Of course, the goods carried by these two ships were not only the daily necessities distributed to Qian Tiandun, but also more than 20 tons of various military materials to supply the local garrison of the Haihan militia in Fujian. ⊥，

In terms of personnel going to Fujian, in addition to the personal guard officer Gao Qiao Nan and the guard platoon, Qian Tiandun still saw Luo Wudan dragging a suitcase on the dock. She has accepted the assignment of the Ministry of Information Industry and will go to Fujian as a special correspondent.

However, there is no officially published public publication in the Haihankong district, so the title of this journalist is somewhat unworthy of the name. The so-called news reports were only provided to more than 400 travelers for internal perusal, and the audience was very limited -- of course, to put it nicely, it could be regarded as the royal reporter of the Executive Committee.

Due to the fact that the press department made some small mistakes on the issue of stance in the early days, the executive committee has not given much authority to the Ministry of Information Industry, and the news department is more like an intelligence agency under the vertical management of the executive committee, and what the executive committee needs is a few part-time journalists to take images from the front line, and as for their written reports, it is obvious that they have not received more trust and attention. For example, this time the Ministry of Information Industry sent Luo Wudan to Fujian, and all she could do was to assist the militia garrison and record some key images with her camera.

Of course, as for what work will be done after going to Fujian, or other things outside of work, in fact, the Ministry of Information Industry cannot control it. When Luo Wudan was in Annan, the part-time time at the immigration office was several times longer than the time he spent as a news reporter, which was basically a situation where there was a shortage of people to make up for it.

"So in the next period of time, we are going to partner again?" Qian Tiandun saw that Luo Wudan's mood was also a little complicated, and he was silent for a while before he asked her.

"If you don't want to see me, then I can not go to Fujian. Luo Wudan was proud.

"I don't have such thoughts......" Qian Tiandun suddenly felt that his explanation was a little pale in the middle of speaking, turned his head and beckoned to Takahashi Nan, "Send Miss Luo's luggage to the ship and arrange the best cabin for her." ”

"Yes!" Takahashi Nan replied expressionlessly, and then walked over to Luo Wudan and took her suitcase.

The next group of military personnel who said goodbye to Qian Tiandun had already witnessed this scene on the side, and almost everyone would tease Qian Tiandun with a few words, making him cry and laugh.

On June 7, 1631, the Haihan military advisory group led by Qian Tiandun left Shengli Port for Fujian. At this time, the Annan special operations battalion assigned to his command had also set off by boat from the Tushan Peninsula in the north of Annan and headed for Fuguang via the Beibu Gulf and the Qiongzhou Strait. The two fleets will rendezvous on Hong Kong Island for a short rest before heading together to Fujian. After the arrival of this military advisory group, the Haihan mission, which is still stationed in Fujian, will leave for Hainan Island.

Meanwhile, far away in the South China Sea, on the island of Ambuna, the Haihan militia stationed on the island had just captured the first trophy of the month, returning from the port of Dayuan on the island of Taiwan to a Dutch merchant ship in Batavia in the south. It was also the fifth Dutch ship captured by the Haihan militia after conquering the Ambuna Islands in April.

Like the previous unfortunate ships, the Dutch merchant ship sailed into the harbor unsuspectingly and docked at the dock. As the sailors descended to shore in high spirits, ready to go to a nearby town for a drink and a prostitute to meet their physical needs, they found themselves surrounded by a silent musket corps. Barely able to put up any effective resistance, and all fifty-three people on board were easily taken. They will spend half a month in a temporary prison on the island for observation before being reloaded onto ships and transported to the black soil ports of Changhua or Annam, where they can be used as cheap labor.

Li Dagui, who has now been promoted to the port supervisor of Ambuna Island, is taking the list to report to Mu Shabai the trophies copied from the ship: "The goods seized from this ship are as follows: 802 deer skins, 327 cowhides, 219 skins and skins of other wild animals, 150 quintals of raw silk, 470 pieces of fabrics produced in Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, 308 pieces of porcelain of various sizes, and a large number of medicinal materials, according to which there are 37 flavors of medicinal materials, totaling 740 catties......

