"Brothers, Taiwan is ahead!" Ding Yunyi pointed forward: "I have ordered people to pick up your family members, and the accommodation arranged for you on the island has been cleaned. From now on, this is your home!"
The cavalrymen who came from the Central Plains were in jubilation. Huangfu Yunjie stepped forward and said: "Shenrong, when we left the Central Plains, we were as frightened as a bereaved dog. Since we were taken in by Shenrong, we will be loyal and follow Shenrong from now on, without seeking to make any achievements.
I just want to be the first pawn in the army!"
Houlu was young and outspoken: "Shenrong, will you marry us a wife?"
There was a burst of laughter, and Ding Yunyi laughed and said: "Marry! For those who are not married, I will help you choose them personally in Taiwan, and I will pay all the expenses."
There was another burst of cheers, but Hou Lu was a little reluctant and pointed at Chen Yuanyuan beside Ding Yunyi: "I want to marry someone as beautiful as my wife."
The soldiers were all laughing with joy. Ding Yunyi scratched his scalp. This was a bit difficult...
The majestic and majestic outline of the Golden Eagle City gradually appeared in the eyes of the brothers. In an instant, the brothers stopped making noise and all their eyes fell on the Golden Eagle City.
What a majestic and mighty city!
It occupies such a vast area, and there are many soldiers on the city tower, and the defense is tight. The cannons open their muzzles, and they are watching all the movements on the sea with eager eyes.
There are two large flags erected high on the flag tower. On one side is written a big word "明", and on the other side are the words that the brothers are all too familiar with:
Tiger Guard!
"How is my Golden Eagle City?" Ding Yunyi said enthusiastically: "This was originally built by Hongyi, and then I carefully renovated it. Even if thousands of troops come, this place will still be as stable as Mount Tai."
Huangfu Yunjie was filled with admiration, but Ding Yunyi changed the topic: "But it is not my intention to defend here. Those who can defend must also be good at attacking. When brothers come to Taiwan, I will send people to various places to purchase war horses. I
I have to ask you all to forge an invincible cavalry for me!"
Huangfu Yunjie said loudly: "Don't worry, soldiers, we are all on horseback all year round. Even Hou Lu, although only nineteen years old this year, has been in the army for three years. If you give me five years to wait, it will be inevitable.
Forged Shenrong into an elite cavalry that is rampant in the world!"
It took five years to train a cavalry, but it actually didn't take long. Ding Yunyi suddenly felt something in his heart. The covenant he made with Zheng Zhilong was for five years. Is this a coincidence?
Suddenly there was a sound of drumming on the shore. Ding Yunyi looked there and saw that all the brothers in Taiwan had already come out of the city to greet him!
Cai Jiuzhou, Zhang Xianxuan, Ye Dahai, Qin Yun, Chen Dong, Li Guo... those familiar faces finally appeared in front of them at this moment.
"Congratulations on your return victorious! Tiger Guards, Hundred Battle Master! Ding Yunyi, no one can be defeated!"
Everyone on the shore roared together, and hundreds of people above and below the city shouted together, how majestic it was.
Hu Benwei, Hundred Battle Master! Ding Yunyi, who is invincible?
Ding Yunyi couldn't help but laugh. This must have been caused by Qin Yun again.
As soon as the boat docked, Ding Yunyi got off the boat first, and the brothers stepped forward together:
"Your Majesty, all the Tiger and Ben troops are here. Your Majesty will decisively defeat the Central Plains. Fight Yingzhou in a bloody battle to promote our name as Tiger and Ben, and boost our prestige in Taiwan! The Central Plains is at its heart, and the world is at its heart!"
"Don't f**king flatter me." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "We don't know until we get to the Central Plains. We only know it when we get to the Central Plains. Our so-called reputation is only limited to Fujian, and no one there cares about us. We are in Yingzhou.
In the bloody battle, we almost lost our lives, but those officers and soldiers from the Central Plains did not send a single soldier. If it were not for these brothers, our lives would have stayed in the Central Plains!"
He said and pointed at the cavalry behind him.
Cai Jiuzhou stepped forward and said: "Brothers, you are the benefactors of my Tiger Guards, who fought with you and guarded me. Now that we have arrived in Taiwan, we are all one family from now on. We share the blessings and share the hardships!"
Chen Dong's eyes were fixed on Ding Yunyi's side, and then he poked Zhang Xianxuan next to him: "Brother Zhang, look at the person next to you, is that person dressed as a woman?"
Zhang Xianxuan only glanced at it and his eyes straightened.
God, God, that person is obviously a woman, but even if she is dressed as a man, she is still breathtakingly beautiful. God, there are such stunning women in the world? If she puts on women's clothes, I'm afraid even Miss Han
It's not as good as many.
