Chapter 176 Prophecy

Yu Xiaotian nodded and thanked him and said, "In fact, it's not a big deal. During this period, my life is okay, there are many boats, and my brothers are not as few as before. In addition, the big Buddha machine given to me by Manager Li, although I dare not say that I can run rampant on this sea at present, at least it will not be easily. Bullying!

Of course, I will not feel satisfied with this. Although there are many ships at present, there are still too few guys on the ship!

I won't be polite to Shopkeeper Li about this. If Shopkeeper Li can help Yu get some more cannons and birds, Yu will naturally be grateful!

And the Du Zhong paint that Yu asked shopkeeper Li to do last time. I don't know if shopkeeper Li has done it! I hope shopkeeper Li will pay attention to this matter. As for the cost, it is easy to say. The next effort is to bear it. We must not let shopkeeper Li lose money!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Mr. Li looked embarrassed and sighed, "Mr. Yu, Du Zhongqi can't raise this thing in Fujian at present. I have sent people everywhere to inquire about the source of goods. Once I can find it, I will definitely do it as soon as possible!" Please rest assured about this, but it will take some time!

But the artillery and birds you want are not easy to deal with. I'm afraid that the shopkeeper is not sure about something. Now something has happened in the south. I heard that the red-haired people of Lan have often attacked the coast of Guangdong since last year, trying to force us to open a port for it. The Guangdong official refused, so they sent troops to attack. He played Xiangshan, but the red-haired man did not win.

Later, under the leadership of the traitor Pan Xiu, he occupied Penghu. During this period, he tried to build a city in Penghu for a long time, and often cooperated with the surrounding sea pirates to attack the coast of Guangdong and Fujian and plunder ships.

Guangdong government and Fujian government are raising troops to refuse. At present, all iron works in Guangdong are casting cannons for the government and building birds to prepare for war. Therefore, it is really difficult to raise artillery recently, even at high prices are not easy to buy!

You are so helpful to my Li family, how can Li lie to you, but this matter is really difficult to do. Li can only continue to find a way secretly, but whether it will be done or not is unknown!

In addition, recently, Lord Zhouzuo, the governor of Fujian, has also strictly ordered the state governments to strictly investigate you people, and ordered local governments to strictly control nitrate, sulfur and other objects to go to sea. Even saltpetre sulfur is very difficult to do in the near future!

However, I still have a few stone saltpeter sulfur here before. If the shopkeeper needs it, I can send it to you. Don't misunderstand the shopkeeper. Li won't help!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian, he recalled that there was indeed such a thing in history. Although Yu Xiaotian did not learn from history, he still knew something about this history.

The red-haired people mentioned by Li Yi and Lan are actually Dutch. The Dutch rose at sea later than Portugal and Spain, and naturally entered Asia later.

So when they came, they only took Jakarta from the Spanish and the Portuguese. At this time, it should be called Yao Liuba. In addition, there were two big mud places in Malaysia in later generations, as ports for them to trade with Asian countries.

However, these two places are far away from China. Portugal took the lead and deceived Macao, while the Spaniards occupied Manila.

Chinese businessmen and Japanese merchants prefer to go to Macau and Manila to do business with Spaniards and Portuguese because they are relatively close to these two places. How can the Dutch devils not be jealous?

So they also want to obtain a place like Macao along the coast of China as a port for them to directly trade with Daming.

The Dutch first tried to attack Macao, capture Macao and drive away the Portuguese, but the Portuguese had already prepared in advance and repelled the Dutch fleet.

So the Dutch devils wanted to change places, but the local government of Daming could not do it. The Dutch people failed to invade many times, but attacked and harassed the coast. Later, they were instructed by a profiteer or pirates to run to Penghu Lake, occupying Penghu, trying to build a city with Penghu as a stronghold for a long time, where they were with Daming. Businessman.

People who know more or less about history basically know a little about this matter. Therefore, Yu Xiaotian remembers that Daming also sent troops to Penghu to fight with the Dutch, and finally forced the Dutch to give up Penghu and go to occupy Taiwan Island.

When he thinks of Taiwan Island, Yu Xiaotian's heart is moved. In fact, he needs a larger and more stable rear base to be a pirate. All the islands along the coast of China are too close to the coast, and these islands are under the jurisdiction of various local prefectures and counties. If he wants to occupy a big island as an old nest, he will make a scene. The court and the local government can still turn a blind eye and ignore him, but if he grows up in the future and poses a threat to the local government or the Ming Dynasty, neither the court nor the local government will listen to him and ignore him.

So if he develops to a certain extent, Taiwan Island is a good choice, because Taiwan Island has not been clearly included in the Ming Dynasty, so it is an enclave. Even if he occupies Taiwan Island, the court will turn a blind eye to him.

