Lord of Ming Dynasty

Most of the guns they removed from the ship and handed over to Zheng Chenggong were [-]-pound guns, and there were also many [-]-pound and [-]-pound guns. Zhang Qiang also handed them some small-caliber cannons below [-] pounds. He promised to withdraw the army within [-] kilometers of Chixian City. From now on, the [-] kilometers and the coastline will belong to Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army.

In order to seal the mouths of Zheng Chenggong's generals so that they would willingly support Zhang Qiang's acquisition of Chixian City, Zhang Qiang removed the artillery weighing less than [-] pounds from more than half of the remaining ships and sent them to the ships of these generals one by one.

Zheng Chenggong's generals are all experts on C Ship, the best sailors, each of them was once a pirate leader, or an inherent general of the Zheng family, and they all have their own fleet.

There are different sizes, the big one leads more than 100 boats and owns a large lucky boat of five or six hundred tons, while the younger one leads 23 boats and owns small centipede boats and other boats.

Having seen the power of cannon, even the most hard-headed sailor wanted to own one or two.

As a result, many cannons on Zhang Qiang's ship that had not been replaced in time, and which belonged to captured enemy ships, became a good thing in their eyes.

Some people even planned to buy it with silver, and Zhang Qiang also opened the door to convenience. All the cannons brought this time, and even the first-generation cast iron cannons made by the Jinhua Rebel Army on the ships that were refitted by the Jinhua Rebel Army were sold.

Zhu Dayou was urgently summoned from Xianju County, and brought more artillery and matchlock guns captured by the enemy. Many of these items were worthless for recasting, so it was a pity to throw them away, and no one bought them. So many things are backlogged in the warehouse.

This time Zhu Dayou not only brought the guns piled up in the warehouse, but also the artillery captured by the Qing army in Shaoxing and Ningbo. The firecrackers, and even some leftover firecrackers that Zhang Qiang had seized when he first came here brought them with him.

The open space outside Chixian City was filled with all kinds of goods. Zhang Qiang gave Liu Guoxuan the undamaged cannon inside Chixian City as a compensation, and left Yu Xingmei around Zhang Qiang all day long.

Knowing that Yuxing only had about [-] medium-sized lucky boats and about [-] small lucky boats, among Zheng Chenggong's generals, he was only one of the lowest and poorest generals. Three of the [-]-ton sailboats of the Lun sailboat were given to him as a gift, and fifteen of the Portuguese Carrack sailboats were given to him for free, and even the artillery on them were reinstalled.

Yu Xing was very grateful. With these cannons and these big ships, he had risen to a higher level among Zheng Chenggong's generals. From a general who only relied on hard work and fame for his bravery, he became a powerful general. In water battles, if you can become the main force in the decisive battle, your status often depends on your strength. This is a symbol of the ranking and status of the generals of the Zheng family army.

Looking at Yu Xing's grateful eyes, Zhang Qiang was thinking in his heart, it shouldn't be so difficult to poach the corners, especially Zheng Chenggong's corners. Look at these people, they are all poor and crazy, and they are so friendly to him if they just give them anything.

Then Zhang Qiang handed over a thousand matchlock guns captured by the Dutch to Yu Xing, and sent his chasseur guards to help him train his matchlock gun team within a few days.

To be honest, Zhang Qiang was not interested in other Dutch guns except for the five-bullet rifle, the matchlock gun with a rifled rifle, and the quick-fire gun with a rifled rifle made by the Dutch.

They have no research value. The arquebus guns produced by Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army can completely deal with the Dutch arquebus soldiers. This can be seen from the matchmaking of the two arquebus soldiers in Chixian City. They didn't have excellent arquebus tactics, and their complicated gun system also turned their arquebus shooting into a farce. If they didn't rely on the city wall, they might have been killed by Zhang Qiang's arquebus soldiers in the first round. .

The Jinhua Yijun's handling of the thrift store market was soon known by other generals of Zheng Jun.

So General Zheng Jun, who had just finished the battle of Zeelandia City, came outside Chixian City with a lot of silver and goods, and traded with the Jinhua Rebels here. The trade between the two has already started, so no formalities are required , there is no need to negotiate, let alone an open market, no one can stop them.

Zhang Qiang just paid attention to it for a while, and urged Yu Xing to accompany him and take people around to confirm the boundary between the two sides, and erected a boundary marker. This is for Zhang Qiang to clarify the relationship with Zheng Chenggong in the future, otherwise, if there is any friction between the two parties in the future, no one will be hurt. Well, now that the relationship between the two parties is still in the honeymoon, if everything is not clear, Zheng Chenggong will have to spend some brains if he wants to find fault in the future.

