Three large Garen sailboats slowly sailed away from the Haik County Wharf, then raised all the sails and headed south towards the East Indies. After they left, several middle-aged men wearing Ming Dynasty uniforms who were standing on the wharf also began to instruct the people below to quickly transfer all the goods on the wharf to large trucks and carriages. They seemed to not plan to continue waiting here because the goods were expensive, so to avoid the long night and dreams, it would be better to transfer them quickly.

After the adults ordered, the soldiers did not dare to neglect their entourages, and immediately classified all the goods and sorted them out. These things were purchased from overseas, mainly various types of artillery, and of course there were also a large number of muskets, which were to be equipped in the army. At this critical moment of survival, the Nanming finally had a rare sense of crisis, and began to raise his head from the endless court fight, intending to capture the army construction, but is it a bit late?

Muskets and cannons were sold by the British from India. Because the Ming people gave them very high prices, they simply drew a large batch from their inventory and even active equipment, and then pulled them to GD for sale. Perhaps because they had been squeezed out of the main spice production area by the Dutch, the British East India Company's life is much better than last year. The Dutch did not kill them all (of course, it is more likely that the killing of them all will cost, and the Dutch East India Company is unwilling to pay this price), but instead agreed to their existence on some coasts of India, provided that the British should no longer try to smuggle precious spices such as nutmeg and lilac, which will affect the monopoly profit of the Dutch East India Company.

The British were actually quite satisfied with this "arrangement", because judging from the current situation, their strength was insufficient and they could not pose a challenge to the Dutch East India Company, which had a lot of ships, people, and money. Therefore, they reluctantly gave up the right to buy spices in the East Indies - although this was the result of the British through the First Anglo-Dutch War - and turned to operate India honestly, which was also a good way.

In addition, it is also necessary to prepare for the development of China's trade market and reselling Oriental tea, raw silk, porcelain and other special products back to Europe. This has been confirmed by the headquarters of the East India Company in London. Therefore, when the Chinese proposed to buy weapons last year, the British happily brought a large amount of inventory from India without saying a word. Anyway, the war with the Dutch gradually stopped, and there were a lot of weapons and ammunition stored in order to prevent the war. It would be better to sell it to the Chinese to exchange personal favors, and then bring a large number of Oriental specialties back to China and make a fortune.

However, you should be very careful when trading with the Chinese. Because now, there is a trading company that is arrogant and domineering like the Dutch East India Company on the sea of ​​South China, that is, the Taiwan Bank opened by the East Coast people. The strength of this company is unknown, but it is vaguely heard that there are nearly ten ships of not too big or small (the "Jacsa" class armed transport ship of the Third Fleet leased), and the financial resources should be good. And it is worth noting that this company has a close relationship with the East Coast colonial institutions and seems to be able to "borrow" their power, such as dispatching warships to endorse their behavior, etc., so it cannot be viewed from an old perspective, and must be cautious.

Now, this year, the British came to two batches of GD, with five merchant ships, and they were cautious every time they came. The first time they went to a remote port in Lianzhou Prefecture to trade, like a thief; the other time was today, in the city of Leizhou Prefecture, fortunately, they didn't meet the East Coast people, and the British were very happy. Of course, this was mainly because the third East Coast people's Okhotsk Sea Squadron (the original Hei Water Temporary Task Force was revoked, the warships were retired, and the remaining ones had been incorporated into the Okhotsk Sea Squadron) were transferred to the north to the Liaohai Sea, and the ones left in the south were just one or two ships parked on Haizhu Island. Therefore, the British did not have to be so careful at all. They were destined not to encounter East Coast warships intercepted, unless their luck was too bad.

After the British completed these two businesses, they were full of confidence. They felt that this kind of business could be carried out for a long time in the future? This is a great benefit. You should know that since the British Widdle merchant fleet captured the Humen Fort and raised the British flag to obtain the right to trade, the British had interrupted large-scale trade with China for 30 years due to the chaos in their domestic situation (at that time, many ships that ran the Far East trade were rented to the Portuguese, such as the famous "London"). During this period, only in 1644 ("Hinde"), and in 1664 ("Surat"), two official ships sailed to China for trade, and the scale was extremely small.

