"If the coal mine is near, there will be one over there in Changxing."

Huang Baijia said.

Coal mining in the area of Changxing Guangde has started since the Ming Dynasty, and tens of thousands of people have poured into the mountains to dig coal in recent years, and it is not too far from Zhoushan on the south bank of Taihu Lake.

"But it's useless to us, now that our army is on land, we can't compete with the Tartars at all, not to mention that the Qing army from all over the country will kill them in the future, even if the 30,000 horses on the opposite side want to destroy our people, it's easy to do so, not to mention that we have to hold on, at least in the short term, we don't have the ability to develop on land, my plan is to go to Taiwan, take Keelung first, and use the coal mines there."

Yang Feng said.

Before he trained a real army, developing on land was tantamount to suicide, the only place available to him was Taiwan or Hainan Island, the latter was too far away, and Keelung was only a thousand miles away from here, with the speed of his fleet, it would be driven over in three or four days, and Taiwan now has only one general army and a few thousand green battalion defenders, so it can be said that the defense is extremely empty. Especially Keelung hangs in the north, facing the sea and back to the mountains, it is very easy to defend, at this time, the entire northern part of Taiwan is not very developed, the main population concentration area is in the central and southern regions, as long as the sea control is maintained, it can be safe, there is no way to attack there from the land, the only trouble is that the environment is bad, the problem of infectious diseases will be very serious, the advantage is that his subordinates are all southerners, and they are not very sensitive to this problem.

Moreover, Taiwanese people hide a large number of old Zheng family departments, once he occupies Keelung, it will be easy to form an advertising effect, so that a large number of these people will run to take refuge.

As for the Keelung coal mine, it is even simpler, this coal mine has been mined since the Ming Dynasty, in the past, it was nothing more than to expand the scale, and the sea transportation is convenient, whether it is from Korea or the Japanese country, it is easy to buy pig iron, and these two countries must be very fond of China war, so they will definitely be open for sale.

In addition, sulphur and earth nitrate could also be purchased from these two countries, especially sulphur from Japan and lead from Korea, which had been mined in the 15th century in the Gandeok lead-zinc mine in the latter.

Of course, running to Taiwan to develop, does not mean to give up Zhoushan, in fact, Zhoushan must still be held, and even his marshal's mansion will continue to stay in Zhoushan, the biggest use here is the call to action, as long as the banner of the Ming Dynasty is erected here, it can attract those anti-Qing righteous people to continue to run to work, simply put, this is a brand to pull people, and after pulling people in, they can be sent to Keelung's training base for training.

As for whether to seize the whole of Taiwan......

This is completely unnecessary, just take the Tamsui area, as long as he has the right to control the sea and block the reinforcements of the Qing army to Taiwan, it is impossible for the local defenders there to pose a threat to him, maybe the uprising of the old Zheng family alone is enough for them, there was a rebellion of Liu Ke next year in history, it can be said that he only needs to light a fire, and other places will naturally burn.

However, now his troubles are also simple......

"There aren't enough soldiers."

Yang Feng said very melancholy.

"At present, the total strength of Zhoushan is less than 5,000, and there are less than 4,000 of them who can really fight, and the sailors have to go to more than half, in fact, the land battalion has a total of only 1,300 people, of which 500 are adapted from pirates, 400 are locally recruited, and the remaining 400 are the rebels from all over the country.

Again, it is impossible for someone to seize the chicken coop and hold it. ”

Then he said.

"What does Yang Shuai want to do?"

Huang Baijia said.

"It's very simple, go and help me pull more people, at least 10,000 land battalions before we can divide our troops to capture the chicken coop."

Yang Feng said.

He has no other way now, although Zhoushan has a certain population, but he can't force the local strong men to be soldiers, if it is really a strong man who is forced, he will not dare to use it, so the only way is to continue to use the sign of anti-Qing and Ming restoration to attract people, and this kind of thing can only be done by people like Huang Baijia.

"Okay, it's the responsibility of the old man."

Huang Baijia said very happily.

"Mr. Lord, it's hard work!"

Yang Feng said somewhat gratefully, if he returned to Zhejiang at this time, he would definitely be arrested by the government, and it was interesting enough for him to agree so easily.

"Don't say this kind of kind words, I'm over fifty years this year, I can't live for many years, my father has been running all his life to restore my Han family, and my family teacher Wang Zhengnan has not forgotten to oppose the Qing Dynasty until he died.

Huang Baijia said indifferently.

"Mr. Lord, please rest assured, after two years at most, I can guarantee that everyone in your hometown will be able to cut off the pig's tail in the back."

Yang Feng said with his fists clenched.

Two years is enough for him to train a real army to launch a counteroffensive, Huang Baijia lives in Yuyao, and the first stop across the sea is that he can definitely realize his wish after two years.

"Dashuai, a Japanese ship is coming."

That's when a guard ran in to report.

"Wakoku ship?"

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment.