The next day, Tang Dianfeng led the conquest army back to Chixian City, Zelan Zhecheng completely conquered it, and then handed it over to Zheng Chenggong's general Feng Xin and the others for management.

All the goods from Zeelandia were brought back, and the Dutch captured in Zeelandia and some Dutch immigrants, as well as the Western wanderers, were brought to Chika.

The number of prisoners this time was larger, about [-] Dutch soldiers, [-] Dutch colonial immigrants, and [-] Western wanderers.

These people, together with the captives in Chijian City, about [-] Dutch soldiers, [-] Dutch immigrants, and [-] Western vagrants, were all shipped to Xianju County.

As for the captured Baodao natives and the Qing army, as well as the Japanese ronin and the native soldiers of the Dutch colony, Zhang Qiang became ruthless and killed them all. It was not worth transporting them back.

Zhang Qiang didn't even want to use them as hard labor. He was going to move the good people from the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army to farm and live here. At the same time, he arranged for a garrison camp to come here, and at the same time brought their families. The city has a population of [-] and [-] garrison troops. In addition, Xiao Fei's two thousand households and Tang Dianfeng's one thousand households are added. The troops led by these two regular soldiers are not allowed to bring their families.

The regular army of the Jinhua Rebel Army carried out garrisons in different places and garrisoned in turns. This was Zhang Qiang's method to prevent his subordinates from becoming warlords and opposing him.

In addition, a navy squadron consisting of [-] warships and [-] merchant ships will be stationed here, mainly to guard against pirate attacks. When they landed on Treasure Island, they captured many armed merchant ships from the Dutch, as well as merchant ships from other places.

Zheng Chenggong now has a fleet of [-] large Fuchuan as the main force, [-] medium-sized Fuchuan as auxiliary, various types of small warships, armed merchant ships, and [-] warships that are refitted to accommodate people and fight. The strength of the ship is so huge that Zheng Chenggong's sea power cannot be wiped out without a large-scale battle.

Therefore, Zhang Qiang is not prepared to turn against Zheng Chenggong, at least not now.

Although he has three squadrons along the coast of the mainland, plus the shipyards along the coast of the mainland, there are [-] remaining, and the captured pirate warships are no less than [-] warships, except for the main battleships of the three squadrons, some small ships, Zhang Qiang doesn't even like it. In his eyes, the navy, or navy, will be a fleet with thousands of tons of warships, and three to four hundred tons of warships can only be used as auxiliary or patrol ships.

He felt that it was a child's play to classify civilian ships, merchant ships, and some miscellaneous ships into the navy of the miscellaneous forces in the combat force. His navy was going to develop in the direction of the British navy. Not just a sailor who patrols the coast and beats up pirates.

"My lord, is Master Xuanyuan Longfei here?" Zhu Dayou dutifully assumed the position of Zhang Qiang's butler again, reminding Zhang Qiang who was taking a nap in a low voice.

"Please come in." Zhang Qiang rubbed his swollen eyes and took a sip of tea.

"The final general, Xuanyuan Longfei, pays his respects to the governor." Xuanyuan Longfei bowed down on one knee to Zhang Qiang solemnly.

"Get up, you finally understand a little etiquette, it's not easy, I'm looking for you this time, I want you to do something." Zhang Qiang said softly.

After all, Xuanyuan Longfei has been with his old man for a long time, and he is the kind of casual friend who doesn't talk about etiquette with Zhang Qiang. This is the first time Zhang Qiang sees him bowing down to him so solemnly.

"My lord, when did I stop talking about etiquette? In my heart, you are the sun in the sky and the kitchen god on the earth. I worship you and miss you every day. I always regard you as my most respected brother, my lord... "

Zhang Qiang hurriedly stopped him and asked Xuanyuan Longfei to continue nagging, this afternoon was going to be ruined again.

"Stop talking, I'm looking for you on a serious matter," Zhang Qiang said seriously.

"The last general is all ears." Xuanyuan Longfei stood up straight, holding the sword in his hand, like an ancient general in a portrait.

"The battle with the Dutch is over, and we will settle accounts with the Portuguese next. I am looking for you this time to ask you to go to Xiamen, Jinmen, etc. Zheng Chenggong is on the coast of the mainland, on the islands off the coast of Fujian, and accept there Zheng Chenggong promised to hand over the island to us. Where will you be the admiral, in charge of the overall situation, and at the same time monitor the Longwu court in Fujian for me, especially Zheng Hongkui's navy, and the Portuguese. When we are ready, We will send troops to recapture the moat mirrors and completely drive the Westerners out of Daming."