Of course, there are very few official ships, but there are still some private smuggling ships, such as the famous "King Ferdinand", "Richard Massa", etc. (These two British ships left before they could load the goods and did not pay the ship banknotes. As a result, the Ming Dynasty asked Macau to pay on their behalf, which was also strange...), but it was much worse than before. Overall, the trade between Britain and China has been shrinking in the past 20 or 30 years, and the Portuguese have been in vain.

The Dutch made a lot of money, and the British were quite dissatisfied. Therefore, after losing a large gold mine of spice trade in the East Indies, they finally planned to reorganize China's trade. This is the case with the two batches of trade between GD and the Ming Dynasty - if five merchant ships loaded with Eastern goods returned to London smoothly, it would be the first sensation in recent years. It is estimated that more British merchants will be betting on the distant mainland China.

Although the trade between the British and the Southern Ming court was carried out on the territory of the two prefectures of Lianzhou and Leizhou (the guards of these two places were also Li Chengdong, but over the years, they were divided and attracted by the Southern Ming court because they were not directly treated poorly), Li Chengdong still had some suspicion in the local area and privately learned about the trade between the two sides. However, he did not intend to expose it, but instead sent his confidant family to go to Leizhou Prefecture to have secret contact with the British to see if he could purchase some important artillery and firearms, because the East Coast people always had restrictions on weapons exported to GD, and the prices were not cheap. Therefore, Lao Li still planned to bypass the East Coast people to open a new commercial channel. After all, multiple paths are always good, and of course the East Coast people's trade channels will not be lost.

In addition, whether it is Li Chengdong, the Southern Ming court or even the FJ Zheng family, they are not idiots who only know how to buy and buy. In fact, they are also trying to seek self-control. For example, after the Taiwanese bank strongly entered the South China Sea and monopolized a considerable portion of the trade share, many of the Portuguese in Macau lost their jobs. Many of these people were hired by the East Coast people and worked for the East Coast. Many of them went to Timor Island and the Bay of Bengal to work hard. Of course, some people were attracted by the high wages of the above three companies and became more and more popular, especially some so-called technical talents who were roughly engaged in gun manufacturing and military battles. No matter how high these people are, their large-scale introduction has gradually promoted the progress of the military technology of the FJGD and the South Ming, but it is hard to say how large the progress is and whether it can continue.

These forces, which were originally either a small wealthy person, or a dream of dying, or ambition, are now so focused on developing military production technology and combat art, probably are related to the increasingly tense situation. The remnants of the Tiankong Army, Li Shun bandits, were still not satisfied after annexing the HN Baoqing Palace. They also took advantage of Wang Deren's body to conspire with his unworthy descendants to give the Ganzhou Prefecture, which is extremely critical, half of the position of Ganzhou Prefecture, which is extremely critical, while Wang Deren was not cold.

It is simply unbearable to cheat and snatch it away. If everyone is not self-reliant, they are afraid that after Li Laiheng has rectified the internal affairs, they will open their bloody mouths to everyone. At that time, it is obviously not good to cram the Buddha again. Everyone still has to work hard to become stronger from this moment on. While training the soldiers, hoarding food, and being ready to fight to the death with the bandits at any time - Damn, Li Laiheng wants to seize my foundation, and when will he fight to the death?

The close relationship between the East Coast people and the Dashun Military and Political Group became a bit eye-catching when they were sensitive. Because in the past, if you sold some weapons, military funds, and war horses to the Shun Army, it might not be a big deal. After all, they need to stand in front of the Qing army. But at this moment when the relationship between the two sides is getting worse and on the verge of full-scale war, the East Coast people will be a bit disgusted and even hostile to everyone (the East Coast people will certainly not do this, as the previous beating of the Shun Army Group is proof). Therefore, it is no wonder that warlords like Li Chengdong, who have always been better with the East Coast, have to be mixed with the English. It is really a sense of crisis.

