Zheng Junlan and Shen Yourong, deputy envoys of Fujian Haidao, firmly demanded that troops be sent to expel the Hongmao barbarians. Shen Yourong said: "The Hongmao barbarians came for trade. As long as Bingbeidao and the navy's water villages strictly prohibit offshore residents from supporting the Hongmao barbarians, Then he sternly refused to open the sea for trade, leaving him with no one to rely on and no food and grass, so he would naturally withdraw from Penghu. The navy sent troops without having to fight the red-haired barbarians..."
Governor Xu Xueju said curiously: "If we don't fight Hongmao, then what are we going to do with our troops?"
Shen Yourong cupped his hands and said: "The navy sent troops to Penghu just to stop the unruly coastal people from aiding the Hongmao barbarians. As long as the sea lanes around Penghu are blocked, the Hongmao barbarians can be forced to live on the islands."
Wang Canyun from Xingquan Road in Fujian asked: "If a large red-haired barbarian ship goes out to sea to cause provocation, how would you deal with it?"
Shen Yourong paused for a moment and replied: "The red-haired barbarians came for trade. They only have three ships, and the giant ship only has one. It should not be difficult for the five major water villages in Fujian to raise 50 warships; there are few red-haired ships. We have many ships, and if they go out to sea to challenge them, we will use some of our ships to divert their large ships, and some of our ships will rush into the bay, land ashore, and attack their encampment from land."
Zheng Junlan, the deputy envoy of the sea route, said hurriedly: "I think General Shen's plan is very clever. He uses his strengths and avoids his weaknesses. Hong Mao came from afar. The number of people is only 400, and at most 500. Our fifty warships have at least 2,000 soldiers. We don't want to fight with them. Warships, fighting for manpower on land, are sure to win!"
Shen Yourong frowned involuntarily; he knew very well in his heart that his plan was just that he could not compete with Hongmao at sea and could only rely on numerical superiority to overcome the disadvantage. He really wanted to research and create something like Hongmao. A big ship, or a big ship like Captain Yin will do; senior Yu Dayou once made an incisive conclusion about naval warfare: There is no such thing as naval warfare, a big ship is better than a small ship, and a big blunderbuss is better than a small blunderbuss!
However, when the Ming Navy, which could not even guarantee the pay of its soldiers, could build big ships and big guns? Shen Yourong had almost no hope for this.
Zhu Wenda, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, quickly stood up and said to the governor Xu Xueju: "Sir, you are not allowed to send troops. The red-haired barbarians are just here for trade, and they have sharp firearms. They are not harassing the state capital at the moment. Sending troops is not justified. By the way, secondly, once you fail, you will be humiliating yourself!"
Xu Xueju frowned, obviously hesitant.
Zhu Wenda, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, opposed sending troops, and there was a reason for that. In fact, he was Gao Yin's best friend, and Gao Cai had promised him that if the opening of the market for trade was successful, he would share the benefits with him.
Dusi Jianqinyi and General Shen Yourong couldn't help but stood up and said loudly: "Sir, the red-haired barbarians have ulterior motives. Although Penghu is uninhabited, it is too close to the mainland. Hongmao will open a trade there. When the time comes, we will If you keep your footing and keep your tail strong, you can spy on our territory at any time, and you will be the second best to the Macau Folangji Yi! Sir, let me send troops, I will not take the initiative to fight with the Hongmao Yi, and I will try my best to use tactics to force them away."
Hearing the word Macao, Xu Xueju came to his senses; the Macao issue was already a cancer for the Ming court, and it was difficult to let go of it and was uncomfortable with it. Therefore, if another treaty port appeared, the court would definitely insist on not allowing it.
So Xu Xueju made the decision and handed over the matter of sending troops to expel the Netherlands to the staff general Shi Dezheng and the capital secretary Shen Yourong.
Shen Yourong was worried that the fishing boats and merchant ships had already gone to rescue the Red Mao Yi. He was anxious to go to sea and returned to Shihu Station from Fuzhou (Wuyu Water Village had already been moved to Shihu at this time). After only 3 days, he summoned the headquarters There were 12 sailing ships, heading out to sea toward Penghu.
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After Yin Feng saw off Li Jin that morning, he started negotiating with seven wealthy businessmen in Fujian about buying shares in the company.
Suddenly, Zeng Jingshan arrived in Penghu on a merchant ship of the Zhonghua Company and appeared in the Zhonghua Commercial Building. Yin Feng was greatly surprised and hurriedly apologized to the seven merchants and ran out of the house to see Zeng Jingshan.
