While doing the reconstruction work, Li Tianyang and the others did not forget to keep an eye on and take precautions against the Dutch people on Magong Island.

But I don't know what the Dutch think, after calmly leaving with a group of wounded sailors and returning to the Hongcheng Fortress on Magong Island, the Dutch suddenly stopped moving, and even the previous frequent harassment of the surrounding seas, the actions of the Daming coastal team stopped.

And with the end of this war, although it actually suffered a big loss, but on the surface, there was no decline in the battle with the foreigners, which brought a potential intangible benefit to Hong Tang, that is, in the pirate circle along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, they Hong Tang has truly confirmed the status of the sea hegemon in the area!

Over the years, Westerners have frequently carried out trade activities in the waters around the Ming Dynasty, and for the rebellious pirates who work with their heads on their belts and are in danger of death at any time, if they have not fought the idea of these foreign merchants, then they are not pirates who are not afraid of heaven and earth!

But until now, Westerners can trade unscrupulously in the Daming Sea with only one or two foreign ships, and they are not at all afraid of the pirates in the complex environment of the surrounding waters, but groups of pirates have used their lives to verify a truth, that is, the strong ships and cannons of Westerners are not comparable to a group of rabble.

Li Dan, the sea merchant who dominated Nagasaki and Hirado, is powerful and powerful enough, but he still has to stand up to the Dutch and cut off the connection with the British.

But now, the Dutch fleet, which is so powerful and invincible in the eyes of everyone, has returned home in front of Hong Tang, and even lost three warships, killing and wounding countless foreigners, which makes the pirates who have been suppressed by the Westerners' strong ships and cannons for many years breathe a bad breath!

Even in the rumors heard by the pirates, the casualties of Hongtang's department were several times that of foreigners, but in the eyes of the pirates, no matter how many pirates were killed or injured, as long as they had fame and strength, as long as they waved their flags and shouted, more people would not go to take refuge. There are even many pirate gangs that have something in their hearts and want to get in touch with each other, so they go to Hongtang.

Now that Hong Tang's prestige has become famous, compared with Yuan Laoba and his gang who had previously occupied the waters of Huludao, Li Tianyang and their real prestige against the Dutch foreign fleet is not comparable to Yuan Laoba and his gang who have not experienced a major war for many years. Coupled with Hongtang's constant suppression of pirates, it is foreseeable that in the coming days, the living space of the pirates entrenched in the huge sea area around the Ryukyu Sea to the South China Sea will become smaller and smaller, and the living conditions will become more and more difficult.

Instead of waiting for Hong Tang to sweep and suppress the pirates in the surrounding sea area again, it is better to take advantage of the fact that Hong Tang's strength has been greatly reduced and he needs the opportunity of being replenished by strong sailors, and take the initiative to join in, so as to reduce the pain of conquest.

Pirates are not brainless people, and the iron rule that big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp in the sea is something that every pirate team is accustomed to. Since he must not be able to defeat Hongtang's gang of strongmen, and he is unwilling to travel thousands of miles to the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea to develop and survive, it is not an unacceptable thing to join the powerful Hongtang.

And because of such an idea among the pirates, although the strength of the Hongtang Whale Department has been greatly reduced, and while it is still necessary to beware of the Dutch fleet on Magong Island, there is not enough manpower to patrol and sccan the waters from Huludao to Ryukyu, many pirate gangs seem to have discussed it, and few of them break into the waters of Huludao to do business.

At the same time, when the news that Hongtang had resisted the attack of the Dutch fleet reached the yamen of the Fujian governor, what Li Tianyang did not expect was that even the old general Shen Yourong, who participated in the bidding of the Fujian Navy Division, wrote a letter in his own handwriting and asked his henchmen to bring it to Li Tianyang in person.

In the letter, although General Shen did not give Li Tianyang any material rewards and support, or even official words of encouragement, the old general's words revealed that he affirmed and appreciated Li Tianyang's achievements in the first war, all of which were overflowing on paper.

Shen Yourong's handwritten letter, although it did not bring any practical significance to Li Tianyang, but in Li Tianyang's view, it was the greatest affirmation of the soldiers they sacrificed.

Over the years, the number of meetings with General Shen can be counted on one hand, and it should be said that Li Tianyang's friendship with the old general should not be deep. But the old general's righteousness and unpretentious heart of worrying and compassion were undoubtedly revealed to Li Tianyang in his bold spirit as a military attaché.

In his previous life, Li Tianyang was a pseudo-angry youth, although he admired those national heroes in his heart, but he also knew that he had a lot of selfishness, and he would definitely not be able to do the feelings of national heroes for the country and the people. But this does not prevent Li Tianyang from appreciating and admiring such a character, and it is precisely that the old general Shen Yourong is a hero with such selfless feelings.

Therefore, although Li Tianyang played tricks with the old general in the matter of recruiting An, in the actual interaction, Li Tianyang still greatly admired and admired this old general who was over the age of six, but still dared to come to Jilong Port to recruit them Hongtang alone.

Subsequently, the repair work in the Chicken Coop Harbor has not been completely completed, but Li Tianyang and the others suddenly found that there were more and more pirate gangs and maritime merchants in the trading team who went to the Chicken Coop Harbor to consume.

Several restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses, under such circumstances, were naturally rebuilt by Li Tianyang and their time and labor. With the reopening of brothels, gambling houses and restaurants, and the continued operation of the Chicken Coop Chapter, the Chicken Coop Harbor, which was still largely in ruins, was once again brightly lit up in a short period of time.

There is no way, the reconstruction work of this chicken coop port costs money like running water, and it is good to have a little more harvest, so the poor and crazy Li Tian raised them, and he couldn't care about the fact that his middle and high-level people were still living in simple tents, so he resolutely restarted their money-making business.

What surprised them was that in the past, there were always people who would get drunk or lose their eyes and make trouble, but now when the defense of Jonlong Harbor is a little slack, it is even rarer.

Many of the originally unruly group of seafarers seemed to have changed their temperament, and all of them seemed to understand the book, even if they were drunk and drunk, there were also companions around them who forcibly restrained the guys who wanted to use alcohol to make trouble, and they didn't need the personnel of the defense team to go out, and the matter was solved by their own people.

Just when Li Tianyang and them were puzzled, a visit by one person finally barely solved the doubts in Li Tianyang's hearts.

(End of chapter)