Updated: 20-0-

The flotilla continued along the coastline, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, it came to the outside of Badouzi Island.

Badouzi Island is an isolated island in the sea, separated from Keelung Mountain (at this time it was still Jilong Mountain) by a shallow strait, and during the Japanese occupation era, it was filled in to build a thermal power plant in the north, connecting the island with the northern foot of Keelung Mountain. The famous Badouzi Coal Mine, the first coal mine in modern China is located at the northern foot of Keelung Mountain.

Below the northern foot of Jilong Mountain is the famous Badouzi Fishing Port in later generations, but now it is only a sandy beach under the northern foot of Jilong Mountain. Keelung Harbor is about three kilometers to the east, but Keelung is known as a chicken coop at this time.

The area around the chicken coop is all shallow coal mines, and coal is produced by digging a deep pit. Lu Huitian has come to buy coal several times, and each time he buys it with real money and silver, and for fishermen, digging coal is more profitable than fishing.

At this time, Jilong Harbor was surrounded by shallow coal mines, and the common people dug many coal mining pits there. Although the coal seam here is very thin, only about 5~50 cm, it is convenient to plan, as long as there is a brute force, choose a suitable place near the waterway, dig a 30 inches wide, 40 feet high, into four or five meters to reach the coal seam.

The Manchu government repeatedly issued orders to strictly prohibit the people of Keelung from digging and selling coal, but this paper ban could not stop the local people's desire to make money. The mountains around Jilonggang Tianliao and Bachimen are full of coal pits, and those close to the river are directly waterway; If it is close to the sea, the boat can go directly to the sea cliff under the pit mouth to load coal and transfer it to Jilong Street.

Although the Manchus encouraged private coal mining on the mainland, coal mining was strictly forbidden in Taiwan for the ridiculous fear of cutting off the dragon vein. The coal dug up by the chicken coop is rarely sold in Taiwan, and it is even more impossible to sell it to the mainland.

Lu Huitian has come to the chicken coop to buy coal many times, and each time he bought four or five hundred tons. This time, Lu Huitian did not come to pull coal for nearly half a month, the coal at the various pits of the chicken coop has been piled high, and the coal at the wharf on the street side of the chicken coop is also full, and the people digging coal have started fishing again.

At this time, it was already afternoon, the northeast wind was blowing strongly, and the fishing boats in Jilong Harbor were up and down with the waves, preparing to sail back, and flocks of seagulls were circling back and forth on the sea surface in mid-air.

"Isn't this a steamer from Citigroup? They're buying coal again! "The fishermen on the fishing boats and the steamboats flying the American flag were all excited.

At this time, an angry voice came out, "What's the use of coming, the government doesn't allow coal mining or selling." ”

Most of these fishermen have immigrated from Fujian and speak Hokkien.

The fishermen suddenly remembered the notice just issued by the Tamsui Agency, and their excitement suddenly disappeared, and they all drooped.

A fishing boat not far from the Zhoushan ship rushed towards the fleet, and a stout fisherman asked in a loud voice, "Hello! Lord Admiral, are you buying coal? ”

Ni Ashui shouted in Hokkien from the side of the boat, "Lord Yang has come to buy coal again, do you have anyone here to deliver coal?" Then hurry to Jilong Port to load coal for delivery! ”

The fishing boat continued to approach the Zhoushan ship, and the fishermen on the boat waved desperately while shouting: "Lord Yang, Lord Yang!" ”

Seeing that the fishing boat was approaching, the guns and artillery on the Zhoushan ship immediately tightened their grip on the guns in their hands and were on guard carefully, just in case.

The boat was very close, and the stout fisherman cried out, "Lord Yang! The government also ordered that the buying and selling of coal should be strictly prohibited, and those who dig coal without permission will be immediately punished. ”

"Isn't this Wu Qiaolin!" Lu Huitian hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Stop, stop!" ”

Wu Qiolin is the shopkeeper of a coal shop on Jilong Street, and Lu Huitian has dealt with him many times.

Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent officials to Jilong Street to check the illegal mining of coal, the mining and sales of Jilong coal have come to a standstill. After discussion, a group of coal merchants on Jerlong Street sent people to wait at sea in turn for the merchant ships that passed to purchase coal, and they wanted to use the night cover as a cover to trade coal with the merchant ships that came to buy coal outside the port.

Today is Wu Qiolin waiting at sea, and he finally waited for Lu Huitian.

