Yin Feng, Lu Shitou, Mai Dahai and others stayed in Penghu. The Feilong and Xinxing were also anchored in Magong Port. The rest of the Jinghai Gang and war fleet ships all returned to Taiwan.
The Penghu Commercial Center was put in charge of Mai Xiaoliu, who began to build some infrastructure and prepared to send personnel to stay there for a long time. Yin Feng stayed here to wait for one person: Shen Yourong, the commander-in-chief of Qinyi, Wuyu Water Village of the Fujian Navy.
Barradas accompanied Wei Malang and others to Taiwan, Li Jin was retained by Yin Feng, and You Wenhui voluntarily stayed in Penghu.
It was late at night, and the fishermen on the island and the guards of the China Company were still drinking and celebrating. Yin Feng tried his best to control himself and did not drink much. He did not dare to drink more now for fear of causing trouble; the last time he was drunk, he was inexplicably confused. He took a concubine, and from then on he tried to avoid getting drunk.
He dodged the enthusiastic fishermen and subordinates, sneaked out of the camp and walked to the beach. Not far away, the Feilong and Xinxing ships were moored in the harbor. The crew members on the ships patrolled the deck with lanterns, and there were also guards on the beach taking turns keeping watch. Yin Feng has always emphasized that he must be vigilant at all times. After all, China Company has already made many enemies.
The two team members saw Yin Feng's figure from a distance and shouted: "Who is there? Password!"
Yin Feng smiled and said loudly: "Are you a brother from the team directly under the first sentry? Your sentry commander Mai De is not drinking, where is he?"
The two team members came closer to take a look, and quickly stood at attention. They held the gun in their right hand and raised it to the ground. They bent their elbows with their left hands and saluted: "President leads! Liu Anhai and Li Quan of the first sentry team are patrolling."
This military salute system was created on a whim one night by Yin Feng, including how to salute to superiors, self-reporting of units, etc., all stipulated by Yin Feng. After more than half a year of training, these two sons of landless farmers in western Fujian have become very good at it. Everyone, including the Portuguese mercenaries, thought this military salute was very interesting, so it has now been extended to the sailors of the war fleet. Yin Feng does not like the etiquette of kneeling and bowing in the military camp. His ancestors Descendants of veterans who had been deceived by Qi Jiguang's subordinates suggested implementing the military salute of the Qi family army; for example, when subordinates see Qian Zong, they kneel down and bow once, but Yin Feng completely rejected it. Therefore, the kneeling salute has been completely abolished in the military salute of the escort. But this is only during wartime. In the military camp, outside the military camp and on the battlefield, some of the escort soldiers will still kneel down habitually when they see Yin Feng - because Yin Feng originally bought his status as a prisoner with money, he can afford it. Therefore, outside the military camp, Yin Feng has nothing to do with such secular habits.
Yin Feng happily patted the two peasant boys - his recruiting principle was to follow Qi Jiguang's example and try his best to recruit peasant boys. He asked enthusiastically: "Where is your Commander Mai?"
"The sentry commander went to inspect the north and east sides of the island." Liu Anhai, who was taller, answered with his chest raised.
"Okay, you can continue with your mission!"
The two escort soldiers saluted with their left hands hitting their chests again, then turned around and continued patrolling. The bright moonlight made their shadows drag on the beach very long.
Yin Feng is thinking: Which of his subordinates can be trained to be a unique military talent; Lin Xiao has an impulsive personality and loves face. Although he is naughty and has a flexible mind, he is not stable enough; Mai Dahai, Mai Xiaoliu, etc. The children of the Dan family suffer from a lack of education. Although Yin Feng is forcing them to read and write, they are used to being free at sea. Being a captain or something is fine, but it is not so easy to rule one area or command an entire fleet. It's suitable - yesterday, Mai Dahai commanded the Feilong and became obsessed with the duel with the Orange. He ignored the overall arrangement and almost made a mistake;
Ye Hua and Mai De are different types among the children of the Dan people. Besides being tenacious and hard-working, they also have an overall perspective. However, they also lack culture. Although they are good at accepting new things, they only know how to follow the steps and cannot draw inferences from one example. They have little experience.
