Chapter 474: Taiyuan Island
The weather in June can feel a heat wave even at sea, and the weather on the sea is unpredictable. Just now, the sky was still clear, and in the blink of an eye, it was a violent storm.
A group of 100 ships on the sea moved quickly in the waves, and the five warships led by them were exceptionally tall, splitting the waves and leaving a white spray.
Zheng Yiguan stood on the deck and raised his eyes to look out, the sea and sky in the distance were so beautiful in his eyes.
The battleship under his feet made his heart flutter, and this is what a man should do. Pilot an invincible ship and conquer the vast seas.
"Big brother! You've been standing here for almost an hour, don't you feel numb in your legs? Zheng Zhibao muttered quietly behind his eldest brother.
Zheng Yiguan turned around and said angrily: "I can't communicate with you, where are we?" ”
Zheng Zhibao saw the eldest brother turn around, and whispered: "Big brother! There are three days before the chicken coop, and I don't know why Dashuai came up with such a name. It's so rustic, it's like a farmhouse! ”
"Dashuai is also something you and I can guess? Command your soldiers honestly! The fortress that the people of Gan Wax have already built there, don't bother to prepare, be careful of suffering a big loss! Zheng Yiguan told his brother.
"Got it! Eldest brother! Zheng Zhibao said yes and went to prepare.
This time he went south to Taiyuan Island, and Zhang Dou appointed Zheng Yiguan as the commander of the Southern Fleet. It has five killer whale warships, five sea shark warships, more than 10 Exocet clippers and 80 large and small fortune ships.
This is already a very powerful force, no worse than the Dry Wax and the Dutch. In particular, Zheng Yiguan's ships are mostly new, not only with many artillery, but also with a very large caliber.
As for the army, it was composed of a thousand-man squad and a five-hundred-person death brigade commanded by Wu Shuang, and most of the recruits in the thousand-man squad were Han army banners that surrendered.
These people were captured by the Changxing Army in previous battles and performed well in the labor reform. With the urgent desire to join the Changxing Army, after two months of recruit training, he was placed in the team that went south this time.
Many of them used to be officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they have developed a banditry spirit. Even if you pass the recruit training, you can always find some military loopholes to be lazy and slippery.
For such soldiers, no one wants them from the various teams of the Changxing Army, but sending them to the unpredictable Taiyuan Island is a waste use.
Let these people go and toss the aborigines of Taiyuan Island! The existence of these people will definitely surprise the Ganlasi people, the Dutch people, and the natives of Taiyuan Island.
In terms of civil affairs, Zhang Dou appointed a person who no one could have imagined as the governor of Taiyuan Island, and this person was Xing Shenyan.
In the battle of Quang Ninh Fort, the Changxing army robbed Luyang's grain, and by the way, brought back the loyal Xing Senator.
Zhu An, who was brought back with him, has been arranged to go to Ryukyu, and he has done well in the local area, and his political achievements are quite good.
This Xing Shenyan is more reasonable, and people like this can't be strong at all. Since Guangning Fort was brought back, Xing Shenyan has been placed under house arrest in Changxinggou.
At first, Xing Shenyan thought that he had met Jiannu, and he was very scared when he was taken away. When he knew that it was Zhang Dou, the chief soldier of Changsheng Island, who had snatched Luyang's food, he was not only angry, but also clapped his hands and applauded.
In his opinion, they are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the food is the same for everyone. As long as it doesn't fall into the hands of Jiannu, it doesn't matter if it is burned.
But then he found out that he was under house arrest. No matter what he said, the soldiers guarding the gate of his yard just wouldn't let him out of the yard.
For this reason, he fought bitterly with the guards, climbing the wall, pretending to be sick, scolding, beating people, even if he beat people, he couldn't beat the armor of the Changxing Army soldiers if he wanted to.
A month later, his family, wife and children were sent to Eternal Life Island. The moment he saw his family, Xing Shenyan knew that he couldn't go back.
Changxingjun didn't plan to let him go at all, so he stayed in peace. The arrival of his wife and children made his range of motion much larger, and he could move around in Changxinggou at will.
Here, Xing Shenyan's impact was even more shocking than Jiannu's sudden killing, and the guns created by all kinds of novel crafts subverted his cognition.
At that time, his first thought was to bring everything here back to the Ming Dynasty and hand it over to the imperial court, so that the imperial court could create countless guns and cannons to pile up and kill Jiannu.
But then he denied his idea, and he knew the group of people in the Ministry of Engineering very well. The cannon is also very clear about what it looks like, and no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it will be useless in their hands.
After a while, Zhu An's achievements in the Ryukyus reached Xing Shenyan's ears. Xing Shenyan's heart tickled, he wanted to show what he had learned in his chest, govern the place well, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
But thinking of all kinds of violations on Changsheng Island, he didn't dare to make a decision easily, and after the princess recently married Zhang Dou and was named Dingliaohou, Xing Shenyan finally made up his mind to be loyal to Zhang Dou.
With such a talented person who is proficient in government affairs and has talents, Zhang Dou naturally wants to make the best use of everything and directly appoint him as the governor of Taiyuan Island.
After Xing Shenyan learned that the place he was going to was Taiyuan Island, he didn't have much resistance. In his opinion, Taiyuan Island is a terra nullius, although the island is rampant with miasma, but the climate there is warm, as long as it can take root there, it will definitely become a big granary.
Knowing that the Changxing army had a way to restrain the miasma on the island, Xing Shenyan became more confident. He vowed to make a career on Taiyuan Island and turn it into a land of fish and rice.
He was accompanied by more than a dozen merchants, the products of Taiyuan Island who had long been coveted, and the sulfur alone could make them a lot of money.
They hired nearly 100 Daifuku ships to follow the Changxing army and help transport soldiers and supplies. And the reward they get is that they can give priority to the purchase of the products on Taiyuan Island, and the merchants have made a lot of money in the past few years following the Changxing Army.
They summed up a truth, follow the Changxing army to have meat to eat. Those who help the Changxing Army can eat the fattest piece of meat, so as soon as Changsheng Island began to requisition civilian ships, there was an endless stream of merchants who signed up.
In the end, a dozen or so businessmen were selected, and their lucky ships were all new ships that had been launched for no more than a year. It has a great advantage in both the speed of the ship and the resistance to wind and waves.
After more than a month of sailing, the fleet finally approached Taiyuan Island, and their first stop was Chicken Coop Bay.
The Ganlasi people have already built the fortress San Salvador City on Sheliao Island in Jilong Bay, and only by laying down here can they build their own military port in Jilong Bay on Taiyuan Island.
Then use the chicken coop as a base to go upstream along the Tamsui River, and build a Tamsui City in the plain area. It was there where the immigrants lived, and only there could they take root in the northern part of the island.