Annan's "Top Emperor" Gao Pragmatic's life was not easy and comfortable at all. Since his term of office as the censor of Guangxi had only less than five months left, his time in Annan was even more tense.
He estimated that he could stay in Annan for another two months at most, and he would have to go back to Guangxi no matter what the last time - he still had to do his job as a patrol inspector, but he couldn't ignore it.
Although Guangxi now adheres to the principle of "inspections and inspections are always running around", some procuratorate personnel are urgently sent to Shenglong. Some official documents that require the inspection and censor's approval and rulings are sent directly to Shenglong without saying a word.
Long sent, but after all, Annan has been "independent" for so many years, and the post road system built in the Yongle period has long since disappeared. Most of these official documents now go to Qinzhou to the sea, and then to Gao Pangshi's hands via the Red River, which is more troublesome and not too big.
Safety.
It's easy to understand, but why is it not safe?
Readers with good memories may still remember that when Gao Jing's fleet set off for the southern expedition, Gao Jing had a conversation with Boss Hu and Boss Li on the Xinzheng, and they mentioned the piracy problem near Halong Bay.
With the actual power of the Mo family regime being replaced by the Jinghua Group, the Anbang Xuanfu Division is now the territory actually controlled by Huang Zhiting, while south of the Gang River is the Haiyang Xuanfu Division, which is directly controlled by Gao Pragmatic and Jinghua Group.
As a result, the pirates whose home base is located in Halong Bay, just north of the mouth of the Gang River, can no longer sit still.
It turned out that they had a "tacit understanding" with the local officials of the Mo Dynasty: Because the hydrology and geography of Halong Bay are very complicated, there are so many islands, and the Mo family's navy has to maintain pressure on the Zheng family, so there is no time to go there.
Fight against these pirates and let them build a pirate paradise here.
But Jinghua is different. Because of its high pragmatic attitude, Jinghua's consistent attitude towards pirates is very clear: "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish" - you can surrender if you want, but I will strictly purge and adapt it. Basically, it is still
I can give you a way to survive; but if you want to continue to dominate our Jinghua waterway, you must first ask me whether Jinghua’s cannons and giant ships agree!
The pirates of Annam are definitely not as powerful as the pirates of the Ming Dynasty. They are brave enough to dare to attack Spain, which spans all over the world. However, they still have a certain confidence near Halong Bay - the geographical advantage of this place is too obvious.
, big ships and big guns get in, not only is it inconvenient to maneuver, but it is also easy to be stunned.
You know, this place will be called one of the "New Seven Natural Wonders of the World" in later generations. In this sea area of only about 1,500 square kilometers, there are more than 3,000 rock islands and earth islands. It is not just a place to crawl around.
Old pirates who have been fighting for many years basically cannot get out once they enter.
As for the pirates here, as long as they attack slightly east from Halong Bay, they can cut off the waterway from Qinzhou to Haiphong or the mouth of the Red River, and even block the waterway from Guangzhou.
This was so disgusting that Gao Jingshi felt like something was stuck in his throat and had already ordered Gao Jing to find a way to solve this problem.
However, Gao Pragmatic also knew that he had to think of a solution. As a profit-making business group, Jinghua cannot engage in "at all costs" fleet operations. That would be a precursor to death.
Therefore, if Gao Jing was not more than 90% sure, he would probably rather not make a move than make a blind move, otherwise he would not be able to keep his position if the losses were too great.
The pirates in Halong Bay were like a stick in the throat, which made Gao Pangshi very unhappy, but he soon received good news from another place. Compared with the tangle in Halong Bay, that place was as satisfying as "pulling out a thorn".
The joint fleets of Jinghua and Maritime Merchant in the private port of Quanzhou defeated an alliance of more than ten pirates near the Fujian Sea in one fell swoop!
Gao Sitang, the director of the private port, clearly reported the victory. In this battle, the Quanzhou Combined Fleet destroyed a total of 132 pirate ships, captured 4,267 pirates, 1,493 women, and 1,000 young and old.