Before he could say hello, Zeng Jingshan said anxiously: "Where is Lao Liu at your place? The day you left Taiwan, Ming Tsai disappeared and never returned to your home!"
Lao Liu is Zeng Rui, and Ming Tsai is his nickname.
Yin Feng's head was pounding, and his mouth opened wide. He didn't know what to say. Zeng Jingshan knew his character very well and knew that he wouldn't lie. He couldn't help but stamp his feet and said: "This is bad! This is bad! This kid is like this at home. If you don’t study hard and tinker with weird tricks all day long, you must have followed me secretly because you saw that there are many new weapons in your escort..."
Yin Feng rubbed his hands, shook his head, and gasped: "No, no, when I went to Jingang, I asked someone to drag him home. By the way, Chen Zhongji!" He turned around and looked. The new personal guard, Yan Siqi, arrived and asked hurriedly: "Zhenquan, where did Chen Zhongji go?"
Yan Siqi shook his head inexplicably.
Yin Feng sent out all his personal guards to find Chen Zhongji, and within a short time he was dragged back from the Xinxing ship.
"Captain, what are you calling me for?" Chen Zhongji stood upright, head held high, but his eyes did not dare to meet Yin Feng's. Yin Feng had a look that he had learned from working as a news reporter for many years. He could tell at a glance that there was something wrong in his mind and asked directly: "Where is the Sixth Young Master?"
Chen Zhongji was discouraged and scratched his scalp and said: "Master Rui, he, he is on the Xinxing. He just wants to fire off the cannon, just once..."
"What's the mess? You brought him on the ship?" Yin Feng was very annoyed. He had been on the Xinxing for several days, but why didn't he find that Zeng Rui was also on the ship?
"Brother Dahai promised, I just took him on the boat..."
It turned out that after Zeng Rui was brought back to Yin Feng's house, he didn't waste a moment at all. He turned around and followed the infantry of Yin Feng's escort until they reached the "Taipei Port" - Jingang Port, and then found Chen Zhongji and the two teenagers. They were all daring masters; Chen Zhongji relied on the fact that he was Yin Feng's closest bodyguard and had already become familiar with Mai Dahai and others from Manila to Taiwan, so he went directly to Mai Dahai and let Zeng Rui board the ship.
During the naval battle with the Dutch, Zeng Rui was in the gun cabin of the Xinxing. However, since the main force in the naval battle was the Feilong, Zeng Rui only got a chance to fire, and was pulled to the stern cabin for protection by the sailors arranged by Mai Dahai. Yin Feng was busy In order to take command of the overall situation, I went to the Xinsheng when I landed, and I didn't even notice that Zeng Rui was not far away.
Zeng Rui was brought over, but he didn't dare to say anything under Yin Feng's glare. Zeng Jingshan quickly took him away. Before getting on the boat back to Taiwan, Zeng Jingshan said to Yin Feng in private: "You won't blame Ji Zai He Dahai, this is all because of Lao Liu’s naughty behavior, you can’t blame them!”
Yin Feng said solemnly: "No, this matter cannot be settled like this. The escort is an army and an armed force with military laws and disciplines. I have repeatedly emphasized military discipline and military laws. Just because the perpetrators are my personal guards and relatives, it cannot be tolerated. No matter."
Zeng Jingshan shook his head and was speechless. In order to lighten the atmosphere, Yin Feng changed the subject and asked: "How are the conditions of those red-haired barbarians arriving in Taiwan?"
"A temporary prisoner of war camp has been arranged at the Jishui River in the north of the city. The red-haired general, according to the instructions in your letter, Lin Xiao is preparing to take him to visit the military camp."
"That's good. Let's hold a master-client meeting to discuss the trade agreement when I return to Taiwan. People from the officers, soldiers and navy should be here in the next few days, and I will come back as soon as I finish talking with them. "
Zeng Jingshan sighed and said worriedly: "People in the government are greedy, so you have to be careful!"
"In order for Zhonghua Company to have a few years of stable development, we must talk to them. There is nothing we can do!" Yin Feng sighed and took a deep breath.
Zeng Jingshan's sailing ship had just left the Penghu Islands. Qinyi, the commander of the Fujian Navy, rushed the 12 sailing ships led by Chief Shen Yourong to the mouth of Penghu Bay. The scene Shen Yourong planned to see was: countless Chinese merchant ships and fishing boats surrounding the red-haired barbarians. Big ships, these profiteers and unscrupulous people along the coast are doing business with Hongmao secretly.
