The Dao family siblings finally got some support. In addition to Gao Jingshi's deception and vague promises, they also received some financial foreign aid - Gao Jingshi planned to give them one thousand taels of silver every month to contact his old ministry.
Recruiting troops, buying horses, etc.
One thousand taels of silver is naturally a drop in the bucket for Gao Pragmatic. Even if he now has Golden Port City and needs to build it from scratch, he will not be short of this small amount of money.
And one thousand taels of silver per month is by no means a small amount for the Nanzhang Kingdom. It can exceed ten thousand taels a year. Think about Laos, neighboring Vietnam, and Thailand in later generations. They have long been behind them.
However, it is still "one of the poorest regions in the world". Its location, poor resources and poor basic conditions cannot be ignored.
Of course, these issues are very complex, and perhaps the more critical factor is the human factor. Just like Yunnan, if it were not in the hands of China, its development might be similar to that of Laos, but the great thing is... it is
In the hands of China.
As a result, Yunnan, a province that is deeply inland, has a GDP that is ten times stronger than that of Vietnam, which has a geographical advantage and has fully sufficient resource potential. I am afraid it is difficult to say that this place in Yunnan is awesome. I can only say that the Chinese are awesome.
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But right now, at least the people of Nanzhang Kingdom have obviously made no achievements in the economy. With more than 10,000 taels of silver this year, the surprise on the faces of the Dao family siblings can hardly be concealed. Although the people of Nanzhang Kingdom
The population is smaller than that of Annan - no one has counted it, but this should not require verification.
Think about it, before Gao Pragmatic traveled through Vietnam, the population was almost close to 100 million. How much was Laos? A pitiful 7 million...
Excluding the South Vietnam part that has not yet been grasped, central and northern Vietnam must have a population of at least 50 million, while Laos is far behind, especially since most of their southern parts are deep mountains and old forests, and only a small part near Siam
It is a plain, so the current population of Nanzhang Kingdom is definitely not as good as Annan. Based on a high and pragmatic estimate, it is probably enough to have more than one million people, and the population will not exceed two million.
Ten thousand taels of silver could be spent in the North and South Zhili, and even a splash would not be able to make a splash, but if taken to the Nanzhang Kingdom, it would be an astonishing sum of money. The Dao brothers and sisters can easily contact the old ministry and develop "revolutionary masses"
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What Gao Wuchen is doing now is the same as Japan once spent money to support the alliance.
Of course, he is not afraid that the Dao brothers would dare to rebel - they are right next door to Annan, why don't you try to rebel?
At the same time, Gao Pragmatic also adhered to the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and won a few "Nanzhang version of Jinghua's sixteen items" that even he didn't know if he could use.
Oh, it’s not as many as 16 articles, and it’s not so detailed. It just says that if Jinghua helps Nanzhang successfully restore the country in the future, Jinghua will be allowed to cut and process wood in the unowned mountain forests in Nanzhang. Generally speaking,
It only touches on the economic level - Gao Pragmatic has little interest in the military and political affairs that control Nanzhang, and he is too lazy to cause hatred.
After all, the Nanzhang Kingdom is mainly a borrowed route for him. After all, he has not yet mastered the southern part of Vietnam in later generations. Otherwise, he can go to Cambodia instead of Nanzhang.
Thinking of Cambodia, Gao Pragmatic is a little drooling. There are three crops a year in the entire Mekong Plain (including the later Vietnam part)... If it can be captured and properly developed and utilized, the food shortage problem in the north of the Ming Dynasty may be solved.
Even if full development and utilization cannot be completed for the time being, using only a part of it can prevent many refugees from starving to death, thus greatly reducing the evolution of refugees into rebellion.
At that time, in conjunction with the initial promotion of high-yield crops in the Americas... Hey, wait a minute, why is it that the matter of high-yield crops in the Americas has not come to an end yet? Do the Spaniards control this thing too strictly?
Coincidentally, just when Gao Pragmatic began to suspect that Guangzhou Port and Quanzhou Port did not take the "extra high grain yield" that he repeatedly emphasized many times, Jinghua Quanzhou Private Port had just held a celebration banquet.
Quanzhou Private Port plays a low role in the highly pragmatic Jinghua Private Port system. This is mainly due to the fact that Gao pragmatic itself lacks strength in Fujian.
Due to his low status and lack of strength, although Gao Sitang, the director of Fujian Private Port, controls this large private port, he has not yet had the opportunity to change his name. Changing the name means changing it to a single name next to the character "王". This is an important issue for Gao Pragmatic.
The signature feature of the leader of the family. For example, Gao Xiaozhuang changed his name to Gao Rui, which is evidence of this. Gao Jing, who recently made a splash in the Annan Sea, also changed his name.
