Zhang Chu really vomited, vomited, and got used to it. The soldiers who came from Shaanxi with Zhang Chu were not much better, and they vomited in the first few days, and after vomiting, they were forced to eat, and then vomited after eating. Li Fugui and other people who are accustomed to life at sea gloated beside him, and teased a few words from time to time.

After a few days of tossing, Zhang Chu adapted to life at sea, enjoying the feeling of blue sea and blue sky on the deck, Li Fugui introduced the anecdotes of navigation to Zhang Chu next to Zhang Chu, and Zhang Chu listened to it with relish.

In the era before Zhang Chu's crossing, Portugal had declined, if it weren't for the fact that Chinese football was too bad, and every country was a strong team, the otaku Zhang Chu wouldn't necessarily know that there was still Portugal. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, however, Portugal was a true maritime power.

Through Li Fugui's introduction, Zhang Chu has a general understanding of the current world situation. While the Chinese were still fighting behind closed doors on their own soil, European navigators had been sailing the oceans for more than a hundred years. Their logic is very simple, they can grab it, if they can't grab it, they will trade with you, and if you don't want to trade, you will agree to trade. In 1533 AD, the Portuguese defrauded the right of residence in Macao and operated in Macao for nearly 100 years. For the sake of interests, the European powers Spain, Britain, and the Netherlands fiercely compete for maritime supremacy in Asia, and all want to dominate China's coastal foreign trade. The Dutch had been stealing Taiwan for almost a decade, and they took advantage of the island's advantageous geographical location to gain a great deal of wealth through monopolizing trade, exorbitant taxes, armed robbery, and sometimes even going to the coast of China to rob and collect taxes on passing merchant ships.

The fleet of more than ten days sailed to the end of the trip - Shuangyu Port on Liuheng Island in Ningbo.

As soon as the fleet approached, it was spotted by the people on the island, and there were people in a conspicuous place who kept waving flags to the fleet. Yang Liu immediately ordered someone to respond on the boat, and after a period of exchange, Yang Liu came to Zhang Chu very excitedly: "The big handsome is great, the channel that was originally blocked by the official and military shipwrecks and sand and gravel has been cleared, and now the big ship can enter the port directly, which can save us a lot of time." ”

Guided by the island's boats, the flotilla entered the harbor in turn.

Zhang Chu stood at the bow of the ship and looked at this strange place, to be honest, Zhang Chu decided to use this place as a base in Jiangnan and took a big risk.

Shuangyu Port has been beautiful in history, and must have been abandoned for nearly a hundred years, and whether the port can be used or not is a question of whether it has been occupied by others.

Now it seems that Zhang Chu's adventure has succeeded, Yang Liu has gained a foothold in Shuangyu Port, and the port can still be used, which is more than half of the success. However, the situation is also very serious, and Shuangyu Port is now facing pressure from the government, the Dutch, the Portuguese, and the great pirate Zheng Zhilong, who has just returned to the court. At this time, Zheng Zhilong's forces were mainly in the coastal areas of Fujian, and he was too lazy to take care of this small force in Ningbo, and it would be difficult to say if the security army would make the situation bigger.

Once you have a good start, you have to work hard. Zhang Chu no longer wanted to raise his eyes to observe the scene in the port. Liuheng Island is located in the south of the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang, on the south side of the Yangtze River estuary, on the outer edge of Hangzhou Bay, and on the east sea surface of Xiangshan Bay in Ningbo. Backed by Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo, facing the Pacific Ocean.

Shuangyu Port on Liuheng Island is a good deep-water port that can dock large ships, but at this time, the former prosperity is gone, and only a few small boats of the security army are moored in the port.

The most conspicuous thing is that there is a castle under construction at the entrance to the port, which is different from the style of traditional Chinese castles. It is completely in the shape of a European fortress. This design began to originate from Zhang Chu's impression, Zhang Chu drew a simple pattern and handed it to Yang Liu, Yang Liu was going to Macau to find a proficient foreigner to guide the construction, after discovering Li Fugui, Li Fugui soon found someone in Macau who would build a fort, Yang Liu Xu brought people to Liuheng Island with a high salary.

When Yang Liu went north, the construction of the fortress had already begun, and after a few months, the outer walls and ditches had been built, and they had the initial defense capability.

The big ship docked, the people on the island came to greet them, and many people saw Zhang Chu for the first time, which did not hinder their enthusiasm for Zhang Chu. Even the Portuguese who were left on the island were full of admiration for Zhang Chu after hearing the propaganda.

Zhang Chu went to the island to rest after greeting everyone, and the people on the dock did not disperse, and began to be busy unloading the supplies on the ship.

Li Fugui boasted there about the battles he had never participated in, and he did a little artistic processing, without saying that he had participated in the battles, nor that he had not participated in the battles, and the audience was naturally implied that he had participated in all the battles.

The Portuguese were even more enthusiastic when they heard this, and the security forces had eliminated thousands of enemies with almost no casualties, which was the mercenary's favorite battle, and it was not very dangerous but there was a lot of bounty to be gained. One by one, they all sighed and missed a great opportunity to make a fortune. When boxes of belongings were brought up, Li Fugui deliberately asked someone to open a large box, and lost no time in introducing the real money inside, the light of gold and silver fascinated everyone's eyes, and he was more confident to follow Zhang Chu to do it.

Zhang Chu took a short rest on the island and started to get busy again, and Yang Liu accompanied him to check the situation on Liuheng Island.

Liuheng Island is a relatively large one in the Zhoushan archipelago, the whole island is rectangular, 30 miles long from north to south, more than 10 miles wide from east to west, there are rivers and fresh water on the island, and it is not a problem to live tens of thousands of people.

With the efforts of Yang Liu, more than 300 fishermen have been recruited on the island, and the veterans from Shaanxi have trained the newcomers to be full of fun. The strict discipline of the security forces has also been passed down through the veterans. It was not at all the same kind as the Ming army and pirates of the same period. Now joined by more than 1,000 veterans who have experienced the test of war, the security forces have become a formidable force along the coast.

Rokuyoko Island was built as a long-term base, and not only a castle and a port were built, but also a huge shipyard was being built, and it would take a long time to build large ships. At this time, it has also begun to play a role, and the four ships returning from the north will be overhauled and equipped with artillery here, and these four ships will become the main force of the security forces at sea in the future.

The craftsmen recruited by Yang Liu in Beijing were placed in temporary accommodations, and Zhang Chu went over to comfort them. The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the craftsman was not allowed to leave his hometown, and he really couldn't live so he held the psychology of desperate struggle with Yang Liu to go to sea by boat, and after the test of life and death at sea, it can be regarded as a rebirth, and they cherish this hard-won opportunity to live even more.

Seeing Zhang Chu, the big boss, they came over to greet him and said that he would work hard to do a good job.

Zhang Chu comforted him with kind words, and Zhang Chu talked about the treatment of craftsmen in the security army, and the craftsmen became active all of a sudden. Yang Liu had also mentioned the issue of treatment before, and most people were still skeptical, thinking that as long as they could eat together, it would be good, this time Zhang Chu personally proposed, it seems that what he said before is true, and everyone began to look forward to a better life in the future.

Bidding farewell to the craftsmen, Zhang Chu led people in the secret warehouse to sort the goods stolen from Houjin, and picked out the most valuable ones. The next step is to go to Nanjing, the capital of China.