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Yin Feng does not expect the Portuguese mercenaries to work wholeheartedly for the company, as long as they are worthy of the salary the company pays them.
The company has a lot of business talents, but it also lacks people who have an overall view and are aware of the world's major trends.
Talent! Talent! Yin Feng lamented that he was too tired and his subordinates lacked talent!
Suddenly, Yin Feng saw a figure standing on the edge of the beach. He was about to leave but seemed to be looking at him. Yin Feng stopped and asked loudly: "This person in front of you, who are you?"
The figure paused and stepped forward, a pale face revealed in the moonlight. Yin Feng smiled: "Li Jin? Uncle Jin?" z
This medium-sized and slightly thin figure is none other than Li Jin.
Li Jin cupped his hands and bowed in salute, saying, "Xiao Ke has met Yin Dadong's family."
Yin Feng was actually very interested in Li Jin; the legendary first Chinese to have been to the Netherlands.
In another time and space, an era without Yin Feng, after the Dutch arrived in Penghu, they began to negotiate with local officials of the Ming Dynasty. The outcome was the "Shen Yourong ordered to withdraw from the Hongmao Fan" incident that is familiar to historians in the history of Sino-foreign communication. The process of negotiation between the Ming and Dutch
, Li Jin was arrested, but soon the official allowed him to atone for his crime and go to negotiate with the Dutch. In the end, "┅┅ people had no food to eat. They set sail at the end of October. Governor Xu Xueju impeached (Pan) Xiu, (Li)
"Li Jin and other crimes are punishable by death. It is wrong to send him to Xu". However, judging from the Dutch East India Company's files, it is obvious that after Li Jin was paroled to negotiate, he never returned to the "country" to stand trial. I am afraid that Governor Xu's impeachment was just
A piece of paper that fails to execute the prisoner.
After Li Jin failed to negotiate and returned to Southeast Asia, he still lived in Dadi and engaged in trade until 1612. In that year, because he could not stand the persecution of the Chinese by Dadi officials, his family moved to Morocco in Southeast Asia (a)
Ambon in the archipelago died there in 1614, leaving behind a beautiful Christian widow and a son, as well as an inheritance of more than 6,000 real. Soon, his Christian widow remarried to the British East
Jackson, an employee of the Banten Merchant House of the Indian Company, triggered a small dispute over inheritance between the Dutch and British companies.
Now, Yin Feng's battle in Penghu has saved Li Jin from having to go to government prison. It is very likely that it has completely changed the trajectory of Li Jin's life.
Yin Feng smiled and said: "Uncle Jin, how do you think our company compares with the Dutch East India Company?"
Li Jin smiled bitterly and said: "I have heard some things from Guo Zhen, and I have seen your strength with my own eyes. To be honest, the China United Company is very similar to the East India Company, but it is completely different in terms of system and personnel.
The East India Company is backed by the entire country of the Netherlands, and you are just a group of merchants and common people gathered together, and the imperial court will not be able to tolerate you in the end."
Yin Feng sighed: "Yes, I expected this too."
Li Jin asked: "So, what are you going to do?"
"Expand our strength. As long as we have strength and can compete with the imperial navy, the imperial court will be helpless against us." Yin Feng felt that there was no need to hide anything from Li Jin. It was impossible for Li Jin to side with the imperial court. He had already been arrested by the government.
He is considered the chief culprit in seducing the red-haired barbarians to come to China.
Li Jin looked at Yin Feng in disbelief, shook his head and said, "Is this possible?"
"The guards of the China United Company will not be like Wang Zhi, Xu Hai or the Japanese pirates, who frequently burn, kill and loot coastal people, and we will not take the initiative to provoke and confront the government." Yin Feng thought for a while and did not want to be concerned about this issue.
Talk more, after all, the other party was his enemy a day ago. He asked Li Jindao: "It is rumored that you have been to the country of the red-haired barbarians?"
"Yes, this is a country of merchants. In Europe, there are other merchant countries, such as Venice, Florence, etc., hey..." Li Jin sighed. Yin Feng also grew tired of thinking about the countless problems and difficulties faced by the company.
