Andrei lived in Ryukyu before leaving Hangzhou on June 22, and went to Ryukyu with him. There was also a black guard in line. However, on the way to Ryukyu Andrei first detoured Taiwan to meet the current Taiwanese chief Chen Shouchong.
After the Battle of Nanjing, Chen Shouchong returned to Taiwan and stationed in Taiwan. The third squadron, which is now stationed in Taiwan, is also stationed in Taiwan. Shen Shouchong also serves as the captain of the third squadron.
Andre and his party arrived in Taiwan and were warmly welcomed by Chen Shouchong because everyone now knows that he can be considered Shang Yi's brother-in-law now, of course he dare not neglect. Andre also told Chen Shouchong about his mission to Ryukyu. Shang Yi's order was changed by Ryukyu. Chen Shouchong first immediately sent troops from Taiwan to rescue Chen Shouchong of course agreed to the two and discussed some details of mutual contact and support.
After staying in Taiwan for two days, Andrei set out again to sail towards his destination, Ryukyu.
The Spanish garrisoned in Ryukyu was employed by Spain to support the army, with a total of 2,237 troops, but there were actually only 885 soldiers in Spanish. There were 471 people who were recruited by the Spanish army at the time. The sailors, crew members, and auxiliary personnel were recruited in China after Shang Yi. Among them, 1,520 soldiers, including 687 navy, sailors, 364 others, all are auxiliary personnel. The logistics personnel are very diverse, and there are Chinese, European, African, and Southeast Asians. Of course, the Spanish are all soldiers, but when they fight, the sailors can also be used as soldiers. In addition, there are soldiers, and the sailors' families are 1,000. Multiple people
The four officers are Moriente, Ahweis, Pique, Moya, and Moya are commanded by Moriente. Ahweis is responsible for the Army Pique, and Moya is commanding the Navy.
Now Spain hires supporters to support troops in Ryukyu. It has its own independent military camp and port barracks. It is actually a small castle located in the northeast of Shuri Castle, Ryukyu royal city. It is facing the sea and the land wall is made of burnt bricks. It adopts a prismatic structure. A moat was dug along the city wall with a width of three meters. It was roughly the size of a football field.
In terms of weapons, there are now 1,650 muskets, basically the latest fire hat fire smoothbore flintlock guns, and there are also twenty rifled guns, eight organ guns; various guns, twenty seven Mén, but no heavy Artillery, grenades, thunder rockets and other weapons also have eleven warships in the Navy, namely, third-class cruisers, fourth-class destroyers, six fifth-class frigates; two small clippers
After a large flying scissor ship that Andre and his party arrived at the port, they were also warmly welcomed by Spanish soldiers. Speaking of which, after the last battle of Ryukyu, Spain hired supporters to stay in Ryukyu, except for a few main generals who went to Hangzhou several times because of official business. The others have not been to Hangzhou for more than two years, and now Andrey has grown from a teenager to a blond boy who is nowhere near an ordinary adult, which makes them feel very happy.
Because these Spanish soldiers were basically all the Gonzalez family's Si soldiers who have been in China for about four years. Although the hope of returning to China is still far away, it has basically stabilized. It can be said that Yi Nian Wuyou and there are many soldiers. China has settled down, but they also know that they can live like this in a foreign country or benefit from the relationship between Alisandra and Shang Yi, so they still regard Alisandra and Andre as their own. Owner
Morent, Aves, Pique and Moya are even more in a different mood. They are all trained by the Gonzalez family. The loyalty to the Alysandra brothers is better than others.
On the other hand, I have always hoped that their siblings could restore the reputation of the Gonzalez family and return to Spain, especially now that Shang Yi's power is getting stronger and stronger, this hope is not unfulfilled, so the hearts of them are in their hearts.
Full of expectations
After learning about Shang Yi's plan, Morient immediately stated that he would implement it completely according to Shang Yi's plan. Therefore, he ordered the soldiers in the military camp to be patient and not to rely on Spain to support the troops.
The Ryukyu forces stand out but pay attention to their own safety. When going out, it is best to group more than ten people to avoid being besieged by people.
In the past, Spain hired supporters and also threatened some businessmen who were threatened by pro-Japanese forces. The store had gone too far and had a group sting twice with the thugs hired by pro-Japanese forces and also issued a warning to the Ryukyu officials. However, since Andre arrived, he came.
After that, I endured everything and said that I could not help but stop the supply of supplies to the military camp and did not warn the Ryukyu official again.
