"But what is Lu Ting?"

Yang Xin asked suspiciously.

"If you go back to the old man, they live on the surrounding islands, and although they also fish, they are more likely to collect oysters for a living after the tide recedes on the beach, and build shells for houses."

The man said respectfully.

"This one too."

Yang Xin said.

"Master, the little ones ......"

The man stopped talking.

"Tomorrow you can go out, those women will stay in Macau, I will arrange for someone to build a house for you by the sea, you don't have to worry about their food and clothing, I will support them, and arrange things more suitable for them in addition, you can do things at sea with peace of mind."

Yang Xin said.

Those women were the hostages.

Anyway, he was afraid that these people would scatter in a hurry after they went to sea!

These guys are equivalent to nomadic herders on the sea, driving a small boat to the shallow water on the shore, and it will be difficult for him to find an estuary to drill into, since this is the case, he will take those old and weak women and children hostage, anyway, this place in Macao is enough to accommodate them. Go back and build a few trawlers, trawl in the mouth of the Pearl River, and the fish caught are made into canned food here, and even make this kind of canned food carefully, those merchant ships can take it as food at sea, so that these women will settle down.

But they were also Yang Dudu's employees.

They and their men all worked for Yang Dudu.

Whoever dares to bully them, then be prepared to go to the edict to live for a few days.

In fact, in the future, Yang Xin is preparing to place these subordinates in Macao, and Hong Kong Island, which is still a desert island, so that it is just sandwiched between the Pearl River Estuary, and in the future, whether it is south or north, it will be under his control, and there is also an expansion target is Hainan Island, where the iron ore has to be prepared for mining. There is also Taiwan has to prepare for development, but the most critical thing is not Taiwan, but to go to Dongsha Island to dig guano, the two most recent guano digging options around Daming, the first is Huangweiyu in Diaoyu Island, and the second is Dongsha Island.

In short, these Tan people are very useful.

The latter didn't talk nonsense anymore, all that was left was to organize them, Yang Xin's method was still the same militarization as other subordinates, but they were organized by ships, ten ships in a team, and they elected a team leader, and the latter appointed a deputy.

A battalion of fifty ships, equipped with military uniforms and weapons.

Including the ship will be gradually replaced in the future, Macau originally has a shipyard, in fact, this is the most important shipbuilding base around, there is a large amount of wood reserves, and the most suitable for maritime smuggling in this area is undoubtedly the centipede ship. Similarly, in the future, the most suitable for trawling is also centipede boats, so these people are equipped with a batch of small centipede boats, Yang Xin directly paid money to order them in the shipyard here, like those small oared centipede boats of dozens of people are built very fast.

In this way, Yang Xin's anti-smuggling fleet swelled suddenly.

Originally, there were only twenty-six cruisers, plus more than fifty large and small naval warships, but now they suddenly swelled to nearly four hundred ships.

The tatters of the Tan people can also be used.

They are militarized and organized, and it is enough to deal with the retail smugglers.

And those women were also released the next day, first forcibly requisitioned some Portuguese houses, placed these old and weak women and children in their homes, and then recruited craftsmen to build houses for them, although Macao is small, but if you simply live, it is still possible to accommodate 50,000 people in the current situation, and at present, plus the Ming people, it is more than 10,000.

The only problem is that all food is supplied externally.

But fortunately, there were those white ships to settle the problem, and the governor of Yang had the silver, and the Portuguese had sent a ship to the south urgently, and they would meet the trading fleet in Malacca, and then tell the latter that the tax on the ships would be reduced by grain. Those Portuguese merchant ships that were originally empty will definitely load rice in that area, after all, what was originally unprofitable has become profitable......

Don't think they really pay 40,000 yuan a year in taxes.

The 40,000 yuan tax was given to the Ming Emperor, but what these Portuguese really paid here was actually far more than that.

It's just that it wasn't given to the Ming Emperor.

And when they arrived, trawling had already begun, so that the problem of eating in Macao was completely solved, but before that, Yang Xin had to pay for his own subordinates, fortunately, the food here is not Liaodong after all, which is less than 10,000 subordinates in total, which is not worth mentioning for a huge rich man like Yang Dudu, who is worth millions.

What's more, it's just an investment.

In this way, Yang Dudu's anti-smuggling army drove out of Macao and began to blockade the mouth of the Pearl River and the Huangmao Sea, and intercepted merchant ships going to sea.

Guangzhou goes to sea on Tuen Mun, Macao, Ya Mun.

Tuen Mun and Macao face each other across the Pearl River estuary, this side is locked off from the south and there is locked off from the north, Yamen is the smugglers like to go, the rest of the ports are not climate, the traffic conditions in these years, it is impossible to make other ports into the climate, and even many places along the coast have not yet served the king. Although this is an exaggeration, for example, there are some Lu Tings on Hong Kong Island and the surrounding messy islands and coasts, which are said to be the old Lu Xun tribes of the Eastern Jin Dynasty rebellion, who fled and lived in these places for generations......

