Dragon Sea Empire

A large group of ragged and dejected "former" pirates were surrounded by guard soldiers with live ammunition in the open space by the Zhuoshui Creek.

Right now, they are captives of the China United Company. There are more than 1000 people in this group, most of whom are born in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang coastal areas. Hundreds of them are tied up and kept under strict supervision. The sailors of the original war fleet who fled in the middle of the war.

This time, Yin Feng broke the taboo and no longer worried about alarming the Ming Dynasty government. He used the main force of the navy to attack the coastal areas of Fujian. After two months, the Chinese company wiped out most of the bases of Yuan Jin's thirteen pirate alliances in one go, and basically wiped out All the pirate forces along the coast of Fujian.

Since then, there have been no civil forces along the coast of Fujian who dare to challenge the authority of Chinese companies by force.

On the coast of Fujian, the only opponent of the Chinese company is the official army and navy.

Yin Feng came to the prisoner camp surrounded by forty personal guards. After the assassination, Lin Xiao insisted on increasing the number of Yin Feng's personal guards. Even the major shareholders of the company's board of directors also requested this, so Yin Feng had no choice but to accept it. As a result, when he appears on the stage now, it's a big show.

Yin Feng observed the group of prisoners nearby, and asked Mai Dahai, who was in charge of screening the prisoners, "How many of these people are willing to work for us?"

Dahai looked at the group of captives, and said with a sneer, "Only more than 200 people are willing. Among the rest, about one-third want to go home to farm and fish, saying that they have given up their hands; nearly half of them want to go home. Stay on the island of Taiwan, go to the Tuntian Manor, or go to the newly opened sugar cane plantation,"

"Do you want to be Zhuang Ding?" Yin Feng asked.

"Most of them want to be farmers, and a few want to change their careers to farming,"

"They are all short-sighted people, let them go, and hand over those who are willing to go to the manor and plantation to Brother Lu and An Heping, and let them arrange it. In this way, call those who are willing to work for the company Come on," Yin Feng was a little uninterested. At first, he thought that those ex-pirates should be aggressive and could make good use of them, but he didn't expect that most of them didn't want to dawdle at sea anymore. This made him feel a little disappointment.

"Captain,..." Mai Dahai hesitated to speak.

"What's the matter, don't hesitate,"

"Among the more than 200 people who are willing to work for the company, dozens of them are sailors who defected at the beginning of the year,"

Yin Feng said coldly: "These people can't be trusted, they will turn back and forth, and they are unpredictable. Let's forget about these dozens of people, and send them all to Lu Shitou. Let him do the work."

Somewhere in the infantry barracks of the guards, in a large bamboo shed, more than 160 captured pirates gathered here, everyone was anxious, not knowing what would happen next.

Suddenly, a group of black-clothed soldiers stepped forward neatly into the bamboo shed, raised their bayonet-loaded flintlock guns, and shouted: "Back, back," and drove the pirate prisoners away from the door, and then, Someone shouted: "Yin Dadong's house is here,"

Yin Feng entered the bamboo shed slowly, and many pirate captives knelt down one after another, shouting repeatedly: "Captain Yin," "Big Master,"

Yin Feng shot all the pirate prisoners majestically, and said with a smile: "You are all good men, good men at sea, Mr. Yin admires you,"

Everyone looked at each other.

Yin Feng continued with a sneer and said, "However, what you did was very unethical. All the ships you robbed and burned were ships from your own country, from your own hometown. Why didn't you dare to snatch those red-haired boats? Why? Don't deal with the Greeks, since the establishment of the Chinese company, it has never snatched a ship from the people of the dynasty, but we are still getting rich, aren't we?"

Some pirates boldly said: "Captain Yin, we know that we are wrong to rob your ship, but we have no choice but to let our brothers drink the northwest wind. Captain, please show us a clear way." let's go,"

Some people also said: "Our Nan'ao Wu family only snatches those government boats. It's not that we don't want to deal with the Hongmaoyi and Flangji people, but their boats have sharp firearms. When we go to trouble them, we always suffer. ..."

Yin Feng laughed: "That's right, Hongmaoyi's boat is big and equipped with cannons, so you only dare to rob our own people from Fujian,"

Those few people were speechless for a while. They were unreasonable in these things, and there was nothing to justify.

"Right now, there is an opportunity waiting for you," Yin Feng continued: "I have decided to re-establish the Jinghai Gang, but the Jinghai Gang will not work in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, but will go to Nanyang to do things."

