In Jeju Island in April, the weather is just right, and the sun often rises, but it is not too hot. The gentle breeze also speeds up the boat. Originally, there weren't many boats on Jeju Island, and at most some Goryeo fishermen went out fishing in their boats. Four months ago, suddenly a fleet of fifteen ships, ten warships, and five merchant ships came. The flotilla brought a total of 500 whites over and forcibly landed on Jeju Island directly.

Of course, the local Goryeo officials had to take care of it, but they mobilized 50 warships, including 10 tortoiseshell ships, and 3,000 Goryeo troops to besiege them, and they were defeated and returned. Most of them were captured by the whites and used to build camps. It stands to reason that the next step is for Goryeo to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress these people. But people have the means, and a white man with a large number of "priceless" gifts visited the top official of Jeju Island, and the two sides reached an agreement.

As long as the official does not report it, and divides a small place to build a camp for them, and allows them to build a port for themselves, then they will not act rashly. At the same time, there are extremely generous gifts every year. If these gifts are transported to the Qing Kingdom, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be sold. Driven by the desire for profit, the Goryeo officials agreed. This fleet that suddenly appeared, in fact, was the privateer fleet of Igic.

In order to facilitate the acquisition of yellow populations on the Asian continent for the Yan Huang Trading Company, the Ijik and their men felt that there must be a suitable transit point here for the loading of supplies and plundered populations. Repairs and treatment of injured vessels and crews had to be provided. Both Icicke and Sholin felt that it made sense, and after researching it, only Jeju Island was the most comfortable around Asia now. In other places, either the white state has already occupied it, or the local forces are too strong, the character is too rigid, and they occupy other people's territory, and they may be driven into the sea by the army of others.

In addition, Xiao Lin is also a little unhappy with the future behavior of the Korean sticks, so let Ijik disgust them. In order to strengthen the power of Igik, Sholin even gave him three million pounds sterling in counterfeit notes, as well as company products with a market value of around two million according to the market value determined in 1721. Of course, he was also provided with 3,000 Hall M1819 rifles, 50 Heavy Fist Type 1 guns, 20 Heavy Fist Type 2 guns, 500 foreign trade revolvers, and 10,000 foreign trade grenades. As for the yellow gunpowder, they can provide as much as they can take away.

Ijik even took advantage of the depression in the colony, and many people saw that the colony was not peaceful and wanted to find another way. Although the privateer fleet of Igik is also dangerous, it can at least stay away from the whirlpool of war, and with the large remuneration of Igik, it can naturally recruit people. Ijik already has 3,000 men in his hands, all of whom are outlaws who dare to fight. The fleet was also expanded, with three cruisers, seven frigates, and the company's heavy-handed series of guns installed in the main positions.

With this strength, he dared to drive his men and horses to Jeju Island. At the same time, he is constantly snatching the population from his old rival, Giorgio Ricardo. The bad things are done by the family, and he just needs to cut off a beard in the middle. There is an advantage to this, those "piglets" who were captured have no hostility towards him, and even take the initiative to help him deal with George's people in order to take revenge. The only downside is that it annoys George Ricciardo.

Of course, this shortcoming, Ijik completely ignored. George was originally his sworn enemy, and it took so many deaths to drive him out of Africa, if he knew that Igsick was there, George himself would send someone to attack. In that case, it is better to weaken George's power first. Ten battleships armed with front-loading rifled guns were simply not something that a single slave convoy could withstand, with a maximum of five or as few as three frigates. In order to make George find out later, Igcik also had the fleet change its flag every time, disguised as various pirate groups.

There is no need to plant blame for anyone, just make up a few flags casually. However, at this time, it was not long to hide, every time it was these warships, every time it was that kind of powerful artillery and musket, and everyone knew that they were being targeted. finally learned the news from some of the surviving subordinates, and George Ricardo, who was in a luxury villa in Macau, was really furious. Who doesn't know that he, George, is now a person who can talk to the governor here, and there are still people who dare to provoke him, aren't they afraid that he will lend the Portuguese fleet here.

