Chapter 22: The Dutch is coming
Ruixing Yinhao’s income is very good. Looking at the shopkeeper Chen Xing who tried to deal with Yan Changwu before, he has roughly 50,000 taels of silver and real estate, which is almost better than most Chinese.
Taking advantage of Chen Hebin's current rise in Ruixing Silver, it will be a matter of time before he becomes the sole owner of the shopkeeper. His income is predictable and appropriate.
After joining Beigang, his income fell immediately and not counted. The key is that he may still be frightened. Although the future looks considerable, the risks are huge. After all, Yan Changwu is only fifteen years old!
But Chen Hebin decided to join and joined without hesitation. He was immediately welcomed by Chen Zhongji. He was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and ran around, wishing to have three heads and six arms, and he couldn't figure out why there are so many affairs in Beigang!
To give full play to his expertise, he has to check all the accounts of previous expenditures and establish an effective audit and accounting team. Before the old accounts have been read, the new accounts come again.
In the early days of its inception, the military and government were not divided, the accounts of the army had to be looked at, and local expenditures had to be reviewed. Chen Zhongji had been suffering from not having such talents. Chen Hebin said he wanted to join, and he was just throwing himself into the trap. Who would do it if he didn’t do it? , But not many people will do the billing.
As for the fear that he is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han, there is no need to worry at all. Yan Changwu said that if anyone sees the prospect of our career and wants to go, then he is really short-sighted!
And Yan Changwu is not a vegetarian. Beigang's defense is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Going to the sea requires government approval, and police surveillance for those who come in is absolutely impeccable.
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As time goes by, the training of Beigang soldiers is getting better. They understand how to use weapons to fight the enemy, and they have initially carried out some tactical cooperation. The troops are keen to fight from the top and bottom, and the enemy is also ushered in, just like sleeping on a pillow.
A bumper harvest in Beigang, the fruits of rice and corn are heavily pressed on the rice stalks and branches, and the sweet potato and potato crops are tall and prosperous. Because Beigang has fertile land, strong sunshine, and sufficient water and fertilizer, the harvest this year is expected to be very good.
Taiwan is located overseas and has always had a lot of typhoons, but this year it has been sunny and beautiful (everybody said that Yan Changwu has the blessing of Mazu and his mother), and wind and rain have negligible harvests from agriculture.
Beigang has a large area of reclaimed land. Thinking about the income, everyone is overjoyed.
also attracted robbers!
On the morning of August 23, the guard tower of Beigang Wharf suddenly sounded a gong, and then two plumes of smoke rose, making the hearts of all the people in Beigang lifted!
Yan Changwu received the alert and knew that a powerful enemy had invaded, so he immediately ordered the assembly of troops, and took more than ten horses with him, and hurried to the dock area to see what happened.
Up to the tower, Chen Zhongji and Hong Sheng were both present, and the two of them handed him the binoculars (bought from Macau) to see!
The Dutch are here!
Two large sailing warships!
The warship of that period was a wooden hull structure. The ship was equipped with sails and was powered by wind. The ship was equipped with a smoothbore gun that could fire solid rounds. It was a three-masted warship with horizontal sails.
The bow and stern design of the ship is relatively narrow. Generally, only one or two light guns can be installed. The main artillery is usually installed on both sides of the battleship and fired through the blastholes opened on both sides. This arrangement directly affects the tactics of naval warfare: The enemy lined up in a long line, which is more conducive for a fleet to carry out firepower, so that half of the artillery of each warship can shoot at the enemy.
In the telescope, the incoming battleship has a gun deck (that is, a row of muzzles opened on the hull wall), plus the guns on the deck on the ship, there are about 40 guns, which is equivalent to a fifth-tier battleship.
Sailing warships are divided into levels, one, two and three warships can be called battleships,
There are three decks on the first level, with a total of 100 or more artillery pieces;
The second level also has three decks, equipped with a total of about 90 guns;
Tier 3 is also the heavy carrier in the combat fleet, with two decks and a total of 64 to 74 guns.
The fourth level is built according to a compromise plan, equipped with 50 guns (two decks), called a cruiser.
There are 24 to 40 guns at level five and six, and only one gun deck is equipped. These warships are lighter and faster than large warships, so they are suitable for attacking merchant ships and are responsible for reconnaissance, search, and guard cover tasks.
was followed by six medium-sized sailing boats, which seemed to be quite crowded and uncomfortable.
They are here to pick peaches!
Actually, Yan Changwu had dealt with the Dutch and paid the Dutch a tax of one thousand taels of silver!
It is ironic to say that the land under their feet is called Taiwan, which belongs to the Dutch!
1624 was a very crucial year in Taiwan’s history. In this year, Dutchmen who were running around the world came to Taiwan. They first occupied Grandma’s Penghu Bend and established a military base there.
But Penghu was too close to the mainland. The governor of Fujian Nanju in the Ming Dynasty was unhappy and ordered martial law to be enforced along the coast to drive out the Dutch.
So the Ming army and the Dutch were torn apart. Everyone, you came and I started to fight. At this time, the key figure Li Dan magically appeared...
Li Dan was the largest trade smuggler at the time. After arriving in Penghu, he first negotiated terms with the Dutch, and then negotiated with the Fujian commander-in-chief Yu Zigao. He proposed that "The Dutch should withdraw from the Penghu Islands, but the Fujian authorities should allow the Dutch. "Trade to Taiwan Island" opinions. Fujian officials quickly agreed to this plan and signed the "Ming Dutch Peace Agreement" with the Netherlands. The content was that after the Netherlands withdrew from the Penghu Islands, UU read www. uukanshu.com can occupy the island of Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty officials have no objection; the Dutch can go to mainland China for business, and Chinese merchant ships can also go to Taiwan, Java, and the Dutch to trade with the Dutch.
This dramatic turn seemed to have reached a formal agreement between the Dutch and the Ming government. In fact, it was not approved by the Ming government at all. Instead, Fujian local officials sought Li Dan to persuade the Dutch to come to Taiwan and Fujian in order to get the Dutch to leave Penghu as soon as possible. Local officials are left to the Dutch occupying Taiwan. In the eyes of officials, Taiwan is a land of transformation, and there is no need to care about it and do not want to occupy it.
The Dutch used the Taiwanese masters to establish a government in Taiwan for effective governance, but they failed to effectively administer the whole of Taiwan.
After Yan Changwu established a foothold in Beigang, Taiwan, the Dutch came to the door and asked him to pay taxes!
In fact, the Dutch are "sufficient in success, more than failure". Taiwan is sparsely populated, and the Dutch who come to Taiwan are pitiful, and they can't occupy much of the land. Some people come to develop it, and the Dutch are too late to welcome it.
The point is that you have to pay taxes!
Otherwise, the warship will call the door!
In order to avoid trouble, Yan Changwu paid the Dutch a thousand taels of tax.
The Dutch are a bit civilized. Yan Changwu has just developed it. He is very poor and white. The Dutch who are busy with trade and making big money are very conscientious and don’t want too much. They don’t even care about Yan Changwu’s rudeness (he even sees I didn't even see the Dutch. Anyway, if Yan Changwu said against the Dutch in the future, he could say that it was done by temporary workers and gave the money), gave the money and left.
After , the Dutch ignored Yan Changwu.
The harvest was immediate, and the Dutch came to the door. They wanted to receive the fruit of the harvest!
It is war or peace, and the serious problem lies in front of Yan Changwu!
