Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng walked out of the meeting place of the shareholders' meeting, and all the people gathered on both sides of the aisle to salute him, and some knelt down to worship him.

In the past year, the Chinese company has experienced several crises, and finally escaped danger.The more than one hundred merchant ships sent overseas by the company have brought huge profits to all shareholders; the company also has thousands of employees and more than ten thousand laborers, and has opened a number of schools such as seamen's schools, escort military schools, and enlightenment primary schools; at the same time , the company also bought a large amount of land from the aborigines in the surrounding areas, owning thousands of acres of fertile fields.

At the company's first general meeting of shareholders, all shareholders had a very novel experience.As a nascent organizational form, since the China United Company was funded by everyone, of course everyone has the right to speak, and the size of the right to speak is based on the number of shares.Yin Feng tried to promote the form of democratic voting, as many shares as there are voices, this concept is easily accepted by all shareholders.It is not the original intention of "democracy" to measure power with money, but Yin Feng does not want to engage in any democratic experiment, which is an unrealistic fantasy; The concept of being able to speak freely at any time is first deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

At the general meeting of shareholders, there are items such as reviewing financial reports, discussing personnel arrangements, and planning next year's business arrangements. Basically, Yin Feng, Zeng Jingshan and others are in the same room.The surrounding shareholders looked at them curiously and amusedly, and no one spoke, interrupted or asked questions.Yin Feng repeatedly reminded them that they have the right to question and review all activities of the company's board of directors.However, adhering to the traditional culture, everyone would rather ask in private rather than embarrass the directors in person, and would not show up in public. Therefore, no one took the initiative to use the shareholders' rights that Yin Feng announced in advance.When the business plan for next year was finally voted on, someone finally stood up to speak, and it was An Heping, who represented the collective interests of Manila Christians, who stood up.

An Heping is the director of the company's infrastructure department and a veteran of the company.He was still a little apprehensive, and questioned Yin Feng, the company’s big boss and savior face-to-face, which made him very embarrassed: “Boss, I just, just want to ask; next year’s trade embargo against Manila will still be carried out?”

Yin Feng stood up and said sternly: "The trade embargo against the Ganla people in Luzon is the unchanging policy of the China United Company. We will never have any relations with the Ganla people until the grievances of the unjustly killed by us Chinese are not cleared up." People do business for a penny.”

Speaking of this, he looked around and said with a sneer: "I know, some shareholders here have sent their buddies and accountants to hold meetings instead of them. I hope everyone can tell each other that Zhonghua Company does not do business with related people. We Any merchants from Ming Dynasty are also not allowed to do business with Greeks. Especially the folks who are shareholders, within June of next year, anyone who conducts business with Greeks without permission will be canceled and confiscated if I find out. All dividends and allotted shares.”

Among the shareholder crowd, many people's faces became a little stiff, and their hearts beat a small drum.

An Heping plucked up his courage and asked again: "Da Dong, what should we do if the imperial court issues an edict to allow merchants to trade in Luzon?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a commotion in the crowd, and there were many discussions.Yin Feng patted the table with a "snap!", and the discussion stopped abruptly. After all, Yin Feng's prestige is unmatched here: "That's a good question! It is indeed possible that the imperial court will ignore our businessmen in Fujian province. petition to appease the evil deeds of the Guanla people. Then, I will stress it here again: No matter what the court says, our company will never do business with the Guanla people anyway. Of course, I have nothing to do with other businesses, even if they are going to The road in Manila was robbed by pirates, and I will not care about it!"

Yin Feng's last sentence made some people laugh out loud. At this moment, two members of the guard team hurried into the venue, ran straight to Yin Feng's side, and reported something in a low voice.Yin Feng's expression changed, and the recruitment called Zeng Jingshan, Han Ping, Li Yue and others over, and said a few words in a low voice.

The shareholders who were in the meeting were discussing a lot, and Yin Feng suddenly announced loudly: "Dear shareholders, folks and elders, the people from our company who went to explore coal mines in Jilong Danshui area were killed by the Japanese!"

Boom, as if firecrackers were set off in the meeting place, the shareholders burst out in exclamation, and then discussed and questioned chaotically.Some people are asking: "What's going on, are they Japanese pirates?"

"Where is the fresh water in the chicken coop?"

"It's about 15 days' journey from us to the north coast of Taiwan Island."

"Isn't the north all the land of the natives?"

The shareholders' meeting was interrupted temporarily, and Yin Feng walked out of the headquarters with his personal guards and headed for the camp of the guards.

As a freak beyond the times, Zhonghua Company is destined not to live in peace.

On the historical trajectory that has not been changed by Yin Feng, after 30 years of Wanli, a large number of Japanese lived in Taiwan.The Japanese called Taiwan the "Gaosha Country". Many Japanese mined gold in Duo Laman, or lived in Xiaoliuqiu. Japanese pirates also used Yaogang as a resting place.

Today, the Chunghwa United Corporation has occupied the southern part of Taiwan from Hong Kong to Anping in a short period of time—the so-called "Taiwan Port" area, and engaged in various development activities, basically pushing the Japanese out of Taiwan.In addition to the early residents of the Pirate Village in Mogang, there are only a few dozen Japanese living around Taiwan Port, mainly businessmen who came to Taiwan to buy native buckskins, and Japanese silk merchants who used Taiwan Port as a entrepot trade base.Japanese merchant ships brought Japanese swords, folding fans, sulfur, copper, lacquerware, etc., while those exported from Taiwan port were silk, cloth, ceramics, silver, and copper coins.

