Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 416
Standing on the highest point of the fort on Dajiao Island, looking down majestically at the fleet for several miles, a sense of pretentiousness welled up in his chest, and Song Qingshu suddenly had the look of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Feel like the Black Pearl.

This time it’s really developed. I haven’t counted exactly how many people came to defect. Anyway, Liu Xiang and others were scattered back then, unbearable to be enslaved by the Dutch, and they didn’t want to defect to Zheng Zhilong’s old Taiwan Ministry. There are more than 9000, and there are more than 2000 strong men, and there are no less than [-] pirates from other tribes, and even several other maritime tribes from Zhejiang have come to defect.

This is ten thousand refined sailors!Especially those Dan people, who have been soaked in water since birth, they are regarded as lowly households, they are not allowed to study, farm, do business, and take imperial examinations. Thousands of years of discrimination have also trained these guys to be like water ghosts. A few days ago, Song Qingshu made a wish to get him three thousand sailors, but now, this is ten thousand!
And it's not just a matter of personnel. In the past three months, Shi Lang has not slept at sea. He has only gone to a series of remote islands and reefs near the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and pirate lairs. Many places are not on Zheng He's charts. As marked, these islands serve as ready-made supply points, safe havens, and freshwater supply points, relying on five ships of goods and rice for trade. There are more than 80 such island owners, Shi Lang, who have come.

The existence of these islands was even more precious than sailors, which saved Song Qingshu at least five years.

Moreover, Shi Lang's trip to Manila was not in vain. In addition to handing over the Spanish businessman, he also met a businessman from the Eagle Kingdom named William. At this time, the British Empire was entering India initially. The price is more than twice as expensive as in Daming, and it is still much cheaper than the European market. Moreover, porcelain is only available in Daming. Luxuries such as soap and perfume are very popular among Indian princes and nobles. This businessman named William is very good. Economically minded, he directly gave Shi Lang a collection of Indian clothing, and agreed that no matter how much Jiaduobao could produce, he would eat it!

The trade routes in India were extremely precious to Song Qingshu. In comparison, the 87 taels of silver Shi Lang brought back, as well as 60 million taels of black pepper and spices, were not so important.

After paying homage to Song Qingshu, the new leader, in the big dining hall of the Qihuo Army Fortress, entertained these guys to have a good meal with Nanjing specialties. Immediately, these island masters and cave masters also returned to their own fleets, preparing to return to the voyage. Song Qingshu, who was about to move, looked at the dilapidated fleet that looked like a school of sharks under his feet, and Song Qingshu was indescribably happy.

But these days, the role of a literati is to pour cold water on him. Just when Song Qingshu was happy, Zhang Huangyan, who had obviously come ashore after landing, walked over with a serious face.

"Marshal, don't get carried away! These guys have lived at sea for a long time, and they don't know the law of the king. They are free and loose. Most of them are still rushing to us to take advantage of our rich and powerful. Even He Bin and those old Taiwanese pirates who brought their families, I'm afraid I also kept a hand against the commander-in-chief, and he also has ulterior motives, and the thief's nature is hard to change, so we have to guard against it!"

"Don't worry, I don't expect them to be loyal. These bastards, as long as the price is enough, they can sell their wives and children! But as long as they are loyal to the silver, that's enough. In the whole of Ming Dynasty, except for Laozi, there is no one else. The second place can get such a large amount of low-priced goods, for the sake of profit, don't worry about them not rushing to fight for Lao Tzu."

"Then keep an eye on them!"

Even for a person like Zhang Huangyan, scholars still have a natural dislike and rejection of such lawless thieves. His thin and slender face looks like an old man, Zhang Huangyan said viciously again, listen Song Qingshu couldn't help laughing.

"That's right, then Cang Shui, just keep an eye on these thieves for me!"

"Okay, don't worry, Commander, the student must..., the student..., me?"

Halfway through the conversation, Zhang Huangyan came to his senses, pointing at the tip of his nose aggrievedly, and yelled in a very depressed voice, "Marshal, do you want me to take care of these water thieves? I'm a landlubber..."

Thinking about the big boat bumping up and down yesterday, Zhang Huangyan felt lingering fear, and quickly shook his head like a rattle and said: "Marshal, the student is not that material, and..."

"I have invested so much in the shipyard. You have seen that there are 2000 million taels of silver, and you will have to invest continuously in the future. You have to worry about losing your talents in the navy. You can rest assured that the scale of the navy will not be inferior to that of the land in the future. Master, and it may be even bigger!"

"No, students don't mean that..."

"Cangshui, I have a lot of talents under my command, but there are not many general talents on the general side. Mr. Boya is one, and you are the second! Nowadays, there are disasters and man-made disasters, famine is everywhere, and the economy is withering, and the tax land in the southeast is drying up. , the only way out in the future is at sea, and I have entrusted you with my most precious thing! Even if it’s not for this commander, for Jiangnan’s elders, for Daming, please help me!”

As he said that, Song Qingshu bowed straight down and looked at Zhang Huangyan as a fool. Don't look at him as a little famous in the south of the Yangtze River, but a young scholar who has just reached his twenties has no big background. Compared with Zhang Huangyan This kind of leader of the opposition party is far behind. Although he is neither humble nor overbearing on weekdays, but in terms of status, compared to a third-rank official like Song Qingshu, he is still a powerful and powerful party.

But now Song Qingshu is begging him, and in his words, he put his young talent in an extremely high position. The excited Zhang Huangyan quickly put Song Qingshu's arm in both hands and raised it upwards, and said in a panic: "Daddy!" Get up, handsome! Get up, handsome, this, this is really a bad student!"

