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Shi Lang did not send troops to the island at all, after he bombarded a burst of artillery.

The big boss is dead, and the second boss has no ability to organize pirates at all.

Seeing that the artillery killed several people, some of the cowardly pirates were the first to collapse.

Just like the dominoes, a pirate escapes, and the already weak fighting spirit of the pirate collapses in an instant.

The pirates couldn't resist it, and seeing that there was no artillery fire on the west side of the island, they didn't think about it at all at this time, and only thought about escaping.

From the west side of the island, he fled into the sea in a small wooden boat, thinking only that the farther away from the Qing army was the better!

Less than three nautical miles away, the Qing army's sailors, who were hiding in ambush on the side of the island, jumped out.

Seeing the pirates fleeing, the ten ships rushed out to block their way.

Shi Lang also led other warships to surround the general, and surrounded the pirate's ships.

After a burst of shelling, except for a few pirates, the others either died or were captured.

After this battle, Shi Lang found that the Qing army's naval division had a huge advantage, but the casualties were still huge.

One hundred and eighty-seven pirates were killed and nearly two hundred and ninety arrested. However, the Qing army also suffered more than 150 casualties.

Shi Lang understands that no matter how good the strategy is, it must be fully implemented by an army with excellent skills.

Shi Lang decided to retrain these Qing army sailors.

In this anti-piracy operation, other soldiers also saw Shi Lang's ability, and they did not resist him, nor did they dare to disobey orders.

While Shi Lang was training, he went to sea to eradicate pirates.

Looking at the report of the success, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty is a dragon's heart.

This Shi Lang is really a talented person, look at how many pirates have been eliminated by accepting the Tianjin sailors, and the coastal and other places have not reported that there are people who have been "taken away" during this time.

As for the impeachment of his corruption, they are only inconsequential details, and they are not worth mentioning at all.

Qing Shunzhi regarded Shi Lang as a capable general who defeated the Zheng family's sailors in the future and pacified the south.

In less than half a year, he was promoted to be the commander of the Tianjin Navy Division, in charge of the Qing Army's Water Division.

Shi Lang received the holy decree, moved to cry bitterly, and said that he would definitely do his best for the Qing Dynasty and then die, and work hard to train the Qing army's sailors, eradicate the Zheng family's army, and capture Zheng Chenggong alive.

Shi Lang was in the Qing Dynasty.

In Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong was worried about tea.

Wang Zhongxiao said, "Lord Wang, the price of tea has risen by nearly 30% recently. And the price is still going up! ”

Zheng Chenggong doesn't like the title of Yonglifeng, and has always wanted his subordinates to call themselves generals.

Now Nanjing calls Zheng Chenggong the prince, that is, Wang Zhongxiao, and Zheng Chenggong knows their thoughts.

After saying it a few times, seeing that they still insisted on doing so, tenaciously maintaining the prestige of Yongli, Zheng Chenggong followed them.

Zheng Chenggong heard it and asked, "Tea has risen so much!" Has Changru found out what the reason is? ”

Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly replied, "I have found out, Lord Wang." There is a large amount of tea exported, resulting in a compact Chinese tea and an increase in prices! ”

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said suspiciously, "Tea is exported!" Changru to make it clear! ”

"Yes!"

Wang Zhongxiao explained in detail to Zheng Chenggong the reason for this wave of tea rise.

Zheng Chenggong has been unremittingly conquering Nanyang in recent years, and a large number of Han people have been relocated here.

With the influx of Han Chinese, Chinese customs inevitably spread in the land of Nanyang.

Tea is an unavoidable thing in daily life in China, especially the custom of drinking morning tea in the south!

In addition to the huge increase in demand for Nanyang tea, the demand for tea in Europe is also increasing.

In 1650, King Charles I of England accepted a gift from Zheng Chenggong with a unique smell of tea.

He drank it once, and he gradually became inseparable from this mild and clear taste.

Since the British royal family liked to drink tea, the common people of England gradually fell in love with tea, and then this trend slowly spread throughout Europe.

In order to meet the growing demand in Europe, maritime merchants with thousands of pockets have also poured in, and tea-producing areas such as Fujian and Zhejiang have ordered tea.

The best time of the year to pick tea leaves is around Qingming.

In April, before and after the Qingming Festival, the tea leaves moistened by the spring rain were particularly tender.

When it comes to the picking season of one season a year, one person can pick three or four catties of tea leaves at most in the morning.

In order to rush the time, the landlord will hire a lot of people to help at this time.

In the early morning, the fresh tea leaves are plucked under the dew and put into a bamboo basket.

At noon, the tea farmers, who had worked hard all morning, handed over the fruits of their labor to the landlord in exchange for wages.

The landlords either packaged the tea and sold it to tea merchants, or roasted it themselves.

The roasted tea leaves are purchased by tea merchants, or sold on the day of the market.

Every year, the market opens around Qingming Festival. Tea merchants from all over the country will rush to buy it.

Tea merchants buy tea from landlords, and then ship it to Quanzhou and Guangzhou, where they are traded to those firms at the price of nine taels of tea per stone.

The merchant would wrap it in a clay pot, seal it with ash and transport it to the South Seas in the fastest way.

It was then sold to Europe by the Ban Ghost Trading House.

In the afternoon, European ladies can savor the taste of black tea with Chinese porcelain.

In order to buy these Chinese goods, many families save money, just so that when relatives and friends visit, they can take out Chinese porcelain with dignity and let guests taste Chinese black tea.

At first, tea was basically resold from Nanyang to Europe, but since Guangzhou Xingtai Commercial Bank sailed to Europe loaded with porcelain, tea, silk and other goods, in exchange for a full ship of silver and gold coins, which immediately stimulated other trading houses.

Seeing the huge profits of maritime trade, more and more people are investing in the maritime trade industry.

Comptoirs are also becoming more and more bold, no longer afraid of the ocean, and they are beginning to be dissatisfied with being intermediaries. They sailed ships, or accompanied or formed a large fleet to Europe.

With the currents blown by the ocean monsoon, ships shuttle back and forth around the world, year after year.

Tea is popular all over the world, but production hasn't changed much. Scarcity is expensive, and the price of tea is naturally rising!

After Wang Zhongxiao introduced the current popularity of tea in detail, he said bitterly, "Lord Wang, seeing that tea is extremely popular, more and more farmers in Fujian are unwilling to cultivate rice fields and plant tea instead. The people live on food! The people do not farm and instead plant tea, and if this continues, what will the people feed on. Our China is a country based on agriculture, and if it continues like this, the country will not be a country. I implore the prince to order a ban on the scale of the tea trade and limit the scale of the tea fields. ”

There are too many literati who love to drink tea in China, if Wang Zhongxiao dares to say that it is forbidden to plant tea fields, he does not like tea sales, and he is afraid of scolding people to death.

Zheng Chenggong listened to Wang Zhongxiao's report and said, "Then may I ask, Mr. Changru." After the people of Fujian planted tea, was food scarce and the price of grain increased? (To be continued.) )