Yin Feng nodded to Yan Siqi, Yan Siqi quickly hung a large map on the wall, Yin Feng pointed to the map and said: "Many of you have been to Nanyang, so you should be familiar with these places, this is Borneo ,"

Yin Feng specifically pointed to the center of the map: "Here, gold is produced. Here, there is no big country. The red-haired barbarians have only begun to explore this area." He pointed to the direction of later generations of Australia: "Over there, is it still No one has ever been to Jinzhou, the legendary place rich in gold, "

"In addition, the red-haired Batavia only occupies such a small piece of Java Island, and there is still a large amount of open space waiting for us to develop. Now you can choose for yourself: go to Nanyang for development, or stay on Taiwan Island to grow land. Land, Dang Zhuang Ding beat the natives, two roads, you choose this way, "

"Let's go to Nanyang," almost all the pirates present shouted, Yin Feng looked at them with satisfaction, nodded and said: "As I expected, the men at sea are really good, very good, you can Get the firearms from the Chinese company to fight against the red-haired and Frang robots; I will also give you some silver, and regularly subsidize your firearms and gunpowder. Your task is to open up the situation for the Chinese company in Nanyang. The gold you developed The Chinese company is responsible for selling the mines and the land you get, and you only need to pay one-fifth of your income as the company's management fee. After all, your weapons and gunpowder have to be supplied by the company --- the remaining four-fifths , are your own,

The pirates below were in a commotion; among the thirteen pirate gangs, most of the pirates could only get a little leftovers from the bosses for one vote, but the conditions offered by the Chinese company are now fair and reasonable.

Yin Feng went on to say: "Working for my China United Company, you must abide by my rules: the most important point is that absolutely no rebellion is allowed inside the nest, and robbing the company's ships, personnel and goods is absolutely not allowed. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed." no pardon,"

All the pirates were tactful and shouted together: "Follow the order of the captain,"

Of course, Yin Feng would not let these "former" pirates go to Nanyang alone. He selected 50 volunteers from the navy and infantry to develop Nanyang. During the encirclement and suppression of thirteen pirates, Wu Shuipi, the leader of the Wu family on Nan'ao Island, who voluntarily surrendered, 100 people from the Zhonghua Company and nearly [-] pirates were mixed up and assigned to five warships in the name of the Jinghai Gang. Set off to Nanyang, this is the advance team of the Chinese United Company to intervene in Nanyang colonial affairs.

When the ships of the first batch of Nanyang colonists were on the road, the first batch of farmers formally recruited from the mainland arrived in Taiwan one after another in several groups.

At the same time when Yin Feng launched the Nanyang colonial operation, in the 33rd year of Wanli, the land of the Central Plains experienced many disasters, such as floods, winds, and droughts in the Yellow River. There is a legend: go to the seaside, where someone will give them food and clothing, and then take them to a rich island, where there is a large piece of empty land waiting for them to cultivate.

Don't underestimate the enthusiasm and diligence of traditional farmers in reclaiming new land. All the arable areas in East Asia are reclaimed by these industrious farmers. Often because of the feeling of being unable to leave their homeland, unless the farmers really can't survive, otherwise It is really difficult for them to give up everything they have been familiar with for generations and start over in an unfamiliar environment thousands of miles away. Difficulty, at the end of this year, hundreds of farmers who were victims of the typhoon disaster in Quanzhou the previous year arrived in Taiwan as the first batch of agricultural immigrants. There is enough manpower. Most of the farmers who cultivate the land come to Taiwan as part-time agricultural laborers. After finishing their farm work and earning enough money, they return home.

Now, a large number of penniless farmers have been recruited from Fujian, Shandong, and Henan successively. In Tuntian farms and sugar cane plantations, they are long-term workers who have signed a ten-year death period, and they can be assigned by the company upon expiration. The land became the tenants of the Chinese company; in each workshop, they signed a three-year apprenticeship or coolie. This time, first of all, the Chinese company’s food self-sufficiency can be achieved. The labor force of various factories, especially weapons The labor force of the workshop was guaranteed.

In the third year since the Chinese company began to develop rapidly, the resident Han population on Taiwan Island has also skyrocketed to more than [-].

For the Fujian government, the China United Company no longer backs down; it is still an iron principle not to take the initiative to conflict with officers and soldiers, but the armed merchant ships and warships of the China Company have begun to regularly patrol the waters north of Nan'ao all the way to the south of Zhejiang, chasing down pirates. Coastal areas are no longer avoided.

At the same time, Yin Feng also took the initiative to ask the court for peace and peace.

In fact, most of this set was learned by Yin Feng from the actions of the later Zheng Zhilong; first show the government his own strength, let the government understand that it cannot be dealt with by force, and then take the initiative to seek peace from the government. Yin Feng's advantage The reason is that he has a father-in-law, Zeng Qi, who is an official and gentry class. At the same time, the Chinese company has not yet formally confronted the government.

Therefore, under the premise that the Chinese company can ensure that the interests of the Fujian government will not be damaged, Governor Xu Xueju is willing to let Yin Feng enter the ranks of officials and gentry. However, there is a fundamental difference between the Fujian government and the Chinese company: Trade issues in Manila.

In terms of resuming the Manila trade, the bargaining process between the two sides was very secret. Apart from Yin Feng and Zeng Qi, only Lin Xiao and Zeng Jingshan knew about it.

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"What, reopening the Greek trade with Manila, this, this won't work, is Zeng Yue dead for nothing?" Zeng Jingshan jumped up and shouted at Zeng Qi, regardless of whether Zeng Qi was his elder.

This is Yin Feng's study in the inner house. Chen Zhongji and Yan Siqi drove out the outsiders from the courtyard. Even Zeng Jing and Mai Wan'er were not allowed to enter this courtyard. Only Yin Feng, Zeng Qi, Lin Xiao and Zeng Jingshan were in the study. ,