, the sea wolf's brother learned that Zheng Yiguan's adoptive father Li

On the same day, on the way back to Hirado, Japan from Macau in August, he suddenly fell ill and died.

Because Zheng Yiguan was his adopted son and highly trusted by Li Dan, the people on the ship immediately found a way to send the news to Taiyuan Island and informed Zheng Yiguan.

After Zheng Yiguan learned the news, he immediately took three ships of his men that night and set sail overnight for Hirado, Japan.

Originally, when the Xingtang received the news, they did not pay much attention to it. They felt that Zheng Yiguan's matter was not closely related to Sea Wolf. However, because Yu Xiaotian had explained to them, anything related to Yan Siqi and Zheng Yiguan

He had to be notified as soon as possible of any matter. Only then did the person in charge of intelligence collection at the Criminal Hall tell Yu Xiaotian about the matter.

After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he was a little confused.

Because he was more interested in Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi in the past, he knew a little bit about their deeds. According to his previous understanding, Yan Siqi, as the first generation king, was ambitious, but he was not lucky. He took ten

After arriving in Taiwan, several of his subordinates worked hard to cultivate the land and recruit troops. They originally wanted to accomplish something, but they did not carry it forward.

Because after Yan Siqi arrived in Taiwan, less than two years later, probably more than a year later, he fell seriously ill due to heavy drinking, and died of a sudden illness in Taiwan in his thirties.

Later, Zheng Yiguan was elected as the new boss by Yan Siqi's brothers because of his outstanding ability, taking over Yan Siqi's position.

Soon Zheng Yiguan's adoptive father Li Dan also died. Li Dan was a famous maritime merchant in this era who traveled across the seas of China, Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom. Although he was called a maritime merchant, in fact, he was a pirate group in this era. On the one hand, they were both wanton and violent.

While plundering on the sea, he also took care of maritime trade business, traveling to Japan, Ryukyu, Ming Dynasty and various parts of Southeast Asia, doing business with the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and even the British.

Li Dan was undoubtedly one of the largest maritime merchants of this era, with hundreds of ships under his command, and more than 10,000 people who relied on him for food.

The most important reason why Zheng Zhilong quickly rose to prominence on the sea and became a maritime hegemon, and later even controlled the entire China Sea, was that he was Li Dan's adopted son, and he also inherited Yan Siqi's mantle, making him the most powerful person in the world.

In a short period of time, he became the largest pirate leader on the Chinese sea.

But now that he got the news, Yu Xiaotian was a little confused, because as far as he knew, Li Dan should have died after Yan Siqi, and Zheng Zhilong had inherited Yan Siqi's mantle before inheriting Li Dan's.

The legacy made it immediately become a maritime hegemon.

However, this news overturned Yu Xiaotian's previous understanding of this matter. Li Dan died in front of Yan Siqi, which seemed to be divorced from the original historical development.

The reason why Zheng Yiguan hurriedly led people to leave Bengang after getting the news was that he must have run back to Hirado to snatch the inheritance left by Li Dan in the name of attending the funeral. At this point, Zheng Zhilong had a lot of influence

The advantage is that even compared to Li Dan's son, he is more popular among Li Dan's men.

Therefore, it is basically certain that if nothing unexpected happens, Zheng Yiguan should be able to obtain most of Li Dan's inheritance this time, especially Li Dan's fleet and former subordinates, which will basically belong to Zheng Yiguan.

But there is a problem. Zheng Yiguan was working under Yan Siqi during this period, and he was regarded as Yan Siqi's subordinate. However, once Li Dan died, once Zheng Yiguan inherited most of Li Dan's inheritance, then Zheng Yiguan would have

His strength will greatly surpass Yan Siqi. If Yan Siqi does not die, Zheng Yiguan will no longer be able to inherit Yan Siqi's mantle. In the future, if Zheng Yiguan's strength exceeds that of Yan Siqi, what will happen to the relationship between Zheng Yiguan and Yan Siqi?

Yu Xiaotian couldn't figure it out at this point. History has come to this point. It seems that because of his appearance, a butterfly effect has begun to occur. It is possible that Yan Siqi's fate has changed because of his appearance.

In this way, Yu Xiaotian could no longer predict what would happen on the sea next.

After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he was confused for a while, then calmed down and started to sort out this matter, trying to figure out another clue.

After thinking about it, he couldn't predict what changes would happen between Zheng Yiguan and Yan Siqi in the future. However, one thing he could confirm was that once Zheng Yiguan inherited Li Dan's mantle, he would probably not do so willingly.

If he had to submit to Yan Siqi's subordinates, I'm afraid his subordinates wouldn't be satisfied either.

