The First Fleet has been busy training since the end of the New Year, and the current naval expansion is extremely fast, so it is necessary to strengthen training to integrate personnel.

The American Fleet is still in the battle sequence of the First Fleet, and it will have to wait for news from the Americas before leaving for the Americas.

It was not until I received a report from the ships in the port that I hurried back, and more than two hours had passed since the port was attacked.

"It looks like the battle is almost over." Su Buheng looked at the situation of the Dutch warships with binoculars, the masts of many Dutch warships were destroyed, and the deck was also a mess, and some Dutch warships even stopped straight in place, unable to move.

"There is still one last step to go, and the offshore fleet does not have enough ability to jump into the gang." Wen Bangliang looked at the situation on the field and said, the ships of the offshore fleet are all small ships of more than 100 tons, if this was placed a hundred years ago, it would be okay to use it to raid American ports, but a hundred years later, the tonnage of sailing ships has developed greatly.

If these ships of more than 100 tons leaned close to those Dutch warships and jumped into the gang, not to mention that the Dutch warships were too tall, it was a hit of the cannons of the Dutch warships, and it was estimated that these warships would be sunk without a few rounds of shelling.

So there was a very strange phenomenon, the ships of the offshore fleet cruised back and forth, but did not get close to the Dutch warships, and the Dutch warships were paralyzed in place and could only drift with the sea.

"Order, ships alongside enemy ships, and marines seize ships." Su Buheng immediately gave the order, and the standard-bearer immediately waved flags to the officers and soldiers on the warships.

Seven warships quickly sailed into the harbor and headed for the Dutch warship.

"Bang~!" With a bang, the bow side of the flagship Shanghai that Su Buheng was riding on collided with the bow side of the Amsterdam, and there was a tremor.

Su Buheng did not contact the entire side of the ship with the enemy ship, for them, as long as they found a place to board the enemy ship.

In case of full contact, there is a high risk of being bombarded by the artillery of enemy ships.

As soon as the "Boom...... Shanghai merged and shipped, the 75mm cannons on the deck opened fire on the Amsterdam, and they attacked the cannon that could reach the bow of the ship that could attack them.

The Dutch artillerymen, who were about to attack the Shanghai, were swept away on the spot by shrapnel from the explosion, and there were no more resistors on the deck.

The Marines, who had long been ready, immediately rushed out, and some of the musketeers fired at the crew of the Amsterdam with their heads down to cover their comrades who had jumped into the gang.

The Marines quickly crossed the side of the ship, and one by one more than a hundred jumped onto the Amsterdam, some of them were left to deal with the enemies on the deck, and most of the soldiers rushed directly to the lower cabins.

Pusterson drooped his head at the moment, he didn't order the ship to be scuttled, because this was a port, and even if the ship was scuttled, these Ming men could be fished up from below, and they could be used as long as they went into the shipyard to repair it.

Moreover, if the boat is scuttled, it will inevitably anger the Ming people, and then the consequences that await them will be terrible, and they may not be rescued from the water, and they may be drowned alive, or they may be tortured after being rescued from the water.

The Batavia Company was just a business group, and even if these crew members were from the Dutch Navy, they could not have the spirit of death.

Even if Pusterson wanted to chisel, the other captains probably wouldn't obey the order.

Soon, the Amsterdam was controlled, the prisoners in the cabin were taken out one by one, and this large warship of more than 1,400 tons was successfully captured.

The other six Dutch warships were also targeted by the warships of the First Fleet, and the four warships converted from the Fu Ship were the most convenient when jumping into the gang.

Although the tonnage was not as large as that of Dutch warships, the ships were tall and deep, and the Marines were loaded the most, with 500 Marines on board.

The Dutch, who knew that there was no escape, except for a few diehards, did not put up much resistance and obediently raised their hands and surrendered.

The whole process lasted more than twenty minutes, and six Dutch warships were captured!

One by one, the Dutch crew members were escorted to the dock, and the six Dutch warships were also anchored on the spot, waiting for the follow-up treatment, and the whole navy was excited.

"Xia Guan was fortunate not to be dishonored, and dragged the warship of the Xiyi people in the harbor." Yan Shiliang gave a military salute to Su Buheng and said sonorously.

"Good job, capturing these six warships, the strength of our navy has increased greatly, and in a few months these warships will be equipped, and we will be able to rob homes everywhere, haha!" Su Buheng laughed and said, "I'll ask the adults for credit for you when I turn around." ”

"Sir Xie." Yan Shiliang's face also showed joy.

