Daming pirates

Xiong Wencan did not raise any objection to Yu Xiaotian's request. As long as Yu Xiaotian did not make the matter too big and did not send the soldiers and fleet directly to the outside of Guangzhou, as for occupying a remote place,

Just take it! Anyway, after going back and clearing out the pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi, Yu Xiaotian will probably return to Fujian, and it won't be too late to take it back here.

But they could never imagine what Yu Xiaotian's idea was. As soon as Yu Xiaotian arrived in the Zhongmen area, he immediately started building construction on the shore.

For the pirates captured in the Daya Bay Battle, Yu Xiaotian did not rush to transport them back to Taiwan Island to work as laborers this time. Instead, he brought them all here and used them as coolies, making them cut trees and dig foundations on the spot.

The wall was built, and a city-sized area was circled on the ground of Tsim Sha Tsui, which was later Hong Kong. People were sent to supervise the construction of a large fortress here.

In addition, on the seaside, which was later known as Victoria Harbor, manpower was allocated to start on-site construction, and various dock facilities and trestles were built for future ships to dock and unload cargo.

He had already made plans to build a brand new city and a brand new harbor here, modeled after Weitou Bay, and use this place as his base in Guangdong.

From now on, all merchant ships in Guangzhou will go out to sea to do business here, and if they don’t pay, humph! Don’t even think about doing any sea business in the future.

Once he controls the Pearl River Estuary, he will never spit out this area again, and Guangdong's maritime trade has a unique advantage over Fujian's.

All merchant ships going to Nanyang basically have to load goods here, and set out from the Guangzhou area in order to have enough supply of goods to go to Nanyang for business.

There are at least thousands of various merchant ships gathering here every year, and there are at least more than 10,000 ships entering and leaving the Pearl River Estuary. The annual cargo throughput is so large that the figures are eye-popping. If these ships are effectively

If it is controlled, it can net increase Sea Wolf's income by one or two times every year. I guess it won't be a big problem.

These funds can be used by Yu Xiaotian to feed hundreds of thousands of troops and equip him with more weapons and warships. Therefore, the real purpose of Yu Xiaotian's trip south is not to suppress bandits, but to occupy Hong Kong.

Island, and at this time Hong Kong Island was not actually called Hong Kong Island. The locals mostly called it Aozhou.

It was precisely because Yu Xiaotian took a fancy to the unique geographical and hydrological conditions here that he was determined to take control of this area through this southward journey, and then gradually develop it into the largest import and export trade port in the south.

From the current point of view, Yu Xiaotian has achieved this goal. Next, he will establish his power here. The eight detachments he has sent out now to carry out raids in the Pearl River Estuary area are actually to cooperate with him in controlling the overseas trade in this area in the future.

The preliminary preparations made.

Of course, the infrastructure construction here will take a long time. The various conditions here are not as good as those over Weitou Bay. There are still far from a large number of cargo ships loading and unloading goods here. This process will probably take at least two days.

A period of one to three years.

During this period of time, Sea Wolf is going to suppress bandits here, and he can use this time to improve the infrastructure here. This time difference is quite appropriate. When he manages this place, he will probably be able to work with him.

Ming Dynasty has fallen out. If Guangdong wants to take this area back, then there will be no way out!

However, building various infrastructure here requires a huge investment of manpower, material and financial resources. Yu Xiaotian has already thought about the manpower. This time he goes south to Guangdong and Guangxi, he will obtain a large number of prisoners of war, and these prisoners of war are the best manpower.

resources, and many of these prisoners of war are vicious pirates, so they are perfect as consumables.

As for financial resources, there will be a little pressure on Yu Xiaotian, but at present, it seems that he can still hold on, but he is just a little nervous, and it will not affect the overall situation.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian would not do this himself. Someone would take care of the arrangements. Moreover, he planned to make most of the facilities in place in one step, so after arriving here, he personally walked around the place.

, checked the terrain here, had someone draw a local map, marked the terrain, made a preliminary plan, and ordered the man in charge of construction to carry out a detailed design according to the preliminary plan he gave.

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In fact, this work will not take long. Although he has just occupied this area, he actually sent people here to secretly conduct on-site surveys two or three years ago, and he already knows the situation here well.

, various planning and design plans, several sets have been put forward as early as last year.

When Yu Xiaotian came back from Denglai this time, he reviewed these plans and initially selected one of the plans that met his ideas. This time he just observed it on the spot and made some fine-tuning according to the plan. The construction department was very happy.

The originally determined plan can be quickly adjusted and construction can begin immediately.