"Third brother is our leader after all. He can go to fight and bring back a wife." Chen Dong praised.
But Qin Yun knew who the woman was: "That's Chen Yuanyuan, whom third brother met when he went to Suzhou last year. If she puts on women's clothes, you won't have to do anything to look at her."
Ye Dahai also went to Suzhou with Ding Yunyi that day. He recognized Chen Yuanyuan, but he shook his head repeatedly: "Sir, don't be fascinated by beauty and waste your plans."
A crowd of people welcomed Ding Yunyi and his entourage into Golden Eagle City and arrived at the official residence. Ding Yunyi first sent Chen Yuanyuan and his personal maid to his home, then settled the cavalry, and then asked: "Taiwan's various matters."
I have heard Ye Yuan say before in Quanzhou, we are not in Taiwan, but you have managed this place in an orderly manner, thank you brothers for your hard work."
Cai Jiuzhou said: "Sir, since the news came out that you left Taiwan and went to the Central Plains, the Zheng family navy has harassed you several times. However, our Golden Eagle City is heavily guarded and well-armed, and sea ships are patrolling non-stop every day. Seeing that the Zheng family has no chance to take action, they
Angrily, he left and went to Penghu to see if there was any chance. Taiwanese warships rushed to Penghu immediately. There were Fenggui City Fortress and Mazu Temple in Penghu, and there were warships on the sea. The Zheng family was also at a loss. But Bao Juhua had a bad temper.
I almost had a conflict with Zheng Zhibao several times, but Xiao Yifeng finally suppressed it."
Ding Yunyi nodded: "I have reached an agreement with Zheng Zhilong. The Zheng family will not harass us again in the next few years, but we should not be careless. The covenant can be torn up at any time, so we need to be careful."
All the generals looked at each other. Your Excellency is now considered capable. He just came back from the Central Plains, and what kind of agreement did he reach with Zheng Zhilong?
"How is Luzon?" Although Ding Yunyi knew that the maritime business with Luzon was going smoothly, he still asked.
"The trade in Luzon is going well." Qin Yun immediately replied: "At the moment, our Daming Ocean Company goes there seven times a month. We ship a batch of ships every three days on average. Since there are not enough ships, we rent a large number of ships. The dry silk people of Luzon
They welcomed my ship to Taiwan. To be honest, only Taiwan can do business with them. Several maritime merchants were jealous and wanted to try trading with Luzon. But halfway through the voyage, the ship encountered pirates.
, finally the pirates only issued a warning and did not rob the ship. So now we have obtained the exclusive rights to operate in Luzon."
Ding Yunyi laughed. These must be pirates created by Qin Yun. Although it sounds a bit unethical to use the power of the underworld to monopolize trade, but in these extraordinary times, he doesn't care much.
"Xie Xuan and Sun Xiyu have also conducted more than ten maritime transactions under the banner of the Zheng family. However, the Zheng family has become a little suspicious recently. After completing this transaction, they will return to Taiwan to avoid falling into the hands of the Zheng family. Think about it.
I can come back in a few days."
Ding Yunyi said "En": "Since the Luzon maritime trade route is open and the Zheng family's blockade has been broken, there is no need to take this risk anymore. However, although the Luzon maritime trade route is open, it cannot be limited to one place. Everyone
, even if we can only trade with Luzon at present, there is no way out. There is a country overseas called Mexico. It is currently occupied by the Ganrasi people and is a colony of the Ganrasi country. Every year, new people from Mexico City
There are countless ships from the governorate of Ganrasi to Luzon, loaded with gold and silver from Mexico to Luzon, and back again loaded with goods from Luzon. Every year, there is a huge amount of money."
A knowing smile appeared on the faces of the generals. Your Excellency, your attention was focused on some merchant ship coming from the direction of Mexico. I am just a little bit curious as to why you know so much about the situation in those countries in the West. I guess you met some Thai priest again in the Central Plains.
Ding Yunyi turned his eyes to Li Guo: "Li Guo, although I am the leader of the Pirate Alliance in name, you are mainly responsible for the management of pirates. How to use the brains of Mexican merchant ships is up to you."
Li Guo responded, and Ding Yunyi added: "However, the robbery must not be too harsh. We must not kill the chicken to get the eggs, or dry up the lake for fishing. Otherwise, those Mexican merchant ships will be robbed too much, and no one will dare to come."
Li Guo smiled: "I know how to do it now."
"Actually, I have another idea in my mind." Ding Yunyi suddenly said: "Do you think we can make more money by transporting the goods to Luzon? No. Why are those silk dryers so eagerly looking forward to us?