The sea is rough and the waves on the side of the boat are high and low. For the sake of safety, the fishing boat did not try to let the Dinghai ship dock, and at a distance of about ten meters from the Dinghai ship, Wu Zhuolin let the boat lower its sails, which was slowly parallel to the Dinghai ship.

India's Asan Ali stood on the side of the ship, he pretended to be an American, the nominal owner of the ship, and Lu Huitian, who was standing next to him, was his translator.

Wu Qiolin roared and explained his intention to Ali, because of the ban of the imperial court, he could only use the night as a cover to trade coal in the outer harbor near Xiandong.

He said that although a strong northeast wind has now blown and the waves outside the port are rough, the sea surface of the outer harbor near Xiandongbi is still calm, and there is no problem for fishing boats to transport coal.

Lu Huitian shook his head when he heard this, he told Ali in English, this guy who sells coal has to be beaten, you have a little temper!

Ali was obedient, and he immediately began to grunt.

Feeling Ali's anger, Wu Qiolin, who followed the waves up and down, behaved very innocently.

"Lord Yang is very dissatisfied, he said that the court is very stupid to do this!" Lu Huitian shook his head and told Wu Qiolin, "But since it can be traded, Lord Yang doesn't care about the location of this transaction, whether it is in the inner harbor or the outer harbor." ”

Wu Qiolin accompanied the smiling face, "Sailing at night, sending coal to the outer port, the fishermen are too hard, this price has to rise a little!" ”

Listening to Lu Huitian's translation, Ali shook his furry bear paws, "No, no, no!" It's still the old price, and I won't add a cent of this silver. ”

"That's not going to work!" Wu Qiolin gritted his teeth tightly, "Lord Yang, since we are talking about business, we have to discuss it carefully." This time it is to organize fishermen to sail at night, the risk is too great, no increase in price, fishermen do not do it! ”

"This is easy to do, you have a few ships to send us coal, and we will add a few pieces of silver to you."

The negotiations were almost a roar, loud, and the news quickly spread throughout the ship. Before Wu Qiaolin's fishing boat left, a few people ran to encourage their captain, saying that it was best to go ashore and take a look, and that the first time they arrived in Keelung, they couldn't go in vain.

So Zhang Xin found Wang Tiezhu, "Captain, I heard that this coal is traded in the outer harbor or at night, how does this look like playing smuggling?" ”

"And what do you think we should do?"

"In my opinion, whether he is happy or not, let's go directly to the inner harbor wharf to load and unload coal." After finishing speaking, Zhang Xin was still unsatisfied, "We are hanging the American flag, so we have to run rampant like foreign devils." ”

"The nautical chart placed on the navigation table is a copy of the nautical chart of Jilong Bay drawn by the Americans when they explored Jilong Bay this year, have you ever taken it seriously?" Wang Tiehammer's face was a little gloomy.

"I've been hasty, and I haven't had time to go into detail. However, I don't want to be too familiar with the nautical chart information of Keelung Port! Zhang Xin was a little ignorant, "In the Dalian Naval Academy, I can get these nautical chart materials every day." ”

"You! It's too mechanical, what kind of captain are you doing at such a level?! Wang Tiezhu tapped his finger on Zhang Xin's head, "The data you used to go to was the data of Keelung Port in the late 20th century, but now it's 54 years." ”

He told Zhang Xin that the Jilong Bay has not yet been renovated, and that most of it is a sandbar after the tide recedes, and only small sampans can be passed, and ships like the Dinghai ship need to berth in the ingot bay about three kilometers away.

"Our purpose today is only to buy coal and reconnoiter the terrain, not to capture Keelung. As long as the purpose can be achieved, anchoring in the inner harbor is no different from anchoring in the outer harbor! ”

"It's a drop, it's a drop." Zhang Xin made a big oolong, very embarrassed, and giggled vigorously.

"You, you're still far from being a qualified captain!"

On the evening of 54 years, with a buzzing sound, the unmanned aircraft crossed the Shiqiu Ridge from the direction of Taipei at an altitude of 3,000 meters and entered the Keelung area.

Keelung, formerly known as Chicken Coop, is a long and narrow bay with a depth of 6 kilometers and a width of more than 20 meters at the entrance.

