Daming pirates

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian sent people to build a large number of iron furnaces locally, smelt these coal and iron ores on the spot, transport the finished iron ingots to Weitou Bay, ship them to Taiwan Island, and supply them to the industries that have begun to take shape in Taiwan Island.

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The next step he has made is to build an earthen steel-making furnace directly in the Longyan area of ​​Zhangzhou Prefecture, make steel on the spot, transport the steel to Weitou Bay, and set up a hydraulic plant directly in the Quanzhou area to digest part of the steel on the spot.

Ordnance can be produced locally and delivered directly to the military for use.

Regarding Yu Xiaotian's actions, Fujian officials could only turn a blind eye. Officials from various places wanted to stop them, but they did not dare to speak easily. In order to occupy Yu Xiaotian's land, some gentry forcibly annexed the land from them and used it to

Yu Xiaotian was very dissatisfied with the establishment of various workshops. Some people launched a boycott and gathered some people to go around and try to get the officials to stop Yu Xiaotian from doing this.

But Yu Xiaotian has no scruples now. As long as he finds someone stumbling against him behind his back, within a few days, the whole family, young and old, will disappear inexplicably, or the leader will suddenly die inexplicably.

The method was to shut the mouths of these people. In addition, he was willing to spend money on the government. After clearing up and down the line, those officials were short-handed and soft-spoken, so they could only turn a blind eye.

Therefore, with Yu Xiaotian's full promotion, a large number of workshops began to appear in some coastal areas of Fujian, directly utilizing local manpower and material resources to produce various industrial products.

At the end of the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, the first hydraulic workshop built by Seawolf Group was officially put into operation in Houxi Town, Tong'an, Quanzhou, close to the bank of Houxi.

This factory occupies hundreds of acres of land. It covers an area so large that it can almost be called a castle. It is completely closed and managed. No idlers are allowed to enter or leave without permission. Moreover, Yu Xiaotian sent a platoon to

The infantry is stationed not far away from Takaurasho Castle. Once it is attacked, support can be obtained immediately.

Seawolf started building this factory more than a year ago. At first, many people thought it was just a village. But later, when someone saw the village from a distance, large sheds appeared and a lot of unknown goods were transported in.

After the famous machinery and several water turbines were installed, no one realized that this place would become a large workshop.

But everyone who comes in and out of this place is very tight-lipped. No one knows what is going to be produced here. And this workshop is actually the first arsenal set up by Sea Wolf on land, specializing in the production of various guns for the Yu family army.

Cannons can be equipped and used by the home army on the spot.

Yu Xiaotian paid close attention to industrial matters, and since Sun Yuanhua arrived in Taiwan and obtained Yu Xiaotian's Principles of Mechanics, he devoted himself to it and began to have a strong interest in mechanics.

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Even when Yu Xiaotian led his troops south, Sun Yuanhua kept asking people to send letters to Yu Xiaotian, asking Yu Xiaotian some mechanical questions in the letters, or discussing some academic matters related to mathematical geometry with Yu Xiaotian.

Question, this kind of life makes Sun Yuanhua feel very comfortable. He doesn't think about more things every day. When he opens his eyes, his mind is filled with various formulas and calculations.

Although Sun Yuanhua started late, his starting point was much higher than that of Zhang Tiejiang. He had quite good basic knowledge in mathematics and physics. Many principles that Zhang Tiejiang could not understand could be easily solved in his hands, so Zhang Tiejiang

I also admired the knowledge of this new Mr. Sun very much. I went to Sun Yuanhua every day to ask for advice on various issues.

Moreover, Sun Yuanhua also asked Yu Xiaotian to find a way to bring his three sons to the island of Taiwan. His three sons themselves followed Sun Yuanhua and learned a lot of Western learning, and they all made great achievements in mathematics and geometry. When they arrived on the island of Taiwan,

, after seeing their father safe and sound, his three sons voluntarily stayed here and became Sun Yuanhua's right-hand assistants, and also became Sun Yuanhua's first batch of mechanics students.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also selected more than 20 of the smartest students for Sun Yuanhua. They were all around eleven or twelve years old. All of them were orphans. They were dedicated to being students with Sun Yuanhua and learning various Western studies, especially mechanics.

academic knowledge.

So even though the mechanization process of Sea Wolf Group is still in its early stages, as long as these students are gradually trained, they will play an extremely important role in promoting China's industrialization process in the future.

Yu Xiaotian didn't plan to become a fat man in one go and train many engineers or mechanical experts now, but what he has to do now is to plant some seeds first, let these seeds sprout and grow, and gradually bloom and spread, laying the foundation for future achievements.

A large number of scholars with specialized fields.

So everything is just the beginning. As long as he takes this step, as long as he guides the style of study, no one can stop the pace of the Chinese people's industrialization process. Sooner or later, China will become the first industrialized country in the world.

Big country.

