Compared with Guangdong and Zhejiang, Fujian actually has an advantage, that is, Fujian has many more talents, sailors, and sailors who are good at navigation than in two places.

This kind of advantage will take at least several generations, or even hundreds of years, to form, and the two Guangxi and Zhejiang cannot compare.

Even if the Liangguang merchant group has money now, it will not be able to train so many sailors in a short period of time.

The reason for this difference is actually related to geography, the Chinese are heavy on land and relocation, can live on the land, and will never wander around, and Guangdong has the Pearl River Delta, which is conducive to farming, Zhejiang also has a large area of fertile land, only Fujian is mountainous, known as "eight mountains, one water and one field", the land can not feed so many people, thus planting the gene of Fujian to expand southward, so Fujian people can go to Ryukyu, to Japan, to Lü send, to Nanyang, and Quanzhou can become the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.

After the Qing army occupied Fujian, the implementation of the sea ban policy, which is equivalent to cutting off the life of the Fujian people, and now Fujian has returned to the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court has also set up a city ship, which makes the Fujian people very excited.

Although they are not as popular as the Liangguang Chamber of Commerce now, they believe that with Fujian's advantages, so many talented people who are proficient in navigation will surpass Liangguang sooner or later as long as they have goods and ships.

The market in the South Seas was occupied by two Cantonese merchants, so they went to Tianzhu and the Western Ocean, and no one could compare to them compared to navigation.

The shopkeeper of the Longsheng, surnamed Zheng Mingzan, has dark skin, and at first glance he looks like a person who has been adrift on the sea all year round.

This voyage was just a trial voyage of the Ronze, and the target was the Sultanate of Malacca in the South Seas. In addition to trade, they will also collect information on the Western Ocean, buy nautical charts, and recruit pilots who are familiar with the routes to Tianzhu and Dashi, so as to jump out of the South Seas, avoid direct competition with the Liangguang firms, and open up new markets.

The reason why I chose Malacca is because this place happens to be the intersection of the two oceans, so there are naturally talents who are proficient in the routes of the two oceans to recruit, and secondly, because it belongs to the influence of the Dutch, and the merchants in Guangzhou rarely go there, but the Zheng family and the Dutch still have a certain tacit understanding.

For Fujian people with limited land output, going to sea means wealth and being able to live, so sailors are very excited.

At this time, the sailors cheered, began to put away the planks that were on the dock, stopped loading, and a big man with a strong body and a scar on his face walked up to the bow of the ship, shouted to several sailors, and turned the crankset together.

As the crankset turned, an arm-thick iron chain, making a "quack" sound, was slowly pulled up from the bow of the ship, and in a short time, a huge iron anchor was pulled out of the water.

Seeing this, Zheng Zan, the big shopkeeper, immediately shouted, "Raise the sail!" Let's go! ”

The fleet immediately cheered again, and although it was dangerous to go to sea, as long as it was done once, it could withstand a few years of digging in the soil.

For a while, the trumpets on the deck came and went, and the sailors either hoisted the sails, or steered, or used long poles to prop the ship away from the dock, and they cooperated to adjust the direction of the ship, and finally made the big ship face the sea and sailed out of Quanzhou Port by the wind.

When the fleet left the port, the sailman immediately pulled the rope and readjusted the sail so that the direction of the fleet turned southwest.

At this time, the huge sail hung on the main mast, shielding the sky and the sun, blocking the rising sun from the east, and the bow of the ship was shady, and after the sailman adjusted the sail surface, he fixed more than a dozen sail locks on the wooden stakes on the deck, and the ropes on the ship were immediately staggered.

At this time, China's navigation technology was actually very developed, and the Song Dynasty had already achieved "the wind from all directions, only the head did not advance." "It's not a tailwind now, but as long as it's not an oncoming headwind, the sailors can take advantage of it.

After the Qing army entered Fujian, Fujian's maritime trade was greatly affected, and Zheng did not go to sea for four years.

Now, standing in the bow of the ship, he could not help but be a little high-spirited, he watched the huge ship of fortune break through the sea, bringing up gusts of waves, the sea breeze blew the sails and made a whirring sound, because it was a crosswind, the whole hull was still swaying slightly, and twenty large ships, leaving a long wake trail, sailed to the southwest, which made him fascinated.

Soon after the ship left the port, several small fortune boats in the distance greeted them, which were the official ships of the city shipping department.

The Zheng family was originally a big pirate smuggler, and now the imperial court has set up the Quanzhou City Shipping Division, hoping that the Zheng family can normalize trade, so in addition to the officials directly sent by the Municipal Shipping Division, the Municipal Shipping Division is also equipped with a naval army of 1,000 people to strictly investigate smuggling at sea.

"The shopkeeper is the official ship of the City Shipping Division!"

Shopkeeper Zheng looked in the direction pointed by his subordinates, and several small fortune boats came through the waves, and he immediately said: "Hang up the Ming flag, as well as the pennant of the Zheng family." ”

When a sailor heard this, he immediately used his hands and feet together, climbed the watchdog on the mainmast, and then hoisted the sun, moon, and pennant on a blue background.