"They probably didn't know that this place had changed hands, that the Wa Kingdom and the Tartars had trade, and that several merchant ships came over every year."

Huang Baijia explained.

"Let them in port and bring their shipowner over."

Yang Feng said immediately.

Half an hour later, the Japanese merchant ship docked at Zhoushan Port under the escort of Ming warships, and then the owner was brought to Yang Feng.

"What's your name?"

Yang Feng sat there casually drinking tea, the cup in his hand was not porcelain, the color was extremely bright orange, it looked warm as jade, but like Western stained glass.

"Villain Black Eight."

The ship's owner spoke very good Chinese and said respectfully.

"Whose family are you?"

Yang Feng continued to say nonchalantly.

"The villain belongs to the Shimazu family."

Kurohachi said.

"Oh, it's the Shimazu family, Yoshiki, ah, do you want to burn me?"

Yang Feng, who was drinking tea, suddenly let go of his hand, and the cup fell directly, and at the same time he said angrily to Ruyu beside him, who watched him act with a resentful face, the cup made a crisp sound on the ground of the stone pavement, and then Hei Bayi's chin almost hit the ground with an expression, watching the imaginary glass that must have been shattered bounce on the stone slab, and fell in front of him, and flicked it in horror, but it was still strong without a crack.

"Why don't you go down and change the cup!"

Yang Feng continued to reprimand.

Ruyu turned around and brought him another plastic cup.

"Where did you just go? Ah, you're from the Shimazu family, and the current feudal lord is still Shimazu Yoshiki, right? The Shimazu family followed the monkey to make trouble, invaded North Korea and was the enemy of ****, and now they are still colluding with the Tartars. ”

Yang Feng said with a gloomy face.

"My lord, our Japanese people have never had any official contact with the Tatars in Beijing, only occasional trade, and in our country we are extremely indignant at the Tatars stealing in China, but it is a pity that the country is weak and cannot help the Ming Dynasty."

Hei Babi said respectfully.

This guy is obviously quite smart, like this kind of specialized in foreign trade, he is generally extremely flexible in mind and quite experienced.

Yang Feng was quite satisfied with his answer, but he still snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for that, your head would have hit the ground today." ”

Then the guy just sat there and drank his own tea.

Heiba, who was lying on the ground, knelt for a while, and couldn't help it, so he cautiously asked, "My lord, can the villain leave?" ”

"Let's go!"

Yang Feng waved his hand very casually and said.

"The villain's ship and cargo?"

"The ship is taken away, and the cargo is left!"

"Adult, be gracious, the villain can only hang himself and jump into the sea when he goes back like this!"

Hei Hachi was so anxious that he lay on the ground and kept kowtowing and crying, his ship was not his own, and the goods were not his own, they were all owned by the lord of the Satsuma domain, which was to exchange for a large number of Chinese goods, he didn't know that there had been a change of owner here, so he sailed over according to the original habit, and was intercepted by the Ming warship patrolling the sea, and then was brought here, accompanied by a smile and grovelled for fear of being hacked, but he didn't expect this result, if he went back like this, there was no other way but suicide.

"What's on that ship?"

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"Copper."

Hei Hachi said busily.

In fact, at this time, the main goods exported by the Wa Kingdom to China were copper, which supplemented the shortage of raw materials for the Qing Dynasty's coinage.

"That's right, copper can be used to forge cannons, where are you going to leave here with copper? It must have been to go to Matsue and sell the copper to the Tartars, and then they cast cannons to bombard me, do you think I'm going to let you do that? ”

Yang Feng's eyes widened and he shouted.

"Huh?!"

Kurohachi shut up.

"My lord, then you should at least pay us for the goods?"

After a while, he said with a sad face.

"The payment, ah, by the way, the nephrite cup in front of you is the payment, this is a priceless treasure, my lord I am made of the colorful nephrite jade in the belly of Kunlun Mountain, there is no similar thing in the world except in my hands, it is not only used to prolong life and not invade all evils, even if the monsters like wine swallowing have to retreat when they see it, your boat of copper is not worth this treasure!" For the sake of you, you still know how to count etiquette, even if it is a reward for you! ”

Yang Feng said while drinking tea with another green plastic cup.

"Yes, yes, ......"

Hei Hachi wanted to cry and look at the palm-sized cup in front of him without tears, although this thing is indeed magical, but a boatload of copper for such a cup is still exaggerated, not to mention that this kind of luxury is liked by someone, in case you take it back and the lord of the domain doesn't like it, why don't you chop yourself directly with a knife?

"But what? Don't even have this, come on, throw this pariah out! ”

Yang Feng glared and shouted.

"The villain wants it, the villain wants it!"

Hei Hachi was so frightened that he hurriedly rushed over, grabbed the cup and lay on the ground and said.

"Even if you know the goods, and, be careful, this thing is afraid of fire and sharp weapons, if it is damaged, don't blame me for not telling you!"

Yang Feng said with a teacup.

Kurohachi looked at the cup in his hand thoughtfully.