Leaving the warehouse, Chen Zijian separated from several wives and went to the barracks.

Just now Zhang Wu sent someone over to ask for a meeting, and Chen Zijian was curious about what Zhang Wu was looking for him.

Didn't you play with pirates in the sea, what did you do when you came back?

During this time, I have to say that Zhang Wu has gained a lot.

The Europeans who traveled to and from the Ming Dynasty and the Ming people who went to the Nanyang region to do business, no matter what the route, would pass through the sea outside the eastern Guangdong Province.

Because there was not much positioning in this era, ships could only sail along the seashore and did not dare to leave the coastline too far. Otherwise, you will be lost in the vast ocean, without the premise of positioning technology, entering the ocean is undoubtedly a very risky thing, basically there is no return.

Traders who do business have taken a great risk to go to sea, and if it is really unprofitable to go into the depths of the ocean, no one will do it.

But this was to send spoils of war to the Volunteer Navy, and during this time the maritime trade suddenly increased, and no less than ten merchant ships were encountered every day passing through the sea of eastern Guangdong Province.

You must know that the navy has hundreds of warships to block the sea, and none of the merchant ships passing by have escaped the net and become prisoners of the volunteers.

It's not that the merchant ships don't want to escape, but the speed of the naval warships is much faster than the heavy ships of the merchant ships, plus the weapons of the warships, even if the merchant ships have a lot of security personnel, they are shelled by the battleship for a few rounds, and then shoot with a Minie gun when they get close, and after killing the chickens and monkeys, the merchant ships can only honestly accept their fate, they can't escape, they can't fight.

Those who dared to resist were bombarded by artillery.

At the naval base in Dianbai County, more than 200 merchant ships of different sizes have stopped.

Zhang Lin returned to Zhangjiacheng to report on the gains of the navy during this period.

Chen Zijian gave each regiment commander a lot of power, as long as it was not a big problem outside, he generally did not care, and according to his regulations, the living people were worth more than the dead people, which meant that the brave army would not kill people indiscriminately.

And Chen Zijian was never afraid that his subordinates would defect or something, and whether they would stand on their own.

Compared with the ancient emperors, Chen Zijian has a very big advantage, that is, he does not have to worry about the generals who go out, that is, the commander of the volunteer army system rebels.

The weapons used by the volunteers are mainly hot weapons, and the power is huge, and it is easy to fight against the government of cold weapons, but hot weapons have a fatal shortcoming, that is, the demand for logistics is great.

If nothing else, the gunpowder needed for thermal weapons alone is not simply satisfied.

If any of the corps commanders wanted to stand on their own, Chen Zijian cut off his logistical supply, and the rebellious corps commanders ran out of gunpowder after a few rounds of fighting, and a hot weapon without gunpowder was not much better than a burning stick.

What the emperor was worried about in the past will not happen here in Chen Zijian, this is his advantage, there is no need to doubt that the regiment commander under his command will have any problems, and he can rest assured that people will lead troops to fight.

After sitting in the office of the government building for a while, Zhang Wu came in and saluted Chen Zijian.

"Sit down, there's something I need to do for you."

For his subordinates, Chen Zijian doesn't have much majesty, it should be that he doesn't have many shelves in front of everyone, the two of them sit at the coffee table, and a girl comes in with a teapot.

Chen Zijian poured Zhang Wu a cup of tea.

Zhang Wu was used to Chen Zijian's approach, because he had always been approachable, so Zhang Wu drank tea very politely after the beginning of the salute.

"Chief, I'm coming back this time, and I'm bringing you a cart of crabs from the seaside, all of which have been selected by experienced fishermen, and they are big in oil."

Chen Zijian: "Hehe, I didn't see you so kind before, and this time you brought something to bribe me, let's say, what's the problem." ”

Chen Zijian is used to eating crabs, which is not a secret in the volunteers, Zhang Wu specially brought crabs over, that is, there is a demand.

