Hongtang regained its order, and one by one the warships drove out of Hongtang's base, continuing their patrol mission that had been stalled for more than half a year.

On the side of Bengang, Wu Shu and their shark department not only re-dispatched ships to patrol, but also they had to bring people to help the reconstruction of Bengang, several residential areas were attacked by the Dutch in a day, and suffered heavy losses, especially the western residential area near the wharf, as the main battlefield of the battle, it can even be said that it was destroyed in one fell swoop.

Yumo is very busy, not only to organize people to rebuild Bengang, but also to reward the soldiers and villagers who were injured in the battle.

At the same time, Yumo also needs to quickly sort out the compensation work for the soldiers who were injured and killed in the battle because of the defense of Bengang, especially the indigenous soldiers of the Bengang coalition army, not only did they sacrifice greatly, but if Yumo was not properly disposed of, it would easily have a very negative impact on the natives, so Yumo must appease the sacrificed aboriginal families and their tribes as soon as possible.

It's just that Bengang has been blocking the passage in and out for most of the past half a year, and there is no other input in the port except for the output of the land, and at the same time, it has to pay the salaries of the members of the Hongtang Shark Army, as well as the Bengang government and the members of Qixintang, and the only silver resources in the town are almost consumed, where can the funds be withdrawn to provide such a huge expenditure in the town.

Fortunately, Li Tianyang and their Jilong Port side of the situation is a little better, although the whale troops have basically not had much input in the past six months, but the workshop of Jilong Port and the Jilong Mountain Mine have not been affected too much by the Dutch, and have maintained a relatively stable income.

The most important thing is that He Yong's Nanyang ocean-going fleet and Changsheng's Dongwei ocean-going fleet have not been idle for most of the year, and they just happened to run an ocean-going trade, which brought a lot of income to Jilong Port.

Excluding the expenses and the damaged goods, the two fleets brought a total of nearly 80,000 taels of silver to Jilong Port, which was just enough to make up for the loss of Bengang and Jilong Port.

When Yumo's letter for help was delivered to Li Tianyang for only four or five days, Li Tianyang purchased a large number of urgently needed materials from Bengang through several friendly businesses such as Defuxuan and Jirentang, and asked Wu Daofu and them to transport them to Bengang to relieve Bengang's difficulties.

Not only are friendly firms such as Defuxuan and Jirentang very cooperative with Li Tianyang's procurement, but even many large and small businesses that rarely deal with Qixintang and have business dealings before also took the initiative to come to the door, not only selling many materials urgently needed by Li Tianyang's team at low prices, but also applying to Li Tianyang, hoping to have a foothold in Jilong Port.

Obviously, these well-informed and well-known business owners with deep backgrounds have already known about Hong Tang's victory over the Dutch, and in the face of Hong Tang, which is now becoming more and more powerful, all the merchants who want to trade through the sea can no longer ignore Hong Tang's existence, and have expressed their Du # goodwill to the leader of Hong Tang, Li Tianyang.

With the rise and strength of Hongtang, Jilong Port, which was positioned by Li Tianyang as the window and platform for their team, focused on building a port for pirates and maritime merchants to trade freely and escape the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, which itself has a higher starting point and a more reassuring environment.

Moreover, when Li Tianyang and them took the initiative to withdraw from the camp of Penghu Sailor Magong Island, they conveyed their goodwill to Nan Juyi, the new governor of Fujian, through the old general Shen Yourong, who had not yet retired, and won the love of Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian. If it weren't for the fact that he had just arrived in Fujian, and Fujian's civil affairs and finances were accumulating, Nan Juyi would even think about the new official taking office three fires and bringing Hongtang under his command.

Whether it is a maritime merchant or a pirate, don't look at their enthusiasm for adventure and pursuit of excitement, in fact, they still hope to have a safer platform when trading, so that they can not lose the benefits they have worked so hard to gain when trading.

It is precisely because of Hongtang's performance not only in terms of strength, but also their good relationship with the government and other authorities that many maritime merchants saw the opportunity to make money, so they put forward the proposal to open a branch in Jilong Port.

In this regard, Li Tianyang is not refusal, no matter whether you have an antagonistic relationship with Qixintang before, or you have other intentions, but as long as you are willing to go to Jilong Port to establish a branch and are willing to accept the tax system of Jilong Port, then Li Tianyang and they will all be welcomed.

Moreover, Li Tianyang quoted the standards established by the city in later generations, and specially transformed the eastern residential area adjacent to the wharf into a large market, and all the merchants who wanted to open a branch in Jilong Port could only establish their shops in this area.

At the same time, in order to make money, Li Tianyang also opened a unique auction in Jilong Port, divided the ground that was opened up into a market, divided it into large and small plots, and started a real estate business on the spot.

Not to mention, but all the businesses that want to open a branch in Jilong Port, none of them are people with weak backgrounds and weak funds, when Li Tianyang showed a piece of land to the representatives of many businesses according to the planned map, several businesses fought for a piece of land with excellent boundaries and convenient transportation, so that Li Tianyang made a lot of income on the land first.

In the end, hey, okay, this is less than 30 yuan of land in the auction of a street, and Li Tianyang and them got more than 15,000 taels of silver.

You must know that at the beginning, Li Tianyang and them in the prosperous area of Yuegang, and won the land that has been built in the current Yuegang Qixintang Branch, but it only cost a few hundred taels of silver. Who would have thought that now a few pieces of land in Jilong Harbor that they don't even have houses and buildings can bring Li Tianyang so much income, which can be regarded as a windfall.

And the effect is not only that, after seeing the one-piece house built by Li Tianyang and them with cement, which is not only solid and reliable, but also prunes very quickly, the shopkeepers of many businesses also asked Wan Liang and their architects, hoping to hire them to build their businesses.

In this regard, after consulting Li Tianyang, Wan Liang and the others also agreed to the employment of the shopkeepers of all parties, but the employment fee and the price of raw materials are quite expensive.

For example, the price of cement, originally Bengang for more than half a year, other workshops have stopped working one after another, but the cement workshop on the side of the Yushan tribe has not stopped for a day. Early on, a large amount of cement was accumulated on the Bengang side, just waiting for the post-war reconstruction work.

After calculating, after the 1,000 catties of cement were successfully fired by the natives of the Yushan tribe, Yumo provided them with no more than five stones of grain, which was no more than seven taels of silver. But in Wan Liang's mouth, a thousand catties of cement can be sold at a high price of fifty taels, don't you say, these shopkeepers are willing to buy at such a high price, the picture is fresh and safe.

(End of chapter)