There is another reason why Gao Sitang didn't get the chance to change his name. He was not someone Gao Pragmatic was used to, but was recommended by Gao Pragmatic's mother Zhang - before that, Gao Sitang was first responsible for the business of Jinghua Soap in Henan for a period of time, and later
He also presided over the resettlement of Wei Hui's refugees and the establishment of the iron factory. Before being transferred to Quanzhou, he even took charge of Wei Hui's mining factory.
The talents Zhang usually recommends to Gao Jingshi are not many in terms of quantity, but the quality is very good, and they are all qualified for the new positions given by Gao Jingshi. Therefore, Gao Jingshi sent Gao Sitang to the Quanzhou private company that he had just acquired at the time.
port.
After finally getting through and being directly controlled by his boss, he certainly hopes to make some achievements.
After arriving at the port, Gao Sitang made a detailed inspection and felt that the most important reason why Quanzhou Private Port has always been inferior to other ports is that the pirates along the coast of Fujian are the strongest——
In fact, the pirates along the coast of Guangdong are not weak either, but the Guangzhou Private Port has a good foundation from the beginning and a stronger foundation. At that time, Gao Pragmatic hoped to use the Guangzhou Private Port as a base for "going to Southeast Asia", and the investment was greater, so the Guangzhou Private Port
The fleet is built faster and equipped with the most artillery among all private ports. Therefore, pirates along the coast of Guangdong dare not easily provoke the fleet of Jinghua Guangzhou Private Port.
This is not the case with the Quanzhou private port. The large number of pirates along the coast of Fujian is a legacy of history. Although the number of pirates has decreased due to the high-profile policy of opening up the sea in recent years, there are still some big pirates who can cut off the connection between Nanyang and the East.
The waterways often collided with the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants (now legal), and they did not have much fear of the fleet in the private port of Quanzhou, Jinghua. They continued to rob when they should, and harassed when they should.
After Gao Sitang took office, he quickly adjusted the operation mode of the fleet, changing the scattered shipment and purchase to entering and exiting the port as a whole, organizing the entire fleet to act together, and even contacted other maritime merchants in the private port to act together.
It is quite similar to the professional escorts of later generations.
As a result, the pirates along the coast of Fujian began to get no benefits. In less than half a year, the pirates who originally worked separately held a "Martial Arts Conference", and more than a dozen pirates, large and small, united.
, elected Ma Zhishan as the chief helmsman, and Li became the deputy chief helmsman, planning to have a decisive battle with the Jinghua Quanzhou Private Port Fleet.
Ma Zhishan and Li Cheng are not unknown people. They were both the capable men of Lin Feng, the giant sea pirate at that time, and they had outstanding prestige among the pirates along the coast of Fujian.
As for Lin Feng, this person is even more famous. Later, the former President of the Philippines Marcos once proudly and publicly claimed that he was his descendant and was often proud of it.
Logically speaking, pirates are not a good name to call them, so why does a Philippine president actually show off that his ancestors were Chinese pirates?
Because this Pirate King Lin Feng is not an ordinary pirate. Let’s not talk about his deeds in the Ming Dynasty. In short, he once had more than 40,000 subordinates and 300 ships of various types. His most impressive deeds are this man
I took a trip to Luzon...to fight the Spaniards.
At that time, he suffered a defeat at home and had to flee to avoid disaster, so he chose to go to Luzon to compete with the Spaniards for dominance.
In the winter of the second year of Wanli, Lin Feng led sixty-two warships, two thousand navy and army men each, and one thousand five hundred women. With the Japanese Zhuang Gong as the commander, Lin Feng sailed south, and when he arrived at IIocos Sur, he encountered
Lin Feng ordered his soldiers to seize a small Spanish boat. However, it was discovered by the Spanish stationed there and quickly reported it to Juan Salceds, an officer in Vigan.
Saschluo immediately sent three natives to Manila to warn. However, the natives were intercepted by Lin Feng's men on the way. Lin Feng then took the opportunity to attack Mi'an. Saschluo led 50 Spanish garrison troops to escape. Lin Feng took advantage of the victory to pursue.
Head to Manila.
On November 29, the second year of Wanli, Lin Feng's navy arrived at Mariveles, the port of Manila. At dusk, Lin Feng ordered his general Zhuang Gong to lead 600 people in a small boat to attack Manila. On the way, they encountered
During the storm, more than 200 people drowned because their boat capsized. However, the remaining people, led by Zhuang Gong, dived to Paranaque, eight miles south of Manila, and landed in Manila, arriving in Manila early the next morning.
At that time, the Spanish officer Martin de Goiti was stationed outside the city. He was hasty and unprepared. Duke Zhuang quickly defeated him and seized his territory. Goiti himself also died in the battle. The city's defenders
They took this opportunity to strengthen their defense, and when Duke Zhuang attacked, they began to resist desperately.
