Daming pirates

As the weather gradually cooled down, the official preparations on land were basically completed. Zhu Yifeng ordered a large number of merchant ships to be sealed in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou and other places, and used as troop transport ships or equipped with cannons.

Used as a warship.

In addition, adding to the warships newly built and repaired by the government over the past year, they have assembled more than 200 large ships this time, as well as more than 200 smaller ships.

Through Zhu Yifeng's efforts, in addition to casting dozens of red cannons in Zhangquan and other places, Fujian officials also ordered dozens of various types of red cannons from Guangdong and armed them on their warships.

The fleet has somewhat restored the prestige of the imperial navy of the past and has become the strongest naval force in Fujian since the Wanli Year.

And after several months of preparation, a large number of officers and soldiers have moved to Quanzhou and Fuzhou. All kinds of combat materials have also been assembled. They are piled up in Yongning Guard in Quanzhou and Dinghai City in Fuzhou, just waiting for an order.

Next, they launched a pincer attack from the north and the south, and began to send troops to Nanri Island to attack the sea wolves on Nanri Island.

At this point, everyone knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden, so the Fujian officials no longer tried to cover it up. Zhu Yifeng personally ordered Fujian Chief Military Officer Yu Zigao to take charge of Yongning Guard, and ordered his deputy Zhang Jiace to take charge of Dinghai. Both sides gathered at the same time.

Troops and ships are preparing to go to sea to attack Nanri Island.

Because of the lessons learned from the last time, the government was much more careful this time. They began to strengthen their vigilance along the coast three months in advance to prevent the sea wolves from learning the news and striking preemptively again to harass the coastal areas of Fujian.

Many wealthy gentry along the coast also

Knowing that the last time the government wanted to use troops against the sea wolves, which caused the sea wolves to harass the shore on a large scale, the main targets were wealthy families like them, so as soon as they learned the news, they quickly moved their belongings from their manors outside the city to the city.

The family members also moved into the city to hide for a while.

This can be regarded as a lesson learned. In their view, although the sea wolves are arrogant and fierce, they are just pirates after all. They dare to attack Zhuangbao along the coast, but they do not necessarily dare to attack state capitals and counties, so they hide

It's safer to go inside the city.

At the end of October, everyone in the entire coastal area of ​​Fujian was tensed up, just waiting for Sea Wolf to react. But what surprised everyone again was that this time Sea Wolf didn't seem to notice it at all.

, in the three months since the news was released, there has been no reaction at all. Although they occasionally harassed the shore and captured a few castles, the overall reaction was far less violent than the last time.

Many people couldn't understand Sea Wolf's reaction, and there were many speculations about it. Some people said that Sea Wolf was already scared. This time was different from the last time. The troops and materials mobilized by the Fujian government greatly exceeded the last time when Prime Minister Zhu Qin was in power.

At that time, the sea wolf was conquered, so the sea wolf must have seen Zhu Yifeng's determination this time and did not dare to fight against the government again.

Some people also say that the Sea Wolf is not afraid of the government's attack. The reason why they did not strike first this time is to teach the government a bigger lesson on Nanri Island so that the government will not dare to attack the Sea Wolf easily again in the future.

People who hold this opinion are not optimistic about the attack on sea wolves hosted by Zhu Yifeng.

Some people even privately speculated that Sea Wolf has now occupied Taiyuan Island. After all, Nanri Island is too small and they no longer like it. Since the government wants to regain Nanri Island this time, Sea Wolf will simply sell it to the government to save face.

, return Nanri Island to the government, and evacuate to Taiyuan Island, leaving a way for both sides to retreat.

Some people even swore that they saw with their own eyes on Nanri Island that a large number of Sea Wolf ships were transporting people and supplies from the island and had demolished many workshops. They definitely did not intend to continue to regard Nanri Island as theirs.

The old nest is entrenched.

All in all, Sea Wolf's reaction during this period was relatively calm. There were speculations on land, but no one could tell what the reason was.

After Zhu Yifeng confirmed the attack on Nanri Island, he had been paying attention to the reaction of Sea Wolf. He said that he was not nervous at all, which was a lie, because he also knew very well that Sea Wolf was not easy to deal with.

Even if the forces he has mobilized are added together, he does not dare to say that he is 100% sure that the Sea Wolf can be wiped out. He even has no idea in this regard. He just wants to wipe out the Sea Wolf from

It would be enough to drive Nanri Island out and beat the sea wolves so that they would not be too arrogant in the future.

Because Zhu Yifeng now has a detailed understanding of the strength of Sea Wolf, the focus of Sea Wolf's business is no longer Nanri Island. Their workshops, boathouses, and many businesses have been transferred to Taiyuan Island, and

Recently, most of the refugees they collected from the mainland have moved to Taiyuan Island. However, there are now many fewer workshops and business stores on Nanri Island than before.

According to the information gathered from various parties, Sea Wolf's current business focus has gradually shifted to Taiyuan Island. Their original home base of Nanri Island is no longer their business focus.

