Dragon Sea Empire

In a wooden hut in the corner of the outer wall of the warehouse, several women were imprisoned. In the dark and damp hut, there was only a small opening at the door that allowed some sunlight to penetrate. ,"

Yin Feng asked Lin Xiao with a sullen face, "What's going on?"

Under the auspices of Yin Feng, the Zhonghua Corporation promulgated public security regulations in Taiwan and Hong Kong. If women commit crimes such as stealing and abducting, they will work for free in the company’s textile factories, livestock farms, farms and other places. Han immigrants are more male than female, and the ratio of male to female is more than six to one. Therefore, almost no female is forced to serve hard labor for violating company rules and laws.

Lin Xiao scratched his scalp and said in embarrassment: "Well, which Tang family troupe do these people belong to?"

"Tang family troupe,"

Yin Feng suddenly remembered: "Could it be the one at the beginning of the year...how did you do it? You have locked them up for more than half a year. Haven't you already found out that the assassin concealed his identity and sneaked into the troupe temporarily?"

"The assassin has nothing to do with the troupe, it's just..." Lin Xiao also felt embarrassed. In fact, it was all because of too many things. He had forgotten the entire Tang family troupe here for more than half a year.

The Tang Family Troupe was the same troupe that the assassin was in when Yin Feng was assassinated at the wharf area at the beginning of the year watching Gezai Opera.

Yin Feng stepped forward to pull the gate, and pushed the door open, "Oh my God," a shriek, a thin and delicate woman rushed out with a disheveled hair, knelt down at Yin Feng's feet, kowtowed, Yin Feng was taken aback, and hurried forward to help the woman up, but saw that she passed out directly in his arms.

This is a thin and slender girl about fifteen or sixteen years old. She has not yet fully grown up, her face is covered with dirt, and her hair is disheveled. A younger girl timidly appeared in the room, looking at Yin Feng in surprise.

"Send this girl to Madam, so she can take care of her," Yin Feng told Captain Lin Yue, who took a long breath and shook his head helplessly.

Zeng Jingshan said on the side: "Those who have been arrested wrongly should be released, but those who slander you and the company must not be let go,"

Others quickly joined in.

"Several people were arrested because they secretly communicated with the government." Yin Feng did not continue to blame Lin Xiao. In essence, the China United Company he founded had a joint-stock organizational structure that surpassed the times, and a strict internal division of labor and cooperation mechanism. It is an operating organization that is coordinated by the central government, but in fact it is mainly operated by the coordination of his personal influence. Without his persistence, it is impossible for anyone to practice a lot of rules and regulations. The entire company is still a system of individual governance, no matter However, he cannot resist the influence of historical and traditional cultural accumulation.

Therefore, Yin Feng said helplessly: "In the future, anyone who only verbally opposes me and the company should be given a warning, and no more arrests are allowed."

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "We caught a few fishermen and merchant sailors who reported to the Fujian government. According to their account, there are still people in the company who secretly handed them secret letters to Wuyu Water Village, but every time This time, this person went to the meeting at night, and he always covered his face, so they didn't know who this person was. Since this person always handed over letters, he must be a scholar who can read and write, so we Investigations are being carried out among the book offices, clerks, accountants, etc. of the technical school and the company headquarters,"

Yin Feng nodded and said, "Be careful not to startle the snake. In the future, the investigation department of the company's security department will be mainly responsible for the supervision and investigation of personnel within the company, focusing on corruption and abuse of power by company personnel." He turned to Zeng Jingshan: " Brother, I have to trouble you to go back to Manila. You can take over the security department of the Luzon branch. Let Chen Zhongji be the head of the military supervision department. Let Li Mo go back to Taiwan. Stop the surveillance of Li Dan, the guards The Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Department of Military Supervision have all stopped arresting the company's internal personnel, and in the future the arrest of the company's internal personnel must be reported to me in advance,"

As soon as Yin Feng and others left, Lin Xiao called over the staff of the Security Department who were organizing the release of the prisoners, and ordered: "These scholars who speak ill of the captain behind their backs are not allowed to be released, and they are all handed over to Brother Lu. , Let them go to the farm to do hard labor. Our captain is famously kind-hearted, and he can even tolerate these people who slander him. Ha, as subordinates, we have to help him deal with these troubles... Remember, this matter has to be done. Do it secretly, don't let the captain know, understand,..."

The time for collective petitions at the headquarters of China United Company and Yin Feng's house has subsided for the time being, and it was finally resolved in a relatively timely manner. Not many people know about it, and the Fujian government has not yet received any news.

Some adjustments within the company are inevitable. Lin Xiao's power has not been reduced on the surface, but Yin Feng must agree to everything that involves arresting people. Moreover, Zeng Rui's Guard Supervision Department has taken over the former Security Department to supervise the army. The power of personnel, in fact, Lin Xiao's power has been reduced.

On this day, Yin Feng personally rushed to the pier to meet a merchant ship. The ship was not loaded with wealthy businessmen or high-ranking officials, but horses.