"Wait, how come there are so many medicines, and the Dutch will use them?" asked Mushaber, somewhat surprised.

Li Dagui responded: "According to the captain's explanation, this is a purchase of goods for the local Chinese businessmen in Batavia, and it must be a pharmacy." ”

Mu Shabai nodded and said, "You can go on." ”

Li Dagui responded, and then reported: "In addition, there are three boxes of matches, two boxes of soap, twenty glass mirrors, two sets of complete ceramic sanitary ware including water pipes, and a small hot water boiler. ”

"This is also bought by a Chinese businessman?" Mu Shabai couldn't help but ask again.

"Not really, it is said to have been procured for the Governor of Batavia. Li Dagui's face couldn't help but be a little proud: "This Dutch barbarian also knows how to buy the most high-end good things on the market." ”

In the high-end consumer goods market in Fuguang and Guangzhou, the goods produced by Haihan have made a world, and the monopoly of technology has made Haihan products almost no real competitors, which allows it to maintain high prices and extremely high profit margins, and has faintly become a symbol of luxury in this era.

Under the conscious guidance and propaganda of the Haihan Ministry of Commerce year after year, the wealthy and powerful families in the coastal areas of the two southeastern provinces have used Haihan goods as a symbol of status, and this trend has obviously affected more people, and even the Dutch in the South China Sea have not been exempt from the custom, following the trend to purchase so many Haihan goods.

"There are also a number of rice, bacon, and various foods, and more than 400 taels of silver. Eight arquebuses, five pounds of gunpowder, and a number of lead bullets...... That's basically all there is to the valuable seizures. After Li Dagui finished speaking, he respectfully put the list on the desk in front of Mu Xiabai.

"Have the identities of these people on the ship been verified? Is there anything special?" Mu Shabai did not rush to get the list, but continued to ask Li Dagui.

Li Dagui shook his head and said, "The ship is full of employees of the East India Company, and there are no other passengers. Fifty-three men were male, the oldest was fifty-two years old and the youngest was nineteen. There were seventeen Dutch, four Han, and the rest were all South Sea natives and blacks. There was a man who claimed to be a doctor, but after talking to him, Du Rong thought he was just a liar who did not know how to learn, and there was no other cure than bloodletting. ”

"Then follow the old rules, lock them up first, and then bring them back when the transport boat arrives at the end of the month. After listening to Li Dagui's report, Mu Xiabai felt that there was nothing missing, so he signed the list and then archived it.

"By the way, inform the logistics department and give all the soldiers more food in the evening!" Mu Shabai did not forget to treat his subordinates.

Although the Haihan militia troops stationed here are disguised as pirates, they do not directly divide the captured spoils like pirates. After the seizure of statistics, except for those foods that are not easy to store for too long, they will be left to digest by themselves, and other things will basically be loaded and sent back by ship. Of course, after calculating the value at a discount, the relevant departments will record meritorious service and award awards to the personnel of the troops in accordance with the standards.

After sending Li Dagui away, the smile on Mu Xiabai's face slowly faded. Although this kind of windfall has happened, it does not mean that the shape of Ambuna Island will be so calm.

According to statements received from local Dutch civil officials after the seizure of the island in April, at least two or three Dutch merchant ships between Batavia and the island of Taiwan would dock at Ambuna Island each month. And these ships that chose Ambuna Island as a midway supply point will without exception be detained by the trophies of the troops stationed on the island, along with the men and ships, so as to ensure that the change in the ownership of Ambuna Island will not be noticed by the Dutch in Batavia too quickly.

However, it has been almost two months since April when the Haihan militia conquered the area, so that five Dutch ships have gone missing during the voyage, and there has been no news of the island of Ambuna, six hundred nautical miles from Batavia, for two months, which is obviously unlikely if this has not aroused the suspicion of the Dutch. The only question was when the Dutch would take action, such as sending an armed fleet to check the route and find the missing ships.