This is one of the main reasons why Zhu Yifeng was able to make up his mind to mobilize such a large force to go to Nanri Island to suppress the Sea Wolf. He and his staff secretly believed that since the Sea Wolf has shifted its business focus to

They even went to Taiyuan Island and even fought with the Spaniards because they were on the territory of Taiyuan Island. Regardless of the outcome, this point alone shows that the sea wolves have regarded the place they occupy on Taiyuan Island as a forbidden area and will not tolerate anyone.

People get involved.

Since Nanri Island is no longer of high status to the Sea Wolf, they all guessed that once the government mobilizes a large army to suppress it, the Sea Wolf is likely to lose control of Nanri Island because Nanri Island is no longer so important.

Under pressure, they might give up Nanri Island and retreat to Taiyuan Island.

In this way, they can regain Nanri Island. For Sea Wolf, this can also be considered as a way for them. Strategically speaking, it can be regarded as surrounding the three towers and will not force Sea Wolf to jump over the wall and die with the army.

Fight to the end.

Therefore, in Zhu Yifeng's view, if Yu Xiaotian, the leader of Sea Wolf's thieves, could see this clearly, he should be wiser and take the initiative to abandon Nanri Island and retreat to Taiyuan Island.

Sea Wolf's reaction during this period seemed to confirm their thinking. Sea Wolf must have already known the news that he was going to use troops against Nanri Island. The reason why he did not launch a large-scale attack on the coast in retaliation this time

Xianneng, I guess he saw this and didn't want to continue fighting with the government for Nanri Island.

This made Zhu Yifeng quite pleased, and he was even more looking forward to the prospect of attacking Nanri Island this time.

But Zhu Yifeng also knew that no matter whether he captured Nanri Island this time, he would probably not end well, because he had blocked the source of Sea Wolf's prosperity and had offended Wei Zhongxian in the capital. In addition, he

He has always refused to send money to the capital to confess to the Wei party, and he has already hated Wei Zhongxian's party. He has friends in the capital who have sent him a message, and the Wei party has begun to collect charges against him and prepare to impeach him.

And Hailang got involved with Wei Dang for some reason. Although it is said that he did not directly get involved with Wei Zhongxian, but was just a eunuch named Liu in the palace, not even Wei Dang, but the eunuch is now very powerful, even if it is

Eunuch Liu was not a member of the Wei party, but he could still stay in the palace, which meant that he had a good relationship with the Wei party.

The reason why Mao Shengyuan's business has always been very stable is because it is said that Eunuch Liu is supporting them behind the scenes. Even the local Jinyi guards have not dared to blackmail Mao Shengyuan in the past two years, especially the local officials.

Don't dare to do anything to them easily.

Now he is forcing various places to seize Maoshengyuan. Although he has not directly offended the Wei party, he has at least offended the eunuch Liu to death. Indispensable is to secretly give him eye drops in the capital and give it to the Wei party. Even if he can get it back.

Nanri Island may not be able to tolerate it either

It would be good if he could receive no reward or punishment at most, but if he couldn't get Nanri Island back, he would definitely not be able to pass this test this time, and he would inevitably be impeached by the Wei Party.

, and finally ended up being dismissed from office.

Therefore, Zhu Yifeng has no retreat at the moment. Even if he wants to protect himself, he must capture Nanri Island. Otherwise, he, as the governor of Fujian, may be finished.

Nanri Island seems a little deserted now, because the war is approaching, and the shopping mall area that was no longer very lively has become even more empty, leaving an empty shopping mall area.

This is also something that can't be helped. It is already known to everyone that the government wants to invade Nanri Island in a large scale. Businessmen are pursuing profits, and it is simply impossible for them to advance and retreat with the sea wolves. Moreover, the government has a large number of troops along the coast.

Sealing merchant ships and preventing merchant ships from going to sea also made it impossible for them to maintain business on Nanri Island.

Therefore, most of the merchants in the commercial warehouse area wisely chose to withdraw at this time. They first stood on dry land and watched the fire from the other side. It was not too late to make a decision after the situation became clear.

For Sea Wolf, the commercial area of ​​Nanri Island is no longer of much use. With the gradual construction of Tamsui City, Tamsui has become a new trading point.

When Sea Wolf was preparing to build Tamsui Village, it needed to purchase a large amount of supplies, food and other materials from land and transport them to Tamsui and chicken coops. This was a big challenge to Sea Wolf's transportation capacity, and it also occupied a large number of Sea Wolf's own resources.

The shipping capacity of the ships forced Sea Wolf to deploy a large number of cargo ships to transport these supplies.

This has seriously affected Sea Wolf's sea trade business, causing Sea Wolf to be able to send only a small number of cargo ships to do sea trade business. Most of the ships are involved in freight transportation between Fujian and Taiwan.

Later, Yu Xiaotian found that this was not cost-effective and not economical enough, so he changed his approach and adopted the method of payment on shore for some goods.

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