"These businessmen are simply asking for money!"

On the way back to Qingdao Port with a detachment of troops, Zhong Jixiang and Wu Xilin, the new chief of staff, passed through Aoshanwei and saw that the huge bay was full of dense merchant ships of all sizes.

"That's it."

Wu Xilin said, "Anyway, we are only blocking these three thousand miles of sea for three to five days, and as soon as His Majesty the Emperor and the North Sea Fleet arrive, the combined fleet will go straight south, and the blockade will be lifted immediately, and there will be no loss to these merchants."

The big bay where Aoshanwei is located: Aoshan Port, is a large civilian port, which is specially used for trading with the outside world.

For those maritime merchants who came from all over the world, the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet did not rush to kill them all.

Although all merchant ships, large and small, passing through this vast sea area, will be intercepted and inspected, for those serious merchants, the soldiers will not confiscate each other's goods and ships.

On the contrary, it will open the door to guide them to Aoshan Port and Dengzhou Port for commodity trading.

A hammer will not work at any time.

Just like when the Ming New Army was carrying out a sweep, it would let them go for those good families, big and small families, and wealthy businessmen, just to be screened.

If they are not guilty, they will not infringe on an inch of their land or a single shop.

Now Zhu Youxiao's new empire of the Ming Dynasty, the materials are not too rich, the money and food are not too much, and there is no exploitation by local officials, and it is very generous to spend money, which is simply a paradise for merchants all over the country.

As long as the quality of the goods is excellent, any useful materials and commodities will not be sold within the Ming Empire.

Some materials and commodities are also officially designated by the Ming Empire for purchase, and there are as many as you want, and the price is still high.

So now, although it seems, the original Ming Empire is already a three-part world.

In fact, for those who do their duty, business is much better than before, and the profits are much higher than before August last year.

Therefore, the current Aoshan Port and Dengzhou Port, the merchant ships coming and going, are densely packed, making people dizzy.

It was only three days ago, because the two royal fleets of the Ming Dynasty were about to launch the first wave of attacks on the Southern Ming puppet dynasty, so from this morning, a temporary military control was implemented that allowed entry but not exit.

Since the beginning of the all-out suppression of bandits, the Royal Guards East China Sea Fleet has not only strengthened its crackdown on pirates along the coast, but also various sub-fleets have begun to escort merchant ships.

The merchant ships departing from the coastal ports of the land of Qilu often gathered together with two or three warships escorted by the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet.

Under such strict protection, the pirates along the coast could not succeed at all, and the soldiers still hid on merchant ships from time to time, implementing the tactic of waiting for the rabbit, and once the pirates attacked, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

What's more serious is that the officers and men of the Royal East China Sea Fleet are divided into more than a dozen sub-fleets and start cruising in a large area, and once they encounter a pirate ship, they will be sunk immediately!

As a result, many pirate groups had to stop their operations at sea.

Otherwise, as long as they are encountered by the East China Sea Fleet, they will be chased by the soldiers.

With the sheer speed of a Leopard cruiser to crush the enemy, the chance of being destroyed by a pirate is more than ninety percent.

As a result, the livelihood of pirates in the 3,000-mile sea area of the Shandong Peninsula has been seriously affected.

Although the pirates looted a lot of money, they also had a lot of expenses, and such a life was full of dangers, and the pirates were also under great pressure.

Often every time they go ashore, these pirates will vent fiercely, whether it is gambling or going to the Qinglou for recreation, it costs a lot of money.

Therefore, most of the pirate groups have little money, and after the officers and men of the Royal East China Sea Fleet have strengthened their crackdown on pirates, these pirate groups are almost unable to survive. Cool text

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The archipelago of Pingshan Island, Dashan Island and Cheniushan Island is located in the sea area where Shandong Province and Huai'an Province meet, and the nearest island is more than 100 miles away from the mainland.

It is composed of hundreds of islands and reefs, where the hydrological conditions are complex and the reefs are dense, and it has also become a paradise for pirates, and many pirate groups have chosen their nests here.

Of course, it is also very difficult to survive in this sea, and there are many battles between pirates, and black eating black incidents often occur.

The two largest groups of pirates in this hundreds of miles of sea area have set up their nests here.

These two groups of pirates have always echoed each other from afar, opposing the Ming Empire's sailors and Western navies, which also makes these two pirates have a great influence among the many pirates along the coast.

One of the large archipelagos is a small island near the center, which is small in size, less than two square kilometres.

But the island's lush vegetation and, most importantly, a spring that provides the island with valuable fresh water, which is why the pirate community has chosen this island as their nest.

The pirate group that occupies this place today has nearly 3,000 pirates, a total of dozens of pirate ships of all sizes, and the largest one is a large armed merchant ship with a displacement of more than 300 tons.

Although this bandit family has a great cause, it has also suffered heavy losses in these several blows of the Royal East Sea Fleet.

When more than a dozen pirate ships were robbing, they encountered a small team composed of officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet who were ambushed in the merchant fleet, and suffered heavy losses.

At the same time, because of the recent unsuccessful robberies, the consumption on the island is not small, especially the food, eat a little less, they are about to be unable to hold on.

The real lair of this gang of bandits is more than 30 miles away from this small island, on a medium-sized island on the outskirts of this archipelago, and it has been almost discovered by the detachment of the East China Sea Fleet several times.

Everyone has been scared and scared every day lately.

Therefore, the leaders of the two bandits came forward and issued a royal decree to summon most of the surviving pirates in this area to a large remote island in the southwest of this sea area to negotiate how to survive this catastrophe.

The recent actions of the East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Royal Guards have caused pirates of all sizes to have a sense of crisis.

It's cold and huddles to keep warm, which is not a strange thing for these people.

In order not to be wiped out by the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, they can only unite to fight against it, which is already a lice on the bald head, and it is a clear thing.

Before the various detachments of the Ming Royal East China Sea Fleet launched a sweep arrived, they either fled immediately, or united to resist, and there was no third way to go.

The various pirate groups in this sea area are naturally not fools if they can survive until now, and everyone knows it.

So after being invited, these big and small pirates all agreed to the invitation of the two large pirate leaders and went to this island together to discuss how they should survive in the future and deal with the imperial fleet.

This large island is located in the southwest of Jiaozhou Bay, less than 200 nautical miles from the port of Qingdao, and the island was once inhabited by pirates.

But for some reason, the leader of the pirates suddenly died, and his men disappeared soon after.

There are now fishing villages at the northeast and southwest corners of the island, and there are about a few hundred fishermen who have been engaged in farming and fishing on the island for many years.

This medium-sized and large island, with its springs, forests and fields, was also a frequent landing place for pirates, as well as an occasional shelter for passing merchant ships.

To the north of the island, there is a small island, which forms a natural haven between the two islands, which is a rare place to live.

This time, along the coast of Qilu, dozens of large and small groups of pirates gathered in this extremely remote place.

Here, they will have an unprecedented gathering in the hope of avoiding this unwarranted disaster and continuing to roam the seas.