Three hundred and seventy-five people, killing pirates is useless!
On its own side, it lost a total of thirty-nine ships, including five of Jinghua's standard armed transport ships.
Gao Sitang euphemistically suggested that he should subsidize the losses of Fujian maritime merchants as appropriate. After all, they suffered heavy losses because they followed Jinghua to fight pirates with real swords and guns.
Discretionary subsidies can certainly be considered, and must even be seriously considered, because this is a matter of "status in the world." If you follow Jinghua to go out to fight with pirates, and after the fight, Jinghua ignores you, this kind of thing only requires
If it happens once, it will probably cause people to lose heart in an instant?
If people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team. If similar things happen again in the future, Jinghua will still want to drag others out to kill people, and they will only agree if they are stupid! Even if they dare not not go because of Jinghua's power, before the battle,
Sometimes we are bound to procrastinate, hide when we can, and maybe even run away when the situation arises, and the impact will be bad.
However, when it comes to subsidies, Gao Wushi doesn't dare to spend large sums of money now, because there are so many more things to spend money on now, and he has to consider the issue of "cash flow", so in the end he gave
provided a "cash subsidy of half the discount of the lost ship", plus a series of preferential policies.
These preferential policies include "interest-free loans for building new ships", "priority for Jinghua Shipyard to start construction", "priority in the selection of high-quality wood in Guangxi at cost price", "three-year exemption from port tax at Quanzhou Port", etc.
Of course, the exemption from port tax is linked to the loss of ships. For example, if a boss sails three ships with the Jinghua fleet and loses one, that is the privilege of owning one ship to be exempted from port tax for three years. Not all of the boss's ships will be exempted from port tax.
Exempted from tax.
However, at the same time, this exemption will not be calculated until the new ship is completed and put into use.
As for some other discounts, such as the right of first refusal for various goods of Jinghua Group, etc., I will not list them one by one.
All in all, although being pragmatic only subsidizes half of the ship loss costs, the actual value of these discounts to maritime merchants is higher, and being pragmatic can also avoid spending too much cash at one time.
It can be considered a win-win situation.
What made Gao Pragmatic even more satisfied with this battle was not only that he almost wiped out the Minhai area, which had never been peaceful, but that Gao Sitang obtained sweet potatoes and corn in the pirates' lair.
This credit alone is worth all the losses!
When Gao Pingshi, who received the good news, saw this sentence, he stood up suddenly, patted the table and praised loudly: "Good, good, good! Gao Sitang deserves a reward, a big reward!"
Then he wrote a personal reply, first praising Gao Sitang, the Quanzhou fleet and the Quanzhou maritime merchants, and then once again emphasizing that the seeds of these two crops must be properly kept and planted in a suitable location immediately.
Gao Pragmatic also took the trouble to explain to Gao Sitang, such as trial planting methods, must be divided into various methods, never use the same method to plant, not only to avoid planting all at once, but also to see what kind of planting methods are different according to different planting methods.
Which method is most suitable, etc.
In the end, although Gao Sitang himself was embarrassed to say it, Gao Pragmatic was very determined to "go ahead" and changed his name to "Gao Qi" in the letter, and said he would report it internally to Jinghua.
In addition, Gao Pragmatic also ordered Gao Sitang—well, it’s time to call him Gao Qi now—to immediately arrange a ship to send a batch to Annan.
It’s hard to say whether the promotion of these things in Daming will be fast or not, but the promotion in Annan will definitely be fast, because Annan has the final say with his high pragmatism!
If there is any regret for Gao Pragmatism this time, it is probably that the potato is missing from the three major high-yielding crops. This is indeed a pity, because although Gao Pragmatism's agricultural knowledge is not inferior to other aspects,
Few, but he remembered one thing very clearly: Tsarist Russia once vigorously promoted potato cultivation, and even at a certain period there was a very common punishment-distributed Siberian potatoes.
It can be seen that potatoes must be a cold-resistant and high-yielding crop, and the most serious damage caused by the Little Ice Age of the Ming Dynasty was in the north. This thing is needed now!
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