Therefore, the eastward invasion of Western colonialism led to a series of changes, such as changes in shipping routes and trade objects, so the overseas transportation industry of Quanzhou Port declined.

The maritime ban policy has caused the greatest damage to the overseas trade undertakings of Quanzhou Port. Successive rulers before the Ming Dynasty had always adopted a policy of "opening" overseas transportation and trade. During the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, foreign merchants who came to trade in China were more welcome and protected. They are respected, cared for and facilitated for their business activities, residences, customs and religious beliefs.

However, after the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it generally adopted the policy of "prohibition", on the one hand, it was not allowed to go to the sea without permission, and on the other hand, it restricted the tributary trade, which greatly restricted the development of Quanzhou's overseas transportation, making Quanzhou Port from a world trade port to a local port.

Liu Pei's fleet was close to the waters of Quanzhou, and the number of ships at sea had increased significantly. But when they saw the black-bottomed skull flag fluttering on Liu Pei's boat, they all obediently got out of the way, lowered the sails and stopped there, waiting for Liu Pei to board the ship and ransack.

To their surprise, Liu Pei's large fleet of more than a dozen ships actually ignored them. Drove straight past them! When Liu Pei's ship sailed far away, the sailors on the ship hoisted their sails with a surprised face and left here far away.

They knew that the Red-Eyed Dragon King must have gone to trouble the Quanzhou Sailor, because the Quanzhou Sailor had publicized the news of attacking the Red-Eyed Dragon King all over the world, and even these sailors knew about it. How could the red-eyed dragon king not know?

The flotilla controlled the time and approached the shore when it was dark. The place where Liu Pei chose to land was not far from Quanzhou, about an hour away. Another reason why Liu Pei landed here is that there is a small village of about 200 households in front of it.

The Marines landed in small boats at night and quietly surrounded the village. Due to the relatively prosperous economy in the south, many families in the village have dogs. So as soon as they approached the small village, the dogs in the village barked.

A dog barked, and soon the whole village called me. The soldiers knew they were exposed. The barking of dogs quickly catches the attention of the villagers, so there is not much time left for them. scholar

The soldiers couldn't help but quicken their pace.

By the time they surrounded the small village, many of the villagers had already risen alertly. After all, it has not been many years since the rebellion subsided.

The first group of villagers who went out to watch the color saw the flash of their weapons in the dark night, and they were so frightened that they couldn't help but shout: "Run!" The Woko are coming! ”

The sound spread, and the whole village boiled! There are those who cry, those who scream, those who try to hide, those who try to escape, but those who do not try to resist! It has to be said that the education of those corrupt people is effective. They succeeded in training the people under their rule into grass people who were powerless to resist.

So the Marines easily advanced step by step, driving the villagers to gather in the center of the village. Occasionally, a few dared to resist, but they were quickly smashed to the ground by the butt of the gun. However, the soldiers did not kill people, but they did not do anything when they beat people honestly. He then dragged the people up from the ground and continued to drive them to the center of the village.

Liu Pei listened to the cries of the people in the village, and he couldn't bear it. But he needs the population too much. At this time, it is the population that fights the war. In particular, a strategy like Liu Pei's strategy of taking the route of modernizing the army has an even greater demand for the population.

His troops were not like nomads, who could draw bows and shoot arrows as long as they were humans, and used them as warriors. One of Liu Pei's warriors spent a sea of silver from head to toe! There must be enough people to produce food, pay taxes, and process supplies to feed an army.

And if Liu Pei wants to compete in the Central Plains, then this army is definitely not small! It is conceivable that he faced a team of hundreds of thousands of rogues, and unless he had heavy firepower, he could not be suppressed by platoon guns alone. Therefore, Liu Pei's army must be on scale. This meant that Liu Pei needed a large population base to support a sizable army.

The soldiers, who had been instructed in advance, were very badly wounded, but no one was seriously injured. Only a few of them were beaten in the head and bleeding, but it was only skin trauma.

The crooked reasoning that Liu Pei instilled in the staff officers was also instilled in the soldiers. The soldiers, of course, knew that the future of these civilians was assured. So they felt that the villagers' cries and rebellions were meaningless. place

After they had roughly counted the population of the village, they were escorted home by the soldiers to take out their meager possessions and march in line towards the convoy.

From this day on, they will live as slaves for a long time. But in a year or two, at most five years, they will get the land of their dreams! It's a pity that these people don't know the future now, so they can only cry and be escorted away along the way.

After sending off the villagers, the brigade gathered and marched in the direction of the Quanzhou Navy Division. They were ready to break and plunder the Quanzhou Navy Division's camp. However, Liu Pei's focus was on those shipbuilders and cannon casting craftsmen. They are the first target of Liu Pei's action.

Brigades of marines marched at night with torches. Compared to the north, the roads in the south are much better. Because this is an economic necessity. The economy of the South is much more active than that of the North. Therefore, the government is also willing to invest some money on the road to repair it. More crucially, there were more large gentry in the south. And building bridges and roads is one of the ways they do good deeds. So the night did not form an obstacle to their progress.

In the early hours of the morning, the team had reached the periphery of the Quanzhou Navy Division's camp. However, they only set up a cordon on the periphery of the Quanzhou camp. Most of the men surrounded the two small villages from a distance. According to the intelligence bureau, all the craftsmen and their families in the Quanzhou Naval Division camp lived in these two small villages. They worked in the camp during the day and came back at night to rest.

The encirclement is formed, and now everything is ready, only the sound of artillery is missing.

Not long after, the flotilla arrived outside the camp of the sailors. Not surprisingly, it was discovered by the watchtower of the water city. The flotilla began a massive shelling after waiting for the watchtower to sound a clear alarm!

This time, Liu Pei brought all the ships of the Second Fleet, so the artillery fire density was extremely high! After a big battle with Zheng Zhilong, the Second Fleet could no longer hide. Since you can't hide it, then just show your face and let everyone see how powerful he is!

As rows of artillery were fired, scorching shells smashed into the water city in an arc! The walls of the water city and the water gate were smashed, and sawdust was flying! The watchtower, which sounded the alarm, completely collapsed after the first round of shelling!