The small actions of various southern power groups and the outside world - especially the GD Li Chengdong Group, which has the closest relationship with the East Coast - the East Coast people are not clear at all. In fact, in the past two years, they have learned that these guys have been doing some trade with the Dutch East India Company and the Portuguese, but for various reasons, they have not been told. This year, the Shun Army has been causing trouble in Ganzhou and the Southern Development Team.

The main energy was also focused on grain production and other matters, so the supervision of the South China Sea intentionally or unintentionally was relaxed - in fact, the current lack of ships could not be effectively regulated - made the British, Dutch, and Portuguese merchants make a small profit, and the military strength of the various forces in the south also increased. Although it did not reach the level of head-on resistance with the Shun Army, at least it had improved its combat effectiveness compared to the past. The Shun Army had to deal with them, but it would have to spend more effort than before.

"GD Li Chengdong and FJ Zheng Damu have already defined the territory in Chaozhou Prefecture. Now their main forces have been stationed to the border area with Shunguo, and their vigilance is very high. Although their troops may not be able to withstand the attack of Shunjun, they will at least not collapse without preparation. Moreover, their military equipment has improved to a certain extent in the past one or two years. Zheng's official firearm manufacturing workshop was officially established in Xiamen, and Li Chengdong also started to restore Foshan artillery artillery.

The intention of preparing for some of the production capacity in the field is very obvious. Warlords always have an unusual vigilance towards those who covet their territory..." The above is a summary of the intelligence seen by Jiang Zhiqing, the captain of the Southern Development Team. This report written by an analyst at the State Intelligence Administration, deeply evaluates the psychological state of various forces in the south, especially the analysis of the two warlords Zheng Chenggong and Li Chengdong can be used as the basis for Jiang Zhiqing to make decisions, and his skills are very profound.

"What we should worry about now is whether a war breaks out between the Shun Army and the Nanming Army, and what consequences will be if it breaks out." Jiang Zhiqing thought in his mind whether the tension in the south will be ignited in full swing this time, and whether the "Ganzhou crisis" will evolve into a full-scale war. This is really critical to the impact of the mainland pattern.

"Of course we really hope that the south will maintain the status quo. There are strong enemies in the north. Maybe it's also because of this idea. They had speculation to hack Ganzhou before, but they didn't expect that things would be so big all of a sudden. Now it's too late to stop. It's really a rash chess..." Jiang Zhiqing himself was always a little resentful about the "Ganzhou crisis" in the Shun Army. He knew in his heart that with the current situation, they and Nanming had completely broken their faces. If they didn't fight, it would be more uncomfortable than fighting, because no one knew whether Li Chengdong, Zheng, Nanming, and even the forces of Lu King would stab them in the back when the Qing army recovered and launched a large-scale southern expedition. This was really a life-threatening death. For a mere Ganzhou Prefecture, he had caused so many uncertain things, and it seemed that he had a big loss.

"And the Xiying forces that had been dealing with Wu Sangui in the GZ area for many years were also merged with the Southern Ming court under the leadership of Sun Kewang, which made the Southern Ming ******* now have such a little combat power and no longer the same as before. Hehe, Sun Kewang is in charge and Li Ding is outside. Once this pair of golden partners has completed the rectification of the Xiying remnants at hand and expanded their troops, if they are on the battlefield, they may also cause a lot of trouble for the Shun Army." Jiang Zhiqing finally sighed and murmured to himself:

Why do you feel that the situation in the south has taken a sharp turn in the past two years and has become increasingly out of our control? The mainland is the mainland after all. It is really difficult to exert influence with huge territory, large populations, rich land, and complex situations, especially when there are many variables. The current situation seems to be able to take one step at a time. The focus of the next stage of work should be to try our best to avoid a war in the south. Whether it is a total war or a local war, it is not allowed!"
Chapter completed!