Zhang Wu looked at Chen Zijian's appearance, and immediately relieved his heart, "Chief, you know, during this time, the navy has encountered more and more merchant ships, and the group of people under him are about to get tired and lie down, do you want to transfer some people for us." ”

After the operation on the Leizhou Peninsula, the recruits of the Volunteer Army increased the number of recruits in two regiments by nearly 40,000 people, and Zhang Wu naturally wanted to get some manpower.

Chen Zijian: "They are all newcomers, they have already become a team, it is not easy to separate, and the navy you want requires a certain amount of experience in going to sea, and there are not many newcomers who meet your requirements." ”

Zhang Wu immediately replied, "Chief, I don't want new people, in this way, I have found a lot of people who are in line with the navy in the coastal areas, and I just hope that the chief will let me recruit them." ”

Chen Zijian didn't expect Zhang Wu to have such a request: "Oh, tell me what's going on." ”

The talent that is in line with Zhang Wu's navy, perhaps few people in later generations have heard of it, that is, the Tan people

Some people believe that it was the early southern Han people who arrived in the Pearl River Delta before the Han people of the Pearl River Delta such as Guangfu, Hakka, and Siyi, and some people believe that it was a unique folk body formed over the years by the rejection of the southern water peoples such as the ancient Yue or the Guli people by land and northern migration. Coastal distribution of Guangdong, Guangxi.

Later generations said that the Haihai Dan family was derived from the ancient Mongolian people, and at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army was defeated, and part of the army drifted out to sea along the Yellow River, so they survived on the sea. Because they were foreigners, coupled with the darkness of the Yuan Dynasty's rule and the suppression of the Han people, the people hated the Yuan Dynasty government very much, and since they were defeated, they were afraid that they would go ashore again. So the court in the future did not let them go ashore.

If the ordinary people live a hard life, the life of the Tan people is even more miserable, there are typhoons every year in the place where they live, the Tan people are not allowed to go ashore, they can only spend in simple boats, and the boat often capsizes and dies when encountering storms, which often makes many families lose the main force of the family, and many families live a very hard life. How do the women who have lost their men live, some of them are strong, some of them are powerless, and some of them become prostitutes in order to make a living.

After listening to Zhang Wu's explanation, I immediately became interested, as for the origin of the Tan people, this Chen Zijian doesn't care, no matter how many sins their ancestors have done, after hundreds of years, it doesn't matter what they have.

Regarding the rejection of the Tan people by the imperial court and the discrimination of the people, Chen Zijian doesn't care about these, the Tan people's natural naval talent is the most important thing for him, from birth to growth, in the bumpy sea, what is more suitable for the navy than them.

Zhang Wu often goes to sea, and he has met a lot of opportunities for the Tan people, and only after asking the relevant people many times did he know that there was such a thing, and he insisted on saying what the Tan people were guilty of, I believe that not many people knew, at most, he heard the ancestors say how the Tan family was bad, and he had a bad impression of the Tan people since he was a child.

Chen Zijian: "Give you a thousand places, the navy recruits a thousand Tan people as the navy, of course, do you need me to teach you!" ”

"No, no, haha, just have your order from the chief, and I will do the rest of the things seriously."

The practice of the volunteers is nothing more than tying up all the people in a place, and then eating carrots and sticks, selecting suitable people among them, and passing the assessment of the recruits of the volunteers, promising the dream of being promoted to an official and making a fortune. , promising them to go ashore and live.

Under such a set of methods, the Tan people who do not believe that they are adrift at sea do not accept their fate, and obediently become the navy of the volunteers.

As for the volunteers letting the Tan people ashore, will those people oppose it when they know about it, do they need their opinion?

Chen Zijian is the biggest here, and he has the final say. The Tan people of later generations have become Chinese, and Chen Zijian is just advancing this process.

The people were full and wanted to oppose Chen Zijian's order, hehe, then leave the scope of Zhangjiacheng mellowly, dare to oppose Chen Zijian's order, worried that the mining area of the volunteers is not manpowered, right?