"Your Excellency has always rewarded those who have made meritorious contributions, and if you have been rewarded, you should put on a banquet and invite everyone to have a big meal." Su Buheng said with a smile, very happy.

"It's nature, hehe!" Yan Shiliang also laughed.

"Let people tow these six warships back to Longkou tomorrow and repair them as soon as possible, and we will have action in May." Su Buheng said to Yan Shiliang.

"Action? What action? Yan Shiliang was shocked and asked.

"It's a high-level secret, it's inconvenient to disclose, and you'll know it then." Su Buheng shook his head and said, in May, to attack Lushun, Nanguan, and Jinzhou, and strive to control the Liaodong Peninsula in its hands, the navy must mobilize enough forces to cooperate. In order that the news will not be leaked in advance, so that Jiannu has a guard, this action cannot be spread.

Yan Shiliang understood and didn't ask any more. Although he is currently the commander of the Offshore Fleet, the Offshore Fleet is still a branch of the First Fleet, let alone a high-ranking member of the Denglai Army, so those secrets naturally cannot be known.

"Sir, the Xiyi people were also sunk two warships and a speedboat, one of which burned down and sank, and the other warship and that speedboat were directly sunk, and maybe they could be repaired if they were fished up." Yan Shiliang said.

"Then let's scoop them all up and see! It's easy to get into an accident when you're stuck in a port. Su Buheng nodded.

…… On the same day, the navy's good news reached Zhaojiabao, and Zhao Yan almost jumped up with excitement, six warships! That's six, and all of them are faster warships than Fuku.

"In addition, nearly 800 Xiyi were captured, and their commander and two lieutenants were also captured." Liu Heng asked, "Do you report to the imperial court?" ”

"Report it!" Zhao Yan thought about it, and then decided, now that Denglai Sea is forbidden to exist in name only, it is nothing if Zhu Youzhen knows.

Then there is the invasion of the port by the Dutch, and Zhu Youzhen will not know for a while that he is involved in maritime trade.

"How are the officers and men of the Offshore Fleet rewarded?" Zhao Yan asked Liu Heng.

"Promote Yan Shiliang to garrison, and the rest of the personnel will report their merits to the education committees of the coastal fleets, and they have captured six warships, worth no more than one million taels, and the adults can give 100,000 taels of property as a reward." Zhang Buyun said.

"Hmmm! Then do it! Zhao Yan agreed.

Rewards and pensions, generally not all the silver two, part of the land this real estate to offset, but the offset is also a degree, generally a soldier or general, the land under the reward will not exceed 300 acres, this is a boundary, can not be crossed.

These lands can also provide a living guarantee for the families of soldiers, plus three buckets of rice distributed every month, so that they do not have to worry about food and clothing.

Owning 300 acres of land can only be regarded as a very small landlord, compared to those vassal kings who often dump tens of thousands of land, but also across provinces, it is definitely a drop in the bucket, and there is no need to worry about land annexation at all.

In addition, for those soldiers and generals who have made meritorious contributions, they are generally rewarded with medals and swords. Forging from steel, this sword has a neutral style, somewhat similar to Western cross swords, but not all of them, and the decorative patterns on the scabbard and hilt are also different.

After dealing with the information from Qingdao, Zhang Buyun and Liu Heng also retreated and went their own way. Zhao Yan continued to deal with today's official business, and with the expansion of his territory, there were more affairs that he needed to deal with.

Basically, there are twenty or thirty reports that need to be handled by him every day, which is not bad, Zhao Yan has so many departments, if it is replaced by someone else, it is estimated that there will be a lot of reports to be processed every day.

Zhao Yan's institutional model is much better, with clear regulations for most affairs, and a certain amount of delegation of authority to officials in various departments, who can generally come up with their own plans and deal with them without violating principles.

If the basic rules are violated, or if there is corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, or so on, there is naturally another set of rectification methods, and at the same time, the performance is used as the evaluation standard.

One of the biggest assessment criteria is whether the people's will is supported, and the people's will is divided into the bottom, the middle, and the upper class of the people, three reading objects, two public opinion surveys are conducted every year, and those who fail to meet the requirements are strictly investigated, and if there is no problem, they will be directly demoted, and transferred from other positions, and if there is a problem, if it involves corruption or the like, they will be directly beheaded.

The so-called troubled times use the key points, if you don't start ruthlessly, you will inevitably be contaminated with bad habits in the officialdom.

Yuan'er sharpened the ink on the side, took the instructions sent from everywhere, and began to read. When Meimu looked at Zhao Yan from time to time, she was a little distracted. In just two years, Childe has become what he is today.