"My lord, what about the position of Admiral of Wenzhou?" Xuanyuan Longfei asked vigilantly.

"Concurrently." Zhang Qiang glanced at him. He didn't expect this guy to be addicted to being an official. He originally thought that Chen Hanhui would be the main force in the Wenzhou government, and Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu would be the assistants. I also mentioned it, and it seems that it is impossible to play their role. He can't treat his old brother badly.

2 Chapter Twenty Financial Revenue of the Jinhua Rebel Army

In less than a week, Zhang Qiang sat firmly in Chixian City, while letting the militia and captive troops clean up the ruins of Chixian City, and repairing the walls and defense system of the castle fortress of Chixian City, while doing business with Zheng Jun, he made a lot of money. [Read the full text.]

How much did you earn?

Our butler Zhu Dayou has his own account book.

"This time the battle against the Dutch, the Portuguese, and the coastal pirates of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the reinforcement of Zheng Chenggong's battle to obtain the Treasure Island, captured a total of 3000 prisoners, including the subsequent cleanup of the coastal islands, the cleanup of the territory, and the inspection of illegal pirates. The Ming people captured or arrested in small-scale battles with the Chinese, the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty, and even some Japanese ronin who infiltrated."

Since Zhang Qiang expanded his army and released some captives, except for the 3000 Manchus in the hard labor camp, the Mongols, and the captured Dutch, Portuguese, and stubborn soldiers and officers of the Qing soldiers and Han flags, the captives in the Jinhua Yijun territory only He took 1000 captives, and later captured 1000 captives in the first counterattack against pirates attacking the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army, and in the battle with Zheng Cai, and arrested some hidden spies, sympathizers of the Qing Dynasty, and some old scholars. A total of [-] prisoners were taken, and the labor camp increased by [-] people.

In fact, the Dutch, Portuguese, and Daming Pirates who attacked the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army along the coast of the Ming Dynasty in the second counterattack actually had a total of about [-] prisoners, because many prisoners were actually selected shortly after they were innocent, coerced, or took the initiative Many of the Daming pirates who are willing to surrender and join the Jinhua Rebel Army are fishermen who have just joined the pirates, and the number of prisoners has been fluctuating.

The naval force of the Jinhua Rebel Army has been expanding. From the original one navy, one fleet, one navy, two fleets, and one fleet to send out a small fleet, this small fleet is stationed in Wenzhou Prefecture, and then to the second counterattack After the end, it rose to three fleets, and each fleet was expanded due to the capture of the Dutch and Portuguese, and even the large ships of the Ming pirates. Those captured fishermen, sailors, and pirates were also screened in large areas and then incorporated into the water fleet. Division three fleet.

Now, except for the strength of the Second Fleet, which has [-] warships of more than [-] tons, the other two fleets are maintained at [-] warships of more than [-] tons. Thousands of captives changed jobs and became sailors.

Now Zhang Qiang is going to build the fourth fleet, the fifth fleet, the fourth fleet is used to defend Chixian City, and the fifth fleet is used to defend the coastal islands of Xiamen that Zheng Chenggong promised to hand over to Zhang Qiang.

Now another 6000 pirates, sailors, and fishermen were recruited, and there were [-] fewer prisoners. Of course, they couldn't all be these people. The fishermen and sailors who had been trained to recruit the people in the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army were the main force. Using the experienced backbone personnel in the original Zhang Ying fleet as the backbone of the fleet, Zhang Qiang sent generals as the leading generals to build three, four, five, and three new fleets.

The new fleet needs to be equipped with a sea team for jumping gangs. These are mainly cold weapons, archers and crossbowmen are the main backbone, infantry swords and shields are the main force, and the original fierce and experienced sailors are used as officers. The arquebus gunners on board form the sea team members on the ship, so that with sailors and gang fighters, the fleet will be formed.

Compared with the pirates of the Zheng family army, the navy of the Qing army, and the corrupt Daming navy, the combat effectiveness of this composition has not only improved a lot, but has improved a level. Zhang Qiang believes that frontal sea combat is basically impossible. With a certain superior force, his naval fleet along the coast of Daming has no opponents.

Flipping the strength of the navy, Zhang Qiang suddenly discovered that the entire navy had turned into a colossus. From the first fleet to the fifth fleet, excluding the second fleet, each fleet had 3000 sailors, and a naval team of 2000. A fleet has 5000 people, and four fleets have 2 people.

The Second Fleet is even bigger, with 700 sailors and 5000 sea squadrons, reaching a strength of around 3.

Almost catching up with his regular army, half of the land force of the Jinhua Rebel Army.

His regular army plus the garrison force, the militia had no more than 8 people.