Daming pirates

In the past, Xiong Wencan never dared to think about opening up territories, but now Yu Xiaotian gave him a rare opportunity. Although Taiyuan Island is not too big for the Ming Dynasty's territory, it is also an isolated island.

An isolated island hanging offshore, but after all

After all, Taiyuan Island is not considered small. If he takes this opportunity, he can incorporate Taiyuan Island into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This will undoubtedly be the only precedent for the Ming Dynasty to expand its territory in the past two hundred years. This will

The credit is not comparable to just recruiting a group of pirates.

But the premise of all this lies in Xiaotian alone. If even Xiaotian can't be recruited, then this matter will naturally be rootless and impossible to talk about. If he wants to rely on his current strength,

, even if he was given eight courages, he would not dare to think about opening up territories.

So after everyone's persuasion, Xiong Wencan had no choice but to give up this idea. When he met Yu Xiaotian this time, he never mentioned anything about the Taiwan Yuan Island, as if Quan Dang didn't know about it at all.

Anyway, the most important thing for him at the moment is to solve the immediate troubles faced by Fujian, rather than thinking about the affairs of Taiyuan Island, which is further away. Even if someone brings up this matter afterwards, he can excuse it by saying that he does not know the matter. As for what if

If some people say that Yu Xiaotian has a disobedient heart, it is also Yu Xiaotian's business, and it does not have a great impact on him.

Therefore, the thing that worried Yu Xiaotian the most during this recruitment was just wiped away by both parties pretending to be confused.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian was very "magnanimous" and made great concessions to the other territories currently occupied by Seawolves along the coast of Fujian. He even agreed to give up their original home base of Nanri Island.

It was returned to Fujian officials and soldiers stationed for control.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian agreed to give up Nanri Island was actually very simple. Ever since he broke up with the Fujian officials, his occupation of Nanri Island had become known to the world, whether it was Zhu Qinxiang or Zhu Yi.

Feng, the original purpose of attacking him was to recover Nanri Island.

Now that he has accepted the recruitment, there is no reason to continue to occupy Nanri Island without retreating. This is also the main reason why he razed the Nanri Island Dazhai to the ground without hesitation. Now that it has been done

At this point, spitting out Nanri Island has become impossible to get around, and he can only hold his nose and admit it.

But in this matter, although he promised to return Nanri Island to the Fujian government, there is still room for operation in the future. As we all know, Ming Dynasty currently has poor control over the islands along the coast, not to mention that he will become an official soldier in the future.

Increase operations. When the time comes, Xiong Wencan will nod and dispatch

If the officers and soldiers guarding Nanri Island still use his people, then Nanri Island is actually under his actual control. The worst he can do is pay a little land tax to Fujian every year. This is nothing to him.

It was a big deal, so Yu Xiaotian graciously agreed to this condition.

However, regarding the issue of Weitou Bay, Yu Xiaotian refused to give in and refused to withdraw from Weitou Bay. Xiong Wencan did not bother too much about this, because everyone was a sensible person, and Xiong Wencan also understood why Yu Xiaotian

Occupying the area around Weitou Bay, if he forces Yu Xiaotian to withdraw from Weitou Bay, then it is estimated that the recruitment will have to be abandoned. Weitou Bay is a golden mountain for Xiaotian, and Yu Xiaotian

Even if you are beaten to death, you will not leave Weitou Bay easily.

What's more, after Yu Xiaotian accepts the recruitment, he must find a place to settle down. Now, just as a favor, let Yu Xiaotian settle down at Weitou Bay and hand over several guard posts to him.

, all problems will no longer be a problem. As long as Yu Xiaotian is not a fool, he will naturally share a piece of the cake with him every year. This is a big cake. Rather than leaving it to others, it is better to leave it to Yu Xiaotian.

In addition to Weitou Bay, Sea Wolf currently controls many islands and territories along the coast. This time, Yu Xiaotian generously gave up these territories, saying that as long as the negotiations were settled, he would order his subordinates to do so.

Get out of these territories.

Of course, Haitan Island is an exception, because Haitan Island will play a very important role for sea wolves in the future. In addition to Haitan Island being a natural pasture, it is also a pretty good transit place, no matter where sea wolves come from Fujian in the future.

Whether moving immigrants overland or collecting immigrants from the north, it is necessary to set up a transit point along the way.

The area of ​​Haitan Island is large enough, and it can be used as the last rest and quarantine place for immigrants before heading to Taiwan Island, so Yu Xiaotian will not agree to give up Haitan Island.

At this point, the two sides struggled for a while, but in the evening, Xiong Wencan summoned Yu Xiaotian alone, and the two sides talked secretly for about an hour. The next day, Yu Xiaotian agreed to withdraw from Haitan.

island.

However, Xiong Wencan privately gave Yu Xiaotian a guarantee that when troops are stationed on Haitan Island in the future, they will be deployed from Yu Xiaotian's subordinates. In the future, he will restore a ranch on Haitan Island in an official name, and this ranch will also

Placed under the control of Yu Xiaotian.

