The pragmatic life of Annan's "Emperor Taishang" was not easy at all, and since his term of office as the imperial governor of Guangxi was less than five months left, his time in Annan was even more intense.

He himself estimated that at most, he could stay in Annan for another two months, and he would have to return to Guangxi at the last time—he still had to do his job as a patrolman, but he couldn't ignore it.

Although the Guangxi side is now in line with the principle of "patrolling everywhere", some of the personnel of the procuratorate have been urgently sent to Thang Long, and some official documents that need to be approved and adjudicated by the imperial history are also sent directly to Thang Long without saying a word, but after all, Annam has been "independent" for so many years, and the post road system built during the Yongle period has long been gone.

It's easy to understand, but why isn't it safe?

Readers with a good memory probably remember that when Gao Jing's fleet set out for the southern expedition before, Gao Jing had a conversation with Boss Hu and Boss Li on the Xinzheng, and mentioned the problem of piracy near Halong Bay.

With the replacement of Mo's real power by Jinghua Group, the Anbang Xuanfu Division has now become the territory actually controlled by Huang Zhiting, and to the south of the Ganghe River is the Haiyang Xuanfu Division, which is directly controlled by Gao Shishi Jinghua.

As a result, the pirates in Ha Long Bay, whose nest is located in the northern part of the mouth of the Ganghe River, cannot sit still.

Originally, they had a "tacit understanding" with the local officials of the Mo Dynasty: because of the complex hydrological and geographical situation in Halong Bay, and the number of islands, the Mo navy had to maintain pressure on the Zheng family, so they did not have time to fight these pirates to the death, so they let them establish a pirate paradise here.

But Jinghua is different, because of the high pragmatic attention, Jinghua's consistent attitude towards pirates is extremely clear "those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish" - you can surrender to sincerity, I will strictly rectify and adapt, basically still give you a way to live; But if you want to continue to dominate my Jinghua waterway, you must first ask me if the cannon giant ship of Jinghua agrees!

The pirates of Annam, in terms of strength, are certainly not as good as the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, and they are so bold that they dare to fight Spain across the seas, but near Halong Bay, they still have a certain confidence - the geographical advantages of this place are too obvious, and the big ships and huge cannons drill in, which is not only inconvenient to mobilize, but also easy to be dizzy.

You know, this place is known as one of the "New Seven Natural Wonders of the World" in later generations, in this sea area of only about 1,500 square kilometers, there are more than 3,000 rocky islands and earth islands.

And the pirates here, as long as they attack a little east from Halong Bay, can cut off the shipping channel from Qinzhou to Haiphong or the mouth of the Red River, and even the shipping channel from Guangzhou can be blocked.

This is too disgusting, Gao Pragmatic felt like a fish in his throat, and had already ordered Gao Jing to find a way to solve this trouble.

However, Gao Pragmatic also knew that if he tried to find a way, Jinghua, as a profit-making business group, could not engage in any "at all costs" in its fleet operations, which was a precursor to death.

Therefore, if Gao Jing is not more than ninety percent sure, it is estimated that he would rather not move than move blindly, otherwise if the loss is too great, he will not be able to keep this position.

The pirates in Ha Long Bay were like a fish in the throat, which made Gao pragmatic very unhappy, but he soon received good news from another place, compared to the entanglement in Ha Long Bay, that place was as happy as "pulling out thorns".

The combined fleet of Jinghua and maritime merchants in Quanzhou's private port defeated the alliance of more than ten pirates near the Fujian Sea in one fell swoop!

Gao Sitang, the director of the private port, made it clear that in this battle, the Quanzhou Combined Fleet destroyed and captured a total of 132 pirate ships, 4,267 pirates, 1,493 women, and 1,375 old and young.

On its own side, it lost a total of 39 seagoing vessels, including five of Jinghua's standard armed transport ships.

