Chapter 118: Post-War Decisions
In less than five hours between the warring parties, Yan Jianye was destroyed by the reinforcements led by Zheng Zhibao and destroyed six ships, but Yan Jianye only bought these six ships this year, and it didn't take a year to watch them sink into the sea, how to say that he felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't do anything except watch. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Now he can only choose to retreat and return to Macau, this is his only thought, once he arrives in Macau, even if the Zheng family's fleet catches up, they will also take care of the feelings of the Portuguese, saying that this is close to Hong Kong, they should not take care of the grape dignitaries, but also the feelings of the Australians.
At this time, Yan Jianye realized the importance of having Australia as a big backer, as long as he has always maintained a good relationship with them, not to mention the Zheng family, even the Spaniards may not dare to do anything to him, but he is very desperate and has a stalemate with the Australians.
At this time, Yan Jianye, who had already regretted it very much, could only take the only remaining ship to sail in the direction of Macao, of course, Zheng Zhibao did not let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and kept chasing after him.
He already knew which boat Yan Jianye was on in advance, because there was an agreement with his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong and the Australians to ensure that Yan Jianye was alive, so he did not fire at the ship he was on, and two more ships were hit during the pursuit, and then sank into the sea, and many ships were damaged.
This time is a big blow for Yan Jianye, once the Zheng family starts to resist, it will be a comprehensive resistance, and it will not be just a short pursuit, I am afraid that the business in Japan has also been taken over by the Zheng family at this time.
Zhou Yang assessed how big Yan Jianye's loss was through the information sent from the front, this time the Yan family invested a lot of money, most of the manpower and material resources were invested, just buying ships and training sailors A lot of money, which has already accounted for half of the Yan family's wealth.
In addition, this time the Yan family's market in Japan can be said to have been completely lost, Zheng Zhilong will definitely not let go of his business in Japan, without the Japanese business, just relying on the maritime trade in Southeast Asia, Yan Jianye is afraid that he will not be able to support himself, and he will soon fall into a desperate situation.
"Soon after, I think Yan Jianye will come to beg us, after all, Zheng Zhibao's fleet has been chasing behind, as long as they find a random island to dock and find that Yan Jianye's ship will be sunk, then he will definitely not be able to stand it."
The Zheng family expressed their hope that the Australians would not participate in this operation in the previous overture action, and also sent a very large gift package to Australia, which must be bought, so when the two sides were at war, Zhou Yang specially sent a letter to the Zheng family, so that they could rest assured that the Australians would never interfere in any of their actions.
This made Zheng Zhilong feel a lot more at ease in dispatching troops, of course, and at the same time, he did not reduce his garrison forces in various places, after all, it was just the words of the Australians, and he could not be fully believed.
Yan Jianye suffered heavy losses, which can almost be said to be doomed, he doesn't have the strength to fight Zheng Zhilong again, even if he faces the Portuguese in Macau, he may not have this strength, but everyone didn't expect him to be defeated so quickly.
All the way south, more than a dozen warships finally arrived in Macao, and as soon as he went ashore, he went to the main figures of the Macao Council and told them to step up the coastal defense work, Zheng Zhibao was outside, and if it was not good, he might be directly killed.
Naturally, the Portuguese will not believe it, everyone knows who provoked that evil god, isn't it you Yan Jianye, but it has nothing to do with us.
"Let's talk about it, what should we do if Yan Jianye comes to the door for help, this guy had betrayal intentions earlier, and it stands to reason that we shouldn't use such a person." Yang Yuzhou has never had a good impression of this kind of disobedient chess piece.
It can't be used, but at the moment, this guy is the most suitable object, and he can't find anyone else except him, but I just hope that he can understand through this time, his own catties.
Supporting Yan Jianye was originally discussed by Wu Zhengdao and Yang Yuzhou, and was supported by the Executive Committee, if he is abandoned now, he must find a more suitable candidate, this candidate has not yet appeared, and he can only use this guy for the time being, after all, he still has a certain strength.
Compared with completely re-supporting a new force, Yan Jianye has some of the power left by the ancestors of the Yan family, which can be said to be an advantage.
"This time, if Yan Jianye wants to regain our support, he must pay a certain price, as for the chips, I am already optimistic, his ships are good, those seven or eight big ships are wrong, anyway, he will not go to Japan in the future, and it is useless to keep it, so it is better to give it to us."
Zhou Yang didn't plan to let Yan Jianye go so easily, everyone has their own choice, but after the choice, they must pay for their mistakes, Yan Jianye has to pay for those ships, compared to getting the support of the Australians, as long as he can buy more in a few years, it depends on whether he has this awareness.
After these ships are taken down, they can be driven back to the Australian mainland in batches for transformation, and after the reconstruction, they can be quickly put into the operation of large-scale transportation of immigrants, and they can also be stationed here as a force to encircle Hong Kong, and the ships after the transformation are definitely a hundred times stronger than Zheng Zhilong.
The speed alone is much faster than the other side, but in this case, Hong Kong will have to buy coal, and only coal can power the steamboats.
It's just that there must be multiple coaling stations along the way, otherwise there will be no fuel, and the steamship will not be much different from an ordinary sailing ship, and its most important thing is its weapons and sailing speed.
Whether Yan Jianye will agree to hand over his ship to the Australians is not easy to say, but Zhou Yang is more certain that as long as the Zheng family's fleet does not leave, this guy will definitely not dare to go to sea, and if it is blocked for ten days and a half months, Yan Jianye's fleet will be completely finished.
So at this time, Yan Jianye himself is also thinking about how to go in the future, the strength of the entire Zheng family is not only at sea, but also in the coastal generation, his influence is very great, if he still wants to do maritime trade, he must have a strong backer.
It's just that I'm begging the Australians at this time, whether they will agree and accept themselves It's hard to say, but it's true that you have to give it a try anyway.