Chapter 311: Recapture the island of Taiwan

Li Jiu chose a continuous rainy day and attacked in the middle of the night after the next day. It's not unscrupulous. The fifty guards who first landed in the city were the best of Li Jiu's careful selection.

These guards are calm and have actual combat experience, and they are all guards who have seen blood.

The result went unusually well, and the guards who defended the city were quickly killed. Five of them were Dutch, plus fifty local moles. None of them are alive.

The Dutch were still very vigilant, and the muskets were already loaded with gunpowder and could be fired after ignition.

But the guards who climbed the tower, how could they possibly give them a chance. After going up to the city, the first thing he set his eyes on was the Dutch, who were armed with muskets. Naturally, they will not be given a chance to shoot.

As for the other traitors who assisted in the defense. They didn't have muskets, they were armed with cold weapons. Naturally, it poses no threat to the guards. It was quickly cleaned up.

At last 1,500 guards climbed the wall, leaving 500 guards at the four gates. In case you slip through the net. In the end, just when Li Jiu thought that the overall situation had been decided, a dense burst of gunfire rang out in the city.

When Li Jiu arrived at the scene, almost all the Dutch had been killed. There were no less than two hundred guards lying in pools of blood at the scene. Nearly 100 people died on the spot, and no less than 100 were seriously injured and died.

Nearly 100 people were not seriously injured, and in the end, the wounds became infected, and nearly half of the guards died. That is to say, in the end, Li Jiu's fleet paid the price of 250 deaths.

This was the first time in the previous battles between large and small sea ships. This casualty is not small, you must know that the guards and sailors of large and small sea ships are the elite of the elite.

The main reason for the problem was that the guards had already alarmed the Dutch during the siege of the city.

And these Dutchmen pretended not to know, and some continued to pretend to be asleep. Some people began to hide in the shadows and prepare. When Li Jiu's escort stormed the barracks, the Dutchman's platoon guns were already waiting.

It doesn't matter if it's raining indoors, so the extremely lethal platoon guns hit the guards who were the first to enter the room. These guards are also not afraid of death.

The unfallen guards continued to advance. It became a gun stop for the guards to enter later.

Soon the Dutch were desperate and they began to surrender. It takes time to get the gunpowder on. The guards themselves did not accept surrender, and a large number of teammates fell in pools of blood.

So the Dutch were all killed, and they died miserably. Even Baron Holman died an embarrassing death. Even their families were put to death. barely calmed the anger of the guards.

Soon Li Jiu pacified the guards and began to rule over the people of Tainan. In fact, the people of Tainan are really having a hard time.

Li Jiu immediately opened the warehouse and released grain, so that the people could eat first. The people of Tainan are skinny one by one. Definitely caused by long-term malnutrition. On the one hand, because of the exploitation of the Dutch.

is more afraid that the people of Tainan will have enough to eat and will have the strength to resist. The Dutch will only make Taiwanese laborers barely have a full meal during the busy farming season, and at other times, they only give very little food to the people of Tainan.

The people of Tainan saw that it was the people of the Da Zheng Dynasty who rescued them. All rejoiced. Just opening the warehouse and releasing grain has already moved them to the point that they can't do it.

Coupled with the many immigrants of the Great Zheng Dynasty, it was the people of the Great Zheng Dynasty who saw that they were rescued. Soon the people of Tainan settled down.

As for a series of policies promulgated by Li Jiu later. The people of Tainan have long been numb.

As for the traitors who used to be lackeys for the Dutch. Whoever has blood on his hands, and who commits the most heinous crimes, shall be put to death by the public trial. The remaining lackeys, nearly a thousand people. That's not a small amount.

Most of them are young and strong. It may be a bit too much to say that it is the elite of the Tainan area. But it's not much worse. Li Jiu is now short of manpower, so he can only give these lackeys the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

In fact, the original Tainan area was also managed by them. Now it's just a different policy. Li Jiu picked out some people with good reputations and stable families. Assist your own forces in administering Tainan.

It quickly received good results, whether it was household registration or policy publicity. Even the local people recognized these people, and soon the Tainan area was in order. The people's enthusiasm for production is unprecedentedly high.

Of course, there are also some of them who are contrary to yin and yang, and still act as a blessing to the people. Li Jiu was unrelenting, and he was severely punished. There is no reason to talk about the chaos of times.

However, Li Jiu will suppress it in the form of a public trial meeting.

It not only shocked Xiao Xiao, but also appeased the people. It's a win-win-win-win

Li Miao looked at Li Jiu's report and was extremely pleased. It's a pity to let Li Jiu be the captain. As the captain of the ship, Li Jiu can only be regarded as excellent. As the commander of the fleet, Li Jiu was barely good.

Li Jiu's governance of the Tainan area can be regarded as particularly excellent. Li Miao believes that Li Jiu is more suitable to be the chief executive who governs the entire Taiwan region. Li Miao felt that all these years of cultivation of Li Jiu had not been in vain.

Although Li Jiu's attack on Tainan is remarkable,. But the governance of Tainan is absolutely indispensable. What Li Miao values most about Li Jiu is that his means are flexible. Boldly use those traitors during the Dutch period.