Let out a long sigh.
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That night, the two talked all night long.
Magaro and Chen Zhongji discovered that Yin Feng was missing from the banquet. When they rushed to the beach, they found Yin Feng and Li Jin sitting on the rocks by the beach, chatting animatedly. Yin Feng even asked them to be on guard around them.
Don't get too close to hinder their conversation. Therefore, no one knows what they talked about. Everyone only knows that at dawn, Li Jin took a small fishing boat of the fishermen on the island and left Penghu for Taiwan.
At noon that day, the HMS Xinxing, which was patrolling at the mouth of the bay, discovered twelve schooners approaching Penghu Bay. The boats were flying the navy's flag, with the Chinese character "Shen" embroidered on the flag.
These twelve warships are all that Shen Yourong can collect in the short term. After the last battle to annihilate the Japanese pirates in the East, the warships lost in the storm at Wuyu Water Village have not been replaced. In the past two years,
Wuyu Water Village is living a bleak life, relying on limited food and salary to maintain daily patrol and inspection tasks. With Shen Yourong donating all his salary, and selling off the leftovers from the old boats in the water village, Shen Yourong finally added more money this year
Two warships were built.
The eunuch Gao Cai secretly seduced the red-haired barbarians and promised to cede Penghu, which angered the entire Fujian bureaucracy. Although the red-haired barbarians could increase the port's commercial taxes, they were absolutely forbidden to occupy Penghu according to Macau's old rules. Macau Portugal
The status of people is still unstable. Starting from Yu Dayou, officials in the Ming Dynasty have been trying to drive away the Francois and take back the Macau port. Li Feng, the eunuch of the Guangdong tax envoy, also petitioned to take back Macau and drive away the Portuguese.
But he was motivated by personal hatred: the Portuguese did not give him enough money. If it were not for the fact that the salaries of many officials in Guangzhou depended on taxes from Macau's overseas trade, it would have been impossible for the Portuguese to gain a foothold in Macau.
How much trouble will the red-haired barbarians bring to Fujian officials!
When Governor Xu Xue gathered at the governor's office in Fuzhou, he convened a meeting with navy, sea patrol and relevant officials. All the participants were almost unanimously opposed to the opening of Penghu to the sea for trade. However, how to drive away the red-haired barbarians aroused controversy; some said that the implementation of strengthening the wall and clearing the country
The sea ban trapped the red-haired barbarians to death; there were also rumors that they would lure the red-haired barbarians to the coast of the mainland and then take the opportunity to destroy them. Only Shen Yourong was able to defy all the opinions and insisted on sending troops to drive away the red-haired barbarians. However, both Shen Yourong and Xu Xueju knew that the red-haired barbarians were
Mao Yi's warships are powerful.
The note "Wanli Wild Harvest Chapter? Red Mao Yi" written by the scholar Shen Defu at that time recorded the historical events of the long-distance naval battle between the Ming army and the Dutch army. The red barbarian cannon fired by the Dutch: "The first sight of green smoke...
The threads were rotten by hand, and there was no sound to be found. The sail was slowly sailing away without breaking a single arrowhead, and the dead of the officers and soldiers were not counted."
At the meeting, Zhu Wenda, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, who once served in the Guangdong Military Preparation Road, said: "I have dealt with the red-haired barbarians in Guangzhou. The red-haired barbarians are brave and good at fighting. Their warships and cannons are exquisite in everything. I think all Fujian
The boat master is not strong enough to show off his abilities!".
Zhang Xie, who was temporarily recruited as a consultant, is the author of the famous Chinese and Western transportation history book "East and West". He is an expert on overseas situations. He also said at this moment: "The Dutch are good at giant ships and cannons. Their huge
The length of the ship is thirty feet, the width is five or six feet, and the planks are more than two feet thick. They are lined up in rows. Some ships even have five masts. The giant ship has three floors, with small windows on the side, and copper blunderbuss are placed in each.
The ship can carry up to 60 cannons, and the firearms are extremely sharp!"
In short, what everyone means is that there is no way to fight the Dutch.