Chapter 61 Pirates
Java Island, although Han people still account for less than one percent of the 20 to 3 million people on the island, the name of this island has been called Tangmin Island since the second year of Wanli.
Since the Nanyang Minister established a governor here, it has become an overseas enclave of the Ming Dynasty and enjoys the advantage of the Malacca Strait. Although the leaders of the tribes on the island continued to fight after Lin Afeng left, and even more severely fighting after the Ming Dynasty's firearms flowed in, this still cannot hinder the gradual prosperity of this place and the formation of its unique offshore commercial culture.
The westernmost section of the island is close to Sumatra, which was called the "Golden State" in this era, is called Phoenix City. The Tucheng artillery tower is Lin Feng's usual domineering handwriting.
Even if the city guards in front of the door, holding spears and carrying bird guns, put on the blue cloth rivet armor of the guards and wore the helmet of the word "Host" on their heads, they could not hide their pirate temperament.
This island was fought from east to west after Lin Afeng was ordered by Chen Mu, and once became the largest pirate island in the world. Even if Lin Daogan took over the position of governor of Tangmin Island, Lin Daogan was also a pirate.
And he is also the pirate governor.
Yin Zhengmao was holding the breastplate of the general produced in Nanyang on his chest, and his arm tied under his iron arm was pressed on the hilt of the sword at his waist. He did not order the navy to land, nor did he get off the ship and enter the seemingly declining and undescendant Tucheng.
Guangxi, the flagship of the Western Fleet, was moored in the shallow sea outside Fenghuang Port. This newly built two thousand-item warship in Nanyang Guard shipyard has a half bow than the Liuding Liujia, and a large number of heavy artillery artillery were built on the three-layer artillery deck.
This flagship of the Atlantic Minister was originally scheduled to be the best 2,500 heavy artillery warship that the Nanyang Guard could build was to be transferred to the South Ocean Minister's flagship to replace Chihai to replenish maritime power. Yin Zhengmao asked Gao Gong to fill the Western fleet. He should have been launched four months ago, but the owner Yin Zhengmao ordered the ship to be rectified and the five hundred materials were cut off to make it look like now.
Because Yin Zhengmao heard from somewhere that Nanyang Wei Shipyard took over the mission of manufacturing the Wanli and Nantang ships, of which Nantang ships were 2,000 materials and Wanli ships were 2,500 materials, so...even so, this is still a rare sea beast.
At this moment, Yin Zhengmao was watching Lin Dao, the governor of Tangmin Island, take a long sword and say that the small boat slowly rows from the harbor to the big ship. The general Zhang Yuanxun handed the telescope to Yin Zhengmao and said, "Mr. Yin, his face is like eating shit, Lin Afeng probably hasn't come back."
Zhang Yuanxun was not a villain either. He became a scholar at the age of fifteen. At the age of sixteen, his father, Haimenguard officer Zhang Kai, was killed by his family. At the age of seventeen, he attacked Haimenguard Baihu. Since then, he fought against the Japanese to avenge his father and turned to the coast of two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. When guarding Fujian, the official army and Zeng Yiben were defeated repeatedly. He volunteered to win six battles, burned down and sink 300 enemy ships, and then followed Yin Zhengmao to use troops to Guangxi.
Now it is time to retire after success. When Yin Zhengmao was appointed as the Western Minister, he transferred the generals from Guangdong and Guangxi to the West to conquer the Western Conference.
As for Lin Daogan... it was difficult for him not to "face like eating shit". When dealing with these officials of the court, Chen Mu and his team barely refused to make him afraid and worry.
But apart from Chen Mu and his team, whether it is Yin Zhengmao, who was in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, or Zhang Yuanxun, who was both an enemy and a friendship between him in Fujian, it is best for Lin Daogan to miss him. It is best to write a letter whenever he has something to do. But now, due to his official position, he has to see him. How can he be happy about his face?
These people don’t know when they will take their lives!
The artillery from several artillery towers in Phoenix City was aimed at the Guangxi ships.
"I don't know if he dares to come back!"