However, Duke Zhuang's army had already lost more than 200 people in a storm during the march, so he could not capture the city wall in a hurry. So Duke Zhuang retreated to Cavite to join Lin Feng.
At the same time, the Spanish governor Lavezaris immediately built a high wall along Manila Bay and placed troops for defense as soon as Duke Zhuang retreated. Saschlo also led six warships and hundreds of soldiers.
Come to help fight.
After Lin Feng's first attack was completed, the natives of the Philippines thought that the Ming people had won the victory, and quickly gathered nearly ten thousand people near Manila and began to take action against the Spaniards.
On December 13, Lin Feng launched a second attack. He ordered Duke Zhuang to lead 1,500 men and divide the troops into three groups to attack. Lin Feng's own warships also fired artillery outside the harbor to assist.
However, because the Spaniards strengthened the city wall and added reinforcements, they were unable to capture it in their haste. Lin Feng sent another 500 reinforcements, but in the end they retreated without success.
When Lin Feng's army attacked Manila, the native Filipinos killed missionaries, merchant soldiers, etc. in preparation for Lin Feng's pirate army, but they quickly collapsed after Lin Feng's defeat.
After Lin Feng's pirate army failed, he led his army to sail north and retreated from the Ango River to Pangasinan. He built a city four miles above the river and built a fort as a long-term solution. He also ordered the local chiefs
Helping people with pay—very much like a heavenly envoy.
After Spanish Governor Lavisa Liz found out about this news, he was worried and decided to gather the Spanish troops in the Philippines in Manila to prepare to attack Pengjia Yuclan, with Sa Shi Luo as the commander.
With 6,000 Filipino soldiers and 650 Spanish soldiers, Sashiluo first sailed to Lingeyin Bay in the north of Pengjia Yuclan. At that time, 32 of Lin Feng's warships were anchored there. Since there was no defense, all of them
After being annihilated, Sashiluo raised his troops and landed.
Here, the two armies fought for more than four months. Lin Feng decided to come to Luzon temporarily because he suffered a huge defeat in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he lacked supplies and was ultimately defeated. So he broke out and some of them fled to Luzon.
In the mountains.
After Lin Feng was defeated in the Philippines, he was desperate and led his troops to invade. He went to Zhelin, Jinghai, Jieshi and other places. He also went to Fujian and other places, and used Jingang in Taiwan as his base to plunder everywhere.
However, at that time, Fujian was very strict against piracy and began to open sea trade again. Many "maritime merchants" who had secretly supported and condoned pirates in the past changed their faces and no longer provided support. Lin Fengyou encountered obstacles everywhere and had to leave.
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After a few years of this situation, Lin Feng's subordinates began to become dissatisfied, and many of his main leaders had other thoughts. After Gao Sitang arrived, Lin Feng himself felt the dissatisfaction of his subordinates and left quietly. Then what happened
to recommend the chief pirate leader of the Fujian coast.
Gao Sitang learned about this news through private port merchants, secretly planned, and finally fought against the pirate coalition at the time when Gao Pangshi obtained Thanh Hoa and entered Yingdu Palace.
Due to preparations and Gao Sitang's strict implementation of highly pragmatic long-range artillery tactics, this battle between merchants and pirates lasted for eleven consecutive days (including searching, engaging the enemy, fighting, pursuing, and encircling and suppressing), and finally came to an end.
Complete victory.
Gao Sitang's Jinghua Quanzhou Fleet and the maritime merchant coalition destroyed a total of 132 pirate ships and captured 4,267 pirates, 1,493 women, and 1,370 young and old.
Five people, killed pirates... Well, this cannot be counted, because many people fell into the sea, drowned (injured and fell into the sea, and were unable to float in the ocean for a long time), etc.
The price it paid could not be considered small. A total of thirty-nine ships were lost, including five of Jinghua's standard armed transport ships - this was a loss of almost three hundred thousand taels of silver.
However, this is still a brilliant victory! Because from now on, no pirates will dare to attack Jinghua along the coast of Fujian.
Moreover, during the post-war inventory, Gao Sitang discovered two of the so-called "extra high-yielding grains" that Gao Pragmatic had repeatedly ordered to collect in Taiwan's Singgang, one of the pirates' lairs.
Based on the identification, Gao Sitang concluded that these two things may have been obtained by Lin Feng in Luzon that year, but... although he took them back and started planting them in his new nest, he could not be said to be very serious.
These two crops, according to the master, should be "sweet potatoes" and "corn".
The celebration banquet at Quanzhou Private Port was held to defeat the pirate coalition and obtain two major crops.
Gao Sitang was extremely excited. He felt that "Wang Pang Danming" was already waving to him!
He is finally going to join the ranks of the master’s closest confidants!
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This chapter has 4,000 words. Since the plot is really put together, I thought about it and decided not to split it up and publish it again.