In terms of manpower, they currently have no shortage. The Battle of Daya Bay provided him with thousands of laborers. These thousands of people are currently enough for the construction of basic docks, trestles and fortresses. These manpower are basically enough. In addition, he has also

A part of the construction craftsmen from Taiwan will be transferred here to be responsible for commanding and supervising the construction of these coolies. As for defense, when he just took over this area, he had already ordered the army to transfer an infantry battalion here to take charge of the construction.

Guard this area and supervise the work.

At present, he has the support of Xiong Wencan and the imperial court. The Guangdong military will not provoke him. The main thing to guard against is the coolies in the hard labor camp building here, as well as the pirates who have not yet been exterminated. The strength of one battalion is enough.

, and if there is a big trouble here, using the infrastructure here, these troops can hold on for a month without any problem. At that time, his Yu Jiajun can send a large number of troops to reinforce at any time.

In order to strengthen the defense force here, Yu Xiaotian ordered Cyclops to turn around and station a maritime detachment of about 20 warships here, plus a naval shore artillery battery. With such a force to guard this area, Yu Xiaotian basically

Then you can sit back and relax.

After Yu Xiaotian had arranged various things here, he stayed here for more than a month. Eight companies were sent to the area on the Pearl River Port. After more than a month of busy work, they also

Basically ended the military operations in the Pearl River Estuary area.

This time the Yu Jiajun went deep into the Pearl River Estuary area. According to statistics, the eight companies captured a total of more than 70 village forts. The owners of these more than 70 village forts were all local wealthy families and some squires.

And most of them have local notoriety.

All of them had colluded with pirates, and there were both personal and material evidence, which could completely prove their charges. Although they had great power in the Guangzhou area and even had direct connections with the imperial court in the capital, under Yu Xiaotian's thundering methods,

They had no time to react. Even if they had great hands and eyes, and there were people in the court, they were beyond their reach at this moment. By the time their superiors reacted, Yu Xiaotian had already taken care of everything.

During this operation at the Pearl River Estuary, the Yu Jiajun captured thousands of prisoners in this area, including pirates, stubborn village warriors, and family members and slaves of these wealthy families. It can be said that almost all the upper class in this area were captured.

The social structure was completely destroyed, and the power of the local rich and gentry was reshuffled.

As for the confiscated property, there is no need to mention it. Almost every day, fleets of ships take shiploads of property to Hong Kong, where they are piled up in temporary concentration areas.

Seeing Yu Xiaotian making such a huge fortune, the local garrison was really jealous. Guangzhou garrison Yu Zehu saw the Yu family's army running amok within his jurisdiction. First he felt ashamed, and then he saw the Yu family's army.

The army was able to steal so much property every day, so they became even more jealous.

So in the end he couldn't resist the temptation, and he boldly took dozens of warships and more than a thousand soldiers under his command to try to stop the Sea Wolf ships transporting goods and prisoners to Hong Kong on the river.

They robbed a ship on the spot, killed dozens of Yu Jiajun sailors, and tried to intercept more Sea Wolf ships.

This immediately annoyed Yu Xiaotian. Yu Xiaotian immediately sent troops into the Lion Ocean at the Pearl River Estuary and found Yu Zehu's fleet of men and horses on the river.

My big fist has the final say.

Although Yu Zehu was the garrison in Guangzhou, he had one or two thousand soldiers and dozens of so-called warships, but when he encountered Yu Xiaotian's fleet, even though it was only a small fleet, it was still scum.

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After the first battle, Yu Zehu was beaten so hard that he almost lost all his pants. Only two of the so-called dozens of warships he brought with him escaped back to Guangzhou City. He himself was not there at the time.

Fortunately, they were not killed on the spot. The rest of the officers and soldiers on the ship were slaughtered completely by the soldiers of the Yu family army.

This time things got really big. Yu Zehu was so frightened that he fled back to his home in the city. He wanted to go to Xiong Wencan to complain. However, before he could get far out, he was hit by a flying bullet from nowhere.

A bullet hit him in the heart. He fell to the ground and died on the spot without even saying a word.

His personal soldiers couldn't even find where the gunshots were fired afterwards, and the master was beaten to death in Guangzhou city.

Immediately, officials impeached Yu Xiaotian, saying that Yu Xiaotian used force against the Guangdong defenders without authorization, killed Guangdong officers and soldiers indiscriminately, and assassinated the defender Yu Zehu.

However, Yu Xiaotian acted first, captured several prisoners, and sent them to Xiong Wencan. He also explained that Yu Zehu had sent troops to intercept and kill his men and ships, and told Yu Zehu that he was a traitor, preventing him from carrying out normal operations.

Bandit action.