In addition, considering that the next military operation would require a large amount of food and various mules and horses, after Yu Xiaotian returned to Weitou Bay, he immediately ordered the dispatch of an additional group of men from the First Fleet and two additional infantrymen.

The battalion was shipped to Jeju Island, and the entire Jeju Island was completely controlled by force, and Jeju Island was completely placed under his banner.

As for whether the Joseon Dynasty is happy or not, he doesn't care at all. Anyway, although Jeju Island is important to them, they have no force to take it back. In name, they still retain the official residence of North Korea on Jeju Island for the time being.

, he should send them some bad horses every year, and also send them some bad horses, and pay some taxes. In name, Jeju Island is not completely separated from the Joseon Dynasty, but in fact, it is equivalent to including the entire Jeju Island into his

within the jurisdiction.

After this military operation on Jeju Island, after taking stock, the number of horses on the island was more than 30,000, and the number of cattle and sheep was also as high as tens of thousands, which can basically satisfy the needs of the next few equipment he will equip.

Cavalry battalion and baggage battalion, and can meet the requirements of the mule-horse modification of several of his artillery battalions.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also issued a new order to Cyclops, ordering him to clean up the large number of pirates along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, and then immediately send his troops south to the Le Chao side of Vietnam to capture the Halong Bay area, where he would initially

Build a stronghold and send people to the area to explore the Hongji coal mine over there.

Hon Gai Port is located 50 kilometers north of Haiphong, Vietnam. It is the largest coal field in Vietnam and even Southeast Asia. The mining operation is simple and can be mined in the open. The quality of the coal produced is very good, with high sulfur and phosphorus content.

It's very low, and the reserves are so large that he can mine them for two hundred years without any problem.

Although there are large coal reserves in China's inland areas, Yu Xiaotian knows that Shanxi, Henan and other places contain a large amount of coal mines. However, the coal mines there are more difficult to mine and transportation is not easy. I am afraid that it will not be possible for a long time.

Achieve large-scale mining.

However, the reserves of high-quality coal in the south are not abundant, so he suddenly remembered that the Hon Gai Port area in Vietnam was a super large coal field, and the coal produced was of very high quality, making it the most important coal export port in Vietnam.

And he has a natural hostility towards the black-skinned monkeys in Vietnam, just like he does towards the Japanese. This small country has often disobeyed the jurisdiction of mainland China in history, and would fight with the mainland's court from time to time. During the Song Dynasty, it even

Attacked Nanning Massacre City.

This small country in later generations, especially in the South China Sea, has always been at odds with China. It is born to feed unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, so now that it has gained strength, it doesn't hurt to beat them first.

Over the years, he has purchased a large number of Vietnamese monkey slaves from pirates to work on various basic development projects on Taiwan Island. However, he has never shown mercy to these Vietnamese monkeys. As long as he is still alive, he must find a way to solve the problem.

Squeeze out their labor power, and if you really can't do it anymore, then the world of good intentions will be destroyed.

The pirates even kidnapped many Vietnamese women. Most of these women were married to Sea Wolf soldiers as wives, which solved many of his problems of imbalanced male-female ratio.

Although the Vietnamese women of this era really don't meet his aesthetic standards, they are still very popular for those soldiers and generals who are old and young and can't find wives. At least they can solve the problem of human desire!

In addition, another advantage of capturing the Halong Bay area is that you can directly obtain rice produced in Vietnam locally. In Vietnam, due to the promotion of Champa rice in this era, and a large amount of land was also occupied by some powerful people, these Vietnamese Le Dynasty

Every family of the rich and powerful owns at least several thousand acres of land, and at most it owns tens of thousands of acres of land.

Every year, the large estates of these powerful people can squeeze the serfs at hand, cultivate rice fields for them, and accumulate a large amount of rice. They cannot eat all the rice and are reluctant to give it to the serfs, so they will find ways to export and sell it.

Therefore, along the coast of Beibu Gulf, Shiliao market towns were specially formed. Many Chinese businessmen started business here, transferring Ming Dynasty goods there, selling them to the Vietnamese, and then buying rice from the Vietnamese and transferring them to the Vietnamese.

Go to Guangdong and Fujian to sell and earn high profits.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, although there was no great chaos in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, the lack of food in the north caused the price of food to skyrocket across the country. In the past, when it was the most expensive in Fujian, a stone of brown rice could only be sold for one or two and a half.

But by this time, the price of food had almost risen to more than two taels of silver.

However, the price of food sold in Vietnam is only six or seven taels of silver, which can buy one shi of rice. Every year, 200,000 shi of rice are exported there. How could Yu Xiaotian let go of such a good food collector?

place.

Over the years, he has already extended his hands there, killing several groups of Ming Dynasty's big grain merchants who tried to compete with them at sea, and almost monopolizing the grain export there. Nowadays, those big households in Li Dynasty basically export grain.

They were all sold to the Sea Wolf Group, and shipped ship by ship by Sea Wolf back to Taiwan Island or Weitou Bay for storage.