The outer harbor of Jilong Bay is surrounded by mountains, the west side of the outer harbor is Xiandong Rock, Xiandongbi is a ridge of Xiandong Rock stretching out to the sea, and the inside of Xiandongbi is the boundary between Keelung Inner and Outer Harbor; To the east of the outer harbor are Sheliao Island, Dashawan, Ershawan and Sanshawan, and Sheliao Island is the Peace Island of later generations, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty built forts to guard Ershawan and Sanshawan in the east.

The east of the inner harbor of the chicken coop is the Tianliao River, and the west is the Niuchou Harbor Creek, and the surrounding area of the Tianliao River and the Niuchou Harbor are still a mudflat.

In the first year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (72), the people of Zhangzhou moved to the chicken coop from Bali and Jinbaoli, and built a fish liao in Huzi Mountain, Niochougang, west of the chicken coop bay, and then developed to the south to the seashore of Renai District, and built a wharf street along the seashore, called Kunziding Street, also known as Jilong Street.

The Nanrong River to the south of Jilong Street flows through the Shihard Port area, and the Xiding River to the west flows through the Oyster Harbor area. After the two rivers merge into a single Asahikawa River, it flows into Jilong Bay through Jilong Street.

Shiqiu Ridge is only more than eight kilometers away from Jilong Street, Xie Ding went from the screen to the north of Shiqiu Ridge There is a small hill bag, and there is a stone weizi built on the mountain bag, he immediately signaled Fei Wujun to operate the drone and hover over the stone weizi.

On the branch of a large tree in the stone enclosure, there is a birdcage, and a thrush in the birdcage can't stop making a beautiful chirp.

Another branch of the tree also had a birdcage containing a small purple-red bird with a black head, upper thorax and wings.

The bird was not very restless in the cage, its head kept looking left and right, and from time to time it made a pi-lo-i-lo chirp, and then it became a thick nasal sound of kee-ah.

"The sound is not bad, but I don't take the cage." Mark picked up a straw stick, grinned and reached into the cage, teasing the bird, "Good baby, hurry up and serve the cage, master will walk you!" ”

Markton is a flag man, just like this. The purple-red bird had been caught by the people of the chicken coop from the mountains, and it had not been two days since he got it.

Mark Ton, known as Yunbo, was selected by the Qing court to be a disciple of the Eight Banners and sent to Taiwan to serve as the Cheng of Monga County.

This stone enclosure is still the fortress built by the knife at the beginning of the year into the chicken coop, and now it is the temporary line of Markton. Standing on the stone walled city, you can see the stone hard port in the south, Tianliao port in the east, Jilong Street in the north, and Oyster Shell Port in the west.

He had been in the chicken coop for many days, and he had been assigned by Ding Yuejian, a fellow acquaintance of the Tamsui Department, to buy coal to prevent Citi's state ships.

In August, the Macedonian sailed into the chicken coop under the pretext of searching for the Americans who had suffered a shipwreck, but in fact it was to survey the chicken coop coal mine. This news was sent to Beijing and immediately aroused a high degree of vigilance among the Manchu authorities. The Qing court repeatedly issued edicts asking Taiwan to guard against harassment by European and American powers and to prohibit all trade with Europe and the United States.

At that time, the Manchus called the United States the Michijian State.

Lu Huitian pretended to be a businessman who came to the chicken coop to buy coal five times, which caused the anger of Taiwan's Taoist Yuduo.

Yu Duo was the highest official of the Qing court in Taiwan who patrolled Taiwan's military garrison according to the rank of inspector. He immediately ordered the Tamsui Agency to send personnel to deal with it to prevent the so-called Mi Qi Jianyi people from coming again.

Therefore, he came from Monga to the Chicken Coop Fort, and stationed there, waiting for the Yi merchants to come, and then dissuading them.

At this time, the sound of "buzzing" came from above, and the bird was startled, spread its wings and flapped twice, making a mew sound, like a cat meowing.

Markton suddenly became excited, "Baby, you can still make a cat meow!" You call him twice more. ”

Believing that he was playing with the stick, he continued to tease the bird with the stick, but the bird only flew in the cage to avoid the attack of the stick, and did not make a single chirp.

The bird stopped chirping, and the sound of "buzzing" immediately reached Macton's ears very clearly.

What a sound! Markton was a little strange, he looked up at the sky, and there was nothing in the sky.

The drone is in the air for three thousand meters, and it looks like a small dot from a distance, and Markton naturally doesn't see anything. The drone flew back and forth over Keelung a few times, and flew to the sea after aerial photography.