Daming pirates

After hearing this, Lu sometimes nodded and said, "Brother Lin is right! Judging from the current official situation in Fujian, Xiong Wencan can only use this method!"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "That's right! I think so too. Beating him won't work, so the only way is to appease him!"

After hearing what they said, Liu Laoliu's brows jumped a few times, showing a hint of joy, and quickly asked Xiaotian: "If that's the case, then Xiaotian, what are your plans?"

Yu Xiaotian looked at Liu Laoliu and found that Liu Laoliu seemed to have a vaguely eager look on his face. He couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous secretly.

Although Liu Laoliu has been working with him for such a long time, Liu Laoliu's current status in Sea Wolf can almost be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people. He is definitely a figure with a transcendent status.

But even so, when he heard that the government might recruit him, he couldn't help but have a fervent thought.

No matter who they were in this era, they were all subtly influenced by the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor. Even pirates like them who were against the imperial government would habitually think that the world should belong to his surname Zhu.

Including Liu Laoliu, I am afraid that although many people are doing quite well under him now, deep down in their hearts, I am afraid there is still a trace of the idea of ​​wanting to become an official.

Of course, Liu Laoliu will definitely not think about becoming an official anymore. Even if the court recruits him, it will be for Yu Xiaotian and not for those under Yu Xiaotian.

The reason why Liu Laoliu showed such enthusiasm was probably because he was planning for Yu Xiaotian. In any case, no matter how strong the Sea Wolf is, they are still carrying a thief. If Xiong Wencan wants to deal with Xiaotian this time

In terms of recruitment, given the current situation, Yu Xiaotian has the right time, place and people. Once he accepts recruitment, it is estimated that at least Xiong Wencan will offer Yu Xiaotian a pretty good price.

For people like Liu Laoliu, they used to live at the bottom of society. Even a thousand households used to be absolutely powerful to them. As for the county magistrate, I am afraid they are the only ones they can see.

The biggest official.

If they had not followed Yu Xiaotian and created such a world, they would probably never see a bigger official than the county magistrate in their lifetime.

But now that Yu Xiaotian and others said that the government wanted to recruit them, Liu Laoliu immediately became excited. As long as Yu Xiaotian accepted the recruitment, their family would be considered to have an official in the future.

Don't look at this period of time, they beat the government officials who didn't even dare to let go. They even killed one of the deputy generals of Jingzhi, and even killed a lot of generals and guerrilla generals Qian.

But when Liu Laoliu realized that Yu Xiaotian could still be an official, even if he was a guard with thousands of households, he would at least be a military attache from the fifth rank. Although the rank of a military general was not as valuable as that of a civil servant, this was still

A serious official of the fifth rank! He had never dared to think about it before.

According to Xu Xinsu, last year, in order to continue working, Xu Xinsu had to spend money to buy an official title from Yu Zigao. He spent tens of thousands of taels of silver, but in the end he just got it.

It's just a general position.

Now if Xiong Wencan comes and wants to settle the matter and settle things with Yu Xiaotian, he must at least offer a higher price, Mr. Qian? It seems a bit low! Then it should at least be a defensive one!

If it were for defense, he would be a military attache of the fifth rank. If Xiong Wencan could offer a price of a Dusi, he would be a military general of the fourth rank. If his family could produce a military attaché of the fourth rank, then this would be

It can be regarded as green smoke rising from the ancestral graves!

Yu Xiaotian curled his lips, a little contemptuous of Liu Laoliu. His requirements were too low! If it were in the past, if Xiong Wencan had offered him a guerrilla or garrison official position, if he remembered correctly,

Zheng in history

When Zhilong was recruited by Xiong Wencan, he should have been given a position as a coastal defense guerrilla. This guerrilla general was also a third-grade general, and his current strength is much stronger than when Zheng Zhilong was recruited in history.

After all, when Zheng Zhilong was adopted, there were still a bunch of great people like Chu Cai Lao, Zhong Bin, and Liu Laoxiang in the coastal area of ​​Fujian. Zheng Zhilong only controlled Weitou Bay. During this period, due to Zhong Bin's betrayal, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates were almost killed.

After pulling them away, it is said that Zheng Zhilong's men only had a mere twenty or thirty boats left, but only two to three hundred men.

Xiong Wencan could even offer him a guerrilla price, but if it were him, not a single general would be disgusting with him!

"Presumably the lord summoned the low-level officials to talk about this matter because he wanted to talk about the government recruitment!" Lin Yiyang asked Xiaotian calmly without looking at Liu Laoliu's expression.

Yu Xiaotian nodded: "That's right! If I predict correctly, after Xiong Wencan comes to Fujian to take office, the first thing he will do is probably to find a way to recruit me!