The old Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, whose face was already cold and cold, suddenly widened his eyes, took a few deep breaths before he calmed down slightly. Seeing that Lin Daogan had arrived under the ship, he said in a deep voice: "Catch Governor Tang Min up."
After saying that, he raised his legs to the bow of the ship and picked up Lin Afeng, his mood still surging.
"Secretary Lin Daogan, pay homage to the Western Duke Yin!" Lin Daogan lost his bad face after getting on board. He bowed and said, "The military academy has come from afar, why not enter the city for a rest? The office has prepared a banquet. Although the poor land is dull, it is better than wandering on the sea. It can also be comforted by the failure to meet the general's fault."
"If you are hypocritical and polite, please spare me. Governor Lin, isn't it uncomfortable to drink with me?" Yin Zhengmao shrugged and sneered, waved his hand and said, "Lin Afeng, haven't you entered Phoenix Port since March?"
Hearing this, Lin Daogan's heart suddenly felt relieved! These plague gods were not here to find him!
"No, the last time Chief Lin came back was in January. He repaired warships at the port, purchased a large amount of food, grass and weapons, and set off to go west." Lin Daogan said, then he dared to look up at Yin Zhengmao's expression and said, "Where did Chief Lin anger Yin Gong? When he left, he said that it was because the Western Military Palace came to Malacca and was worried that he would get into trouble and leave from the Lion Kingdom... He didn't leave?"
"It's better if you haven't left!"
Yin Zhengmao mentioned that Lin Feng was not angry, but he was unwilling to explain in detail to Lin Daogan.
In the past six months, Chen Mu has been preparing for military training in the north, and he has not been idle in Malacca because he has his ready-made subordinates in Guangdong and Guangxi, and it is easier to mobilize troops than in the north. The difficulty in Western affairs is that he has no understanding of the matter west of Malacca, so he has been arranging strategies.
Speaking of the second difficulty, it is even more difficult. The East and West Oceans are actually using the extra effort of the South Ocean to form a team. Chen Mu relies on the benefits of the Beijing Movement and the Beiyang Yamen to establish a new establishment, and has financial resources. The Western Yin Zhengmao took advantage of the power of Nanyang to make weapons, ships, cannons, and soldiers, but he had no money.
Before going abroad, he thought that 200,000 taels were quite large, but once the Western Military Palace was established, it was money everywhere. The taxes in Malacca were also in Gaogong, Nanyang. He could not eat the meat that had been put into the pot, so he could only save money.
Therefore, Yin Zhengmao's strategy was to form a triangular trade with Malacca, Lion Kingdom and Myanmar. From the Lion Kingdom, he purchased the gems it produced in a large amount of food to Myanmar. Two trade routes were sent to Malacca and sent to the Central Government to become silver. It was a good thing to provide greater development for the Western Military Administration. If the Western Military Administration's financial resources were solved, the Central Government could also get more food.
But this matter was ruined by Lin Afeng.
Before Lin Afeng left the Lion Kingdom, she used some means to take away nearly 70% of the gems in the country, and she didn't give any money. He said that the Western ministers from the court would come to give money later, and the Lion King really believed it!
There is also the Alagan country next to Myanmar. The navy originally hired a Portuguese and had the power to make Mang Yinglong afraid of the past. As a result, before Lin Afenglin left this sea area, their fleet was robbed by sea ships with the word "Lin" sails. The pirates rushed to the land to plunder more than 2,000 local people and burned three coastal ports.
The Portuguese thought that the Ming Dynasty went to war with them, and Goa detained Ming merchants and rectified their troops and waited for war.
The situation was messed up by him, but Lin Afeng disappeared.
Yin Zhengmao doesn’t have to do anything, just wipe Lin Afeng’s butt!
"I'm not only asking you for this matter, but I don't have the talents under my command who deal with Portuguese. Please go to Goa and let them release the merchants." When talking about this, Yin Zhengmao was extremely helpless and said, "They don't believe that Lin Afeng is a pirate."
"Explain it to them clearly, that's just pirates, not the official army. If I hadn't been the responsibility of the imperial court to explore the West, I really wanted the fleet to go over and let them know the difference between the Ming army and the pirates."
Chapter completed!