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In February, the western ocean is breezy and unwavering, and the dazzling blue sky and the dark ocean meet at the end of the line of sight, forming a wonderful picture full of imagination. At this time, a few white sails in the distance broke into this pure color world, far away, like the reflection of floating clouds in the sky, full of agility. But if we can zoom in closer, we will see that this little bit of white sail is mixed with other colors that do not match, such as blue, black, indigo, etc., like white clouds piled up to form dark clouds, which vividly destroys the original poetic and picturesque feeling.

However, one of the people we see as the person in the painting does not see anything incongruous in the scene in front of us, on the contrary, in his opinion, this patched fleet is a portrayal of the indomitable spirit of human beings to conquer the world, and it is the hottest and most violent bloom of life.

Let's take a closer look at the fleet he is proud of, and in fact it does feel a little strange at first glance. Not to mention the two escort gunboats, one in front of the other, with their narrow lines and white sails waving in the wind, are not the culprits of the destruction of the scenery. But the other four Tessie-style boats surprisingly stand with classical Chinese hard sails, which is like the rigid use of oil painting techniques in ink painting, so that people can taste the food and see the flies on it.

Of course, the loyalists in the fleet obviously don't understand it this way, and perhaps they also think that these hybrid sailboats are currently the most cost-effective ocean-going cargo ships in Ming and Zheng, and there is no one. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this understanding, but the only thing that is wrong is that the evaluator is looking at it from a different perspective.

In fact, after Ming Zheng became the ruler of South China, he pursued an active maritime trade policy of inviting people to come in and go out.

The so-called invitation to come in refers to the opening of the trade, entertaining Taixi, Ryukyu, Siam and other businessmen, but inviting foreign businessmen to come in is equivalent to giving up the huge profits of the overseas market, and the Ming Zheng official also requires that the import trade must be carried out in the exchange opened by the government, the price, the number of transactions must be strictly supervised by the customs yamen, and those who dare to trade privately or open a private port, both sides of the transaction must be severely punished, for which the customs also obtained a large number of decommissioned clippers from the hands of the sailors to organize an anti-smuggling fleet, Even the Taixi armed merchant ships, which had dozens of cannons, did not dare to make a mistake in the face of customs ships in the coastal waters, so they could only obediently stop the ships for inspection.

Since it is not profitable to invite in and is constrained, you can only go out and challenge the unpredictable sea, in order to seek huge profits that are several times or even dozens of times that of port trade.

In fact, China has a tradition of foreign trade as early as the Tang and Song dynasties, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, foreign trade reached its peak, and China's foreign trade ships can be seen throughout Southeast Asia and even the Indian Ocean, but this positive trend of maritime trade was destroyed during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and with the implementation of the Qing court's policy of banning the sea, Chinese ships are about to disappear in the foreign market. In another time and space, the revival of China's maritime trade was revived with the arrival of the so-called prosperous Kangqian era, but in this time and space, Zheng Kezhang obviously added this process.

From Guangdong to Jiangnan, the shipyards that had been suspended under the suppression of the Qing court were now rebuilt, and because the supply exceeded demand, the profit of manufacturing a sea ship was as high as 300 percent, so new shipyards were also being built like mushrooms after a rain. Among them, especially the shipyards that were made from the Ming and Zheng official warships had the highest craftsmanship and the best business. The former military shipwrights, who were accustomed to making military plywood boats, were naturally the best at the Tessie plywood clipper, which was naturally more popular with maritime merchants because of its large tonnage and speed.

It's just that the ship is easy to build, but it is difficult to maneuver. Although it shows that Zheng entered the big 6 and heavy 6 light seas, the sailors are still slowly expanding, not to mention that most of the original 3,000 cruisers have been handed over to the customs anti-smuggling fleet, and the number of 15,000 first-class cruisers and 12,000 second-class cruisers is not very many, but the 6,000 to 10,000 cruisers have become the main force of the naval division, and the sailors are different from the 6th division, and the sailors trained will not be discharged from the army within ten or twenty years, even if they are retired from active service. It is also transferred to the customs side or to the fleet of the manager of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Therefore, in this case, there are not many sailors on the market who can handle soft sails, except for a very small number of Tessie sailors available for hire. There are not enough sailors on the market who can skillfully handle soft sails, and the Fuship, Canton, and Bird boats are not as good as the plywood boats. Although the new hybrid boat was not as good as the original soft sailboat, it was a big improvement over the old junk, so it was very popular when it was launched, and orders were placed even three years later.

It is precisely because of the popularity of this type of ship, in turn, it also affected the Ming and Zheng sailors, under the concentrating on giving priority to ensuring that the warships operate the sailors, the transport ships in the sailors eliminated the old-fashioned Fu ships and replaced them with this type of ship, but unlike the civilian sea trade ships, the military transport ships are all iron-bone ships, with stronger hulls and more resistant to ocean navigation.

"I've seen 6 places, that's right, it's the Datujiao Beacon Tower." When the first escort gunboat lookout came out from the high fight, he shouted to the sailors on deck who were packing up their debris. "Look, the seagulls have come to welcome us."

