According to Chen Yue's plan, a year later, he would attack the Dutch on Dongfan Island and occupy Dongfan Island as a foundation. However, this year's time needs to build ships and artillery, expand the army, and the 400,000 taels of silver are simply not enough.

And even after the construction of Dongfan Island, it is still necessary to develop and relocate the population of the mainland, and there will not be much benefit in a short period of time, so it is necessary to have continuous financial resources. And sea trade may be the only way to make a lot of money.

Of course, it is not so easy to do maritime trade, first of all, you must have talents who are familiar with the route, although Zhang Chenglei has been to the Japanese country, but he is not the fire chief in charge of the route, and he can't rely on him at all. The vast ocean is not land, there is no reference to follow, and there is no GPS positioning in this era, and it is more difficult to do maritime trade than to ascend to the sky if you don't know navigation.

Secondly, if you want to do sea trade, you must have ships and goods, and the goods are good to say that you can buy a lot in Hangzhou, silk, tea, and porcelain, but there are no ships suitable for sea trade, although there are two two-masted sailing ships, but they are warships used by the navy, and they can't load much cargo at all.

If you go to sea for trade, you must have at least one three-masted ship, which can withstand the waves and turbulence, and it will be cost-effective to do business with too much goods.

The sea in this era is not like that of later generations, because the sailing ship sails to rely on the ocean current and the monsoon, taking the Wa country as an example, from Hangzhou to Nagasaki of the Wa country is less than 2,000 miles, if it is a tailwind, it will take half a month to arrive, if it is against the wind, let alone half a month, even half a year may not be able to arrive.

And every summer, when the southeast wind rises, it is the time to set off from Fujian in Zhejiang Province and go to the country to do business. And when the northwest monsoon rises in winter, it is the time to return to the Ming Dynasty from the Wa Kingdom. Therefore, when going to and from the country to do business, it is a round trip every year, and it is natural to bring enough goods, so that there is a profit at all.

And you are a two-masted ship, not to mention the cargo loaded, and the accompanying crew is also small, if you encounter pirates at sea, you will not have the ability to fight back, and in this era, the difference between maritime merchants and pirates is one word.

Therefore, if you want to engage in maritime trade, it is not an easy thing, it is estimated that this year is a little too late, after all, it has entered June, Mashan will be the monsoon, and the maritime merchants will soon leave the mainland for the Wa Kingdom, and for Zhoushan, which is completely unprepared, the time is really rushed.

However, if you miss this time, if you want to go to the Japanese Sea Trade again, you will have to wait for next summer, where will you get the silver this year? Thinking about Chen Yue, I feel that it is difficult to do.

Plans wait for no one! Time waits for no one! Soon a thought arose in Chen Yue's heart, like a devil deeply tempting him, although he knew that there were too many inappropriate things to do so, it would offend too many gentry and wealthy families in Zhejiang, and it would be very unfavorable to Zhoushan's future plans, even Wang Yin could not continue to help him on the bright side, but at this time Chen Yue had no choice.

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In Niujiapu, the capital of Taizhou, Liu Neng and Zhang Chenglei were talking with the patriarch of Niujiapu about the business of cooperative shipbuilding, and a dhow ship came from the north along the coast, bringing a letter from Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi.

Liu Neng opened it and looked at it, and his expression suddenly became solemn, "Guogong He summoned me to have something important to do, Cheng Lei, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you." ”

Zhang Chenglei nodded: "Grandpa's affairs are important, you go and get busy with you." ”

Explaining the matter to the subordinates of the Enemy Intelligence Division who followed, Liu Neng took a boat to the north.

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Yongjiang River estuary, there are two peaks between the river and stand, the north bank is Zhaobao Mountain, the south bank is Jinji Mountain, there is a fort on Zhaobao Mountain on the north bank, there is a fort city of one mile square on Jinji Mountain on the south bank, there is a water village at the junction of Yongjiang River and the sea, dozens of warships are moored in the wall, here is the station of the Dinghai Defense Japanese Army.

According to the guard set up by the imperial court, in fact, Zhoushan Island also belongs to Dinghaiwei, the original Dinghaiwei was located in Zhoushan, but later the imperial court forbade the sea, a large number of Zhoushan people were migrated to the interior of the island, and Yongjiang is the gateway to enter Ningbo Shaoxing several mansions, in order to prevent the attack of the Japanese in the Jiajing period, the fort city was built at the mouth of the Yongjiang River to set up a fort, and the position of the general soldier of Dinghai defense was established, and the general leader of the Ningbo Mansion was responsible for the defense of the Japanese, which has been followed until now.

Lu Tai, the new commander-in-chief of Dinghai, frowned, he was worried about his subordinates who were undisciplined.

The subordinates here are all military households of Dinghaiwei, and in terms of military discipline and combat effectiveness, they are not even as good as their subordinates when they served as coastal defense guerrillas in Tianjin, let alone compare with the later Pingnan Military Water Battalion.

The soldiers were all from military households, and they lived by farming and fishing on weekdays, but most of the military fields in the guard were occupied by the officers, and most of the soldiers were reduced to tenant farmers of hundreds of families and thousands of officers, and lived a more miserable life than ordinary people.

The land in Ningbo was originally barren, and the barren military fields near the sea belonged to the guards, and there was not much output in a year, and they had to be handed over to the imperial court. The soldiers of the military household worked hard for a year, and the output could not even get food and clothing for the whole family. If it weren't for the fact that they could catch some fish and shrimp close to the sea, many military families might have to flee one after another.

Wang Zhiren, the original chief soldier, was transferred to Huguang, and although the other officers welcomed Lu Tai, the airborne anti-Japanese general soldier, they were disobedient behind their backs, and the reason why they did not dare to oppose it openly was because Lu Tai took office with 500 elite soldiers.

After staying in the Pingnan Army for more than a year, Lu Tai's vision has been much higher, and he can no longer look down on the appearance of the officers and soldiers under him who have no combat effectiveness, but if they have the heart to rectify, they don't know where to start.

At this time, Liu Neng came here by boat.

"But did Guogong let Brother Liu come?" Seeing Liu Neng, Lu Tai was overjoyed.

Before coming to Dinghai, Lu Tai had already gone to Hangzhou to see Chen Yue, and Chen Yue only comforted him and did not give him any tasks. Now that Liu Neng came over suddenly, something must have happened, which made Lu Tai, who had been idle for several days, look forward to it.

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Wang Qing stood on the bow of the ship in a brand-new military uniform, touching the handle of the knife hanging from his waist, and the whole person was very high-spirited.

Try the military position of 100 households, from the six military attachés. It has only been more than ten days since he was found by Lord Liu Neng, and he has undergone earth-shaking changes, from a poor crew member who has declined incomparably to an official identity, all of which is like a dream.

Running to the sea can make money again, but the status is very low, and with this dress, he will definitely be able to raise his eyebrows and be looked down upon by the people in the village when he goes home. From the six-rank military attaché, even the chief of the power has to bow his eyebrows and be pleasing to himself.

Of course, this dress is not for nothing, Wang Qing needs to complete the task assigned by Lord Liu Neng and find the talent that Qi Guogong and his old man need.