Chapter 50 Merchant and Thief

Sun Hao felt a little unbelievable after hearing it, the commander of the Spanish fleet likes to eat Chinese food? And is there such a powerful force in this Daming Village? Although the Spanish Armada was defeated by the British, the overall strength of the Spanish Navy was still a naval power, so why did Daming Village grab this batch of gold? Could it be that Daming Village is secretly hiding its strength?

And this Lin Jiasheng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he dared to pay attention to the Spanish treasure ship, which has to be said that the Chinese who survived in difficult conditions are bold enough, if there is enough industrial support, they may not be the opponents of Westerners. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Boss Lin, does the Han boss have such a powerful force to snatch the Spanish treasure ship?"

"The general doesn't know, Han Da alone definitely doesn't have the strength to rob, but there are more than 10 groups of our Han pirates in Fujian, Nanyang, and Annam, and the scale is about a few hundred. If they were united, they would be a very powerful force, and it would be entirely possible to defeat the Spanish convoy. ”

No wonder they dared to rob the Spanish treasure ships, they didn't expect that there were so many Han pirates, and their strength was extraordinary. After Sun Hao thought about it for a while, like a dark cloud pulling out a sunny day, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, piracy in Fujian and Taiwan was very rampant, and in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in the 16th-17th century, the southeast coast of China was a world of pirates. At the end of the 18th century, there were Chinese pirates, Japanese pirates, Portuguese pirates, Spanish pirates, Dutch pirates, and so on.

At this time, there was no clear distinction between merchants and thieves, and when there was business, it was business (smuggling), and when there was no business, it was theft. Sometimes they rob each other, and sometimes they go ashore to rob each other. When the sea ban is widened, pirates become maritime merchants. When the sea is banned, the maritime merchants become pirates. Because the Qing Dynasty's maritime ban was very strict, China's maritime commercial capital had no way out, so it could only be pirates, so these pirates can also be called "maritime groups". These pirate (merchant) groups are very powerful, and they can even influence the political and military situation.

Especially Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, was actually the leader of the Chinese pirate (business) group, and he pretended to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, it was to eliminate other pirate gangs and dominate the Chinese coast. Zheng Zhilong's subordinates reached 100,000 people, and he was the "giant" of the world's pirates at that time. Later, Zheng Chenggong seized the island of Taiwan from the Dutch as an anti-Qing base, and the main force was Zheng Zhilong's pirate group.

After thinking of this, Sun Hao completely understood that although the Ming Dynasty was later defeated and surrendered by the Qing Dynasty, many sailor leaders did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but continued to swim between Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, and island countries. They were merchants at one time and pirates at another. Although their descendants did not grow the team, it is good that it has continued to this day.

If he can integrate these pirates, it will definitely be a backbone that cannot be underestimated, Sun Hao thought to himself.

"General Sun, in fact, it is not a big problem to defeat the Spanish escort fleet with your current strength, if you can unite these pirates to attack together, and then divide some treasures to them, plus they are also my Ming Houyi, it will not be difficult for the general to recruit them in the future. In this way, a joint attack can firstly demonstrate the strength of the general's sailors, and second, the distribution of goods and goods to them can win people's hearts, and the general can give it a try. Lin Jiasheng suggested next to him.

"Well, very good, it's up to you to handle this matter," Sun Hao said happily, this Lin Jiasheng still seems to have some means, and having such a person by his side is like a tiger with wings. As for the generals, they are not lacking, they are now lacking strategists to give advice, and if they gather a few more strategists, everything will be fine.

"General Sun, according to the voyage estimate, it will arrive at the Papua Island in two days, and the grass people will first send the daughter of the Yang family to the Li family, and then set off for Daming Village."

"Okay!" Sun Hao also felt that it was inconvenient to run a boat with an unrelated woman.

Three days later, the fleet arrived at the island of Papua, the territory of what would become Indonesia and New Guinea, which was not yet fully colonized by the Dutch, and the other half of the island was still colonized by the British.

When they arrived at the sea next to the Papua Island, the First Fleet did not go, but Lin Lao Er took a merchant ship to send Yang Sailan to the island, and then sent someone to send her home. In the afternoon, after Lin Lao Er returned, the fleet set sail again and headed for Daming Village.

However, Lin Lao Er looked anxious when he came back, and after Lin Jiasheng inquired, he learned that the Dutch East India Fleet dispatched more than 100 ships to lure the Daming Village pirates to rob them with merchant ships, and then rounded them up with warships, preparing to annihilate the Ming pirates in Daming Village.

"General Sun, the grass people ask the general to help the pirates in Daming Village, otherwise they will definitely be wiped out." After Lin Jiasheng heard the news of Lin Lao Er, he was very anxious.

"As long as it is my remnants of the Ming Dynasty, it is the responsibility of this general to rescue them."

Sun Hao agreed without hesitation, and the Dutch East India Fleet actually dispatched more than 100 ships to round up pirates, and it seems that this time it was really moving. For the Dutch, Sun Hao has no good impression at all, in history, the Dutch have encouraged the local aborigines to massacre the Chinese several times, the Jakarta massacre, the Surabaya massacre, these are still well-known massacres, and secretly I don't know how many Chinese they slaughtered. Now that there is an opportunity to fight the Dutch, this opportunity must not be missed.

"How many days has it been since the Dutch fleet departed?" Sun Hao looked at Lin Lao Er and asked.

"General, it's been two days since the grass people got the news."

It's been two days, and when he got there, the daylilies were cold, Sun Hao thought to himself, now the combat effectiveness of the Dutch fleet is not bad, with their strength, if they want to exterminate thousands of pirates, it should be a matter of being able to capture them.

Sun Hao hurriedly asked Wang Yan'er to open the map, and then asked Lin Laoer and Lin Jiasheng what sea area the Dutch fleet might be rounding up the pirates in Daming Village.

"General, the grass people estimate that there are two places, first, it should be in the Ala Sea near the sea area of Dolak Island. Second, it is the Boigu Island near the Torres Strait in Australia, and the most likely is Boigu Island, because the nest of Daming Village is in the Korida River not far away. Lin Jiasheng pointed to the map and said.

"Are we too late?" Sun Hao couldn't help but be a little worried.

"General Sun, your fleet can reach a speed of 18 knots with a steam engine and sails, and you may be able to catch up with the Dutch fleet." Lin Jiasheng said with a glimmer of hope.

"I hope so!" Sun Hao said with a smile in his mouth.

After receiving Sun Hao's order, the First Fleet of the Navy began to start the steam engine, and the soldiers who burned the boilers on the battleships suddenly became busy, and shovels of coal were constantly sent to the .......

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