The cheers suddenly rang out, and the navigator who heard the news immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Liu Xiang, the commander of the ship next to him: "My lord, the subordinate officer has not disgraced his mission. ”

The ship commander is also the captain, of course, the ship type is different, and the rank of the ship commander is also different, similar to the first-class cruiser, the ship commander may be the flying cavalry captain of the fourth grade, and Liu Xiang is the commander of the 3,000 escort ship at the moment only the captain of the Zhengqipin Zhongwu, and the difference between them can be described as a cloud and mud.

Liu Ling also patted the navigator on the shoulder: "Good job, this time you can fly directly from Xiangshanao to Xibo Ni, you have the greatest credit, and Lao Tzu will definitely give you credit when you go back." ”

Although the navigation ability of the Ming and Zheng sailors was the first in Southeast Asia in this era, there was no record of direct flights from South China to Borneo, generally speaking, either from the direction of Cam Ranh to Pattani (Pattani) and then along the Malay Peninsula eastward, or from Dongning to Luzon to Brunei and then along the coast of North Borneo to the south, so this can be described as a breakthrough. Taking such a middle line will save at least half the time compared with the eastern front, and nearly one-third of the time compared with taking the western line, which represents more round-trips and greater benefits in peacetime, and in wartime it is a life-saving straw in the direction of Xiboni.

"Don't!" The navigator hurriedly pushed back. "My lord, we didn't do this without the consent of the above, once this is stabbed, don't get the reward, first give a punishment for acting without permission, it's not worth it, it's not worth it."

"What's the panic, I'm not afraid of what I let you do, what are you afraid of." The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, and the training of the Sailor Academy cannot change Liu Xiang's nature as a pirate in northern Zhejiang. "When the sky falls, I'm on top. Besides, if we don't succeed, it's called reckless annihilation, but if we do, we are flexible, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, Lord Admiral is so eyeless. ”

The navigator grinned and didn't speak, but the expression on his face was as ugly as eating stool, but Liu Xiang didn't care about it. Speaking of Liu Xiang's background is not good, although he is a graduate of the Sailor School, but the old foundation is the old department of Fang Xipeng in northern Zhejiang, which belongs to the category used by the control zhì. Liu Xiang's elder brother Liu Ling has remained in the colonial fleet of Xiboni, and he has not been able to become a privateer captain, and the rest of his relatives and friends who have mixed well are only a small leader in the Yangtze River fleet. Although the division commanders are not waiting for him, and the promotion degree is far inferior to that of his classmates in the same period, Liu Xiang himself is quite comfortable jumping around, maybe this is the real old fur seal, as long as he is at sea, it doesn't matter what he does, let alone the ship commander who controls a ship and the temporary commander of the escort fleet.

"Your Excellency," the lookout shouted again. "[Yanziji] came to the banner, Commander Huang asked for instructions and [Xiyun No. 9] left the team to go to Wuxiayu."

Wuxian Island is an important part of the Xibo Ni Metropolitan Protectorate - after Zheng Kezhang made the governor of a province, the local governor's mansion was immediately renamed, among which the domestic governor's office was renamed the town guard office, and a town guard envoy was set up to command a regiment to a brigade of Longxiang army, and the overseas one was changed to the metropolitan protectorate and the metropolitan protectorate - an important part of the island, the island leader Zhang clan has been appointed by Zheng Kezhang as the hereditary chief military officer, but for the purpose of checks and balances, the island also has a member of the magistrate (military judge) sent by the metropolitan protectorate, In addition, a port area and immigrant villages were set up outside the subordinated areas of the Zhang family, so that the Zhang family did not become dominant. At the same time, the Western Fleet also regularly sent warships and transport ships to Wuxiyu Island, not only to provide supplies but also to show strength and escort, forcing the Zhang family not to dare to leave Germany.

"Give the [Yanziji] banner," this time [Xiyun No. 9] will transport a part of the people's livelihood supplies and fifty Qiongzhou Li immigrants, of course, the big head is still on the side of the main team, a full three transport ships and three hundred Shanha (She nationality) is a rare big deal in recent years. "Agree that they will leave the team, and order that after the transportation to Wuxiayu is completed, they will meet at the outer harbor of Yongbao."

The two ships slowly turned, and at this time the color of the sea water had spread from dark blue to light green, and the scenery on the ground had been faintly presented in front of the group. However, unlike the peaceful and quiet countryside that everyone imagined, there was a scene of smoke and fire in the distance. The rainy season from November of the previous year to March of the following year is not suitable for burning and sowing seeds, and the sight of fire and fire in this season must have been caused by war.

"The natives are tossing around again with nothing to do." Because it was far away, he couldn't see the situation on the shore clearly even through the telescope, so Liu Xiang just sighed. "Such a treasure land has been ruined by this group of natives."

The deputy commander who came out of the cabin to take over heard it, and immediately smiled: "The commander is too compassionate and compassionate, and the natives attack each other and make a mess, so this domain is easy to open up." ”

Liu Xiang nodded: "Also, if this is not the case, how can this domain gain a foothold." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xiang shook his head again: "It's a pity that the northern captives have dragged the pace of this domain to the south, otherwise, this fertile land should have changed its owner a long time ago."

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