The cost of re-furnace reengineering is not cost-effective for Bengang at the moment, and those cast iron cannons, copper cannons, thousand-pound Francophone cannons and other artillery in Bengang are naturally inferior in the eyes of Bengang people who have steel cannons, but among the pirates outside, and even in the Ming Dynasty, they are all very popular good things.

Therefore, after careful research with Tan Songyun, Chen Yumo and others, Li Tianyang decided to sell these weapons that were about to be eliminated to the surrounding pirates and maritime merchants at a high price, and at the same time continue to attract guests for Jilong Port and increase its attractiveness.

Of course, this is also indispensable to the impact of economic pressure in Bengang.

Because of the iron ore incident, Changhua Hai Dafu and his people paid a price, and the mine, which was originally an exclusive operation, was visited by Li Tianyang, and finally not only sent a large amount of iron ore, but also sent 20% of the dry shares.

These prices are naturally sent by Hai Dafu himself willingly, and the long-term benefits that Hai Dafu gets will definitely be much more generous than what he paid at this time, otherwise with the shrewdness of others, he will definitely not do such a loss-making transaction.

However, in Li Tianyang's view, the acquisition of huge iron ore without such a contribution is not in line with Li Tianyang's original intention, and it is not in line with the positive image that the Bengang team has created over the years.

Therefore, in the end, after Li Tianyang and the others obtained a certain amount of iron ore, they still asked people to send a sum of silver that Bengang could take out now. Even so, the value of this silver payment is still very different from the amount of iron ore they obtained, and it can be regarded as the treatment that Li Tianyang deserves as a shareholder!

The benefits brought by Li Tianyang soon paid off, and Hai Dafu was grateful for Bengang's attitude, and on the premise of not affecting his copper mining, he increased the intensity of iron ore transportation and mining, so as to repay Li Tianyang.

At the same time, Bengang's honest and friendly business attitude has unconsciously spread to the ears of a number of small and medium-sized maritime and land merchants along the coast through various channels, dispelling many of their concerns about coming to Jilong Port to trade, so that Jilong Port is no longer limited to some large and medium-sized seafarers and merchants, as well as those pirates who have nowhere to go.

Suddenly, the Jilong Port business, which has been stagnant, has regained a lot of vitality, just in time to catch the shuttle bus of several best-selling products newly developed by the Bengang team.

And Li Tianyang's simple words are equivalent to selling Gong Zhuyi and their ten artillery pieces of various kinds, although they are not more powerful than Hongtang's own main artillery, but in this era when artillery is basically controlled by Westerners, it is also a good thing that pirates dream of.

"If you can't clean up this Zheng Zhilong Duhua, then you can only blame Gong Zhuyi for not being worthy of support!" Li Tianyang looked calmly into the distance and said indifferently, but he didn't know why, he always felt in his heart that this Zheng Zhilong might really surprise himself.

However, although he was worried, in Li Tianyang's opinion, this battle between pirates, no matter what the final result was, would be good for the Bengang team, and Li Tianyang only needed to be prepared how to deal with the side that won in the end.

Through the collection of intelligence by the foreign guards, Li Tianyang and the others quickly knew the comparison between the strengths of the two sides that were about to fight, and made some arrangements based on this.

Judging from the literal data, it is natural that Gong Zhuyi and his gang still have the advantage in the coalition army, although it is only a small pirate area, but the number of pirates surviving in the pirate area of the Ryukyus is not a few.

When this pirate area was first established, the pirates discussed it with Bengang Li Tianyang and them for a long time before they were determined, in order to let these pirate gangs obediently enter the urn, Li Tianyang also made a lot of concessions, among which the specific location of this pirate area is one of them.

After all, the Ryukyu Pirate Zone is between the prosperous Dongwa-Quanzhou-Nanyang route, and there are countless maritime merchants and seamen, but the Liqiu Pirate Zone is in a narrow sea area close to the Ming Dynasty and the Dongwa, like a long snake dividing the huge Ryukyu Sea into two.

If the maritime merchants want to be safe, they can naturally bypass the pirate area and drive back to Daming or go south along all the areas of influence in Hongtang, but in this case, the itinerary will naturally be delayed; If you pass through the pirate area, although the risk is not small, it can shorten the voyage, and it is also a great temptation for many seafarers who take short distances or fleets with poor storm resistance.

Therefore, although the territory of the Ryukyu Pirate Zone is not large, and the number of pirates is also large, there is still an endless stream of maritime merchants and seafarers who want to venture through.

In this way, the pirates have to live a good life, but it is not as difficult as before the rise of Hongtang.

This time, Gong Zhuyi and the others, the bigwigs in the pirate area, were threatened by the newcomer Zheng Zhilong, and the coalition forces that were connected everywhere had more than 60 warships alone, and the number of pirates was already more than 5,000.

On the other hand, Zheng Zhilong's Flying Dragon Gang only has about 3,000 people, and there is a lot of gap between the warship and the other party, but it looks like it is less than forty. Although he inherited most of the strength of Li Dan, the legendary sea lord of Hirado, after all, he was a newcomer, and Zheng Zhilong couldn't show all his strength at once.

And in Jingpu, he was harassed by the surrounding indigenous people, Zheng Zhilong is also a member of Jingpu, and most of the families of the brothers under his command live in Jingpu, so they have to leave some strong guards to protect Jingpu, so as not to give birth to right and wrong.

However, after Li Tianyang and Hong Zhengkai and other members of the team talked for a long time, the judgment on the strength of the two sides was that Zheng Zhilong still had some advantages.

At the beginning of the war with the Yuan Laoba pirates, Bengang's strength also had a strong gap with Yuan Laoba's team and its coalition forces, but in the end, it was not Bengang Li Tianyang who replaced them and became the new overlord of the South China Sea.

Therefore, in many cases, the literal data cannot really represent the strength of a group of forces, at least in Li Tianyang's opinion, Zheng Zhilong has great advantages over Gong Zhuyi in several aspects.

The biggest advantage is naturally the Flying Dragon Gang under Zheng Zhilong, most of whom he pulled from Li Dan's gang, and in terms of command and control, it is more than a step stronger than Gong Zhuyi and the rabble that they pulled together.

Secondly, the weapons and equipment of Zheng Zhilong's Feilong Gang are obviously superior to Gong Zhuyi and others, after all, they are the subordinates of the former sea lord Li Dan who have been running for many years, and the weapons and ships they are equipped with are naturally the team that Li Dan has cultivated and armed for many years.

It was precisely with this powerful naval army that Li Dan was able to live a privileged life in Hirado, Nagasaki and other places in the Wa Kingdom, and no one dared to challenge his authority.

And the relationship with Zheng Zhilong was only one-sided, which made Li Tianyang feel impressed by this person, coupled with the continuous flow of information from the foreign guards over time, all of which showed that this Zheng Zhilong can have today's strength, and it is not in vain.

Of course, there are some other small factors, but the above points alone are enough for Li Tianyang to have a correct understanding of the current strength comparison and make a decision.

A little late, the outbreak will continue tomorrow

(End of chapter)