Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 267 Where to Find Pirates

The Daming Navy has another rare general.

This fierce player is still the successor of Yu Dayou, a famous player in the southeast.

This is great news for him!

After Taichang learned of Yu Zigao's identity, the haze in his heart could not help but be swept away.

These days, he was really troubled by the sudden appearance of pirates on the southeast coast, and the more he studied, the more headaches he got.

These pirates are obviously inextricably linked with the southeast coastal interest groups, how can he suppress them?
Well now, with the help of Yu Zigao, a fierce general who also came from the southeast coast, he finally saw the hope of exterminating the pirates.

Immediately after he boarded the pier, he grabbed Yu Zigao who was bowing and saluted, and asked kindly: "General Yu, is your father Yu Wuxiang?"

Yu Zigao is inexplicable, who is his father, almost everyone in the southeast knows it!
The emperor didn't even know?
He could only nod repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, my father is Yu Wuxiang."

Hearing the words, Taichang seemed to be very happy, and immediately showed his closeness. He not only chatted with him about his father Yu Dayou's achievements in suppressing the Japanese, but even walked with him, just like treating his cronies.

He just wanted to win over this famous general on the southeast coast, and use it to deal with the interest groups here and the pirates he supported.

But Yu Zigao didn't know what was going on, he was flattered and excited.

After a group of people came to the Yamen of the General Military Mansion, Taichang immediately called together a group of civil servants and military generals to discuss the matter of encircling and suppressing pirates in the lobby.

Now the number of naval warships is enough, just find the pirate's lair, and then they can send troops to encircle and suppress them.

The question is, where can we find pirates' lairs in this huge southeast waters?
If you search aimlessly, it is simply looking for a needle in a haystack!

Taichang pondered for a while, and then asked: "General Yu, have you ever sent a sentry ship to look for pirate lairs?"

Yu Zigao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, since the Fujian navy assembled, the pirates seem to have received the news, and they have never gone ashore to plunder since then.

They seemed to have disappeared, and it was hard to find the pirate's lair in the vast sea.

However, the general had gone to Nan'an to investigate carefully, and Zheng Zhilong seemed to have kidnapped tens of thousands of people this time, regardless of gender, age or age.

From this point of view, there should be a lot of fertile land where his lair is located, otherwise he would not be able to go to his hometown to plunder so many people. "

Well, as expected, he is worthy of being a famous general, and this little clue can be analyzed.

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said: "Well, tens of thousands of people need at least tens of thousands of mu of land to feed them. If he kidnapped these people to produce food for his pirates, then his lair is estimated to have at least [-] mu of fertile land. There is such a big island?"

Yu Zigao said without hesitation: "There are quite a few big islands like this in the southeast sea area, but most of them are not suitable for farming.

Just like this Nan'ao Island, the size must be more than [-] mu, but there are only a few thousand mu of fertile land suitable for cultivation. The rest is either mountainous or salt land, and there is no way to grow food.

There are only a few large islands suitable for farming, but almost all of these large islands suitable for farming are guarded by guards. There is only one place, yes, and that place is Dongfan!
Therefore, the general believes that the pirate's lair is probably in Dongfan, especially Zheng Zhilong's lair is very likely to be in Dongfan. "

Dongfan is the treasure island of future generations!
Let alone more than [-] mu of land there, there may be more than [-] mu of land.

Taichang had long wanted to send people to Dongfan to build a fortress and garrison troops, because he knew that the Dutch were also planning to build a fortress in Dongfan. It would be troublesome to build the city and fortress first.

However, the navy has never had enough shipping capacity!
If you want to go to Dongfan to build a city fortress, you have to transport at least tens of thousands of people there. If you add the garrison guards or navy officers and soldiers, it may take 10 people.

With the original shipping capacity of the sailing ships of the Daming Navy, it may take several months to transport 10 people there.

This person doesn't just need to transport the food there, he also has to send the food there, and he has to keep transporting the food until the good fields are reclaimed and the food is grown.