In history, the Dutch took advantage of this to occupy Taiwan. Later, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to see the Qing army going south. He was unable to stand on the mainland before he ran to Taiwan Island, expelled the Dutch, occupied Taiwan as a base at sea and the Qing Dynasty, and sat on the ground to claim king. Try to fight against the tari.

So occupying Taiwan as a base is undoubtedly a very ** idea for Xiaotian, but after thinking about it carefully, Yu Xiaotian immediately gave up this idea.

The occupation of Taiwan Island is a very unrealistic idea for his situation. At present, he is less than 200 subordinates at best. Where is Taiwan Island? Although it looks good in later generations, it is a barren place full of miasma and mosquitoes.

It is so close to the mainland. Whether in the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty or even the Yuan Dynasty, officials have sent people to land on Taiwan Island and left maps and written records. Therefore, it is called Ryukyu, but does it refer to the Ryukyu Islands. Why have not been included in the territory of the mainland for so long? In fact, there are Deep-seated reasons.

The most important thing is that Taiwan Island is still a barren land in this era. Coupled with special climate reasons, the living conditions on the island are very bad. Over the past hundreds of years, many people from the mainland have tried to settle on the island, but they basically failed.

The ravaged mosquitoes there are the best way to spread malaria. After moving to Taiwan Island, many people soon contracted malaria and eventually died. In this era, only the indigenous people born and lived there really controlled Taiwan Island, and only these indigenous people It can adapt to the living environment, and it is said that there are many headhunters in Taiwan in this era.

So if you want to occupy and develop Taiwan Island, it is a huge project that requires huge human and material resources, and you have to be prepared to pay a huge price. With his strength so far, he takes people to occupy Taiwan Island. It is simply to die. It is estimated that their brains are not enough for the island. The headhunters among the indigenous people cut it!

So in a short period of time, Yu Xiaotian can only look at the ocean and sigh, or honestly hang out in the coastal area first. If one day his strength grows to a considerable extent, it is not too late to consider occupying Taiwan as his nest. As he has considered during this period, he must be down-to-earth and steady now. Fight steadily and develop your own strength first.

However, Li Yi's words also remind him that at present, there is red hair along the coast of Guangdong, Fujian, and the court officials will not pay attention to this area for the time being. It is estimated that for more than a year, in addition to dealing with the luxury chaos in Guizhou, Sichuan, the southern provinces will also fight with the Dutch.

If he remembers correctly, this battle should be the battle of Penghu, and the Fujian governor of the Ming Dynasty seems to be Nanjuyi! He sent troops across the sea to fight against the Dutchmen who were stationed in Penghu. After a bitter battle, the Dutch were expelled from Penghu.

But he only remembers such a few things, and he can't remember any more, but just now Li Yi said that the Fujian governor is called Shang Zhouzuo, which is a little out of line!

"Shopkeeper Li, what's the name of this Fujian governor? It seems that you just said his name is Shang Zhouzuo! Why do I remember that there seems to be a man named Nanjuyi... Could it be that I misremembered? Yu Xiaotian asked coldly.

Hearing Yu Xiaotian's words, Li Yi couldn't help but look at Yu Xiaotian with a little surprise. After a while, he said, "How did the shopkeeper know about this? To be honest with the shopkeeper, it has indeed been rumored that Lord Zhouzuo, the current governor of Fujian, was impeached by his colleagues in the court because he was unable to stop the red-haired people from constantly attacking the Quanzhou area of Zhangzhou. The court seems to be interested in replacing him, and it is the rumored that it is Lord Nanju Yinan who came to take over as the governor of Fujian this time!

But so far, this matter has not been confirmed, but I don't know how the shopkeeper learned about it?

When Yu Xiaotian heard that his heart was broken, he spilled the beans again! It turned out that Shang Zhouzuo was only the current governor of Fujian, and Nan Juyi has not succeeded him as the governor of Fujian yet. This matter is not easy to explain. He can't say that he is unpredictable!

But on second thought, he can't be too honest with Li Yi. The two of them are still in a cooperative relationship, and Li Yi is quite shrewd, as if he can always guess his mind. This time, it's not a bad thing that he accidentally spilled the beans. Sometimes he deliberately sells some points to this Li Yi, I guess It can also make Li Yi dare not underestimate him.

So he pretended to shake his head profoundly and said, "Well... To tell Mr. Li, I just heard a little about it, but there is one thing I can tell Mr. Li. If I guess well, I'm afraid that this Nanju Yinan will indeed become the successor of the merchant. If If Shopkeeper Li has a way, you might as well take a step ahead and take this path of Lord Nan, which may be helpful for your business in the future!"

(Today, I would like to thank Feng for his friends for not being stingy on rewards!)