I called you here today because I actually want to hear your opinions. What should we do if the government recruits me? This matter is very involved and is related to our future trends! Think about it carefully and then talk about it.

What do you think?"

Lin Yiyang, Lu Shi and several other staff members immediately began to lower their heads and think after hearing this. These people are currently Yu Xiaotian's think tank. Although they are not clear about the direction of history, they are all relatively knowledgeable people.

, at least in terms of considering the details, he may be more thorough than Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian's ability to control major events, no one among the sea wolves can match him, because he knows better than anyone else the future direction of the Ming Dynasty, so he can grasp the pulse of history, but when it comes to some small things,

After all, he was not born in this era. He was not good at handling many things, and even often made some jokes. Therefore, when he was doing things, he naturally needed some people to assist him. People like Lin Yiyang obviously wanted to help him.

It plays the role of filling in the gaps.

He brought this matter up today because he wanted to hear the opinions of these people, because this matter will directly affect the future development of his Sea Wolf. If it is not handled well, it is likely to affect their future development.

cause adverse effects.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian is not focused on the size of the official position that Xiong Wencan may offer him in the future, but what he values ​​​​is the deep strength behind the official.

Now on the surface, it seems that the sea wolf is roaming the coast of Fujian, and can even reach farther. He has almost no opponents at the moment, and his strength has expanded to a considerable extent.

However, these phenomena are only superficial phenomena. Yu Xiaotian knows very well that the resources he currently has at his disposal are nothing compared to the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty. Even the strength of Jiannu, who is now entrenched in Liaodong,

It's also very different.

After all, after more than two hundred years of development after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has accumulated huge resources. Everyone regards the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty as orthodox, controlling a population of nearly 200 million, and at least more than 150 million.

population, not to mention how much wealth the Ming Dynasty accumulated, just this population is enough to scare people to death.

As for Sea Wolf, although he seems quite arrogant at present, Yu Xiaotian knows very well that the actual population he currently controls is only a mere two or three hundred thousand, and the population structure of these two or three million people is still very mature.

The problem is that the number of men far exceeds that of women. Although the population structure is relatively young and there are not many elderly people, there are still many underage children.

In fact, he controlled less than half of the available labor force, only about 100,000 to 123,000 people at best. Compared with this number, compared to the giant Ming Dynasty, they were as weak as ants.

As for the territory! He only controls Taiwan Island right now, but at best it’s Jilongtui and Danshui. Currently, he also has a Dagou Port that has just started to be developed. He has not set foot in other places, which are still the territory of the local indigenous people.

Coupled with the several large islands off the coast of Fujian, this small amount of land and resources cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty.

Although the population, territory and resources that Yu Xiaotian currently controls are not very large, Yu Xiaotian is not worried that he will be wiped out by the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty concentrates the power of several provinces and comes to trouble him,

With Taiwan Island at his back, he could advance, attack, retreat or defend, but he was still not afraid of the Ming Dynasty.

But if he does this, Yu Xiaotian will face a very difficult problem, that is, the problem of his financial resources. Sea Wolf can indeed make a fortune every day, or even more, and it won't take long.

, it can probably be regarded as an extremely wealthy country, but this extremely wealthy country also depends on who it is compared with. If compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is really nothing.

More importantly, Sea Wolf's economy is not a complete economy. To a certain extent, his Sea Wolf economy is actually just a parasite on the huge body of Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that all of Sea Wolf's financial resources, including most of the resources it needs, are currently obtained from the Ming Dynasty. The most important copper, iron, coal, and various sea-trade commodities, and even the population, must be obtained from the Ming Dynasty.

To be obtained from land.

After losing the supply of goods and population on the Ming Continent, Sea Wolf, no matter how strong it is now, is just a rootless creature, and it will only die out sooner or later.

In his heart, Yu Xiaotian was not interested in the imperial court's recruitment, but he had to look at this issue from another angle.

Years ago, Cai Shanji had actually tried to recruit him, but Yu Xiaotian didn't take his move at all, because in Yu Xiaotian's opinion, Cai Shanji was not important enough to talk to him about this.

Because Cai Shanji only temporarily took charge of Zhu Yifeng's affairs, but he was not the governor of Fujian.

He also secretly learned that Cai Shanji was actually trying to compete for the position of governor of Fujian. However, based on his understanding of history, when Zhu Yifeng stepped down this time, it would not be Cai Shanji's turn to be the governor. If nothing unexpected happened, Xiong Wencan would become the governor.

successor.

Therefore, even if he talked about recruitment, he would not discuss it with Cai Shanji, but would only discuss it with the newly appointed governor of Fujian.