Zhang Wu got Chen Zijian's order, and ran away, the recruitment of newcomers for the Volunteer Army is not something he can recruit casually, he needs Chen Zijian's order to do it, no matter how stupid Zhang Wu is, he knows that he will come over first to ask Chen Zijian before recruiting the navy.

After the person is arrested, he needs to go through the assessment of the volunteers and go to the barracks for training before he can enter the navy.

Zhang Wu came back this time, of course, not only to send Chen Zijian a carriage of crabs, but also to leave a copy of the navy's robbery, oh, it should be a list of harvests.

I have to say that the imperial court was pitted by those merchants in the Jiangnan area, and the imperial court said that it was going to ban the sea and not allow the people to go to the sea.

Such an order was only useful to ordinary people, and more often than not, merchants joked about such a ban, and a large number of maritime merchants went to sea without knowing how much silver they earned, but they did not give the court a penny of tax.

Chen Zijian's list is mainly silk and porcelain, including 600,000 horses of silk and 50 lucky ships for porcelain harvest, which is too many for the navy to count. In addition, there are medicinal herbs.

With so many goods, after trading with the Europeans in the South Seas, the amount of silver earned is simply a terrifying amount.

In addition to the goods, there were many European merchant ships that came to Daming to trade, bringing a lot of silver, and the European merchant ships intercepted by the navy were no less than 20 ships full of silver.

As long as it is a little history in the east of the later generations, we all know that in this era, Europeans discovered huge silver mines in the Americas, bought silk fabrics, porcelain, and tea from the Americas, and returned to Europe to sell them at a sky-high price.

This time, more than ninety percent of the trade between the East and the West was intercepted because of the strong strength of the navy.

has become Chen Zijian's trophy, and the huge gains can be imagined.

The harvested silver Zhang Wu has all moved to the naval base in Dianbai County, and this time he came back in addition to dignitaries, nothing more than to ask for credit in front of Chen Zijian.

It has to be said that in this contest between the navy and the army, the navy completely had the upper hand.

It is true that the army occupied the Leizhou Peninsula, but the wealth harvested was much less than that of the navy, of course, what is only talking about here is silver, and a large piece of territory occupied by the army is also valuable.

"Chief!"

Chen Zijian "called Li Xian." ”

It didn't take long for Li Xian to come in a hurry, and when he heard that Chen Zijian was looking for him, he immediately put down his mini gun and ran over.

"How's the marksmanship?"

Li Xi suddenly had a bitter face, the last time, compared with marksmanship, Li Xi could only stay guarded, and was complained by his subordinates, so he could only practice shooting hard in the barracks.

If Chen Zijian hadn't asked him to come over, his one-month deadline would not have expired, and he would have to continue to stay in the barracks.

Eat well in the barracks, who is good, but compared with the concubines at home, it is a hard time.

"Chief, don't laugh at me, I won't be at the bottom next time."

Chen Zijian: "Okay, you go to Dianbai County this time, Zhang Wu has gained a lot, you go and escort the silver back." ”

Li Xian was curious, "Chief, how much did that kid grab?" ”

"Why, I want to know, it doesn't hurt to tell you, it's just two million silver!"

Li Xian couldn't help but swallow when he heard that it might be two million silver coins, he had studied mathematics and knew how big a number two million silver was.

Such a large amount of silver requires a large transport team, and the Volunteers are responsible for protecting the safety of the transport team, of course, in the territory of the Volunteers, I am not afraid that anyone will dare to have the idea of these silver coins.

So much silver, even if people desperately take it, how much can they take, in this era there are no cars, and you can't steal much if you want to rely on horse-drawn carriages alone.

Li Xi left, preparing to take people to Dianbai County, feeling a little depressed.

Zhang Wu's great credit, how much weight is in Chen Zijian's heart, as the first dogleg, his credit is not much, and he seems to feel that his status is unstable. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~