Chapter 35 Ma Yuan

When the sea wolf's merchant ship passed through here for the first time, it was once regarded as a pirate by the island's defenders and North Korean officials, and the two sides clashed on the shore, but for those Korean war scum, the crew of the sea wolf's merchant ship was actually much more powerful than them!

Hundreds of Korean defenders living on the island, armed with inferior weapons, tried to attack these merchant ships of the sea wolves that were coming to the shore to get water, but they were bombarded by the merchant ships with cannons, and the fallen flowers and water fled back, and even a pier on the shore was captured by the sea wolf crews.

When the Korean officials on the island heard the news, they did not dare to fight again, so they sent people to negotiate with the crew of the sea wolves who had landed on the shore, trying to get these so-called pirates to leave Jeju Island for a little money.

Inadvertently, the crew of the Sea Wolf ship discovered that there was a huge business opportunity hidden here, and that there were many horses, cattle and sheep on the island, so they extorted some of them and loaded them on the ship for food.

After they returned, they passed the news to Yu Xiaotian, who immediately realized that this was a rather good opportunity, so he immediately sent a small fleet of boats, loaded with an additional naval company, and set off for Jeju Island.

On the second trip to Jeju Island, the two sides clashed again, and the government on Jeju Island mobilized the Korean soldiers and horses on the 2,000 islands in an attempt to drive them away, but the result was tragic, and the scumbags were beaten on their backs by the men of the small fleet of the Sea Wolves, and successfully took control of a place that could be used as a port.

The North Korean officials on Jeju Island were scared again, and hurriedly came to negotiate with the Sea Wolf's men again, trying to pay some money to let them leave, and at this time the Sea Wolf's personnel began to negotiate with them.

The negotiation is very simple, that is, the sea wolf wants to buy the horses and cattle on Jeju Island, and the price is negotiable, as long as the price is right, the sea wolf is willing to make this deal with Jeju Island.

The North Korean officials on Jeju Island, seeing that they can't fight it, are estimated to have to ask for help on land, and with the efficiency of the North Korean government, God knows when Langdao will be able to send troops, and if they don't mess with these terrible Chinese pirates, these pirates are likely to take Jeju Island in its entirety.

At that time, they will be completely unlucky, and even if they ask for help, they may not be able to send reinforcements, and after thinking about it for a while, they decided to do this business with the sea wolf.

As for the price, although the price offered on Jeju Island is not low for them, it is quite cheap for the sea wolf, and the two sides hit it off, and the sea wolf purchased a batch of cattle and horses from Jeju Island, loaded them on a ship and shipped them to Fujian, and temporarily placed them on Haitan Island for breeding and multiplication.

After discovering this deal, Yu Hyotian ordered the council to grasp this trade route, although he didn't want to occupy Jeju Island for the time being, but he could make a good position first.

So the sea wolf negotiated with the local government on Jeju Island and rented a large area of pasture as their transit place, purchasing a large number of horses, cattle and sheep on Jeju Island, even if they were not transported back to Haetan Island for the time being, they could be temporarily fostered in this ranch.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian selected more than 200 people from the army to form the first cavalry company of the Sea Wolf, which was sent to the leased pasture on Jeju Island for training, which was also the first cavalry unit officially established by the Sea Wolf, which was of great significance to the Sea Wolf.

In addition to sending a cavalry company for training, the sea wolf also recruited a group of homeless people from Shandong and other places, among whom a group of people who were good at raising horses, and also sent to Jeju Island and Haitan Island to raise and train horses, so as to prepare for the formation of a large number of cavalry units in the future.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian did not expect to be able to form a super-large cavalry force, these cavalry will be mainly used as scouts in the future, and when necessary, they will be used as an assault force, which can chase the defeated army on the battlefield, otherwise, the pure infantry Seawolf Army, even if it can win the war on land, but because there is no mobility, once defeated, the enemy flees, and it is difficult to pursue the enemy in time.

Therefore, having a cavalry unit that is not very numerous, but very capable, is a very important thing for the Sea Wolf's army, and Yu Xiaotian will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

In this way, the sea wolf finally has a source of war horses, and there is no longer a shortage of horses everywhere like before, so he has to use the method of replacing animals and pawns.

Even if some horses are not suitable for riding war horses, but they can be used as horses, for the sea wolf, which is more dependent on logistics, the army is also indispensable, now in Fujian it is good to say, in case one day when you need to go north, temporarily cramming, it is estimated that you will be blind, so you must prepare in advance, not only the horses must be ready, even the vehicles must be prepared in advance.