Don't look at these moles, first of all, they are also capable. Otherwise, why should the Dutch use him? Among these people, as long as they are not great traitors, most of them can still use them.

At least at this stage, it is a must! This is very beneficial to the management of the Tainan area at this stage. And these moles will devote 100% of their energy to managing affairs.

I don't have any eyesight, and I deserve to be a traitor!

Judging from Li Jiu's description, the gunpowder of the Dutch did not make much of a breakthrough. But the bullet was replaced with buckshot. The lethality has increased slightly.

The point is that when injected into the human body, lead is toxic. It makes it more difficult to heal.

In addition, the Dutch's musket reloading speed has been increased. It also indirectly increased the power of the musket. For example, it used to take a minute to change the gunpowder flash, but now it only takes more than half a minute.

From this battle, it can also be seen that the level of steel manufacturing of the Dutch is not much different from that of the Liaodong Bureau. Weak is not much weaker. As for gunpowder, there is still a big gap between gunpowder and the development of gunpowder on Lingshan Island.

As early as last year, Li Miao went to Lingshan Island and tested the power of gunpowder. At that time, gunpowder could be achieved with a killing radius of 30 meters when used on a musket.

And Li Miao's barrel can withstand it, so it won't blow up the pipe.

To say that these alchemists are really talented in the development of gunpowder. After a few years of hard work, the power of gunpowder has been doubled.

But Li Miao still didn't want to put gunpowder into actual combat. It's so hurtful.

As an enlightened monk, he is still a master in the late stage of the Heavenly Dao Realm. Li Miao knew that once he put advanced gunpowder, it was used for musket artillery. There will be a huge loss of luck.

In later generations, due to the breakthrough of gunpowder technology, it was widely used in the manufacture of weapons. It is used extensively in warfare. The massive use of weapons of destruction, which leads to a large number of human deaths.

There was even a worldwide war. Tens of thousands of people have died as a result!

By the time Li Miao crossed over, the human race already had the weapon to destroy the entire world. It's horrible. After coming to this world, Li Miao promised not to take the lead in using gunpowder weapons.

Once Li Miao couldn't withstand other people's gunpowder weapons. That's what it has to do. And that's as a last resort. At least it won't weaken luck anymore.

At present, no major breakthrough has been made in the development of gunpowder. So the lethality is still limited.

If it is a last resort, Li Miao relies on the steel manufacturing capacity of the Liaodong Bureau. Soon a large number of muskets and artillery pieces could be produced. War is also fought in the industrial system.

This is also the reason why Li Miao has always been indulgent, and the Liaodong Bureau uses a large number of mining slaves.

This corresponds to the saying that the primitive accumulation of capital is always bloody. Trade plunder is also plunder, not to mention the use of mine slaves. Li Miao is also in response to the possible rise of the West.

The first to rise in later generations were the Netherlands and Spain. Using advanced seafaring technology, they pioneered trade and plunder. Mainly because their muskets and artillery are not sharp enough.

The law of the jungle is equally applicable from country to country. Everywhere!

The shipbuilding industry, steel manufacturing, paper industry, and cement manufacturing industry of the Liaodong Bureau have all begun to take shape. Steel manufacturing, in particular, is the mother of industry. It is the basis of all industrial development.

This encounter with the Dutch in Taiwan also sounded the alarm for Li Miao. The Dutch have occupied Tainan for thirty or forty years.

Their shipbuilding, steel industry, including the use of muskets and artillery, have been at the forefront of the whole world.

The industrial development of the Liaodong Bureau naturally cannot be put down. Taiwan's development and utilization has also begun to become imminent. In particular, Taiwan must also develop its industrial system.

The island of Taiwan is rich in resources and there is no shortage of mineral resources.

Now the island of Taiwan lacks people and lacks a large population. The entire population of the island of Taiwan is estimated to be around 200,000. Such a large territory, only such a small population.

Farming is not enough. How else to develop industry?

The people regard food as their heaven, and the first thing we have to do is to develop agriculture. Solve the problem of eating first. With the progress of productivity, surplus labor appeared. It is the foundation of industrial development.

As for the technical personnel for the development of industry on the island of Taiwan, Li Miao's forces are not lacking.

There are many skilled craftsmen in Qingzhou, all of whom are people within Li Miao's influence. In fact, he has long been Li Miao's slave. They worked in Qingzhou Farm Implements Factory, shipyard.

Li Miao didn't dare to let them go and produce. After all, Qingzhou is still the world of the Great Zheng Dynasty, and Li Miao still has to pay attention to the influence.

If they are put on the island of Taiwan and a Liaodong iron and steel plant and a farm tool factory are rebuilt, there will be no problem at all. The island of Taiwan is quite rich in iron ore resources.

In addition, the skilled workers of Lingshan Island will set up a shipyard on Taiwan Island, and the scale will never be smaller than that of the Liaodong Bureau. Now in the development of the industrial system on the island of Taiwan, there is really no shortage of skilled craftsmen.

What is lacking on the island of Taiwan is ordinary workers. It sounds like a joke.