It's like a life.

Fortunately, it's not a cannibal.

"This is Lu Ting?"

In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Xin's sweeping army captured a group of legendary fishmen for him.

These black and thin people were obviously malnourished for a long time, and they couldn't even afford to wear clothes, and they could only wear some straw on their bodies, looking at him stupidly, holding the white rice they had just served, because they were used to eating raw fish on weekdays, and simply grabbed and ate it.

"They understand what we say?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Back to the master, they talk about the same as our fishermen, but they don't see many people, and they don't speak very well, most of them are smirking at people like this, but the water is good, and the legend is that they can become fish when they enter the water."

Yu Tanqi, who had just been appointed as the battalion commander by Yang Dudu, said.

"Call all of your people, and in the future the rice will be full, and give him clothes, saying that if you can't afford to wear clothes, you will really have to eat clams."

Yang Xin said.

I can't afford to wear clothes, where can I get fishing nets?

Even if it's a fishing line and a hook, it costs money!

The men continued to look at him stupidly, but their eyes were noticeably brighter.

"On the one hand, the most prosperous city of this era, the most important industrial and commercial center that is entering the capitalist era, and on the other hand, it is about to degenerate into the abject poverty of primitive people, this is really the best era, but also the worst era!"

Yang Dudu sighed every day.

At the same time, a merchant ship docked at the dock under the threat of the battleship's cannons, and the soldiers waiting on the pier immediately stepped forward and motioned for the people on board to come down.

"We are the Li family's ship, we have a lead, why do you stop us!"

On deck, the shipowner roared angrily.

The soldiers below did not understand, and all the arquebuses were raised, and the four three-pounder cannons on both sides were pointed at them.

The owner of the ship quickly shut up and walked down with a look of grievance.

"Li Tituo, you have to call the shots for the little one!"

He began to howl again when he saw Li Yuan.

Then he ran towards Li Yuan as if he had seen a relative, Li Yuan's face changed instantly, and he rushed forward without hesitation, and kicked him to the ground with his foot raised, the latter must be familiar with him, he didn't react at all, he fell to the ground and looked at him in amazement, and then Li Yuan raised his foot and stepped on it wildly.

"You dog, what's wrong with your Li family, the Li family doesn't have to pay taxes!"

He scolded as he stepped on it.

"Okay, just step on it a few times, he said Li family, could it be your brother? Honestly, I'll give you face. ”

Yang Xin said.

"The governor laughed, the small one is just a sesame official, how can he have the money to do such a big business, this guy is called Liang Guolun, he is a member of the Li family in Foshan, the fifth eldest of the Li family in Foshan is the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and his brother Li Chongwen is a routine supervisor, responsible for taking care of the Li family's business, and Liang Guolun is doing things for him."

Li Yuan hurriedly cleared himself.

"In the Ministry of Writing, you are asking Li to ask, right?"

Yang Xin said.

"Back to the governor, it's for Li to ask."

Li Yuan said.

"Then step on him a few more times!"

Yang Xin said.

"Uh, little one."

Li Yuan continued to step on Liang Guolun.

By this time, the soldiers in charge of inspecting the cargo had already boarded the ship.

"Governor, the ships are full of iron tools, most of them are iron pots, farm tools, iron nails, iron cannons, and a lot of turtledoves."

An officer came out and shouted.

"Where did it go?"

Yang Xin asked Liang Guolun, who was holding his head on the ground.

"Lu, Luzon!"

The latter said with his head in his hands and wailing.

"Is what he said true?"

Yang Xin asked Li Yuan.

"Back to the governor, the Li family is indeed running the line of Luzon, and the iron pots and nails are all sold there, but the iron cannons and turtledoves are definitely not, most of these things are traded with pirates on which island outside, and then sell these iron cannons to them, but most of these pirates are actually merchants in the Japanese country, and our court is not allowed to do business with the Japanese country, these pirates are doing it."

Li Yuan replied.

Yang Xin looked up at the captain of the battleship that had been escorted over.

"Back to the Governor, most of the artillery over there is indeed purchased here."

Said one of the former pirates.

"Check the quantity, pay 100 percent tax on arms, 15 percent on iron, and I don't forbid you to sell arms, do you need that? Don't step on it, let this brother get up, give him a new tax law and go back to study it, and by the way, tell the pirates that if they are willing to do business, they can come here as they please, but only if they have to pay taxes.

I don't care if they're pirates or not.

As long as they are honest and don't bother Daming, it's none of my business.

However, even if they are pirates, as long as they come to do business, they must pay taxes, and if they don't pay taxes, they are my enemies, and I killed them, and if they don't want to be the next Chen Jinji, then it's best not to take my words as a deaf ear, and don't think that I dare not go to Hirado to raid their homes. ”

Yang Xin squatted beside Liang Guolun and wiped the blood on his face and said.