This matter can be said to play a vital role in the construction of the sea wolf's army in the future, in the past, they always made up their minds to get some war horses from Liaodong, but for various reasons, whether it was the Dongjiang army or Jiannu, they were very strictly controlled, and the good war horses were not exported at all, so over the years, the sea wolf did not get many war horses, but Jeju Island solved this demand of the sea wolf.

Yu Xiaotian secretly made up his mind that once one day he was going to lead his army north to chase the Central Plains, he would immediately send troops to occupy and control Jeju Island first, and levy all the horses on Jeju Island as military horses.

In addition to these trivial matters, there is one more thing that must be mentioned, and that is the matter of churches in Macau.

The rise of the sea wolf off the coast of Fujian and its control of the island of Taiwan also attracted great attention from the Portuguese and the missionaries living in Macao.

Since the Westerners extended their tentacles to the East, the Holy See has also invested great enthusiasm in this, wanting to get more flocks for God, and they continue to send a large number of missionaries to the East, which is better for other places, but it has never achieved too good results in the Ming Dynasty.

Many missionaries entered the interior of the Ming Dynasty to preach, but they were not recognized by the Ming people at all, and the government did not treat them, many missionaries lived a very hard life, and even starved to death, and some missionaries simply disappeared inexplicably, and they did not even know where the bones were buried.

Although the missionaries sent by the Holy See, such as Matteo Ricci, opened up some situations through their contacts with some gentry of the Ming Dynasty, on the whole, except for some believers in Hangzhou and Nanjing, other places did not open up any situation, and the road of the Holy See in the East was always difficult.

However, the Holy See in Macau gradually found that the newly rising Seawolf Group was becoming more and more powerful, and controlled a large amount of land, and more importantly, a large number of people.

Moreover, the high-level of the Seawolf Group, that is, Yu Xiaotian himself, does not seem to be too resistant to Catholicism, and has established business contacts with them.

This has attracted the attention of the Holy See, after all, Yu Xiaotian has now become a hot figure in Fujian, and his strength is very strong, even the arrogant Spanish and Dutch fleets have been defeated by him, and he has controlled the entire island of Taiwan.

As a result, the Catholic missionaries in Macao began to have the idea of going to Yu Xiaotian's land to preach, and secretly began to send people to contact Yu Xiaotian in an attempt to negotiate with Yu Xiaotian to allow them to go to Taiwan Island for missionary purposes.

At first, Yu Xiaotian did not attach much importance to their proposal, and did not want Catholicism to become the most important sect in his territory, and control the direction of his sea wolf in the future.

However, after careful consideration, Yu Xiaotian finally agreed to some proposals from the churches in Macau, and allowed them to establish churches in Tamsui, Keelung, Kaohsiung and other places to preach.

However, Yu Xiaotian laid the foreshadowing, that is, the missionaries must obey the official management of the Seawolf, and preach according to the area and population given by the Seawolf official, and it is strictly forbidden to preach to the members of the Seawolf military and the Seawolf, let alone in the school set up by the Seawolf.

Missionaries sent by the Holy See must be vetted by the Seawolf, and their mission must be reported to the Seawolf Group every once in a while, and all parishioners must be registered so that the Seawolf can effectively manage it.

Most importantly, these missionaries must be able to speak Chinese, and each of them must translate some Western science and technology books in order to be qualified to enter the territory of the sea wolf.

As for the books they translated, there were also regulations, such as navigation, metallurgy, medicine, medicine, mechanics, mathematics, astronomy, geography, fine arts, natural sciences, biology, map-making, mechanical drawing, etc., which could be approved, but they must not contain missionary things, but they must be purely scientific things.

As for the books they translated, some theological things are not on this list, they don't count! Those who do not meet this requirement are not allowed to enter the territory of the sea wolf to preach.

In addition, each missionary must be proficient in two or three aspects of talent, after entering the territory of the sea wolf, in addition to preaching in the church, also have to undertake some related work according to their ability, especially each missionary, must go to the local school to teach, impart some relevant knowledge to the students.

But these missionaries were forbidden to spread their theology in the schools, to propagate their doctrine among the students, to absorb the congregants, or to be expelled immediately.

In addition, the Holy See is not allowed to raise donations locally for the construction of churches within the territory of the Seawolf, and the use of land must be leased from the Seawolf Group, not purchased! All the funds for the construction of the church were borne by the Holy See.

At the same time, Yu Xiaotian demanded that when they spread the doctrine, they must add that he Yu Xiaotian is an archangel who has supreme divine power, and no one can challenge it, and the Holy See must interfere in the affairs of the sea wolf in any form during the mission, otherwise everything is not to be discussed.