In this way, Haitan Island was actually replaced with a different medicine. On the surface, it was returned to Fujian officials, but in fact it was still handed over to Yu Xiaotian, and it was legitimately returned to Yu Xiaotian's actual affairs.

Under control, both parties can be said to be happy.

However, regarding Yu Xiaotian's submission to the imperial court and the reorganization of the Sea Wolf tribe, the two sides reached a stalemate to a certain extent. Yu Xiaotian requested that he be given an additional 20,000 troops. This matter was very difficult for Xiong Wencan, because the entire

There are only so many soldiers in Fujian. If Yu Xiaotian eats 20,000 in one go, it will undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among other Fujian generals.

You must know that these generals live on empty pay. The total pay in Fujian is only that much. If Yu Xiaotian suddenly takes up one-third, the interests of other people will naturally be affected.

It has a huge impact. Xiong Wencan is new to Fujian and has not yet established a firm foothold in Fujian. If he does this, it will definitely cause a big backlash.

Therefore, Xiong Wencan resolutely refused to agree to give Yu Xiaotian the number of 20,000 soldiers. At first, he only promised to give Yu Xiaotian 3,000 soldiers. There was a big gap between the two sides on this matter. They talked for a whole day, but no final agreement was reached.

unanimous opinion.

After the two sides secretly negotiated again that night, the matter was finally finalized in the morning of the next day. As the coastal defense general, Yu Xiaotian could have controlled the strength of the first battalion. The strength of the Ming first battalion happened to be

Three thousand people, but Xiong Wencan "considered" that Yu Zigao was interrogated by the court this time, and the Quanzhou Town Biao officers and soldiers were severely depleted and needed to be supplemented.

Yu Xiaotian happened to have both naval and land forces in his hands, so Xiong Wencan agreed to give Yu Xiaotian 6,000 troops. Finally, Yu Xiaotian agreed to Xiong Wencan's condition.

As for the remaining tribesmen of Sea Wolf, according to normal theory, after Yu Xiaotian surrenders, they will be disbanded on the spot or relocated elsewhere, and local governments must cooperate in the resettlement.

This item is simply nonsense. Even if Yu Xiaotian puts on an official uniform, he will not be able to disband the soldiers who are not easy to train on the spot. Except for those who will be officially converted into officers and soldiers,

He can keep the rest in the name of merchant ship crews. Even if he can't keep so many, Tamsui City, Keelung Fort, Dagou Port and other places can definitely accommodate them, so this is just a matter of words.

, he will definitely not trouble officials from various places to help him settle these brothers!

Although Yu Xiaotian did not fully achieve his goal in the end. He currently has nearly 20,000 people, and most of them will still have to rely on him to support him in the future. However, with a stroke of Xiong Wencan's pen, he can still get 6,000 from the Fujian official every year.

People's food and salary are pretty good, so Yu Xiaotian can only do this.

After five consecutive days of negotiations, the two parties finally reached an agreement. Of course, they would not sign any written agreement. Everything after that would be up to Xiong Wencan.

After everything was settled, Yu Xiaotian stopped delaying and said goodbye to Xiong Wencan very politely. Xiong Wencan actually sent Xiaotian out of Tantou Town in person. The two parties just said goodbye and watched Yu Xiaotian lead his men to the court.

Go to the south bank of the Minjiang River estuary.

Looking at the backs of Yu Xiaotian and his party, Xiong Wencan slowly put away the smile on his face and said to Qian Xiaocheng beside him: "Do you think this son can be used for a big purpose?"

Qian Xiaocheng was also looking at Yu Xiaotian and his party who were leaving. After hearing Xiong Wencan's question, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "This person is not a thing in the pool. If you want to completely control him, I'm afraid he will

It’s hard!”

Xiong Wencan looked coldly at Yu Xiaotian and his group in front of him who were slowly retreating: "Yes! Although this guy is vulgar on the surface, he is actually very thoughtful. He almost took advantage of this recruitment. I really don't know how this time.

Did you do the right thing?"

Qian Xiaocheng saw that Xiong Wencan was in a bad mood, so he advised: "Sir, don't worry too much. Although the students do not deny that this person is a hero, as long as I, Da Ming, are still here, this person will not be able to cause too much trouble!

As long as your Majesty pays equal attention to his kindness and power, and makes good use of this person, then this person will still be a help to you after all! As long as he agrees to recruit him, then your Majesty only needs to use some means, is it possible that you still can't accept him?"

Xiong Wencan turned his head and looked at Qian Xiaocheng, and asked with a solemn face: "Why do you say this?"

Qian Xiaocheng leaned forward slightly and whispered in Xiong Wencan's ear for a while. Xiong Wencan's frown gradually relaxed as he listened, and finally smiled and said: "Brilliant idea! It is indeed a brilliant idea! Such a plan

Come, why worry about not being of the same mind as me? That’s it!”