So after the Spanish mercenaries deliberately showed weakness, the pro-Japanese forces of Ryukyu gradually became more arrogant. Two months later, no Ryukyu merchants had supplied goods to the barracks, and Spanish soldiers could not buy anything on the streets.
All the merchants and shops have received warnings not to do business with the Spanish. Only when China in the military camps can they buy some things by changing into local clothes. And some Chinese merchants can provide some supplies to the military camps.
However, Shang Yi had already arranged for this to transport a large amount of daily necessities from Taiwan, which could basically meet the supply of the military camp, and he had to accumulate a batch of materials to prepare for future battles. Not only that, he also specially transported them at Mollent's request.
A group of prostitutes came to solve the physiological needs of Spanish soldiers. Because local prostitutes didn't dare to take over the Spanish business, of course, while transporting supplies, a large number of weapons and bullets were also transported to ensure that the combat needs of the military camp were at least
We must be able to stand firm until reinforcements come
At the same time, Moronte and others were also nervously arranged in the military camp. On the one hand, they had to properly store grain and other materials. In addition, they had to prepare enough rooms for Chinese businessmen to use when they came in to take refuge.
Ryukyu is not only a sea transit station from China to Japan, but also a sea transit station from the entire Southeast Asia region to Japan and North Korea. Before the Battle of Satsuma, Japan was closed to the country and all materials were transferred from Ryukyu. Therefore, Ryukyu's logistics trade was very prosperous but basically just
After the merchants occupied Ryukyu, the merchants relaxed restrictions on the restrictions of various countries, and they also sailed to Ryukyu Portugal, France, Britain, and Spain. In just two or three years, merchant ships from various countries gathered.
Local trade prosperity is several times more than it has been in the past
Of course, the most common ones are the Chinese. Because Japan and North Korea have always been one of the important consumer groups of Chinese goods, and Shang Yi encourages the development of business and has his own army in Ryukyu. He is not afraid of local powerful forces. Therefore, Chinese businessmen are also bold in
Ryukyu buys houses, land, shops, factories and business only. There are more than 100 shops opened by Chinese people in Shuricheng. A Chinese village has also formed a Chinese village. There are endless merchants from all over the country.
Some time ago, the Ryukyu pro-Japanese forces suppressed the Ryukyu merchants. The atmosphere of Ryukyu began to change. Although the Ryukyu pro-Japanese forces gradually became arrogant, they still dare not cause trouble in the military camp. However, the finger was quickly directed at the Chinese merchants.
The troubles and difficulties against Chinese businessmen have gradually increased, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense.
However, the position of Chinese merchants is relatively concentrated and there are many people. The Ryukyu relatives are so powerful that they dare not dare to attack Chinese merchants as blatantly as Manila. Therefore, there has not been a large-scale conflict. At the same time, Spanish mercenaries also came to tell Chinese merchants this.
The time situation is unstable, it is best to leave Ryukyu and return to China to hide for a while. If you stay in Ryukyu, you can also go to the military camp to hide.
Originally, in this way, there was still some time before the danger broke out, but at this time, the opening of the trade route from China to Osaka immediately transformed the contradictions of Ryukyu.
After the trade route from China to Osaka was opened, it was soon after the Japanese ruler Tokugawa Iemitsu found out and was furious. It was so bad that his eyelids were low. The merchants in Osaka actually started trading with China.
This is not too much to take my own general, the Great Conquering the Wild.
In fact, this kind of private trade under Japan has always existed after it was closed to China and some Dutch merchant ships, because it was driven by interests, and because Japan cannot be self-sufficient in small lands, and needs some external needs.
The product supplements are therefore the Tokugawa shogunate turned a blind eye to this, but this time it was different because the scale was too large, the second fleet sent to Japan reached eight, and then the Chinese merchants' si merchants arrived one after another.
Chinese merchant ships enter the alley almost every day
And more importantly, Osaka is too sensitive. This is the base camp of Toyotomi at that time. Soon Tokugawa Ie-kwang learned that this was the result of the Toyotomi She-kun's connection with the Toyotomi family.
She Zhong, who is more convinced that Toyotomi, has reached an agreement with Shang Yi to plan with him. If he does not stop taking active measures, he may lead to a second Shimahara no Luàn.
Therefore, Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately ordered the closure of Chinese merchants in Osaka and all Chinese merchants who arrived in port were withheld, arrested and interrogated all Chinese merchants and Japanese merchants involved in the matter. The Chinese merchants who had not arrived in port were ordered to return flights.
In this way, the direct flights of Sino-Japanese trade, which had just begun for three months, were immediately terminated, but no one expected that this was just a beginning, and the bigger storm was still behind.