It's like a hegemon!

Who would have thought that in the past, a talented talent who was not famous, in just over two years, he had become a dragon and tiger general.

Li Jixian, captain of the Shanxi Inspection Brigade, urgently reported that after years of insect plagues and droughts, a large-scale famine broke out in Shanxi after the beginning of spring. In addition, Zhang Liguo, head of the Henan Inspection Brigade, urgently reported that there was also a famine in Nanyang, Henan, and the number of victims was no less than 200,000, and he requested the allocation of 80,000 stone sweet potatoes for disaster relief. ”

"Approved." Zhao Yan nodded and said, he was really a little helpless, the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty was that natural disasters continued.

"In addition, the Shaanxi Inspection Brigade predicts that 300,000 hungry people can be recruited from Shanxi, and the Henan Inspection Brigade predicts that 50,000 hungry people can be recruited in Nanyang, and they ask Gongzi for instructions on where to place the hungry people." Yuan'er said.

"Let's take it all back to Laizhou! This year is also the time to shoot at those landlords. After thinking about it, Zhao Yan decided on the resettlement location.

Shanxi and Henan are obviously not suitable for resettlement in Tuntian, after all, there are too many disasters, especially the locusts are the most violent, and there is no effective means of control.

Shanxi is completely outside the scope of Zhao Yan's tuntian.

Shanxi is a place with a fragile ecological environment, which is not suitable for too much agricultural production, and it is precisely the harsh conditions that make Shanxi people develop the habit of being good at storing grain, they are all in order to prepare for famine, in case they are starved to death in disaster years.

Moving those people with fragile ecological environment to areas with a good ecological environment will not only benefit the people in the future, but also protect those areas with fragile ecological environment.

In this era of colonies everywhere, as long as the navy develops, Zhao Yan will not lack any land.

However, it can still be considered in Tuntian, Henan, after all, the land in Henan is more suitable for growing sweet potatoes, and the ecological environment is stronger than Shanxi.

However, now Zhao Yan's construction center is still in Shandong, and at present, he will eat Dengzhou steadily, and it is not easy to eat Dengzhou in two years.

Next up is Laizhou! Then to Qingzhou, then to Jinan, Yanzhou, Dongchang, year by year!

The speed of encroachment also depends on how many homeless and disaster victims can be recruited, as long as there are enough homeless people this year, Zhao Yan has the courage to eat Qingzhou in one bite.

But if there are really so many people who migrate to Shandong, then he will have to buy land from those landlords, the degree of land annexation in Qingzhou, but the largest area in the three eastern prefectures, the land everywhere is landlords', if you spend all the money to buy, let alone tens of millions of taels.

"According to the report, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, has been actively strengthening the defense of Jinan and Qingzhou in the past two months, which seems to be a bit aimed at our Denglai." Yuan'er continued to read the contents of the report.

"Yan Jizu, the shelf is quite big, I went up to the Jinan Governor's Yamen, and he hung it there for a while. Let him go! Anyway, those old men can't toss anything. "Zhao Yan didn't pay any attention to Yan Jizu's actions, even if he could strengthen his defenses? If he wants to fight, he will be able to defeat Jinan in less than half a month.

But he and Zhu Youzhen haven't tore their faces yet! The civil war can not be fought as much as possible, so as not to have unnecessary losses, a stable Shandong, a stable and prosperous Ming Dynasty, in line with the interests of Denglai.

"People are one level older than you, it should be many levels. It's normal to play tricks! Ignore him. Yuan'er stuck out her tongue, Zhao Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, that kind of bureaucratic style used on him would definitely make him angry. Zhao Yan went to Jinan to lie down and politely went to pay a visit, but it turned out that he waited for more than half an hour and didn't even see a shadow, how could he not be angry! It's not that he is asked to do anything Yan Jizu, he is not a grandson.

Yuan'er then picked up the next report, and a smile appeared on her bright pretty face, "The textile machinery research team of the Academy of Science and Technology reported that they successfully developed a knitting machine yesterday, which is more than fifty times faster than hand-knitting socks. ”

"Oh! The results are out, come with me to see them later. Zhao Yan's mind suddenly became eager, after the successful development of the knitting machine, the hosiery industry will be on the horse to make money in the future.

Summer sock shops are everywhere in Daming, almost every prosperous city, there are dozens of summer sock shops, the rich want the goods of the rich, and the poor also have the goods of the poor. The rich for comfort, the poor for the cold, also have a vast market.

(To be continued)