A businessman from Nagasaki, Japan came to meet Yin Feng and asked to build a Japanese-inhabited area—Nihoncho-cho in Taiwan City controlled by the Chinese company.Yin Feng almost instinctively refused. The other directors and shareholders of the company basically fought against the Japanese in Nihoncho, Manila during the Battle of Manila. Appeared under his nose.

Yin Feng vaguely remembers that there are coal mines and sulfur in the Taipei area, and chicken coops and fresh water are also important throats for Taiwan Island.In another time and space, the Spaniards once occupied it.In this time and space.Of course Yin Feng would not allow such a thing to happen again.So not long ago, he sent two small sailboats to go north along the western coast of Taiwan, to the Taipei area in another time and space, to look for coal mines, survey the terrain, and make friends with the local aborigines.

Around the chicken coop and Danshui, it can be roughly divided into three areas: the Tamsui River Basin, the northeast corner of the chicken coop and the Lanyang Plain.The indigenous people in the Tamsui River Basin mainly include Pulauan, Quimazon, Senar, Pantao, Quipatao, Lichoco ), etc.; the indigenous people in the northeast corner of the chicken coop mainly include St. Jago and Quimaury; Cabaran) et al.

In these indigenous villages, many Han people have long settled down, or engaged in hunting, or buying animal skins, or looking for gold, burnt lime, etc.There are Han people in almost every village and community. In general, the aborigines are very friendly to the Han people and rely heavily on them, taking the Han people as messengers to communicate with the outside world.

The exploration team consisted of more than 20 old miners from western Fujian. They worked in chicken coops and fresh water for more than a month. When they approached Duolaman, an indigenous village on the Lanyang Plain on the northeast coast of Taiwan Island, they met with A large number of Japanese who were being burned and killed encountered, and more than ten people were killed on the spot, including a blacksmith who returned from Manila.

The rest of the staff of the Zhonghua Company fled. With the help of the aborigines from San Diao Society, they escaped from the Chicken Coop area, boarded a boat in Danshui, and returned overnight to Taiwan Port to report.According to reports, this group of Japanese people numbered three to four hundred, possessed many firearms, and were well organized. It should not be some spontaneous and sporadic Japanese adventurers, but an organized invasion.

On the way to the barracks, Yin Feng thought of the original plan to open the land passage to the north, and sent someone to call over Li Yue, who was in charge of industrial production, and An Heping, who was in charge of construction.At present, in Taiwan, only the southern part of the island has been developed by the Chinese company. Most of the land passages from the south to Jilong Danshui are undeveloped virgin forests and swamps. The river divides.

The four major communities of the Siraya people, Xingang, Xiaolong, Madou and Mujialiuwan, are the largest indigenous villages around Taiwan.Among them, Xingang Community is the most friendly to China United Company, because this village community is the weakest, with only about 400 strong men, and is often harassed by Madou and Mujialiuwan community members. The strength of the Han people was to deal with the Madou and Mujialiuwan people, so they were very friendly to Yin Feng's people and helped the Han people build houses in their villages for the Han people to live in.Madou and Mujialiuwan are the largest villages in the north of Dayuan. There are about 3000 strong men in the two communities. They are the most independent and rebellious villages. However, the Chinese company has established a good relationship with them through trade. , Bought a large piece of land from them to build a farm.Recently, Madou Society's attitude towards Zhonghua Company has become worse and worse, and conflicts near Tuntian Manor have suddenly increased.Why Madou Club's attitude suddenly changed is also unknown.

Going further north from the area where the Madou Club is located, the Huwei Long Club of the aboriginal people is located 7 miles north of Yaogang, and it is a very large village. It covers the plain from the south of Dadu River in Taichung to the north of Dazhuoshui River.Hunting and fishing are one of the important ways for the Huwei Longshe to survive. Before the arrival of the Chinese company, they had already started exchanging deerskins and other daily necessities with the Han people.

As long as the trade between Chinese companies and the surrounding Pingpu people is the trade of deerskin, preserved deer and fish, it is actually the main business activity of early Han immigrants in Taiwan.The Japanese were also involved in this kind of trade activities. Since the Chinese United Company was established in the southern part of Taiwan Island, the power of the Han people was too strong. Japan mainly used the Duo La Man Society in the northern part of Taiwan Island as its base to operate in various parts of Taiwan.

From Huwei Longshe to the north is the ruled area of ​​the legendary Dadu Fan King. From the north of Huwei Longshe (now Changhua) to Danshui, there are 22 villages, of which 18 villages are controlled by Dadu Fan. Ruled by the king.There are not many Han Chinese living there, so in the records of the Zhonghua Company, the geographical environment and economic conditions in that area are almost blank.

Yin Feng held an impromptu meeting in the guard camp, which opened the prelude to the conquest of all of Taiwan.The current organization of the guard has changed. The overall structure is still Shi-team-sentry-battalion, with 10 people, one chief and one deputy; three Shi teams, one captain and one deputy, and 35 soldiers under their jurisdiction; The 3rd team is sentry, the post leader has one officer and two officers, and has jurisdiction over 120 soldiers; the five sentries are a battalion, and the battalion commander has one officer and two officers, and has jurisdiction over 600 soldiers.The total number of infantry in the escort is still 1200, but there is an extra team of professional artillery, and three 4-pound guns are issued.

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