It is very likely that Zheng Yiguan will break away from Yan Siqi and become a force on his own. Zheng Yiguan's strength will probably grow unprecedentedly in the short term. What impact will the next step have on him?

, Yu Xiaotian could not predict it.

So Yu Xiaotian immediately ordered Liu Laoliu to instruct the detailed work that stayed at Yan Siqi's side. During this period, he closely observed various matters between Yan Siqi and Zheng Yiguan, trying to get the news there as soon as possible.

As the weather gradually cooled down, the relationship between the land government and Sea Wolf began to become more and more tense.

The governor of Fujian, Zhu Qinxiang, wanted to take action against Sea Wolf when he first came to take office. However, due to lack of financial resources in Fujian, he was unable to mobilize a large number of military officers and warships to suppress Sea Wolf in a short period of time. After the news was leaked, he was attacked.

In retaliation, Sea Wolf launched a large-scale attack on the coast for more than a month to demonstrate against Zhu Qinxiang.

However, because Prime Minister Zhu Qin could not raise enough military pay and food in a short period of time, he could only put various places on the defensive to guard against the sea wolf's attack.

However, the effect of this was very poor, and it was impossible to prevent the elusive Sea Wolf tribe. Although the defenses along the coast were strengthened, they still could not prevent the Sea Wolf tribe from landing and harassing people.

Therefore, Prime Minister Zhu Qin felt greatly humiliated and deeply ashamed of this. In the past few months, he secretly raised funds and ordered Fujian Deputy Chief Zhang Jiace and Deputy Chief Yu Zigao to strengthen military training.

ship, and raised funds to build new warships. In addition, various places in Fujian were also looking at forging cannons, sharpening their swords, and preparing to avenge his shame and avenge the Sea Wolf for giving him such power.

In the past few months, although the coastal area of ​​​​Fujian has become calm on the surface, there is an undercurrent surging secretly. The activities of the government and military have also intensified a lot. Some water camps that have not renovated warships for many years have begun to obtain new information at this time.

warships and recruited some new soldiers.

These things are also under the surveillance of Hailang. Yu Xiaotian actually knows that he has already formed a relationship with the government. It is only a matter of time that the government will launch a suppression campaign against him. It is only a matter of time.

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Yu Xiaotian did not hide this from the leaders of the Sea Wolf, and informed them of the matter in advance, so that they all knew about it in advance, saving these guys from having nothing to do during this time.

The leaders of the Sea Wolf did not feel too nervous after learning about this, because they knew the officers and soldiers too well. Nowadays, the officers and soldiers, especially the navy, have dilapidated warships and insufficient numbers.

, although there are cannons, most of them are old cannons, and even some of the cannons equipped by Shuiying were cast during the Xuande and Zhengtong years. They are really outdated things. Although the sea wolf's ships are definitely not as manned as the Fujian government, they are

But the most valuable thing is the elite.

All of Sea Wolf's warships are new ships that are less than five years old. Most of them are new ships that are about one to three years old. They have strong hulls and have undergone certain modifications. Most of them are equipped with more than three artillery pieces.

And most of them are new six-pound guns, and the worst are Fran cannons. Even the smaller and worst patrol ships are also equipped with newly cast short-barreled six-pound guns and some newer bowl-mouth blunderbuss or

Petit Fran cannon.

Therefore, the combat power of the Sea Wolf Navy has an absolute technical advantage over the navy of the government navy. At the same time, the training of the sailors of the Sea Wolf Division far exceeds that of the officers and soldiers of the navy of the government navy. In any case, it seems that Sea Wolf

There is no reason to be afraid of them.

Therefore, the Sea Wolf tribe did not feel too nervous about this news, but some people were a little taboo about starting a war with the government. After all, the golden signboard of the Ming Dynasty had been hanging for more than two hundred years, and its prestige was still there.

The Wolf tribe felt that being enemies with the government was a bit of a psychological disadvantage.

After all, fighting with colleagues and fighting with the government is not a conceptual matter. When fighting with colleagues, you are fighting for territory, but if you fight with the government, it is rebellion.

So some people are more or less afraid of this, especially the soldiers who were recruited from the coast and those whose families have not yet moved to Nanyue Island or Sea Wolf's territory on land.

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For this reason, Yu Xiaotian went to the navy and war barracks many times to cheer up these subordinates and told them that it was not that he, Yu Xiaotian, wanted to rebel, but that the government forced him to do so. They just wanted to fight on the sea.

They were just trying to make a living, but the government couldn't see how comfortable they were living, and wanted to bring them down and let them go back to the miserable life they had before.

Therefore, they are enemies of the government in order to protect their jobs and access to food. If they allow the government to bully them like this, they will definitely be beaten back to their original shape in the future. They will be well fed, clothed, warm, and paid as they are now.

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