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Chapter 372 Nagasaki Port

Going back to seven days ago, the newly established Beiyang Fleet dispatched the sailing battleship Daqi and a sailing cruiser with 24 guns to Nagasaki Port and the ships stationed there for a change of defense every three months. .Nagasaki Port was the first to attack Nagasaki Port when Chu Yun wiped out the Hizen Domain.Despite pressure from the Tokugawa shogunate, Chu Yun also transferred Nagasaki Port to the half-ally of the Shimadzu family, and then sent warships to stay in Nagasaki Port for a long time.

Therefore, the situation in Nagasaki Port is very complicated. There are ships of the Liao Army, ships of the Shimadzu family, and forces from the Tokugawa Shogunate.The two ports of Nagasaki and Hirado were the two open ports that the Tokugawa shogunate allowed official trade, especially for ships from the West.

After the Liao Army took control of the Southeast Ocean, it divided all the ships of the Admiralty and newly built ships into divisions.Among them, Deng Qianlong served as the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, stationed in Guangzhou, Hong Kong Island, Yizhou, Xiamen and other places, under the jurisdiction of the Daqin, Dazhao, Dawei, and Dazhao formations.The commander of the Beiyang Fleet is Zheng Zhilong, under the jurisdiction of the Daqi, as well as the newly established formations of the Dayan and Dachu.

In addition to these two fleets, there is also the Victory and Atlanta formations led by Admiral Nelson alone, which perform relatively flexible tasks.

This round of defense was led by Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Northern Fleet, who was on his ship, the Daqi.Speaking of which, the Daqi also participated in the Penghu naval battle that defeated him, and now it has become his ship again, which is really a trick of fate.

Zheng Zhilong, who has just taken office, is not like Nelson and Deng Qianlong, who were old men at the beginning of the establishment of the Ministry of the Navy. He is a demoted general, and he needs to know the mission of the Beiyang Fleet frequently.Ensuring the important position of the Liao Army in Nagasaki Port is one of the important tasks of the Beiyang Fleet.

For Zheng Zhilong, the Hirado and Nagasaki areas are no strangers. He has been living with overseas Chinese pirates in this land, and even his wife is from Hirado.If his wife hadn't been taken captive to southern Liaoning, Zheng Zhilong might not have surrendered so easily to the Liao Army.

"I didn't expect to return to Kyushu Island this time, it turned out to be in such a way."

Zheng Zhilong stood on the deck of the Daqi. When the Daqi and another cruiser sailed into the port of Nagasaki, he looked at the flat, low and unique houses near the port. Haven't been here for several years."

"Master Zheng, this port of Nagasaki is currently controlled by the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma clan, and the eldest son of the Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, is in charge. Speaking of which, this Shimadzu Mitsuhisa has been studying at our Academy of Sciences in southern Liaoning for three years. Since the patriarch, Shimadzu Kahiro, was in his fifties, he was afraid of what would happen, so he recruited Mitsuhisa Shimadzu to return to the Satsuma domain. In our knowledge, he is a representative of the reformist faction in Japan. Recently, a businessman of the Satsuma domain, The landlords are very active, and they are the Dongying people who are most willing to trade with us in southern Liaoning." A second lieutenant of the Daqi said to Zheng Zhilong.

"The Shimadzu family should also thank our Liao army. If we hadn't wiped out the Hizen clan, which was a huge threat to them, and let their Shimadzu family dominate in Kyushu Island. And they helped us dump our power to other big names in Dongying Commodities, profit from it, there are not many businessmen who have gotten rich in recent years." Another naval lieutenant said.

Zheng Zhilong had already heard about it a little bit, and heard his subordinates say this, but he said: "The Dongying Kingdom is currently under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate. I used to have conflicts with the shogunate when I was in Hirado, and took over the Liangzi with the shogunate. Now that the Shimadzu family has grown in strength due to trade with various countries, I am afraid that they will be squeezed out by the shogunate."

"That's right, Mr. Zheng used to be engaged in maritime strongman work in Hirado and Nagasaki, right? How did you form a relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate?" Zheng Zhilong's subordinates asked curiously.

"About seven years ago, Yan Siqi, Quanzhou Ship King Yang Tiansheng, Chen Zhongji, and me, Zheng Zhilong, and other 28 people worshiped as brothers and regarded Siqi as the leader of the alliance. They were dissatisfied with the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan and conspired to rebel. Unfortunately, the news, The shogunate sent troops to search for them, so they had to flee in [-] ships in a panic. Afterwards, they went to the area of ​​Yizhou and never returned to Kyushu Island."

Zheng Zhilong recalled the past as if it was vivid in his mind.

"If the shogunate still dares to arrest the adults, they must be tired of living." Someone said.

"Haha, I guess the shogunate wouldn't dare to do anything to me when I set foot on Kyushu Island again in my current capacity, right? If there is a chance, I really want to avenge the past. It's a pity that the military lord told us not to do it lightly during this time." matter." Zheng Zhilong said.

After becoming an important figure in the Liao army's navy, Zheng Zhilong was not afraid to re-enter the sphere of influence that the shogunate could exert.At least the ships of the Liao Army had almost no opponents in Nagasaki Port.

After the Daqi ship and the ships escorting it entered Nagasaki Port, the two sailboats that were originally moored in Nagasaki Port left Nagasaki Port and returned to southern Liaoning for maintenance and rest.

Nagasaki Port and Hepingdo Port, as the only two Dongying ports open at this time, are berthing merchant ships from many regions such as the Liao Army, Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchants, and Dutch merchants, because Dongying is also the largest market in East Asia besides Ming Dynasty.

"We control the sea route leading to Dongying from all over the world. If we block this sea route, Dongying will be completely trapped." Zheng Zhilong took a group of soldiers off the ship.

"This is not in our interests. If other countries do not come to Japan for trade, we will have a lot less tariffs. Only a circulating market can sustain profitability for us."

"Hmm... But merchants from the Netherlands came to trade with Japanese merchants, and instead they had to pay customs duties to our Liao army. Cannons are really a good thing. I heard that the Nanyang Fleet has set up customs in Guangzhou. I don't know when we can Set up customs at Nagasaki Port." Zheng Zhilong regretted, "At present, only ships that come to Dongying for trade through the Yizhou Strait need to pay customs duties to Yizhou or Xiamen Customs. If merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang cross these areas and directly trade with Dongying, We're beyond our reach."

In the vicinity of Nagasaki Port, since the Liao Army continued to garrison here, and Ming merchants continued to trade, a Chinese gathering place had formed.And this gathering place brought together thousands of Chinese, and the order was maintained by the naval soldiers of the Liao Army stationed in Nagasaki Port.

When Zheng Zhilong and the others came to the Chinese gathering place and were about to take a bath and rest, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, the eldest son of Shimadzu who managed Nagasaki Port, sent his retainers to invite Zheng Zhilong to a banquet.

(End of this chapter)