The goods? Because once the goods of Ming Dynasty are transported to the West, the profit earned will be more than ten times and a hundred times? In other words, seven or eight merchant ships, fully loaded with goods, even if most of them sink on the road, as long as there is one ship that can return to the West, they will
You can make a lot of money.”
Qin Yun understood immediately: "What third brother means is that we open up our own maritime trade route to the West?"
"Yes, that's what I mean." Ding Yunyi nodded and said: "I'm not willing to leave such a golden route and can only do small business with the dry silk people in Luzon. But shipping to the countries in Thailand and the West is not so
It's an easy thing. You need to have a large fleet and be well-armed. Those pirates in Thailand and Spain are not under my control at the moment. Also, you must be familiar with the routes, and you must bring more translators, medicine, food, etc.
We must all be fully prepared. Therefore, this matter cannot be rushed and must be considered in the long run.”
He was talking about a long-term plan, but brothers who are familiar with his temper all know that you can't wait to leave now and open a route from Taiwan to Thailand.
"How are the shipyards and firearms bureau doing?" After explaining these things, Ding Yunyi turned the topic to the issue he was most concerned about.
"The shipyard has begun operation. With the help of Hongyi technicians, we have built two small boats and are currently working on ways to imitate the Challenger."
Cai Jiuzhou's words immediately cheered up Ding Yunyi: "Have you started to imitate the Challenger? How is the progress?"
"The progress is slow." Cai Jiuzhou said honestly: "With our current strength, even if everything goes well, we can never build a ship like the Challenger in less than half a year. This is still very optimistic.
I guess."
"This is already good." Although Ding Yunyi was not very satisfied with the progress, he still had to encourage his subordinates: "How far behind is our Taiwan shipyard compared to Zheng Zhilong's Nan'an Ishii shipyard?"
"Zheng Zhilong's?" Unexpectedly, Cai Jiuzhou curled his lips in contempt: "Sir, we were all frogs in the well before. We always thought that Zheng Zhilong's Nan'an Shijing Shipyard was already great. But our current shipyard uses craftsmen recruited from various places.
The people of the Ming Dynasty, but the technicians are all carefully selected Hongyi technicians, and there are even a dozen dry wax shipbuilding technicians specially invited by Captain Poleman. Under their guidance, our shipbuilding speed and level have improved by leaps and bounds.
.”
He said that he was afraid that Ding Yunyi would not believe it: "Nan'an Shijing Shipyard builds military and commercial ships. It only builds three to five ships a year and repairs dozens of ships. It used to be very impressive in our eyes, but a Hongyi technician once saw it.
The Zheng family's shipbuilding workshop told us that it was just a private shipbuilding place, far from being large-scale. We followed Hongyi's method, not only did we save a lot of money, but the shipbuilding speed was also greatly improved.
Big improvement. Apart from other things, the current scale and level of our Taiwan shipbuilding shop are already comparable to those of the Zheng family. As long as we can get enough money, by this time next year, the Zheng family's shipyard will be beyond our reach."
Ding Yunyi was overjoyed, and he hired technicians from Hongyi and Qianlasi countries on a large scale because of this.
What is particularly outstanding is the shipbuilding technology of the Red Barbarians during this period - the Portuguese were among the best.
The shipbuilding technology and level of the West are undergoing a rapid development, and will soon surpass China's. Especially the side of the three-masted sailboat has completely changed the history of the West lagging behind the East in shipbuilding technology, and also made the West gradually
occupies a major position in world trade.
The subsequent "geographical discoveries" were inseparable from the emergence of this sailing ship and the use of new navigation technologies. Its appearance made navigators and shipbuilders simply unable to think of anything worth improving on her.
The Turks captured Constantinople, and Europeans' passage to the East was blocked. In order to build bigger and better ships to sail across the ocean in search of new wealth, Spanish and Portuguese shipbuilders merged wine ships and clippers to build
Three-masted sailing ship. French writer Victor Hugo praised it as "a great masterpiece of mankind".
Its hull structure is more reasonable, it has three masts, it can use the wind within 65 degrees to travel, it can carry a large number of daily necessities, it can stay at sea for several months, and it can even sail around the earth.
Countless Western navigators successfully used three-masted sailing ships to open up new navigation routes.
The famous Western navigator Vasco da Gama is one of the outstanding representatives.
Vasco da Gama looked for a route around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean in order to break the Arabs' monopoly on trade between the East and the West.
He succeeded, and as a navigator he went down in history, but what he did on the coast of the Indian Ocean was the work of a complete devil. The crimes he committed in human history are simply unspeakable! (To be continued Piao Astronomy Registered Member