But he saw a few sparse fishing boats heading out to sea; the big ship that greeted them at the mouth of the bay was the Xinxing.
The Xinxing took the initiative to move forward and greeted Shen Yourong's boat. "Hey! Is this General Shen's ship at Wuyu Water Village?"
Shen Yourong asked his men to stay vigilant. He walked onto the bow of the ship, raised his head and greeted loudly: "I am Shen Yourong! Who are you?"
"We are the ship of Huaxing Co., Ltd. Yin Dong's family! Our Dadong's family is waiting for you at Magong Port!" Ye Hua and other sailors on the Xinxing No. 1 greeted warmly and led the way into Magong Port.
There are hundreds of Dutch corpses lined up on the beach, and various guns and swords are piled under the rocks, including a 3-pound bronze cannon. There are also salvaged planks of the sunken Dutch ship, Dutch flags and other objects piled aside. Accompanied by Yin Feng, Yourong was looking at these trophies, and his face became worse and worse as he looked at it. Several soldiers behind Shen Yourong also looked very nervous, and they looked at the Chinese company sailors around them from time to time.
"This, are all these captured by you?" Shen Yourong asked in disbelief. Yin Feng stood respectfully on the side and nodded: "Students dare not lie. It was indeed my two big ships that took away those red boats." Mao Yi."
Shen Yourong looked at the sea. Two large ships, the Xinxing and Feilong, were cruising at the exit of Magong Port. In front of these two three-masted ships, the twelve sloops he brought were just like a joke. Especially especially The densely packed gun windows on both sides of the Feilong, the slender hull, the huge canvas, the tall mast... all of this left a deep impression on Shen Yourong. On the ship he brought, there were only a few guns with a range of only 100 steps. There are small Folang guns, and there are at least 40 cannons on the big ship of the China Company, the Huaxing Alliance.
Shen Yourong smiled bitterly, looked away from the sea, and said to Yin Feng: "Captain Yin, with your current strength, you can occupy an overseas island and become king, why do you want to fight with the red-haired barbarians here? die? "
Yin Feng knew that Shen Yourong was a soldier, not one of those pedantic scribes. Soldiers had the most direct feeling about strength and would not fake it. He took Shen Yourong to see the records of his army, just to make Shen Yourong and The Fujian official knew his strength. Of course, he still concealed a lot of his strength. The escort team all hid in the north of the island and did not show up. A large number of weapons and equipment were also hidden, giving the official the impression that it was just a naval battle. .
However, when Yin Feng disappeared and Shen Yourong spoke so bluntly, he was surprised. He calmly said, "I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. It is natural to resist foreign enemies."
Shen Yourong raised his head: "Resist foreign lands?"
"Yes, and the red-haired barbarians also robbed one of our merchant ships for no reason and killed more than twenty of us. Of course we can't let them go!"
Yin Feng said seriously: "Master Shen, these red-haired corpses are all handed over to you, and the seized weapons are also given to you. I have asked someone to write a manuscript and submit it to Mr. Xu, Governor of Fujian, for you and your subordinates. achievement……"
"What, what do you mean?" This time it was Shen Yourong's turn to be surprised.
"Master Shen, you and I understand the imperial system very well. It is best to give the credit for driving away the red-haired barbarians to you, haha."
Shen Yourong was still thinking about the meaning of Yin Feng's move, and the soldiers behind him couldn't help but look happy; under the constraints of Shen Yourong's strict military discipline, they were not paid enough, and they lost the opportunity to kill good people and take credit for their merits. You can't just plunder the people, life will be very difficult. If you can achieve great success in driving away the foreign barbarians, you will be rewarded with a large amount of gold and silver right in front of you.
Yin Feng cupped his hands and said, "We, the businessmen, only want to make money through business. Should we give up this great achievement to Master Shen?"
Shen Yourong said sternly: "Who do you think I am? Am I going to be greedy for success? I am not such a villain!"
Yin Feng shook his head and said: "No, no, I didn't mean that. I was asking you to help me. You are right, the court system
Now, we don’t even need to build ships with more than two masts. This will definitely not allow our company to achieve such a great success."
Shen Yourong still looked ugly and said, "Why should I do this for you?"
"Firstly, this does not violate any court laws. We are just driving away foreign pirates. Secondly, by helping us jointly, you are helping tens of thousands of people along the coast who rely on our jointly for a living." Yin Feng said lightly.
A soldier suddenly bowed his head and whispered a few words in Shen Yourong's ear. Shen Yourong shook his head firmly, and several soldiers' faces changed color and they all gathered around.