It is quite unreliable to use a sailboat to transport 10 people's food, because the sailboat depends on the wind direction and ocean currents. If there is no suitable wind direction for a few months, or the navy's sailboat encounters a storm at sea, it will be difficult to protect itself. , the 10 people transported there must not starve to death!
Therefore, his plan is to build enough Spike and Dragon Fang warships before starting to transport personnel, build cities and fortresses, and station them in Dongfan.

Right now, the number of Spike Warships and Dragon Fang Warships in his hand is not enough.

Of course, if he was just looking for pirates or encircling pirates, the number of ships in his hand was barely enough.

The problem now is that he doesn't know anything about Dongfan's situation!

Going to a strange place to find a pirate's lair, there must be a guide, right?

The Penghu Inspection Department, which supervised Dongfan since the Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban, seems to have been abolished for more than 100 years. Although it was re-established later, the Daming Navy rarely went to inspect. .

What's going on in Dongfan right now, who knows?

Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help asking: "General Yu, are you familiar with the situation in Dongfan? Have any of your sailors ever visited there?"

Hearing this, Yu Zigao couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the general is not affiliated with the Penghu Inspection Department, so he has never been to Dongfan, and it seems that the Penghu Inspection Department has not sent anyone across the sea for more than [-] years. It has been inspected. This last general has also asked, and now none of the Penghu Inspection Department has been to Dongfan, and they don’t have any big ships, so they dare not cross the sea to inspect.”

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised and asked, "Isn't the Penghu Inspection Department in Penghu?"

Yu Zigao quickly explained: "The Penghu Inspection Department was originally located in Penghu, but Penghu's fresh water is scarce, and there is strong wind blowing from time to time, so there is no way to grow food, and it is quite troublesome to transport food from Quanzhou, so, Afterwards, the Penghu Inspection Department withdrew to Quanzhou Prefecture."

Isn't it troublesome now, I can't even find a guide, and I ran to find the pirate's lair?

Taichang was in a difficult situation, but Shen Yourong suddenly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have led an army to drive out Japanese pirates in the East region more than [-] years ago, and I am quite familiar with that place."

Uh, forget about that.

Didn't Shen Yourong go to Dongfan to drive out the Japanese pirates?
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being overjoyed and said, "Shihong, tell me what's going on over there."

Shen Yourong recalled: "Actually, there are still quite a few people there, because people have migrated there in the past dynasties, and many large villages have been formed there, and the largest village has thousands of people. But the area over there is really too wide , and the villages are generally not by the sea, and there are no ports where large fleets berth. If we search for pirate lairs in the past, it is best to first station in Penghu, stock up on food, and then use Penghu as a base to dispatch fast ships to Dongfan Search along the coast."

That's a good idea.

Taichang thought carefully for a while, and then said decisively: "That's it, we will lead all the ships to go to Penghu, first stockpile enough food, and then send the fast boats to search along the coast of Dongfan. General Yu, you will lead the Fujian Navy Stand guard here and be ready to support the coasts of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong at all times. Once pirates land and plunder, you will lead your army to encircle and suppress them."

This is a bit difficult!

Yu Zigao thought for a while, then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, if the pirates landed in Fujian or the east of Guangdong to plunder, the last general might be in a hurry to go there with his army. If the pirates landed in Zhejiang or the east of Guangdong to rob If the last general leads his army there, he may not be able to make it in time, because both sides are thousands of miles away from Nan'ao, unless there is a strong wind, it is impossible for the naval warships to catch up in one day."

This is indeed a problem. The main warships of the Fujian Navy are sailing ships!

Without wind, how can people run thousands of miles to encircle and suppress pirates?
Taichang thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, I will send fast ships to and from Nan'ao and Penghu every day. If pirates land in Zhejiang or the west side of Guangdong to rob, I will lead the fleet to encircle and suppress them!"

It is very difficult for a sailboat to run more than a thousand miles a day, but it is not a problem for a steamship to run more than a thousand miles a day.

(End of this chapter)