Chapter 122: Tacit understanding (1)
Chen Kai began to enforce the licensing system at the Pearl River Estuary, which caused an uproar among the ship owners plying the waters. However, the Zheng Group had a high prestige among Nanyang Chinese businessmen, and Lin Cha's fleet was placed in the
Here, any sea-going ship that refuses to pay at the official office on Hong Kong Island in exchange for pay will be detained, the goods confiscated, and the personnel detained. The Ming army simply relied on its maritime strength to put away import and export duties under Shang Kexi's eyes.
"shameless bastard!"
On September 18th, in the main hall of Prince Pingnan's Mansion in Guangzhou City, Shang Ke was so happy that he swept the Four Treasures of the Study on the desk to the ground.
Prince Pingnan may have killed too many people in Guangzhou. He has recently been superstitious about Buddha and spared no effort in building Buddhist temples. In the palace, he also gradually began to pay attention to the art of nourishing Qi. However, the payment system was only implemented for ten days at the Pearl River Estuary.
Two ships belonging to Pingnan Palace were intercepted by the Ming army one after another. They were all worthless money, and they were snatched away like this. How could he not be furious?
Moreover, unlike other maritime merchants, the Ming army did not use any reason at all when facing the ships under the banner of Prince Pingnan. They bombarded them with artillery, the ships approached, the sailors jumped on the ship, boarded the ship and directly killed the people on board.
When all was gone, the ship was sailed directly back to Hong Kong Island. Even according to the descriptions of the shipowners who paid their dues and continued sailing into the Pearl River waters, the two ships that were still happy were confiscated directly, and the bodies were hung on various islands.
In front of the camp, it was used as a warning, and the goods were directly resold to maritime merchants heading to Southeast Asia, completely used as seizures.
Having a few ships robbed is a trivial matter, and even killing some slaves is no big deal. But the Pearl River Estuary was blocked, and the sea trade routes were cut off. How could he have worked so hard to capture Guangzhou?
Isn’t it that all the efforts to guard against Kong Youde were for the huge profits from sea trade?
Shang Ke was so happy that Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan who came to discuss the matter, was even more angry. He didn't have a ship to go to sea in the near future, but the matter of being blocked by Chen Kai at his door to collect tolls was really going on.
Slap him in the face, how can such a dignified prince like him swallow such a sigh of relief?
"Tell that slave Gai Yipeng to go and suppress him!"
"Yes, just ask him to go, otherwise raising his navy with such a waste of money would be less useful than raising a dog!"
Geng Jimao was furious, and Shang Zhixin's words found a way for him to vent his anger. However, Shang Kexi didn't say anything, and Shang Kexi's mastermind Jin Guang still sat there as if in trance, as if he was in a pot.
, two basins of cold water were poured on their heads.
"Good nephew, those few ships built by Gai Yipeng are not enough to fill Lin Cha's teeth."
In July last year, the Qing government established the green camp organization system in Guangdong, in which the Guangzhou Navy alone set a size of 6,000 troops. In addition, the naval commanders in this province and the coastal defense guerrillas in that county, etc., added up.
In Guangdong Province alone, the Qing government ordered a navy of 16,000 troops, which was three times larger than that of Fujian, which was facing the huge fleet of the Zheng Group. It seemed that it was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.
Perhaps, the Qing court still had plans to build a navy in Guangdong, and wait for the navy to take shape before moving to Fujian to suppress it. However, Shang Kexi's foundation for rebuilding the Guangdong navy was abandoned by Chen Kai, and now he has to let a man build a navy.
Yipeng is slowly tossing here. Only in the years of monkeys and horses can he create a decent navy?
Shang Kexi's words hit the point. Now the Qing navy at the Pearl River Estuary really has nothing to do against the Ming army. To put it bluntly, if the Ming army doesn't come to cause trouble for them, they will be in trouble.
"How about taking Xinhui, the waterway over Jiangmen, and bypassing Lingdingyang?"
"It's useless, there are also Chen Kai and Lin Cha's boats cruising there."
"How about contacting those Folangji people and asking them to send ships to cooperate in the battle. What's more, when the time comes, I will give them Hong Kong Island as a thank you gift, and I can also use the Folangji people to block the sea.
If the navy comes from east to west, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"
As he spoke, Geng Jimao couldn't help but praise himself for the attention he paid to the soldiers. But it was a pity that at this time Shang Kexi shook his head and refused to say anything, but the golden light that looked like an old monk having been in meditation for a long time continued.
Then he said this: "The lower official has sent someone to ask, and Fei Susha of Macau said that he and the Macau Council have agreed that the imperial court will not participate in the war between the imperial court and the puppet dynasty, and they have no intention of changing this principle.
As for the matter of collecting license fees, it is said that Chen Kai’s guy also gave them half a year to discuss with Zheng Ni, but they will not help.”
"If you don't come, we will kill them all too!"
This is an angry statement. There are many forts in Macau, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. If there were enough navy to seize Macau, Lin Cha would have been driven back to Fujian long ago. Would he still need the help of the Portuguese? In other words, if they really
If they have the power to do this, they should keep these Portuguese people for sea trade. After all, their fundamental purpose is sea trade.
Geng Jimao was so angry that even Shang Zhixin seemed to be no better. Shang Kexi looked at Geng Jimao and then at his eldest son. A trace of displeasure flashed in the corner of his eyes, saying that a boy could not be taught, and then he left.
After this discussion, a few days later, Shang Kexi summoned them again and told them all about his plan.
"Use Du Yonghe, the navy master of Wu Wenwen and those guys, uncle, are they good enough?"
"Let them try to rendezvous with Gai Yipeng first. There are at least two to three hundred ships of all sizes. Even if Lin Cha's ships are warships, their ships are really incomparable, but the pirates have to fortify themselves everywhere. We just need to
It’s enough to just pick out the soft persimmons in the special section that avoids the truth.”
Du Yonghe and Wu Wenxu were from Tongxu, Henan Province. Although it was Wu Wenwen who fought in Guangzhou, Yin Zhirong and Yin Zhirong first turned to Chen Kai, and then turned around and fled when the Qing navy attacked. However, due to their hometown connections, after arriving in Qiongzhou
The two of them wrapped themselves together again.
Fighting against the Qing army, fighting against the Li chieftains in Qiongzhou, and fighting overtly and covertly against Li Yuanyin, Li Yuantai, Li Jianjie, Zhang Yue and others, it was impossible not to join the regiment. When the time came to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they would naturally surrender with the plan in mind.
Yes, we are now helping Gaozhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture to suppress them.
"What about those guys from Lian Chengbi?"
On the way back to Guangzhou from Gaozhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture, it is inevitable to pass through the defense area of the Ming Army in Western Guangdong. Naturally, the first person to bear the brunt is Hailing Island General Li Changrong, followed closely by Wang Xing and Chen Qice. Except for Wang Xing
, the other two are occupying the island, and their naval strength is not bad, at least better than Du Yong and them, the original lost dogs. Especially Chen Qice, who greatly improved in that battle, his strength cannot be underestimated.
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Chapter completed!