According to the plan of the Military Commission, after the capture of Anbuna Island, the port here will be renovated to make it possible to dock large warships, and a certain scale of shore fire fortifications will be built, so that the local militia troops stationed in the area will have sufficient defense capabilities.

However, even if the big project of repairing the fort is placed in the base camp, it is not a task that can be completed in a short time. The time available for the project on the island of Ambuna is very limited, and it is certainly too late to build a coastal defense battery of the scale of Victory Port, and the local conditions are probably difficult to carry out such a large-scale project, so it can only be adapted to local conditions.

For this purpose, the Ministry of Construction specially designed a relatively simple shore defense fortification for the small port of Ambuna Island, not using concrete and covered top defense structures, but directly demolishing some stone buildings on the island, using masonry to build a relatively high fort base, and erecting only one gun on each fort, with a separate battery for storage. This kind of fort is certainly not as efficient as the regular Haihan-style fort in terms of power and supply and command convenience, but the number of local shore defense guns is relatively limited, and the port terrain is relatively gentle, so this battery mode is more used. Of course, the main reason is that such a single battery is difficult to build, low cost, and can complete the project in a shorter time and form combat effectiveness.

After the capture of Ambuna Island by the Haihan militia, Mushabai had already commanded a company of hundreds of migrant workers recruited on the spot to build 12 of these independent batteries, basically covering the area near the shore that was convenient for launching a landing. The range advantage of the shore defense artillery was enough for the Dutch armed merchant ships to fire at least four or five rounds before entering a threatening distance, and if the combat level of the Haihan artillery was always in place, the concentration of four to five rounds of more than ten guns was enough to paralyze the sailing ships of this era.

If the opponent can withstand such an artillery bombardment and force the landing, then there will be a second layer of heavy fire defense combined with the musketeers waiting for them. However, this layer of defense is the main force, and if it can't be defeated, Mushaber can only organize his men to retreat to the only castle on the island, and at the same time send a telegram for help to the far north.

Of course, this is already a very extreme situation, and the Military Commission believes that it is unlikely to happen, firstly, because there are not many products and good port conditions on Ambuna Island itself, and it is impossible for either the Dutch or Haihan themselves to invest too many resources in this place, or even to fight a big war over the ownership of this place Such an irrational approach. Second, the main opponents of the Dutch in the Far East were still the Portuguese and Spaniards, and they were not necessarily willing to pay too much to eliminate an armed group of pirates who had seized the islands.

The military commissar thought that the most likely scenario was that the Dutch, after discovering that something was wrong, sent an armed fleet to clear the shipping lane, and finally discovered the abnormality of Ambuna Island. When the Dutch, who did not know the truth, suffered a big loss here, they probably should give up the fight for the place for the time being, because for the Dutch, even if they could take it back, the price they would pay would far exceed the value of the small port itself.

However, this is just wishful thinking on the part of the Military Commission, and for Mushaba, who is stationed on the island of Ambuna, and the hundreds of soldiers under him, the risk of war here is always in place. No one knew whether it would be a confused Dutch merchant ship or an armed fleet ordered to encircle the pirates and enter the harbor at the next moment.

After two months of fortification and fortification, the people who had been living on the island had been loaded and transported away in batches, and the new arrivals were a group of men selected from the hard labor camps. These people were not serving their sentences, but the crimes were relatively minor, so they were sent here to be used as laborers, and they were promised that they would serve double their sentences and settle down on the spot. If they are willing to join the logistics and baggage department as a reserve force of the troops stationed on the island, their sentences can be further shortened.

After making the necessary preparations, all he can do now is to urge the garrison on the island not to slack off, and to conduct drills every day, waiting for the day when the Dutch will take the initiative to find ****. Although he doesn't know when this will happen, Mushabai hopes that day will come sooner.