"Then you agreed?"

"Students dare not obey orders!"

Seeing that this always calm guy looked messed up, Song Qingshu, who could be regarded as standing up straight, also showed a very proud smile on his cheeks. This time, Zhang Huangyan, a famous man in history The Great God tied to his chariot.

Now that he worshiped the dragon head, Song Qingshu couldn't be stingy, ordered the transfer of supplies from Songjiang, rewarded each leader with a few boxes of clothes, porcelain and silverware, and made an agreement with 83 pirate merchants who did not come to vote with the whole family , this Dajiao Island is the place for everyone to trade and contact. In the future, if these people want to do business in Nanyang, they can go here directly to buy from him Song Qingshu. If they want to sell something, they can also buy it here.

But the ugly words are also mentioned above, whether the goods they bring are stained with blood or not, Song Qingshu doesn't care, but whoever dares to touch the cargo ship of his Jiaduobao company, or the ships flying his flag, then don't blame him If he turns his face and doesn't recognize anyone, Zheng Zhilong will poke a few blood holes in the person and drag him behind the boat to feed the sharks, and he, Song, will do the same!

Fearing that they might not know each other, Song Qingshu also gave each of them a few additional flags with the logo of Jiaduobao’s red canned herbal tea and Song Qingshu’s sketch photo stickers, which were framed in the frame of the prototype. The sea fired three rounds of salvo. Seeing a large pile of dead fish with their belly turned upside down in the sea, those rebellious pirates were all in awe and awe. They all expressed that they would go and hang the portrait of the dragon head. After burning incense for three times, I was grateful, and then I left with the boat.

Although these guys left and were not directly recruited under his command, Song Qingshu's pride remained undiminished as he watched their sails go away.

How did the UK get up?With the power of the national navy, Britain is not an opponent of Spain and Portugal at all, but Queen Elizabeth I came up with a bad move to encourage the rise of pirates. The royal family and pirates shared the benefits of robbing Spanish treasure ships, and the Spanish Armada was furious. He went to London to teach England a lesson, but was taught how to be a man by the united navy and pirates. In the future, it forced all countries to follow suit, and the privateer certificate system appeared majestically.

Who is the biggest force on the sea in Southeast Asia today?Zheng Zhilong!Almost half of the ships floating on the ocean belonged to his family, even if the pigs had to be hunted for fat, with a place to deal with the stolen goods, Zheng Zhilong probably would have a headache when these gangsters and scumbag pirates went back.

Song Qingshu hasn't spent a penny yet!

But to lead a group of sharks, one has to have a strong waist, but Song Qingshu didn't call the pirate leaders of Shibazhi's old department immediately. Song Qingshu first called He Bin, Shi Lang, and Zhang Huangyan to the Jinjiang ship.

Although it is not as good as the Yangtze with its uniquely equipped three-story artillery deck, the servant is still very interested in this new large ship, and he followed Song Qingshu, swaying to the left, and looked again, He Bin, who had been a pirate all his life, was even more interested. Full of envy, he patted the cables and touched the mast from time to time, and followed Song Qingshu to the majestic bow. Song Qingshu suddenly turned around with a smile on his face.

"He Bin, what do you think of my boat?"

"Exciting! It's so fucking exciting! Marshal, why didn't you blow it, Holland, Yingyi, Franjiyi, and Zheng Zhilong's ship owner He has all boarded and fought, among which Franjiyi's warship It is the tallest and the strongest. Although the Hollanders are now powerful in Southeast Asia, their ships are not only fast, but they are really unbeatable. Zheng Zhilong fought Liu Xiang's Kinmen naval battle, and the Hollanders dispatched eleven large ships. Let Zheng Zhilong burn five of them with a fireboat, and if he didn't run fast, he would have kept them all."

"Marshal's ship must be stronger than the Dutchman's, and it should be on par with Manila's Franjibi warship!"

Listening to He Bin's comments, Song Qingshu felt quite fresh. What he said was similar to the information Song Qingshu got from the impressions of later generations. Nowadays, the proportion of shipbuilding in Western countries is pursuing an increasing proportion, with the Galen ship as the main The main ship type is to load more cannons and gunpowder. Spain is a veteran nautical power, and its warships can't even keep up with the British.

There is also a reason for the shipwreck in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a small country with a population of only 200 million in the golden age. If it competes for competitiveness, it will not be able to compete with such a big country as Spain, Britain and France. Therefore, the Dutch took a different approach and used a cheaper method to use balsa wood. Shipbuilding, and the deck is reduced to expand the belly of the ship, so that the ship is light, fast, large, and convenient for tax evasion. The disadvantage is that it is not strong.

However, relying on a large number of light ships that broke out in a short period of time, the Netherlands still rose for a century. At most, [-] ships were traveling all over the world, and they were called sea coachmen!
However, regardless of Britain, France, Holland, Spain and Portugal, no matter which country, there is no such potential as Ming Dynasty!As long as I am not defeated, relying on Liaodong, Sichuan, and Dabie Mountains, with a population of nearly 15 million, let alone [-] boats, [-] boats can be built. As long as I can overcome this difficulty, the future will definitely belong to Daming!
Nodding in satisfaction, Song Qingshu suddenly smiled and patted the horns of the towering decoration on the bow, and said with a smile on his face: "He Bin, you have done a great job for me this time, this boat is yours. !"

"Thank you..., what?"

Holding on to the boat, it was He Bin's turn to be stupid this time.

(End of this chapter)