This is the dozens of Arabian horses and several Portuguese horse breeders that Yin Feng got from the Portuguese through Bernardo's relationship. In the last battle of Manila, the Chinese army lacked three troops during the battle. Coordination, unable to contact in time, an important reason is that there is no cavalry that can quickly contact news. There are many southwest horses, mules, and donkeys that pull carts on Taiwan Island, but there are no horses that can ride. To adapt to large-scale maneuvering, battlefield intelligence reconnaissance, and intelligence concealment, cavalry is a must.

Yin Feng asked Chen Di, who had fought against the Mongols in the north; what kind of horses are suitable for riding in Taiwan, but the answer disappointed Yin Feng. Basically, the horses produced in southern China that are suitable for warm climates are not suitable for riding. Generally speaking, China's horse breeds are small in size, resistant to rough feeding, and have a large base. This is suitable for the current situation of China's large population, but selective breeding is always a weak point. The breeding of horse breeds in China (including the northern nomads) is quite random, lacks science and planning, and has never established a pedigree, resulting in the loss of the genes of many good horses, especially because China is based on agriculture, and the demand for the type of horses Most of the horses used by the cavalry are pull and ride, and there are very few real riding types. How can horses driving carts fight against nomadic cavalry? Due to the closed geographical location, Chinese horses This kind of horse has been closed for a long time, and the inflow of external blood is very small. The "sweat and blood BMW" brought by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty during the thousand-mile expedition is the Akhal and Tacoma of later generations in Central Asia. The horse breed, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hoped to improve the cavalry horses, but unfortunately, because the heredity of the long-term closed Mongolian horse line was too stable, this kind of good horse had no impact on the Chinese horse breed.

There are also a few Japanese horses brought by Japanese merchants on Taiwan Island. The horse breeds are very inferior. Yin Feng checked his manuscripts and found out that Japanese horses in this era are very bad. After breeding a large number of Anglo, Arabian and other horse breeds, it was only during the War of Resistance Against Japan that the Chinese saw the "Oriental Dama" of the Japanese devils.

It must be a riding horse breed with endurance to be an authentic cavalry horse. European horses such as English purebreds are beautiful, but they can only be used for racing and breeding, and this kind of horse has not yet appeared in this era. Mongolian horses have good endurance , but not suitable for the subtropical climate of Taiwan; the Arabian horse is the real number one war horse in the world, and has strong climate adaptability, and can fight in tropical and cold regions; The mount of the Ke cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry of Hulagu swept Central and Western Asia in a storm, but was defeated in Syria and lost the opportunity to enter Africa. To a certain extent, it was lost on the mount. The more famous one is the Don horse, which is fierce The horses of Cossack cavalry have inherited the hard work of Mongolian horses, the amazing endurance of Akha and Take horses (sweat-blooded horses), the strong muscles and bones of British purebreds, and the agility and agility of Kabajin horses (excellent mountain horses of the Caucasus). , tall and handsome in appearance, although it is slightly flawed in shape by Western European standards, it has to be admitted that its hard work and long-distance running ability are very good, and it is difficult to match. This is often the most practical cavalry. The horse standard, but the Don River horse is not suitable for combat in the southern wetlands.

Yin Feng spared no expense to buy these high-quality Arabian horses from Goa, and planned to train himself a cavalry team with the hired Portuguese horsemen.

When Yin Feng, who loved tall horses, couldn't put it down, the forts on the north and south sides of the harbor sounded warning cannons.

"Boom," the hollow cannon sound echoed over Taiwan Harbor, and all the busy people involuntarily stopped their work and looked up to the mouth of the bay to the west, where the patrolling ships of the war fleet had already sailed there.

Yin Feng patted Lin Yue who was staring at the horse in a daze: "Don't look at the horse, quickly take the horse to the barracks and take good care of it,"

When these precious horses were safely transferred from the dock area, Yin Feng was relieved. At this time, the messengers from the two forts in the north and the south had rushed to report. It turned out that there was a Japanese fleet with the flag of Japan and the mark of the shogunate red ship. Altogether, there were a total of ten Western-style Japanese ships, armed with cannons, etc., so the fort issued a warning.

To be honest, since the Chinese company seized the Keelung and Tamsui areas in northern Taiwan from the Satsuma samurai a few years ago, it has been in a state of neither war nor peace with the Japanese. In the port of Manila, several Japanese ships trying to escape Sunk by the naval warship of the Chinese company, the Japanese town of Manila was burned, killed and looted by the foreign mercenaries of the Chinese company, the Chinese company of Siam and the Japanese businessmen of the Japanese town robbed business... All these things, Yin Feng faced the Japanese Human time has always been unceremonious. He has grasped the pulse of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate does not have Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambitions. Now it is busy stabilizing the ruling order in Japan, and has no intention of expanding overseas. The developed Satsuma clan is nothing to be afraid of with only the power of a clan, and the Chinese company is fully capable of fighting against it.

The patrolling warships of the war fleet intercepted the Japanese fleet, and soon, a clipper brought news: this fleet was sent by the Shimadzu family, the lord of the Satsuma domain, and there was another ship sent by Date Masamune, the lord of the Sendai domain. The merchant ship was led by Yuki Kawayama, a retainer of the Shimadzu family. They claimed to be envoys who came to negotiate with the Chinese company.