A dozen servants stayed outside, neither daring to go in nor to go away. If you go in, you will touch the mold, and if George is not summoned by then, you will have to suffer a heavier punishment. It wasn't until a sturdy sailor with a huge scar on his face walked in that they breathed a sigh of relief. This person is George's absolute henchman, the leader of the privateer fleet, known as the "devil fish", Krukar, is the younger brother of George's wife. Ignoring the servants, Krukar strode open the door and entered.

"Well, have you found out who it is?"

Sure enough, George saw that Krukar was not mad, and held back his anger, sat down at his desk, and looked at his brother-in-law expectantly. However, he had to be disappointed.

"No, this group of people is so mysterious that they have never hoisted any known flags of power. ”

"Damn, is that all?"

"Naturally not, although I don't know who these people really are, and I don't know where they came from. But one thing I know for sure is that these people have an enmity against us. ”

"Nonsense, if you don't have a grudge, how can you intercept Lao Tzu five times in a row. Damn, it's really too much of a loss, and this year is equivalent to a complete waste. ”

"Well, that's not what I meant. I mean, these people attack the fleet, in addition to robbing the slaves, but also have the meaning of revenge, you think about it, every time our people are directly killed, unless they surrender in time, none of them will survive. Even if we surrender, we will be taken away by these people in the end, and they will not give us any blackmail letters at all, and they will not even give us the opportunity to redeem these people. So, it is only possible that these people are our enemies. “

Krukar's words made George think deeply, he was right. However, after arriving in Macau, after a few years of operation, no one in Portugal dared to offend him. As for the British, he tried his best to lower his posture and did not offend anyone, so that no one would get along with him like this. So, this group must be new here, and they have a long-standing hatred with him. George's face became a little more embarrassed, and he looked at Krukar with a frown.

"What should we do next, just let them continue to plunder us? ”

"Naturally not, now that we know, we can use this to set up a set. ”

"Oh, I see, in this case, you go and prepare a convoy again, blatantly. I will at once ask the Governor to lend a little of our mighty Portuguese fleet, and when the time comes, I will quietly follow you. ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away. ”

George was also a man who did what he said, and immediately walked to the Governor's Mansion with a box of gold coins. With enough money, George lent five battleships, one of which was a battleship of the third rank, two cruisers, and three frigates. Don't look at the small number, the warships of the regular navy are characterized by strong defense and terrible firepower. In particular, there was a third class battleship, which was a little worse than the British battleships, with only 70 guns of various sizes.

In fact, these battleships do not have such a detailed classification as battleships and cruisers. It was only by the middle of the 18th century that battleships were largely standardized into six "classes". The first three classes belonged to large ships - that is, battleships: the first class had three decks and was armed with a total of 100 or more guns; The second level also has three decks with a total of about 90 guns; The third class, or the load ship in the combat fleet, has two decks and is equipped with a total of 64 to 74 guns. The fourth class was built according to a compromise scheme, equipped with 50 guns (two decks), called cruisers, and was sometimes used in naval combat queues.

Like all ships built according to the compromise scheme, it was not very powerful in combat and therefore could not play an important role in the fleet, and it was not flexible enough to play the role of a cruiser. The true cruisers were smaller ships of the fifth and sixth ranks, which had 24 to 40 guns, often all on one deck. These warships were lighter and faster than large warships, so they were suitable for attacking merchant ships, carrying out reconnaissance and search and alert cover missions. All class ships, including large ships and cruisers, are three-masted ships in nautical terms.

Now, try to install as many guns as possible without compromising safety and speed. It's a bit of a battleship, I'm afraid it can't beat a few of the latest cruisers. These battleships, together with George's fifteen cruiser frigates, really looked far superior to the ten battleships of Igik. Unbeknownst to him, Igcik was still holding three Raider mortars in his room, and giggling.

Not long after he brought 3,000 young men to Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin saw that he did not have enough army firepower, so he made three Raider mortars for him. Requested, unless it was his henchman, he was not allowed to use this powerful small cannon. Ijik was also not worried about this, so he hurriedly rushed to Jeju Island on a newly purchased frigate. Looking at this time, it should be too late to join this sea battle.

Igcik thus established himself as the future Admiral of the Pacific Fleet of the Yanhuang Trading Company, and the transformation from slave trader to admiral was completed in this battle.