The South Seas have a hot climate and a cluster of islands.

The rainy season is coming, and the downpour is beating against those primeval forests, which is the hardest time of the year in the Nanyang region, and it is humid everywhere.

A group of pirates fleeing along the Musi River have been hiding in the rainforest for more than two months. After more than two months, more than half of the members dispersed.

Every day, some pirates would sneak away in ships and voluntarily surrender to the officers and men of the navy. More and more pirates can't hold it anymore, because their families are still in the Ming Dynasty. When the pirates are becoming more and more prospectless, it is inconvenient to return to Fujian and Guangdong.

If the navy caught them in attack, they would not be able to escape being beheaded. But those ordinary pirates have nothing to do, and they are all minions themselves, just to make a living at sea.

These ordinary pirates even have a chance to be absorbed by the navy if they have good seafaring skills. Even if it is not co-opted, the imperial court will give them some land to operate, there is too much land that can be cultivated in Nanyang, just give them a piece, and then take over their families, and they can live a small life in peace.

Under such temptation, many of those ordinary pirates secretly ran away, and even if those pirate leaders, including those pirate leaders, did not continue to punish them with high pressure, it would still be useless.

For those pirate leaders, the policy of the imperial court was very clear and resolute, that is, to cut them directly. These pirate leaders are all restless existences, and if they are put back, it will also cause great hidden dangers to social stability, and they will naturally be cut down.

Many of the pirate leaders were already in a state of panic at this time, and they were always wondering who was going to sneak away and whether someone would cut off their heads to make a sacrifice. As a result, many pirate leaders have done a lot of things to suppress ordinary pirates, but the result is contrary to the desired goal, and the internal morale is low and everyone is in danger by this behavior. The idea of the ordinary pirates fleeing and surrendering was even stronger.

Especially in the rainy season, the rainforest is hidden on the banks of the Musi River, and the environment is too harsh. If you can't eat enough, you can get sick in the rain all day long.

These pirates are hiding in Tibet, and their lives are very difficult, and they have no hope or light, and they may die somewhere at any time. Opposite. As long as they surrender to the navy, those ordinary pirates will not be at risk at all, but will be able to reunite with their families and even become part of the navy.

In comparison, the disparity is too great, and the phenomenon of ordinary pirates among pirates sneaking away is simply a repeated ban, and if it weren't for the control of the ship, it might have run away long ago.

However, several pirates managed to reach the mouth of the Musi River without acquiring ships, and there they were confronted with a naval fleet.

This naval fleet had six gunboats. The purpose is to establish a base on Golden State Island (Sumatra) and successively bring the entire island under the management of the Ming Dynasty.

When the pirates saw the navy's fleet, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly lit a fire and released smoke to successfully attract the fleet's attention.

The fleet sent small boats to pick them up, and after some reporting, the officers and men of the fleet learned that there was a group of pirates hiding in the valley of Musi.

After being guided by the pirates, the officers and sailors then raided the pirate camp. During the raid, the ordinary pirates surrendered to their knees, while the pirate leaders fled into the rainforest in panic.

Among the pirate leaders who escaped. One of them was Zheng Zhilong, a great pirate who later became famous in the Taiwan Strait, and by accepting the Ming Dynasty's Zhao'an, he obtained huge human and material resources from the mainland, so that he could easily form a huge fleet. Zheng Zhilong's son, Zheng Chenggong, later recovered Taiwan and became a national hero. And Zheng Zhilong was later slaughtered by the Manchus because he defected to the Manchus.

Zheng Zhilong ran into the rainforest. Behind was a group of pursuers, and Zheng Zhilong should not be killed, after jumping into a small river, with the help of the flatness and water flow of the river, he quickly got rid of the pursuers.

However, Zheng Zhilong, who got rid of the chasing soldiers. It feels like it's terrible.

Because of Li Dan's death, the former pirate alliance was also divided, especially under the blow of the imperial court, their group of sea tyrants who were also merchants and thieves had become rats hiding everywhere under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court. Those sailors were reluctant to follow them, and when they saw the imperial navy attacking, they not only did not resist, but also did not even run, and they were almost desperate to be captured by the navy.

Sorrowful! Dreariness! Even despair. Zheng Zhilong looked at the surrounding rainforest, and he felt desperate.

The fleet sent by the navy to the Musi River attacked the pirate camp, capturing a number of ships and hundreds of pirates.

The fleet then continued inland along the river, and after half a day, they reached what would become 'Palembang', where they landed with ease and claimed dominion over the local natives. It immediately caused a conflict, but the strength of these natives was too weak and they were no match for these marines, and the armed conflict was quickly suppressed, and the natives of Palembang saw that they could not be defeated, so they hurriedly surrendered.

There were many islands in the South Seas, and the resources were extremely rich, but most of them were undeveloped, so after driving the Europeans out of East Asia, the Ming Dynasty began to establish its rule in various parts of the South Seas and exploit these resources.

Among them, agricultural resources are also extremely abundant.

In later generations, Indonesia had 280 million mu of cultivated land, plus the Philippines and Malaysia, and it can be said that it is easy to reclaim 400 million mu of cultivated land in the entire South Seas.

The Ming Dynasty needed Nanyang rice, cane sugar, cotton, spices, and rubber.

Rice and cane sugar were the commodities that the Ming Dynasty needed, while cotton was an even more desperate resource. Whether it is Daming or the external market, the demand for cotton is increasing.

There are also many natives in Nanyang, who can provide cheap labor, and after the implementation of the Ming Dynasty's three-class nine-grade system, the indigenous labor force has also been effectively managed. For the natives who do not obey the discipline, they are forcibly arrested and indoctrinated, and those who cannot be caught are driven into the rainforest.

There are so many islands to be managed, but the rice has to be eaten one bite at a time. These islands, if managed, could easily become a hiding place for pirates.

With the expansion of the development of overseas resources, ocean transportation will become more and more busy, and if there is still pirate harassment, the threat to civil aviation is very great.

Therefore, the main task of the navy today has become to encircle and suppress pirates and suppress indigenous rebellions, and the navy is also responsible for exploration activities.

With the Navy stationed in Palembang, it will not take a few years for Daming to have another 'Golden State Province'. (To be continued.) )