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Chapter 312 Xiamen Trade Port Project

"Liaonan and Liaodong are urging me to go back. I can't stay away from our base camp for a long time, so I will return to Liaonan for the next strategic arrangement."

"Then there are only two forces left on the southeast coast, one of which is the Guangdong pirate Liu Xiang, and the other is the Dutchman of Yizhou. Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong are from the same lineage, although they are not as powerful as Zheng Zhilong , but occupying the vicinity of Hong Kong Island and uniting with pirates such as Li Kuiqi is still very tricky. As for the Dutch, they have two cities in the south of Yizhou, one is Taiwan City and the other is Chikan City, with thousands of people. But the Netherlanders The Germans have more than a dozen armed merchant ships, and the city of Taiwan is three feet high and equipped with cannons, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Which direction do you think we should determine first?" Chu Yun asked Nelson and other admirals.

"Well, we have to defend Xiamen Bay and Bengang at the same time. I personally tend to regard Xiamen Bay as our navy's base on the southeast coast." An admiral said.

Chu Yun glanced at that person. It was a lieutenant commander named Sun Xu, currently the captain of the sailing battleship Da Zhao.This group of admirals who grew up from unknown soldiers have been trained by Nelson and have become a group of outstanding local admirals.

Except for the Victory, Atlante, Constitution and other ships summoned by Chu Yun through the system, which are basically driven by blond Westerners, the others are basically local soldiers in southern Liaoning.Moreover, after the sailors on the Victory suffered casualties in the battle, the list of missing personnel still had to be supplemented by local soldiers.As a result, the supply of naval soldiers was in short supply, so Chu Yun naturally took the idea of ​​the pirates, a group of soldiers who are proficient in water.

"Sun Xu, tell me your opinion." Chu Yun said.

"Yes. Xiamen Bay is the only way from Nanyang, Guangdong and Guangxi to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the north. If passing businessmen don't want to pass through Xiamen Bay, they can only enter the Pearl River, land from Guangzhou City, and then walk from southern Fujian to Jiangsu and Zhejiang by land. , it takes ten times as much time as the sea route, and there may be bandits on the way. So as long as we occupy Xiamen Bay and give them a little way to survive, they will definitely choose to take the sea route instead of the land route. When the time comes, we will definitely go through Xiamen The ships near the bay collect taxes, and a steady stream of silver taels will come into the account. This is what Zheng Zhilong did, and each large ship has to pay him a protection fee of 3000 taels." Sun Xu said.

"What Sun Xu said is true. Liu Xiang haunts the waters of Guangdong. If they also collect taxes on passing caravans, then the passing merchants will have to pay tolls to Liu Xiang and us at the same time. Assuming we can collect taxes 3000 taels of silver, now we can only charge 1500 taels. Businessmen won’t be happy if they charge too much.” Some other admirals agreed.

"Nelson, what do you think?" Chu Yun asked Nelson.

"I also agree to take Liu Xiang first." Nelson said.

"Then let's make a decision like this. We need to prepare for attacking Liu Xiang for a while, and then wipe them out in one go. When do you think it is appropriate to launch an attack on Liu Xiang?" Chu Yun asked.

"It probably won't be until autumn. According to the nautical charts of little brother Li Guozhu, the southeast coast will soon enter the summer typhoon season. At that time, the typhoon will be raging. If we act lightly, we may encounter the tragic situation of the entire fleet being wiped out." Nelson said.

"Yes, especially in July and August, there are often typhoons in the sea area of ​​Guangdong. Why don't we wait until the north wind blows in autumn, and we can win Liu Xiang in one fell swoop." Li Guozhu said.

"In this case, the time is tentatively set around September and October. When Liu Xiang is eliminated, we can turn around and deal with the Dutch in the southern part of Yizhou." Chu Yun said, "The red blood of the Dutch Cancheng is on the shore, while Taiwan City is on the reef island. We can divide our troops into two groups and conquer Chikan city from the land along the western plain, cutting off the barrier between the Dutch on the shore and the Dutch on the reef. Contact. The other route entered the inner bay of Yizhou from the sea, surrounded the city of Taiwan, and bombarded it with artillery, forcing the Dutch to surrender."

"Basically, our Admiralty and the Army Lord have the same idea. At that time, the marine brigade will attack all the way on land, and we will use warships several times the size of the Netherlands fleet to block and bombard at sea," Nelson said. .

"That puts my mind at ease. There is one more thing I will arrange."

"We occupy Xiamen Bay, so we can't blatantly collect tolls from merchants like Zheng Zhilong, otherwise we will look different from pirates," Chu Yun said.

"The military leader means that we need to collect tolls under another name?"

"Smart. We want to replace this kind of protection fee with tariffs, and levy tariffs on passing ships. The amount of the levy is proportional to the value of the goods on the merchant ship. But all ships passing through Xiamen Bay must moor at Xiamen Island to collect tariffs. At the same time, it can promote the development of Xiamen Island. We will transport production machines and steam engines to Xiamen Island to set up factories, and conduct trade with Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Nanyang regions nearby. At that time, raw materials will be exported from Yizhou to Xiamen Island, and southern Liaoning and Liaodong will be exported to Xiamen Island. With technology and talents, Xiamen Island will become a trade center nearby, absorbing all the silver in the nearby area like a bloodsucker, and supplementing our finances."

"This is my plan for the Xiamen Trade Port, do you think it is feasible?" Chu Yun said.

"Trading port..." The eyes of these admirals lit up.

The success of Dalian Port has made Liaonan the triangular trade center of Northern Daming, Korea, and Japan. If we learn from the construction experience of Dalian Port to develop Xiamen Trade Port, then Xiamen can become the triangular trade center of Southern Daming, Yizhou, and Nanyang. It is equivalent to the Fu Liao Army occupying most of the East Asian waters.This is more ruthless than simply collecting tolls.

"It's just that if we do this, will the merchants on the southeast coast feel threatened? After all, they used to support our Liao army because the influence of our self-operated products is in the north. If we set up factories in the south, it will It has aroused their dissatisfaction. Our Liao Liao Army still needs to rely on these merchants from the southeast coast." Some staff officers who followed Chu Yun said.

"Let them participate in the construction of Xiamen Bay, just pull them down. With these merchants here, I think that even if the imperial court wants to take back Xiamen Bay, the forces and families behind the merchants will hold back. And there are still many merchants in the southeast coast who are not affected. Our Far East Trading Company is restrained, and if they fall, the southeastern businessmen in our Far East Trading Company will already gloat over their misfortune." Chu Yun explained.

Just when Chu Yun and a group of people were discussing the construction plan of the Xiamen trade port, some naval soldiers reported to Chu Yun and the others: "Master, all the officers, the Dutch governor of Yizhou, Putmans, is asking to see you."

"Oh? The Dutch come to see me?"

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