After a short time, the fleet and the official ships of the city ship division, staggered past, the officers and soldiers on the ship saw two flags fluttering on the ship, among which the sun and moon flags were also printed with the words "Quanzhou City Ship Division", covered with a large seal, it means that this is a merchant ship from Quanzhou Port through the regular channel, the soldiers immediately stood on the deck and waved, wishing the fleet a safe sailing, and then steered the warship to leave.

The fleet sailed on the calm sea, the road was lonely, and many ships came and went along the way, and they would wave to each other, but when the team left the waters near Quanzhou and left the coast, the atmosphere on the ship immediately changed.

From here, they left the original world and entered the sea, where the rules of the land do not apply on the sea, and this is a separate world.

The bow of the ship was quickly lifted by several sailors, revealing two black and shiny guns, and the sailors on board fell silent.

Zheng pirates made a fortune, they were both merchants and thieves, they not only traded, but also plundered at sea, as long as they encountered a lone ship, whether it was a Franco, Spanish, or Dutch, or even a merchant in Liangguang, as long as there was no pennant issued by Zheng, they were the object of their plunder.

Shopkeeper Zheng stood at the bow of the boat and explained, "It's time to enter the Guangdong Sea, everyone cheers up!" ”

The goods on the ship are all merchants, and the money earned by trade is also earned by merchants, and if the sailors want to make money, they still have to rob other cargo ships, as long as they do one ticket, it is enough for the family's expenses for more than ten years.

However, this kind of money, come quickly, go fast, even if these sailors do a vote, the money will not really be put at home, once rich, most of them have no moderation, either to the Qinglou, or to lose to the casino, in the end they are not allowed, or they still have to go to sea.

The sailors on the deck understood very well what the shopkeeper meant by cheering up, which was not a problem for a business with the background of the Zheng family, they were originally pirates, and robbing others was as easy as drinking water.

The experienced old sailor, listening to the shopkeeper's words, let out a sneer in his nostrils, calmly leaned on the wooden box and continued to nap, while the younger ones were a little excited, walking up and down the deck, and from time to time drawing their weapons.

Shopkeeper Zheng shook his head slightly, the sea voyage is very long, sometimes you can't see a ship for a few days, or the old sailor can calm down.

At this time, he looked at it for a while, and was about to go back to the cabin, when he looked at the mainmast above his head, but suddenly there was a shout, "There is a fleet to the south!" ”

There was a moment of confusion on the deck, and the old sailors, who were recuperating with their eyes closed, also got up one by one and leaned towards the port side.

Shopkeeper Zheng listened to the voice, hurriedly walked a few steps back to the bow of the boat, put his hand on the pergola, and looked south, sure enough, he saw seven or eight black spots on the sea in the distance, but the distance was too far to see it really.

At this time, in the far distance, eight huge three-masted warships were breaking the waves, and it was none other than the Dutch in Dayuan's fleet, and the commander was Jakob Kauu, who had been sent to Dayuan from Batavia, and they were preparing to go to the vicinity of Canton to plunder the Chinese merchant ships.

When the fleet of the Ronx spotted them, the sailors in charge of watching from the Kau'e boat suddenly shouted, "Noord-boot!"

Dressed very strangely, with a sunhat and a feather stuck in it, Kaauu was talking with some Dutchmen who were also dressed in the same clothes, and he heard the sailor's shout, and at once he and several Dutchmen came to the bow of the ship, and they looked at each of them with a clairvoyant, and one of them said, "Oh! It seems to be a ship with the surname of the country, what a pity! ”

Kaowu came from Batavia, he only heard about Zheng Chenggong, and didn't take it to heart, he listened to the words of the person next to him, and said with an arrogant smile: "Your Excellency, is it so difficult that you want us to let go of this batch of merchant ships?" ”

"The surname of the country has a strong strength in Fujian, so it's better not to provoke him at the moment!" He said in a deep voice.

Dayuan and Fujian are only separated by a strait, although Zheng Chenggong obeyed the order and stopped trade with the Dutch, but his affairs in Fujian have not been straightened out, in order to avoid the Dutch harassing Fujian, he did not fight with the Dutch in the Fujian Sea, the Dutch's ship is not the middle line of the strait, and his Zheng ship is not close to Dayuan, and the two sides still maintain a certain tacit understanding.

Kao Wu was very disdainful of Yu Yi's timidity, "The barbaric Ming Empire killed the Dutch merchants we sent to Nanjing, since the country does not trade with us and affects the interests of the company, the company needs to teach him a lesson." The fleet has eight huge ships, as long as they surround it, those Chinese will obediently surrender, these ships are considered national surnames, compensate for the company's losses! ”

Hearing this, he was shocked, "Oh! No, no, no, no, Commander, you will bring disaster to the company, the country has a thousand ships in Fujian, and the company is not an opponent at all. ”

"Oh God!" Kawu was very puzzled by the obstruction of the Kuo Yi, the Dutch even defeated Spain, and they were afraid of the national surname Ye, "Zhu Yi, you really make me feel ashamed, but if you are really worried, I can consider throwing all the Chinese on the ship into the sea, unless they can swim back, how can the national surname Ye know that we did it!" Alright, give my order, and the fleet will come up! ”

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