Gao Sitang said euphemistically, suggesting that the losses of the maritime merchants in Fujian Province be subsidized as appropriate, after all, they would suffer heavy losses if they followed Jinghua Zhendao Zhenqiang and the pirates to fight.

Of course, discretionary subsidies can be considered, and even must be seriously considered, because this is a problem of "status in the rivers and lakes", if you follow your Jinghua out to find pirates to start a war, and after the fight, you Jinghua will ignore it, as long as this kind of thing happens once, it is estimated that it will be disheartened all of a sudden?

When people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team. If there is a similar thing in the future, Jinghua still wants to pull people out to cut people together, and people will only agree if they are stupid! Even if you don't dare not go because of the prestige of Jinghua, when you are about to fight, you will inevitably procrastinate, and if you can hide, you will hide, and if you don't want to escape, the impact will be bad.

However, when it comes to subsidies, Gao Pragmatic doesn't dare to spend a lot of money now, because now there are so many more points that need to be spent all of a sudden, and he can't help but consider the problem of "cash flow", so in the end he gave "a cash subsidy of half of the discount on the value of his lost ships", plus a series of preferential policies.

These preferential policies include "interest-free loans for the construction of new ships", "priority for the construction of Jinghua Shipyard", "priority for the selection of high-quality timber in Guangxi at cost price", and "port tax exemption for three years at Quanzhou Port".

Of course, the exemption from port tax is linked to the loss of ships, for example, if a boss goes out with the Jinghua fleet on three ships and loses one, that is, he has the privilege of exempting a ship from port tax for three years, and not all the ships of the boss are exempted.

At the same time, however, this exemption was not calculated until after the construction of the new ship was completed and put into service.

As for some preferential treatments, such as the right of first refusal of Jinghua Group's various goods, etc., I will not list them one by one.

All in all, although Gao Pragmatism only subsidizes half of the cost of ship loss, these discounts add up to a higher actual value for maritime merchants, and Gao Pragmatism can also avoid throwing too much cash into it at one time, which can be regarded as a win-win situation.

And what made Gao pragmatic more satisfied in this battle was not only that he almost wiped out the vicinity of the Minhai Sea, which had never been calm, but that Gao Sitang got sweet potatoes and corn in the pirate's lair.

This credit alone is worth all the losses!

After Gao Shishi, who received the good news, saw this sentence at that time, Huo Ran got up, patted the table and praised loudly: "Good, good, good!" Gao Sitang should be rewarded, and he should be rewarded! ”

Then he wrote a handwritten reply, first praising Gao Sitang and the Quanzhou fleet and the Quanzhou maritime merchants, and then emphasizing once again that the seeds of these two crops must be properly kept and immediately selected for trial planting.

Gao pragmatic also took the trouble to explain to Gao Sitang, such as the trial planting method, must be divided into a variety of ways, do not use the same way to plant, not only to avoid all at once to die, but also according to different planting methods to see which way is the most suitable, and so on.

In the end, although Gao Sitang himself was embarrassed to say, Gao Pragmatic was very "on the road", renamed Gao Sitang "Gao Qi" in the letter, and said that he would report it within Jinghua.

In addition, Gao Pragmatic also ordered Gao Sitang - well, it's time to call Gao Qi - immediately arrange ships and send a batch to Annan.

It's hard to say whether the promotion of these things in Daming is fast or not, but the promotion in Annan must be fast, because Annan is his pragmatic decision!

If there is any regret about Gao Pragmatism this time, it is probably that the three high-yield crops are still short of potatoes. This is indeed a pity, because although the knowledge of highly pragmatic agriculture is much worse than that in other aspects, he remembers one thing very clearly: Tsarist Russia once vigorously promoted potato cultivation, and there was even a very common punishment for a certain period of time - distributing Siberian potatoes.

It can be seen that potatoes must be hardy and high-yielding crops, and the most serious harm in Daming's Xiaoice period is the north, and this thing is needed now!

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