Before the agreed time of ten days arrived, Chenjiacun's ships appeared on the sea.
To Jiang Wan's surprise, Chen Yue brought three large boats to most of the people in Chenjia Village. According to Chen Yue, there were still more than 20 people who were unwilling to follow them to Pi Island, so they left the small boats behind.
They defeated each other, and the three big ships were basically all the belongings of Chenjiacun.
Although it is a big ship, it is still more than one level smaller than the Luochuan. If according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, the Luochuan is at least a 500-material sea-going ship, and the dozens of ships in Chenjiacun are the largest
It will not exceed two hundred materials.
However, this is understandable. For pirates, bigger ships are not a good thing. Speed is what they pursue more. No matter how big a ship is, it cannot catch up with its prey. For pirates, it is not that big.
of usefulness.
There is a small village near the new pier. The people of Chenjia Village finally settled here under Jiang Wan's resettlement. Although there is still nothing here, when Chenjia Village brought their children here,
They had brought everything they could, and even a few sampans were hung on each large ship, so that they could fish in the nearby sea as soon as they settled down.
This can be considered self-sufficient.
According to Kong Youde, there were actually many villages on the island at the beginning. However, due to the food shortage this year, not only the merchants stopped coming, but also many people who had finally settled down in the village fled. The people in Chenjia Village were probably
This year we have the first batch of immigrants from outside.
However, judging from the situation in previous years, there will still be a large number of refugees coming here in autumn and winter. Most of these refugees are from Liaodong, and many of them have even become the source of Pidao officers and soldiers.
Jiang Wan also looked forward to these refugees.
For Chen Yue's people, Jiang Wan gave Chen Yue a quota of 100 households. Chen Yue was naturally one of the 100 households directly under Jiang Wan's command. As for other general banners and small banners, Jiang Wan didn't care.
Just let Chen Yue make the arrangements by herself, and when the time comes, she will be called up on the roster.
"You do not belong to any battalion in Pidao, you are my direct subordinates!" Jiang Wan made Chen Yue's arrangements clear: "Furthermore, because the Tatars do not have a navy, even though you have been awarded military positions, you will directly interact with the Tatars.
There are not many opportunities for us to engage in battle. Our main task is to cooperate with the Sihai Commercial Bank to raise military supplies and food for our officers and soldiers on Pi Island!"
Chen Yue was a little excited. She still did her old job. However, the last time she did her old job, she ran away when she saw the officers and soldiers. This time, she became an officer and a soldier.
"Of course I'm not asking you to rob at sea!" Jiang Wan glanced disdainfully at this sick man who only knew how to rob: "How much money can you make by robbing merchant ships? Besides, with just a few of your ships, it's not like you can rob anyone.
You can succeed every time. Do business honestly. You can now go to ports that you couldn't go to before. This kind of business is much more profitable than robbery!"
"When the ship goes out, with the Luochuan as the leader, it will fly under the banner of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty. If it goes outside the Ming Dynasty, it will fly under the banner of the Sihai Trading Company. If anyone embarrasses you, I will be your backer. If anyone embarrasses you, I will
Who are you trying to embarrass?"
"But Commander, this business requires capital, right?" Chen Yue said nonchalantly, if it were a business without capital, then it would still be a pirate!
"I have the capital!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "Mei Xiaofei will take you to Tianjin, and then you just wait there. Someone will naturally fill up the fleet, and then you will come back with your things!
"
Chen Yue nodded, "Then when will we set off!"
"Tomorrow!" Jiang Wan said: "I originally wanted you to spend some time with your family and get familiar with the environment, but now it is too late. Fortunately, there is no danger at all for you to go here. When you go out,
Tell your family members clearly so they don’t worry!"
After sending Chen Yue away, Mei Xiaofei appeared in front of Jiang Wan.
"Do you still remember the shopkeeper Fan we met in Yan'an?" Jiang Wan said to Mei Xiaofei: "In the main office in Beijing, his son has been helping the second lady with things. These two letters, one
You bring it to Madam, and give the other letter directly to Shopkeeper Fan’s son, and then just follow Madam’s arrangements!”
"Understood!" Mei Xiaofei nodded: "Go to Tianjin, return to the capital and give the letter to Madam and Shopkeeper Fan's son!"
"Leave tomorrow!"
"Sir, would you like to put a few of us on each of Chen Yue's ships? I'm afraid these people are unreliable!" Mei Xiaofei nodded and asked again when he was about to leave.
"No, his family and children are all in our hands. They don't dare to mess around. Letting him on their boat will make them think that we can't trust him!"
Jiang Wan thought for a while: "Tell Madam, let's see if there is anyone in Zhouzhuang who is willing to get on the boat to learn. If so, send a few over and let them learn some skills from these guys at sea. We can't always rely on them."
If you don’t care about others, sooner or later you have to have your own people!”
"I understand!" Mei Xiaofei laughed. Thinking of Zhouzhuang, he felt much happier. More and more people from Zhouzhuang were around the adults, and he felt more at ease. Whether it was the Huwei Camp outside or the people from Chenjiacun
No matter what, he wasn't very worried.
He always felt that those people were outsiders.
"Ask me about the situation in Yan'an!" Jiang Wan lamented like him. However, Mei Xiaofei lamented that the talents in Zhouzhuang are his own, while Jiang Wan lamented that he was really short of people now.
Very powerful.
If there is a chance, he really wants to transfer Li Zicheng, Feng Wanli and others over, but this will all happen after he takes control of Pidao. If he can give these promising generals enough prospects, such as a general
, if there is a battalion commander, they must be willing to come.
"Okay, let's replenish food and fresh water tomorrow morning and leave. There's no need to say goodbye!" Jiang Wan smiled and drove Mei Xiaofei away: "I still have people to see!"
After Mei Xiaofei resigned, Jiang Wan thought for a while and made sure that there was nothing missing in his instructions to them. Then he said to the outside: "Ask Kong Youde to bring Shen Shikui in!"
Not far outside the door, two military generals were talking in a low voice. Apart from Kong Youde, the other person who spoke was a guard sent from the General Military Mansion to listen to Marshal Jiang. This person was called
Geng Zhongming was an old acquaintance of his in the army.
It's just that this man has better luck than Kong Youde. Kong Youde has been in the army for so long, and his military position is only a general. Although Geng Zhongming is not as brave as him in battle, he can do things. They are both about the same age.
, Geng Zhongming was already on the defensive.
The only difference is that Geng Zhongming's garrison has only a few men, but Kong Youde's general has more than a hundred brothers who have followed him through life and death.
It's hard to say whether the General Military Mansion had such considerations in sending Geng Zhongming over. However, although Kong Youde still carries the title of general, he is already almost doing the work of a guerrilla general. Faced with
As a defender, Geng Zhongming did not show any timidity.