Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

In the newly marked Dutch Operations Conference Room.

"Xiao Huzi, let me ask you, how long does it take for the Dutch ship to go from Yilan to Ceylon to seek reinforcements, and then for these people to rush from Ceylon City to the sea near Yilan?"

Zhang Hu lowered his head and considered it, then raised his head and replied to Qin Hao: "My lord, according to the conditions of the Dutch ships, waterways, and the usual practice of their East India Company, troops and horses must be mobilized on board the ships and ready for combat weapons. Equipment will take at least a month.”

"That's good!" Qin Hao gently put down the teacup in his hand.

"You and Chu Yibing, two naval officers, take turns going to sea during this period. The one at home is supervising the expansion of the northern port, and the one going out to sea is doing one thing."

"When we see the ships of the Yilan Dutch asking for help from Ceylon, we will attack them all, but there is one requirement: they must not be sunk, they must break out of the encirclement, and they must make it look like they fought the breakout by themselves! Let them go to Ceylon City to report news and ask for help! As for the reason, I have my own thoughts.”

"I will obey the general's orders!" Although he didn't quite understand Qin Hao's overall view, Zhang Hu was a fool, and a fool could just obey the general's orders.

After receiving the order, Zhang Hu Shao had to find Chu Yibing. The two made some drawings on the chart, and then based on the current wind direction, tide, direct sun point and other factors, they determined where the Dutch in Yilan City might go. Several routes to Ceylon have demarcated sea areas and arranged patrol shifts to take people on board and go to sea.

As for Qin Hao, he naturally took his daughter leisurely and wandered among the white waves and beaches every day, admiring the scenery of the coconut groves, sunset, and white sails.

He is relaxed here, but people in other places dare not relax at all!

Every day, dozens of sea-going ships transport burnt ash, steel bars, rice, refined salt, cured meat, salted fish and eggs from Keelung, Hsinchu and other places at a normal price to meet the needs of Qiongzhou's expansion of ports and berths.

It is indispensable that Keelung officials have to contact officials of all sizes in Qiongzhou Prefecture, either to hire civilian workers or to undertake construction projects. In short, everyone can make money and make money together.

Even the native laborers on the island packed their bags, put on their straw sandals and trousers, and went deep into the Limu Mountains to find the Miao Village. They used their sharp tongues to let those people The Li and Miao people who lived deep in the mountains and forests came out to the seaside to contribute to the Han general's large port. At the same time, he also earned himself a lot of money.

"Listen to me, don't make a mistake." The native labor leader held up a big trumpet made of steel sheets and shouted at the top of his lungs to those who did not follow the rules, had not seen the world, and looked around at the young and strong natives.

"Every ten people form a team, and every ten people form a circle. Each has a rival and a leader in the circle. All matters such as food, materials, work, and payment of wages are handled by the leader of the circle. The wages of each native laborer, In addition to food, there is also a kilo of rice and three cents of salt as a subsidy, and as long as you work for one month, you will be given an industrial voucher of 500 yuan to buy various industrial products produced in Keelung.”

Regarding the organization and treatment conditions of indigenous labor, the Department of Labor naturally launched a silver bullet offensive. For those affiliated with the Department of Household Affairs, this amount of money is simply a piece of cake. You must know that workers in Keelung now need three coins a day, forcing the Department of Labor to recruit some natives from the mountains to participate in the construction.

The director of the Labor Department looked at the native laborers queuing up with a silly smile on his face, and said to his colleagues with great interest, "When we go back this time, we must ask the navy to bring a batch back. It is so cheap and it is not good for the hard-working natives." found."

"Not bad." Thinking of the high wages in Keelung, my colleagues also had a headache.

At the same time, under the temptation of the silver bullet, the various ethnic groups living in the deep forests of Wuzhishan walked out of the mountains for the first time in their lives, came to the seaside, and joined the busy construction site.

As the project progressed step by step, more and more ships frequently traveled between Keelung, Hsinchu, and Beibu Gulf, bringing not only supplies, but also battalions of soldiers, and countless Cannon, gunpowder.

March 15th.

Qin Hao, wearing a helmet made of wicker and bamboo strips on his head, was at the site of a new lighthouse. He held the construction drawings and discussed the progress of the construction with several stewards and craftsmen there. Chu Yibing hurried over with a rather embarrassed look on his face. In front of Qin Hao.

"Lord, our sentry ship just intercepted two Dutch ships heading for Ceylon at sea."

"Let him go?" Qin Hao asked, putting down the construction drawings.

"Follow the Lord's instructions and let him go."

"Yeah! Good job!"

"It's just that the eldest lady happened to catch up with this matter."

"Huh?" Qin Hao couldn't help but make a long sound from his nostrils, and raised his eyebrows.

Could it be that this quirky baby daughter of hers got into some trouble?

Not long ago, Qin Hao's Wansheng was replaced by a new ship. Under Qin Ling's hard work, her mother purchased the old ship from the navy, converted it into a private ship, and then used it as Qin Ling's A birthday gift was given to her, and a group of sailors and gunners were also sent to her on the ship as Qin Ling's personal soldiers.

It happened that there was Zheng Sen, the legitimate son sent to Qiongzhou by his father Zheng Zhilong, so Qin Hao asked them to play together. Unexpectedly, the two hit it off, and they paid special attention to naval ships, and they became like-minded friends for a while.

"Our sentinel ship already had military orders. We just intercepted it briefly, fired a few cannons from a distance, and then planned to release the water and let the two ships escape. Unexpectedly, the eldest lady's "Xuanwu" killed her from the diagonal stab. came out and was bombarded by a barrage of artillery fire, which was so fierce that the officers and soldiers of the sentinel ship were speechless. "

Chu Yibing couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of the previous scene. I don't know whether I should praise Qin Ling's newborn calf for not being afraid of tigers, or reprimand this young lady for her reckless impulsiveness.

"The Dutchman's ship was sunk?"

Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but be startled. If his daughter used dozens of artillery pieces on the Xuanwu battleship to provide a shell cleaning service for the Dutch ship, all the previous calculations would be wiped out. It’s ruined!

"Fortunately! Although the two Dutch rescue ships were severely damaged, they were both wrapped in iron sheets. They also worked hard this time. According to visual inspection, it will not be a problem to persist to Ceylon."

“As long as nothing happens!!”

"My lord, thanks to the eldest lady's random beating, this scene turned out like it was. After such a beating, it was impossible for the Dutch officials in Ceylon City to send troops to aid Yilan! It was the eldest lady's accidental attack. , which is equivalent to giving them a signal: we have started to attack the Dutch in Yilan! "

"This girl! Come back and see how I deal with her!"

Qin Hao could only smile bitterly, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Lucky!"

"Immediately send the fastest ship to Malacca and order them to strengthen preparations for war. From now on, Dutch ships are not allowed to enter! The forts of Malacca block the Dutch ships in the strait! Our war against the Dutch has begun. !”

On March 17, Qin Hao announced the mobilization of the entire army to fight against the Dutch in Yilan on the grounds that he received a notice from the Portuguese in Haojing complaining that Dutch soldiers were smashing shops and taverns in Haojing and other places and molesting Portuguese women.

For a time, from Beibu Gulf to Keelung Port, the sails and sails were like clouds, the sterns were connected, and the clouds and thunder were rolling.